Trance Central: Volume One
Genre: Trance
Year: 1995
Album Type: Compilation
Place of Origin: London, United Kingdom
General Pace: Low-moderate
This is a fresh arrival from Belgium that I opened only a few hours ago and have now listened to in its entirety.
A few weeks ago I came across
T4L's "Biogenesis" on Pandora, which was listed as being on the album
Trance Central: Volume 001. "Right on, right on," I said, followed by, "Why don't I look more into this?" Perused a few music sites from there and learned that 40 songs are on that release. As "luck" would have it, there just so happened to be a lone CD from a third party on Amazon with no photo and zero info on it other than the title
Trance Central: Volume One. For all I knew, this could've been a mislisting, but it was dirt cheap and too good to be true, with me potentially getting 40 songs for $5.00 delivered versus $7.99 for the digital experience. Knowing it was a risk and maybe a different album entirely, I took a shot at it anyway and ordered a hard copy. I dunno why, really. I guess it's that electronic hard copies comprise less than one percent of this shelf's collection, as most of what I've added in that arena has been from digital downloads.
Of course, potato and potatoe this was not. There are only twelve songs on
Trance Central: Volume One.
001 and
One are not interchangeable, as it turns out, and as I half-suspected might be the case. Mostly what's here is a mix of good old-fashioned trance with some hard trance thrown in for good measuring. Nothing much to write home about, but it led to this entry being created, so at least I have that.
Tbh I half enjoyed the rush of being right or wrong and not knowing until the thing showed up, and you can't get that for free on the internet.
Best Song: Slinky Wizard's "Lunar Juice."
Would I return to this album?: No.