VII SOLO VOL. I – MIXED BY SIMON PATTERSON

VII’s power lies in precisely that: absolute concentration on the music of just seven artists. Coming up over the last few years, its mandate has swiftly resulted in an open-tap stream of club-empowering audio from some of trance’s cooler and more underground-respected names. With spring 2019 comes the launch of the inaugural album in what – going forward – will become VII’s annual mixcomp series. It’s one that tightens the label’s focus further still, with ‘Solo Vol.1’ telescoping up closer-than-close on one of the cadre’s number.

At the top of his game for a decade +, Simon Patterson inimitable sonic ethic needs little by way of introduction. A powder keg composite of psy, tech & acid, astutely synthesized with elements of the uplifting & the vocal, its formulation has been crafted over time. It’s one that since has made him as audibly identifiable as any DJ currently spinning within the genre.

To ‘Solo Vol.1’s twin discs, Patterson brings that identity with renewed vengeance. Showcasing forty tracks (eighteen of which will only ever be available through this collection), it’s as defining as mixcomps come. Featuring masses of soundware from VII’s seven (Avalon, John Askew, Will Atkinson, Sean Tyas and Alex Di Stefano among them), there’s naturally also a wealth from Patterson, himself. Around the side you’ll find club ordinance from Astrix, Greg Downey, Sam Jones, Activa, Vertical Mode, UDM, Amir Hussain, David Forbes and others, uniting music on an album that doesn’t so much open the door to the clubbing spring, as boot it wide.

Musically, Patterson will always take you up the mountain. This trip though was never going to start in the foothills. When a music comp calibrates with Astrix & Freedom Fighters’ neo-classic psy-fry ‘Burning Stones’, notice has been fully served. At head-spinning speed you’ll be staring down the barrel of Greg Downey take on Sunscreem’s ‘Perfect Motion’, Amir Hussain’s really very naughty ‘Nefarious’ and Beatman/Ludmilla’s reckoning of Dogzilla classic, ‘Your Eyes’. Crossing the midpoint, Simon ups the charge again withEverLight’s electrifying ‘Slippery Business’, some ‘Found My Silence’-type elevation from Activa and Sean Tyas’ Beatport assaulting ‘Chrome’. With ‘Shining Through’, Magnus beats the final path to disc one’s summit, before Simon plants the flag square with his and John Askew’s ‘Iridescent’.

Between ‘Solo Vol.1’s two mixes there’s no ‘big bomb/not quite so big bomb’. That’s put into the clearest of perspectives as Simon goes headlong into its second disc with his spin on Astrix’s ‘Take A Shot’. UCast’s floor-shifting ‘Motive’ and ‘Blink’ – Patterson’s fifth outing with semi-muse Lucy Pullin are hot on its heels. Not dropping but a bar of pressure, Simon uses the mix’s median to infuse it with a judicious measure of vocal elements. Richard Durand’s forceful revision of Greg Downey & Bo Bruce’s ‘These Hands I Hold’ gets an airing, as does Will Atkinson’s chart-topping rework of JES’s ‘Imagination’. Bringing mix matters to the near vertiginous apexes are Activa & Simon Bostock’s ‘Contour’, ‘Rocket Punch’ from Jordan Suckley (rewhipped by Alex Di Stefano) and Simon’s own purpose-built & album eponymous, ‘Solo’. A dazzling compilation that showcases Simon Patterson’s exceptional ethics to the nth degree, ‘Solo Vol.1’ mainlines April 5. Pre-order it here: https://vii.choons.at/solovol1

Simon Patterson – Solo Vol. I

  1. Astrix & Freedom Fighters – Burning Stones
  2. Greg Downey & Sunscreem – Perfect Motion (Short Mix)
  3. Denis Sender & DJ T.H. with Cari – I Found You (Maywave Dub Mix)
  4. Peter Steele & Simon Bostock featuring Kate Miles – My Place
  5. Neptune Project – Temple of Artemis (Rated R Remix)
  6. Amir Hussain – Nefarious
  7. Omega Drive – Crunch Driver
  8. Zach Zlov – Dimensions
  9. Project 8 – Inception
  10. Dogzilla – Your Eyes (Beatman & Ludmilla Remix)
  11.  Omega Drive – Crazy Lazers
  12. UDM – Majeifa
  13. Adam Lindburg – Odyssey
  14. Aldous – Summer’s Gone (Stoneface & Terminal Remix)
  15. EverLight – Slippery Business
  16. Activa – Found My Silence
  17. Sean Tyas – Chrome
  18. Magnus – Shining Through
  19. Felsmann + Tiley – February
  20. Simon Patterson & John Askew – Iridescent
  21. AudioStorm – Titanium (Outro)

 

  1. Vertical Mode & Javier Bussola – Galaxy Riders
  2. Astrix – Take A Shot (Simon Patterson Remix)
  3. UCast – Motive
  4. Will Rees – Weapon (EverLight Blackout Remix – John Askew Rework)
  5. Simon Patterson featuring Lucy Pullin – Blink
  6. David Forbes – Violent Skies
  7. Simon Patterson & Sam Jones – Rotavator (Sam Jones Remix)
  8. Avalon & Azax – Universal
  9. Liam Wilson – Textures
  10. Altered State – The Arena
  11. A & Z – Vulcan
  12. Amir Hussain & Alan Wyse – Knockout
  13. Greg Downey & Bo Bruce – These Hands I Hold (Richard Durand Remix)
  14. Prototype – Soundpiercing (Omni Remix – John Askew Rework)
  15. JES – Imagination (Will Atkinson Remix)
  16. Greg Downey & Alex Di Stefano – Among Us
  17. Simon Patterson – Solo
  18. Jordan Suckley – Rocket Punch (Alex Di Stefano Remix)
  19. Simon Patterson featuring Dave Wright – Northern Lights (UDM Remix)
  20. Activa & Simon Bostock – Contour
  21. Mikas – Luna

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