On both the singles and mix-comp front, Sied van Riel’s juice to produce has shown no signs of abating over the last six months. With the momentum flowing, he’s gotten together with US singer-songwriter Alicia Madison for a thoroughbred release that’s going to give summer one almighty lift!
Alongside the stellar Original Mix, ‘Gravity’s gravities are reinforced by a contingent of high-grade European remixes, with the likes of Sneijder, David Forbes and Bastian Salbart dropping trance-translations. Also on board are remakes from the other side of the pond, with house king Jose Nuñez and Chicago duo Stephano & Torio giving ‘Gravity’ yet more pull.
The intro of Sied’s Original mix engages the prog-drive, setting up an atmospheric, moodily powerful transit to the drop and the vocals of Alicia Madison. She mirrors that theme to a tee, with introspective verses, which - backed by the Riel one’s surging riffs - finally lift the chorus to its big conclusion.
With a string of A-list attention-grabbing singles, the impact of Gdansk’s Bastian Salbart has been sizeable over the last six months. That fine work continues with a remix of ‘Gravity that’s tough when it needs to be, atmospheric & emotive when it wants to be, but works the floor like a mutha from first beat till last!
David Forbes’ Full On Mix ups the BPM count to peak-hour speed, deepening the drums and letting the B-lines run wild. In the drop he masses the pads, bringing heart, soul & yet further implication to Alicia’s vocals, before tying it all off with a force multiplier of a mainline.
Preparing to hit another remix home run, it might be time to notch that safety harness a little tighter as Sneijder approaches the plate. The man on the vocal majority of Planet Trance’s lips at the moment, he primes his mix with tough, ripping beats and the looped and echoed harmonics of Alicia’s tones. Suffusing the break with evocative savannah-ish chords, he finally recouples the 303, re-engages the synths and with no small amount of sonic bombast sends his remix of ‘Gravity’ clean out of the park!
Trance interpretations locked, Black Hole has ensured that floors of other natures are equally well serviced. Making a rarer appearance these day, house is the feeling on Subliminal legend Jose Nuñez, remap. Funkily rolling drums, skipping, open hi-hats, Disclosure-ish sub-bass, EQ with IQ and full effect FX has his mix make short work of more groove-orientated floors.
Last but by no means least in this most epic of remix line-ups comes the pairing of Joe Christofano & Victor Comforte a.k.a. DJs Sephano & Torio. Hot off the back of their remix of Tiësto’s ‘Just Be’ earlier in the year, they deliver ‘Gravity’ comparably fine festival-ism thrills and spills of the electro/prog-house variety.
You’ve seen the movie, now hear the track! A true force of nature, ‘Gravity’ gravitates to dancefloors this July
Alongside the stellar Original Mix, ‘Gravity’s gravities are reinforced by a contingent of high-grade European remixes, with the likes of Sneijder, David Forbes and Bastian Salbart dropping trance-translations. Also on board are remakes from the other side of the pond, with house king Jose Nuñez and Chicago duo Stephano & Torio giving ‘Gravity’ yet more pull.
The intro of Sied’s Original mix engages the prog-drive, setting up an atmospheric, moodily powerful transit to the drop and the vocals of Alicia Madison. She mirrors that theme to a tee, with introspective verses, which - backed by the Riel one’s surging riffs - finally lift the chorus to its big conclusion.
With a string of A-list attention-grabbing singles, the impact of Gdansk’s Bastian Salbart has been sizeable over the last six months. That fine work continues with a remix of ‘Gravity that’s tough when it needs to be, atmospheric & emotive when it wants to be, but works the floor like a mutha from first beat till last!
David Forbes’ Full On Mix ups the BPM count to peak-hour speed, deepening the drums and letting the B-lines run wild. In the drop he masses the pads, bringing heart, soul & yet further implication to Alicia’s vocals, before tying it all off with a force multiplier of a mainline.
Preparing to hit another remix home run, it might be time to notch that safety harness a little tighter as Sneijder approaches the plate. The man on the vocal majority of Planet Trance’s lips at the moment, he primes his mix with tough, ripping beats and the looped and echoed harmonics of Alicia’s tones. Suffusing the break with evocative savannah-ish chords, he finally recouples the 303, re-engages the synths and with no small amount of sonic bombast sends his remix of ‘Gravity’ clean out of the park!
Trance interpretations locked, Black Hole has ensured that floors of other natures are equally well serviced. Making a rarer appearance these day, house is the feeling on Subliminal legend Jose Nuñez, remap. Funkily rolling drums, skipping, open hi-hats, Disclosure-ish sub-bass, EQ with IQ and full effect FX has his mix make short work of more groove-orientated floors.
Last but by no means least in this most epic of remix line-ups comes the pairing of Joe Christofano & Victor Comforte a.k.a. DJs Sephano & Torio. Hot off the back of their remix of Tiësto’s ‘Just Be’ earlier in the year, they deliver ‘Gravity’ comparably fine festival-ism thrills and spills of the electro/prog-house variety.
You’ve seen the movie, now hear the track! A true force of nature, ‘Gravity’ gravitates to dancefloors this July
Dimitri Kechagias review: Black Hole recordings presents the brand new vocal trance anthem by the sure and trusted hands of the talented dj & producer Sied van Riel who has produced some of the biggest anthems and of course series of successful remixes. Sied returns in the summer of trance 2014 with his vocal beauty Gravity. He collaborates with the extremely talented singer Alicia Madison who is one of the finest singers in the EDM world. Her voice is absolutely incredible and her performance will touch deeply your heart with her fragility and dynamism. The track is a powerful straight forward progressive trancer with solid tough grooves, energetic driving basslines and very strong sunkissed melodies. The breakdown is extremely magical with blissful cinematic atmosphere with luscious synths, airy pads and emotional strings that highlight even more the vocal abilities of Alicia's performance. The lyrics are deep and meaningful and will be easy for the listener to identify with the story and the character that Alicia is singing about with so much passion and strength. The main rave style synthy lead is epic and uplifting to the maximum so when the kick returns the climax is full on hands in the air pure euphoria trance moment that will make your heart and body jump along with hands in the air preferably with your loved one by your side cause Gravity is a highly erotic anthem that will elevate your senses to a higher level. Now the package is complete with wide variety of remixes commissioned from Black Hole to extend your pleasure even more. First of all the upcoming and quickly rising to the top Irish uplifting trance dj & producer Sneidjer delivers his magnificent full on uplifting trance version that includes acid trance, tech trance and even neo psy trance infusions as well. He keeps the sweet vocal and uplifting euphoric synths just for the breakdown and his climax is super hard and extra rough to push you to your outer limits. Better hold on tight and enjoy this wild ride. The Polish Bastian Salbart with releases on top labels like High Contrast service his very unique version that starts with minimal elements and the magnificent Alicia vocals followed by euphoric hands in the air synths that lead the track to its full on hands in the air tech trance main section perfect for those mainstage dj sets when the masses of festival goers demand harder and faster beats and aggressive basslines. Very different and definitely refreshing remix by Bastian. David Forbes from Scotland service the full on hands in the air pure uplifting trance remix with solid driving groove, deep haunting pulsating bassline, chord progressions, warm airy pads and superb long atmospheric breakdown with fantastic soundscapes and huge euphoric synths that lead the track nicely to its massive hands in the air euphoric climax. He applies the full vocal and he does what we expect from him that is of course always high quality pure trance smash. Jose Nunez remix is an excellent deep tech house remake that includes old school influences and great depth and darkness in it. If you search for the remix that reflects the current deep house retro trend don't miss this excellent smasher with that USA/MK vibe to it. Last but not least the beloved duo Sephano & Torio are back as they transform the original into a full on epic progressive house banger with emotional sweet melodic breakdown that allows Alicias voice to shine along with the colourful euphoric synths. The drop is full on epic prog house with electro and even French disco house influences. The result is a superb package that will find supporters on wide variety of dj sets. #PureGold Love It
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