Narcotik – Blue / 12 Miles

this is absolutely beautiful. i love this kind of music

wow both sides of this release are transportive, emotional journeys into the furthest reach of your imagination. doesnt get much better than this. twelve miles sounds like a voyage with space whales guiding you through the cosmos.

Holy God is this good. I listen to all kinds of progressive trance and this is just amazing. it has everything blended in there even a hint of sax acid house Beach sexy voice and mesmerizing trance not overpowering eq just right buzz worthy without any assistance.

'Blue' is absurd. The finest progressive that you could ever find.

Sasha used Blue to open his second CD for the seminal Global Underground 009: San Franciso, & the track put its producers (Gab Olivier, later of Digby & Olivier, & CJ Dolan) as well as the then-fledgling Aussie label, Zero Tolerance, on the map.

Zero Tolerance went on to release fantastic progressive tunes until it folded in 2004/05, but this record stands the test of time.

Blue is a slow-building affair with echoing vocals and melodic, trance-like lead. Wonderful saxophone stabs begin to crop up somewhere midway through the track, and then it's back to driving, Breeder-like progressive house that can be best described as making you want to take a swim into infinity.

12 Miles is a slightly more confused affair, still good enough to serve as filler in any set, but certainly lacking the flair of the A-side.

All in all, a classic. Use Blue to open with, or 12 Miles to keep up the energy mid-set--this is a record well worth your money.

Taken me a while to finally get hold of this, I'd forgotten how brilliant this is and why Paul Oakenfold opened the first date of his Essential Mix world tour in 99 in Sydney, Australia.

It's a mellow grove with old school style riffs panning around, a head nodding groove and in the 2nd half gentle acid squelching.

What a track.