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│ Ostinatos presents: │
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│ VA - Afterdark 003 Belfast │
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│ Artist: VA │
│ Album : Afterdark 003 Belfast │
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│ Genre : Trance │
│ Date : 2020-11-21 │
│ Encoder : LAME 3.100 (-V0) │
│ Quality : 259 kbps avg │
│ 4410kHz / Joint Stereo │
│ Track(s) : 40 │
│ Playtime : 02:25:21 │
│ Size : 282.71MB │
│ Language : English │
│ Source : CD │
│ Label : Black Hole Recordings │
│ Catalognr : BHCD210 │
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│ Mirroring a musical region thatÆs had a particular impact on him has │
│ been the M.O. of SneijderÆs æAfterdarkÆ album run since it embarked │
│ back in 2018. Its æBuenos AiresÆ and æLos AngelesÆ compilations sent a │
│ clear signal of intent, but 2020 - as we all know - has been │
│ music-richà but travel-poor. │
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│ So, for its third, right-on-schedule outing, the DJ has taken the │
│ chance to bring the Afterdark sound closer to home, and for Sneijder │
│ that doesnÆt get much closer than Belfast. Both the city and Northern │
│ Ireland as a country have a trance culture as ingrained as they come. │
│ Industrial industriousness, itÆs also comes with a very specific sound, │
│ which û for the release - has allowed Sneijder to fully reconnect with │
│ his own tougher musical roots. │
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│ Greater Northern Irish resonance itÆs hard to imagine, but that hasnÆt │
│ stopped Sneijder finding a way. For the first time in the Afterdark │
│ series, heÆs given a disc over to another DJ. With close to double │
│ digit entries scored on the AfterdarkÆs discography, BelfastÆs Billy │
│ Gillies - one of the sceneÆs brightest new hopes - knows exactly what │
│ makes the label tick and his home-turf kick! │
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│ Between them they bring plenty of local produce to æ003Æs tracklist, │
│ with Shugz, Karney (Bryan Kearney), Mandy Reid, Niall McKeever, Deirdre │
│ McLaughlin, Project 8 and others all contributing exclusives. Sneijder │
│ and BillyÆs own studiowares are every bit as well represented, and the │
│ albumÆs dual discs sport a mass more besides, with the likes of Alex Di │
│ Stefano, David Forbes, Vlind and Ahmed Romel all contributing. │
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│ Of his decision to site the third in the series in Belfast, Sneijder │
│ says: ôthrough iconic venues such as Kellys, Circus Circus, The Arena, │
│ Kilwaughter House, Exit 15, the infamous Ulster and KingÆs Hall, │
│ Planetlove and others, Northern Ireland is a country built on clubbing │
│ culture. These are the clubs and brands that shaped my generation, │
│ where û weekly - I watched countless musical heroes of mine, all of │
│ which helped influence my soundö. │
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│ For this mix, Sneijder brings all his local knowledge to bear, opening │
│ with his summer 2020 stomper æChuck NorrisÆ. The tech-cum-psy of │
│ ShugzÆs æLa BombaÆ, the heavenly æDystopiaÆ from Ahmed Romel and the │
│ percussive smack of KarneyÆs æSmilerÆ all help triangulate the N.I. │
│ sound. Sneijder marshals plenty of his own remix weaponry too, with his │
│ revisions of Nick CallaghanÆs æMurkyÆ, the classic æWe CameÆ from │
│ Vimana and a new spin on Peter SteeleÆs æKarmaÆ all kissing the laser. │
│ In its most ascendant latter stages, Sneijder rolls out some new collab │
│ gear, including his David Forbes team-up æAccelerateÆ and û setting the │
│ scene for his Belfast compatriotÆs disc û the Billy Gillies │
│ joint-venture æRhinoÆ. │
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│ Reins passed, new Belfast lad on the block Billy track-packs his mix │
│ with an impressive, near-mini-albumÆs worth of his own material. │
│ æChemicalÆ, æExpandÆ and ShugzÆs rewax of æPowerÆ bring tough nÆ │
│ tech-ish shades, which nitrously charge its opening 20. The midsection │
│ sees big artistic drops from Vlind (with æNo FateÆ & æIllusion Of │
│ ChoiceÆ) and Project 8 (æNaughtyÆ & æThe CreatorÆ), before Billy gets │
│ back on his own supply, delivering a final floor salvo of æDΘjα vuÆ, │
│ æClosed EyesÆ, æFlightÆ & æSee You AgainÆ. │
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│ The trance sound of Northern Ireland, distilled into 40 tracks and 160 │
│ minutes of the best type of musical madness, from two of the spinners │
│ who know it best! │
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│ ┌──────────────────────────────[ Tracklist ]─────────────────────────────┐ │
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│ 1. Sneijder - Chuck Norris [ 3:01] │
│ 2. David Nimmo - What Goes Up Must Come Down [ 3:29] │
│ 3. Shugz - La Bomba [ 2:47] │
│ 4. Nick Callaghan - Murky (Sneijder TechÆed Up Mix) [ 2:48] │
│ 5. Vimana - We Came (Sneijder Remix) [ 4:39] │
│ 6. Peter Steele - Karma (Sneijder Remix) [ 4:38] │
│ 7. Inoblivion - No Way Back [ 3:15] │
│ 8. Haikal Ahmad - Away With You [ 3:15] │
│ 9. Niall McKeever - Watch The Sun Fall [ 4:38] │
│ 10.Steve Dekay - Empiternal [ 2:47] │
│ 11.Kenny Palmer - SenÆJin [ 3:42] │
│ 12.Thanac - Fade Into Light [ 3:03] │
│ 13.Ahmed Romel - Dystopia (Alex Di Stefano Remix) [ 4:24] │
│ 14.Karney - Smiler (Nineteen Sines Remix) [ 3:43] │
│ 15.Sneijder - Get Back To Ma [ 2:31] │
│ 16.Iain M & Deirdre McLaughlin - Eternally (Sneijder Remix) [ 3:29] │
│ 17.Matthew Cordiner - Recon [ 4:21] │
│ 18.Impulse Wave - Beat The System [ 3:19] │
│ 19.Sneijder & Billy Gillies - Rhino [ 4:00] │
│ 20.Sneijder & David Forbes - Accelerate [ 4:07] │
│ 21.Mandy Reid - Feel You [ 4:26] │
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│ 1. Billy Gillies - Chemical [ 4:48] │
│ 2. Billy Gillies - Expand [ 3:53] │
│ 3. Black XS - The Yelli Cave [ 2:17] │
│ 4. Lucas Deyong & Jackob Roenald - Conspiracy [ 3:40] │
│ 5. Nick Slater - Lost In Acid [ 3:29] │
│ 6. Lucas Deyong - The Unknown [ 3:19] │
│ 7. Billy Gillies - Power (Shugz Remix) [ 4:37] │
│ 8. Project 8 - Naughty [ 2:04] │
│ 9. Project 8 - The Creator [ 2:10] │
│ 10.Vlind - No Fate [ 3:27] │
│ 11.Liam Wilson & Corin Bayley - Strange Things [ 2:18] │
│ 12.Vlind - Illusion Of Choice [ 3:32] │
│ 13.Billy Gillies - Evolve (Niall McKeever Remix) [ 4:45] │
│ 14.Niall McKeever - Reload [ 4:13] │
│ 15.Billy Gillies - Deja Vu [ 4:07] │
│ 16.Billy Gillies - Closed Eyes [ 3:26] │
│ 17.Billy Gillies - Flight [ 3:39] │
│ 18.Billy Gillies - See You Again [ 3:40] │
│ 19.Sneijder & Billy Gillies - Rhino (Billy Gillies Remix) [ 5:35] │
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│ 02:25:21 │
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