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"Forever and a day, I hope I will always be this way"

Lee Orchard | Wellington New Zealand | 07/14/2004

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Now, I know it came out in the latter half of 2003, but it featrures a tear forming remix by Michael Woods of Lost Tribe's, Gamemaster and some new trance tunes. If you want the original of Gamemaster for comparison, see Gatecrasher Wet. As I tend to go for something with meaningful and emotional vocals/samples, personal favourites include, 3rd Earth by Solarstone and Scott Bond, Prayer for a God-Darren Tate, Voice of an Angel-Matt Darey and Marcella Woods, Forever and a Day-State One (Michael Woods remix) Whether the compilation be harder, that is debatable. Hard to me is hard trance, which is not the same as what I think Judge Jules has tried to do here. There is everything from uplifting spiritual and vocal smooth trance, to your rinsey dirty, deep and dark trance, strongly remsembling some of the sounds that current breaks have as it can also have a dark trance anticlimax and climax strongly borrowing from drum and bass. Here I am mainly talking about the synths and the darker sound they seem to have, which without actually being the same speed as hard trance, does make us feel like it is faster than what it really is. I have been following trance for years and considering I did not listen to this cd before I purchased it, I think it is alright. There are better cds on the market right now, but I am glad to hear a sound that differs for me, from traditional trance. I am an advocate of progression and new sound in all genres of dance."