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THE TRACK

Shadow Child

Mars

Armada Electronic Elements, 2020

VIDEO ON FILESILO

Longtime Future Music readers will be no stranger to one Simon Neale aka Shadow Child, Dave Spoon, Polymod and various other dance music monikers. Simon’s latest project, Apollo, is a series of EPs that take inspiration from early trance and progressive house tracks, using a combination of classic hardware gear and contemporary instrument and effect plugins. We hooked up with Simon to discover how he created his hypnotic breakbeat prog roller Mars.

Looking back at the early dance music, it feels

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