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John O'Callaghan - Subculture 2010 [Subculture]

23:49 - October 26, 2010

by davehart

It's been a snowball of a year for John O’Callaghan as he continues to emerge as one of the scene's biggest electronic artists with a blend of trance like no other. He's back with a new Subculture compilation and it’s as engrossing as the first...

There is a very big resurgence in the Irish trance scene in recent times with so many new producers emerging from the land of Guinness. One, if not the biggest of them all at this very moment in time is John O’Callaghan who in recent years has shot up the ladder as one of the scene’s brightest talents. It’s no surprise to anyone who has heard his records and sets recently and with the launch of his ‘Subculture’ brand last year he will only get bigger through 2011. The first compilation in this series came last late year with the birth of ‘Subculture’ good and proper. The debut compilation delivered to the listener just what ‘Subculture’ is all about, the finest cutting edge trance executed with absolute precision. It really was one of the best compilation’s I heard last year, shame on me for not reviewing it but thankfully we can put things right for that as he’s back one year later with volume two.

RELEASE DATE: OUT NOW
CAT NO: ARMA262

TRACKLIST

DISC ONE

01 Mark Leanings – Alaska (Intro Mix)
02 Sly One vs Jurrane – Everything To Me
03 Luke Terry feat. Kerry Leva – Arpora (John O’Callaghan Remix)
04 Jorn van Deynhoven & Temple One – Halo (Jorn van Deynhoven Mix)
05 Phillip Alpha & Daniel Kandi – Sticks & Stones
06 Ehren Stowers – Ascent
07 Gareth Emery feat. Lucy Saunders – Sanctuary (Sean Tyas Remix)
08 John O’Callaghan vs Neptune Project – Rhea
09 Orla Feeney – Lesson Learned (Giuseppe Ottaviani Remix)
10 John O’Callaghan – Desert Orchid
11 Mark Leanings – Alaska
12 Lustral – I Feel You (John O’Callaghan Remix)
13 Tom Colontonio – Nighthawk
14 Neal Scarborough – Kanya
15 Sophie Sugar – All For You
16 Giuseppe Ottaviani – Lightwaves

DISC TWO

01 Thomas Bronzwaer – Collider (Intro Mix)
02 J.O.C. – Botnik
03 Timmy & Tommy – Check This Tilt
04 Judge Jules – Verano Loco (Ummet Ozcan Mix)
05 Jordan Suckley – Jet2 Hell
06 Adam Foley – No Kontrol
07 W&W – Alpha
08 Ronald van Gelderen – Semper Fi (John O’Callaghan Remix)
09 Jon O’Bir feat. Fisher – Found A Way (Joint Operations Centre Remix)
10 Activa vs Revolution 9 – The Fall
11 Bryan Kearney – Mexican Rave (Neal Scarborough Remix)
12 Thomas Bronzwaer – Galaxyrise
13 Ruben de Ronde – Forever In Our Hearts (Tom Colontonio Remix)
14 Robbie Nelson – Up In Smoke
15 Nick Sentience – Nocturnal
16 Giuseppe Ottaviani – Danceology
17 John Askew – To The Floor
18 Bryan Kearney – Goosebumps (Sean Tyas Remix)

If I were to drop out a few beats Clive Rudloe style I’d shift the 80’s to one side and what I’d be left with to mix the beats is a fair few tracks John’s inserted into this compilation. That’s what was so strong about the first Subculture compilation, just the shear amount of stunning records spread over the course of it. The sequel is even stronger with artists like Giuseppe Ottaviani, Luke Terry, Tom Colontonio, Thomas Bronzwaer, Nick Sentience, John Askew and Ronald Van Gelderen providing the musical backdrop to an outstanding album. Why is it so good? It’s mixed by John O’Callaghan for a start.

The second is the differing moods and styles spread over the two mixes. The pace is always up in the high BPM range as John pounds your ear drums with one thump after another but you will find a difference between the first disc and the second. The first is a melodic journey through everything uplifting about the trance genre which is all introduced by the opening piano melody and gorgeous synth’s in the intro mix of Mark Leanings ‘Alaska.’ It sets the marker for one euphoric journey from start to finish which will have the goose bumps standing to attention for a good eighty minutes. It’s all about lush breakdowns, flowing melodies and one sweeping riff after the other. There are a few vocal tracks in there like Lucy Saunde’s voice in Gareth Emery’s ‘Sanctuary’. A new Ottaviani track that got the pulse racing is his remix of female Irish talent Orla Freeney’s ‘Lesson Learned’. A few more highlights in the mix is a new track from the delicious Sophie Sugar dropping a nice vocal element to ‘All For You’.

For the uplifting moments found in the first mix you can expect to find a slightly different one matched on the second. This is John after a heated session in the gym, beefed up with the audio and inducing a tech driven sound throughout the second disc. It’s edgy, aggressive and deeply bass line heavy, which really refresh the senses after the euphoric injection of the first mix. It’s been a while since I pick up a compilation and thought about which disc to put on, quite a few are just one big disc only split into two because the confides of a compact disc. Not so with John as he broadcast the full spectrum of his sound. That’s why the only remix and track here from him are under his J.O.C. alias, which is an altogether, more tech driven alias. One of the highlights from this bout of audio thunder is Jordan Suckley’s ‘Jet2 Hell’ that’s got a ferocious bass line cutting through it. You will find plenty of big synth driven melodies later on in the mix with a super track from Nick Sentience called ‘Nocturnal’, something which most trance fans may well be, and the constant banging beats from John Askew with ‘To The Floor’.

Conclusion:
John has done it again with this second round of Subculture. If you ever wanted to hear just what his sound is all about then slam this in your CD player and tell the neighbours to go out, its one you will be itching to crank the volume up. Two discs, two different shades from John but one overall blend of enthralling electronic trance music. An essential album for anyone who has an interest in what we call trance these days and another example of why he’s not just one of the biggest Irish artists on the scene, but the globe!