Liquid Child - Diving Faces [1998]

[Propeller]

One of the tracks that got me into trance. The original is accessible without being cheesy. It sounds simple but is actually a superbly balanced production and musically genius. The pads are ethereal, synths crispy and it's full of nice sounds and effects throughout. Even the whispering vocal adds a touch of mystique.


Slightly tougher remix from 1999


Techy Thumper remix


Way out West did two remixes, the trancier remix


and the more proggy dub

 

[trancedanne]

This track was begging for an Oliver Lieb remix to be made.

 

[Hensmon]

The original is accessible without being cheesy.

Def cheesy for me, too much so. Cant listen the original anymore, even though it has some nice sounds. Was big in my early Trance journey though. Don't think I ever heard a remix. The Tom Wax one makes the track a little more bareable. The WoW ones are much better, would even play these more, altough wise they had reworked the main melody to something less cheesy. Lovely intro a the string though in the first one.

 

[Progrez]

Def cheesy for me, too much so. Cant listen the original anymore, even though it has some nice sounds. Was big in my early Trance journey though. Don't think I ever heard a remix. The Tom Wax one makes the track a little more bareable. The WoW ones are much better, would even play these more, altough wise they had reworked the main melody to something less cheesy. Lovely intro a the string though in the first one.

I still don't mind it and I prefer this sound over EDM any day. In terms of quality this is Astronautical units different to what is being released these days.

@Propeller Check out Magic Crystal the vocals are quite cheesy

https://soundcloud.com/liquidchild%2Fmagic-crystals
https://soundcloud.com/liquidchild%2Fdiving-faces-polaron-mix

 

[erickUO]

Original gave me goosebumps when hearing it for the first time.

 

[tranceking26]

I quite like the vocal version:

 

[Sean Cong]

As a new listener, I first knew the track by the Ben Gold version of it.
Ben Gold's version is ordinary to me, but when I heard the main melody, I instantly felt familiar with it.
It seems like I have previously listened to it before, and I did not know the name.

So I found the original version, and it is very nice.
Thanks to Ben Gold who helped me discover the original.

 

[Magdelayna]

Some nice 1999 memories with this,although id put in the same cheesy category as something like Alice Deejay.