Deepwide - Take Me In / River FLAC album

Let's talk about River, a tune which I believe exemplifies the utmost standards of uplifting trance using today's technology. With this technology, does it throw in huge, glamorous effects that leave you agape? The chances are high that, no, it will leave you with no such things. River is by and large a tune that succeeds without the gimmicks and cliches that I feel were putting uplifting trance in an awkwardly unappealing state in 2009. Instead of forcing in the typical melody-to-end-all-melodies kind of approach, with epic strings, heart-tugging pianos, or any other "techniques" to artificially bring forth feelings, these Finnish men trust that we're intelligent enough to feel the song rising and move our emotions in subtler ways. River is sincerely one of the deepest of the deep for uplifting trance, and all the while, it never comes off as weak sounding. The level of atmosphere and the impact of the confident bassline engages the listener for the just the right length of time before seamlessly unhinging the beat from the main groove, leaving us with a spacious and lush breakdown. A gorgeous melody moves in very coolly, backed by some percussion works and organic melodic elements that we can only imagine were inspired by visions of a winding river paralleled by abundant vegetation deep within some exotic forest. This is what I consider intelligent trance music and it should not be overlooked, hence a reason I felt the need to review this amazing track. As an aside, I promoted this tune very heavily in 2009, probably making it to my top 5 of my most recommended trancers of 2009.