Solarstone & Activa - Pure Trance V8It's come a long way, baby! When the first 'Pure Trance' album was released in November of 2012, the genre's landscape was a remarkably different. Nefarious hands had again been at work cynically drip feeding poppy pollutants into trance's system. Inorganic quick hit sugar highs that threatened it's otherwise rich ecosystem, someone had to stand up, blow the whistle and become the countermeasure. Eight years on and while that peril's not passed, it

his early career and the truth behind his name

In the concertos chosen for this program the orchestra plays more than just an accompanying role

Featuring musical guests such as Herbie Hancock

a nice classic soul-bluesy rock slow tune with female buck-up vocals

Yet our knowledge of his life and musical output is scanty

these songs are the band's finest moments

On this recording he offers a challenging program of Russian classics and an original composition

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No one has brought it better than Arrow

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and to these he added his own brilliant

London and Okeh labels during these years