Five links per letter. Music, sound, and other noise. Welcome to Edition 130.
Gecho MMXX T-APE
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90s NYC documentary on the rave / music / culture scene around liquid sky records
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Return to the Source
On the trance/rave club and label. Including a 1996 rave at the liberty science center.
“floors of fun and games. In addition spectacular psychedelic visuals from Matsuki (Tokyo), sets by Organix (Tokyo), RTTS Uforic backdrops by Zag (London). African drumming. Fluoro ware by Space Tribe.”
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New Invader on the Dance Floor
1998 NYT article on the “new” trance music.
“Where early trance was generally harsh, minimal and coldly cosmic, more recent strains of the genre emphasize melody, recognizably human emotions and a warmly devotional aura. All this makes trance a populist, accessible alternative to the experimental abstraction of hip rave styles like techno and drum-and-bass. In particular, trance's dewey-eyed sentimentalism seems to be attracting younger American ravers who are still in the honeymoon phase of using Ecstasy, an illicit drug that many users believe heightens feelings of tenderness and empathy.”
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Commend: Awakening - Ancient Wisdom & Wondrousound Sampler
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2020 releases: Flatlands, Subdivision