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Polarsets - “Morning”

The song “Morning” includes a recurring synthetic phrase that draws its power from the same source as the very best global trance tunes of the turn of the millennium.  Polarsets don’t attempt to repeat what guys like Armin Van Buuren and Paul Van Dyk mastered years ago.  Instead, they harness that sweet little 16-bar theme and layer guitar, bass, drums, and a vocal lead that doesn’t get in the way.  This is a band that suppresses the youthful impulse to climax like so many predictable dance tracks.  Leave that to the remixers who will get their hands on Polarsets soon enough.
 
Synth staccatos.  Synth melodies.  Hold up!  Is that a synthesizer or a guitar?  Soul-warming journeys that compel a physical response involving pumped fists, swinging hips, and bouncing balls of feet.  Polarsets.  Instead of relying on the keyboard or the machines, these dudes mimic the sounds of raves and clubs with their hands and strings. But they edit themselves and don’t stoop to the lowest common denominator.  Crowd pleasing sounds don’t require the silence-to-shock buildup.  Polarsets.  I hope you spend a minute or two listening them. I’m as stunned by their sound as I was the first time I heard Tiesto’s Magik 6 (this is a high compliment in my world).  Spellbound.  Polarsets.