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X-Dream - Trip To Trancesylvania

 

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Artist: X-Dream

Title: Trip To Trancesylvania

Label: Tunnel

Date: 1997

 

Track listing:

 

01. 09'31" Trancesylvania X Press

02. 11'24" This

03. 08'15" The 5th Dimension (Live In Paris)

04. 04'53" Time Begins Tomorrow (Orbit Fly)

05. 10'22" Children Of The Last Generation

06. 05'03" Automatic X

07. 06'36" Live Fast Die Young

08. 07'40" COTLG (Rmx)

 

Review:

 

Surely a classic. Very deep and spacey trance that makes you fly. For those who

know their other album Radio, Trip to Trancesylvania is completely different.

This album is not dark, or twisted. It is very bright, and shining. My

favourite should be This, for its wonderful drum loop, but the first and the

last tracks are not far. This album had so much success that it had been

reissued ! The cover of the first version is better, with a train on it, but

there is on the second version a quicktime movie, sadly only for mac, so I

couldn't see it. 7.5/10

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Guest Tequila

I was disappointed by Radio, but Trip To Trancesylvania is great!!I still

cannot find any best track .The whole album is really enjoyable and I clearly

advise you to buy it because that's a classic.Good work.7.5/10

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Guest mrsyed

Wow! This is an old old album yet it outshines most of the newer releases. And

do you ever get the feeling of deja Vu when you hear the new tracks by Artists

like Atmos, Noma. These guys borrow heavily from the Old X-dream sound. Tracks

that resonate the brightest and freshest sound are abound in this brilliant

album, makes you just yearn for the golden of age of Goa. What a dark world we

live in now, it's either the dark scary goa or the disposable and intolerable

Nitzohot stlye greek/Israeli trance. Buy this without hesistation.

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If you can find it, you owe it to yourself to buy it. From the Kraftwerk-like

train-sounds (i.e., Trans Europe Express) in Trancesylvania X Press to the

very fast and full COTLG. remix, this is a killer disc from start to finish.

Timeless; ageproof.

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Guest AtomikElf

light free-sounding trance. subtle introduction of intelligent sound is what

this cd is all about. needs to be played loud to be fully appreciated, and/or

listened to attentively - or else you'll miss the intricacies. all the songs

are excellent, but "this" is a masterpiece to me. it's a true, sound-guided

voyage. give it a few listens, and when u're ready to let yourself go to it,

you will be amazed, and realize what really good trance is!! have fun - 8/10 -

man from the atom

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Guest X - Dreamer in NYC

When I first listened to this album I honestly didn't know this was X-Dream. It

has a very different sound than the rest of their albums. More of a happy

sound maybe? Still a classic and a must have. 7/10

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Guest LaGoaTrance

The best X-Dream album (even if "Radio" et "We created our own happiness" are

fantastic !). Listen it the nignt when you're very tired, close your eyes and

you will understand how magic this album is...9.5/10

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Guest ArchNemesis

I dont get it. I have the other X-dream albums and i love those. But i dont get

this one. It stinks to say it at least. I love x-dream, but this is to soft

and happy for me. X-Dream & The Delta are much much better.

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Guest maf00[at]writeme[dot]com

All great. I am searching for artists of this caliber.

Does anyone know some alternatives? At the moment I am

playing in my homestudio trying to get some dirty noises.

It's not that simple. Contact me if you can help me out

with some psychedelic stuff like this.

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Guest Renyones

I´m only hear the track 1 (Trancesylvania Xpress) but i ned write

which this track is one of the best GOA TRANCE tracks of all times. You Don't

believe it?......LISTEN NOW!!!

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I just got this album today for 25 bucks, I don't get it. Track 1 and 2 are

very melodic and cool, but the rest of the album is reptitive and soft and at

times annoying. I think "X-Dream-Radio" is brilliant, and I realize Trip to

trace...is their first album and should not be their best. Regardless, this is

not good. I bought this because many people said, "the best X-Dream album,"

and "Genious," and "brilliant." The only thing great about this album is that

it started the coming of their other albums.

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Guest zeus class

The included quicktime video is hilarious! the track is "This"

an OK track... but i swear man that video is damn funny. I mean it's too bad

i'm laughing AT the video (it's not supposed to be funny). I think it's

supposed to be emotional or somthing. But MAN,It was a mistake including that

video X.dream ... It just has a guy shaking a TV, and then he shakes it some

more... then it's a bunch of distorted pictures of someone running... blah blah

Kinda acting psychotic...

 

pathetic video

 

so sooooo sooooooo bad my goodness..

 

5th Dimention is a good track i like that one. Trancesylvania starts out and

you think it's going to be scary weird "the delta" style. But then it gets

uplifiting... at the same time. Weird wailing in the background.

No real killers on this album...the last track should of been written by ATB,

bad bad club trance. (Well all club trance is bad)

So far my impression of this Album is: it's mediocre not worth the money...

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Guest Davidtolsn

my least favorite x-dream album, but still pretty good. a lot softer than the

other ones, with not as much in your face psychedelia. long, semi-ambient

tracks (although they have a definite beat, it's a soft one). i like the

concept of softer songs without the beat slowed way down, also. favorite is

definitely track 2. 7.5/10

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Pretty good album but surely weaker than We Created Our Own Happiness...It

varies in styles, there is even a bit of drum'n'bass trance and it is pretty

good structure...Less psychedelic then their other albums but they are doing

pretty quality work here as well...Best songs are : TRIP TO TRANCESYLVANIA ( !

), THE 5TH DIMENSION, TIME BEGINS TOMORROW, CHILDREN OF THE LAST GENERATION (

AMAZING !!! ), COTLG RMX....8/10

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Just got this album the other day. WOW what a classic...

 

The 5th Dimension really stands out on here for me. I mean yeah, it sounds dated a tad, but it was 1993... I dare say its just as enjoyable now as it must have been back then.

 

I noticed this is a re-release.. can anyone tell me if the track "it" is any good? Wasn't included on this re-release for some reason..

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X-Dream - Trip To Trancesylvania

1997

 

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Track listing:

 

01. 09'31" Trancesylvania X Press ... B

02. 11'24" This ... B+

03. 08'15" The 5th Dimension (Live In Paris) ... A-

04. 04'53" Time Begins Tomorrow (Orbit Fly) ... B+

05. 10'22" Children Of The Last Generation ... A-

06. 05'03" Automatic X ... B

07. 06'36" Live Fast Die Young ... B

08. 07'40" COTLG (Rmx) ... B+

 

 

I put this album in my player and I don't remember it being so good. Sure certain tracks drag a bit with repetition while others have areas that moving, not repetitive, and a handful of parts are very touching and beautiful. Track 3 has these parts that are wonderful, so positive and enjoyable sounding. I think these parts sound beautiful. Also, just after 3:00 into track 2 is another example. I hadn't heard this album in around 7 years until this date. My initial impression carried over into the words still on page 1 of this thread.

 

This proves once again in life that there is often more to things than meets the eye. X-Dream creates both great light and dark music. This debut seems to be filled with the most light. It compliments the others and I can't decide which one is their best album anymore.

 

Trip To Trancesylvania is a classic album and there's nothing wrong with it sounding a bit dated over time. In many ways music this good is ageless. I don't want to hear bitching that it isn't psychedelic enough. Go listen to something more psychedelic if thats what you feel like hearing. For 1997 and for X-Dream to create their own sound and style this good should be praised and appreciated. It's different, filled with light and upbeat melodies that at times remind me of another wonderful and more dynamic classic, Doof - Let's Turn On. Sure not every song is a classic song in my opinion even if some people consider them all classics because they're from a once loved group in Goa-Trance. But what year was these songs and this album really releaed? 1997 this thread says? :huh: No way! What year was this officially released? Something isn't right here.

 

 

HIGHLIGHTS: 1, 3, 4, 5, 8.

 

8.9/10 = B+

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Artist: X-Dream

Title: Trip To Trancesylvania

Label: Tunnel Records

Date: 1993

 

1. Trancesylvania X-press

2. Automatic X

3. The 5th Dimension (Live In Paris)

4. It

5. Live Fast - Die Young (Dedicated to BH)

6. Children of the Last Generation

7. C.O.T.L.G. (Triplet Mix)

8. Time Begins Tomorrow (Orbit Fly)

 

What you see above you is the 1993 original release by Tunnel Records with the original track order. In 1997 they did a re-release as an enhanced CD with different artwork and track order.

 

1993.

 

Yep the Rough and Rush guys have been doing their thing for over two decades. What that thing is these days I'm not entirely certain. But you know...they've been doing it. Now we all know their album We Created Our Own Happiness and how that zebra album is one of the all time goa trance classics. Well this paved the way for that and predates it by 4 years. 1993...what a year. Michael Jackson was investigated for child abuse for the first time. The world was asked how much money would it take to whore out your wife, and we were all introduced to a doberman faced string bean of a gangster named Snoop.

 

For shizzle.

 

This album could've easily been called Welcome to Technovania or Welcome to Ambientville. It's quite diverse. Children of the Last Generation is the most goa track followed by It and its funky rhythms, but they all have something to offer. The X-Press is soft trance with the shiny rays of goa peeking through while the nearly 17 minute opus 5th Dimension boasts a very detailed opening that eventually morphs into a trance track. Live Fast cranks up the noise and the techno factor while the last two are decent ambient pieces.

 

It's old. It's dated. Some of the tracks go on too long. But it's still good and as I mentioned it gives the listener a glimpse as to where X-dream were headed with their next album. Recommended for lovers of trance or X-dream or one of the albums showcasing the beginnings of goa. However don't expect to just walk into a record shop (are they even around anymore?) and walk out with a copy. Apparently this has become quite the collectors item. An expensive collectors item.

 

Mdk

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