"Y" is another project of Martin Roth and Uwe Wagenknecht (Y.O.M.C. and DJ Wag.) One of my very favorite hardtrance songs ever is also by them, "Life on Mars" (credited originally to DJ Wag and M.R.) and one version of the vinyl came with a "DJ Wag Mix" and a "Y.O.M.C. Mix". This was a pattern that they were to undertake on several of their future projects together, including, for instance, Pro-Tech. Y is a smaller project, with not much in the way of output, and although it did come with a Y.O.M.C. Remix, it did not come with a DJ Wag Remix, the other mix being done by DJ Overdog instead.
Be that as it may, this nicely shows why I've always loved the Y.O.M.C. remixes. Sadly, it's hard to find both versions of most of the Pro-Tech songs, so for most, you have either a DJ Wag or a Y.O.M.C. but not both ("Dominating Power" being one of the few exceptions.) Now, he wasn't always a super hard trancer; much of his solo output, for instance, is "classic trance" rather than hardtrance, but with the right partner, he put out some of the best hardtrance I've ever heard. Maybe it was specifically his "regular" trance roots; rather than getting carried away with complicated basslines and exaggerated kicks, he made sure that there was a good, solid melody and song construction first.
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