Trance Europe Express is a compilation album

Compilation album

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 of Europe

Europe

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an trance

Trance music

Trance is a genre of electronic dance music that developed in the 1990s.:251 It is generally characterized by a tempo of between 125 and 150 bpm,:252 repeating melodic synthesizer phrases, and a musical form that builds up and breaks down throughout a track...

 artists which was compiled by the publishers of Volume magazine

Volume magazine

Volume was a magazine in the form of a series of compact disc compilation albums that were published in the UK in the early to mid 1990s. The albums typically contained exclusive tracks and remixes from a diverse range of indie artists. Each album was packaged with a 192-page booklet that contained...

 in 1993.

The Trance Europe Express series consisted of 5 compilations of various trance artists. Volume also crossed the pond with the Trance Atlantic

Trance Atlantic

Trance Atlantic is the first compilation album in the Trance Atlantic series, which was released by Volume magazine in January, 1995.-Disc one:# Spacetime Continuum – "101 South Of Heaven" – 7:22...

series, which showcased trance artists from the United States

United States

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. Similarly to issues of Volume magazine, Trance Europe Express came packaged with a 192-page booklet, featuring interviews and short bios of each of the bands included on the 2 CD

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s.

The name of the series is most likely an homage to seminal electronic

Electronic music

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 band Kraftwerk

Kraftwerk

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's album Trans-Europe Express

Trans-Europe Express (album)

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.

Disc one

1. Orbital
   Orbital (band)
   Orbital are a British electronic dance music duo from Sevenoaks, England consisting of brothers Phil and Paul Hartnoll. Their career initially ran from 1989 until 2004, but in 2009 they announced that they would be reforming and headlining The Big Chill, in addition to a number of other live shows...
   
    – "Semi-Detached" – 9:31
2. Bandulu – "Gravity Pull" – 5:34
3. Readymade – "Face the Day" – 6:11
4. System 7
   System 7 (band)
   System 7 are a British ambient dance band. Due to the existence of another band called System Seven, they were initially marketed as 777 in North America...
   
    – "Desir" – 7:11
5. Spooky
   Spooky
   Spooky is a British house/techno duo consisting of Duncan Forbes and Charlie May. They debuted with Gargantuan in 1993 after signing to Guerilla Records. In 1995 and 1996 they released three EPs on their own Generic Records label, followed quickly in mid-1996 by their second album, Found Sound...
   
    & Billie Ray Martin
   Billie Ray Martin
   -Career:Billie Ray Martin has had dance and pop hits in various collaborations and as a solo artist. Initially a guest singer for S'Express , she went on to work with the electronic/pop/house-music group Electribe 101. The group's only album was Electribal Memories because it disbanded...
   
    – "Persuasion" – 6:14
6. Material
   Material (band)
   For the rock band of the same name, see The MaterialMaterial is a musical group formed in 1979 and led by bass guitarist Bill Laswell.-1978-82: The band:...
   
    – "Praying Mantra" – 5:16
7. The Black Dog
   Black Dog Productions
   The Black Dog was founded by Ken Downie along with Ed Handley and Andy Turner. Widely regarded as legends, the group are pioneers who, along with acts like Autechre, Aphex Twin, µ-ziq and LFO, came to define the techno movement known as intelligent dance music in the early 1990s.-Early career:In...
   
    – "Xeper" – 8:03
8. Scubadevils – "Celestial Symphony" – 6:42
9. 030 – "Midnight in Europe" – 5:38
10. Cosmic Baby
    Cosmic Baby
    Harald Blüchel is a German electronic artist who is mostly known under his alias Cosmic Baby. Blüchel is also well known for his participation in dance acts such as Energy 52 with Paul Schmitz-Moormann and The Visions of Shiva with Paul van Dyk.- Biography and musical career :Harald Blüchel was...
    
     – "Space Track" – 7:40
11. Total Eclipse
    Total Eclipse (band)
    Total Eclipse is a psychedelic trance band founded in 1992 by Stéphane Holweck, Serge Souque and Loïc Van Pouckein France with the first remaining the sole member in present day. Their first tracks appeared on a few compilations in 1993, and by 1994 they had a few singles out with Dragonfly...
    
     – "Black Hole" – 5:09
12. C. J. Bolland
    C. J. Bolland
    C. J. Bolland is a British electronic music producer and remixer.Born in Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, Bolland's family moved to Antwerp, Belgium when he was three years old...
    
     – "Random" – 5:29

Disc two

1. MLO – "Colour of the Sun" – 5:57
2. Source – "It's a Kind of Magic" – 7:29
3. Aphex Twin
   Aphex Twin
   Richard David James , best known under the pseudonym Aphex Twin, is an Irish-born electronic musician and composer described as "the most inventive and influential figure in contemporary electronic music"...
   
    – "Analogue Bubblebath 3" – 5:54
4. The Orb
   The Orb
   Throughout 1989, the Orb, along with Martin Glover, developed the musical genre of ambient house through the use of a diverse array of samples and recordings. The culmination of its musical work came toward the end of the year when the group recorded a session for John Peel on BBC Radio 1...
   
    – "Majestic (Millwall Mix)" – 9:36
5. Moody Boyz – "Glitch" – 7:19
6. Moby
   Moby
   Richard Melville Hall , better known by his stage name Moby, is an American musician, DJ, and photographer. He is known mainly for his sample-based electronic music and his outspoken liberal political views, including his support of veganism and animal rights.Moby gained attention in the early...
   
    – "Move" – 5:52
7. DIY – "Washed Over By Mastemah" – 6:58
8. The Drum Club – "Follow the Sun" – 6:18
9. Psychick Warriors Ov Gaia
   Psychick Warriors Ov Gaia
   Psychick Warriors ov Gaia is a group of Dutch techno music producers from the town of Tilburg. It is also known as PWOG, Thee Disciples ov Gaia and Sluagh Ghairm, two of its members was affiliated to Thee Temple ov Psychick Youth...
   
    – "Dust" – 6:33
10. Barbarella – "The Mission" – 7:21
11. Sabres of Paradise – "Inter/Lergen/Ten/Ko" – 6:27
12. Trance Induction – "N" – 6:27