[i:Vibes] Plastic Boy - Twixt 2004 [Bonzai Backcatalogue]

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Plastic Boy - Twixt 2004 [Bonzai Backcatalogue]

00:11 - February 7, 2005

by DJLifeAndDeath

Back in 98/99 a classic tune was born! The First ever Plastic Boy tune which gave birth to the best M.I.K.E. tune ever 'Can you Feel It?'. That classic was 'Twixt' and showed the world M.I.K.E. was world class. Late 2004 saw a revamp for this beautiful Electro Prog monster… and here's the review!

In recent times, M.I.K.E. seems to be looking through his catalogue and remixing any track that crosses his path. But with good reason. His own remixes of classics like 'The Legacy', 'Trancy State Of Mind', as well as the legendary 'Strange World', have been excellent. Even a so-so Push Remix of 'Universal Nation' turned up in 2003. So it's the turn of 'Twixt'. I had to wonder how he could possibly complete a rework of one of the best tracks of '99 and a playing favourite with me (even now) without really messing it up. Let's face it. The melody and string work in 'Twixt' was masterful and at the time, very, very original.

Twixt 2004 139BPM

The tracks start, sets the stall for the rework. It's harder sounding in nature. Getting away from the '98/99 floaty, melodic feel and heading straight into 'in your face' trance of today. A very L-Vee style loop introduces the song into a heavy kick (Hard Trance in nature). An electro clap storms in on the back of some wonderfully dark effect sweeps. The sound is more progressive than his early work (like the original on B). Layer strings are added to the beats, adding a very atmospheric, almost sinister presence to the track. A staggered sequence takes over from the strings and you can now hear the style change in M.I.K.E. This rework, uses a stop, start method used predominately by Fire & Ice and the track does come across as very much their style, whilst still carrying the M.I.K.E style through (the claps and effect elements still sounding classic Plastic Boy).
The main break cuts in after around 2 minutes with the spooky layer strings still included, flowing into a very strange interpretation of the original sequence. It's no longer the stringed sequence of '98/99 but a more plucky 'Lethal Industry' style sound, with a Sitar/Kalimba feel. The heavy kick enters in and the track starts to build slowly. Bar after bar, M.I.K.E. introduces hi-hats and more percussion, for a good 15 second and drops the kick completely in a fade out. Building the anticipation brilliantly.
It's here, his shows the new touches in his production... fading out the main sequence and layers and fading in a darker, arpeggated version of the original. Which builds quick with a short and snappy snare. The result is epic. The main sequence has been turned into a more techno style prog which is deeply indebted to it's baby brother 'Can You Feel It?' and the 'Strange World 2000' remake. The monster clap and super fast hi-hats makes this a gem to dance to and it really does work. ****

Twixt 137BPM

The original Tune! What else to say... It still sounds amazing, with it's flanged acid lines, progressive nature and amazing string sequences!
The track builds very quick with wonderful keyboard playing and breaks to that stunning string sequence and bass line. If you’ve not heard this track before, it would now admittedly sound a little empty and simple. But no one can deny that the last third of this track is pure Euphoria!! Getting past just the sequence and beats an awesome gated sequence comes in and trust me, every trance fan with be either melting or bouncing off the WALLS!
Classic if ever there was one. *****

Conclusion:
M.I.K.E.'s ability to remix is own tracks really is a rarity. Not only is he willing to do it, by looking at them and refreshing them wonderfully with new ideas and layers and layers of all new sequences but to be able to update them perfectly to fit today’s musical tastes and make them work!
I love this update, which unlike his latest version of 'Universal Nation', not only complements it's original but in ways surpasses it, adding new and fresh ideas (in drive and atmosphere, with the original still holding the emotional effect).
A Brilliant record and a must for Hard Trance, Trance and Progressive fans alike (I won't say Plastic Boy and Push fans, as I'm sure it's already theirs!!).