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U-Turn - Dead End / One Way [ID&T]

16:02 - June 21, 2004

by Dreej

U-Turn is an alias for two of Holland's finest producers, Don Diablo and Geert Huinink. Don is known for hitsingles like 'Useless' and 'Fade Away', while Geert is mostly known for his massive Photon Project guise, his work for Tiesto and his own productions. This new slice of vinyl is something you wouldn't really expect to happen in a collaboration between these two guys..

// Artist: U-Turn
// Title: Dead End / One Way
// Labelcode: 7007775, ID&T
// Releasedate: end of May, 2004

The U-Turn guise has had two more remixes released: one for Don Diablo - 'Fade Away', and one for the highly acclaimed Empyreal Sun feat. Elles De Graaf - 'From Dark To Light'.
Let's see what these two new tracks will bring us..

A-side: Dead End
Starting of with a thumpy, rather thin kick, accompanied by some crispy percussion, the track builds up in a rather simple way. A whooshy sound is what guides is into the part where the main bassline kicks in between the bassdrums: heavy, stomach shizzling sounds create a very dark atmosphere, which is being strengthened even more during the break, which starts at about two minutes. A bit of silence appears, but shortly afterwards making place for a filtered synth, which plays a repetitive, but oh so effective melody. The synth builds and builds, loosening frequencies and maxing up volumes to become a fierce and strong main lead. Just at the moment where you would think the climax would start, a huge intro-ish sound appears, creating a very tensed vibe, inducing a blasting climax which will surely cause loads and loads of strangled toes!

B-side: One Way
The second track on this EP commences with an agile kick and a few sounds that seem to be the prelude to the bassline. Some hi-hats get added along the way, and at around half a minute a highly filtered, deep sound comes in, being built up more and more just until it fully unloads itself to one of the meanest, deepest and fattest basslines I have ever heard! This is just made to impress: rolling on and on, this is destined to shake up and stir your intestines completely. The track builds itself up a bit more, using more hi-hats and a very tender string-line at the background. At all of the sudden, the tracks breaks: the strings we just heard get amplified a bit, folding out into a melody you could only expect from the likes of Geert Huinink: a highly emotional piece of classical work, including some beautiful violin sounds and superb chord changes. It reminded me a bit of Tiesto - 'Forever Today', which uses a similar melody and was also co-produced by Geert. After the classical melody comes to an end, a stabbing synth comes in, being accompanied by the kick and some percs after a few seconds. The synth filters out a bit again, making room for that immense bassline once again. Rolling and blasting on and on, the track gets spiced up by the synths once again, ensuring total dancefloor devastation. The build-off takes about 1,5 minute, and is good enough for a tight mix towards the next song.

Conclusion:
What we have here is two enormously powerful tech-trancers, both with huge breaks and ferocious climaxes. The basslines are also something to look out for: they aren't just your usual ploing ploing, but fierce and destroying sounds which definitely stand out from the rest. The classical melody in 'One Way' is magnificent, creating a very cool contrast with the rest of the track. All in all two great tracks, and surely another winner for both Don Diablo, Geert Huinink and ID&T!