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Jerry Bonham presents another great Trance mix CD

thestarman | Seattle, WA | 12/09/1999

(4 out of 5 stars)

"First: I appear to have a completely different track listing for TGN3 than given above: 1) POB-Boiler; 2) Pako-Perish; 3) Starecase-1st Floor Deadlock; 4) Christian West-Eterna; 5) Bedrock-Heaven Scent; 6) Gypsy-I Trance You; 7) AMbassador-Fade; 8) Art of Trance-Madagascar 9) Left Hand-Those Drums; 10) Legend B-Lost in Love; 11) MJP-I'm Alive; 12) Octavia Project-KatriaSecond: It is an injustice that DJ Jerry Bonham did not receive a credit in the Amazon listing. He is one of California's biggest DJ names in club-style trance. He tours with Spundae, and spins at underground parties for V.O.R.G. and other promoters.Third: This is a good mix CD, highly recommended for those who have enjoyed Jerry's 1015 sets, or who desire to hear the Spundae trance sound. This is a great collection of trance tracks chosen & mixed by Jerry, but only has a few "essential" tracks (i.e. the Bedrock and Art of Trance tracks). For more Jerry Bonham, check out Spundae Interpretations Volume One. Fourth: I would have called TGN3 a "DJ Showcase" style CD, like the Global Underground or United DJ's of America series. I would not have considered this disc to be collection of "progressive techno trance essentials". TGN2, or Oakenfold's Tranceport, fits that description a lot better. Also, TGN3 is not appropriate as an introduction to the magic of trance. Go for Paul Oakenfold's Tranceport for the best "I've heard about this trance stuff but I want to know what it's all about" introduction to trance CD.Fifth: If you *are* looking for collections of "essential techno trance" tracks, I would recommend the Ministry of Sounds' Trance Nation collections, volumes 1 & 2: both are mixed by System F aka Ferry Corsten, who created "Out of the Blue" and "Carte Blanche", two of the biggest progressive techno trance essential anthems of all time. Or get Oakenfold's Resident (2 years of Cream) collection. Lots of showstoppers on each collection, and all are well worth the import prices. If you are looking for more great progressive trance, check out any of Christopher Lawrence's CDs (start with Rise), or Kimball Collins' ICU CDs (Session One, and Generation Trance 2000).Last word: if you're as addicted to trance as I am, TGN3 is a great addition to your collection. Lots of tracks I didn't own before. But go with my other suggestions if you're looking to acquire your 1st or 2nd trance CD. :)"

One of my favorite trance albums

RL | LA | 06/24/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I bought this last year with little knowledge of what Trance is. This CD blew my face away(or ears rather). If I'd pick a CD that open the trance scene to me it would be this. Out of 60+ trance albums this is one of my top 10. This is one of those rare album that you'll keep going back to. It's full of so much pure energy its awesome especially right now with all these dark trance making into the scene. My favorite is the last track: Octavia Project-Katria (sureal mix). This is just pure poetry. 8 minutes of poetry translated into music. I'd would buy this CD just for that track alone."

One song worth the money. 3-5 stars

Infinite Catalyst | Monument, CO | 05/05/2004

(3 out of 5 stars)

"This Cd is a veritable plethura of energy, spun in the United States largest club, Spundae, by one of its resident dj's; arguably its premier, Jerry Bonham.

Most anything that Bedrock puts out (AKA Jon Digweed) is going to be solid. Song #5, Heavenscent is no exception, reaching anthem status near the same time as Expander (Sasha) and Three Drives on a Vinyl, (Greece 2000).

This cd an early conglomerate of mainly west coast trance being from San Fran, and most of it honestly is mediocre at best. The cd was recorded I assume in the peak of the millenium trance explosion where the rave scene really solidified in its transformation into corporately sponsored venues. It is mixed extremely well, but then again, how hard is it to mix trance? The motonous 4/4 backbeat makes the genre's percussion the most simplistic out of all the electronic music types. Lost in Love is the other note-worthy song on the album, due to its epic remix by Starecase, a remixer who later was found by Paul Oakenfold and subsequently vaulted onto the international stage. *****HOWEVER, the last song on the cd makes the entire transaction fully worth your money. I have professionally and closet dj'ed for over six years, and to this day I have never found a trance song that even compares to Octavia Project's, "Katria," the surreal mix. This is the only cd it was ever recorded onto, so good luck finding it on vinyl.

The song begins with a killer tribal breakbeat that rhythmically is an oasis of refreshment after the monotonous recycled trance beat that is the cardiac thread of the cd.
The Tribal Breakbeat cascades to beautiful ambient sections in the down-time and phenomenal percussion variations and fills. The most incredible thing about the song, however, is its swell and chorus. There is about a 70 second ambient filler of some incredible comp noise, dissonat chords and such, backed with some melody and counter tempo beats. Simultaneously the song begins a pregnant swell that amounts to a macro-atomic explosion with more kg's than anything on wax I have ever heard.
It builds something sinister, pulsing, stretching thematically and literally until there is a conflagration of female voices in classic choir "awwwing" accompanied by incredible chordal progressions and some nasty tech build that crescendo the pitch and melody. The bass thunders a B flat 6 hit and a minor chord and then 'enter' the most serious, epic, resolution and recycle I have ever heard. "Katria" is an aural euphoria, a utopia of sounds, beats, and melody. Literally it is the single masterpiece the pre-2003 trance genre has to offer."