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│ Ostinatos presents: │
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│ VA - Solarstone Presents Pure Trance V10 │
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│ Artist: VA │
│ Album : Solarstone Presents Pure Trance V10 │
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│ Genre : Trance │
│ Date : 2023-12-07 │
│ Encoder : LAME 3.100 (-V0) │
│ Quality : 260 kbps avg │
│ 4410kHz / Joint Stereo │
│ Track(s) : 45 │
│ Playtime : 03:44:02 │
│ Size : 438.96MB │
│ Language : English │
│ Source : CD │
│ Label : Black Hole Recordings │
│ Catalognr : BHCD244 │
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│ Sharper eyes (and ears!) will have spotted that Pure Trance was absent │
│ from its regular autumnal release spot last year. Double-digit │
│ milestones take time to reach à but also time to perfect, hence Pure │
│ Trance took a preparatory 365 off in 2022. This allowed Richard Mowatt │
│ the latitude to plan, map and exactingly pull-off what he views as the │
│ most important instalment in the series to date. │
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│ Over its decade + crusade, the albums have been co-mixed by many a │
│ fellow puritan - Bryan Kearney, Orkidea, Activa, Sneijder, Stoneface & │
│ Terminal, Gai Barone and Giuseppe Ottaviani among them. For its epic │
│ tenth though, Richard Mowatt decided to take it entirely upon his own │
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│ PTV10 is, as you will see, is a æSolostoneÆ affair à │
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│ Talking about its landmark, Solarstone says: "The number 10 seemed like │
│ a sort of punctuation point, which is why I decided to fully take the │
│ reins of this 3-disc edition and curate, compile and mix it myself. │
│ Across its discs I wanted to echo the flow of a PT show, which moves │
│ across the span of the four Pure labels (Progressive, Breaks, Trance & │
│ NEON). So, we have the deeper sound on Disc 1 (Pure Progressive and │
│ Breaks), leading to the dreamy sound on Disc 2 (Pure Trance) and the │
│ harder sound.... well, you get the idea, IÆm sure! Overall, though, │
│ itÆs all about celebrating the sound of Trance music - the journey, the │
│ emotion of it. This is of course why Pure Trance exists, which is │
│ something I cannot thank you all enough for being a part of !" │
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│ Behind the scenes the releases have always been involved undertakings, │
│ but æ10Æ turns that up to 11. Allowing him to fully æget under their │
│ hoodÆ and fine tune each track to the albumÆs mix, Solarstone uses a │
│ process of æstem mixingÆ, weaving together isolated layers of each │
│ track, to ensure that each track-to-track movement is not just │
│ excellentà but also flawless and seamless, giving the listener that │
│ force-multiplying æ1+1=3Æ effect. │
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│ As its customary ôthis is Pureö greeting skates across the chill of │
│ Robert NicksonÆs mix of Stoneface & Terminal æLose My NeedÆ, which │
│ embarks Disc 1. The first of many unique Mowatt moments throughout, │
│ itÆs followed by æArpeggiator ShardsÆ û an elegiac gathering of │
│ SolarstoneÆs æShardsÆ and his recreation of Jean-Michel JarreÆs │
│ æArpeggiatorÆ. æThe BreezeÆ follows, heralding the return of EVE │
│ Records legend Pablo Gargano, as well as æMoontribeÆ - AlucardÆs first │
│ from his 2024-upcoming album. As it reaches its cruising midpoint, Rich │
│ feeds SiskinÆs hypnotic take on Conductor and The Cowboy classic │
│ æFeeling This WayÆ into the mix, before SherpaÆs remake of Cass & │
│ SlideÆs æPerceptionÆ further swirls its atmospherics. │
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│ Marking his 16th release on a Solarstone label, Disc 2 overtures with │
│ AllendeÆs æFading LightÆ. Flow established, it calls back trance │
│ purists like Temple One, with his bliss-fest æAs The Sun BreaksÆ and │
│ Greg MurrayÆs reformation of æPTV8Æ highlight æSun is HighÆ from Stoby │
│ & G Coulter. Those more forceful vibes keep rolling as Factoria │
│ elevates one of RichÆs favourite PTR outings, Bjorn AkessonÆs │
│ æLanguageÆ. │
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│ Drizzly Music legend Wavetraxx commences Disc 3 with his latest, │
│ æMillion Miles To Go, before SolarstoneÆs newest collaboratory alias │
│ 892NOW makes its debut felt à with æFeltÆ. Super-Frog Saves Tokyo │
│ returns with æReactivateÆ (one of his three showings on PTV.10), before │
│ Robert Nickson supplies it æTranscendÆ. Inspired by the eponymous 1987 │
│ scifi movie, æRunning ManÆ, young buck LostLegend momentarily summons │
│ some tonal shadow, before John AskewÆs Dawn Mix of æPush ItÆ ramps it │
│ back up. Pure Trance Vol.10 concludes its epic 45 track, 240-minute run │
│ with a neat loop-back to its SF&TÆs æLose My NeedÆ start point. │
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│ With PTV10, it was never the æwhenÆ à but the æhowÆ that mattered. │
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│ Disc 1 / 3 [ ] │
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│ 1. Stoneface & Terminal - Lose My Need (Robert Nickson [ 1:48] │
│ Chillout Intro Mix) [ ] │
│ 2. Solarstone vs. Aquarius - Arpeggiator Shards [ 6:14] │
│ 3. Pablo Gargano - The Breeze [ 4:46] │
│ 4. Macker - Arrakis [ 7:08] │
│ 5. Barrett & Bridger - Classic Dreams (Solarstone Stripped [ 5:26] │
│ Retouch) [ ] │
│ 6. Siskin - Connected (Standard Form's Waiting for Stars [ 6:26] │
│ Mix) [ ] │
│ 7. Alucard ft. Amara - Moontribe [ 6:00] │
│ 8. Deepcry - Delta [ 4:09] │
│ 9. Sinful Biz - Magnetic [ 4:14] │
│ 10.The Conductor & The Cowboy - Feeling This Way (Siskin [ 4:08] │
│ Remix) [ ] │
│ 11.Solarstone - Leap of Faith (Collide the Sky Remix) [ 5:01] │
│ 12.Sherpa - Perception [ 5:52] │
│ 13.Yuji Ono & Masaya & Discordia ft. Casska - Reverie (PTX [ 5:52] │
│ Version) [ ] │
│ 14.Orkidea - Xciter (Deestopia Remix) [ 5:30] │
│ 15.Adam Nickey - Escape [ 5:04] │
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│ 1. Allende - Fading Light [ 6:31] │
│ 2. Tim Verkruissen - Velvet [ 5:40] │
│ 3. Oliver Imseng - Metaversal [ 4:39] │
│ 4. Jimi Python ft. Iida Niini - Dream [ 5:15] │
│ 5. Proteus - Lost Love [ 6:42] │
│ 6. Brian McCalla - Stones [ 5:15] │
│ 7. Solarstone & Super-Frog Saves Tokyo - Rust (Luke Terry [ 4:16] │
│ Remix) [ ] │
│ 8. Temple On - As the Sun Breaks [ 3:17] │
│ 9. Stoby & G Coulter ft. Liz Cirelli - Sun is High (Greg [ 4:57] │
│ Murray Remix) [ ] │
│ 10.Dave Begic - For What It's Worth [ 4:15] │
│ 11.Luke Terry - Unconditional [ 4:29] │
│ 12.Slipstream & Sonic Element - Forgiven [ 4:57] │
│ 13.Charles Tsai - Prevail (Solarstone Retouch) [ 6:38] │
│ 14.Bjorn Akesson - Language (Factoria Remix) [ 4:35] │
│ 15.Solarstone - 4ever (Photographer Remix) [ 6:06] │
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│ 1. Wavetraxx - Million Miles to Go [ 3:45] │
│ 2. Chris Connolly - Aurelion [ 5:06] │
│ 3. 892NOW - Felt [ 6:00] │
│ 4. Lostly - Sawubona [ 3:26] │
│ 5. The Digital Blonde - Untitled Dub [ 2:17] │
│ 6. Young Parisians ft. Ben Lost - Jump the Next Train [ 3:39] │
│ (Acapella) [ ] │
│ 7. Super-Frog Saves Tokyo - Reactivate (Solarstone Retouch) [ 6:41] │
│ 8. Robert Nickson - Transcend [ 3:40] │
│ 9. Derek Ryan & DNCR - Hatsuyuki [ 5:56] │
│ 10.LostLegend - Running Man [ 5:57] │
│ 11.Chris Johnson & Grant Trowbridge - Cocktail [ 4:19] │
│ 12.Solarstone ft. Lucia Holme - The Last Defeat PT II (Sam [ 7:05] │
│ Laxton Remix) [ ] │
│ 13.Solarstone & Super-Frog Saves Tokyo - Existence (Pierre [ 2:46] │
│ Pienaar Remix) [ ] │
│ 14.John Askew - Push It (Dawn Mix) [ 5:13] │
│ 15.Stoneface & Terminal - Lose My Need (Robert Nickson [ 3:02] │
│ Chillout Outro Mix) [ ] │
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│ 03:44:02 │
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