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│ Ostinatos presents: │
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│ VA - Pure Progressive Vol. 2 (Mixed by Forerunners) │
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│ Artist: VA │
│ Album : Pure Progressive Vol. 2 (Mixed by Forerunners) │
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│ Genre : Trance │
│ Date : 2022-08-12 │
│ Encoder : LAME 3.100 (-V0) │
│ Quality : 271 kbps avg │
│ 4410kHz / Joint Stereo │
│ Track(s) : 24 │
│ Playtime : 02:28:24 │
│ Size : 302.12MB │
│ Language : English │
│ Source : CD │
│ Label : Black Hole Recordings │
│ Catalognr : BHCD229 │
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│ If ever there was a summer that needed something a little cooler │
│ channelling into it, well surely itÆd be this one. That kind of │
│ salvation is close at hand, as July sees the Progressive wing of │
│ SolarstoneÆs Pure marque serve its second longplayer. │
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│ Having helmed Volume 1, Orkidea yields the P.P. wheelhouse to another │
│ institution from the Progressive genre. Released on SolarstoneÆs │
│ Deepblue label in 2007, æLifecycleÆ immediately put Forerunners on the │
│ lips the sceneÆs heaviest hitting DJs. ArizonaÆs Brenden LaBonte has │
│ scarcely broken his release stride since. Effortlessly delivering deep │
│ progressive majesty time after time, over half his career releases have │
│ seen the light on SolarstoneÆs labels, the last seven of which all on │
│ Pure Progressive. │
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│ While two years might seem like a long interval between editions, Pure │
│ Progressive volumes are no mean feat and certainly no small │
│ undertaking. Involving both the creation of an artist album and a mix │
│ compilation, æPP2Æ follows suit, delivering the best of both worlds to │
│ fans. Its first disc The Artist brings 8 new Brenden LaBonte │
│ productions and 2 new remixes to the fore. Disc 2Æs The DJ meanwhile │
│ builds a 14 strong track complement into a formidable mix, perfectly │
│ echoing the Pure ProgressiveÆs sound. Included amongst them is music │
│ from label regulars like Nick Stoynoff, qoob, Nick Silvestri, & Basil │
│ OÆGlue, as well as a further two new Forerunners creations. │
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│ The Artist opens with the deeply drawn strings & slo-mo breaks of æOur │
│ MiracleÆ, before crossing over into 4/4 with the ebb & flow melodies of │
│ æCommunicatorÆ. A little further down the river youÆll find │
│ æDeliveranceÆ from Nugen (aka progressive trailblazer Emilie de │
│ FouchΘcour), as Forerunners brilliantly ReduxÆs her 2003 classic. │
│ Continuing the discÆs midtempo throb, BrendenÆs desk-fresh æDreams For │
│ YouÆ adds more definition to the drive of the bass. æHazel EyesÆ and │
│ the just-released æSunreturnÆ meanwhile start to open the gates to more │
│ prominent melodies and harmonies. As The Artist disc enters its closing │
│ stages, Forerunners rework Basil OÆGlueÆs 2018 Pure Progressive release │
│ æThe PromiseÆ, before Brenden signs off with magical æLost In Our │
│ YearsÆ │
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│ BrendenÆs The DJ disc sets sail with three tracks all hailing from │
│ Eastern Europe, as AlfoaÆs æHeadwatersÆ æAmazoniaÆ from Dimuth K and │
│ East CafΘÆs æWhen Chaos EndsÆ collectively set the tone & pace to a │
│ measured cruise. The finely crafted drift of WaxmanÆs piano melodies on │
│ æNever The SameÆ cede to allow Nick StoynoffÆs æLuck PluckÆ & æGardens │
│ of GenesisÆ by Partenaire to add more floor emphasis to the mix. As the │
│ disc crosses its meridian, Forerunners teams up with Mike Isai for the │
│ bassily grooving raincry of ArrakisÆ and the Northern Exposure-esque │
│ æEscapeÆ, courtesy of ManIsMetaphor. Bringing the releaseÆs second disc │
│ to its coolly epic culmination are the elegantly warped synths of Nick │
│ SilvestriÆs æBreak of DawnÆ and the unforgettable vocals of │
│ ForerunnersÆ forthcoming æHymnÆ. │
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│ Disc 1 / 2 [ ] │
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│ 1. Forerunners - Our Miracles [ 7:39] │
│ 2. Forerunners - Communicator [ 7:12] │
│ 3. Forerunners - Night Symmetry [ 6:09] │
│ 4. Nugen - Deliverance (Forerunners Remix Redux) [ 6:53] │
│ 5. Forerunners - Dreams for You [ 8:11] │
│ 6. Forerunners - Hazel Eyes [ 6:32] │
│ 7. Forerunners - Sunreturn [ 6:41] │
│ 8. Forerunners - Flood of Memories [ 6:42] │
│ 9. Basil OÆGlue - The Promise (Forerunners Remix) [ 7:09] │
│ 10.Forerunners - Lost in Our Years [ 8:29] │
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│ 1. Alfoa - Headwaters [11:17] │
│ 2. Dimuth K - Amazonia [ 4:36] │
│ 3. East CafΘ - When Chaos Ends [ 6:22] │
│ 4. Waxman - Never the Same [ 5:42] │
│ 5. Nick Stoynoff - Luck Pluck [ 4:34] │
│ 6. Yuriy from Russia & FLERIN - Avalokite [ 4:47] │
│ 7. Partenaire - Gardens of Genesis [ 6:53] │
│ 8. EL1AX - Sculpture Park [ 6:11] │
│ 9. Forerunners & Mike Isai - Arrakis [ 4:11] │
│ 10.qoob - The Four Stages of Man [ 2:13] │
│ 11.ManIsMetaphor - Escape [ 2:44] │
│ 12.Nick Silvestri - Break of Dawn [ 4:44] │
│ 13.Tech D - Fixity [ 4:39] │
│ 14.Forerunners - Hymn [ 7:54] │
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│ 02:28:24 │
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