Amini – Guitarian – Mixed (Unmastered) by DJ-Amini

More posts to come tomorrow, but for now here’s a look at Amini’s newest track, Guitarian. Once again, the progress he’s making with his production is obvious – this one has a nicely rough feel in between the trancy melodies, and isn’t that breakdown great? Personally I might have taken advantage of the momentum it builds up, and brought the kick back sooner, but otherwise this is really quality stuff.

Alchemiist – The Dome (clip) by Alchemiist

Yet another quality sounding preview from Alchemiist, The Dome is a freeform track with a definite Japanese feel to it. A very long breakdown, but it follows that up with some trademark synths and an excellent, driving main section.

Completely unrelated, but in other news the TYFTH forum is still going to happen! I was deciding on initial boards today, and all being well there should be something for everyone to sign up to next week…

Cyrez – The Brain Controls Pain (Electronica Exposed, CLIP) by Cyrez

Fans of Cyrez’s dark and atmospheric sound should rejoice – he now has a SoundCloud account, complete with some previously unreleased material. Rock n Load and his remix of Digital Destruction are downloadable for the first time, and there’s also a clip of his newest track, The Brain Controls Pain.

There are plenty of other tunes up there too, incuding one of my all-time favourites, Private Demon, and the Elegy remix that I’ve played to death during the past few months.

Grimsoul & Pain On Creation – Fury Theme by FINRG Recordings

Another massive release from Grimsoul, but this time featuring Pain on Creation! We can only pray that this is a proper return to the scene, as Fury Theme is as good a comeback tune as you could hope for. It’s been a long time since we’ve heard these synth fills and melancholy melodies, this time with that unmistakeable Grimsoul sound. Here in Tokyo you’re still almost guaranteed to hear a PoC track at any freeform event, so this’ll surely be one of the most popular releases of the year so far.

Grimsoul – Jään hautaamat 2012 by FINRG Recordings

This week saw Grimsoul’s latest (and very welcome) release, an update to the 5-year-old Jään hautaamat. The original is an absolute classic, so it’s nice that this version doesn’t alter too much and instead spruces up the melodies and bass with some 2011/2012 production quality. Grimsoul fans should stay alert, as there may well be some more material on the way before too long.

Alchemiist & Decion – Code Red (2012 Remix) – Preview by Decion

Alchemiist and Decion have restored my faith in (this kind of) Hard NRG recently with tunes like their Jigsaw remix, and this rework of Code Red might be their hardest tune so far. The breakdown just gets the balance right between building a dark atmosphere and leading us to the drop, while that pre-breakdown sequence is just awesome. Very promising signs for the final version, then.