Before heading in to the world of Hard House I used to play at a club in Bournemouth (UK) called The Manor and was lucky enough to play alongside such legends as Sasha, Paul Van Dyk, Digweed, Oakenfold...
The club has been closed for 9 years and I sold a lot of my old trance (wish I hadn't now!!!)... but I did a Re-Union party at the weekend and it went down a storm!!
I'm trying to remember some of the "dream/mellow" trance that I used to play back then but my mind is a little blurred.. :0)
Here is what I have remembered, but I'd like some suggestions as to others from this era that I may be missing:
Ayla - Ayla
Red Light District - Did You Hear Me?
BBE - 7 Days & 1 Week
DJ Sakim & Friends - Protect Your Mind
You can see the kind of thing I am after... Hopefully you can help me track down some others that would've been BIG back in 1997-999
Many thanks
Jon
Trance-MB
Some from Strictly Trance 2 (1996)
Groove Solution - Magic Melody
The Mackenzie - The Choice
Clubfoot - Fool Proof
Nylon Moon - Sky Plus
Kasjmicrosurco - Canto De Alabanza (out of my head...not :) )
Mark NRG - Brain is the weapon
Transport - Equator
Illusion7
Lustral - Everytime (Mike Koglin Remix) & (Nalin & Kane Remix)
C.M. - Dream Universe (Original and Taucher Remix)
Tastexperience - Summersault
N-Fluence - Sweet Substance
Solar Stone - Seven Cities (Atlantis Mix), The Calling
Salt Tank - Eugina, Jeanie
Taucher - Waters (Phase III)
Albion - Air (Original and Ferry Corsten Remix)
Junk Project - Composure
Miro - Paradise
DJ Sakin & Friends - Blue Sky
Allure - When She Left, We Ran At Dawn
Sunday Club - Healing Dream
Qattara - The Truth (Coufsat Mix)
Lock - Into The Sun
DJ Tiësto - Theme From Norefjell (Magikal Remake)
Chicane - Offshore, Lost You Somewhere, Leaving Town, Red Skies, Sunstroke
Basically check out GU: Oslo, Resident: Cream, GU: New York (the trance stuff on it) from Paul Oakenfold, and Magik 1, 2 and 3 from Tiesto, early Salt Tank, Chicane etc
PETRAN
Such as this from 1997:
Amazing tune. What the other guys said though. If you were Djing in that period you probably know better so my advice is...try to remember! (i hope they were not many drugs involved lol).
RebeL9
You should check out the Trancemaster CDs from that years. They contain alot of that kind of stuff. I especially recommend volume 18. That one is one the most memorable in the collection.
Also here is another olden goodie:
Barachem
Great track in the last YouTube video.
miamitranceman
LN Movement - Golden Desert Pt. 2. A little later than '98 I think, but still a good one.
Illusion7
Even though this is not the original version but a newer vocal mix, it's still IMO a perfect "dreamy, mellow" trance track. At .13 when the melody comes in, it's got an eerie quality to it. Ever since I heard it on Oakenfold's "GU: New York" CD...it's been one of my favorite tracks.
PHALPAX
Look at the tracklist for the first 4 or 5 of the "In search of sunrise" collection by Tiesto.
Simcut
Humate - Love Stimulation
:)
Knuckleheadz
Many thanks everyone for your suggestions, (especially Illussion7 who was right on track... thanks!) I'll look up some of the Albums mentioned too to try and jog my memory!
The obvious ones come to my mind quite quickly, but it some of the imports that I picked up back then that don't come so easily..
Thanks again... :0)
Jon
Trance-MB
Check this one too of the (Belgium) Strictly Trance Series, really an amazing compilation:
1-01 Susi Medusa Gottardi - Dominatin' Fever Sucker
1-02 Gorgous - Don't Stop (Jaspa Jones Progressive Mix)
1-03 Mental Refreshment - Pinguin
1-04 Scorpio Rising - Nagasaki
1-05 Energy 52 - Café Del Mar (Three 'N One Rmx)
1-06 Nalin & Kane Vol. 3 - Beachball
1-07 Qattara - Come With Me (Qattara Vocal Mix)
1-08 E.Q.T. - Far Beyond
1-09 Pat. Krimson - Taboo Bells
1-10 Bliss - Look Inside (The Bliss House Mix)
1-11 Solar Stone - The Calling (BEST VERSION IMO)
1-12 Third Bass - Stargate
1-13 Global Cee - Crazy (Trance-Central)
1-14 Smoking Jesus Goodland (Goodland I)
2-01 Milk Incorporated - La Vache (Praga's Vocal Mix)
2-02 Regg & Arkin - On Your Own
2-03 Space Frog - X-Ray (Follow Me) (Vocal Version)
2-04 Three 'N One - Reflect
2-05 Phil Rodriguez - Evolute (Performix)
2-06 Costanza - Changes
2-07 Bassman / De La Ray - Intelligence
2-08 Djestelle - Euphoria (Angelvoice)
2-09 Phocus - Don't Stop
2-10 Partision - Activate My Heart
2-11 DJ Fred H. - Won't Give Up (Club Mix)
2-12 Flying Pigs - New Ship (Funk Bass Solution Mix)
2-13 Jens Lissat - Gonna Rock This Body ('79 Classic Tune Mix)
2-14 Nuyorican Soul - Runaway (Mongoloids In Space)
