ReMix: Donkey Kong Country 'Industrial Fear'

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Stephen Kennedy, Executive Producer of Project Majestic Mix, which most of you should be familiar with (check the link if not), has allowed bLiNd to release this juggernaut of a trance track as sort of a promotion for KFSS Studios' upcoming trance album. If it's any indication of the production and general quality of the album as a whole, KFSS will definitely have come up with another winner, virtually guaranteed to please fans of the genre, which is not surprising given the cast of talented regulars that contribute to their projects. Introing with some great delayed bongo/conga percussion riffs over the requisite ubiquitous kick, things build nicely with the bass and heavily delayed synth lead entering around 0'40", with some cross-panned rhythmic synth patterns to fill things out. At 5'40", I really have to credit Jordan with developing this mix more than your average trance track, as there's a nice breakdown around 2'50" and from then on out you get quite a bit more additional "stuff" including a nice low subtractive analog bass riff. There's a lot of extra pads and treatments beyond what's immediately discernable in the mix, that are adding a bed of texture and augmenting the rest of the elements quite well. You can hear bits and pieces as the track ends - far from minimalist, this mix has quite a bit going on, but with no saturation or cacophony, which speaks to a mature, developed sound. This serves as a watertight, refined example of what can be done with trance game mixes, and is among the best of that genre here on OCR. A great prelude to what I'm sure will be a great album (keep your ears peeled) - recommended.

― djpretzel