Duality Trax Vinyl & CDs

Review: We've very much enjoyed the return of trance to the underground and though purists will say the sound has never gone away, it sure has been some years since trance, for right or wrong, has been seen as cool. Now it is permeating all worlds from electro to techno to house and this EP does that as well as any we have heard recently. TYWI opens with the prog-tinged house banger that is 'Reality Checkpoint' complete with serene synth work and euphoric energies. After the more nimble Maruwa remix comes the cosmic trip that is 'Spellbound' and the lush and widescreen designs of the uplifting 'Laws of Motion'.

Review: Atlas Corporation is the fourth EP in the Duality Trax series. Steffan Todorovi? and Joonas Arro are the Adbul Raeva duo behind it and they bring a mix of 90s trance and golden-era prog, Goa and psy-vibes to all four cuts. 'Atlas Corporation' is an expansive and acid laced opener over curing drums and then things get more widescreen and heady with the soft, supple and seductive 'Death Race'. Andy Garvey remixes this one into a more turbulent broken techno workout while closer 'Guardian Of The Vault' casts you adrift in deep space on waves of lush pads and suggestive rhythms.