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Originally posted by isoterra it uses the same sweeping pad sample (which i think is just a synth preset)

Actually, that's a sample from a tune by Genesis called Fountain Of Salmacis.

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J Why the fuck am I calling it "Circles"? D'oh! Granted it's not as well known as those two, but it's still an old-school trance classic and has had plenty of update remixes/rapes.

heh, i didn't even notice you'd got the name wrong...

i considered the updates, but i think they were released after vainquer

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Originally posted by Sand Leaper Actually, that's a sample from a tune by Genesis called Fountain Of Salmacis.

ooh i see. cheers for the info.. i guess that kinda nulls the sacred cycles argument

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Originally posted by isoterra ooh i see. cheers for the info.. i guess that kinda nulls the sacred cycles argument

Sure does.

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To me "A Life Less Ordinary" is the track that epitomizes that techy, electro influenced trance that has been emerged in, what, the last couple of years?

It goes from beautiful to sick-ass shit in a blink of an eye. Two totally different extremes...

Fuckin' brilliant!

I've heard tons of copycats, wannabes and inspired by's. The Original version is still the best. Of course I heard it first on A State of Trance...

This track put him on the map of my consciousness...

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Originally posted by Beat Counselor I've heard tons of copycats, wannabes and inspired by's.

Life Less Ordinary was a copycat in the first place. When it came out, the farting bassline had already been an inseparable part of electro house for like two years. If it weren't for Mode Hookers - Breathe and its breaktrough into the realms of ASOT, maybe this tune wouldn't even exist.

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Originally posted by paulandrews Life Less Ordinary was a copycat in the first place. When it came out, the farting bassline had already been an inseparable part of electro house for like two years. If it weren't for Mode Hookers - Breathe and its breaktrough into the realms of ASOT, maybe this tune wouldn't even exist.

i think it was one of the first to combine that sound with a massive epic breakdown, but by no means do i consider that a good thing

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Originally posted by Mr.Mystery Can't really call them "his" works seeing there's always someone else involved. I love Arc In The Sky - Kissed but the rest is a bit too ordinary for my tastes.

You like Kissed b/c it's trancey breaks

Not a fan of Alex MORPH doing solo, but I love his involvement with Arc in the Sky.

mmmm... Sidewinder (Arc in the Sky remix)

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Originally posted by chinamon not true. i say "ugh" but i am a tranny.

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Originally posted by kotsy lol colour me retarded

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Originally posted by isoterra i can't be sure, but i've heard other presets that sound like a sequence of notes before..

well yeah ofc you have, its been used within every trance-tune from 2003 to date

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Originally posted by EvilTree You like Kissed b/c it's trancey breaks

Well duh

Nah, actually I like it because it's so ridiculously dark and sinister. It was just something completely else than what I was expecting.

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Last edited by Mr.Mystery on Oct-07-2007 at 09:56

Great producer, but apparently very manipulative.
Earlier he he had Stoneface & Terminal (Arc In The Sky) and they pretty much did half the work and didn't get credited for it.

Later, it was Ferrin & Low.

Really, like G&M Project - Sunday Afternoon (M.O.R.P.H Mix)

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Alex Morph - Flaming Clouds is awesome track for me...

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