#31 Feat. Staff Picks in Trance (Raw / Deep / Hypnotic)

Following last years Cyber Sunshine single and Vantage Point EP, plus the formers expansion into a Deluxe Remix Pack EP just this Spring, trusty Dutch trance traders Match Box are miraculously back with their fourth consecutive glistening Goddezz release. This time, its a double offering whose boundless celestial charm again centres around the star we owe it all to: think of High En3rgy as the sunset daydream and Clints remix the sunrise epiphany. Spanning 8 minutes and 7 seconds that slip by all too soon, High En3rgy is a lucent, dreamlike journey not easily forgotten. Layering a faintly melancholic and hauntingly simple melody over a nonetheless pulsating bassline, it accomplishes something rare: an emotive marrying of the wistful and the rousing. The effect is a plucky, heartening sound that walks a tightrope between nostalgic reflection and enduring anticipation. Its delicate yet driving - the gorgeous sonic expression of a sunset daydream that could leave you leaning either way. Whether you emerge from that musing trance with a lump in your throat or a fire in your belly, Clints remix is the impossibly ideal next step. Faithfully refracting its originators sound whilst instantly supercharging the mood from spirited to high-spirited, its giddy rhythm and buoyant-turned-bouncy beat inject pure, immediate, perhaps emergency enlivenment. Its more than fun, playful or invigorating: its irresistibly, heroically stirring - and once its sunrise synths come scorching over the horizon, youre passing through gleeful exhilaration into sublime elation, with no hope of holding back any tears.

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#95 Feat. Staff Picks in Trance (Raw / Deep / Hypnotic)

In early 2023, rave acolytes Match Box nourished us with their euphoric jungle exploration Cyber Sunshine. Later on, rumors of secret mixes from Dylan Forbes, Angel Dlite & Eoin DJ began to surface with this bountiful release Goddezz gathers these floating spirits into a whole for the first time accompanied by an illuminating new Dutch Sunset club mix from Match Box.

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