Motorcycle - As The Rush Comes

OK, OK, I'm expecting all the nu-skoolers to madly click on 'disagree' a billion times as soon as I post this, but don't forget this is just an opinion, so don't get all uppity about it...
Basically all I want to say is, for me, this track is the last decent EDM hit to date. Such depth, progression and maturity - amazing vocals, deep, shimmering waves of synth washing over you while you grin wildly and feel all tingly once more. This is what trance was always about, a journey, a trip, an escape from now and into some other realm. Euro trance arguably changed that and by about 2002 we had come to accept commercial trance to have diva vocals and fluffy melodies. 'As The Rush Comes' changed all that, but it is a shame to see that, overground at least, there was very little else around to match Motorcycle's style. So much so that if you have a copy of Now 57, you can expect this track to be sandwiched between Ultrabeat and Ferry Corsten, with their slightly less credible hits...
What has come since has distanced even further from this level of trance and dance. Yeah, I know, there's a billion and one underground records I've never heard of that are awesome, but years ago those sort of tracks eventually made the commercial chart. Now we just have the cutting edge talent of Cascada and Dizzee Rascal, which, for many it seems at least, is far far better :S

Two classic mixes on one vinyl. The G&D mix aims at the progheads out there...chunky, melodic and containing, quite frankly, one of the most recognisable lyrics in trance. Absolutely lush...but Armin, takes it to the next level, transforming the original into a melodic trance behemoth, with devastating results on the dancefloor. Hard to pick between them as they are very different yet both highly appealing!

Originally heard this about June of 2003 on a promo only cd-single that only had an instrumental version of the Sweeping Strings mix on it. Interestingly, the song's title was "As The Rush Comes On" and was billed to "Gabriel & Dresden present Motorcycle." I'm guessing they dropped the "On" when they added the vocals to the main release as it would have been much less catchy with the extra word (On) given the song's arrangement.

A true meaning of a trance record very dreamy with powerful vocals... Gabriel & Dresden should both be proud of themselves with this release.