hey there everyone
Ive just been reading all these reviews and thought I needed to add my 10 cents!
First up - congratulations Aran on making some more find music for everyone to add to their collections and to make the party rock, its not easy to produce such fine tracks, to all those that bag freq out - you try it, lets hear your efforts
I think a lot of people dont realise where freq comes from musically and also who he is, but heres a clue
Aran has a big love for oldschool trance - the big beautiful paddy trance from the nineties, you can hear it on track 1 for ex where a beautiful big chord drops in and just kinda makes things nice and well - nice
Not content to simply make trance he has been furthering his production with his take on 'progressive'. Funny term because this sounds pretty much like psytrance to me, all the progressive I hear kinda sucks, good production but no peaks or buildups and not enough variation, definitely not the freq sound!
I have a LOT of freq tunes - around 10-11 CD's worth, mostly between his first album alloys and strange attractors, mostly unreleased, this is from before things really started 'happening' for him. its pretty clear to me that his skills just keep on getting better and better, no doubt about it go sub is definitely moving forward, and better forward imo
there is a huge range in his styles, from big breaky break downs, very trancey housey influences, he even made quite a bit of drum and bass, which totally rocked, basically he is a musician who like to make interesting music - music inflenced by what he hears, but which has a core element which is definitely freq - the NICE element, you can hear it all over the shop on gosub 20
did you ever hear such nice and fat 'dancefloor' beats. the kick drums are infectious, they just make you wanna start dancing from the moment they begin, fat punchy, good to dance to, nice sounds, but still pushing the boundaries, nothing really 'weird', the odd sound that is definitely quirky, but with such a pounding beat and bassline its not gonna put you off on a weird one if u know what I mean
all good
as an old friend of aran's I am glad so many people love his music, I always did and still do, amazing to see his music become so international, u just got to remember he is just an ordinary guy, like you or me - incredibly talented yes, but incredibly hard working would describe him too
about gosub - i think track 6 is my fave, unbelievable bit in the middle, total mashup, id love to hear that on the dancefloor, totally peaking, full moon, blah blah blah
keep tuned for more great music from freq, hes been pulling the good shit out for over 12 years, he aint gonna stop, whatever styles he puts his brilliance to
