Transwave ‎– Helium

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1 Prologue 2:31
2 My Dear Medical Assurance 8:01
3 A Journey In The Outerspace (Remix) 7:02
4 Trashish 5:58
5 Zero Density 9:04
6 The Rezwalker 8:23
7 Hypnorhythm 10:42
8 Helium
Written-By – Tsuyoshi Suzuki
8:04
9 Biolab (Epilogue) 8:23
10 The Rezwalker (London Live Remix) 7:08

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All tracks written, produced and recorded at Transwave's "moving" home studio (somewhere is Paris)
Mastered at The Exchange, London, with Guy, the "Everything is possible man".
(P)&(C) 1996 Matsuri Productions
Distributed by Flying Records

Total time: 75:19

Track 4 contains samples of Depeche Mode's - "Personal Jesus"

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  • Barcode: 5029684011022

Other Versions (Showing 5 of 7) View All

Title, Format Label Cat# Country Year
Helium (CD, Album) SPV Poland SPV-D 0662 Poland 1999
Helium (Cass, Promo, Album) Matsuri Productions none UK 1996
Helium (2xLP, Album, Promo, W/Lbl) Matsuri Productions, Matsuri Productions MPLP 2, MP LP2 UK 1996
Helium (CD, Album) Javelin Ltd 50580 France 1996
Helium (CD, Album) Matsuri Productions Tokyo MPTCD-04 Japan 1996

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Rated 5/5
Review by Wotzenknecht Dec 02, 2009
One of the finest albums ever ! Transwave have always been one of my favourite acts, mainly because of their "Ulysses part II" which I have been listening way before being able to put a genre on it, but with 'Helium' they just went one step further.

Helium is quite a strange album to experience. It has more to do with a long mystical journey rather than a collection of goa hits. In fact, the whole album sounds like a musical act separated in several chapters ; it is way more enjoyable at home in the good conditions (I won't tell you more about those as I don't want any policemen to break into my flat) rather than in any outdoor party.

As for me, the first chapter embraces tracks 2 to 6 after the chilling prologue. It tells a lot about shamanic rituals but also about spiritual aesthetics - don't forget that trance will ever remain something sensuous and evocative while the real mystical experience using functional music (such as Voice of Eye or Halo Manash) can be way more frightening. Anyway, it's a kind of safe and pulsating path that is offered here, from excellent acid assault like 'Trashish' to Etnica-like melodic stompers ('Zero Density') . Climax often bursts two minutes before the end of each tracks, which is very erotic to my opinion as it works just like those steps in male ascension to orgasm.

Second chapter : slower, heavier, more dense. 'Hypnorhythm' begins with a nightmarish sub-bass intro, then drives you into a spiraling state you won't forget that easily. 'Biolab (Epilogue)' is my favourite here : a very long and meditative trip with incredible chorus lines and a finale to die for. It sounds just as if Biosphere would have tiptoed into psychedelic trance.

Hard to find, hard to forget...

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