Do I generally not like some of these new genres and artists? Yes (sorry breakbeat). Are there a lot more forgettable releases? Yes. Fourth, given the pretty sad state of the world, between the pandemic, rise of autocracies, etc., it’s unsurprising to see a shift to darker, more serious sounds, rather than the “uplifting” sounds the label was previously known for.Īll in all, I don’t think this change has been a bad thing though. Third, with artists spending less time on the road, it gave them more time in the studio and allowed artists to experiment more, giving way to more diverse output on the label, instead of the typical trance and progressive we were used to. Second, with the inability to make money on shows, it makes sense that the label is going to release more tracks, and a wider-variety, to increase overall record sales. I don’t think it’s a surprise that as vaccines were rolled out and as lockdown measures were rolled back, we’ve scene more “trance” tracks released. First, the label/artists wanted to save their club-oriented tracks for when shows started again. Then the pandemic happened and I reckon a number of things happened. Although the label had started to branch out into some newer sounds and had been slowly increasing the number of releases pre-pandemic, it wasn’t all that noticeable. I have to believe that this is primarily a pandemic-driven change though. I don’t mean that in an entirely negative way - it is still hands-down my favorite music label - it just means that they’ve started releasing tracks of any genre, so long as they think it will be commercially viable. While I still love the label and enjoy a lot of the recent releases, I do agree with this sentiment and was actually thinking about this on my way to work yesterday.Įssentially, Anjunabeats has become the Spinnin’ of the trance scene. Forgot that her rising release was by the best of the bunch Just my 2 cents, and even with them, it’s still by far the best label in the world for catering to my needs / tastesĮdit: I forgot to mention Amy Wiles under the great new additions. We get enough material for it not to be a problem to me. Honestly it’s all still there, just diluted by the lesser quality releases. Maor Levi is at the top of his game, Ollie is always perfect, A&B’s club sound has matured over the last 2 years, Grum is back and great, Fatum are at the top of their games, Bayer is back…. LOVING the direction of Sunny Lax and Genix. I absolutely love the direction but at times it’s felt like it’s got a bit saturated and stale. The quality is absolutely still there, it’s just not as obvious in my honest opinion.Īlso need to add that the current sound, the evolution of 2.0 (replacing electro heavy big room with dynamic melodic progressive music) has now been perfected and has probably peaked. I think that the intention was good, the approach wasn’t. Because they’ve taken up room on the schedule i think it’s “felt” worse. I agree the quality has been diluted but I think that’s due to the “throw it all at the wall and see who sticks” approach to the rising releases and some of the newer signings.
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