Hoopoe - Ocean Blue [Hedjog Records]

[Daysleeper]

When i first heard the snippet i thought wow this could be gorgeous but when i heard the full 9 min tune properly with headphones it somehow dissapointed me. It kinda just throbs along safely and never shifts gear. And its still basically just a clone of hutan. Like the 5th or 6th. Cmon hoopoe try to break the formula man!

 

[ChurRuy]

Sweet sounds to the ear again

 

[Trance4Ever]

When i first heard the snippet i thought wow this could be gorgeous but when i heard the full 9 min tune properly with headphones it somehow dissapointed me. It kinda just throbs along safely and never shifts gear. And its still basically just a clone of hutan. Like the 5th or 6th. Cmon hoopoe try to break the formula man!

Its a summery ish clone with heavy Sword fish dark machine teasers but then its coated with exact same acids as Hutan & the rest but never really lifts off in that direction, a bit empty, but i think that vocal sample he used saved the release as it takes me back to 2008 and the overall execution during the mid part.

Mindfield is the perfect track with proper melody but lacking bass so Aryaduta is currently the perfect track for me as it has lots of character and fun journey bits and amazing bass lines / sub bass.

 

[Juna]

Bomb track

 

[Freezer]

Yeah, same formula, which is quite fine, but its the same issue I had with Aryaduta, it just feels melodically little bit empty, Aracari or Hutan were way better for me. I also liked the remix for Echo.

6/10 for this one

 

[Archon]

Just listening to this, I'm really loving it! Especially that heavily phased melody in the breakdown.

I think it could've been even better with some arrangement modifications though. But really looking forward to the rest.

 

[Hensmon]

Very nice track again. Lovely atmosphere and modern sound design.

Agree with the comments that shifting gear or switching things up at some point in the journey would take it to the next level.

 

[Perpetuous dreamer]

Mint track mate

 

[Hoahoa]

Favourite one so far.