Handpicked this month by dance music bible Billboard as part of their 2018 Electronic Music Album watchlist, and #2 on Finland’s overall iTunes chart just hours after release, Super8 & Tab’s hotly anticipated long player ‘Reformation: Part 1’ finally drops worldwide today on Armada Music.
While fans around the world have had to wait until today to get their hands on the duo’s third studio album release, the build up to ‘Reformation’ over the past 12 months has seen Miika Eloranta and Janne Mansnerus scorch an incendiary trail of massive anthems that have dominated charts and radio airwaves. One after the other, tracks like ‘Cosmo’, ‘Falling Into You’, Beatport #1 hit ‘Mega’ and last month’s single ‘True Love’ have signalled fresh intent from the Finnish duo, and cemented their growing status as legends within the global trance arena. Their latest single ‘Seconds Away’ already looks set to continue their run of success, premiering last week on Armin’s ASOT radio broadcast and online with electronic bible Dancing Astronaut.
After their huge set at Tranceformations in Poland earlier in February, Mansnerus spoke about how hard it had been to keep the track under wraps until only a week before ‘Reformation: Part 1’ dropped. “We first played Seconds Away live at ASOT 800 in Utrecht back in February 2017,” he said. “Ever since it’s been hard to keep this track as an ID but finally now we can release it. We wanted to create something a bit different and had this baseline idea but it was Sarah deCourcy's vocals that really took this track to a totally new level. She’s an amazing talented artist!”
With more new music set to drop from ‘Reformation: Part 2’ across the next couple of months, it’s safe to say 2018 is becoming an absolute monster of a year for Super8 & Tab.
SUPER8 & TAB // TOUR DATES
Feb 23 - Palace Theatre, Calgary CANADA
Feb 24 - Trance Unity / Circus, Montreal CANADA
Mar 10 - Envision, Bangkok THAILAND
Mar 23 - Gallery @ Ministry of Sound, London UK
Mar 30 - Soolo, Kotka FINLAND
April 7 - Cabaret, Pori FINLAND
Apr 14 - Party XPRS, Helsinki FINLAND
May 11 - Zouk, Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA
May 26 - Equinox, Leicester UK
Jul 4 - Beats For Love Festival, Ostrava CZECH REPUBLIC
Jul 13 - European Festival TBA
Jul 14 - Beach Time Festival, Sierakow POLAND
Jul 27 - European Festival TBA
Dimitri Kechagias review:
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[item value="10"]Beat and Rhythm[/item]
[item value="10"]Basslines and Groove[/item]
[item value="10"] Melody [/item]
[item value="10"] Synths [/item]
[item value="10"]Vocals and Lyrics[/item]
[item value="10"]Breakdown[/item]
[item value="10"]Climax / Drop / Crescendo / Pay off moment[/item]
[item value="10"]Intensity, Drive and Energy[/item]
[item value="10"]Sound-design and Arrangement[/item]
[item value="10"]Overall Atmosphere[/item]
[item value="10"]Goosebumps / Shivers moments[/item]
[item value="10"]Emotional affinity and heartfelt moments[/item]
[item value="10"]Originality and Inventiveness[/item]
[item value="10"]Dancefloor Efficiency / Festival Arenas Effectiveness[/item]
[item value="10"]You can’t get this memorable track out of your head[/item]
[item value="10"]It has potential to become an anthem or a classic[/item]
[item value="10"]Super8 & Tab - Reformation Part 1[/item]
[content title="Summary" label="Overall Score"]Super8 & Tab are definitely one of the most beloved duo's in trance world. For so many years they continue together servicing the trance dreamers with unforgettable classics on labels like Anjunabeats. On their Armada Music era comes Reformation Part 1 and will definitely make you love their music even more. The first part of their new album is packed with memorable melodies, solid arrangement of powerful club trance tracks with clean, clear, crispy, elegant and stimulating elements that shine and sparkle with joy. The album contains 3 vocal tracks with powerful singers and meaningful lyrics merged with anthemic strings, orchestral cinematic themes and superb synths to blow you away. Great tracks that you want to listen again and again on repeat mode only. The rest of the tracks are 3 excellent instrumental bangers with fat drums, smashing bouncy basslines and most importantly emotionally touching melodies to whistle and wave your hands in the air combined with synthy riffs that bring rave days back and awake memories of the gold days of trance. If you look for an album that represents mainstage trance Reformation part 1 is for YOU! #PureGold Love IT [/content]
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