Origin "Refined Intricacy / Rage"

Origin are Anthony Mein and Dave Wood, label bosses of Steel Yard Recordings, who previously had success with the track ´Wide Eyed Angel´ on Lost Language, which broke them into the UK charts for the first time.

Refined Intricacy was from the same period, being featured on Dave Seaman´s Buenos Aires Global Underground album, starting with an atmospheric looped vocal, a driving progressive beat leading us into percussive synths and snares. A perfect example of classic progressive trance thats been brought up-to-date by Trisco who keep things to a ´refined´ pace, giving the track a rather chugging sound which is ok, but nothing really special.

Rage is a new production from the guys, a forceful progressive trance with heavenly vocal, utilsting a lot of the trademark production that was found in Wide Eyed Angel. Brancaccio and Aisher lay emphasis on the percussion, keeping the rest of the effects to a brooding minimum in the background, looping the bassline on itself to create a stutter effect, teasing the vocal but not really going anywhere.

Spread over two vinyls with the original mixes on one and the remixes on another, this is a somewhat disappointing release when compared to the likes of Science Dept´s Breathe and Angel Moraes´ Turn It Up, but hopefully this is just a small blip in Renaissance´s otherwise strict quality control.