Lange and Audrey Gallagher Combine to Deliver a New Classic with Flawless Perfection

Rarely am I left speechless after a first listen to any song, but that’s exactly what happened after I heard Our Way Home, the newest track from DJ/producer Lange and singer/songwriter superstar Audrey Gallagher.  Our Way Home is a mile-a-minute, break-all-the-molds tour de force of trance music. The track combines super-heated progressive beats, infectious melodic undertones and Audrey’s captivating vocals perfectly to deliver a track with the momentum of a speeding Ferrari racecar. Everything about Our Way Home will leave you breathless. Lange’s mixing of progressive over-the-top bold bass beats with smoothly cool melodic synths and a dizzying dropdown that makes a real statement is sheer production genius. And what more can be said about Audrey Gallagher?  After giving us trance classics year after year like “Big Sky”, “Hold On To Me”, “This Night” and “Bring Back the Sun” she delivers what is probably the best vocal performance of her career. Few vocal talents today would be able to keep pace and match up with the power of Our Way Home. But the punching bass and rising momentum of Our Way Home doesn’t even come close to intimidating Audrey Gallagher.  Her incredible vocal range and beautifully lilting angelic vocal delivery is perfectly forceful, but not overpowering. In fact, I can’t think of any other song in her repertoire where her voice and the music have been so perfectly matched. With all-around perfection, Our Way Home is so wonderfully fresh and dynamic, I believe it defines exactly what I mean when I say “future trance.” Under my skin and in my head, I can’t get enough of this one. There’s no doubt that this one’s destined to be an instant club classic.   Now my only question is when can we get your greatest hits collection, Audrey?!

Lange and Audrey Gallagher – Our Way Home –Lange Recordings (Enhanced Music)

Available on Beatport 2/27/2012

A Solid, Forward Driving Safari from Ost & Meyer

There are times that I just want to get out on the dance floor, close my eyes and move to a solid, unrelenting beat punctuated by well-produced synth melodies. I call these kind of tracks “trance that moves me” simply because the sound of the music is so smooth that it goes right to my head and into my feet. Such is Safari (Original Mix), the latest track from Ost & Meyer. The driving bass-line layered with uplifting melodic notes goes for the kill (pun intended) right from the start. The solid bass beat forms an unrelenting foundation for perfectly timed warm, seductive melodic interludes that flow into momentum-building synth pulses. In the best uplifting trance style, Ost & Meyer send you up, level you off, spin you around a bit and then punch you up again, all the while making sure the journey is focused and rewarding. Just as the track's title implies, Safari (Original Mix) gives you the chance to move out, experience everything around you and keep on moving through. A very solid and satisfying track, Safari (Original Mix) is perfect for anyone who wants to "move" with grace and style on the club floor.

Ost & Meyer – Safari (Original Mix) –Enhanced Recordings

OUT NOW at Beatport : http://bit.ly/SafariBP

Beautifully Wrapped, Tritonal Delivered The Future Of Trance Music Today

Note: This post was written late on Sunday, January 8, U.S. Pacific Time

Earlier today ( 8 Jan 2012) a truly memorable event in our trance world occurred. Anjunabeats Worldwide, already massively popular on internet radio, took a ride to universal levels as Tritonal took command of the two hour set. And what happened in those two hours can only be described as a uniquely epic, even historic experience. From the beginning beat to the very final melodic note, Chad and Dave defined the genre of trance music in today’s terms. Even more so, the set mix of melodic and vocal trance, progressive trance, trance vs. house mashups and just plain drive-it-to-the-core house/dance tracks painted a picture of where trance music is headed. With the foresight and immense talent they displayed in today’s set, it’s hard to believe they are only #83 on the DJ top 100 list. Clearly, they “get it” and understand the very soul of the future of trance itself.  Here’s how I know this to be true - With amazing ease, Tritonal delivered a solid two hour set of music that crossed sub-genres and touched the outer boundaries of trance. The brilliant mix of lyrical emotion, musical exhilaration and pure energy came together, flowing out of the speakers and wrapped around me like a welcomed summer breeze. This was clearly in evidence right from the opening track as the debut of the emotionally melodic “Promise You” by Fast Distance and Dimension stacked up seamlessly against Shaun Gregory’s heart-pounding remix of Craig Connelly’s “Manchester AM.” The set also included five amazing mash-ups, not the least of which was an amazing Coldplay vs. Gareth Emery vs. Fedde le Grand triple mashup of “Paradise in Tokyo”. Track after track just worked next to one another and there were even a few other surprises tossed in (which you’ll have to listen out for yourself).  It was the kind of set that I wanted to just keep going on and on, not unlike the massive, totally fulfilling hours-long live sets delivered by the likes of Armin van Buuren and Paul van Dyk in their time as visionary re-definers of trance. In today’s realm, my sense is that very few DJ/producers, such as Dash Berlin, DJ Shogun, tiDy and Cosmic Gate, have so far proven that they have the evolutionary vision to push limits and re-define the future of the trance music genre. Today, Tritonal showed the global audience that they have that same vision, insight and courage.  As I sat astonished and totally exhausted at the end of the two hours, I realized how abundantly clear today’s performance on Anjunabeats Worldwide was not just a beautiful two-hour set of great music, but a memorable and historic marker for the genre of trance itself.  The wonderful reality is this: Today, Tritonal blew open the doors on the future of trance and gave us all the opportunity to see, feel and hear it for ourselves.

The entire two hour set is available for download as a podcast on iTunes. Just search for Air Up There with Tritonal in the Podcast section of the iTunes Store.

 
F.Y.I: I’ll be witness to the future of trance in person when I see Tritonal live at Ruby Skye in San Francisco this coming Thursday night. Look back here next weekend for my review of what is sure to be an epic show.

Exostate Sends Us A Driven And Emotional Effort In Without Warning

The collaboration between Bissen and singer/songwriter Jeza that is Exostate has produced an exceptional new effort called Without Warning, one to which my personal favorite remixer Suncatcher has added even more depth of melodic emotion. The track begins with a soft melodic piano overture which seductively leads into Jeza's beautifully sensual vocals. As if without warning, a rising bass-line creeps in to the mix, ultimately driving the beat to the floor, pulling you up off of your seat. The bass beat and piano melody play off each other as the energy of the track reaches a massive scale, ensuring full-on trance emotion that will lift you up and away. Beautiful, emotional and driven to the core of your heart, look for Exostate’s Without Warning (Suncatcher Remix) to be widely played as a new essential for the clubs.

Without Warning (Suncatcher Remix) Exostate – Enhanced Recordings sits at #11 on the Beatport Trance Top 100 this week.