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Biography
Distinguish|X-DreamsOne source|date=May 2010 X-Dream are Marcus Christopher Maichel (born May 1968) and Jan Müller (born February 1970); they are also known as Rough and Rush . They are producers of psychedelic trance music and hail from Hamburg , Germany . Although their music retains the 4/4 drum patterns of Goa trance music and has a dependence on riffs, X-Dream have a unique sounds different from most other artists in the genre.
First work
Muller was educated as a sound engineer . Maichel was a musician familiar with techno music|techno and reggae , and was already making electronic music in 1986. In 1989 the pair first met when Marcus was having problems with his Personal computer|PC and someone sent Jan to help fix it. That same year they teamed up to work on a session together. Their first work concentrated on a sound similar to techno with some Hip hop music|hip hop elements which got some material released on Tunnel Records .
Trance
During the early 1990s they were first introduced to the trance music|trance scene in Hamburg and decided to switch their music to this genre. They have since made a large number of releases as part of projects like Children of Paradise, and The Pollinator . The earlier albums of X-Dream such as Trip To Trancesylvania and We Created Our Own Happiness are much closer to the original formula of psychedelic trance, although featuring the unmistakable "trippy" early X-Dream sound.
In October 1996 X-Dream reached an agreement with the new United Kingdom|UK trance label Blue Room Released . Working with Blue Room, they released the famous single "The Frog" (featuring authentic frog sound samples from Mexico ) and contributed the track "No" on the Trip Through Sound compilation. In 1997 their single "As A Child I Could Walk On The Ceiling" (released by The Delta) became widely played by many top trance DJ s including DJ Mark Allen|Mark Allen . They have also remixed several tracks for other artists including Koxbox and the Saafi Brothers .
Radio
In 1998 they released their most celebrated album Radio (X-Dream album)|Radio and two new singles, "Brain Forest" and "Radiohead". Instead of complex melodies familiar in prior Goa trance releases the Radio album featured a more industrial music|industrial , darker, feel where the melody would become apparent only after several listens. In their review of the album ElectronicMusic.com described the track "Electromagnetic" as a " robotic orgasm sequence". http://www.electronicmusic.com/features/reviews/music/radio.html X-Dream - Radio The basslines were also harder in many of the tracks, making the music very danceable.
Even though Radio was a significant departure from their earlier work, due to its more minimalist trance|minimalist sound, X-Dream went back to their earlier style with the two next album, Urban Alien (as Children of Paradise) and Panic in Paradise (album)|Panic in Paradise . These would be their last non-minimalist releases. The 2002 Irritant (album)|Irritant album was their first authentic minimalist release on the Global Trance Network label and sold out all the copies within only a few days of the first printing.
Latest album
The latest X-Dream album, We Interface (X-Dream album)|We Interface , includes vocals from Tennessee singer Ariel (Jan's wife). The lyrics are actually her poetry , written ahead of the album. The album has a very much industrial music|industrial sound and is in some ways similar to the work of Kraftwerk . The lyrics deal with subjects such as technology , censorship , cyberspace , cloning and robotics .
Discography
Singles
Children Of The Last Generation ( Tunnel Records 1993)
The Frog ( Blue Room Released 1996)
Radiohead ( Blue Room Released 1998)
Albums
Trip To Trancesylvania ( Tunnel Records 1993)
We Created Our Own Happiness ( Tunnel Records 1995)
Radio (X-Dream album)|Radio ( Blue Room Released 1998)
Irritant (album)|Irritant ( Global Trance Network 2002)
We Interface (Solstice Music International 2004)
Other
Trip To Trancesylvania - In The Mix ( Tunnel Records 1997)
Panic in Paradise (album)|Panic in Paradise ( Tunnel Records 2000)
The Best 1991-2001 (Solstice Music International 2006)
We Interface - The Mixes (Solstice Music International 2007)
As Children of Paradise
Alien Nation EP ( Blue Room Released 1997)
Urban Alien (Children of Paradise album)|Urban Alien (Nova Tekk Records 1999)
Alien Nation part 3 EP ( M.A.S.H Records 2000)
References
Reflist
External links
http://www.gplusrecords.com/ X-Dream Official Website
http://www.clubbingmagazine.com/interviews/xdream.htm Interview by Clubbing Magazine
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