RAM (38) – RAMsterdam

The fact that a complete rip off tune won the ASOT top ever chart won't cease to amaze me.

Music business is a dirty business. Imagine you make a great track that is praised by many as one of the most original tracks of the past years, gets played quite heavily... And then someone else comes around, makes a cheap copy of your track and you watch that track get 20x more attention, see your track getting ignored from the moment the sloppy copy gets released, see the guy who ripped you off kick off his star DJ career on the track he stole from you (while you get no bookings at all) and see his track reach the status of a cult classic, while your track gets basically forgotten. And 15 years later it gets voted the best track of all time, becomes viral with a video of Armin crying while playing the track...

Well, that's what happened to Lemon & Einar K and their track Anticipation. Go ahead and check it if you don't know it - it's much better than this aliexpress copy and first of all, it's the real deal. What amazes me is that Armin knew very very well about all of this, as he did play Anticipation on ASOT before, but apparently artistic integrity isn't something he is bother about too much.

Jorn Van Deynhoven remix is 10/10 - Absolutely brilliant piece of uplifting trance.

Certanly, on top 10 of the best Uplifting trance tunes ever.

Wow....this tune never ceases to amaze me. The swirling string sample reminds me of the composer Wagner in the song Tanhauser. Haven't listened to this in awhile and it blew me away again as it does every time i check in on this incredible track.

That melody simply amazing!!!

for me, the main melody is a rip off of the amazing tune : lemon & einar k (anticipation)of the year 2008