Paul Ross [AU] - -Hold me High

Hold Me High & Hold Me Close is built to work across two connected but distinct listener experiences: the emotional uplift trance audience and the deeper underground electronic audience. “Hold Me High” gives the release its most immediate trance identity. The vocal phrases are direct and memorable, the progression feels controlled, and the atmosphere gradually reels the listener in. It has the emotional lift needed for trance-focused listeners, but the deeper tone keeps it from feeling too obvious or overly commercial. “Hold Me Close” provides contrast. It sits in a more laid-back, broken-beat space with a rawer industrial edge, giving the package more underground credibility and a less predictable second side. The vocal repetition helps maintain identity, while the rhythm and texture move it away from standard uplifting trance territory. This is a release designed to create emotion, depth, and movement — melodic enough for trance sets, atmospheric enough for late-night listening, and raw enough to stand apart from cleaner formulaic vocal trance records.