Bigroom trance as a genre is often shunned from the pure trance scene, but it is phenomenal music, regardless of which genre it might lie in. Andrew Rayel has gained a lot of support over the years as a result of having stuck to his style of music for nearly a decade.

He started his weekly radioshow, Find You Harmony, three years ago, which means that it is almost time for him to celebrate 150 episodes, a great milestone for any radioshow in EDM. Taking a page out of other trance legends’ books, like Aly & Fila and Armin van Buuren, Andrew Rayel has started to craft anthems for his show every year to mark the passing of 50 more episodes. To celebrate his centenary episode, Rayel released his massive collaboration with David Gravell titled Trance ReBorn, and he returns with the FYH 150 anthem in a solo tune titled Originem.

Having given this tune quite a few listens, it is clear once you think about it that the melody sounds like one you would find in a Timmy Trumpet track. Timmy Trumpet is one of those bigroom/psy producers who loves a catchy melody with sequences of notes in ascending and descending order, and the quick motif on this one immediately suggests a rough semblance. Listen to Freaks and Metaphor from his discography, and then listen to the melody on Originem and you’ll understand what we are describing here.

The sound design is unequivocally Andrew Rayel. Known for pioneering the bass-intense, FX-infused raw bigroom trance drops heard so commonly these days, Rayel displays his dexterity through Originem. Pounding, crisp kicks without a tail in the bass-end allow grittier bass stabs to stand out in the drops. Notably, the melody is quite fast-paced unlike the longer, bar-long notes which are present in most of his other tracks, which adds to its Psy feel. Vocal samples make an appearance in this track too, completing the Rayel starter pack, so-to-speak. It’s the sound design that makes you say Andrew Rayel that’s so clear in this track – and that’s why Originem is so fitting to be the FYH 150 theme.

Of course, with such a monumental release, it’s only fitting that it comes with brand new cover art. Since the inception of Andrew Rayel’s inHarmony Music record label, it has used quite a simplistic covert art template for all its releases, which will likely be changed now to something similar to this one’s cover art.

Talking about Find Your Harmony, I would rank it alongside ASOT as my favorite radioshow in trance. It’s just one hour long, but Rayel uses two and a half minute segments to preview a bunch of tracks in their abridged versions, letting us experience them in full if we so wish. In our view, this is the very point of a radioshow – to be exposed to new music. Rayel no doubt has something special in store for his 150th episode which will air Wednesday evening CET. Make sure to tune in for a couple of surprises.