friend of mine had the threedisc unmixed compilation "21st century trance" that came out on react in '99 and it contained a number of really good tracks. like the fire & ice remix of sunscreem's "exodus", solar stone's "seven cities", the olmec heads remix of rapid eye's "alderaan" and the armin van buuren remix of denzil & dwayne's "force of habit". basically epic trance galore and when i first heard of the compilation in '02, it was those i was after.
later i borrowed the collection and discovered that there was other interesting tracks also like the marc o'tool project ballroom with "4am", the shortlived german project earthbound's "substance" and this one. it was like many of the tracks on the compilation something originally released on react and it's amongst the deeper ones.
blu peter's original revolves around a groovy acidline, this twinkly lead melody and a vocal sample that concerns narcotics. it's quite nice and i like the groove but it's a little to stiff concerning the mood he is trying to project and i don't like how he twisted the vocal with effects. what salt tank did for their version was to focus all on the groove and atmosphere to really emphasise the drug-infused haze for a lack of better terms.
the drums have been changed to something less rigid and with the additional percussive elements it chugs away while the small acidsequence gets almost a solospot in the first half of the song. as the song drops for a small breakdown where it runs the vocal sample and introduces the melody. as the breakdown flows naturally and feels it serves it purpose well for the second half of the track.
salt tank never plays out the melody in full as it expands upon in the original but keeps it as a layer of sound in the reverbdrenched soundscape. they introduce the stringpads and also add another layer of drums that are given some extra delay. so are the pad and most of the other elements and the small but efficient peakmoment where every element is in right before it drops down, is really meaty. love it.
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