Transwave

Transwave Is A Pioneering Goa/Psychedelic Trance Act Composed Of Christophe Drouillet Today Known As Absolum And Frederic Holyszewski Today Deedrah . Christophe Was Raised In A Classical Musician Family Though He Never Had Training In Music Or Electronic. First He Got Involved In Various New Wave Bands Where He Was The Singer And The Programmer. One Day He Discovered The Techno Music Sound And That Changed His Musical Orientation. Also Raised In A Family Of Musicians Frederic Holyszewski Began His Musical Studies At The Age Of Five Learning Transverse Flute And Piano. During His Teenage Years He Found Inspiration In The Electronic Music Of The Day Including Jean-Michel Jarre Depeche Mode Frankie Goes To Hollywood And Simple Minds. He Bought His First Synthesizer Funded By Working At Night In Bars As A Pianist. After The Split Of His First Rock Band Vision Quest In 1990 He Started To Work On His Own With The Help Of Computers. Christophe And Frederic Met At A French Rave Party And Subsequently Formed The Psychedelic Trance Act Transwave In 1994. Three Months Later The First Transwave Release Datura EP Was Launched On The Small French Label Transpact. Over The Following Two Years Transwave Released Three Albums Hypnorhythm 1995 Helium 1996 Phototropic 1996 And Toured Around The World Experiencing Great Success In The Psychedelic Trance Underground And Scoring An International Trance Hit With Their Track "Land Of Freedom." The Group Split After The D-Mention Party In Paris In May 1997. Transwave Is Known For Its Heavy Use Of TB-303 Based Effects. Drawing A Wealth Of Knowledge From These Experiences Frederic Ventured Out And Started His Own Record Label And Production Studio Questionmark RDS. In 1997 The Label Released His First Solo Album Self Oscillation Under The Name Deedrah Which Marked Frederic’s First Break From The Original Psychedelic Goa Trance Sound He Was Producing Before. Since Then Dado Has Worked Under A Variety Of Project Names Including Cypher Dado And Synthetic. As For Christophe He Launched His Record Label 3D Vision In Paris In 1998 Releasing Artists As Dancefloor Oriented As Possible. As Of Late 2006 The Group Has Reformed And A New Album Is Promised To Be Released In 2007. As A "warm Up" To This Release The "Transwave Best Of 1994-1996 " Album Dubbed "Backfire" Was Released On Christophes 3D Vision Label In January 2007. It Collects Classics Singles And Rarities From The Earliest Releases By The Group. read less