Artist: Descent
Title: Electric Storm
Label: Propulsion Records
By: Chloe Harris | 27 August 2003
Tracklist:

• A: Original Mix
• B: Thomas Penton Mix

Descent "Electric Storm"

Descent erupts onto the scene once again, with a fresh piece of music; a trance and progressive house hybrid with heavy bass and pumping synths. Thomas Penton is up on remix duties and belts out a strong remix with huge synth parts, and tribal drumming, making this, at least on paper, a promising debut release for Propulsion Records.

The 'Original Mix' starts off by opening up with nice watery sounding drums. The beats build upon each other, and then drop into a swirly atmosphere. Synths drop in, and an arpeggiated rhythm loop hooks us in. The bassline rolls underneath as the beats come back in nice and bouncy, along with some washy synth tones. We pop into another break, and a new analog sounding synth, which builds and takes over the song. The sound is reminiscent of older trance anthems, but still subdued enough to have a nice groove. There’s a vocal stretched into the song for a nice human touch, and then the beats pounce back in. The rising synths keep it going all the way till the end.

'Thomas Penton' has been a heavy hitter in the progressive scene for years. He’s had many originals and remixes behind him, and appeared on numerous compilations. His remix is a stunning fusion of heavy beats, and controlled synths. The drums start us off again. The rumbling bassline keeps a nice groove. It’s bouncy, and the synths are a whipped up sound, pushing you harder into a explosive break. The drums subside and the synths roar out, become quiet as we fall into a dark planet. Coming back in heavy with the congos and tribal drumming, Thomas ends the track with the storming sounds and and heavy beats.

Descent has been working on tons of new music lately, and has signed to some very prominent labels. He creates a nice fusion of progressive house and trance, with great drums and thick basslines. This is definitely something made for a big room, and the Thomas Penton remix is not something for the faint hearted.