Shiloh-Bleed

Shiloh are a Canadian production duo consisting of brothers Colin & Justin Moreh. While not following their musical output since the beginning of their career, in 2006 I came across this track, "Bleed", from the homonymous album and I was irrevocably hooked.
With a mix of progressive breaks, laid-back tempo and acid sounds, "Bleed" brings to mind BT's early sound and also a bit of Hybrid's, but maintains strong originality throughout.

Christophe Goze-Some Day I Will

Back in business, not that anyone cares.
And what better way to get back than with a large chunk of summery chillout right in the heart of Winter. Christophe Goze warms up our homes with this great guitar chillout track, one of my favorites from his 2006 album "Turning Inside", which you can buy HERE for only $11.80.

Tilt - Rising Son / New Day

You probably heard of Tilt. They had a successful hit back in 1999, entitled "Invisible". Click HERE to listen to it on YouTube. If you still don't remember it, let me put you in theme. Tilt are a group of UK producers (after Jonh Graham (Quivver) and Mick Wilson left the group, only Andy Moor and Mick Parks remain) who are known and appreciated within both progressive and trance communities for their distinct crossover style that had a great impact on early to mid-2000s EDM scene. Their most critically acclaimed album is 2004's "Explorer", featuring the absolute prog trance classics "Twelve" and "The World Doesn't Know". Their last album to date is "Vaults", released in 2006, but with less critical & commercial success than its predecessor.

So here one track from each of those albums. First there's "Rising Son" from "Vaults", an impeccably polished progressive/breakbeat/chillout gem with great vocals. My favorite track from the entire album.



And then it's "New Day" from "Explorer", a gorgeous vocal chilltrance track with broken beats throughout.

Leama & Moor-Everything Matters / Coming Of Age

I'll start by saying that these tracks would make my all-time downtempo top 50 any given day. Produced by a legendary progressive trance duo, they take the best of the electronic feel of trance and layered melodic nature of progressive and transforms them into this. Flawless.
About Leama & Moor there is a lot to say, but I'll keep it short. Composed of Marty Smith (Leama) and Andy Moor, the duo are best known for the remixes they did during mid-2000s for artists like Avril Lavigne, Orbital, Paul Oakenfold, Brian Eno, Starkid, Above & Beyond and for many others. They also released their own album, "Common Ground" in 2006, featuring only original compositions. I strongly recommend you checking it out, as I do with anything these guys ever produced or remixed. Class act!

Buy the album from Beatport: LINK

The High Violets - Chinese Letter / Sun Baby

We leave electronica aside for today, as The High Violets enter the stage. Unsurprisingly, I didn't come across this dream pop band at random, but while searching for some remix work by Ulrich Schnauss. He did a remix of "Chinese Letter" and because I liked it, I became very curious about the original song and decided to get the entire album on which it was included: "To Where You Are" (2006). That album was my introduction to dream pop and I must say it was a pleasant one.

Here are 2 of my favorite tracks from the album: