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Pablo Gargano - Senza Volto - An Eve Collection - 20-Jan-07 12:15 AM
This is the finest multipack vinyl collection around if you are into hard melodic trance. Most of the tracks on here are unavailable anywhere else and, although you may have heard them at trance raves and parties, you might not know who they're produced by.
The first track "organ-ic" is a beautiful melodic trancer that DJ Kenny Sharp used to begin his sets with which utilitses a long intro with swirling haunted forest type sounds(!). "Grand Hall" is also a famous track with northern English ravers with its pulsting minor key melody which takes you up and up. Its also punctuated with a hard house 'hoover' style sound to keep the beats moving.
The stand out production for me though is "Lord of the Universe" remix, a DJ Mark E.G. old skool favourite. The remix transforms the original dark brooding trance beast into a euphoric uplifting trancer just through a few changes to the melody even though everything from the original is in place (apart from the 'Lord of the Universe' sample).

Members Of Plasma - Ultimate Seduction - 16-Jan-07 06:43 AM
'Ultimate Seduction' is a very classy piece of melodic trance that is largely overlooked when talking about classic trance. Maybe because it only comes in at around 140 bpm's or maybe due to the male vocal: "Time to take your chance, come closer to me...i'm your ultimate seduction". After the vocal comes a rockin bit of trance action layered with a piano and a soft female vocal sound. A brilliant German club trancer that could still be played in any club today.

Meteor 7* - Analogical Elements - 16-Jan-07 06:06 AM
'Analogical Elements' was, as is the case with any classic trancer, played by DJ M-Zone at the Uprising raves in the mid 90's. Its a bit of a wierd one as it combines a fantastic uplifting trance melody with a filthy, acidic techno style bassline which chugs along, bringing the gurners to the front of the stage. Dark and uplifting scruffy acidic trance is the category this one fits into!

Cyclone Tracy / Nostrum - Piano In Trance / Brainchild (Remix) - 14-Jan-07 01:26 AM
Of course, these are two of the finest trance classics ever produced. Cyclone tracey - 'Piano in Trance' is a strict repress of the original, but Nostrum - 'Brainchild' has been altered somewhat and the end result is a bit of a mess to be honest. The original melody is in place but the original bassline has beeen removed and replaced with a hardstyle bassline. Not a problem in itself but the beats are ever so slightly behind the melody. I don't know whether this is done on purpose as an evolutionary production technique or is a studio error. However, nostalgia tells me to shut up and dance!

Beyond Reality - Mind Runner - 14-Jan-07 01:26 AM
DJ Noya, the resident of Dizstruxshon raves in the mid 1990's, used to play this and it used to rock. Its a very uplifting and futuristic trancer, just how i like it, with a bloke on the intro saying something like this:"In the future, let us seek that soft ray of light for which i know no better name than the white ray of light...for the good". Theres a massive sytnh line on it after an explosive snare drum build-up, which, like most great stuff from back in the day never had to rely on a hard n thumping bass line to get the crowd rockin.

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