Earth Nation – Alienated

The Peace Mix is the jewel, here. Minimalistic to the max (see what I did?), it starts out bare, with just a deep kick, and lament-like gated vocals ("Yeah") ing a low-key, droning arpeggio. Think of Microbots' Cosmic Evolution, but much lower. Only later does a thudding bass guitar in, followed by another arpeggio, more metallic-piercing, this one, then, finally, a nostalgic synth layer. The result is hypnotic as fuck.

I still have my White Label in mint condition, it is an absolutely astounding track.
Sold to me from under the counter by DJ Dove (Inverness) legend.

Alienated (Earth Mix) is the very definition of hard trance, totally irresistible! The "guitar" break at 3:15 ushers in the groove!

Earth Nation at their most Goan, and best. A highly memorable track with a hard, driving rhythm and uniquely long and snaking acid 303 lines that seem to want to probe their way into infinity. The melody of this long acid line is like a prayer flag fluttering in the astral wind. It has such a transcendental feel that even the Tibetan yaks would be levitating. Even the cut up female vocal that might be cheesy is not enough to derail the time dilation that happens in this beautiful track. The only weakness is that it does not carry on forever. The only pity is that Earth Nation did not make more tracks like this. ~*~

Epic Trance stomper. The Earth Mix is the floor filler; Slightly cheesy whale noise to start then haunting broken female vocal and a classic 4/4 kick drum get the track moving. Bit of squidgy bass (a la Cynus X / Union Jack) then some arpeggiated notes before the driving synth lines come in. Builds to a fair old pace then the 1st breakdown comes. A few bars to relax then snare drum roll and into some high pitch guitar sounding synth and its off again. Nice harmonic synths create a catchy 4-chord progression for the main body doubled with some pitch shifted vocals.

A really ethereal sounding tune and one that kept spinning around my head for months after hearing it on a xth generation tape copy. Rediscovered it recently and by god it stands the test of time. Hands in the air once more \o/