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Although I don’t post every new review here on the front page, I still update my reviews-section very regularly with reviews of new releases. One of these releases is a CD I received this week, and it deserves to get mentioned here on the front page as well.

The title is “Afterhourz”, and it’s released by a Japanese label called Groove Zone – it contains 9 tracks by artists like Jaïa, Silicon Sound, Motion, Dousk, Kasey Taylor & Chris Meehan, and Side-A, who compiled the CD. Basically it’s the best compilation I’ve heard this year, containing a mix of progressive house, progressive trance and psytrance – very melodic, uplifting and emotional.

A small taste of the full review:

06. Jaia – Last Call [132 BPM]
With last years stunning album “Fiction”, Jaïa from France established himself as one of my absolute favourite producers, and “Last Call” is another beautiful piece of music from him. The atmosphere is lush and dreamy, the grooves are warm and very catchy, and the melodies range from subtle and thoughtful to downright epic. Such a positive piece of music, it’s impossible not to get in a good mood.

It’s released worldwide the 3rd of July, and I can highly recommend it.

Read the full review here: Various Artists – Afterhourz (Groove Zone, July 2006)

Yeah baby, summer in Europe! ;)

Lots of progressive house/trance this time around, and not a whole lot of psytrance-influences. Triac is probably the closest to a “psychedelic” track, while Jaïa and (surprisingly enough) Silicon Sound provided some melodic progressive house tunes.

01. Side-A – Synopsis (Silicon Sound Remix) // Groove Zone, Unreleased
02. David Forbes – Jacksville // 68 Recordings
03. Triac – Fast Food // Ear Peaks Music Group
04. Stan Kolev – Emotional Content // Outta Limits
05. Shiloh vs. Luke Chable – Oz // Baroque Records
06. Greed vs. Sonic Cube – Wilde // Tribal Vision Records, Unreleased
07. Holm & Andersen – Electric // Unreleased
08. Andro & Snake Sedrick presents ASS – Cinnamon // Tilth Music
09. Jaïa – Last Call // Groove Zone, Unreleased
10. Kind Of Zero – Favourite Train (Alex Stealthy Remix) // SOG Records

Bonus: Hypnos – Red Light // Urbantorque

I’m normally a psytrance DJ, but The progressive house/trance scene has been fascinating me for a while now, and “Comfort Module” is a set I’ve been meaning to do for quite some time – a set where I am concentrating fully on progressive house/trance sounds without psytrance influences.

The result is meant to be an emotional, atmospheric journey made with the summer season and the sofa listener in mind, starting out slow with laidback house-grooves and chillout-inspired soundscapes, before moving through deep, tribal beats and last but not least finishing with some intense and euphoric, trancey tunes.

Hardcore psytrance purists might find it cheesy, but if you’re into smooth progressive grooves, I urge you to give it a listen ;)

Tracklist:

01. DJ Remy & Roland Klinkenberg – Ignite (IntroDubtion Mix) // 68 Recordings
02. ADF – Rage // Basic Energy
03. Snake Sedrick – Balanced // Tilth Music
04. Snake Sedrick & Emze Hack – The Beginning // Tilth Music
05. Kosmas Epsilon – Innocent Thoughts (Stel Remix) // Heavy Rotation
06. Johan Vermeulen – Chemical Romance // KYR Records
07. Jay Lumen – Perpetual Drifting // Pangea Recordings UK
08. Seven Senses – Southern Cross (Eelke Kleijn Remix) // Remark Records
09. Storyteller – Polar White (Emersia Remix) // Toes In The Sand Digital
10. TM Project & Mannel – Naturalize (Tone Depth Remix) // Stereo Cool
11. Kenneth Thomas – Orange Room (Nick Warren Remix) // Hope Recordings
12. Fragile – Shugyo (Perry O’Neil Remix) // Electronic Elements
13. Group Therapy – Thumbsucker // Audio Therapy
14. Simon & Shaker – Zero // Electronic Elements
15. 2 Faced – Rock Music (Damien J Carter & Jerome Isma-Ae Remix) // Little Mountain
16. Boom Jinx – Come Play Perfect // AnjunaDeep

Get it here: pr0fane – Comfort Module

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