Ayla - Ayla [1996]

[TRANCEBLASTER]

Ayla was the most successful trance project of Dj Tandu, of course thanks to the Taucher Remix, but i always loved the piano parts in the original mixes, here they are

Original Mix

Club MIx

Taucher Remix

 

[Exodom]

Words cannot describe it really...the memories are too heavy

 

[Psybee]

Sun is Coming Out is another good track by Ayla.

 

[TheTranceHistorian]

The original Ayla is a brilliant, dark, moody track. The mainstream Taucher Remix on the other hand is a cheesy, weightless, directionless public mall elevator background music.

 

[TRANCEBLASTER]

Taucher Remix of the Taucher Remix

Kosmonova - Ayla (Taucher Remix) [Dos Or Die] 1997


here a re-up. maybe many of you are unaware, but in 1996, major labels were still not fishing in 'Trance' waters, and the German charts were mostly full of happy rave tunes from 'Scooter', 'Marusha' or 'Mark'Oh'. it was the success of 'Robert Miles - Children' that brought commercial profits to 'Trance'.

therefore, in 1996, no major label had yet shown interest in the original 'Ayla/Taucher Remix' release.

however in 1997, a small German label, 'Dos Or Die' recognised the tracks potential, they bought the rights and made their own rework by the dj 'Kosmonova' and his ghost producer 'Wippenberg'. 'Ingo' and 'Taucher' agreed, on the condition that they would create their own new remixes. one from 'Taucher', the other from 'Ingo' aka 'In-Trance'.

'Sony BMG' picked up this new version and 'Kosmonova - Ayla' reached number 24. in the sales, which was considered a great success. thats why 'Taucher' and 'Ingo' joined forces and created their next follow up under 'Ayla - Ayla pt.2', hoping for similiar success.

 

[Propeller]

The original Ayla is a brilliant, dark, moody track. The mainstream Taucher Remix on the other hand is a cheesy, weightless, directionless public mall elevator background music.

lol, what? It's nearly 10 minutes long with a beautiful 2 min instrumental intro plus a well-crafted outro. It's none of the things you describe. Also features some of the most beautiful and emotional sounds ever made in this kind of trance. A well produced journey of a record too. Still played and appreciated today by Gen-Z DJs... Can't please everybody I suppose, different tastes and all that...

 

[TheTranceHistorian]

lol, what? It's nearly 10 minutes long with a beautiful 2 min instrumental intro plus a well-crafted outro. It's none of the things you describe. Also features some of the most beautiful and emotional sounds ever made in this kind of trance. A well produced journey of a record too. Still played and appreciated today by Gen-Z DJs... Can't please everybody I suppose, different tastes and all that...

This is hands down my most brutal trance-related hot take, and it drives a lot of people crazy, but I stand by it. Where is the drive, the energy, the lateral momentum in this track that you can find in both early '90s ambient trance and mid-2000s hard trance (two extreme ends of the spectrum)? Where is the gradual and methodical application of the tension-and-release principle to induce trance and evoke euphoria? Every melody floats in the clouds, feather-light, weightless, and coated in sugary sweetness. At every point where the track finally starts to build some momentum and tension (like between 2:40 and 2:53) it suddenly pulls the handbrake and veers off into commerce land, a candy-coated rainbow fantasy. And the main musical motif that kicks in around 4:56 and explodes at 6:31? That level of tastelessness is something even the most atrocious eurodance acts wouldn’t dare to touch.​

Still played and appreciated today by Gen-Z DJs... Can't please everybody I suppose, different tastes and all that...

I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but practically every single “trance” track that gets exceptionally high views on YouTube or ends up in modern sets alongside contemporary tracks only does so because it’s not actually a trance track. At best, it’s built on trance-like foundations but leans heavily toward another (usually more popular) genre. That’s exactly what’s going on with this track too. I only liked this track back when I was first getting into the genre in the late 2000s, but since then I can barely even look at it. Maybe the exact reason Gen-Z DJs appreciate this track (unlike the hundreds of proper classic trance tracks they completely ignore) is because it’s nothing like those. It fits into the sugary mold of their typically played EDM tracks.​

 

[facade1984]

"Perry, it's the girls of our dreams"

Taucher mix for me

 

[Magdelayna]

Taucher did an amazing job,cant be beaten - but the Veracocha version is a great high energy one....on a UK McDonalds TV advert famously....