this one comes from my "rebellious" phase of being sick of epic trance's formulaic persistence with overblown leadlines and breakdowns. basically trackstructures that was clinging on to the tried and tested '99 era epic trance model where it was focus on melodies. where as it should be focus on the groove and in some way to be entrancing, even on a hypothetical degree.
i don't know why i went down on that route as "tornado" is still playing the same game as some of those track but the difference that it had a groove. there is no big focus on a melody but it does include a long pad sequence in the breakdown. also the main melodic element is employed through a stab melody that reeks of mid 90's techno like dave clarke's red series. the influences of tech-trance of the marco v dominated era was that kind of surefire but groovy techno.
as the pace of techtrance or trance in general shifted down from the 140 bpm down to 134 bpm or even lower as in this case where it's 132 bpm, the focus within the rhythm changed. "tornado" for instance sounds very house-influenced even though you can hear the traces of epic trance and marco v-style techtrance. the bassline really carries the track throughout and it's one of those where it's impossible not to be affected to it.
for me i used to bang it out quite a bit in sets and in some cases i would mix it out before the breakdown if i was in that mood but i cannot really faulter it as it has a purpose. besides b-side "noise 4 fun" had a similar styling to it but it was a bit faster and a bit techier, but i thought the groove in "tornado" was stronger.
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