ROBERT MILES

Rip It Up, Issue 224, 1 April 1996, Page 29

ROBERT MILES

‘Children’ (Deconstruction) SASHA ‘Be As One’ (Deconstruction) With the emergence of the wibbly, wobbly, dribbly (slightly, tedious) ’goa’ sound, which doesn’t really do it for me, it’s ' refreshing ,to hear a different take on trance. ‘Children’ was originally released on Platypus, the quality UK trance label.. Now, the bio bangs on about ‘Symphonic ■ Trance’ and ‘Dream Music’, but I suspect ; they are just trying to distance themselves from any goa connotations. Meaningless categories aside, this is very smooth, liquidicous, banging trance, with a message which is something along the lines of children being the future. Well, obviously. Then we have Sasha. He’s getting quite good at creating epic journeys fusing the soul and emotion of house with the dreamy trippiness of trance. 'Be As One’ builds slowly from a sinister intro into a throbbing bassline and then, of course, the moving vocals go to work on your emotions. On the flipside another treat, 'Heart of Imagination', which is by Sasha and Brian Transeau, a combination made in dance floor heaven. Another deep, emotional, building trancer, this has the trippiest, most life affirming piano line 'ever, backed up with scorching production and deep beats; Deconstruction, back on the money.