Releases

Substanced – Geneva Part II

Posted by PlasmaDancer on June 15, 2011
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Substanced – Geneva Part II by Substanced / Subi

Before I disappear for the evening, here’s Substanced’s fabulous preview of Geneva Part II for anyone who missed it earlier in the week. Following up the Risk Addiction remix, this really sounds like an artist at the top of his game – check out those Substanced filtered synths with the tight kick, and the melody is definitely on the right side of melancholy this time around. It feels like a long while since we heard a real ‘Hybridize style’ tune, this is how hard trance+freeform should be done.

Lab 4 – Concept of Love (Guld remix)

Posted by PlasmaDancer on June 5, 2011
Posted in: Japanese, Releases, UK. 10 comments

Lab-4 – Concept of Love (GULD Remix) by FINRG Recordings

Guld recently uploaded a preview of his new Concept of Love, giving you a good idea of the pre/post breakdown sequence that did such damage (in preview form) at the last NRGetic Romancer. Following the recent re-release of his Unhola remix on Hybridize, it looks as though this will be Guld’s first release on FINRG – no news on when just yet, but the track itself is now 100% complete. It’s now released, and downloadable via the updated SoundCloud link above.

Kevin Energy vs Proteus – London Helsinki Underground (Proteus 2011 ‘Warcry’ remix)

Posted by PlasmaDancer on June 5, 2011
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London Helsinki Underground – Proteus 2011 ‘Warcry’ Remix Preview by Proteus Official

To mark the final release on Nu-Energy, Proteus is dusting off the classic London Helsinki Underground for a heavy-on-the-acid remix. I’ve listened to the preview a few times now, and it seems to me like one of those deceptive tunes that might not sound like a must-play at first, but would really work brilliantly in the right set. Definitely bodes well for the rest of the Nu-Energy 100 compilation, too…

Goa Chill Out Corner 3 – E-Mantra

Posted by PlasmaDancer on May 15, 2011
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As we’re in the middle of one of those quiet spells, how about another Chill Out Corner? When it comes to Goa, unmixed playlists are almost as listenable as DJ sets, so here’s a little sequence of the tracks I’ve been listening to by Romania’s E-Mantra. His melodies are always something special, and combined with the acid and generally dark atmosphere there’s plenty to inspire us in the freeform scene, I reckon. First up is an amazing slice of dark ambience called White Lights. I’m having trouble finding this tune, but it’ll be opening one of my sets if I ever do…

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Technorch – 内閣総理大臣賞 〜HARDCORE TECHNO POP〜

Posted by PlasmaDancer on May 7, 2011
Posted in: Japanese, Releases. 4 comments

Thanks to BerN for letting me know about Technorch’s new album 内閣総理大臣賞 [Naikaku Souridaijin Shou]: HARDCORE TECHNO POP, which includes Mayakashi, a collab track with Betwixt & Between. There’s all sorts going on with the other tracks on the CD, with artists like Sharpnel and Remo-Con involved. Have a listen to the preview up above, and check out the tracklist on Technorch’s own blog post here.

Worth mentioning too that this is one of those rare things, a Japanese release that’s easily purchasable from abroad, via everything from Amazon to iTunes.

Level 13 – Selfish Games / Screamer

Posted by PlasmaDancer on May 1, 2011
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Level 13 – Selfish Games by Kreatrix

Two more tracks from the Level 13 vaults have been released, and this time for free! Selfish Games might be the most familiar to people (I’ve played it quite a few times online, too), and is really a great tune in that Belial-style ‘breakbeat freeform’ mould.

Screamer is a very nice surprise – sounding like a Level 13 freeform track at 150bpm, it features an excellent main melody and all the usual filter madness you’d expect.

Nish – Sagittarius 2011

Posted by PlasmaDancer on April 23, 2011
Posted in: Japanese, Releases. 4 comments

Harderground Recordings doesn’t usually have much to offer NRG DJs, but this new collection of Sagittarius remixes (via HARDCORE LIFE) includes the Shriekerz tune that Guld played a couple of weeks ago. I’ve also heard the kors k remix and it’s a nice tune for those into their UK-style hardcore, even if it does suffer from a touch of the dubstep-itis that’s going around these days.

Mark Seibert – Erana’s Peace (Alek Szahala remix)

Posted by PlasmaDancer on April 21, 2011
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Mark Seibert – Erana’s Peace (Alek Száhala Remix) by FINRG Recordings

Alek Szahala’s in fine form right now, following up the new Mayhem set with a FINRG release of his Erana’s Peace remix. It’s a really nice choice of track to reinterpret – personally I love the intro melodies/sequence around 3.59, but the whole tune seems very easy to fit into a set, and would probably work well with anything from Hard NRG to Tano*C-style J-core.

Re-form – Revenge

Posted by PlasmaDancer on April 16, 2011
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Re-form – Revenge by FINRG Recordings

Hats off to Re-form on this one – until I remembered the melody I thought that it might be a brand new track, but it’s actually from way back in 2004. Talk about ahead of their time! Last week I was this close to playing Sunstroke, another amazing Re-form tune from back in the day.

By the way, there’ll be two or three big posts coming up sometime this weekend, including a report on last Saturday’s Romancer.