Скачать или смотреть Total Eclipse - Violent Relaxation (The Dark & The Light Side Reissue) | Full Double Mix

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France
1996
#oldschoolgoatrance #ambient
Album: Violent Relaxation (Reissue)
Label: Avatar Records
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Get it:

Bandcamp
Dark Side ► https://totaleclipse.bandcamp.com/alb...
Light Side ► https://totaleclipse.bandcamp.com/alb...


Track-list:

~ Dark Side ~

1. [ 00:00:00 ] Virtual Terminal Energised ~ 150
2. [ 00:07:03 ] Area 51 ~ 148
3. [ 00:13:59 ] The Furnace ~ 145
4. [ 00:22:19 ] Teknophobia ~ 145
5. [ 00:29:59 ] Chaotic Circus ~ 145
6. [ 00:37:29 ] Absolute Zero ~ 145
7. [ 00:44:49 ] Pulsar Glich ~ 148
8. [ 00:52:11 ] Space Clinic ~ 143
9. [ 00:59:04 ] Blue Galaxy ~ 97

~ Light Side ~

1. [ 01:07:00 ] Espanolizer ~ 90
2. [ 01:17:02 ] The Pendulum ~ 90
3. [ 01:26:22 ] Black Body Radiation ~ 100
4. [ 01:34:17 ] Diamond Ring Effect ~ 120
5. [ 01:43:49 ] Time Drops ~ 120
6. [ 01:50:54 ] 51 Pegasus ~ 90
7. [ 01:58:44 ] Gravity Mirage ~ 120
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Total Eclipse

Members: Loïc Van Poucke, Serge Souque, Stephane Holweck

Profile: Psy-Trance project formed in 1992 by 3 French producers. They became known for their first two goa trance albums from 1995 and 1996. In 1999 the group unexpectedly released a drum n bass / breaks album.

Serge Souque left the group in 2000 and continued his career as The Antidote, an alias that was used for some Total Eclipse tracks in the '90s. Around the same time Total Eclipse became primarily a full on psy-trance project.

Loïc Van Poucke left the project in 2004 leaving Stephane Holweck as the only remaining member for a while, but sometimes in recent years, he joined Stephane again and is currently part of the band.


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Discogs ► https://www.discogs.com/artist/516-To...
Bandcamp ► https://totaleclipse.bandcamp.com/
SoundCloud ►   / total-eclipse  
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Credits

Design [Original Graphics And Design] – Simon Ghahary
Design [Special Edition Design] – Rangoon
Photography By – Fanny Vannier

Written-By – Loic Vanpoucke (tracks: 1-1 to 1-3, 1-8, 1-9, 2-3, 2-4),
Serge Souque, Stephen Holweck (tracks: 1-1, 1-2, 1-7 to 2-3)

Written-By, Producer, Programmed By – Total Eclipse

Part of the Avatar Records 'Pro File' series.
Originally released on Blue Room Released.

Track 1-3 is misspelled "The Furance"

Recorded at the Total Eclipse Studio, Bordeaux, France.
Published by Hanseatic Music GmbH.

Distributed by NMC Music Ltd.
℗ Blue Room Released. © Avatar Records 2003.
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Review by maroko May 23, 2008

I gotta say this is one of the rare albums I'm digging from the kick off down to the very last note!

I mean, mon dieu, these garcons francaises were on some other shit back then- just check that first CD out- top drawer goa trance material teaching the rest how it is to be done! The harmony is there non stop, the psychedelic rock guitar riffs which were notable on their debut are toned down in favor of some of the most blissfull and emotional old school melodies. Dance to classics like The Furnace, Chaotic Circus, Pulsar Glitch or Area 51 until you drop dead or trip to each and any of these gargantuan tunes while chilling on your sofa, the effect and rawness of these numbers should be felt either way.

And if you by any chance feel like you haven't been given your money's worth with the disc #1, the second CD provides some mid tempo goa trance tracks in the same vein as Tandu's classic New Aura. You know, not the slow, crawling ambient, but that smooth, hypnotic stuff with just enough bass and kick to keep you awake, while drifting away like whales in the darkness.

I'm no big fan of downtempo/ambientesque stuff, but what the second part of "Violent Relaxation" has in store for the listeners is some of the sweetest and touching goan soundscapes ever created.

The melodies are powerful, memorable, pick any which one you want and it's bound to get stuck in your head like... forever! Pick any kick, bass line, sound effect or mood these tracks portray and astonishment is guaranteed!

Hearing a Total Eclipse live circa '95-'97 must have been an out of this world experience.

Whereas "Delta Aquarids" may sound dated, it still is, and quite probably always will be, like a big, but unpolished diamond in the rough, but "Violent Relaxation" is the french trio polishing, cutting 'n' sharpening that diamond to guarantee and secure its timeless value and eternal status as a prime example others will forever be measured against.

10/10, for each CD on its own, and a 20/10 for the album as a whole. A true masterpiece.
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