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The first trance compilation ever?
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| Spacey Orange |
Tranceformed from Beyond
discogs seems to be down so i'll turn to you guys. i just picked the 1992 version (for less than $2 :)) and which contains the follwing tracks:
| quote: | 1.Flatline (Breathing Strings Remix)
2.Open Your Mind (Mix By D. Woosey,...
3.Dragonfighters (Mix By Mc/Eric Cycle)
4.Perfect Day (Afternoon Mix)
5.Cosmic Trigger 4 (Dreams Of Felicia Rmx)
6.It's Anything You Want It To Be,And...
7.Diamond Bullet (Virtual Reality Remix)
8.Don't Panic (Peaceful Karma Remix)
9.High On Hope (Macrosphere Remix)
10.Breath Of Stars (Stars From Beyond...
11.Transmanic (Mix By Cosmic Baby,Magic...
12.Cosmic Babies 2 (Sonic-Trance Remix) |
i know trancemaster series was around from that time, but could this be the first wholly trance compilation? i find that hard to beleive as some guy claims on the german version of amazon:
| quote: | tranceformed from beyond - by various mfs artists, 13. November 2003
Rezensentin/Rezensent: Rezensentin/Rezensent aus berlin
the legendary first ever trance compilation and the one that started the whole trance-compilation phenomenon! this brilliant album set the high-standard not only in music but in design and title too. originally released end feb 1992 by mark reeder's mfs (masterminded for success) label, it contains classic mfs tracks from 1991 and early 1992 specially reworked & remixed for this album by cosmic baby and mijk van dijk. especially interesting for paul van dyk fans, its contains a unique version of pefect day (by paul van dyk & cosmic babys project "the visions of shiva") which is only available on this album.
this cd was not actually mixed in the dj sense, but sequenced to become one piece of work. this particular 2CD version is the remastered anniversary edition from 1997 and contains on CD2 the original 12" versions.
still a milestone by any standards, it could almost be classed as a chill-out album when compared to what trance has become known as today. |
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do you have any thoughts on this or an idea of what is the first trance compilation? |
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| Ishkur |
| Nope. This is it. The one that started it all. Mark Reeder coined trance the year before, MFS kicked things off. |
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| RebeL9 |
| yeah this is actually the first ever DJ mixed trance CD. |
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| WiKKid sKiLLz |
when was "secret life of trance " released?
nevermind, it was the end of 92 |
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| Basstard |
| trance back then was so poor imho. granted it was just kicking off but in any other genre it can be argued the best music was the early stuff |
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| SYSTEM-J |
| quote: | Originally posted by Basstard
trance back then was so poor imho. granted it was just kicking off but in any other genre it can be argued the best music was the early stuff |
You can argue the same for trance. Chicago house sounds really rough now. Detroit techno likewise. Granted the production side was poor, but many of the old trance tracks are still brilliant, because there was no formula to follow and no restrictions. They still sound fresh now because they were pioneering. And people like Oliver Lieb, Jam & Spoon and early days Paul Van Dyk made much better stuff than Andy Moor, Gabriel & Dresden and AVB do now, whatever the production was like. There were more real musicians and more genuine passion back then. |
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| Dark^Tremor |
| quote: | Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
Chicago house sounds really rough now. Detroit techno likewise. Granted the production side was poor, but many of the old trance tracks are still brilliant, because there was no formula to follow and no restrictions. |
really rough? the production side was poor? it's not like making music was a new thing at the time. the production was as good as recording studios could make it at the time. which was usually pretty good. |
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| WiKKid sKiLLz |
well, since underground music had no retail value, the production quality was as good as the underground studios could permit.
frankie knuckles tracks (even though they werent all THAT underground) were outstanding along with many others |
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| SYSTEM-J |
| quote: | Originally posted by Dark^Tremor
really rough? the production side was poor? it's not like making music was a new thing at the time. the production was as good as recording studios could make it at the time. which was usually pretty good. |
I own a few records from the same era which sound much, much better than most trance from the early 1990s. Enigma's second album still sounds brand new. Papua New Guinea hasn't aged a bit. Underworld's first album. Early Leftfield stuff. Belfast. Anything that Weatherall had a hand in.
These trance producers didn't exactly have cutting edge studios to work in. There was no money in what they were doing. A track from the early 90s is usually going to sound worse than a track from last week, and I wouldn't expect classic trance to be an exception.
Don't get defensive, anyway. Apart from beats which are sometimes too a bit puny, I can look past the production on these tracks. It's still great music. It's just dated, and these days a lot of people can't enjoy a track unless it sounds ultra-slick and shiny.
EDIT: Although re-reading it, you probably meants the 1980s stuff. Still, you can't deny that it sounds dated now. |
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| Ishkur |
| quote: | Originally posted by Basstard
trance back then was so poor imho. |
That's what made it so great: its poverty. There was no money, no glitz, no fame, no formulas, no Ferry Corsten presets to stunt the creative growth of the genre's ingenuity. It was free to do whatever it wanted. |
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| Basstard |
| i just found it borin - thats just my way of looking at it. granted i didnt listen to that much old trance - most of it was from Vorsprung Dyk Technik. i just think nowadays production values are better (tho rarer) |
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| Dark^Tremor |
| quote: | Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
These trance producers didn't exactly have cutting edge studios to work in. There was no money in what they were doing. A track from the early 90s is usually going to sound worse than a track from last week, and I wouldn't expect classic trance to be an exception. |
i don't know about cutting edge studios in the early 90's, but they had quite a bit of equipment... artists like orbital and astral projection, oliver lieb, eat static, and underworld used over 20 pieces of hardware each...various synths drum machines and samplers. anyway, there are quite a few producers, especially from the 80's and earlier, who re-release their early works remastered so it sounds as good production wise as today. why don't 90's artists release remastered versions of their music with better processing? does it even need to be upgraded?
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Still, you can't deny that it sounds dated now. |
mostly to me because they just don't make it anymore. |
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