Trip To Trancesylvania
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Trip To Trancesylvania is a psychedelic trance
album released by X-Dream
in 1993. It is the first album released by the group. "Trancesylvania" is wordplay on transylvania
.
There is reason to believe that the album was influenced by the Kraftwerk
album Trans-Europe Express
.
Psychedelic trance
Psychedelic trance, psytrance or just psy is a form of electronic music characterized by hypnotic arrangements of synthetic rhythms and complex layered melodies created by high tempo riffs. It appeared in the mainstream in 1995 as with reporting of the trend of Goa trance. The genre offers variety...
album released by X-Dream
X-Dream
X-Dream are Marcus Christopher Maichel and Jan Müller ; they are also known as Rough and Rush. They are producers of psychedelic trance music and hail from Hamburg, Germany...
in 1993. It is the first album released by the group. "Trancesylvania" is wordplay on transylvania
Transylvania
Transylvania is a historical region in the central part of Romania. Bounded on the east and south by the Carpathian mountain range, historical Transylvania extended in the west to the Apuseni Mountains; however, the term sometimes encompasses not only Transylvania proper, but also the historical...
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There is reason to believe that the album was influenced by the Kraftwerk
Kraftwerk
Kraftwerk is an influential electronic music band from Düsseldorf, Germany. The group was formed by Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider in 1970, and was fronted by them until Schneider's departure in 2008...
album Trans-Europe Express
Trans-Europe Express (album)
Trans-Europe Express is the sixth studio album by German electronic music band Kraftwerk. Recorded in mid-1976 in Düsseldorf, Germany, the album was released in March 1977 on Kling Klang Records. The album's themes were influenced by friends who suggested writing songs about the Trans-Europ...
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Track listing
- "Trancesylvania X-Press" – 9:35
- "Automatic X" – 5:18
- "The 5th Dimension" – 10:47
- "It" – 8:12
- "Live Fast - Die Young (Dedicated to B.H.)" – 8:58
- "Children of the Last Generation Part 1" – 12:29
- "Children of the Last Generation Part 2" – 5:13
- "Time Beginns Tomorrow" – 5:08