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GERMAN trance duo Cosmic Gate, best known for the 2001 hit Fire Wire, are aiming to make a space for themselves in the charts with their latest LP.
Sign Of The Times is a more subtle approach from Claus Terhoeven and Stefan Bossems, a hour and twenty minutes of sturdy, polished trance tracks.
It's less hard-edged than previous works, and although never quite wandering into fully mainstream euphoric territory, the cheese factor does get cranked up when female vocalists come in.
It may not be out of this world, but nevertheless Sign Of The Times cements Cosmic Gate's place as leaders in their field.