B.B.E. - Seven Days And One Week / Hypnose

I'm not really into trance but this 12" is remarkable. The a side "Seven Days And One Week" is pure genius, with its spaced out melody & flooty feel to it. I used to listen to it after a rave to chill out to while having a smoke. The beats are smooth & chilled, why can't all trance be like this hay :o)

'Seven Days And One Week' was released about the same time that 'Children' by Robert Miles gained success on Deconstruction. Together these two tracks heralded the arrival of trance into the mainstream. Out of the two, this track with it's plucked chords has in the long term proved to be the more influential of the pair.

The fact that both tracks are such fantastic records should come as no surprise when you consider the personnel involved. Bruno Sanchioni was partly responsible for the classic 'The Age Of Love' by Age Of Love, and Emmanuel Top is hugely respected amongst his peers.

Years on, it is amazing to think that such a trancey and seemingly sparse piece of music as 'Seven Days And One Week' could be such a huge hit.

Everybody knows the main track "Seven days and one week", another "Trance Classic" from Emmanuel Top, but listen carefully the b-Side "Hypnose", a powerfull hypnotic trance track, a track with a very slow progessive melody, as good as the A-Side !