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Tribal Vision have become pretty much everyone’s favourite progressive label, probably with Iboga in second place, with a moody catfight for third. Their first Lime Light compilation was caned last year, and was the soundtrack to everyone’s journeys-back-from-parties, magic summer dancefloor moments, and sessions-in-bed with your significant other.

Lime Light 2, dropping at the end of the European summer festival, is an excellent continuation of the series. Smooth, dreamy progressive that sounds best in the sunshine with a beer in your hand (hey, it beats going to work) with a tracklist and BOM range (127-134) that’ll have you salivating.

Roman Rai kicks off with Inspiration, which does exactly what it says on the tin. It’s the same guy who did Liquid on the first compilation, and this has a similar a dreamy flow that picks up overwhelmingly tingly melodies, and has a breakdown whose children you want to give birth to. Fitalic’s Manufactured Miracles is more about layering and subtlety, both of which it delivers deftly, stopping halfway along for an epic, stretched breakdown that harps back to the mid-nineties. Ryan Halifax delivers possibly his best work yet in the shape of Give & Get: hooky and clubby, with flecked house pads getting those brain-daiquiris flowing.

Tegma’s 50,000 Watts is stronger for me than anything on their recent album. It’s more accessible, more fluid, more groovy and still retains their tiptop production. The breakdown sees things start to get heavy, in a semi-Wizzy Noise sort of way, at which point you’re going to find yourself falling in love, and falling fast. Top.

Sonify’s Grove Seductive is another belter, seeing Sonify go deeper than he’s gone before into a slinky, chaka-khan-esque groove moulded seamlessly in with an ecstasy-friendly topend that has you throwing your arms open to the sunshine; a classy vibe that’s maintained in Greed vs Sonic Cube’s Divine. Funny bunch these: together, they’re way greater than the sum of their individual parts. But this is a belter. Timeless, with electro-tinges and unstoppable funk; it’s a classic, every step of the way – end of.

Brisker & Magitman (better known to you and I as Elec3) go deeper and tecchier with Strike Back, which has a drop that ought to carry a government health warning. Next up is Lay Down from Solead, current scene darlings who have seriously outdone themselves on this one. Lay Down encapsulates everything that the current crop of progressive is aiming for. A cheeky vocal hook, a perfect blend of smooth and caustic, a groove that sucks you in, and a whole ensemble that renders it a seriously timeless moment in dancefloor hedonism.

Finally Vibrasphere make an appearance with Floating Free: housier than anything on their stunning recent album, and all the better for it, a fat soundscape with enough tickles and changes to keep anyone happy.

Which more or less sums up this album. Slater has done a sterling job in compiling this beauty, which should rightly be caned every bit as much as the first one was. Top class all the way, with a variety of styles taken care of, mastered by Solead and packaged brilliantly with some stunning artwork. What more can you ask for: the progressive bar has just been raised.

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