This review covers the trance track Push – The Legacy (Club Mix).
This track was released in 2001 as part of a single.
The track starts with a high hat and a bassline. A voice sample makes an appearance by fading in and out. The kick then joins the track. A synth effect makes an appearance and a clap joins the track. The high hat changes. Another synth then joins the track. A second synth periodically joins the track. Extra high hats also join the track. After another appearance of the voice sample, another high hat joins the track.
From there, the main synth melody joins the track in an abbreviated, but repeating form. After a subtle boom, the drum it drops out, leaving only the synth melody and bassline. Another boom makes an appearance before the main synth melody fills out. There is a delay effect present. The cutoff frequency of the main synth melody changes, making the notes longer. Some high hats rejoin the track before the rest of the drum kit rejoins.
After that, a secondary synth melody joins the track, largely mirroring the first. This second synth melody, however, sounds slightly different, giving the track a slightly different texture. The main synth melody then adjusts again, though keeping with the same notes still. The drum kit then drops out, leaving the second synth melody and bassline. The cutoff frequency also changes the notes back to shorter notes.
After another boom, a filtered high hat rejoins the track. The cutoff frequency fills out the main melody again. The high hat then drops out. A reverse cymbal is then heard. The drum kit makes a return. After a reverse cymbal, the cutoff frequency reverts back. After another reverse cymbal, filtering is applied to the main synth melody. The voice sample makes another brief appearance. Gradually, the main synth melody drops out, leaving mostly the bassline and parts of the drum kit. A few short snare rolls with a delay effect makes a few appearances. After that, the voice sample leads the track out along with another short snare roll.
There are a number of good things going for this track. One positive is the good sense of progression. This is largely aided by the automated cutoff frequency of the main synth melody. While it’s a simply effect, it winds up being quite effective.
The main synth melody also gets a nice layering effect part way through. I like it because, even though it’s subtle, it changes some of the texture around, adding just that much more progression to the track.
While the construction of the track is very nicely done, the track does suffer a bit in that the main synth melody is about all that this track has to showcase. It would have been nice to hear another melody to counterbalance the main melody. That might have made this decent track a great track.
Still, it’s not a bad track to listen to it. While the single synth melody does give the track a subtle sense of monotony, the overall sense of progression and general sound works quite well. This is especially so thanks to good use of automated cutoff frequency. So, a solid track worth listening to.
Score
7/10
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