Lightforce - Take Your Time (The Riddle '99)

What this video is

Released in 1999 at the height of the European trance boom, 'Take Your Time (The Riddle '99)' is an instrumental rework of Nik Kershaw's 1984 new wave classic 'The Riddle', re-contextualised within late-90s uplifting trance idioms. The track was produced and arranged by Lightforce and released on Dos Or Die Recordings / Fairlight Records, distributed by Sony Music. It sits within a wave of late-90s European acts…

Why it matters

Represents the melodic uplifting trance wave emanating from Germany and Austria circa 1998–2001, bridging eurodance's populist energy with trance's extended builds and emotional resonance. The track's sampling and reworking of a canonical 80s new wave melody anticipates the nostalgia-mining that…