Lange - I Believe

The original is classic, high golden age additive. This, friends, is the sound of a label at the ultimate pinnacle of its vitality, creativity, and sheer beauty.

Okay, hopefully that superlative preamble wasn't too scary!

Seriously, though. If you love trance -- if you really love trance -- you must not go without the b side of this record. The original lange mix is really pretty, don't get me wrong... but this tandu mix... wow... I totally concur with the last reviewer -- just ... unreal.

This is energetic, optimistic, melodic trance before the fall.

...and just when you think it can't get any better, along comes the DJ Tandu remix. It was played alot when I first started clubbing back in '99, and so holds some pretty amazing memories. 6 years on and it still sounds brilliant. A bit tougher than the original with less lyrics, and a nice melodic breakdown in the middle. But it's the second breakdown that gets you. "...as I drift on a dream, I pray to you with hands held high, I find, in you I believe..." Many a hands-in-the-air podium moment. Sends a shiver down my spine just thinking about it... Quality.

This has to be one of the best trance tracks I've ever heard. The style in which it was made was also being used by Lost Witness at the time, but it's buildup and melody make that track perfect... and that vocal from Sarah Dwyer is to die for.