This is the first EP release of the forthcoming debut album “Zest” from Ignite Digital – the UK based Hard Dance/Hard Trance label run by DJ/Producer Simon Qudos. This EP sees Brisbane based Luke S team up with one of our favourite UK producers, Nick Squires – better known as SQ. After many hours locked in the studio, these two have produced two impressive tunes aimed to devastate the dance floor.

“Relentless” is an out and out solid hard trancer driven by a powerful kick drum and complimenting rolling bassline – plenty of subtle key changes and enough twists and turns to keep you hoping for more!

“Red & Blue” sees the boys take it up a notch and the result is a tune that would easily bridge hard trance and hard house – elements of old skool with a plenty here, with a well used 303, rave FX and a vocal sample from The Matrix that fits the tune perfectly and makes it one to remember long after you’ve left the dance floor!

You can here both of these tracks in my recent Hard Acid Trance Mix, and watch for the Zest album from Ignite Digital to be released on Nov 11, 2010 with digital release following up in December.

What better gift for Father DJ than a trip to the record store. After starting a family I’ve been spending a lot less on records, but the owner at the record store still remembers me as his best Trance customer. I buy almost all my vinyl second hand. I believe if a track is really worth owning it should be timeless. 

After listening to a stack of about 75 trance records – 3 made the cut and came home to be added to the collection. Here are the worthy tracks:

Nick Sentience – Nick Sentience EP

A1 – Nick Sentience – Transcender
AA1 - Nick Sentience - Bring It On
Riot! Recordings - 2006 - RIOT!018

Both sides of this record are brilliant. Most of the time I’ll buy a record just for one track so when I get two playable tracks on the same record it’s like a 2 for 1 discount!

DuMonde aka JamX and De Leon – The Mixes Volume 02

A – Talla 2XLC – Love’s Coming Down (DuMonde Remix)
Access Tunes – 2000 – ACCESS-04-12 (Germany)

This is the money track. The flipside features JamX and De Leon Remixes of Harem Doctors – Heartbeat and Terra W.A.N. – Who’s Gonna Ease the Pressure, which might be okay tracks (I can’t remember) but I rarely play tracks that only run for half a record. I need as much time as I can get for the mix (and I hate it when I forget and the track plays over into the next song). 

Last but not least is another 2 for 1 deal with a Tribal-Trance sound…

Spider & Marc Van Bekkum – One

 
A – Spider & Marc Van Bekkum – One (Original Mix)
AA – Spider & Marc Van Bekkum – One (Tribe Tech Mix)
2Play Recordings – 2004 – 2PLAY007  (Netherlands)

A great Father’s Day Weekend trip indeed! You can hear all the new records in this Sunday’s Trancendance Podcast.