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| Stamina Records |
Transcend - 'Synaesthesia'
Release Date: 22/06/15 | Pre-Order Link: http://bit.ly/STMCD002
Stamina Records is proud to present Transcend's debut artist album, 'Synaesthesia': 22 tracks to entangle, tease & trick the senses from the master of trance-infused intelligent freeform.
'Synaesthesia' dawns. Your senses are entangled, heightened and alive, pleasantly confused. The Yin Yang realigns, but familiarity is abandoned and the results unexpected. This is a new chapter, an original concept, a singular vision. Exceeding all limits, 22 DJ-friendly tracks guide, enhance and awaken auditory perceptions. Based in mythology but crafted through technology, this is a future freeform soundtrack, beautifully embracing the distinctions enhanced beats-per-minute, melodic, intelligent, underground music requires. Born from Transcend, raised by Stamina Records, relinquish your sensations...
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'Ortum Machinis'
Unleashing his inner cyborg, Transcend takes us to the edge of technology from the depths of mythology, with the grinding, snarling, stunning and fantastic futuristic freeform anthem that is 'Ortum Machinis'...
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| DJ SMALOUM |
very very hot track |
| Ken Masters |
This is shaping up to be something rather special :) |
| Cyrax |
This is all getting me very very hot! |
| Elipton |
That artwork is fantastic. It'd look amazing on the 12" canvas of a record sleeve *hint |
| Mad Max |
This will be amazing. |
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'Eons'
Fusing the past to the present, interlinking classical elements with electronic components, and crafted expertly though the mind of Transcend; explore the unbelievable sonic texture that is 'Eons'.
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'Magnificent Light'
Revealing his own 'Magnificent Light' through the medium of uplifting, euphoric, energetic 170BPM trance-infused beautiful music, Transcend strikes once more with another 'Synaesthesia' unmissable original.
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'Dread'
Swinging sickly through triplet territory and abandoning the notion that this tricky time signature signifies sunnier sounds, Transcend raises his 'Dread' with depth, darkness & 'Synaesthesia' style.
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'Interlude 1: The Ritual'
Sit back, relax and break from the frenetic beats for the briefest of seconds thanks to Transcend's first 'Synaesthesia' interlude: 'The Ritual'.
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'Kanzunetta'
With a hint of of a classic era of hardcore expertly blended through the modern lens of trance-indulgent freeform, Transcend transports any lucky listen to lusher territories with 'Kanzunetta'. A beautiful, complex and driving addition to the growing 'Synaesthesia' family.
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'Communion'
Transcend takes 'Communion' with the consequences just as spiritual as the traditional sense. One of the most beautiful and epic 'Synaesthesia' soundscapes to grace the album; true testament to the depth and detail harder-edged electronic music can achieve when blessed as free of form.
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| djDMS |
To be brutally honest, if it wasn't for Transcend & Cyrax I wouldn't be listening to any Freeform at all. |
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'Redemption'
Sumptuous detailed layers of freeform collide to create another luscious journey driven by Transcend. 'Redemption' even takes time out to nod undeniably to its trance roots before the frenetic trademark of 'Synaesthesia' once again takes hold. Enjoy underground audio at its purest, designed to blend the senses?
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'Let My Wrath'
Transcend's diverse ability undoubtedly ticks the boxes of melodic and beautiful fast-paced trance music, but here 'Let My Wrath' demonstrates a darker and different vibe. Driving and hard, quirky and underground, this is a superb 'Synaesthesia' exercise in purer and fresh freeform music.
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'Never Be The Same'
When something infamous sits still so fresh in the Stamina archives, its notoriety owed to the tones of its author, another vocal triumph was never not going to emerge from Transcend via his piece de resistance, 'Synaesthesia'. Enter 'Never Be The Same'; demonstrating the same vocal prowess as the aforementioned anthem, and destined too to sit comfortably in legendary status, enjoy this beautiful and deep freeform musical journey.
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'Eastern Pulse'
Deep, dark and heavy with influence aplenty from the East, Transcend flexes his production skills via the twist and turns 'Eastern Pulse' provides. Journeying through bass genres up the tempo spectrum to firing freeform hardcore, this addition to the 'Synaesthesia' family raises the bar once again.
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'Oblivion'
Skilfully blending the raw and unadulterated relentless roll of freeform with the pure euphoria of trance music is Transcend's forte bar none, and here 'Oblivion' delivers with aplomb. An expertly executed groove sets of a pace only worthy of 'Synaesthesia' inclusion, adding another underground anthem to this increasingly essential collection.
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'Sleepwalker'
Transcend further journeys to the deep embedded boundaries of genres to entwine their existence to one where reality and dreams collide indistinguishably through the intense power of music. This is the purpose of the 'Sleepwalker': to blend styles and ideas so pleasantly and seamlessly for that pure, unadulterated and intense authentic 'Synaesthesia' experience. Magical material to awaken your senses...
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'What You Are'
With musicality that stretches boundaries and appeals across genres, Transcend continues to open up the possibilities of the underground to the mainstream, the mythological via the technological, with stunning pieces of pure audio art such as 'What You Are'. Perfect music to blend the senses sensationally, 'Synaesthesia' style.
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'Eternity'
Pushing the production values and ascending the attention to detail, Transcend's trademark layers of sonic sculpted textures surpass even his own high standards as 'Eternity' embeds itself in the 'Synaesthesia' collection comfortably. Fusing genres from trance through to freeform, this is perfect paced electronic music, explosive in the euphoria department.
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| Impulse_Response |
I'm getting really excited for this album. I might end up buying this with another round of Stamina CD singles. |
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'The Ephemeral'
An everlasting mark on the music he has made, a stark contrast to the titling of Transcend's 'The Ephemeral'. An intense journey through intricate and interlocking sounds that twist the perceived and melt expectations, 'Synaesthesia' gains another timeless underground classic, certain to be anything but short-lived...
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'It Was Freedom'
Art imitates life as Transcend exercises his unbound creativeness through the medium of 'It Was Freedom', a musical performance of dark and light bound together in a united sound. From gritty sub frequencies through to big open and epic stadium-filler trance, this latest string to the bow of 'Synaesthesia' sings more than vividly enough to once more tingle and entangle the sensations.
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'Perceptions'
Emotionally charged with intense, fantastic and downright stunningly beautiful music, 'Perceptions' makes irrelevant the ambiguity of artistry the moment the first beat drops. With all the hallmarks of a classic and timeless addition to not only 'Synaesthesia', but wider still, to the genres it sits so comfortably in, this is truly excellent and advanced dance music from Transcend.
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'No Escape'
From the sublime to the raw, 'Synaesthesia' covers off all angles with aplomb, with 'No Escape' falling into the latter category. Heavily influenced from the colder lands of Europe but with all the warmth you've come to expect from a Transcend production, this closing Technology track is a brutal maze of unadulterated and pure freeform music.
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'Nevermore'
As deep and beautiful as E.A Poe's timeless lyrics, Transcend takes the listener through the insanity of euphoria with the wonderful 'Nevermore'. Bridging the branches of the arts and simultaneously stirring the senses in harmony with the theme of 'Synaesthesia', this is an album addition that brings emotion to the fore. Powerful audio that emanates the status of future genre classic.
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| Quicksilver |
Seems like a hot album, will probably buy it, but someone tried too hard in the track descriptions. :P |
| A.B |
Well I could have just wrote 'yeah it's banging m8' 22 times over, but that didn't seem quite fitting with the album, ya know?
I definitely didn't try hard either - I used to write press & PR for some huge names in dance outside of Hardcore, chatting breeze comes naturally to me haha! There is so little good grammar and PR in this small scene of ours I figured if I got happy with the adjectives and went OTT it might re-address the balance, somewhat ;p
Glad you're feeling the clips! The album is 'officially' out today - it is one smooth looking package even if I do say so myself. As well as some really deep freeform tracks, the artwork is simply stunning. Over a quarter of stock has gone already, well worth picking one up, but then I would say that :D
One final clip to come on this board then I'm done, no more overblown press gumph from me/Stamina...for now ;)
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'Interlude 2: SpeedTest'
Ascending, accelerating, traversing and of course transcending, Transcend pushes towards the peak of Technology from the base of Mythology with the final 'Synaesthesia' interlude: 'SpeedTest'.
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