Lemon & Einar K - Anticipation / Hold Me Now album flac

To preface this, I know essentially nothing about Hold Me Now, although I think it's fair to say that much attention has been understandably devoted to Anticipation. Anticipation is one of 2008's greatest releases for me, and it wouldn't bother me in the slightest if it were called 2008's best trance track, period. Although the structure of the song itself is simple for trance, the aim of this track stir your emotions melodically, more-so than rhythmically. A fat bassline pulsates beneath a thick blanket of chilling vocals (which are completely non-lyrical) and spiritual pads. As the song breaks, these delightful chords played on the pads are contrasted with a short piano melody, while a subtle high-pitched lead sound seems to douse the song with sparkles of atmospheric goodness. The peculiar thing about Anticipation is that the build-up is constructed into the breakdown in this way, making it so that when the final notes of each eight bar count hit, a mega-euphoric release is fully actualized. The chord progressions, well, anticipate. The entire melody is based on taking the listener progressively higher and higher, with small downshifts in between each chord to just keep the listener guessing how steep this song's. The vocals work in flawless harmony with the melody. As the first breakdown winds down, the melody's main lead tapers off, somewhat morphing into a sound much like those pads I mentioned earlier. The second build-up strikes without much teasing, finishing the track perfectly. I'd give this song a rating better than 5/5, but unfortunately, Discogs has limited me to just the fifth option.

Agreed it all!