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    Push - Surroundings [Push Forward]

    I like two aspects of this track: - The kick is really cool sounding, been a long time since I heard one like this and it does remind me of just how much Push was innovating with the kick-drum in the late 90s to achieve that space vibe. - The second melody that kicks in at 3:25 is damn trippy...
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    OUT John Askew - Aces Hi [Armind]

    Love it when John goes for off rhythm arpeggios and staccatos! The groove does indeed remind me of his Night Vision sound from the 2010-2012 period. I do think that the main lead is too subtle for this type of track and the note progression could have been better fleshed out, although I guess...
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    Cold Blue - ID [TBC]

    Fantastic uplifting track from Cold Blue! The baseline has a lot of undertones inspired by POD 2, the kick especially and the subtle riff at @2min in the build-up remind me of PVD circa 2005
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    OUT You Are My Salvation - Remnant / Desolated [Forescape Digital]

    Remnant is a bit of an unexpected calm and peaceful track, it's not the usual thing we get from YAMS. Desolated is by far the winner of the EP, I'm just a big sucker for this type of prog breaks; they're a bit edgy, and pack more energy than what you normally get in the prog breaks genre. Same...
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    OUT Sean Tyas presents abSTrakt - ATOMIK EP [Degenerate]

    Feel Alive is rather catchy, but the other ones have too many flavours added in the same pot for my taste. One nice positive I can find at least for all three tracks is the mid 140 bpm, reminds me of how trance had a wider breadth back in the 90s
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    OUT The Noble Six - Astral Projection [FSOE]

    The Noble Six at Lumi was truly an out of this world experience. happy to see that after all the disputes with Neptune Project we can get our hands on this wonderful material
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    OUT Sneijder - In And Out of My Life [Afterdark]

    CG + BXR vibes and Scott Project like vocals samples mixed in with some modern Sneijder bits. Would love to hear a longer version, 5:40 is simply to short for a track like this
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    OUT Alucard - Star Rider (Artist Album) [Electronic Architecture]

    Oh yes baby!!! Super excited to ses Alucard back after a long hiatus and for this album. I'm expecting some quality progressive beats throughout
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    The Digital Blonde - APEX (Album)

    Well, outside of the albums most of the material he put out is remixes, so it's normal JOOF is not publishing those. However, for the EPs/singles he did produce, they landed on Psy-Trance labels more often than not
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    The Digital Blonde - APEX (Album)

    The thing is that even though there's a huge sound shift within JOOF, John has always pushed any TDB material without ever batting an eye. JOOF is still a big name, with a big pull, and I doubt previous albums would have reached the somewhat wide audience they have done without John's support...
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    Activa - Origins [Expanded Edition]

    Ah true, but in a way the uptick in value comes from the fact it was a fantastic release - just a shame not that many people had the opportunity to purchase it initially. I would not be surprised if Origins will go for higher once the original run is sold out, the album is siting at a ridiculous...
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    The Digital Blonde - Spectre [PsyWorld Records]

    Love the JMJ snippets in the intro and spread throughout, quite Oxygene-like. The first little riff screams synthwave, and then you get hit by the wall of darkness. The main riff is surprisingly uplifting for a TDB production. Overall, it's a rather unusual soundscape in some regards, we have...
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    Activa - Origins [Expanded Edition]

    The shipping costs of vinyl out of the UK since Brexit are simply ridiculous ... Thankfully Menno's au revoir and some Activa vinyls were shipped from NL thanks to Black Hole - maybe Origins will be the same since in the end they published the album
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    The Digital Blonde - APEX (Album)

    The fact that this man can put out 4 spellbinding albums (all 2h+ no less) and working on 5th one while his collaborator can't put the finishing touches on a single album is beyond infuriating as a huge 00.db fan ... Having said that, there are only a handful of artists which have never failed...
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    Activa - Origins [Expanded Edition]

    Would 110% support a vinyl release, I have Tri-Series and it's the best trance vinyl in the past 10 years imo.
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    Covenant - Call The Ships To Port [Greg Downey remix] [CDR]

    Track starts at 1:05, fingers crossed we somehow get to get our hands on this banger!
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    AA Meeting - Air [TBC]

    There is a God afterall!! This was the most exciting release I was waiting for from the duo. Nu NRG written all over it (including in the track title of course)
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    Activa - Origins [Expanded Edition]

    I'm sure most of us were hoping for this, but it's great to see Activa doing a proper extended mixes version of Origins! Pre-orders are up on his Bandcamp page https://activamusic.bandcamp.com/album/origins-expanded-edition?from=fanpub_fnb
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    OUT Will Rees & Connor Woodford - Starlight [Afterdark]

    100% peak floor track, the lead is quite interesting and the bass is as always driving. Love the acids and stutters in the outro part quite a lot!
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    OUT Sam Jones - U Ready? [Kearnage]

    Some tracks from Sammy are a bit over the top with all the FXs and constant rhythm changes, but this one strikes a gret balance between the balls out energy and the emotion he's been known for in track like Let Loose, Buckle Up, and the like