Atlas - Noontide

This is a rare and deep progressive house record that still sounds beautiful and impresses people today. Aimed a bit more at the head than the dancefloor, its lush, dense production combines a huge dub bassline with a secondary housey bassline, tons of hi-hats, house percussion and hints of early trance in the keyboards and reverb effects. Sung vocal samples lifted from an unknown source get right to the point, being just the words "more", "together", and scat, all masterfully edited. All four mixes are good, though not very different from one another. The Pacific Mix is my secret weapon -- it's a perfect soundtrack for escapist daydreaming in the car, or for dropping into an end-of-the-night DJ set among friends -- top-notch, and one of my all-time favorite pieces of music.