Artwork By [Total Graphics And Design] -
Simon Ghahary
Producer, Programmed By, Written-By -
Total Eclipse
Written By -
Loïc Van Poucke
(tracks: 1.1 to 1.3, 1.8, 1.9, 2.3, 2.4)
,
Serge Souque
,
Stephen Holweck
(tracks: 1.1, 1.2, 1.7 to 2.3)
Notes:
Recorded at the Total Eclipse Studio, Bordeaux, France.
Published by Hanseatic Music GmbH.
EFA 69015-2
Josephschembri, Sep 09, 2005
The perfect psychedelic trance album? Author – Total Eclipse; 2 discs; one full-on, the other laid back. Then it could be a perfect psychedelic journey yes. Side one delivers the mind-blowing trance you would expect from Total Eclipse in those days. Lots of synths and melodies coupled with weird background sounds and a beat which is yes stomping but often surprisingly compatible with other more laid back trance due to the warm and melancholic melody typical of this trio. Tracks 1 to 8 are all heavy; “Blue Galaxie” (9) however closes in minimal downtempo fashion.
Side 2 opens with the 10 minute long “Espanolizer”, my fav on this side. There seems to be some Spanish guitar here, and a very gentle piano note. The journey continues with the faster “The Pendulum”, and 3 and 4 are even faster. There are no breaks on these tracks neither pure ambient music. All have infact a 4/4 kick except the closing track “Gravity Mirage”. This track has a very tricky beat. Often you think a 4/4 beat is coming but instead it is broken again after three or so kicks.
Aah…. and for whom (like me) missed it the first time around, the good news is that it has been re-issued in 2003 on Avatar.
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