On a late February Rotterdam night, midway through his standout ASOT 2024 performance, Solarstone took the wraps off his new single … and it proved to be every bit the ‘Revelation’.
Having started the year with his Stine Grove-vocalled ‘The One’, the Pure Trance titan’s swapped the chromosomes for an equally debut-some vocal number with Evan Henzi. Evan’s will be a fresh name to some, but (through his work with Gareth Emery, Ashley Wallbridge and others), already embedded for others. For Solar watchers however, it’ll be his teaming with Kristina Sky and Danny Stubbs on Pure Trance Recordings’ ‘Rollercoaster’ that’ll bring the quickest finger-snap of recognition.
With an artistic synergy that’s impossible to miss, together the pair have conjured something comparably irresistible. Solarstone’s string-strung overture (major ‘4ever’ vibes!) gives way to a bassy, floor-forceful-drive. Further in, Vangelis-like feels affect a mellow drama to its midsection, before his beautifully cultivated, post-break elevation lifts the track again.
West-coast-wistful, Evan’s tones permeate every pore of Revelation, while the song’s theme likewise journeys far and wide. Through it his mind “roams further from home”, down some (doubtlessly emotional) “rocky roads”, all the while contemplating whether to actually stay or go.
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[content title="Summary" label="Overall Score"]Solarstone is an incredible artist who compose always masterpieces and his next collaboration is an absolute hymn for love. Evan Henzi is a super talented singer that we would love to listen his voice more frequently in the future as he has that very delicate and characteristic voice that adds uniqueness to anything he touches sonically. Revelation is destined to become one of the major vocal trance anthems of the year. Powerful energetic punchy 136 BPM uplifter with rock guitar licks throughout the track while the breakdown is full of orchestral strings, euphoric colorful synths and melodramatic atmosphere while the Evan vocal simply shines bright and wins the listeners straight away. The climax is euphoric with incredible pounding pumping bass, sharp attacking synthy riffs, piano and guitar riffs working like a treat to create an exceptional euphoric mega result ready to dominate the summer festivals. #PureGold Love iT[/content]
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[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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