Kaste - Desert Eagle

The original mix of Desert Eagle is in all seriousness perhaps the most relentlessly euphoric of them all on the Anjunabeats label up to this point. And let me further say that Anjunabeats has quite a reputation for its euphoric uplifting trance collection. This is one of those tracks that relies on a torrential influx of aggressive synth elements at the introduction to prepare you for a no nonsense climax, rather than cautiously building up and slowing down the tempo during a breakdown. Instead the breakdown unhooks from the buildup almost unnoticeably because you are by now in such a rapturous state, everything you understood before about uplifting trance has shifted to a new plateau. Female vocal snippets add such vivid color when alongside a punchy piano, while the energy is well sustained and never loses its originality with the help of numerous basslines that provide so much of Desert Eagle's heart pounding drive and rhythm. The melodic influences just send you into orbit from there.