Kyamoto - Stealth
ATCR
Catalogue Number: TCOM042CD
Well another great track from Mark Versluis and Henrik Christensen hits my
doormat, this time on the massive ATCR label in the shape of 'Stealth'. This
time we have Miika & Jussi of the awesome 'Reginellla' fame plus Joni Ljungqvist
on remix duties so I was well looking forward to checking this one out.
Original Mix
A acidy synth fires this off soon to be joined by a nice kick and filtering
pads stabs and you know from the off this means business. A driving synth
line drifts in over the bassline as the tune starts to build layer on layer
- class. A vocoded vocal then the tune kicks in fully and we're talking
full-on peak time trance mayhem. The spacey vocoded vox work so well over
the lush layers of synths as it powers on towards the break at just before
the 2:30 mark. The beats drop away as the filtering stabby pads then the main
synth riff drops in - awesome stuff. The tough acidy synthline comes in
underneath as layers upon layers of pads and synths join the proceedings
before the snare roll and boom the tune kicks back in and you just know the
crowd are gonna be going absolutely crazy to this.
Miika & Jussi Mix
This starts off with a nice crisp kick and perc as a mellow acidy synthline
drifts in from behind then is joined by a driving bassline. A mellow
arpeggiated synth line then drops in along with layers of haunting choral
pads as the tune then begins to build. The main synth riff from the Original
mix sneakily drops in then lush stabbing synth chords join the fray and wow
this is something else. Similar in style to their recent Reginella track, the
layers of stabby synths just really lift this up and give it a completely
different vibe from the original until the beats drop away to the spacey vocoded
vox at around the 3 minute mark. A gorgeous square wave synth riff drops in from
the background in the break to lift the emotion and again give this remix something
a little bit different and boy does it work as the stabby synth chords begin to
build, the acidy bassline jumps back in and the beat kicks in once again.
JPL Mix
Nice different style of start on this one. A great squelchy bassline and kick
drum starts things on this remix. The layers of percussion again begin to
build as the vocoded vox come in with layers of pads taking this a slightly
more melodic vibe. Bubbly acidy synths drift in beneath and gorgeous string
pads again make this remix a great peaktime track. The break comes with a
dreamy flute like synth riff again giving this a nice variation from the original
but yet still as pumping for the floor. Fans of a more mellow melodic style are
sure to love this.
Overall then, I'd say trance fans are spoilt with another great release from
ATCR. I'm a massive fan of pretty much all their releases, but this for me
is the strongest release from then in a while. The Original mix is outstanding
in it's own right and the remixes from Miika & Jussi and JPL are bound to appeal
to those wanting some variation. I've already played this on both my ETN.FM and
RiseFM.com shows to great feedback and the Miika & Jussi mix was my Big Tune Of
The Week on last week's RiseFM show and rightly so. Anyone still moaning about
trance seriously needs to check this out - absolutely essential stuff.
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Review by Yaz
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