Sasha & Maria - Heart of Imagination [1996]

Artist(s)
Sasha & Maria
Release title
Heart of Imagination
Label name
Deconstruction
Release year
1996

dmgtz96

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Totally-90's progressive trance written by BT.
Excellent production. Love to hear that distorted piano.
 

dmgtz96

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Some interesting things about this track:

  • Heart of Imagination is the B-side of Be As One. In my opinion, Heart of Imagination is more interesting.
  • The synth starting at 1:10 is fairly standard for its time. I feel like I've heard it before, but I couldn't tell you where.
  • If it wasn't obvious that this is a BT track, the kicks starting at 2:39 give it away. I got Libra pres. Taylor - Calling Your Name vibes based on how we have an additional 9th kick every 2 bars. The section at 4:22 has even stronger BT vibes. Some parts of this track really do feel like an alternate version of Calling Your Name, but that's not necessarily a bad thing.
  • The deep bassline at around 6:52 is nuts. It's almost like a different track compared to the "Calling Your Name" section. I'm not too familiar with BT/Sasha's work from this era, but I imagine this is more Sasha than BT.
  • 8:18 introduces the last major change, an X-cabs style synth that is also totally '90s. This synth appears briefly for a couple of bars and then comes back at 9:03.
  • 10:03 onwards is the outro. Nothing too special here. It's just fitting for DJ mixes of then.
 
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