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Hello, idm-heads - How far along has the Trance Europe Express series gotten? I've only seen up to # 3 Stateside, but the rumour mill (as well as certain curious Internet sites) suggests that the number of the counting shall be 5. Why, why, why? Clarify, please. And what about that Trance Atlantic series? Is it worth the trip (no pun intended, but take it if you can get it)? Does the title imply that this latter series focuses on U.S. artists, or just on artists who use splishy-splashy water samples incessantly, like that spooky last piece on the first disk of "Lifeforms"? Ooooo, always weirds me out at night. Yes, Virginia, that was a string of bubbles, just like in the Lawrence Welk show. By the way, was Lawrence Welk an ambient pioneer? (Hint: the correct answer is "no") (Correction: Unless you count the sound of the close-miked imploding bubbles. That would be a rare sample...) By the way, the moment of revelation is upon us, and you heard it here first: (actually, probably 42 others have made this same observation, but I plan to send a robot back in time to silence them, and then take all the credit) - THE FIRST TRANCE CUT WAS "ON THE RUN" BY PINK FLOYD. Alright, I'm off. Zenon M. Feszczak Ambient Hacker

As far as I've seen all five of the TEX series is available in the US. Four I listened to only in passing an seemed predicatably weaker than the other two...I can't remember whose on it. Five is called Textures and is a best of comp from the first four...If you have the others it's obviously not worth having but has the advantage of being more consistant...tracks from Aphex Twin, Resistance D, Mouse on Mars, and plenty of others. paul.

quoted 9 lines As far as I've seen all five of the TEX series is available in the US.

>As far as I've seen all five of the TEX series is available in the US. >Four I listened to only in passing an seemed predicatably weaker than the >other two...I can't remember whose on it. Five is called Textures and is >a best of comp from the first four...If you have the others it's >obviously not worth having but has the advantage of being more >consistant...tracks from Aphex Twin, Resistance D, Mouse on Mars, and >plenty of others. > >paul.

Thank you for the info! Are you sure #5 and Textures are the same record? I just checked CDEurope (http://www.cdeurope.com) and found separate listings for these titles, including separate call numbers. 3

As far as I know textures is number five. I actually picked it up despite the fact that I have all of the other TEX releases I think are worth having just because it's such a consistant pair of cd's to have around. The insert for textures had one through four listed as separate and textures as the fifth...I could, though, completely mistaken. Picked up the new orbital...don't know if it's been mentioned here as I've gotten on this bus only recently...I think it's better than Snivilization but still lacks something. Moves more towards towards a dance groove than anything prior save remixes. I'm all for ozone but the fact that one of the tracks was recorded using only the power of greenpeace's solar van is, I think, pretty indicative of the tone of the new stuff. paul. On Tue, 4 Jun 1996, Zenon M. Feszczak wrote:

quoted 9 lines Thank you for the info!

> Thank you for the info! > Are you sure #5 and Textures are the same record? > I just checked CDEurope (http://www.cdeurope.com) and found separate > listings for these titles, including separate call numbers. > > 3 > > >

In a message of 04-Jun-96 17:18:18, Zenon M. Feszczak wrote:

quoted 1 line How far along has the Trance Europe Express series gotten? I've only seen

>How far along has the Trance Europe Express series gotten? I've only seen

Trance Europe Express has got to #4.

quoted 1 line And what about that Trance Atlantic series? Is it worth the trip (no pun

>And what about that Trance Atlantic series? Is it worth the trip (no pun

This has got to #2, and #1 of Trance Pacific Express is due soon.

quoted 2 lines intended, but take it if you can get it)? Does the title imply that this

>intended, but take it if you can get it)? Does the title imply that this >latter series focuses on U.S. artists, or just on artists who use

US artists.

quoted 2 lines splishy-splashy water samples incessantly, like that spooky last piece on

>splishy-splashy water samples incessantly, like that spooky last piece on >the first disk of "Lifeforms"? Ooooo, always weirds me out at night. Yes,

Nope, there's nothing like that on it. Baxter --- ---- internet: baxter@trance.ednet.co.uk ------- fidonet: 2:259/66.17 ---- --------------------------- Member: Team AMIGA ---------------------------