John 00 Fleming To Release Sophomore Album: One Hundred Ten WKO

The tunes…ready. The date…set. John 00 Fleming announced the March 4 arrival of his sophomore album, One Hundred Ten WKO. This album is not just for anyone in the trance family, but only the most intensely deep, dark and hypnotic of trance junkies.

The British legend has been one of the biggest producers in trance since its arrival in the early 1990s. He’s seen everything there has been to see in the trance world, and hasn’t forgotten the emotional flow of the underground genre. One Hundred Ten WKO only fuels that statement.

“With this album, I really wanted to prove that the old form of trance has survived and is moving forward,” John said. “People have been saying ‘trance is dead’ for years now but to me, it’s never looked more alive and vibrant.”

Starting off the deep voyage into space is “The Centre Of The Universe”, a heavier drum synth and groove that sounds like the beginning to a memorable action flik.

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“5000 Light Years From Earth” creates a feeling that you’re staring out into a million stars all around you. A soft flow, with a driving undertone defines this true trance melody, not far from the original sound of trance.

The album takes an emotional turn with One Hundred Ten WKO‘s third track, “Star Gazing”, a hypnotic sound with the faint Indian voice behind it, takes you up the sentimental roller coaster.

Then arrives “Tears From Heaven”, which combines a number of instruments synth into an eclectic build to a fall into a piano chorus that’ll give you shivers, and might even bring a tear to your eye.

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“The Stroke Of The Midnight Hour” picks back up the listener into another state of grooving to bring you the frightening, yet addicting combination of the chords and a muffled speech falling into a heart pumping ending.

The ears will be glad to relax after that to “WR 22”, with a slower, optimistic Indian-like melody to start which trips into an experimental vibe with buzzes and whirrs to add yet a another unique track to his vast selection on One Hundred Ten WKO.

“340 Million Pixels” brings you into the grid with a heroic resonance with a Tron-esque beat. “Clouds of Karma” airs out the room with a drifting breeze aura the refreshes the listener even more.

Then a strong wump-wump fades in “WKO”, a very exploratory song with punching retro-trance moods that have a narcotic-like effect on the mind.

Lifting the storied walls of trance emotion is “Pillars Of Creation”, zapping more life into the classic album. The only collaboration on the album, “Colliding Galaxies”, molds together the abilities of  John 00 Fleming and Lyctum for a passionate blend of euphonious beats to the background of a Transformer switching back into car form.

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The final song throws in a touching violin sound the soothe the emotions that have been pulled up and down for the previous 30 minutes or so. “Time lapse NGC 2264” arrives back to earth slowly, letting listeners ease back into life without John 00 Fleming’s space voyage playing over the speakers…that is, until “The centre of the universe” begins once again.

This underground epic stems from Fleming’s desire to make trance what it used to be, the rhythmic, smooth, and mesmerizing stream of constant sound.

“At the end of 2011, I was disgruntled with commercial intrusion into the electronic world. I felt the spirit of what made the scene special was fading,” John says. “I’m in a different place now, where I’m focused on moving the music forward instead of focusing on what’s wrong with it.”

2013 will also mark the beginning of the J00f Music Group, a label of deep trance minded DJs, bringing the genre back to it’s roots all the while propelling it head first into the future.

If One Hundred Ten WKO is any indication of that, we have a lot to look forward to.

One Hundred Ten WKO Tracklist

1. The Centre of the Universe
2. 5000 Light Years From Earth
3. Star Gazing
4. Tears From Heaven
5. The Stroke of the Midnight Hour
6. WR 22
7. 340 Million Pixels
8. Clouds of Karma
9. WKO
10. Pillars of Creation
11. Colliding Galaxies (John 00 Fleming vs. Lyctum)
12. Time lapse NGC 2264