01: ‘Tick Tock’ (Original Mix)
Great Paul minds clearly think alike out VANDIT way! With label boss Paul van Dyk’s ‘Guardian’ and Paul Miller’s ‘Plick Plack’ both currently out, about and causing all the right types of floor-kick, here’s another of the label’s ever-expanding P-collective with his newest sound-ware.
GodsKitchen Worldwide resident Paul Thomas has never been hotter, putting sales charts and airwaves on notice with his Shadow Of Two’s side project’s ‘Lucir’ and recent Chris Bekker team-up ‘Zoundz’. ‘Tick Tock’ is his first standalone under his own name for Berlin’s sonic knights and with it Paul’s dropped an unequivocally explosive mainliner into the VANDIT late 2014 canon.
Paul’s stylistic ethos is eclectic, refusing to stay in any one place for too long, as the man himself explains…
“I have gone back to my melodic roots over the past 12 months, making tracks with melodies and big chords, while keeping the beats and bass quite techy and rolling”, he says. “It seems to have worked well, as I have a lot of cross-genre support, from Paul van Dyk, Sander van Doorn and Gareth Emery, to Mark Knight, Funkagenda and Steve Angello. But generally I'm just making tracks that I love and that fit into my sets.”
‘Tick Tock’ falls wholeheartedly at the full-on end of Thomas’ expansive style spectrum. A late-into-the-night trance-tonic, throughout its build it fields an elevating range of drum domination, coursing synths, heart-swelling pads and wickedly infectious riffs.
In the break the track drops into a rhythmic, metronomic percussion line which tick-tocks through to its final concussive sonic BOOM! A suitably eruptive sound-wave, it brings the track its crucial money shot moment.
‘Tick Tock’s countdown finishes today. You can pick it up from Beatport from now!
Supported By:
Giuseppe Ottaviani, Eddie Bitar, Kaeno, Kenneth Thomas, Mohamed Bahi and many more
Dimitri Kechagias review: The legendary record label VANDIT records presents the magnificent new progressive trance beauty Tick Tock by the hands of the beloved dj & producer & label owner Paul Thomas. His decision to move towards the epic classic euphoric synths in his tracks it was well timed and wise one if we consider the success he has at the moment. He is widely recognised for his well established and right to the heart of the dancefloor sound. Tick Tock as a title may sounds a bit strange but the reality is that this track sounds like a bomb that is about to explode in the breakdown when those euphoric and highly pleasurable gigantic synths are unleashed recalling the finest moments of uplifting euphoric sounds combined as always with sweet melancholic tones. The climax is full on hands in the air with the feel good synths doing the job perfectly to keep you running and dancing with wide smile in your face and some glow sticks in your hands. Feel the energy permeating your blood vessels and feel the shivers taking over your senses from head to toe. This is Paul Thomas as its most classy and dancefloor oriented and dont be fooled this record will go down like BOOM BOOM. #PureGold Love it
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