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Hey :) here's a humble mix with some of my favorite oldschool gems that I decided to share... hope you'll gonna enjoy it as much as I do :)
Boom!


Quantum Suicide - Dancing Superstrings [2009]



Quantum Suicide - Dancing Superstrings.mp3 (256 kbit 115:33 mins) 211.58 mb

Tracklist :
01. Sandman - Perfect Stranger [Witchcraft / Matsuri prod. / 1998]
02. Chi-A.D. - Myopic Utopia (A.D. Remix) [Anno Domini / Velvet inc. / 1997]
03. Doof- Sunshrine [Let's Turn On / TIP rec. / 1996]
04. Electric Universe - Electronic Pulsation [One Love / Spirit Zone rec. / 1995]
05. The Infinity Project - Stimuli [Feeling Weird / TIP rec. / 1995]
06. Rainbow Spirit Feat. DJ Sangeet - Aquarian Spirit [PR 0008 Vinyl / Polytox rec. / 1996]
07. Hallucinogen - LSD (Live Mix) [LSD Maxi-single / Substance / 1996]
08. MFG - Peaceful Relaxation [New Kind Of World / Phonokol / 1997]
09. Hallucinogen - Alpha Centauri [Twisted / Dragonfly rec. / 1995]
10. Etnica - Trip Tonite [Alien Protein / Blue Room Released / 1996]
11. Prana - Voyager III (Voodoo Remix) [Order Odonata 1 / Dragonfly rec. / 1994]
12. Etnica - Astral Way [Trip Through Sound / Blue Room Released / 1997]
13. Rainbow Spirit Feat. DJ Sangeet- Sirius Shuttle [Accidental Occidentalism / Symbiosis rec. / 1995]
14. Pleiadians - Boarding Pass To Balangan [Accidental Occidentalism / Symbiosis rec. / 1995]
15. Slinky Wizard - Lunar Juice (Hallucinogen Moon Strudel Remix) [First Flight / Flying Rhino rec. / 1996]
16. Cosmosis - Morphic Resonance [Cosmology / Transient rec. / 1996]
17. Spectral - Moonstone [Celtic Alchemy / Blue Room Released / 1996]
18. Man With No Name - Sly-Ed [Order Odonata 1 / Dragonfly rec. / 1994]


Quantum Suicide - Dancing Superstrings.mp3 (256 kbit 115:33 mins) 211.58 mb



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cosmic journey


Shakta
Chi-A.D.
Electric Universe
Man With No Name
Afgin
Cygnus X
Cosmosis
Astrancer
Radical Distortion
MFG
Hyperion
Slide
Black Sun
Neuwerk
Merrow
Divinorum
Wizzy Noise
Liquid Flow
The Synthetic Dream Foundation
Aphid Moon
Tantrix
Ovnimoon & Via Axis
Lucas And Pogo
Electrypnose
Philo
Der Mystik
Sundose
Leon Bollier
Pop Stream
Johan Gielen
Human Blue
Prosper
Shane 54 & Myon
Jaia

Finished a new mix with some psychedelic trance tunes from the 90's. Enjoy!

::: Listen :::
http://www.divshare.com/download/6732228-71b

Playlist:
Air Liquide - The Clouds Have Eyes - Blue 1994
Shaolin Wooden Men - Windscreen Wiper - Psy-Harmonics 1995
Cybersnack - Live at Tao - Free Form 1999
Planet B.E.N. - Screw Driver - Polytox 1995
Electric Universe - The Space Dimension - Spirit Zone 1999
Son Kite - Knob Adjustment - Naja 1999
Shiva Chandra - Machine Planet - Spirit Zone 1998
Stoop & Fidget - Mudless - Flying Rhino 1998
Interactive - Ten Minutes to Sunset - Nova Tekk 1999
X-Dream - Psychoactivity - Tunnel 1995
Etnica - Astral Way - Blue Room Released 1995
Killing Joke - Black Moon (California Sunshine remix) - Dragonfly 1998
Moog - Euromotors - Step 2 House 1994
Tristan - Dreamtime - Twisted 1999
Alienated - Injection - Flying Rhino 1998
Atmos - So Nice You Name It Twice - Acid Casualties 1999

Firstly, YHALOTHAR. last.fm = epic fail for messing with their own formatting stuff. Hence, the repost. Go figure.

1. ‘surveys’, ‘top x questions/whatever’, ‘memes’, or other such material with similar ‘content’ infest the artist’s recent journals.

A transfer of symbols without a transfer of values, that’s what those ‘reading’ materials most signify. Boredom is no excuse for making trite observations about characteristics of so-and-so. At the very least there’s always the option of leaving the artist connections off for those who actually had something interesting to say. It’s almost always about original content. This journal is no different from the rest and that in itself should be a lesson for those who never knew better.

2. one retard polluting the shoutbox is enough to ruin them.

Two kinds of one, actually, the fan and the ‘hater’. The ‘hater’ for being ‘obviously’ what s/he is, and the fantard for needlessly glorifying them. Especially the ones who refuse to acknowledge imperfection’s reality; it comes hand in hand with lacking the necessary faculties and/or willpower for incisive cogitation. E-snarkiness is not that hard to detect, especially the tired old ones. Most people are still new to this internet socialization thingamajig, most presumably. Or just poor judges of character anywhere.

3. http://www.last.fm/charts .

Don’t delude yourself otherwise. A hundred thousand listeners give or take a few thousand spam scrobblers can’t be wrong. An unfunny example of emergent behavior in action. Besides, check the journal title. If you found yourself in this page from one of those listed there (how remote the possibility considering point 1) do the right thing and just accept the deal. And think about it, of course. Adroit observation of human behavior online and off helps. A lot.

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These only mean that for every grim and frostbitten band with only 666 listeners at least one of them’s bound to share the music with all the wrong sorts of people who more often than not will only repeat the process to offensive degrees until the label of ‘sellout’ emerges due to the number of so-called ‘fans’ who simply ‘don’t get it’. Children and men-children, the lot of them. Thus, EVERY artist is overrated on last.fm. A transfer of knowledge without a transfer of values. ‘not getting it’ and ‘getting it but disagreeing with it either in whole or in part’ are mutually exclusive principles, that much is obvious.

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A realization of futility won’t dull resolve if prime intent is to rise above it.

Also, because my motives are nigh unfathomable. Today is a relatively short one.

And it’s that time of the year again. Get yourselves some presents.

This journal is dedicated to what is in my opinion one of the greatest trance projects of all time, Union Jack. Hopefully, I will write a series of journals like this one, trying to promote little known artists (preferably under 50 thousand scrobbles), and encourage good music fans to give them a try.



Background

Union Jack was formed in the UK in 1993 by Simon Berry and Claudio Giussani. Claudio was a DJ and a part of Urban Shakedown, a drum n bass project. Simon recently started his own label, Platipus, which was one of the first trance labels based in the UK. He already released a few singles as Art of Trance and Poltergeist. Claudio wanted to try something new, but he did not have enough equipment to work on his own. As a result he turned to Simon and they released their first single, "Two Full Moons And A Trout" (1993) under Labworks Germany, and later that year under Platipus.

Style

Some call it acid, others call it goa or psytrance. Both of these apply to Union Jack, but in my opinion it is simply genuine trance at it's best. When you listen to Union Jack, you can tell where the name trance comes from. Besides that, Union Jack also released some very high quality chillout which shows how versatile the producers are.

Reasons for listening

I would recommend Union Jack to anyone who is interested in quality music. It is very different from today's trance, but if you consider yourself a fan of trance, you should at least find it interesting and actually fresh even though most of their work is over 10 years old. If you don't listen to trance at all or even dislike it for some reason, Union Jack is a good way to start. Their music does not involve meaningless vocals and unoriginal sounds and melodies which often discourage people from giving trance a chance. The only vocals you will find in their music are wonderfully used samples. It also involves a variety of sounds taken straight from nature like water flowing, birds singing etc., which sound amazing and unique.



Releases

Union Jack's only album, "There Will Be No Armageddon", was released on 7/1/1995 by Platipus. There are not many albums I would give a full 10/10, but this is one of them. If you consider yourself a trance fan, this is definitely a must. Each track is truly a masterpiece.

1. Red Herring (8:36)
2. Cactus (9:42)
3. Water Drums (9:06)
4. Two Full Moons and a Trout (14" mix) (7:57)
5. No Life Can Survive Here (5:56)
6. Fromage Frais (6:37)
7. Lollipop Man (7:12)
8. There Will Be No Armageddon (10:13)
9. Toucan (8:19)
10. Epilogue (1:11)

Union Jack released six singles under Platipus:

2 Full Moons & A Trout (2006)
Two Full Moons And A Trout (1998)
Yeti/Cockroach (1997)
Red Herring (1995)
Cactus/Morning Glory (1994)
Two Full Moons And A Trout (1993)



Examples

Their most popular tracks are probably Red Herring and Two Full Moons and a Trout. Both are perfect examples of what I call pure trance music. Majority of Union Jack's tracks are over seven minutes long, so you can just sit back and enjoy :)

Union Jack - Red Herring (1995)


Red Herring was my first Union Jack track. I used to listen to very commercial trance back then, but this sounded so different I just couldn't resist listening to it. I still consider it one of the best tracks ever produced.

Union Jack - Two Full Moons And A Trout (1993)


Their first release. A true classic. This is the original version, but many excellent remixes have been released afterwards.

Union Jack - Fromage Frais (1995)


An electronic version of Ave Maria by Johann Sebastian Bach. This track is a little less known for some reason, but it is just as excellent.

Union Jack - Cactus (1994)


Another fine example of proper trance.

Union Jack - No Life Can Survive Here (1995)


Still trance, but a little different from the rest.

Union Jack - Water Drums (1995)


An amazing chillout track. Just as the title indicates, water IS used as drums!

Where are they now

Simon continued to work solo as Art of Trance which became one of the most respected trance projects. He is still the head of Platipus which later started releasing more uplifting trance and chillout compilations.
Claudio released two albums solo as Terra Ferma, but hasn't been very active since then.
Union Jack reunited in March 2008 for a special appearance in Miami. A new album is expected to be released later this year, but there are no details if it's going to be a compilation or an artist album.

Thanks for visiting my journal and hopefully reading it and listening to some music. Let me know know your opinion on Union Jack and the journal itself so that I know if I should continue writing :)

Connections

Connections to similar artists, artists affiliated with Platipus, most popular trance and overall artists:
Moogwai, Keo, Clanger, Quietman, Libra, L.S.G., Ambassador, , Paragliders, Vicious Circles, Clanger, Robert Miles, Technossomy, Man With No Name, Blue Planet Corporation, Astral Projection, Electric Universe, The Art Of Trance, X-Dream, Juno Reactor, Emmanuel Top, Cosmic Baby, Hallucinogen, Banco de Gaia, Dj Tiesto, Armin van Buuren, Paul van Dyk,
ATB, Paul Oakenfold, Ferry Corsten, Tiesto, Above & Beyond, Infected Mushroom, Blank & Jones, Chicane, Markus Schultz, BT, 4 Strings, Darude, Delerium, Faithless, Radiohead, The Beatles, Coldplay, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nine Inch Nails, Muse, Metallica, Linkin Park, Nirvana and Death Cab for Cutie.

Track played: 5,555

Charlie Clouser 652
Infected Mushroom 244
Vibe Tribe 185
Yahel 141
Vibrasphere 139
Eskimo 137
Oforia 108
Astrix 108
GMS 107
Paranormal Attack 105
S.U.N. Project 100
X-Dream 94
Asia 2001 92
Electric Universe 91
Stim Axel 89
CPU 80
Etnica 76
Shift 69
Electrypnose 69
Space Tribe 67
DNA 66
Ananda Shake 65
Gataka 64
1200 Micrograms 63
Sesto Sento 58
Bizzare Contact 57
MFG 56
Shpongle 55
Perplex 54
Talamasca 53
Ocelot 50
Safi Connection 48
Cosmosis 46
Hypersonic 43
Penta 41
Wrecked Machines 40
Alien Project 40
Growling Machines 36
Texas Faggott 33
Sirius Isness 32
Paranormal Attack Vs Skazi 30
Wizzy Noise 29
Sub6 29
Time Lock 29
X-Noize 28
Tristan 28
Dynamic 28
Alternative Control 28
Analog Pussy 27
Hallucinogen 26

Here is a list of 100 best trance tracks of all time according to me!

If you have any recommendations, please send them to me and hopefully they will make the list even better. I will try to update as often as I can, depending on the amount of changes. I will not update every time I add or move a track.

I realize the list will not please everyone so don't treat it too seriously. I created it for fun and I thought it would be nice to share it with others, but it's not really serious business... Everyone has a different taste. If you feel the need to disagree with it in the comments you are welcome to do so of course ;)

I love recommendations, but please don’t give me a list of 50 artists not represented on my list and expect me to check them out. It’s a waste of your and my time because trust me, I won’t check out all 50 of them and picking just one is pointless so at the end I’ll just ignore your recommendation. Single tracks or full length albums work best.

I'm all done with the "play" links so now all tracks are "playable", but please don't look at the YouTube video titles if you want accurate track names. My tags and links are correct. People make up all kinds of stuff to promote their videos so the titles are often different from what I was referring to even though the track is right. Don't mind the lame videos either. It's all about the music. A few tracks will have links to other sites than YouTube in case the song was not there. And several tracks are not playable at all. Some tracks on YouTube are taken off compilations etc. so I don't guarantee full length versions.

For another take on a trance top list check out THE TRANCE JOURNAL - PART 2 - THE BIG COUNTDOWN by Addicted2Melody .


Enough talking, here is the list. I hope you'll enjoy it!


Last update: April 6 2009

1. Blue Planet Corporation - Crystal (1997) .....(play)

2. Union Jack - Red Herring (1995) .....(play)

3. Orbital - Halcyon And On And On (1992) .....(play)

4. Chicane - Offshore (1996) .....(play)

5. X Tracks - Plan 94 (The Voyage) (1994) .....(play)

6. Hallucinogen - Gamma Goblins Part 2 (1997) .....(play)

7. Adham Shaikh - Opal (2004) .....(play)

8. Art of Trance - Octopus (Man With No Name Remix) (1999) .....(play)

9. Union Jack - Fromage Frais (1995) .....(play)

10. Dimension 5 - Psychic Influence (1997) .....(play)

11. Three Drives - Greece 2000 (1997) .....(play)

12. Binary Finary - 1998 (1997) .....(play)

13. Libra presents Taylor - Anomaly - Calling Your Name (Granny mix) (2000) .....(play)

14. Banco de Gaia - Obsidian (2000) .....(play)

15. Chicane - Lost You Somewhere (Heliotropic mix) (1997) .....(play)

16. Cosmic Baby - Fantasia (1994) .....(play)

17. Jaïa - Out of Control (2005) .....(play)

18. Hallucinogen - Deranger (1997) .....(play)

19. Moogwai - Labyrinth Part 1 (2001) .....(play)

20. Sasha - XPander (1999) .....(play)

21. Chicane - Saltwater (1999) .....(play)

22. Man With No Name - Silicon Trip (1999) .....(play)

23. Astral Projection - Radial Blur (1996) .....(play)

24. Solar Fields - Summer (2007) .....(play)

25. Lost Tribe - Gamemaster (Signum remix) (1997) .....(play)

26. Universal State of Mind - All Because of You (Mindsweeper mix) (1994) .....(play)

27. L.S.G. - Hearts (1994) .....(play)

28. Holden & Thompson - Nothing (93 Returning Mix) (2002) .....(play)

29. Dimension 5 - Iron Sun (1997) .....(play)

30. Solar Fields - Infection 268-7 (2007) .....(play)

31. Robert Miles - Children (1995) .....(play)

32. Blue Planet Corporation - Cyclothymic (1997) .....(play)

33. Cosmosis - Sanyacid (1996) .....(play)

34. Zyon - No Fate (No Fate Mix '93) (1993) .....(play)

35. Dance 2 Trance - We Came in Peace (1990) .....(play)

36. Solar Quest - Acid Air Raid (Euphoric Acid) (1994) .....(play)

37. Chi-A.D. - Healing Magic (1997) .....(play)

38. Hallucinogen - Shamanix (1995) .....(play)

39. Vibrashpere - Lemon Phase (2003) .....(play)

40. Humate - Love Stimulation (Paul Van Dyk Love Club Mix) (1998) .....(play)

41. Hallucinogen - Horrorgram (1997) .....(play)

42. Gouryella - Gouryella (1998) .....(play)

43. Way Out West - UB Devoid (2000) .....(play)

44. BT - Flaming June (1997) .....(play)

45. Chi-A.D. - Biocandy (1999) .....(play)

46. Blue Planet Corporation - Atoll (1999) .....(play)

47. Energy 52 - Cafe Del Mar (Three 'n One mix) (1997) .....(play)

48. Solar Stone - Seven Cities (1999) .....(play)

49. Way Out West - Killa (Orkidea vs. Dallas Superstars Remix) (2008) .....(play)

50. Jaïa - Rouge Marine (2005) .....(play)

51. Emmanuel Top - Tone (1995) .....(play)

52. Art of Trance - Madagascar (Cygnus X remix) (1998) .....(play)

53. Underworld - Dark & Long (Dark Train) (1996) .....(play)

54. Astral Projection - Dancing Galaxy (1997) .....(play)

55. Dimension 5 - Beetlesnuff (1997) .....(play)

56. Salt Tank - Eugina (Michael Woods remix) (2000) .....(play)

57. Etnica - Moon Influence (1995) .....(play)

58. Hallucinogen - Trancespotter (1996) .....(play)

59. Way Out West - Domination (1999) .....(play)

60. Art of Trance - Blue Owl (1998) .....(play)

61. Terra Ferma - Floating (1996) .....(play)

62. Jaïa - Anawa's Paradise (1998) .....(play)

63. Cosmic Baby - Loops of Infinity (1994) .....(play)

64. The Age of Love - Age of Love (1990) .....(play)

65. Khetzal - Indian Attic (2005) .....(play)

66. Sunday Club - Healing Dream (1997) .....(play)

67. Gouryella - Walhalla (1999) .....(play)

68. Hallucinogen - LSD (1995) .....(play)

69. Loop Control - Exceptionally Beautiful (1999) .....(play)

70. Albion - Air (1997) .....(play)

71. Paul van Dyk - For An Angel (1998) .....(play)

72. Humate - 3.1 (Bedrock Mix) (1998) .....(play)

73. Hallucinogen - Demention (1997) .....(play)

74. Asura - Like a Summer Day (2000) .....(play)

75. Doof - Let's Turn On (1996) .....(play)

76. Quietman - Now & Zen (1995) .....(play)

77. Goasia - Sunrise (2007) .....(play)

78. Chicane - Halcyon (2000) .....(play)

79. Tripswitch - Viscous (Eat Static's Jumbled Noise Rmx) (2007) .....(play)

80. Marc Marzenit - Trozitos de Navidad (Primavera Remix) (2006) .....(play)

81. Blisargon Demogorgon - Following The Death (2006) .....(play)

82. Chi-A.D. - Paranormal Activity (Spooky) (1997) .....(play)

83. Blue Planet Corporation - Micromega (1999) .....(play)

84. Hallucinogen - Fluoro Neuro Sponge (1995) .....(play)

85. Electric Universe - The Prayer (2004) .....(play)

86. GTR - Mistral (2002) .....(play)

87. Art of Trance - Voice of Earth (1998) .....(play)

88. Terra Ferma - Keep Moving (2000) .....(play)

89. Quietman - The Sleeper (1998) .....(play)

90. Airwave - Venus of My Dreams (1998) .....(play)

91. Motorcycle - As the Rush Comes (2003) .....(play)

92. Quench - Dreams (1993) .....(play)

93. York - The Reachers of Civilisation (1999) .....(play)

94. Asura - Code Eternity (2000) .....(play)

95. L.S.G. - My Time Is Yours (1995) .....(play)

96. Way Out West - Mindcircus (Way Out West Club mix) (2002) .....(play)

97. Tripswitch - Indigo (Androcell Rmx) (2007) .....(play)

98. Art of Trance - Mosquito (1998) .....(play)

99. Man With No Name - Teleport (1996) .....(play)

100. Doof - Angelina (1996) .....(play)

Mine 50 main artists.

My recommendations are:

Absolum Alternative Control Altöm Analog Pussy Ananda Shake Artifakt Atmos Atomic Pulse Bamboo Forest Beat Hackers Broken Toy Chi-A.D. Cosmic Tone Cosmosis Dark Nebula Dark Soho Deedrah Dynamic Electric Universe FREq Hujaboy Hux Flux Koxbox Lemurians MFG Man With No Name ManMadeMan Melicia Prometheus Protoculture Psycraft Psysex Rinkadink Safi Connection Seroxat Shiva Chandra Silicon Sound Sirius Isness Space Buddha Space Cat Sub6 Ticon Total Eclipse Tristan Vibe Tribe Vibrasphere Wrecked Machines X-Dream X-Noize Xerox & Illumination