Max Lanfranconi, Maurizio Begotti, Carlo PaternĂ², Andrea Rizzo, Filippo Scrimizzi & Francesco D'Amato
The joint project of
Etnica/
Pleiadians and their fellow Italians
Lotus Omega. The first tracks ever composed were Lunar Civilization and Different Species, made by Filippo, Carlo & Maurizio only. The tracks were then sent on DAT to Max that at the time was in Bali DJing. The music was all composed during the summer of 1996 in the studio they set up in Milano with all the machines from Etnica and Lotus Omega. For Full Mental Jackpot 10 mixes were made in only one stormy afternoon, but only 2 made it to the public release. Much of the material went lost through the years because of an hard-drive crash and DAT being lost. The debut album was finished and was being called Tetrahedron, expected to be released in 1998 on
Auracle Recordings. Unfortunately the label went bankrupt before it could be realized. The album was finally released 10 years after in late 2008 on
DAT Records
Today, we have two properly distributed 12" released by this great collective, a third, albeit very limited release of the quintissential "Lunar Civilization EP" via CD Maxi, and no more than half a dozen bona fide goa trance classics. The way things are, it is doubtful whether or not will their album ever get the proper release and attention it deserves, but if you heard either one of their two classic EPs, then you konw what kind of a ride are you in for.
To sum it all up, despite the scarsity of their production opus, Crop Circles remain one of the greatest, most influentuial bands in the history of trance music. Period!