“Universal Nation” by Push

"Universal Nation" is the track that took Push, the alias of Belgian DJ and producer Mike Dierickx, from a modest studio project begun in late 1997 to clubs all over Europe, and it anchors his album From Beyond. It started life as the flip side to his track "Prisma", came out in 1998 on the Belgian trance label Bonzai Records, and took its name from Berlin's Love Parade.

The reviews were warm, and France, Spain and Germany signed it up first, with the UK, Italy, Norway, Sweden and the Netherlands following a year on; along the way it picked up three titles, including Universal Nation '99 and Universal Nation (The Real Anthem). It's trance at its most euphoric, a slow build that rises and rises and then lets the whole floor breathe out. In 1999 it won best club single at the Move-X Dance Awards.

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