The Thrillseekers - Synaesthesia FLAC download

I will offer anyone with this £35 / $50 / 40 EUR for a copy in playable condition

If anyone has the stickered neo white label of this please message me

As played by Paul Van Dyk at Cafe Mambo in Ibizahttps://s26.postimg.org/mixdytjex/Thrillseekers2.jpg

Totally agree - I am referring to the non vocal mixes though - and I did like the 51st State :)Superb Original and remix YlemOK some people forget but a super catchy hook I am not ashamed to cross genres and appreciate poetic tranceNot forgotten - playing tomorrow :)

I quite like this. I know I'm not supposed to. It's the aural equivalent of an empty carbs rush, a Gatecrasher-era fortress of cheese. And for someone who grew up on Eye Q/Harthouse, MFS etc., it felt like a personal insult when this style of music suddenly appeared towards the end of the century and they had the nerve to call it "trance". "Syneasthesia" was one of the most successful records in this genre (42 different versions on discogs at the time of writing), so obviously it includes several of the annoying elements that you'd expect; plastic-sounding, sterile, saccharine synth leads, boring rhythm arrangement, that stupid off-beat bassline. But it steers clear of the most hyperbolic melodrama, and it's got a really nice melody. And compared to EDM or whatever the hell they call it these days, it's a piece of art. So yeah, I quite like it. The only euro-trance track I like, in fact. I even have it on vinyl. So sue me.

Synaesthesia was, perhaps, the most influential track defining trance back in early 1999 the same way Age of Love did in 1990, Stella did in 1992, and Schoneberg in 1994, etc. I'm sure there were a gang of cunts who grew up in the 80's on the early Detroit techno and Chicago House releases that thought Sven Väth and Matthias Hoffman were a couple of froggy cheese eaters in the early 90's, so please do us all a favor, save your apologies and call it like it is. Steve Helstrip was way ahead of the curve on this track despite the critical fervor to bash it as nothing more than stupid cheese. Bottom Line: the first time anyone hears Synaesthesia, they feel like they've heard it before, and that is, what defines art in music.

Track Number 005 seems to be the Paul van Dyk Dub Remix. It has the same length as posted under http://www.discogs.com/Thrillseekers-Synaesthesia-Fly-Away/release/139955

The successful way to kill an amazing song is to get Sheryl Deane to wail over it about flying away - AWAY WHERE?! Even The Thrillseekers (who I thought would not dissapoint me after numerous great remixes and a hit "Synaestasia") succumb to using the terrible vocal. The newer mixes would be quite good if there were instrumental versions available, but the classic will always be the En Motion Mix AKA Original Mix.

Steve Helstrip started out making trance music while working for the computer games developer, Manic Media. Whilst living in Chipping Norton, on the Oxfordshire border, with a relatively basic home studio he produced a euphoric trance track which he called ‘Synaesthesia’. This track became the first release under the name ‘The Thrillseekers’. Signed and released by ‘Neo Records’ at the height of the 1998 trance boom, it went on to sell over 12,000 copies on its initial UK release. The original version of the track got massive support from top DJ’s such as Paul van Dyk and Paul Oakenfold and it’s still mentioned by many people as one of the ultimate trance classics. Besides the original instrumental version, there was also a vocal version with vocals written and performed by Sheryl Deane. People like Paul van Dyk (who also signed it to his own label ‘Vandit’) and Darude (Ville Virtanen) took care of remixing this track. The vocal version was released as ‘Synaesthesia (Fly Away)’ in the year 2000. On some of the releases you can find ‘Steve Helstrip's Essential Mix’, which is a continuous mix containing the following 4 versions: ‘Paul Van Dyk's Vocal Mix’, ‘En-Motion Mix’, ‘Paul Van Dyk Dub Mix’ and ‘Alaska's Sunset Mix’. In 2004 ‘Synaesthesia’ saw a re-release on Steve Helstrip’s very own label ‘Adjusted Music’. This re-release became a big success again worldwide. Especially because of the nice new remixes that were done. Dutchman Jack Molenschot did a remix under his ‘Mesh’ alias, Steve Helstrip himself remixed the track again as well, Russian producers Dmitry Almazov and Sergey Vinogradov made a cool remix under their ‘Bobina’ name, Andy Perring remixed the track as ‘Pulser’ and last but not least, ‘Synaesthesia’ got a very nice Ferry Corsten treatment. Ferry’s remix was supported by DJ’s such as Armin van Buuren, Paul van Dyk and of course Steve Helstrip and Ferry himself played the track a lot. The original version of the track is also in the movie 'The 51st State' with Samuel L. Jackson. During the rave party when Felix DeSouza and Dakota Parker are kissing eachother you hear 'Synaesthesia' in the background ...

The En Motion mix does not appear in this movie, the Sheryl Deane Vocal version does! :P

Tunage!!! this track rocks... I like the Mesh remix on this release best but the Ferry Corsten remix is best overall... An uplifting breakdown makes this track as does the melody (which is only feature in the Mesh remix...)

This is an excellent track. The lyrics are beautiful and meaningful and it's such a lovely dreamy trance track. Although this specific single should be avoided, because there's another one that has 10 tracks on it, so get that one instead. I'll have a more complete review on that one.