01: John O’Callaghan, Paul Skelton & Ren Faye - May The Road Rise (Original Mix)
02: John O’Callaghan, Paul Skelton & Ren Faye - May The Road Rise (Extended mix)
Following his early 2024 excursion to ‘Pebble Beach’ and the summer-summoning ‘Devotion’, autumn sees John O’Callaghan raise those floor pressures once again. This outing finds co-producer, lyricist and fellow Irelander Paul Skelton travel the Tullamore trail over to John’s native Navan for ‘May The Road Rise’.
The track further teams the pair with Ren Faye, who was last heard lending voice to Amos & Riot Night’s ‘Different View’ in the spring. Now you’ve probably gathered from its title that ‘May The Road Rise’ already has some distinct Eireann atmospheres. Through her Celtic-ally-toned delivery, subtle Gaelic inflections and Paul’s sometimes wistful, but always moving ode, that characteristic is accented no end.
As you can imagine, John and Paul aren’t exactly skimping on the contrastingly uplifting elements either. Cantering drums, winnowing sub-melodies, and Ren’s ethereal harmonies dot its opening minutes. Slowly drawn fiddles transition fluidly into grander orchestral ones, and then further still into celestially plucked filaments. As its feels continue to swell, the pianoforte chimes and the synths ascend, to deliver an end-of-the-night, lump-in-the-throat moment club citizens will carry all the way home with them.
With advance word and floor-buzz already pointing to a potential track of 2024, ‘May The Road Rise’ lands today. Find it through all good sales and streaming outlets here.
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[content title="Summary" label="Overall Score"] John O’Callaghan and Paul Skelton combine their artistry once again to provide a magical track that is definitely one of the strongest vocal trance anthems of the year. The beloved Ren Faye service a stunning performance that is sensitive and touching but at the same time epic and empowering. May The Road Rise is one of the fantastic trance beauties that bring instantly tears in your eyes and can touch you deep in your soul from whatever culture you come from. The traditional touches along with the wonderful pianos and harps turn this track into an incredible track that celebrates positivity, unity and affirms once again the massive contribution that Irish trance have on the ever evolving trance genre. #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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