[i:Vibes] Kay Stone - Alone [Breeze Records]

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Kay Stone - Alone [Breeze Records]

16:31 - October 5, 2005

by Dreej

The relatively young Breeze label bring us their second release to date, a full on trance disc featuring Mind One, Kasuma and Original mixes. With confirmed plays by Paul van Dyk, Rank 1 and Above & Beyond, let's find out what we're dealing with here!

Visior & Dark Moon's 'Hidden Sun', Breeze's first release, was a more than worthy pounding trancer served with a tasty Mind One Remix. Being one of the co-owners of the label, he has done a remix for this tune as well.

Kay Stone is actually an alias of Karsten Loos, whom you also might know of the Dee Mark and Kasuma monikers. With the latter he has released the uplifter 'Dreaming' on Venom Recordings not too long ago, being a trancer with an unbelievable amount of elevating drive.

A-side: Mind One Edged Beat Mix
In contrast to his remix for 'Hidden Sun', this mix comes with a somewhat more progressive use of percussion using a thick bassdrum mounted on an array of warm effects and a deep, throbbing bassline. Layers of sharp melodic structures are gently being played on top of each other, with the set of basses behind them deepening every now and then to enhance the relaxing, yet energetic atmosphere. The overall pleasant feeling is being powered up to great heights in the breakdown by bringing in a superb lil' riff, played by a hugely enjoyable treat of a synth. Though the melody itself is quite fast, it works out pretty neatly when blending with the good percussion and kindly progressing stabs at the background. Perfect as a starter for an uplifting set!
Rating: 8/10

B1: Kasuma Remix
Retaining the same utterly rapid drive as in the hit 'Dreaming', the already distinct Kasuma sound comes forward using crispy kicks, rolling b-lines and a mix of fast synths being enhanced by a more calm backing melody. Building up rather rapidly, the tune gets to the breakdown in no time to treat us with a fuse of vocal chants, elevating strings and wicked FX. The true mania starts when the main melody is being torpeded inside the tracks body! It's similar to the riff played in Mine One's mix, but this time it consists of a more dynamic and powerful sound, making friends with the swift basslines in no time. I like the way the melody progresses in the build, but I think that the climax could have used a little bit of tweaking. It does work out OK, but it would have been a lot more 'in your face' if the melody had just that little bit of extra vibe in it.
Rating: 7,5/10

B2: Original Mix
This one lies right in the middle when comparing it with the speed of the two other interpretations. It focuses on a percussion driven on by some tidy sounding bongo sounds, accelerated using a more dark sounding bassline. Coatings of multiple synths are being spread over the track one by one, with the most noteable one being a more bassy affair playing this simple, yet very entertaining set of chords to keep the drive at a keen level. The biggest difference in structure compared to the other mixes is the use of a lot of stabbing, not too complicated melodies. We've got ourselves some breakbeats in here as well, playing along nicely with the 8-note stabby chords. Just as you start thinking the track is going to wind off, an altered version of the main riffs we heard in the A and B1 mixes enters in behind everything to generate a more full and strong ride through the last parts of the track. While it does not feature that much energy, it's still a well-produced piece of trance nonetheless.
Rating: 7/10

Conclusion:
All three mixes fall under the trance category, but they're different in multiple aspects. The Mind One Remix relies on the deep bassline and that supercozy sounding riff melody, the Kasuma Remix retains a lot of energy in the build and in the break, and the Original finishes things off with a different approach to the main melodies using a lot of stabbing synthwork. A very varied release on Breeze, good stuff!