Charts for week beginning 11th July... I've added comments this time

TRANCE/TECHNO/BREAKS
01 Pjotr G - 3-2-1 (CD-R)
Incredible techno track in 3/4!! which actually sounds 'right'... superb stuff.

02 Jochen Miller - India (High Contrast)
More quality tech trance from a label gaining a lot of respect very quickly, everything they've put out so far has been wicked.

03 Marco G - Funk Around The World [Bryan Cox remix] (Relic)
Dirty, bouncy funky techno with a HUGE bassline...

04 Orkan - Shibuya (First Second)
Kinda tribal but really uplifting trance; the "Got Drums?" mix is even more percussive.

05 Oradea - The Only Way (RealMusic)
Strange reversed lead synth in this one, works really well though - nice original sounding trance.

06 Gareth Emery & Jon O'Bir - Bouncebackability (Five AM)
Oh, that one! Long awaited piece of magic I'm sure you all know with a groove and half.

07 Mike Foyle vs Signalrunners - Love Theme Dusk (Armind)
Southampton's Mr Foyle really has made one of the biggest trance tunes of the summer - lots of respect to him, it's beautiful.

08 Tiebreaker - Settle The Score [Influenza Mix] (Pacific Front)
This is quite a simple breaks track with a really nice flow to it, but definately not lacking filth

09 Patrik Skoog - Desolation [Henrik B remix] (Drumcode)
Comes with a Valentino Kanzyani remix which is also very good, but the Henrik B version has got wicked cut up and twisted sound to it.

10 Tim Track - Track It Back [Hertz mix] (Sway)
More solid stuff from Pierre J's Swedish label, little string sample fills make this a very nice bit of techno indeed.


HARD HOUSE/HARD TRANCE
01 Cloudchaser - Aerodynamic [Alphazone remix] (Skywarp)
I've been going off Alphazone stuff recently but this driving remix of a track that's been floating round for a while now really puts them back on top. Incredible production.

02 Benny Drohan - Back To The Programme [MDA & Spherical Mix] (Whiplash)
One of the best lead lines I've heard in a hard trance track for ages combined with Matt and Mark's usual high production standard.

03 Dave Van Eynde - Irwari [Ex Dee Remix] (CD-R)
Pretty standard hard trance but with a lead and very slightly cheesy (but effective) female vocal that really stand out for me.

04 Chrysus, M.D.A. & Spherical - Phantasm (CD-R)
Screaming acidy hard house which shows that 3 heads are better than, er, fewer than that.

05 Enursha - Ankara (CD-R)
New one from Ingo and Chris Hoff, quite dirty but uplifting hard trance and some strange noises

06 Technikal & Marc French - Mad & Confused (Tranzlation)
Slightly cheesy hard trance tune that everyone seems to be loving at the moment, reminds me of something else but I can't think what...

07 Nick Rowland - H2O (Tidy)
Almost progressive hard dance... nice sounds and a nice rolling rhythm broken up by big bits of bass

08 James Lawson & Carl Nicholson - Times Like These [Carl Nicholson's 2005 Remix] (Nukleuz)
Carl's reworked one of his earlier tunes. Again, hard trance with nothing particularly original but it still works well.

09 Technikal, Chrysus, M.D.A. & Spherical - Tekamine (CD-R)
3 heads? How about 4? Dark and moody energetic hard trance with a silly name.

10 K-Complex - Spiritual Corruption (Science Fabric)
Yes, he usually makes hardcore but this is a fair few bpm down from his usual stuff and sounds pretty cool.


NEXT GIG DATE:
26th August - Kinetic @ Manhattan Bar, Bristol
with Carl Nicholson, Carling & White, BS2 + more tbc

New trance, techno and hard dance demos coming very soon...

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