Hypertrophy - Eternal Flames

This is a track that I can safely say changed my life in many different ways.
I can't think of many tunes I have heard over the years which has had such a profound effect or moved me as much as this one did.
I remember when I got hold of it thinking it strange Tommy Boy doing a Trance tune and I thought it was either gonna be rubbish or perhaps a mistake.
NOT SO.
There were 4 cuts on the 12” and by the time I got to the 4th offering that being the
JB Norman v Killerloop remix I more or less had decided whether I wanted to buy the thing and at that moment it was a big HELL NO!
But I decided to give the last mix a chance anyway and to this day I am so glad that I did because what hit me was a solid gold piece of Melodic Trance wizardry the likes of which I believe we won’t hear again.
From the off its quite standard fair. 137 bpms a kick drum which is a bit too heavy if you ask me and an off beat bass etc. In short a pretty standard intro although before we get to break down the bass veers off and a piano joins in hinting at the melody.
However when the break down does eventually hit the melody starts to unfold using a filtered synth voice. And WHAT a melody.
Heart wrenching, sincere and the female speaking the immortal words even sounds as though she really means what she is saying. We then get the standard 909 snare build up to the main section and off we go.
‘CHHHHEEEEWN’ was all I heard from the dance floor the first time I dropped it on the unsuspecting London crowd and you should be either dancing crying or if like me both!
My only real problem with this is the cut itself. The volume levels are not great and the bottom is over emphasised a bit.
However this presents no problem to you if you can actually mix, hence I played it out many a time to massive reaction from the dance floor.
All in all a winner and a classic.