my first experience of miranda's music was through antiloop's remix of "mars needs women" which was a big radio and club hit. fact was it sounded nothing like the original which itself was a loose rendition of doofs track of the same name from 1995. someone was also quick to point out that most of mirands music sounded different from "mars needs women" and that "northern lights" album was her first bridging out the more conventional trance that was brewing in sweden from the likes of earthbound and richi m.
fortunally i was given the chance of listening to her first and second album and i was enchanted with "steps to the stars", "le passage", "labyrinth and "disco". i was actually torn between writing about "steps to the stars" and "gnocchi" as they are my favourites from her but in the end i picked the latter as i've stated many times that it's one of my favourite trancers of all time. when i first heard it in was in remix form on the northen lights album and i liked that version as well but the more stripped down original has a better feel.
what it loses with all of the additional effects and melodies and acid twisting is the groove and the straightforward feel of the original. really good psychedelic trance, or just trance in general is trippy and hypnotic and while the remix is trippy, it's not really hypnotic. as soon as this kicks off there is a small build for djs with establishing the groove but as soon that is out of it's way the bassline adds another layer that goes futher that a offbeat stomp.
the spiraling melodies and elements keep do their part in the first half before it fades down for the acidline to appear. it gets it's moment where it squelches and it builds for another peak and drop where it further onto unleashing all of the elements and where they harmonise in the rhythm and sound. in the end you have experience a quite a track with all of the best qualities in trance music.
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