┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ Ostinatos presents: │ │ │ │ VA - Pure Progressive Vol. 2 (Mixed by Forerunners) │ │ │ │ ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ │ : : │ │ │ │ Artist: VA │ │ Album : Pure Progressive Vol. 2 (Mixed by Forerunners) │ │ │ │ ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ │ : : │ │ 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 │ │ │ │ ┌─────────────────────────────[ ReleaseNotes ]───────────────────────────┐ │ │ : : │ │ │ │ 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. │ │ │ │ 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. │ │ │ │ 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. │ │ │ │ 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 │ │ │ │ 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. │ │ │ │ ┌──────────────────────────────[ Tracklist ]─────────────────────────────┐ │ │ : : │ │ Disc 1 / 2 [ ] │ │ -------- [ ] │ │ [ ] │ │ 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] │ │ [ ] │ │ [ ] │ │ Disc 2 / 2 [ ] │ │ -------- [ ] │ │ [ ] │ │ 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] │ │ [ ] │ │ [ ] │ │ │ │ 02:28:24 │ │ ------- │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘