Of late they’ve given us Giuseppe Ottaviani’s deliciously moody techno formation ‘Legacy’, the more celestially mood-some ‘Learning To Live’ from Cold Blue and John O’Callaghan’s moodily-charged ‘Next Stop Muddy Waters’.
So where on the mood spectrum will Subculture land next!?
Well, as it transpires, it’s something of the moodily sung variety, and that arrives today in the quite brilliant form of ‘Hold Me Close’ from Sied van Riel & Natalie Gioia’.
Sied locks ‘Hold Me’s thunder-hearted tone in with scudding drums and a depth of LFO resonance that’ll punch clean through club walls. Also drawn into its maelstrom are dark, echoic FX, scissor-sharp riffs and judicious bursts of distortion, cumulatively blazing the trail for Natalie’s exceptional song.
Laying her emotions bare, she articulates them beautifully and unforgettably into its lyrics - her voice emphasizing each line to bittersweet effect.
Vocal progressive-trance, supercharged to meet the needs of primetime floors, ‘Hold Me Close’ it's out now click here
Dimitri Kechagias review:
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[item value="10"]Beat and Rhythm[/item]
[item value="10"]Basslines and Groove[/item]
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[item value="10"]Vocals and Lyrics[/item]
[item value="10"]Breakdown[/item]
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[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"]Radio Friendly[/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]
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[content title="Summary" label="Overall Score"]Subculture is the label that trancers trust worldwide for its wide and rich variety of trance subgenres that releases without any preoccupation with certain trance genre. The unstoppable and hard working international superstar Sied van Riel collaborates with the Russian singer Natalie Gioia for the stunning Hold Me Close. The track is a powerful melodic proglifting trancer with thunderous basslines, thumping rolling grooves, dark synthy lines, cinematic moody strings and of course great application of the vocals that give you goosebumps as Natalie sings with her velvet like voice. The lyrics are touching and will move the heart and soul of any human out there. The climax is energetic and in your face with dark sinister synths and great atmosphere that build intensity and certain sense of urgency and mystery in the air! #PureGold Love IT [/content]
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