Imaginary Landscapes, by Opale

Imaginary Landscapes

by Opale

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Tod One of those rare albums where each song is better than the previous one Favorite track: Serval.

DJ Solitare Brilliant music by a 'lost' producer going back to the heyday of the scene! Favorite track: Anaconda's Dance (Alternate Mix).

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1.	Anaconda's Dance (Alternate Mix) 07:37	buy track
2.	Cyclope (Remix) 08:04	buy track
3.	Groovy Baby 08:10	buy track
4.	Running 08:30	buy track
5.	Gandalf's Return (Final Mix) 08:26	buy track
6.	Gladiator (Remix) 07:04	buy track
7.	Lord Of The Minds (Remix) 07:57	buy track
8.	Diablo (Remix) 07:11	buy track
9.	Colosse 07:00	buy track
10.	Maya 11:41	buy track
11.	Gladiator (Original Mix) 07:50	buy track
12.	Sparte 05:20	buy track
13.	Cyclope (Original Mix) 08:17	buy track
14.	Hurleur (X-Men) 07:35	buy track
15.	Serval 09:34	buy track
16.	On Line 05:54	buy track
17.	Performance 05:14	buy track
18.	Diablo (Original Mix) 06:51	buy track
19.	Planète 28 06:54	buy track
20.	Cannibal 06:53	buy track
21.	Daredevil 04:27	buy track

about

Unreleased Goa Records celebrates its 50th release with "Imaginary Landscapes", the second mindblowing Goa Trance album of French prodigy Opale. Gregory Bailay started to produce Goa Trance in the early 90’s. He first made music together with his childhood friends Christof Drouillet (Absolum) and Frédéric Holyszewski (Deedrah), known as the legendary Transwave duo. His style was initially techno hardcore in the same vein as the notorious DJs Manu le Malin, Laurent Hô and Liza N’Elias. Greg worked as the editor of the hardcore fanzine TNT together with Michel Comte (Professeur Diabolique), and took part in the first Teknivals with the Spiral Tribe. In 1992, he chose the name "Opale" for his musical project. This gem stone switches from clarity to brightness, it sparkles with a thousand fires and its colours inspire purity. Greg saw there an analogy with trance music, which can be full of life and sweetness. The same year, he attended a trance event at Rennes with artists such as Underground Resistance, Jeff Mills, Juantrip', Frankie Bones, The Orb, 808 State, Oliver Bondzio and Hardfloor, who helped him shape his approach on electronic music. Other major influences were X-Dream, Juno Reactor, Blue Planet Corporation, The Overlords, and Prana.

After his successful "Anaconda’s Dance" album, released in December 2020, Greg collaborates again with Unreleased Goa Records to publish the second collection of tracks representative of his music output between 1993 and 2006. In recent years, the artist unearthed several DAT tapes from his vaults. The tracks recorded there were miraculously exhumed after a complex restoration work and are presented here for the first time ever. This massive release consists of a first part of twelve tracks, all found in their final state: single unreleased pieces, alternate mixes and remixes of previously known tracks plus a few post-2000 productions. The second part features nine experimental productions from 1993, which show the genealogy of Greg’s idiosyncratic style: powerful catchy sequences and furious melodic and acidic transitions. They are included as an addendum to this release mainly for historical purposes.

As suggested by most track titles, Greg’s powerful music was often inspired by comic books and movies featuring super heroes. He was an avid reader and fan of the monthly French "Strange" Magazine, which featured stories of characters from Marvel and DC Comics. He recollects that more than once he composed a new track right after watching an epic action film in theaters.

Tracklist:

01 – Anaconda’s Dance (Alternate Mix) (1995)
02 – Cyclope (Remix) (1993)
03 – Groovy Baby (1997)
04 – Running (1993)
05 – Gandalf’s Return (Final Mix) (2001)
06 – Gladiator (Remix) (2001)
07 – Lord Of The Minds (Remix) (2001)
08 – Diablo (Remix) (1993)
09 – Colosse (1993)
10 – Maya (1993)
11 – Gladiator (Original Mix) (2000)
12 – Sparte (2006)
13 – Cyclope (Original Mix) (1993)
14 – Hurleur (X-Men) (1993)
15 – Serval (1993)
16 – On Line (1993)
17 – Performance (1993)
18 – Diablo (Original Mix) (1993)
19 – Planète 28 (1993)
20 – Cannibal (1993)
21 – Daredevil (1993)

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released May 23, 2023

Credits:

All tracks written and produced by: Greg Bailay
Mastered by: Federico Draeke
Artwork: Federico Draeke
Executive producers: Federico Draeke, Vas Cosmogenesis
Catalogue number: UGR 047

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