Review: Advanced Dealers – Trancecore 2.0
Advanced Dealers (Emanuele De Bon) is one of the rising names in the hardcore scene, due to his cool blend of mainstream hardcore and the older trancecore sound. His latest release is Trancecore 2.0, through the Cenobite Records label. It’s a top notch release, which is a big step up in production quality from his previous release. You can really hear how much Emanuele has progressed with his musical knowledge and production skill since his last release through the Cenobite label.
Destroy is a powerful mainstream hardcore track with influences of trancecore especially in the melody. The vocal work is some of the best vocal work I have heard since the early Enzyme darkcore days. It’s violently powerful, and anger provoking lyrics create a great atmosphere and is what hardcore should be all about – creating a sense of power for the listener. Great pace and rhythm, big pouding kicks, great use of synths and melodies, cool vocals – I can’t ask for much more in hardcore.
Hero is a track I have been waiting to be released for a couple of years now. I heard Emanuele playing it at the Cenobite “Machines in Motion” party on a Youtube video and have always wanted to hear a full version of the untitled track. Well we now have Hero, and it’s a great track with psychedelic synth work and great kicks. I love the pauses in the kick patterns. Advanced Dealers really knows how to create an atmospheric trance based melody and they just seem to work so well with his brand of hardcore. It’s a very well made track.
Stalker is the darkest track of the release, and really reminds me of the old artcore sound made for a new era of hardcore fans. This is hardcore at it’s finest! I love the windy synths in this track and the way the track builds up to the melodies. Great FX work and great kicks make this one of the better tracks (production-wise) of the release.
Overall, this release is a must have for all hardcore fans in my opinion. Fans of the old artcore and trancecore sounds from labels like Ruffneck, H2oh, Mokum, Bionic and Cenobite will get just as much out of this release as fans of the newer mainstream style from labels like Masters of Hardcore and Traxtorm. It’s powerful yet uplifting in the best sense of the word. We suggest you check it out!
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So True!
Excellent refreshing release!