SynSUN - Phoenix

SynSUN is finally back with a new album “Phoenix”. It's a 10-track journey into what SynSUN thinks music should sound like. Eight tracks are fast full on tracks and two more are chill tracks.

Some say that when you got too many melodies it starts to be too pop-sweet and looses what we all like about trance. And when you listen to Astrix or Vibe Tribe (which I, personally, like, actually) you can even agree with them. SynSUN proves that trance can be melodic, and still sound serious and completely fresh. Their style has evolved considerably since “Symphonic Adventures”. While SynSUN, as far as I know, calls their music “dark full on”, I would argue on that. It’s not dark, it’s very positive, emotional music. Please don’t decide it’s cheesy, in no way it is. The new album is much cleaner and lighter then the previous one. But light in its mind, it’s very advanced it the way it sounds, and clever in the way it is structured. Still having much common with symphonic music, this time it’s also gets one step closer to dancefloor, making sure you would enjoy it independently on circumstances in which you happen hear it. (However, no standard “poppadom” bass lines will you hear.)

I don’t like it when all psytrance artists finish their full on albums with slower tracks, and this one makes no exception. I would like it better without Mami and Magic Fly, which just don’t fit in here (to my taste anyway). Given this we are left with just 8 tracks, as much as on previous album, and I want more :-)

All in all a very good album, being good and original at the same time (which rarely happen to meet). My personal favourites are Prelude and Phoenix. Either you personally like it or not, this is high quality stuff. No track is made by formula, when 2/3 of it nothing happens, then after breakdown you hear a melody and that’s “climax”; no that. Enjoy!