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Maelstr​ö​m Re​-​visited

by Cybercraft

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Loops Of Heaven 7 (Demo) 05:34
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2.
All The Sounds Of The Rainbow (Demo 2) 05:43
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3.
Mental Flanged (Demo) 07:35
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4.
Beings Of Light (Wandering Remix) 05:49
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5.
Maelström (Flanged Mix) 06:12
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6.
Qwark (Space Demo 1) 06:37
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Amby (Demo 1) 08:09
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8.
Bartman In Music Land 07:47
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9.
Moonwalking 03:58
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10.
Sri-Lanka 05:00
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Unreleased Goa Records celebrates the unexpected return of Cybercraft with "Maelström Re-visited", an alternate version of the successful album released in 2020, containing tracks miraculously retrieved from the band’s archives in 2022. This French band produced Goa Trance music between 1993 and 1995. It was born at the end of 1992 from the ashes of the Electro-Cold band "Babel 17", who had their own home studio in an underground crypt and released New Wave, Coldwave, EBM, Punk bands. 3 of their 4 members continued as Cybercraft: Vincent Porte (Le Peaucre), Franck Meissonnier (Murdock) and Jean Franceschi (JeanJean), accompanied by Thierry Discord (THX). The quartet produced powerful tracks, similar to the ones played at parties, always seeking that precious mysterious element that would transcend the listener at the dancefloor. Unfortunately, the project did not last enough to perform at events. However, a few tracks were shared with DJ's (most notably to Willy Butron of Gangguru), who played them at rave events in France and Full Moon parties in Goa, where they were highly acclaimed by the crowds.

Cybercraft’s early musical influences include The Overlords, Juno Reactor, T.I.P., Technossomy, Total Eclipse, Astral Projection, Psychaos, Etnica, X-Dream, Prana, Hallucinogen, Slinky Wizard, S.M.I.L.E., Planet B.E.N. and more, as well as music played by famous DJ’s such as Serge Souque, Yayo, Heyoka, Mike Maguire, Joti Sidhu, Tsuyoshi, Jens.

The band used an Atari PC, with Notator, the ancestor of Logic, then Cubase (which, at the time, handled only midi impulses, and not the audio part), Roland synths (Juno 6, Juno 106, JD-800), various expanders (MKS-50), drum machines, and two Akaï S-1000 samplers, all connected to a Yamaha or Mackie mixer, with the essential studio effect racks. As their equipment was limited, tricking the machines to reach the intended result was the rule.

"Maelström Re-visited" is a wonderful collection of Psychedelic, Ambient & early Goa Trance tracks originally considered lost for good. The album features demo versions and alternate mixes of the original tracks, and concludes with three previously unreleased Trance and Ambient productions.

Exclusively available on Bandcamp are two bonus tracks :
_A long mix of ‘Mental Flanged’ recorded live at the band’s studio. As a special tribute to Cybercraft, Vincent Perret (aka Remède), a member of Babel 17, produced a magnificent video for this track: youtu.be/h1GKhq9Wlms
_’Tribal Tranz’, a mystic track, reminiscent of the sounds of the first Gaia Tonträger compilations. It was produced in 1992 by "Osmose", an early, more techno/trance oriented, incarnation of Cybercraft, which featured the same members.

Cybercraft would like to thank: Paulo Lopes (DJ Paulo), Fabi, Stéphane Mars, Patrick Beauvois, Pierre, Jean-Yves Bourdais, Patrice Guéguen, DJ Mat, Kifran (R.I.P), Céline & Manue (Chatterton Sisters), DJ Willy (Gangguru), Heyoka, Serge, Yayo & everyone @ Trans-Body-Express, everyone @ Gaia Concept, Rackham (Tekno Tanz / Gaia Concept), Mike Maguire, Patrick Rognant, Tony Montana, Justine, Inès, David, Nenou, Fee, Soso, Arthur, Hugo, Maxime, Roxy, Bluenn, Emma, Renata & Stella, Angy, Kéké, 303 Acid, Darius, Dédé, Fred AGA, DJ Loïc, Sophie, Laure, Guillaume, Max le sale gosse, Escalofrio, Kat ’Eyes, RGO, Hadra, Shiva, Ganesh, their families, & all artists and DJ's who inspired them.

Bom Shankar!

Tracklist:

01. Cybercraft - Loops Of Heaven 7 (Demo)
02. Cybercraft - All The Sounds Of The Rainbow (Demo 2)
03. Cybercraft - Mental Flanged (Demo)
04. Cybercraft - Beings Of Light (Wandering Remix)
05. Cybercraft - Maelström (Flanged Mix)
06. Cybercraft - Qwark (Space Demo 1)
07. Cybercraft - Amby (Demo 1)
08. Cybercraft - Bartman In Music Land
09. Cybercraft - Moonwalking
10. Cybercraft - Sri-Lanka

Bonus Tracks:

11. Cybercraft - Mental Flanged (Long Live Mix 1993)
12. Osmose - Tribal Tranz

credits

released June 29, 2022

Credits:

All tracks composed, recorded and mixed by: Jean Franceschi, Thierry Discord, Vincent Porte, Franck Meissonnier, except:
Tracks 8, 9, 10 recorded and mixed by Vincent Porte
@ B17 Studio, somewhere…
@ Blue Lotus Studio, somewhere else…
Between 1992 and 1995.
Audio Restoration (2022) by: Federico Draeke, Jean Franceschi
Mastered by: Federico Draeke
Artwork: Shiva Ohm, Federico Draeke
Executive producers: Vas Cosmogenesis, Federico Draeke
Catalogue number: UGR 034

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DAT Universe sublabel, perceived as a logical continuation and the final phase of the “Unreleased Goa Project”, that exists since 2007. The aim is to release in digital format until now hidden and obscure Goa Trance tracks, or re-release rare albums.

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