Search - Various Artists :: Trance 1

Real trance, not airheaded disco...

07/10/2000

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Some folks have commented that this is a lousy excuse for techno/disco. Thank goodness "Trance 1" ain't that garbage, but it is an excellent compilation of REAL trance music, that doesn't rely on disco beats to send one into a 'no mind state'. So this is anything but utter noise, but a collection of fascinating sounds that's wonderful to hear, if you can stand to listen to something without a beat."

Amazing traditional music collection

D. Bodah | NYC | 08/29/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Ellipsis arts excels at putting out well-crafted collections of music from around the world. This CD, and its companion, Trance vol. 2, are stunningly packaged with hardbound booklets that the CD slips into. The booklets contain a decent magazine-styled overview of the various spiritual traditions out of which the music on the CD comes. It's nice to get the context that is often missing from a world music release. The music is also high caliber, and never suffers from the poor recording quality that plagues some field-recorded world CDs. BTW, the transcedent "Perde Kaldirma" is alone more than worth the price
of admission."