Airbase - Everything Else Could Wait [Black Hole]

[mrx.friend]

The day has come! Airbase – Everything Else Could Wait is out!

It’s a track that means so much to me, on many levels. Not only is it the first step of a return to the scene I stepped away from a almost a decade ago, and again on the iconic label Black Hole Recordings, but it tells the story of what I’ve been up to. I hope the track speak for itself, but if not, I’ve tried to channel all emotions related to becoming a father and the decisions I’ve made as a result and how sett peace I am with that.

Getting back into the studio was FUN! A lot has happened when it comes to tools and I’ve spent significant time exploring all new things. This progressive trancer is more akin to the style of my old single Denial, and it’s just a first step of what’s to come. I’m not much for repeating myself, but don’t you worry, there are uplifting stuff waiting just around the corner.

Good to be back, I hope you enjoy it! Available everywhere, or find it through the link in the comments. Let me know what you think?

I know I’m going to get the question, so here are the full lyrics:

There was light on the floor
Dust slow in the morning air
A rhythm in your breath
And everything else could wait

Ideas drifted in and out
Like half-formed weather
But your voice held more than words
And everything else could wait

Some days moved quickly
Others didn’t move at all
But your world moved at a different pace
And everything else could wait

Not every story gets written
Not every thought becomes sound
But you were louder than any of it
And everything else could wait

It wasn’t a decision
More like recognition
That life was already speaking
And I was finally listening

There was a song I didn’t write
A quiet I chose instead
A moment I never captured
But it never really left

You won’t remember
But I do
You won’t remember
But I do

The dream I let drift
The path left behind
A shadow that stayed
At the edge of my mind

And everything else could wait
And everything else could wait
And everything else could wait

It wasn’t silence
It just wasn’t sound
It stayed with me
Without needing to be heard

And everything else could wait

 

[Freezer]

This track needs two things, higher BPM (at least +4 BPM) and Dub Mix - it would have been around 8/10
but like this I will give it only something like 6,5/10

 

[tranceissomewhatalive]

This track needs two things, higher BPM (at least +4 BPM) and Dub Mix - it would have been around 8/10
but like this I will give it only something like 6,5/10

it only needs one thing: not to be made

 

[Progrez]

it only needs one thing: not to be made

I miss the days when tracks went through filters and were rejected. That's the one thing that doesn't put it to the side is ego. He just made this track for the sake he should have jumped ship and ran with the success he had in the past.

 

[Dyon]

Agree on the vocals. My ears are bleeding. Pretty weak tune all together, if this is your comeback tune after all these years

 

[aSeb]

How the hell was this released on Black Hole?

 

[tranceissomewhatalive]

How the hell was this released on Black Hole?

connections talk, quality control walks

 

[Magdelayna]

Jezper has commented that he put an overdrive on the vocals,and he knows its a 'decisive' thing...

 

[Arnoud]

Even if you disregard the vocals, the track itself is very weak.

 

[Atragun91091]

I miss the days when tracks went through filters and were rejected. That's the one thing that doesn't put it to the side is ego. He just made this track for the sake he should have jumped ship and ran with the success he had in the past.

I have to agree with you. He should’ve just left on a high note,rather than release something like this.

Truthfully, I find the majority of Airbases releases to be average at best. However the few stand out tracks he does have like Escape, One Tear Away,Rise, I Scream and his remix of Break My Fall absolutely hit the mark and should be remembered as essentials in the trance music genre.

 

[Julian Del Agranda]

^

Medusa? Garden State? Tangerine? Theme From The Rock? Spin? Monday PM? We Might Fall? Pole Position? Modus Operandi?

First & André - Widescreen?

Nothing you like from that?

 

[Atragun91091]

^

Medusa? Garden State? Tangerine? Theme From The Rock? Spin? Monday PM? We Might Fall? Pole Position? Modus Operandi?

First & André - Widescreen?

Nothing you like from that?

I’ll concede and say We Might Fall is also a decent one. Worked very well on intuition sessions volume two.

The rest you mentioned are pretty average in my opinion.

 

[Progrez]

I have to agree with you. He should’ve just left on a high note,rather than release something like this.

Truthfully, I find the majority of Airbases releases to be average at best. However the few stand out tracks he does have like Escape, One Tear Away,Rise, I Scream and his remix of Break My Fall absolutely hit the mark and should be remembered as essentials in the trance music genre.

Don't forget Mono - Rise, Ozone (Airbase) – Rock (2002 or 2003 version)

This is also by Airbase as well. Yes, it came as a shock to me that he had a release on JOOF recordings. The breakdown is incredible


He wrote this too The Scarab Vs Inzite – Unity Of Earth (Trance.nu Theme) (Original) 2002 My favourite is the shane 54 remix

 

[Sleeping]

I really like everything about the track. I have a softspot for distorted vocals, huge reverby snares and moody melodies. Right up my alley

 

[Pokkryshkin]

I really like everything about the track. I have a softspot for distorted vocals, huge reverby snares and moody melodies. Right up my alley

 

[Progrez]

I really like everything about the track. I have a softspot for distorted vocals, huge reverby snares and moody melodies. Right up my alley

The vocals sound off and instrumental is weak as hell.

I think this remix sounds sloppy too but I could be wrong here and I hope someone can disagree with me @Julian Del Agranda

 

[Julian Del Agranda]

What do you mean by sloppy? They are a bit loud, but Airbase his (old) style is often a bit loud, with beats, bass, synths all fighting for attention on the forefront. Escape is an exception to that, where most elements are more subtle. But for example Genie, Garden State, Medusa... are all rather loud.

Jezper's work is usually made from scratch (I think) and it's filled with elements and nonstandard choices. Some may not be up your alley (taste), but I can appreciate the creativity put into them, even when the mixing/mastering may not be as good. Even he himself said that Genie doesn't sound extremely good production-wise. But it's a great track nevertheless, because the synths and melodies are amazing.

As for the Bells of Tiananmen track, I personally don't like the guitar-ish sounds in that breakdown, they are offputting for me. So this is one of the few that I don't like much. I do like the Elements of Life Remix. The main melody/arpeggio is a bit chaotic, static, not the most fluent one, but still, as a whole, I think it's good. Elements of Life isn't an easy track to remix to begin with.

 

[Pokkryshkin]

It actually reminds me of Benny Benassi - Illusion, but the track is basically about nothing it’s unpleasant to listen to

 

[NameLessYet]

As for the Bells of Tiananmen track, I personally don't like the guitar-ish sounds in that breakdown, they are offputting for me.

That's Guzheng, a traditional Chinese instrument. Actually that piece of Guzheng melody is what caught me in this track. However, the sound of Guzheng seems to be too sharp compared with guitar, which might cause some discomfort in foreigners.

If some artists what to make a track has some Chinese style, one of the method is to change the guitar to Guzheng or Pipa and play some Chinese style melody, a very useful trick in most of the breakdown of Uplifting Trance, just like those random piano melody haha.

One of the most famous Guzheng songs, and also there is a Jean-Michel Jarre version in his famous concerts in China.

Guzheng - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Pipa - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Progrez]

What do you mean by sloppy? They are a bit loud, but Airbase his (old) style is often a bit loud, with beats, bass, synths all fighting for attention on the forefront. Escape is an exception to that, where most elements are more subtle. But for example Genie, Garden State, Medusa... are all rather loud.

Jezper's work is usually made from scratch (I think) and it's filled with elements and nonstandard choices. Some may not be up your alley (taste), but I can appreciate the creativity put into them, even when the mixing/mastering may not be as good. Even he himself said that Genie doesn't sound extremely good production-wise. But it's a great track nevertheless, because the synths and melodies are amazing.

As for the Bells of Tiananmen track, I personally don't like the guitar-ish sounds in that breakdown, they are offputting for me. So this is one of the few that I don't like much. I do like the Elements of Life Remix. The main melody/arpeggio is a bit chaotic, static, not the most fluent one, but still, as a whole, I think it's good. Elements of Life isn't an easy track to remix to begin with.

What I mean is that it sounds careless the bassline doesn't sound right to me sounds too chaotic and jumpy for me.