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Former Tsunami artist Ronald van Gelderen returns on the ID&T label with a new production under his own name. Most of his earlier productions leaned to the more melodic side of trance, but this time he has tried something just a little different..
Before changing his producer and DJ alias into his real name, Ronald was known under his Kid Vicious alias, with which he created a bunch of rather tasty releases. Kid Vicious - 'ReForm' had a Tiësto remix on the flip, which resulted in the two working together and creating the massive classic 'Suburban Train'.
'Proceed', 'Sustain' and 'Crying Out' have been released under the RvG alias so far, all having that distinct sound Ronald has developed over the past few years. 'Crying Out' even had male vocals in it, which were sung by the producer himself!
There are also quite a bif of remixes from him floating around, including interpretations for Desiderio - 'Starlight', Rapid Eye - 'Stealing Beauty' and Veracocha - 'Carte Blanche'.
Enough rambling, let's see what this one's all about...
A-side: Original Mix
Filtering all the way, cause that's what we hear when settling into the first grooves. A muted kick, some backing percussion and a few background FX lead us to the full bassdrum, which sounds quite nice and thumping. You can hear that this is a Ronald van Gelderen production because of that distinctive clap, and a fast, repeating bassline, playing just one note. The BPM of this is quite high as well, kind of increasing the overall drive during the build-up. During the build to the break, more and more repeating synths get added, being backed every time by a kind of high sounding 4 note introductory set of tones. When everything fades away a bit, you'll notice that the main breakdown is about to commence. Silence appears, and then a kind of known vocal sample comes in: "What we're dealing with here, is a total lack of respect for the law.". This line of text has also been used in a track by The Prodigy called 'Their Law'. Anyway, the break continues with a bit of a mowed down synth at first, playing a simple, yet very techy sounding and effective little melody. The synth gets strenghtened up until it reaches its best state, causing the track to bang itself to some nice proportions using the fast percs and bassline. It's clear that this is perfect food for a hungry dancefloor; a nice amount of energy combined with the banging percussion will surely work well on any self-respecting floor. The whole build-up and climatic structure gets repeated once again for a second moment of tiring your feet, after which the build down starts...
B-side: 80's Trashy Synth Mix
I kind of thought of a somewhat slower, more antique sounding version of the Original, but boy was I wrong... Breakbeats is what is served on the dinner plate here. Electro-ish sounding samples, a cool set of booming percs and some other FX guide us to a bassline sort of sound, changing notes every few seconds. We even get treated by an electric guitar on the background, backing up the bassy sounds. Then we get to the part where the reminiscence with the Original starts fading in: a somewhat altered, but still very noticable version of the main melody hits in on the other elements, creating a decent vibe along the rest of the 'build-up'. A bit of random vocal samples are thrown in, with a guy telling us he doesn't understand. Seems like this served as a build to another repeat of the percs and all. Taking just a little less than five minutes, this mix isn't something you would spin in a club, I think. More of a relaxed, chilled out version of the original, coming in nicely when you've grown tired of the trance sound for some reason.
Conclusion:
The Original is definite food for the dancefloor; fast percussion, a cool techy melody and a bouncy bassline will surely get you going. The 80's mix on the B-side didn't really do much for me, apart from the fact that it is cool that he tried doing something different. All in all a decent release once again!
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