Sander Van Doorn - Punk'd, 12"

[Asteroid]

Label:
Oxygen Recordings
Genre:
Progressive


Sander Van Doorn returns to Oxygen Recordings for his, and Oxygen's, second release. The new track is called 'Punk’d' and follows closely to the style of Oxygen Recording's first release, 'Loaded'...

Sander Van Doorn's 'Punk’d' is another piece of fairly tough, nicely chunky, techy and progressive trance on Spinnin' Record's newest label, Oxygen Recordings. It comes in two flavours - the S.V.D. Remix and the Original Mix.

:: Sander Van Doorn - Punk’d
:: OX002
:: CDR Promo

1) S.V.D. Remix
The S.V.D. Remix of 'Punk’d' begins with a nice thick beat, some light tribal percussion and a very deep slowly undulating bassline. This bassline acts as the main foundation of the track - every other part is driven by it and feeds off of it. The track is filled with subtleties, lots of small parts of the track may go unnoticed individually but they all add up to a very complete overall sound. "Punk’d's" main feature is the way in which Sander Van Doorn has used long and gradually filtered breaks to change sections and introduced new parts of the track. These connecting pieces provide a break, some variety and create a very convincing feeling of build up and release into a stronger following section. Bass is key to this track. There are several different bass elements which provide most of the track's sound and feel. Obviously you have the kick and the deep, undulating bassline, but after a few minutes and a short filtered break, a new synth come sfx begins to play on every other beat. It has a short, pulsating and deep sound to it. A few more minutes later and after a longer break, the track drops back in with another bass element to it - this time something a lot more noticeable. It is a very bubbly sound which comes around every 4 beats and plays alongside and in tune with the main bassline. What you end up with is a thick mass of pulsating sound which sounds great and will command your body to do some moves. At nearly 11 minutes long, there's plenty of this track to enjoy and throughout it continues to build up, play through, break with some filter madness and then will build you up and go again, right up until the end, where it gradually deconstructs itself.

2) Original Mix
Unlike the S.V.D. Remix which is driven by its strong bassline, the Original Mix of 'Punk’d' is very much beat driven. It has a punchier kick and more standard and more prominent percussion - particularly regarding the use of a strong clap type of sample. While not driven by bass, this mix does still have a strong rolling deep bassline which continues to move and provide support in the background. As you get further into the track, a reverberated synth is faded in and becomes the 'lead' of the track, if you like, playing repeating notes in a stabbing melody. This synth comes in a few slightly different sounding flavours. Breaks are used throughout the track again, as in the S.V.D. Remix, this time not focussing on filtered build ups but demonstrating why the track is called 'Punk’d' - a deep vocal sample keeps on repeating the phrase "You're Punk’d." After these breaks, the track comes back in with force and a sound which has a particularly noticeable'fullness' to it. The track continues to progress through its sections, breaking and returning, with a longer break just after the halfway point (the track is nearly 12 minutes long!). To close, it takes its time and slowly breaks itself down and finds its way to a close.

Conclusion:
Here we have two strong mixes of a nice track, both of which posses strength and feel which they both use to good effect in place of melody and big hooks. The S.V.D. Remix is a chunkier and more progressive mix which makes it feel 'bigger' than the Original Mix which stays true to the more tech trance aspect of things. Very nice.

written by Watts, (www.ivibes.nu)
www.only-djs.com

[jimboski]

its a dope choon =)

[Asteroid]

the S.V.D. Remix is cracking!