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X-Dream Bio
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"X-Dream" are Marcus Christian Maichel (born May 1968) and Jan M�ller (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. They are well-known for their high quality of production and well-placed psychedelic sounds.
Muller was educated as a sound engineer. Maichel was a musician familiar with techno and reggae, and was already making electronic music in 1986. In 1989 the pair first met when Marcus was having problems with his 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 which got some material released on Tunnel Records.
During the early 1990s they were first introduced to the 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, The Delta (band)|The Delta (Marcus C. Maichel with members of Spirallianz), 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 UK trance label Blue Room Released. Working with Blue Room, they released 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 DJs including Mark Allen. They have also remixed several tracks for other artists including Koxbox and the Saafi Brothers.
In 1998 they released their most celebrated album ''Radio'' and two new singles, "Brain Forest" and "Radiohead". The ''Radio'' album became immensly popular quickly selling out all the printed copies. It featured a totally new kind of sound which was yet unexplored in the genre. Instead of complex melodies familiar in prior Goa trance releases it featured a more industrial, darker, feel where the melody would become apparent only after several listens. ElectronicMusic.com referred to this style as a "robotic orgasm sequence" in their review of the album (More Info) The basslines were also harder in many of the tracks, making the music very danceable. The album is extremelly significant as it ended up changing the direction of where psychedelic trance was headed and influencing the work of many future artists in the genre.
Even though ''Radio'' was a significant departure from their earlier work, due to its more 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''. These would be their last non-minimalist releases. The 2002 ''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.
The latest X-Dream album, '' We Interface'', includes vocals Tennessee singer, Ariel, who also happens to be Jan's wife. The lyrics are actually poetry that was written by her prior to the creation of the album. The album has a very much industrial sound and is in some ways similar to the work of Kraftwerk. Not surprisingly, the lyrics deal with subjects such as technology, censorship, cyberspace, cloning and robotics.
Discography
*''Children Of The Last Generation'' (Tunnel Records)
*''Eleven'' (Tunnel Records)
*''The 5th Dimension'' (Tunnel Records)
*''This'' (Tunnel Records)
*''Trancesylvania X-Press'' (Tunnel Records)
*''Live Fast - Die Young'' (Tunnel Records 1993)
*''Do you belive'' (Tunnel Records 1995)
*''Panic in Paradise'' (Tunnel Records 1996)
*''Relax Vortex'' (TIP Records 1996)
*''The Frog'' (Blue Room Released 1996)
*''Rain'' (Tunnel Records 1997)
*''Brain Forest'' (Blue Room Released 1998)
*''Radiohead Remixes'' (Blue Room Released 1998)
*''Intercorporal Stimulator'' (Blue Room Released 1999)
*''Irritant'' (D.Drum Records 2002)
*''Best of X-Dream vol 1'' (Tunnel Records 2003)
*''The 1st'' (Boshke Beats Records 2004)
Album
* ''Trip To Trancesylvania'' (Tunnel Records 1996)
* ''We Created Our Own Happiness (X-Dream album)|We Created Our Own Happiness'' (Tunnel Records 1997)
* ''Radio'' ( Blue Room Released 1998)
* ''Panic In Paradise'' (Tunnel Records 2000)
* ''Irritant (album)| Irritant'' (Global Trance Network 2002)
* '' We Interface'' (Solstice Music International 2004)
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