"Made Of Love" is perhaps the most complete of the vocal numbers on the disc. It has a really nice trance build to it, and succeeds where some of the others slip a bit. It has a very classic big trance vibe to it that will probably find some enthusiastic remixers. That particular singer, Betsie Larkin, returns on the track "Feel You." It's not quite as successful as its predecessor, but still a good contribution.
Some of the instrumental tracks have a very retro vibe to them. "Radio Crash" feels pulled from the late-90s trance scene, and "Twice In A Blue Moon" only progresses a couple of years beyond that. And "Brain Box" full on reaches back to early 90s techno for inspiration. It's the most jarring departure on the record, but has its place.
Things end with "Visions Of Blue," which is the token chillout track. It's too short to be much more than a nice outro, as it isn't given time to develop melodically beyond a kernel of an idea.
The main disappointment with Twice In A Blue Moon is that it feels like really good b-sides, instead of anything more intentional. It's perfectly fine for background listening or mixed in with a club set, but for an album of all-original material, it comes up a bit short.
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