MIDOR & Six4Eight featuring Dj Precision - Far East
Somatic
Catalogue Number: SOMATIC003
Well I've been very lucky enough to source an upfront copy of the 3rd release
from this upcoming label run by Pascal Van Eijk aka DJ Precision. Some of you may
already be familiar with the collaboration's first release Seventh Heaven/Cloud City
which was nothing short of stunning and still sitting in my box months later. For the
new one, we have the original mix of 'Far East' on the a side with the Empyreal Sun
Remix on the reverse.
Anyway onto the tune and firstly the original mix. Kicks in with a nice strong
beat and nice crisp percussion then a nice bouncin synth line kicks in some resonant
synth stabs and already I'm thinking this is gonna be quality. Then the bassline drops
in and drives the beauty along nicely. Very similar in tempo/style to begin with to
Cloud City and from my point of view that's no bad thing - this screams quality from
the word go. Nice little synthy chords bring up the mood and then it drops back to
the bassline with a lovely arpeggiated synth, lifting with accompanying strings as the
go towards the break. Boooom the break kicks in and OMFG - what a riff!! A synthy koto
type sound with a riff which Solarstone would be proud of! In fact the best way to describe
this tune is Solarstone with balls!. Twangy bass synths and strings kick in, the snares
roll and we drop back in with a bang. The whole tune is brilliantly uplifting and will work
well anywhere in a good trance set - stunning, simply stunning.
Over onto the b side and Empyreal Sun (aka Inzite) turn in a quality remix. Nice
long percussive intro which is nice for DJs like me who like nice long transitions between
tracks. Nice pumping bassline and synths although for me doesn't have quite the power of the
original mix. Having said that, still a lush bit of trance and I'd probs play this maybe in
an earlier set where you don't want the emotional power of the original mix. The main riff
is made more filterered here with a more high passed filter sound but with nice synth strings
accompanying the riff - very nice indeed. Empyreal Sun/Inzite are doing some great remix work
at the moment with their remix of Ozone - Rock being particularly good.
In conclusion if you love trance then you NEED this tune it's as simple as that.
Somatic Sense are going from strength to strength - at the moment I've got all three of their
releases in my box and I can't say that for many other labels and when you bear in mind their
1st release was in August 2003 that's nothing short of amazing. If they keep this quality up
trance DJs will be a very happy bunch indeed.
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Review by Yaz
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