Following the success of the first Planet Love compilation, Safe Trip has delved even deeper into the roots and formative years of trance music. The result is a vivid snapshot of heady, trance-inducing music released between 1990 and \u201995.<\/p>\n
Like its predecessor, Planet Love 2 does not deliver a straightforward chronological run-down of influential \u2018proto-trance\u2019 cuts and key early anthems. Instead, it casts its\u2019 net far wider for inspiration, joining the dots between trance-inducing tracks in a disparate mixture of interconnected styles.<\/p>\n
Before trance became rigidly defined in the late 1990s, the term was more loosely used as a descriptor, with the tag variously being attached to tracks that combined elements of techno, ambient, breakbeat, deep house, electronica, progressive house, acid, tribal and new beat. What unified these disparate musical strands was an emphasis on groove, melody, atmosphere and \u2013 more often than not \u2013 psychedelic intent.<\/p>\n
You\u2019ll find all this and more amongst the 12 colourful and emotive tracks from around the world that make up Planet Love 2. The hard-to-pigeonhole, early \u201890s New York rave scene is represented by the immersive ambient of Lazer Worshippers\u2019 \u2018Free Flight\u2019, Revelation\u2019s trippy gem \u2018First Power (Domination Dub)\u2019 and the delay-laden drums, held-note new wave chords and psychedelic electronics of \u2018Time Warp\u2019 by Moodswings.<\/p>\n
The UK\u2019s rarely discussed role in the development of early trance \u2013 often via tracks that touched on ambient techno and progressive house \u2013 is represented by the Obsession Project\u2019s prototype melodic trance obscurity \u2018Untitled Part 3\u2019, the Arc\u2019s fast-then-slow rework of The Moody Boyz \u2018The Pygmy Song (Nocturnal Version)\u2019 and \u2018X O Surf\u2019 from The Deep, a breakbeat-driven workout that defies easy categorization.<\/p>\n
Naturally, the popularity of early trance in Europe is reflected in the track listing, too. Check the formative progressive trance of French producer Innertales\u2019 \u2018Odysee\u2019, two tracks from Italy (T.E.W\u2019s \u2018Doubt Int\u2019 and Alien Signal\u2019s melodic \u2018Deep Sky Delights\u2019), and a trio of often overlooked cuts by German artists (early Svan Vath number \u2018L\u2019Esperanza\u2019, the Jam El Mar co-produced \u2018We Come in Piece (Desert Mix)\u2019 by Dance 2 Trance, and \u2018A Source\u2019, the opening track from Tobias Beldermann\u2019s first EP as Redeye.<\/p>\n
Offering a deeper and more diverse definition of early trance than volume one and packed to the rafters with sought-after and overlooked gems, Planet Love 2 is a fitting follow-up to Safe Trip\u2019s first collection of formative trance treats.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":559178,"template":"","meta":{"ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[12362],"product_tag":[],"giftcard-category":[],"musicartist":[4867],"musiclabel":[13771],"musicstyle":[37884,37890,37900,37901,37931,39711,37955,38021,38028,38029],"distributormusic":[38271],"musicyear":[39537],"musiccountry":[39540],"weekmusic":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-559354","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-out-of-stock","7":"musicartist-various-artists","8":"musiclabel-safe-trip","9":"musicstyle-acid","10":"musicstyle-ambient","11":"musicstyle-breakbeat","12":"musicstyle-breaks","13":"musicstyle-electro","14":"musicstyle-freestyle","15":"musicstyle-house","16":"musicstyle-techno","17":"musicstyle-trance","18":"musicstyle-tribal","19":"distributormusic-rush-hour","20":"musicyear-39537","21":"musiccountry-netherlands","23":"first","24":"outofstock","25":"taxable","26":"shipping-taxable","27":"purchasable","28":"product-type-simple"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yoyaku.io\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/559354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yoyaku.io\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yoyaku.io\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yoyaku.io\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/559178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yoyaku.io\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=559354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yoyaku.io\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=559354"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yoyaku.io\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=559354"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yoyaku.io\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=559354"},{"taxonomy":"giftcard-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yoyaku.io\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/giftcard-category?post=559354"},{"taxonomy":"musicartist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yoyaku.io\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/musicartist?post=559354"},{"taxonomy":"musiclabel","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yoyaku.io\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/musiclabel?post=559354"},{"taxonomy":"musicstyle","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yoyaku.io\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/musicstyle?post=559354"},{"taxonomy":"distributormusic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yoyaku.io\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/distributormusic?post=559354"},{"taxonomy":"musicyear","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yoyaku.io\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/musicyear?post=559354"},{"taxonomy":"musiccountry","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yoyaku.io\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/musiccountry?post=559354"},{"taxonomy":"weekmusic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yoyaku.io\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/weekmusic?post=559354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}