Simon Patterson is a producer who's ability comes from that classic mixture of a pure love for music and raw talent. Using experience of what works as a formula and his own ability to take this formula and twist it to his own benefit, 'Northern Lights' is everything a trance song should be. There isn't much new here in terms of how the song works but the beauty of the genre is that there so many ways of doing the same thing that it sounds original every time. The song starts with a fairly heavy build before the breakdown which reminded me of a Coldplay song with the even chords and the strained vocals. The drop is great and once again isn't too original, reminding me of a Norin & Rad style tune, but still does the job. So while this song doesn't do anything new, it doesn't need to. Trance is tried and tested, we know what works and we know what doesn't, so the best that can be done is the formula we have but in the best way possible. This might be one of the best examples of this in 2012.
Out now on Beatport
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