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Miika Kuisma - Inwardgaze [Subtraxx]

21:51 - December 12, 2005

by Watts

'Inwardgaze' is the title of trance producer Miika Kuisma's new debut artist album. Miika has worked hard to create a trancey blend of various styles and sounds so has his hard work paid off...?

:: Miika Kuisma - Inwardgaze
:: Subtraxx
:: SXXCD002

Tracklisting
01) Life
02) Smoky Room (Album Edit)
03) Autumn Falls
04) Garden Of Hope
05) Miami Nice
06) The Orion Theme
07) Destination
08) Panic Mode
09) Sonic Kiss
10) Pandemia
11) Twisted (Miika's Alternative Mix)
12) Sirius

'Inwardgaze' kicks off with some smooth, trancey ambience from 'Life', which really invites you as the listener into the album. Miika demonstrates early on his desire to combine styles and sounds as eventually, the complement to the trancey ambience comes in and it is a thick and pulsing bass, almost housey in sound and feel. You'd be forgiven for missing the gentle transition between tracks as we hit more ambience. This allows for succinct and subtle transitions and works really well here. I wasn't expecting to hear vocals at this point, but thats exactly what comes next. The sounds in this track, 'Smoky Room', demonstrate one of the overall and shining qualities of this album - crisp, clean, clear and really well defined sounds. For example, the vocals are crystal clear, backed with an easy going yet distinctly upbeat rhythm plus the addition of really deep and gutsy bass builds every now and then. The next section of the album takes us through the downtempo and housey realm of 'Autumn Falls' and then into the chilled breakbeats of 'Garden Of Hope'. Not straying too far from the beaten path, things blend back into some more energetic feeling progressive trance in 'Miami Nice', where you can allow the bassline to keep you rolling whilst enjoying the simple, trancey melodies which float over the bulk of the track gently and sweetly. Tracks 6, 7 and 8 are another distinct section of the album. They follow a similar path to before, where 'The Orion Theme' is a beatless piece relying on themes and melodies, 'Destination' is some more breakbeat but this time with some more strength backing it up and then we get back into something more trancey with 'Panic Mode'. Obviously wanting to live up to its name, this is much darker trance, with sinister melodies and haunting chord progressions. The final section of the album kicks you back into much more upbeat and 'dancier' tracks. 'Sonic Kiss', Pandemia' and 'Twisted' hit home with even more traditional trance feelings and flavours, acting as a great climax to the album. It doesn't end there though, as the final track, 'Sirius', is a long and beautiful ambient-come-breakbeat track with sweeping pads and gentle, beautiful melodies. A tranquil and peaceful end to an excellent album which covers many bases.

Conclusion:
Miika Kuisma has done himself proud here. We've heard some great ambient, breakbeat, house and trance all fused and blended together in such a way as to take you on an engrossing musical journey of highs and lows. A joy to listen to!