Tuesday, January 22, 2019

Virus Inc, Synthflut, Kamui, etc.

While I have a ton of harddance tracks, of course, some percolate and rise to the top, while others kind of sink into the general pool; I like them, but they don't stand out as much as others.  A lot of the output of Kamui (and their various other names) is near the top of my list, in particular this song by one of their aliases, Virus, Inc.

I don't know which of the two mixes I prefer, but they're both great.  And super intense, which is part of why I like them so much.  Not that intensity by itself is sufficient, because I actually have a lot of intense yet kinda forgettable and indistinguishable tracks too.  But the intensity of these is one of the reasons I love them, certainly.

The labeling is kinda funky.  According to discogs, the digital release and Spotify has an "Original Mix" that's about 7:50 long, and a "Club Mix" that's just under 7:30.  But the original vinyl had a "Club Mix" and a "Trance Mix", and both have the exact same length of 7:53.

I expect that that's a typo on the sleeve, and that there really are just the two mixes, and one of them is about thirty seconds shorter than the other.  I also suspect that the "Trance Mix" and the "Original Mix" are the same.

I'm however, not completely sure, since I don't have the vinyl to listen to and compare.

In the original (or Trance) mix, check out that little percussion riff shortly after 7:00.  Just awesome.  Sure, it's a minor little thing, but they put that in the outro.  Because they don't just rest on their laurels and have it fade out while repeating, of course!




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