Tim: Oliver’s a Dutch DJ who’s been going a few years; Ida’s off Denmark and has been going 14 years but has had a quiet patch recently; we’ve now got this.
Tom: And it’s a tie-in with a video game. We don’t see that all too often, but there’s (surprisingly) some good recent history, there.
Tom: Well, that’s a surprisingly retro track; a lot of those synths and rhythms could fit into the late 90s.
Tim: Yeah, a whole lot of it’s good, but it’s got one massive flaw: that line that first appears 34 seconds in. That exact same vocal sound and possibly the same notes as well, has been used in a very prolific song from a while back – it took me a long time to place it, and no small amount of “aaaargh, WHAT IS THAT?”, but it’s The Time Is Now.
It didn’t stop me appreciating everything else about this track – using strings for the main line was a fantastic choice, bringing to it a sense of urgency that I can’t imagine much else doing. Just a shame about that one line – different vocal style, or a different rhythm, or some melody variation, and this’d be great. As it is, though, I just can’t enjoy it as much as I want to.