Shine

Ricky Simmonds and Stephen Jones made their mark with a string of hugely successful epic vocal trance singles under psuedonyms like Chakra, Lustrial and Ascension, before deciding to concentrate on their Space Brothers project and taking the relatively unusual step (for trance producers) of recording an album.

Two years later we get an impressive debut that sums up the spirit of Ibiza ’99. Disc One pulls together all of the duo’s poptastic singles and blissfully balaeric cuts like ‘Same Journey’, with the pair’s remarkable songwriting talents shining throughout. On Disc Two, big fan Paul Oakenfold weaves together, as only he can, a selection of top club mixes from the likes of Matt Darey and Lange. The best of both worlds.