Music » Trance Music

Release Date: 1999-06-01, Audio CD, V2

Seventh volume of the popular dance series. 13 tracks including 'Northern Lights'-Lux, 'Breather 2000' (Arithunda Mix)-Afterlife, 'Whispering Wind'-Moby, 'Easy Rider'-Deep & Wide, 'Sunbeams'-UKO, 'Winter Pagent'-Aromabar, 'Beautiful Strange'-Bedrock and 'Swollen'-Bent. 2000 release. Standard jewel case.

BT's velvety take on trance techno, typified by unusually light, liquidy melodies, smooth edges, and roomy breakbeats, was first noticed in the U.S. via his exceptional remix of Tori Amos's "Blue Skies." That song and other like-minded U.K. singles that preceded it gave rise to yet another variation of trance music dubbed "dream-trance." It's an apt label. BT's dense, yet straightforward compositions and benevolent mixes incorporate themes of escape and rebirth, with songs that imprint themselves on your subconscious. On Movement in Still Life, never before available in the States, BT breaks through the wall that separates techno from out-and-out pop, incorporating verse-chorus-verse song structures. Furthermore, he allows his dreamy mix to wander into Fatboy Slim-esque big beat territory. As a DJ, he's clearly capable of branching into different styles. The smart house and choppy beats of the title track make that apparent. He's still playing with needles and wax on that track, though; "Shame," with its acoustic drum/guitar sound and accessible pop vocal track sounds ready-made for alt-rock radio, with only touches around the edges that betray the presence of a DJ. Other songs, such as "Running Down the Way," blend the two styles more evenly, utilizing a pop song format but keeping it clubby and decidedly nonacoustic. Given BT's U.S. success with the pop/club mix of "Blue Skies," as well as the accessible, anthemic style he tends to favor as a DJ, the record makes perfect stylistic sense. He'd be wise, however, to keep dream-trance close to his turntables, as the perfection of such tracks as "Dreaming" and "Godspeed" make it blissfully obvious that he has utterly mastered the sound. --Matthew Cooke

German dance compilation featuring the finest in trance music featuring such artists as Talvin Singh, Afterlife, A New Funky Generation, dZian and Kamien, Mandalay and many more. 15 tracks in all. 1999 release. Standard jewel case.

Japanese Release featuring the Exclusive Bonus Track Children (Re-Mix), 12 Tracks in all Including Fable (2 Versions), One and One, Landscape, and Others.

1. Feel Me - (with Darkstar)2. Northern Spirit - (with Kamaya Painters)3. Everlast - (with The Ambush)4. Easter Island - (Cygnus X mix, with The Art Of Trance)5. Aira Force - (Main mix, with Arrakis)6. Synthetica - (Extended mix, with Sean Dexter)7. Scatterbomb - (String mix, with The Sneaker)8. Your Own Reality - (Tracid mix, with Kai Tracid)9. We Came - (with Vimana)10. Trommelmaschine - (with Der Dritte Raum)11. Sparkles12. Communication - (with Armin)13. We Ran At Dawn - (with Allure)14. Exceptionally Beautiful - (with Loop Control)15. I Feel My... - (Extended Instrumental instrumental, with Mox Epoque/Nina)16. Pulsar - (Picotto Tea mix, with Mauro Picotto)Format: CD

Two CD set mixed by Paul Oakenfold with classical scores, film soundtracks, dialogue and ambient tracks alongside dancefloor classics. 24 tracks including 'Ubik'-Timo Maas, 'Pile Driver'-Amoebassassin, 'Baby I'm Gonna Leave You'-Led Zeppelin, 'Rachel's Song'-Vangelis, 'Sacrifice'-Lisa Gerrard & more

Import edition of the British dance act's 1996 album includes two bonus tracks, 'Salva Mea (Way Out West Remix)' & 'Insomnia (Armands European Vacation Mix) (Bonus Track)'. 12 tracks in all.

1. Healing Dream - (with Sunday Club)2. Into The Sun - (with Lock)3. Never Enough - (with Clear View)4. Program 1 - (with Channel Tribe)5. Low Turbulence - (with Jake & Jesse)6. Shell Shock - (with Mockba)7. When She Left - (with Allure)8. L'Annonce Des Couleurs - (with Mac Zimms)9. Chapter Two - (Southsquare mix, with Stray Dog)10. Back On Earth - (with The Voyager)11. Long Way Home12. Sync In. - (with Silent Breed)13. Vicious Circle - (with Club Quake)14. Titty Twister - (with Viper 2)15. Truth, The - (Coufsat mix, with Qattara)16. Blue Sky - (with Sakin)Format: CD

1. Return To Tazmania - (with Delegate Vs Emo-Trance-Re-Fresh EP)2. Fortunes - (with Dominion)3. Rejected - (with Allure)4. Domino Runner - (with VDM)5. Planetary - (with HH)6. Cry For Love - (with Clear View)7. Stand By - (with The Swiummer)8. Bell Song, The - (Lakme Dub, with Malcolm McLaren)9. 1998 - (with Binary Finary)10. Elevate - (with Dos Deviants)11. Dawnbreaks - (with Luke Cage)12. Waters (Phase III) - (with Taucher)13. I Love The Music - (with Groovezone)14. Trancetter - (Original mix, with Lord Of Tranze/DJ Hoxider)15. Earth - (with Hammock Brothers)16. Subspace Interference - (with Control Freaks)Format: CD