Emuna - Emuna

In my humble opinion, this album is a milestone in trance music; simply the perfect amalgamation of psytrance (or goa, if you want) and what we might call "regular" trance (in the european sense). While focusing heavily on the melodic and uplifting sides, it is still more complex and multilayered than "conventional" trance. All in all it falls more on the side of "trance" than "psy", however; ultimately it appears to be liked by those used to trance and abhorred by the traditionally narrow-minded psy crowd (to which anything even faintly smacking of euro trance is usually loathable). Expect soaring melodies and uplifting atmospheres, with a very distinct israeli bent, reminiscent of MFG and Astral Projection.

Another interesting aspect of this album is its solitary uniqueness - to my knowledge, no other projects have attempted this fusion of israeli and european trance; and absolutely none have succeeded as well. This album has given me countless hours of joy and I'll give two solid thumbs up for Guy Zukrel.