Friday, May 04, 2018

I love Luca Antolini

No homo.  But he's got some great stuff.

Of his direct songs that I love, I've got the following short-list:
  • A New Poison (Sa.Vee.Oh Remix]
  • Heat (Original Hardtrance Mix) Plus, the 2007 Remix by Steve Hill and Dark By Design, and the 2012 remix by Steve Hill.
  • Powerfull (Act 1).  Or (Act 3)?  Not sure which I prefer yet.  Yes, that is how it's spelled too.
  • Lost In Time
  • Secret Dream (Hard Mix)
  • The Race (Hard Trance Mix) and some great 2012 remixes; one by Steve Hill and Technical and one by Luca himself.
  • We Belong (S.H.O.K.K. Remix).  Just amazing.
  • Through My Memories—a collaboration with Steve Hill, and there's a Luca Antolini Mix and a Steve Hill & Dark By Design mix.  Both are great.
He's also a member of the Saifam group, and probably responsible for some of the Pacific Link output, especially since he's remixed many of their songs.
  • Rings of Jupiter (Luca Antolini Mix)
  • Contatto (Luca Antolini Mix)
  • Planetary Collapse (Luca Antolini Mix)
I also like Espace and Time For New Energy, but it's hard to get my arms around exactly how involved he was with those.  Maybe a lot.  Maybe not at all. The real name of Tuneboy is especially singled out in The credits that are on the record itself. It kind of seems like maybe it's a pet project of Donà and Antolini in particular: Donà the primary artist and Antolini doing remix and extra production. And that may also explain why the original versions terms to shade out of hardtrance and into early hardstyle.

You can find all of those on Spotify except, curiously, the original version of Powerfull (you can find the 2013 reloaded version, which sometimes has the spelling corrected.  Sometimes.)  You can also find most of those on YouTube, including the one that is hard to find on Spotify.

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