RMB – Spring

Even though it is not mentioned on the label, this was definitely on label Zeitgeist, as I received this white label from them on promo as with all other RMB product in the years prior.

When Mark EG played this at club kinetic best of british set wow place went nuts top tune

The RMB's Spring (Talla 2XLC Clubmix) and André Visior's Don't Go (Grey & Frost Club Mix) (which was by the way released a year before RMB's Spring) sound almost like the same song just with a different melody. The reason is that Grey & Frost were (co-)producers for Talla 2XLC and André Visior.

The correct lyrics in the last line are ...it will tranqually last forever in my mind

"Spring" is not a truly genuine production but a remastered and heavily polished up version of Maier-Bode's "Ever Means Never", which was released on his Manitou 12" on Adam & Eve in 1993. Either to celebrate three more years of honing production skills, or to sound more mass-appealing.

The song Whispering is very similar to RMB remix of song Take Off by Raver's Nature. Also a masterpiece.

...Savage, floor-destroying...there aren't enough adjectives to describe this record its that good. Head to the straight mix, a beefy mid 90s waxer with a catchy bassline which was played by every hard trance jock all over europe on its release (i first heard it in Mark eg's club kinetic 1996 set). You will recognise this track instantly from the droned organ sample and the whispering opening vocals...."theres a spring rustling in the trees, my heart was delighted, reverb of all kind, scenaries which fulfil themselves will tranquil in ours forever in there mind".....something like that anyway!!

The reason i'm writing this review isn't the song spring. Besides, everybody from the rave-trance scene is familiar with this true classic. The reason is the song Whispering. It's just marvelous. A masterpiece. From the beginning till the end. Too bad it doesn't appear in any compilation or any other cd as far as i know.
It has a smooth piano melody, a hard base drum, peaceful female vocals. From the 2,25 part of the track i have a smile written all over my face. {I share the same feeling with experience (enhanced version)}. the good thing with RMB songs was that they were using "natural organs and melodies" and not so synthesised sounds. A must have single.

This release is, quite simply, some of the best music I've ever heard. "Spring" and "Whispering" are perfectly balanced on the bleeding edge between what was once called rave and what is now called trance. This release is indubitably RMB's masterpiece (which should say enough). The tracks are superbly produced and composed to evoke an almost mythic blend of uplifting ecstasy, totally mind-blanking physical energy and exactly the right hints of melancholy... Look up the phrase "Dancing with tears in my eyes" in a dictionary and you should find a picture of this single. 'Spring' is more on the side of trance, and has survived as a classic in the company of 'Age of Love' and Energy 52's 'Cafe del Mar'; 'Whispering' is on the rave side of things and is largely "forgotten". Still, both tracks are utterly timeless and masterful examples of 90's electronic music. I cannot rate this release high enough.

A true classic from its age. Not only does this CD include one of the most sold rave songs ever (and that for a reason), but the main reason i point to this album is the song Whispering. It appears only on the Spring single, and although Spring is a proper classic and Whispering is hardly known anywhere, I do not know which one I would rate better. It has a perfect buildup, every single part transitioned perfectly into the other. It's intense rave music, and yet delivers some sort of quietness. No word for it but genius.
Be sure to not miss this single, even if you know Spring in and out already.