Solarity-Escape From Dystopia

Solarity are a duo from London, UK who entered the dancefloor spotlight via Anjunadeep in 2009 with a string of high-quality releases ("DNA/Long 41", "Terminal 6", "Logger Riddem/Mantis"). They quickly rose to become label favorites, being featured on the slick "Anjunadeep:02" compilation and having 3 more releases under their name in 2010 ("Diophantine/Red", "Part-Time Hero/Anti-Hero" and "Start"). And if writing original music wasn't enough, Solarity also successfully remixed Michael Cassette, Mango and PROFF, to name but a few.

Renowned exclusively for their progressive house sound, it's unusual to think about Solarity as anything else than progressive. However, it seems that their musical roots go far deeper than that and "Escape From Dystopia" proves it: a drum n bass track that takes one back to Good Looking Records' golden days in the late 90s.

This track is available for FREE on Solarity's Soundcloud page and it would be a shame if you didn't take that opportunity:
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Probspot - Obsession / God Shaped Hole

Everybody knows that the early to mid 2000s were the pinnacle of progressive trance. And Swedish producer Rikard Fredriksson, otherwise known as Probspot and Rico Soarez was at the pinnacle of the pinnacle. With releases such as "Foreplay EP", "Blueberry" or "TV Dinner/Timeless" it's easy to understand why. Held in high regard for his unique and multivalent style, Probspot has maintained a strong reputation throughout the years, both through original productions and also with some great remixes for acts like Insignia, Solarstone, Mike Shiver etc. Also, starting with 2007 Rikard has started releasing music under a third alias, Zinfandel, following the same progressive recipe, only with a slightly more electro-ish vibe.

A pleasantly convincing crossover between Trance, Drum n Bass and Breakbeat, "Obsession" comes from his 2005 album "Organic Waveforms" (as Probspot), released on the seminal (at that time) Lost Language label.



And from the same album, featuring Craig Evans on vocals, "God Shaped Hole":

Boymerang - Soul Beat Runna

I have been mad about this track from the very first listen, somewhat 12 years ago. Heard it on EA Sports' FIFA World Cup 98 game soundtrack (along with a handful of other excellent songs btw) and it has been in my Winamp playlist ever since. Really, if I were to pick my favorite DnB track, this would probably be it.
The man behind Boymerang is Graham Sutton (leader of legendary post-rock band Bark Psychosis) and under this alias he released the highly-acclaimed Drum n Bass album "Balance Of The Force" in 1997.