Ruben de Ronde & Rodg ‘Togetherr’ (Armada Music)
Back in February, this album was premiered in its entirety throughout Ruben de Ronde and Rodg’s B2B set at A State of Trance 800 Utrecht. It ought to come as no shock, then, that each monitor will make you need to dance. Featuring large collaborations with Genix, Estiva, Ben Gold and Orjan Nilsen (who helped them to provide the lately launched ‘Booya’), it mixes banging instrumentals and rousing vocal tracks. It additionally consists of the thought-provoking ‘This Is Not’ with Chadlantis, who gives an amusing voiceover about how information can (or can’t) be categorised as ‘trance’. An ingenious fusion of hands-in-the-air euphoria and relentless membership beats, it’s the perfect celebration LP we’ve heard in a really very long time.
9/10
