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Held Above the City

From The Distance Turns to Light

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Eight original trance compositions follow a city from a carrier signal at midnight to an unresolved, warmer dawn. Glass melodies, detuned leads, resonant acid and long breakdowns trace the pleasure of waiting for a melody, then hearing the same landscape from a different height.

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Held Above the City — TSV event score

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Held Above the City — JSON event score

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Held Above the City — original MP3

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Held Above the City — MIDI

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