In Set Me Free, Harshil Kamdar and MIDI Kittyy unite poetic storytelling with uplifting melodies and soaring trance energy in a flawless union.
This track builds with emotive vocals and climaxes in a euphoric, dancefloor-ready drop.
It’s the kind of music that lifts sets and leaves a lasting impression on listeners.
Dimitris Kechagias Review: [review top="1"] [item value="10"]Harshil Kamdar & MIDI Kittyy - Set Me Free [/item]
[content title="Summary" label="Overall Score"]"Set Me Free" by Harshil Kamdar and MIDI Kittyy is a masterclass in euphoric trance production, blending poetic storytelling with a meticulously crafted sound design that resonates deeply with trance enthusiasts. Operating at a brisk 138 BPM, this track embodies the quintessential elements of Balearic uplifting trance, delivering an auditory journey that is both emotionally profound and sonically dynamic. The production begins with lush, atmospheric pads that set a serene yet anticipatory tone. Layered over this foundation are delicate arpeggios that gradually build in complexity, creating a cascading effect that draws the listener into its immersive soundscape. The emotive vocals, skillfully processed with reverb and subtle delay, add a poignant human touch, enhancing the track's narrative depth. A hallmark of "Set Me Free" is its stunning piano chords, which are rich in harmonic texture and provide a melodic anchor throughout the composition. The piano is cleanly EQ'd to sit perfectly within the mix, allowing its brightness to shine without overpowering other elements. The track’s breakdown section is particularly noteworthy, featuring a stripped-back arrangement that highlights the vocal performance against a backdrop of ambient textures and shimmering synth lines. As the track progresses towards its climactic drop, tension is meticulously built through the use of risers, white noise sweeps, and pitch-modulated synths. The drop itself is a euphoric explosion of sound, characterized by pulsating basslines, energetic kick drums, and punchy percussion. The bass is tightly side-chained to the kick, ensuring a powerful yet clean low-end that drives the track's momentum. The use of sun-kissed synth leads, with wide stereo imaging and vibrant, detuned oscillators, adds to the track's soaring, uplifting quality. These synths are complemented by dynamic automation of filters and effects, maintaining listener interest and enhancing the track's emotional impact. The floating and flowing sonic landscapes are masterfully engineered to absorb the listener, creating a sensation of weightlessness and freedom—perfectly aligning with the track’s title. In terms of production values, "Set Me Free" showcases impeccable attention to detail, from its polished mixdown to the balanced mastering that ensures clarity and impact across all frequency ranges. This track is not just a piece of music; it's an experience designed to elevate, inspire, and leave a lasting impression on dance floors and in the hearts of listeners alike. #PureGold LoveIT [/content]
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We welcome back both Doppenberg and Harshil Kamdar to the NK main label, this time joining forces for a stunning uplifter! Doppenberg is known for his emotional melodies and this track is no exception. The combination of melody, basslines and fx take you on the journey as all great trance should!
[content title="Summary" label="Overall Score"]Doppenberg & Harshil Kamdar have once again demonstrated their mastery in trance production with "Afterglow," a 138 BPM euphoric uplifter that resonates with both technical brilliance and emotive depth. The track opens with a commanding low-end foundation, featuring meticulously layered basslines that seamlessly integrate sub-bass and mid-bass elements. This creates a robust, driving groove that anchors the track's energy. The basslines are sidechained with precision to allow the thunderous kick drums to punch through, providing that quintessential trance heartbeat. The percussion arrangement deserves special mention. It employs a blend of traditional 909 drum machine hits, enhanced with modern digital processing to achieve a crisp, head-crushing texture. High-frequency shakers and hi-hats are strategically panned for a wide stereo image, adding to the track's dynamic feel without overwhelming the midrange frequencies. The breakdown is where "Afterglow" truly shines, showcasing Doppenberg & Kamdar's adeptness at melodic composition and atmospheric engineering. A warm, reverb-drenched piano melody emerges, accompanied by lush orchestral strings that add a cinematic layer of depth. The use of cool spoken vocal samples, subtly processed with delay and reverb, injects an ethereal quality, setting the stage for the track’s climactic build. Production techniques such as automated filter sweeps, reverb tails, and risers crafted with white noise and pitch modulation are employed to heighten anticipation. The transition from the breakdown to the drop is executed flawlessly, with tension-building snare rolls and dynamic EQing that gradually reintroduces the full frequency spectrum. The climax delivers an explosive "hands-in-the-air" moment, characterized by soaring lead synths crafted with supersaw waveforms, layered and detuned to create a rich harmonic texture. These melodies are both uplifting and emotionally resonant, designed to evoke feelings of love, hope, and happiness. "Afterglow" is not just a track; it's a meticulously crafted auditory experience. Its optimistic, epic energy is rooted in both its technical prowess and emotive storytelling, making it a standout euphoric trancer with a harder, edgy foundation. #PureGold indeed. Love iT [/content]
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Let "The Good Times" Roll! Crafted by the talented trio Ronski Speed, Harshil Kamdar, and Greg Oakland, and featuring the emotive vocals of Tara Louise, this track celebrates joy, nostalgia, and connection.
With uplifting melodies, infectious energy, and a heartfelt vocal performance, "The Good Times" is designed to light up your moments—whether at festivals, clubs, or with friends. This isn't just a song; it’s a memory in the making, reminding you of perfect nights, cherished friendships, and living in the moment.
Dimitris Kechagias Review: [review top="1"] [item value="10"]Ronski Speed, Harshil Kamdar, and Greg Oakland, feat Tara Louise - The Good Times[/item]
[content title="Summary" label="Overall Score"] Ronski Speed collaborates with Harshil Kamdar and Greg Oakland to create the exceptional vocal trance track “The Good Times,” featuring the renowned singer Tara Louise. The track boasts a captivating 136 BPM tempo, delivering an uplifting and energetic composition with prominent basslines, thumping drums, metallic kicks, and euphoric melodies. Its infectious nature is sure to induce a sense of unity and camaraderie among festival attendees, while simultaneously providing a boost of motivation and inspiration for individuals seeking solace in dance or physical exertion. Whether it’s at a trance festival, a personal workout session, or even in the midst of a noisy household, “The Good Times” has the remarkable ability to transform the impossible into tangible and achievable goals. #PureGold Love iT [/content]
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Back on Armada Captivating after his 2022 rework of K90’s ‘Chemical Love’, Harshil Kamdar reinvigorates another classic. Given some extra kick via the lethal synths, powerful bass and ferocious acid, this take on Lost Witness, Antillas & Dankann and Sarah Jane Neild’s ‘Chasing Rainbows’ shows exactly how big of a talent the Indian-born, U.S.-based prodigy is.
Dimitri Kechagias review: [review top="1"] [item value="10"] Lost Witness vs Antillas & Dankann feat. Sarah Jane Neild - Chasing Rainbows (Harshil Kamdar Remix)[/item]
[content title="Summary" label="Overall Score"]Lost Witness vs Antillas & Dankann feat. Sarah Jane Neild beloved classic Chasing Rainbows strikes back with the stunning Harshil Kamdar Remix. He elevates the track to the next level and injects the track with uplifting euphoric driving pounding basslines, thumping pounding kicks, punchy percussion and razor sharp euphoric synthy hooks. The vocals sounds so fresh and exciting that you simply feel obliged to singalong with hands in the air! The beloved classic is back for another round of full on euphoric vocal trance plays in 2024. Great arrangement and sound design to keep you dancing till the morning light! The perfect end of the night anthem for sure. #PureGold Love IT[/content]
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Harshil Kamdar is a 16-year-old producer born in India & based in New Jersey, USA. Having found a love of trance music from his father, who played him classics like Robert Miles' Children & Fable in his childhood, he began diving deeper into dance music and eventually started producing trance music. After sending some ideas to German trance legend Ronski Speed, they ended up collaborating on 3 tracks, which all landed up on top-tier labels. His debut track Bäng, released on Andy Moor's label AVA White, gathered support from many radio shows, namely Armin van Buuren's A State Of Trance & Andrew Rayel's Find Your Harmony. This gave the then-15-year-old producer a huge jumpstart, and his next few releases were bigger than ever, all being played by Armin & Ruben on A State Of Trance.
The first track, Venice, was a very special tune, as it was Harshil's first-ever solo track. It got picked up by John O'Callaghan's legendary label Subculture, which instantly put the producer's name on the ones to watch. Following this, Harshil started to seek out a way to fulfill his longtime goal, to get onto Armin van Buuren's label Armada Music. Armada, being the biggest dance record label in the world, wasn't an easy label to release on, and Harshil knew that. But, after help from his mentor Nicholas Gunn, who helped introduce him to the Armada team, and sending constant demos for more than a year, he finally had the chance to remix a classic trance tune from the 2000s: Chemical Love by K90. As soon as he sent in his first version of the remix, The A&Rs loved it. It soon saw a release on Armada Captivating, which led to support from DJs like Armin van Buuren, who played it twice on his A State Of Trance radio show, Andrew Rayel, who played it on his radio show 'Find Your Harmony', and many more...
After conquering his dream of releasing on Armada, Harshil started working on creating a hit vocal trance tune with Nicholas Gunn and Kazi Jay, who's well known for her vocals on Armin and Aly & Fila's collaboration "For All Time". The end result was "Coming Home", and it saw a release on Giuseppe Ottaviani's label GO Music with a huge Steve Dekay remix to go alongside it. Armin played the track on his radio show weeks before the release date, which pushed the release to get 175,000+ Streams on Spotify. Harshil's goal now lies in releasing consistently on the big labels, and with releases lined up almost every month for 2023, he can't wait to show you his best releases to date.
Dimitris: Your Top 3 biggest music career achievements in 2022:
Harshil Kamdar: 1. Debut release on Armada Music
2. Luminosity Beach Festival 2023 Booking
3. The overall success of my track "Coming Home"
Best of 2022
Harshil Kamdar: 1) Best track(s) and short comment for each track from other fellow artists of 2022
Bryan Kearney & Out of the Dust feat. Plumb - Take This features amazing vocals from Plumb and a great melody.
Sneijder feat. Victoriya - Need You Here features a melody that caught my ear and the vocals are unique.
Kinetica - Star Slide needs no words... just an amazing melody with the production to match it.
C-Systems - Every Star is a tune that I could play over and over again. Sound selection is perfect, melody is great, and I love the guys behind it!
2) Best of 2022 personal productions with short comment about them:
Harshil Kamdar: Some of the highlights of this year for me are my track Coming Home on GO Music, Malibu & Venice on Subculture, and of course my debut release on Armada Music!
3) Best Artist of 2022(DJ & producer) with short comment:
Harshil Kamdar: Sneijder was everywhere this year, starting with his tune Bring the Noize, then Mark Sherry's remix of his tune Proper Order with Bryan Kearney, and last but not least his vocal collaboration with Victoriya: Need You Here.
4) Best Remix(es) from other fellow artists of 2022 with short comment :
Harshil Kamdar: I really liked Steve Dekay's remix for Ralphie B's classic trance tune "Massive" on In Trance We Trust.
5) YOUR Best Remix which you have produced of 2022 with short comment?
Harshil Kamdar: I would say my best remix of 2022 is K90 - Chemical Love (Harshil Kamdar Remix) on Armada Captivating.
6) Best Remixer(s) of 2022 with short comment:
Harshil Kamdar: Steve Dekay without a doubt had many great remixes this year, including his remix for my tune Coming Home on GO Music.
7) Best New Talent of 2022 (DJ or producer) with short comment :
Harshil Kamdar: Greg Oakland is the one to watch out for right now I feel. I've been working behind the scenes with him and wow... a collab with Shugz, a release on FSOE, and what a year he has next year!
8) Best electronic dance music album of 2022 with short comment:
Harshil Kamdar: No doubt "Horizons" by Giuseppe Ottaviani. I was already a huge fan of his uplifting trance side, but when he released the teaser for this album... I couldn't wait for it to come out! Some great progressive vibes and some of my favorites of this year including "Fade Away" with Mila Josef, "With You" with Monika Santucci, "The Wind In Your Face," and "Closer" with Christian Burns.
9) Best electronic dance music compilation of 2022 with short comment? :
Harshil Kamdar: A State Of Trance 2022 (Mixed by Armin van Buuren) includes some of my favorite tracks of 2022. What a tracklist!
10) Best artwork about single / album/compilation or promotional campaign of 2022 with short comment:
Harshil Kamdar: The artwork for Drake & 21 Savage's album "Her Loss" was something nobody expected, but it ended up being a fan favorite!
11) Best lyrics in electronic dance music track(s) of 2022 with short comment :
Harshil Kamdar: I love these lyrics because Plumb's vocals paired with the amazing writing gives me chills everytime I hear this part!
He made a vow with me
He swore he'd never leave
Now his heart's in your hands
But it won't beat
- Bryan Kearney & Out of the Dust feat. Plumb - Take This
12) Best vocalist/singer on electronic dance music track of 2022 with short comment:
Harshil Kamdar: Kazi Jay's collaborations with Armin van Buuren & Aly & Fila, Luke Bond's BOND, and her vocals for my track Coming Home should already be plenty of examples of her exemplary voice!
13) Best electronic dance music label of 2022 with short comment:
Harshil Kamdar: Armada Music, all of their genre-special labels did exceptionally well this year. Their promotion and artist development is one of a kind!
14) Best electronic dance music video of 2022 with short comment:
Harshil Kamdar: The official visualizer for ACRAZE's track "Believe" featured some amazing highlights from his tour this year and also showed some behind the scene moments with the Paris Saint-Germain football team.
15) Best online social media of 2022 with short comment:
Harshil Kamdar: Meta, I've connected with tons of artists, fans, promoters, labels, etc on Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, etc.
16) Best social media response you may have received about your music or your DJ performance of 2022:
Harshil Kamdar: The social media response I've got on my tracks "Coming Home" & "Venice" and my music overall in 2022 has been immense. I really appreciate everybody who listens to my music!
17) Best music composition software of 2022 with short comment:
Harshil Kamdar: Ableton Live 11, without a doubt! I've been using Live for the past 2 years and it's one of the fastest and most efficient DAWs I've tried.
18)Best club event /festival/music conference of 2022 with short comment:
Harshil Kamdar: Amsterdam Dance Event 2022 was probably one of the highlights of this year. So many producers, DJs, promoters, label A&Rs & managers, booking agents, etc in the same place!
19) Your Best personal DJ Gig & DJ performance of 2022 with short comment:
Harshil Kamdar: My best personal DJ performance was for my Coldharbour Day 2022 guestmix on AH.FM! This was the first time I went from 128 BPM all the way up to 140 BPM, with key changes too!
20) Best DJ set from other fellow DJ (actual or online) of 2022 with short comment:
Harshil Kamdar: Even though I prefer more trance-y sets, Armin van Buuren's set at Amsterdam Music Festival 2022 showcased some crazy transitions and track selections, namely AVAO's Text Me & Ahmed Helmy's R4VE 101!
21) Best radio show/podcast/twitch stream or Vlog(video blog) of 2022 with short comment. It can be yours or from other artists you respect:
Harshil Kamdar: A State Of Trance; they played my music 6 times this year and every week they present 2 hours of the best in trance and progressive. I've always liked Armin's mixing, but his radio mixes are just the best!
22) Best aftermovie for festival or club event of 2022
Harshil Kamdar: Luminosity Beach Festival 2022
23) Best music related website of 2022 with short comment:
Harshil Kamdar: Metta & Glyde's new venture into the sound libraries and plugins market, MAG Signature Sound, is probably the website I've interacted with most this year because of it's curated selection of top-notch sample packs, preset banks, templates, MIDI packs, plugins, tutorials, etc. I also got the chance to release my own tutorial on MAG Signature Sound, and seeing the overwhelming support on that gives it a bonus point!
24) Best production or DJ equipment (a)software & (b) hardware) of 2022 with short comment:
Harshil Kamdar: The best software that launched this year was Cubase 12. I've been trying to get better at producing on Cubase... it's a work in progress. The best hardware I would say is my current DJ controller, the FLX-6 GT that just got released.
25) Best sound sample that has been used frequently in electronic dance music tracks of 2022 (personal or from other artists):
Harshil Kamdar: I've been using a lot of samples from my own sample pack which I'm working on. Other than that, I've been using a lot of samples from the latest offering by Dave Parkinson on Freshly Squeezed Samples, DPTE Volume 2.
26) Best technical tips that you learnt of 2022 in relation to your DJing or music productions:
Harshil Kamdar: One of the tips I've been using the most this year is cutting the frequencies you don't need on an EQ with a brickwall. For the lows, if your lowest bass note is an A, you would cut G# on the EQ so it leaves that A. For the highs, I cut everything above C10 with a high cut on a 36 dB octave.
27) Best piece of personal or music business' advice you got in relation to your career of 2022 and has helped you to progress even further:
Harshil Kamdar: There several different pieces of advice I've gotten this year which relates back to the same thing: focus. I struggle a lot with finishing music because, to be honest, I'm just lazy. But just being focused on your goals have proven to break that boundary for me.
28)Best hobby or non music related activity of 2022.
Harshil Kamdar: Working out.
29) Best ever electronic dance music track(s) of all times with short comment?
Harshil Kamdar: My dad played me these two when I was a child. They introduced me to dance music.
Robert Miles - Children
Robert Miles - Fable
All of these are what got me into trance:
Armin van Buuren - Communication
Armin van Buuren feat. Christian Burns - This Light Between Us (Armin's Great Strings Mix)
Paul van Dyk - For An Angel
Tiësto - Adagio for Strings
Ferry Corsten presents Gouryella - Anahera
I had to also throw in Alan Walker - Faded.
30) From 1 (bad) to 10(super excellent) what is your rate for 2022 in electronic dance music?
Harshil Kamdar: 9
Dimitris: In which TV series, film or advert would you like to experience your track being used? Which track was the best placed on films/TV series/advert/official aftermovie of a festival from another artist?
Harshil Kamdar: I'm a huge fan of spy thriller/action movies, so seeing my track getting played in the background of a club scene in John Wick would be a dream come true!
Dimitris: During 2022 we experienced many tracks that were hybrids of music styles & genres. Do believe that music genres or styles are still relevant today?
Harshil Kamdar: I still think genres and style are relevant because every genre has some influences from another genre and you still need to properly define a genre even though it sounds unique or combines elements from multiple genres. For example, Future Rave combines elements from Trance, House, Techno, etc. This new style of Techno combines sounds from Hardstyle, Trance, Progressive House, etc.
Dimitris: Do you have any concrete plans for 2023 regarding future releases, tracks, albums, collaborations, DJ gigs? Please provide us the juicy details.
Harshil Kamdar: I've signed releases for 2023 on Black Hole Recordings, Nocturnal Knights Music, GO Music, RazNitzanMusic, Amsterdam Trance, Low Voltage Recordings, etc. I'm also playing Luminosity Beach Festival 2023!
Dimitris: Your message & wishes for 2023.
Harshil Kamdar: I wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. I hope 2023 will be a great year for music and the world.
