Description
30 months on from Bonzai's first (Airwave-helmed) 'Progressive Sessions', Belgium's finest sure-footedly arrive at their sixth 'In The Mix'. Coincidence or otherwise, that's the same timeframe in which its helmsman Gai Barone has marched from respected dark sonic matter merchant to lightning rod for the next coming of Deep. Making professional strides ("few gained more career ground in 2017" considered DJ Mag last month) through tracks like 'Shiny' and 'There's A Lady', his DJ performances have become evermore a clubbing-year essential.With a zeitgeist-like timing, Bonzai have handed the I.T.M. mix-reins to this electronic music savant. The Italian's first solo-mixed release, it puts his singular take on electronic music - one more complex and meticulous in character - into tack-sharp focus. Be you trance, progressive or house, if the name 'Gai Barone' didn't pass your lips in 2017, well better bet it will this year! Why? Well, foremost, his intrinsic sound is at a tipping point in 2018.