Carbon Based and DJ Rx’s Titor Quantum Theory is the latest track to get a free release, and is a must download if you haven’t got it already. It’s a very nice mix of Rx and CB’s styles, with some nice filtered synths and a great melodic breakdown early on. Fond memories of this one for me, it was the second track of my debut Hell’s Gate set.
Download the wav (!) from FINRG’s SoundCloud
Last Sunday afternoon was Operation Karma, but I wasn’t able to get there in the end. A big shame after I missed the last one (I was in Taiwan), I really want this event to keep going as long as possible.
Anyway, here are a few videos of what we all missed – first is KA-NA playing her usual Alek Szahala (plus a couple of others) set. In this clip she’s playing Vengeance, followed by the underrated Firecloud, I haven’t heard that for a long time.
Here are the next two ‘releases’ for TYFTH’s Tracks section – Hangover Academy & Decion’s Technological Terror and Heathen’s Digital Destruction. Both are Hard NRG tunes and genuinely two of my recent favourites, so massive thanks to the guys for agreeing to release them.
Hangover Academy is a collab between Substanced and Alchemiist, which explains why the track sounds so pro – with Decion on board as well they’ve got the perfect team for making some nasty sounds. This one pitches up quite well, (I’ve been really close to using it for a few of my slower sets), and the breakdown/madness after it is top quality stuff.
Proteus included the Cyrez remix of Digital Destruction in his last top ten, and the original is also a great tune (especially considering it’s one of Heathen’s first NRG tracks), with quite a different feel. I really like the breakdown in this one too, the strings coming in over machine sounds is definitely nice and atmospheric.
Hope everyone enjoys them. Next on the list is some higher bpm freeform, so stay tuned…
A few days ago Horzi completed his 2009 promo set, and it’s a real stormer. 100% his own production (plus collabs with Sam on and Substanced), it’s full of his very distinctive sound and deep breakdowns. The mixing is rock solid too, so if you haven’t already, make sure to check this one out right away.
Here’s a new mix from one of the regulars at TYFTH, Dyzphazia (aka Chip when he’s commenting here), and it’s very refreshing to hear a set that starts off at 175bpm. Opening with the classic Sunfire, this one is a really nice mix of old and new, just how it should be. He’s been quick off the mark to include Airwave, as well as Genshi Kurage and Hell’s Gate from TYFTH. Other nice selections include Alek’s Lagash and Pain on Creation’s Ironworks, making a set that’s well worth checking out.
On the constructive criticism side, personally I might have changed the order of a few tracks to get some smoother connections here and there – but Genshi Kurage>Iron Works>Unhola works especially well, and I was smiling like a fool while listening to the teasing in of Hell’s Gate over Icy Clouds.
The mix is now up on Dyzphazia’s SoundCloud – and I’d recommend his previous set too, a lot of my favourites are in there.
Another classic has just been released on FINRG, Carbon Based’s Tuonela. This is definitely one of my favourite Carbon Based tunes, and the couple of times I’ve played it at NRGetic Romancer it really did the business – any fans of the older FINRG style will feel right at home with its nasty synths and trademark CB melody, finished off with the great vocal sample.
The latest bootleg release on Hybridize might be a bit of a surprise…it’s Betwixt & Between’s superb remix of Airwave! Although the tune has been around for over a year, it’s definitely been one of the anthems of 2009 here – without even getting a release. Now, finally, a newly mastered version is available on Hybridize. I really thought that this is the kind of tune that Hybridize does well – trance melodies and freeform bpm – and hopefully everyone else will agree. Plus it’ll get Betwixt/the Japanese scene a bit more exposure in Europe (and beyond, of course), which can only be a good thing. As usual, head over to the download page ASAP!
If you haven’t already, take a look at the insane yet hilarious FINRG Photoshop thread, where a prize will be awarded for the best entry. Carbon Based’s Teemu is having a tough time over there right now (take a deep breath before you look at Cyrez’s effort, is all I’ll say), but Swoosh might have already won his own contest with this inspired riff on Star Wars. Pretty much every member of the FINRG/Hybridize crew is in there – Rx as the Emperor, Alek Szahala as Luke (?), Cyrez as Lando Calrissian (!), but the balding Death Star commander seems especially familiar…
If you’d like a look at the full size version, here it is!
Sam one has very kindly replied to Nisse in the Promomix 2 post, but just in case anyone misses it – his newest hard trance track, Liquid Moon, is now available for free download on the FINRG site. Now only Need For Beat is waiting for a release (on ReBuild).
Thanks to BerN this time, who just let me know about the new track on Alek Szahala’s MySpace. Vertigo is a remake (of his own track? I’m not familiar with the original), and definitely leans towards the more uplifting side of his productions. Despite being 165-ish bpm, it sounds very trancy from the start, and if it didn’t have the special ‘Alek sound’ it would actually feel quite ‘normal’ – for once I can imagine another producer being able to come up with something similar.
That’s not to say it’s a bad track at all – it powers along really nicely and has the kind of ‘close your eyes’ breakdown you’d expect. It’s really really good news that Alek is making some of his newer tracks public, so let’s hope he’s on a roll once again.
