1 Jody Wisternoff Shivver
2 Vector Lovers Melodies and Memory (Marquez III mix)
3 J.Philip & Julio Bashmore Aquarium
4 Way Out West A Sheltered Place white
5 Douze Doxology
6 David Lynch I Know (Sasha remix)
7 Dino Lenny & Jenny Bae Montecassino’s deep Symphony
8 zdenko grbavac aevum (chymera remix) ftw recordingz
9 Silver Columns Brow Beaten (Kings Of Town) Moshi Moshi Records
10 Anthony Rother Man Up The Hill (Gui Boratto remix) Clash Music
The Deep End is an atmospheric house track with a strong breakdown and a great riff; not to mention a mellow and warm breakdown. For me it’s worth hunting down the Album Version as it’s a slightly more dancefloor friendly than other mixes. Having said that the tune structure isn’t your traditional four to the floor so some half decent mixing skills are needed.
I have to admit to not really having noticed much from Nuno Dos Santos before, but on the strength of this track alone I’ll keep an ear to the ground.
When Hybrid released Disappear Here a few months ago, it fell slightly below my expecatations. It’s a great album to listen to at home with wonderful, rich orchestrals, but it didn’t have dancefloor or live performance stand-out in my view. So it’s great to see this latest batch of remixes of the title track, disappear here.
Disappear Here – Trance remixes
Maor Levi – this is the best trance remix and probably my favourite all together tance treatment.
Andy Moor has done two mixes, the ecomix and a dub, and while good, neither bkows my socks off. The Dub has no vocal, and the ecomix cheeses it up a bit too much, but only a little bit. Although I’d love to see what it would do to a dancefloor; good things I think.
Disappear Here – Progressive mixes
Hybrid Soundsystem. Most Hybrid stuff, Disappear Here included is made for progressive house and breaks lovers, so it’s no surpruse this is where the tune works best. It’s full of classic hybrid twists and details. A slight air of menace in the riff, great production and an awesome breakdown.
Antix Mix. Weaker of the prog remixes for me, but still very listenable. I’m just not sure about the vocal snippets.
Disappear Here – Breaks
Losers remix. Losers remix really doesn’t cut it for me; far too down tempo and a bit slow for the first two mins before it gets going properly. When it does get going it’s messy and a bit rough around the edges.
Orchestral Armchair Version. This very downtempo version appeared on a few of the early album lauches and really demonstrates what Hybrid do best; epic orchestrals, with great crossover appeal.
Kyoto or Hans Raaijmakers to his mates has been producing tunes for just a few years, but this track certainly has a maturity of a much more experienced producer.
Senegal follows a standard prog/trance structure which is no bad thing. A well produced riff gives way to a gentle building break which is just the right length and intensity for the pace of the track. I do think that the break could’ve been a bit more epic, but I’d still buy this tune and really like it as a mid set prog tune, or a builer in a trance set.
Wicked vocal progressive warmer of a record. Listened to it about three times this morning and it’s made me smile every time. Sure it rocked every dancefloor it was played over the summer. Love the Mark Hemmann treatment.
Frisky Radio is a decent web-based radio station and annoyingly for them, their content turns up all over the net. In this case I think that the fact Jody Wisternoff himself has posted this into his soundcloud profile makes it okay to repost.
Enjoy an hour of really upbeat progressive house, and convince yourself it’s August still. I’m still working on a tracklisting can’t seem to dig one out anywhere, but I’ve dug out an id for my fave track which I’ll repost in a minute.
Updated with with a Tracklist
1 – Origin Unknown – Valley of the shadows ( snippet )
2 – Decimal – Forgotten Requiem
3 – Ian O’Donavon – En Verano
4 – Moorcheeba – Blood Like Lemonade ( Maetrik rmx )
5 – Chymera – Dreamrunner ( Funk Dvoid rmx )
6- Lee Curtis – I can hear you Arthur
7 – Ian F & Aneuria – Lepa
8 – Roberto Rodriguez -Thank you ( Part 2 )
9 – Petar Dundov – Distant Shores
10- Disclosure – The law of One
The Daily Telegraph is renowned as the voice of right wing England so it’s the least likely place in the world to find good dance music content. Or so I thought.
One of their music bloggers Dancesaurus has done a great job of defining exactly what progressive house actually is, producing a decent showcase mix and even giving comparisons between trance remixes and progressive house remixes of particular tracks. Loving his work.
The mix itself is pretty decent, and if you were to ask me to pull out 12 tunes to illustrate progressive house as a genre then I’d choose something similar.
Nyce has been getting DJ support from all the big names in progressive house; Jody Wisternoff, Nick Warren etc. and I think it’s going to be one of the biggest progressive house tracks of the summer. Massive Electro beats deliver a really strong bass bin shaking rhythm while a catchy distinctive synth riff takes care of the top end and the two together deliver great contrast. This track will fly!
Dirty South and Mark Knight are pretty big names in house so you know you’ve got a corker of a track on your hands, and Stepover doesn’t disappoint. On the slightly housier end of progressive this heavily influenced tech tune is a real builder.
A solid build with great chunky bass gives way to an epically progressive breakdown with a great filtered synth vocal combo building up really nicely. It’s a record I fully expect to be an Ibiza anthem, not least because of it’s flexibility on any dancefloor from bar to club. Anooyingly I’ve had to link to the official toolroom one, which has some twat telling us off about piracy throughout the tune.
Privilege by Estiva has been doing the rounds for a while getting play from people like Markus Schultz and AVB, and it’s the main track on the recently released Friends & Enemies EP. It’s REALLY good. Trackitdown categorises the track as progressive trance, which while I don’t agree with the term, can see where they’re coming from. A nice chunky but still melodic bass gives out to an amazing epic breakdown, with strong sub bass and synth stabs. Proper spine chilling stuff. The break gives way to an un-hurried and melodic end section of the track, which to be honest is a little bit slow. This part of the track does feel a bit trance-slowed-down. I’d still buy it though.
