[i:Vibes] Nic Chagall - Monday Bar [High Contrast]

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Nic Chagall - Monday Bar [High Contrast]

14:34 - January 23, 2006

by Dreej

Nic Chagall is actually one half of the infamous Cosmic Gate duo. He is now signed to Be Yourself Music, and his 'Monday Bar' has already been getting massive responses from all over the globe, with a wide variety of DJ's playing it in their sets. Head in for the review.

Next to working under the Cosmic Gate guise with Bossi, Nic also produces with several other well-known formations like Green Court and the Essential DJ Team. Another solo alias of his is Encee, with which he released 'Sansibar / I Don't Know' last year on E-Cutz.
His sound is mostly leaning towards the harder side of trance, so let's find out if that's the case here as well...

A-side: Original Mix
The base of this track relies on a very driving, techy use of slick, crispy percussion, blazing onwards using a somewhat harsh beat and grinding basses. Deep, darkish bass notes are being combined with nicely contrasting more bright backing melodies, taking you into different mini-breaks using an array of immense tension-building FX and that superbly worked out set of percussional elements. The overall sound of the tune lies somewhere between trance and hardtrance and has this very distinct feel coming with it. The whole track breathes a certain amount of inventiveness, and that's being amplified even more by the main breakdown. A set of calm, gently playing guitar chords suddenly appears, building itself out to become a full featured emotionally charged melody backed by that thick, buzzing bassline. The climax bursts loose using one of the elements from the build, but retains a melodic vibe because of the subtle placements of guitar snippets. We've got ourselves a beast of a track here, combining great basslines with a wicked melody and a great use of percussion. More of this please!
Rating: 8/10

B-side: Sunset Mix
As you might have already concluded from the title, this is a more laidback mix of 'Monday Bar'. It features a warm, cozy use of percussion, taking you on a ride using neat little bongo sounds backed by a more relaxed version of the deep bassline from the original. Melodic hints are being thrown in all over the place, with the guitar gradually bringing in portions of its body into the tracks structure as well. This remix comes with a more progressively tipped vibe which makes it perfect as a set-starter. The full guitar riff returns during the breakdown, but is this time being followed up by a bright, shiny yet very full melody that spontaneously reduces itself to just a few notes during the part that comes after the break. It returns in its full form just a while later, completing this remix in a nice way. This one's indeed a very well working addition to the harder, more peaktime original!
Rating: 8/10

Conclusion:
Nic Chagall shows that he's not only capable of producing hardtrance like he does with most of his other projects, but that he also has the ability to blend a superb guitar melody with both a harder approach (the original) and a more relaxing structure (the Sunset mix).
Be on the lookout, 'cause this one's about to take over tranceland by storm!