Solarium - Venice Under Water
Armada Music
Catalogue Number: CLEL0007
Yet another release on the Armada sub-label Club Elite, this time from none
other than Ron Bercovitch (aka Sunquest) under his new Solarium alias. A
member of this very forum this brings his debut release under this alias to
the streets.
Original Mix
A typically crisp kick and percussion start the ball rolling and straight
away this is a more upbeat and peaktime tune than the usual Club Elite tracks.
A bubbling synthy bassline drops in over the percussion with layers of haunting
sine wave type pads then a short drop and the tune really begins to build. A
legato style riff comes in with lush string pads as we go towards the break at
around the 2:30 mark. The beats drop away leaving the synth riff and choral pads
and fx to lift the motion then the beats kick in again powering the tune on. I
particularly like the nice bass synth and this is a quality early peaktime trancer
- mellow but with enough kick to move the floor for sure.
M.I.K.E. Remix
This starts with a typical dark bassline and percussion. Tough acidy synths
come in over the beats with the chord sequence from the original but done in
a darker more twisted style. Stabbing chord pads come in over the top again
building the tune towards the break, but for me the darkness of this remix
loses the uplifting quality of the original, as the drop comes to dark echoing
percussion sounds rather than lush uplifting melodies. Again, M.I.K.E. fans
will no doubt lap this up but like the previous Club Elite release it's not
really anything out of the ordinary.
Overall then I'm going with the Original Mix on this one which is a quality bit
of peaktime trance. Recently awarded my Big Tune Of The Week on my Waveforms
show and rightly so this is perfect for those early peaktime moments when you
want lush melodies and emotion rather than pounding beats and massive synth riffs.
If Ron can keep producing great tracks of this calibre, then he's definitely going
to be a face to watch in 2005. Highly recommended.
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Review by Yaz
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