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Cosmic Baby, the synthesizing genius.

In my younger days of hearing this artist's work, I believe it was a member of TA who posted the Celestial Harmonies mix of Fantasia by Cosmic Baby. At the time, I thought it was a bland track, only to later in my years figure out the true beauty of that song. It was a blissful experience. The intro is soooo boss. The original mix OR the Celestial Harmonies mix, such a great intro, that leads into an amazing experience.

Anyways, that was how I got into Cosmic Gate. (Thanks TranceAddict community!)

How did you hear of Cosmic Baby?

I believe it was I who posted that track. Close your eyes and to that intro on Fantasia (Celestial Harmonies, its pretty enveloping and lush. Fantasia (Remix II) is a bit rougher with the 303 but still has strong emotion with those beautiful strings. And if you hadn't already, listen to Fantasia (Outro), it's like a stripped down version with some nice piano chords and retains the trancey feel.

There's a sweet video on youtube of him playing at Club Omen jamming on the keyboards while Sven Vath is tripping out and E-tards are chewing off their faces.

I'd consider him a musical genius hands down. He was trained to play piano at an early age. Glad he decided to take that genius to trance.

in 1995 i was dating this girl which was house sitting a couple days for a single middle-aged co-worker, some really mega-nerd librarian. so one day i go over and start flipping through the handful of cds that she had laying about. as luck would have it, she had Chill Out! - The Techno Evolution Continues so i popped it into her old school hi-fi sytem. and a few tracks later Planet Earth 1993 (Blue) came on and i was hooked.

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Originally posted by Syntonic I believe it was I who posted that track. Close your eyes and to that intro on Fantasia (Celestial Harmonies, its pretty enveloping and lush. Fantasia (Remix II) is a bit rougher with the 303 but still has strong emotion with those beautiful strings. And if you hadn't already, listen to Fantasia (Outro), it's like a stripped down version with some nice piano chords and retains the trancey feel. There's a sweet video on youtube of him playing at Club Omen jamming on the keyboards while Sven Vath is tripping out and E-tards are chewing off their faces. I'd consider him a musical genius hands down. He was trained to play piano at an early age. Glad he decided to take that genius to trance.

Yeah that was you! You posted two videos. One video was him playing at a rave party right? It's got that whole early 90s vibe to it, even the tape cassette had 360i film quality. I think it was in a "post an awesome live performance video."

The second video you posted was in a thread where TA members would share the best intros, and that was when you posted the Fantasia track. I'll definitely check out the suggestions.

Aside from Fantasia, I love his works. Wasn't he one of the key artists behind Energy 52? Also, has anyone heard his Magic Cubes track? A freaking solid LSD track tripper right there! Love it.

Stellar Supreme and The Space track are impeccable.

cosmic baby is amazing, randomly found a song on spotify i was hooked

Trance Nation '94

Cosmic Baby � Hear Yourself Dreaming (Cosmikk Trigger 3) (1992)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HToq1bawWA

Awesome intro, still.

Cosmic Gate owns

I first knew him for his mix of Caf� Del Mar and as half of Visions Of Shiva. I didn't hear any of his solo work until several years later. I think I heard The Space Track around 2008, almost at random. I've since heard most of his discography, as it's all available online.

listening to his chillout works 1996 albums all the time.

especially http://open.spotify.com/track/5pKJzRw8qdwuno6YI94e3M

This is exactly what I want to know .

I first heard of cosmic baby because my dad used to play his second album (thinking about myself) when I was 2.

He's absolutely amazing, I think he's possibly the best classic/acid trance (anything excluding goa trance) artist from the 90-95 era. Definitely one of the best artists from any era IMO and certainly from 90-95.

His first two albums are great (the second one especially) but after that he makes simplistic and boring synthpop.

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J Visions Of Shiva.

Who do you think did most of the work on "How Much Can You Take/Perfect Day", PVD or Harald? Was PVD just a tech-saavy guy as far as the mixdown/mastering process?



Also, is there any site that has a comprehensive selection of MFS material? Who owns that shit now?

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Originally posted by Syntonic Who do you think did most of the work on "How Much Can You Take", PVD or Harald? Was PVD just a tech-saavy as far as the mixdown/mastering process?

Does it actually matter?

I mean for instance, one of my favourite artists is shpongle, which is two people. One only plays flute (which isn't in every track) and otherwise provides input for moods and various things but all technical work is done by one person. The output is still totally different from either one solo.

Even if PVD was just sitting there being like "no I don't think that melody is good, something a little lighter/darker" his input could still be quite vital to the final result.

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I was just wondering if he had learned music theory from Harald, or how much knowledge he had at the time? PVD's early solo work is kind of eh. It's interesting seeing the evolution of producers sound.




Don't they look peaceful.

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Originally posted by Syntonic Who do you think did most of the work on "How Much Can You Take/Perfect Day", PVD or Harald? Was PVD just a tech-saavy guy as far as the mixdown/mastering process?

I can't remember where I read it (I thought Discogs but it's not there) but I once read a quote from Harald basically saying something like "Now it's many years on and he's a big star, can PVD come forward and honestly say what he contributed towards Perfect Day apart from being present in the room during the mixdown?"

Wasn't Tijs and his notorious projects with HW Mallon, DJ Waakop Freijers, Kamaya Painters, and Gouryella all similar in concept as well?

"Here, I'll pay you big cash if you make it sound good like this... like that, a little bit of da-da-ba-ba, and there you go!"

I wouldn't be surprised if PVD did the same.... but really, why would PVD need to do that? He created the Love mix for "Love Stimulation" right? That track is pure class and legendary....

Unless he had other people make that for him.... but I do recall him saying he made it because he felt very "sad and gloomy" when he made that song. (Love Stimulation 1993 Love Mix)

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