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I haven’t shared any music for a while, so today I’m digging into my iTunes to serve up a couple of epic, super-obscure tracks. To give you an idea of how generally unknown these songs are, searching for them in Google gives exactly zero results. Nada. Nil. Well, except for a mention of the first one here on my site as a “currently listening.”

Cloud2Ground - Rush

First on the menu is a spectacular sonic journey from Cloud2Ground. Though no longer around as Cloud2Ground, they went on to form the wonderful Shiny Toy Guns. Cloud2Ground (alias Slyder) put out two full length CDs (E-Majn and The Gate <Beautiful>), but this track is pre-E-Majn. It’s from some various artists collection (the name of which escapes me). If you happen to be familiar with Cloud2Ground/Slyder’s catalog, you’ll hear the precursors of multiple songs mixed in here (largely Score and Raindown). Rush is an eleven-minute trip that is equal parts trance, ambient, and classical piano work. It begins as a fairly minimal drums/bassline/percussion piece, effortlessly morphs into laid-back piano over synths mode, then turns around and explodes into a full blown trance affair. And the vocal samples? Brilliant.

Antidote - Euphoric Recall

Next up is nearly nine minutes of droning, fuzzed-out, pounding techno that I am hopelessly in love with. Antidote released this track back in 2002 as part of their internet-only Future Happiness album. It has fourteen plays in iTunes, but back when I first got my hands on an early version in 2001, I listened to it continuously for about a week. The first thing to hit your ears is the main synth loop as it insistently worms its way into your brain. Then, on the third or fourth repeat, you start to notice all the other little sub-melodies, shifts, and subtle changes happening throughout. From the filtered intro to the slow, pulsing fade, Euphoric Recall is a masterpiece.

♫ Antidote - Euphoric Recall