Besides the musics, it was the friendly atmosphere of the rave party that made it special. No fightings as you see in nightclubs, everyone was looking friendly and people were there for one reason only... to have fun. I think you would have liked it ron.

I've read and heard enough about raves to understand what they were all about, but never really knew the kind of music that was played there.

Delightful. It's always nice to read your reviews roncli. Great tune, great review. I don't know if you guys ever were hard ravers, but this tune actually reminded me of those days back in time, where we were after flyers to see where the next "black" or "illegal" rave was held (mostly abandon industries in the outskirt of the city). There was a big, dark, deep and dunk place, lots of speakers, a DJ and musics like this one here ;o) ... again great song, great review.

Fair enough on the pianos, although said 90's piano tracks would probably get a similar comment... piano just doesn't sound good at the same velocity. What I meant by the creativity part is that you put a lot of creative polish on the trance elements during the trance part, and a lot of polish on the rave elements during the rave part. The textures and sound effects during the trance part is top notch, and the emotion in the rave part is really high. But the other elements are bland. The arrangement of the trance bit isn't that exciting at all, and the backing to the piano doesn't do much either. It is clear that your focus in those parts were on meshing the styles together, and that worked really well... that's what you were looking to achieve, and you succeeded. But these parts taken out by themselves don't really work well, and that's why the mix of the two genres works, because one section requires the other section to make an emotional impact on the listener. Now, taking the extra step and making it so that those parts could have stood out on their own and yet *still* manage to combine them into one piece would've been fantastic, if not mind blowing. That by itself would probably get this to 4 1/2 stars, and unboxing the sound of this thing to get the full dynamic effect would certainly push this to 5.

Great detailed review roncli! :D. It's funny, you've pinpointed some of the simplicity of the old skool vibe, as being a problem with the track, when in fact, it's what I wanted to achieve ;). As you know from my other tracks with piano, the is alot of exressive playing where velocity is concerned - When I played the chords, and the solo, I went into the sequencer and purposely set the velocity the same - just like the early 90's piano dance tracks... ;). As for the chords, they sound exactly how I intend them to be - the biggest problem is actually with the first solo - I didn't take the time to properly quantize it, and it at times, is actually off beat. ;) I'm not sure what you mean by neglecting the other parts of the track though, maybe you should explain that one a bit better to me, as I'm not sure which part you mean, but, the works I put into the build up trancier parts, are where I spent most of the time - the piano bits were quickly made in comparison, and just like their 16 -17 year old counterparts, remain techincally immature, designed more for the average E head to dehydrate too, rather than normal people who appreciate real music to get off on! so to speak! :D Your analysis is extremely interesting though, fucking good read really.. Awesome to get an American's perspective on a older style which was never popular on American shores, as it was in the dark underground of early 1990's hardcore music in the raves across the UK ;). Illegal Rave, FTW!... One way to look at the piece though, is to take some complex techno riffs that The Prodigy make today, and compare it the stuff they made in 1991. In 1991, The Prodigy's material was technically immature, just like the piano-rave sections of this track! While today their stuff is mind blowing. I 100% agree that this is a long way off in the creativity department as some of my other tracks - but what I acheived with it, was exactly what I wanted, and I'm still 100% pleased :D Thanks again roncli for the awesome review though! :D