Bedrock - Heaven Scent

Is there anything that really needs to be said about this track?

Besides being one of the biggest progressive trance hits of the late nineties, Heaven Scent was also featured in the movie "Groove" as the finishing track in Digweed's set. Never manages to relinquish the attention of the listener, and while epic trance lovers may like this song for its melody, the real great part of the track it its buildup and breakdown, where it uses various sublime synths and a great reverberated drum track to make the track really move you.

Everyone knows (and presumably loves) Heaven Scent but just how good is Life Line? Re-using many of the elements from Heaven Scent, Digweed and Muir cut out the sparkly hands-in-the-air melody and instead created a pulsating prog house stormer. The result- Life Line- is not as anthemic as Heaven Scent but as a no-nonsense dancefloor banger it's far superior. On GU013 Sasha memorably played Life Line and then Heaven Scent back-to-back to close the compilation and it's just about the best thing you can do with Heaven Scent.

Along with 'Xpander' by Sasha, 'Heaven Scent' reignited interest in progressive house and inspired countless producers to make wonderful music.

Don't be fooled by the progressive tag though, 'Heaven Scent' has in fact as much in common with euro trance as it does with the type of progressive house that would be championed at the Bedrock club nights. Indeed in terms of style, this record saw Digweed in particular start to move to a tougher sound compared to the epic house style he was championing in his Northern Exposure days.

This is a quality euphoric anthem that is special to both progressive and trance lovers.

Great remix of the all known track "Heaven Scent"
Starts of break-beatisch and builds up nice. the melody is a little remaked and sounds great. he made the best of the original sounds ! then in the break the moledy "morphs" from allturned to original and then comes a constant bass.

GREAT ! 8)

With this track, Pob takes the original classic and gives it his signature quirky production style. It's so well done that you won't recognize what track it is until the main melody drops in, which usually generates a HUGE crowd reaction. It's a great twist on an old standard, and doesn't sound hideously dated in modern trance sets. On the flip is a dub which removes the melody and leaves only the oddball production, which works well as filler but doesn't do much to stand on its own.

The John Johnson remix adds some unique tribal-ish beats to this terribly played-out tune. Sigh, if only the Bedrock guys could make an effort to make more records like this.

One word: superb. Trust Digweed & Muir to come up with progressive masterpieces. Everybody has heard Heaven Scent and everybody plays it--for good reason: it doesn't get any better than this. My own experience is, dropping Heaven Scent & Beautiful Strange one after the other gets even the toughest, most apathetic crowds screaming for more. As a side note--those looking for harsher, more house/tribal feel to their sets should look for the John Johnson MX and Evolution Dub.