I've updated all my reviews with a video from youtube.. not sure why I did it sooner haha
Epic trance :
Dubstep:
Julian Vincent feat. Cathy Burton - No End (M6 vs. Re:Locate Instrumental)
Label : Soundpiercing
Release : July 13th, 2009
What.. a.. tune. THIS is what epic trance sounds like. The vocal remix was alright.. but when I heard this version I was just numb. The break is so euphoric and is exactly what was being made back in the day.. it just doesn't get old. It just puts you on a cloud and you feel so amazing. The melody is nice and simple too so you can listen to it again and again before it gets old. I was surprised to hear this coming from M6 and Re:Locate when both of them deal with a lot of tech stuff.. and then they make one of the most uplifting songs I've heard in some time. Well.. with an exception for Aly & Fila who continue to make such beautiful stuff despite the amount of electro, house, and minimal influence you hear these days. BACK to the song.. yeah it's amazing and I love it immensely. 8+/10
Tech Trance:
Tigran Oganezov - M.A.D.A.R.P.
Label : WA-X Records
Release : July 13th, 2009
Songs : M.A.D.A.R.P., Fuzzofobia
Fuzzofobia is far too minimal for my liking.. whereas M.A.D.A.R.P. is pure insanity so I shall review that song. To say the least, I had low hopes for Tigran because most of his songs have such a heavy amount of minimal and techno influence that all I get is long drawn out, basic melodies that go nowhere. Unfortunately that's where most tech trance and hard trance is going. Hard/tech trance legends Kamui, A.S.Y.S., Will Atkinson, and also A.S.Y.S. have all started to make minimal/tech house.. but back to Tigran. Some of his songs do tickle my fancy like this one! It's a dark, hard hitting, melodic and damn catchy tune. I loved it the first time I heard it and I still do. Ironically I love the very beginning where the undertone or melody that stays through most of the song gets introduced. It's SO simple yet it's just like a preview of the insanity that's to come. The calm before the storm if you will..oh how I love it. Such a sick song and perfect for either dancing to or blasting in your car 9/10
Unfortunately no one has uploaded this on youtube yet.. so it's still relatively unknown. Quick! Get it while no one knows anything about it.
Tigran Oganezov - MADARP IS OUT NOW ON BEATPORT on MySpace Music - Free Streaming MP3s, Pictures & Music Downloads
Oh and if anyone likes something in any of the reviews and wants suggestions or similar songs (or the songs themselves).. message me!