Awesome!

I am happy to see that this music is oozing vibes.  1974AD and Narayan Gopal remix was good given it's the first time hearing nepali trance remix. I might just have to email DJ Tantrik to remix a few of Nepathya's classics. You think he would do it?

I was just thinking how to categorize the songs I am about to upload. Before I do though just want to share with you a bit of background on how I was introduced to this great music. Hope I won't bore you - everyone has love for their music - and I suppose this is mine. You can skip the story if you like and go right to the music.

Story starts--->

I was about 13 when I first heard Depeche Mode's 'Taking a Ride with My Best Friend' single at a friend's party. That was amongst the many 80's music we listened to - but what struck me was the use of synthesizers and the lyrics. It was just different to many of the usual pop and rock songs playing in MTV. During a junior high dance - none of these bands - ZZ Top, NWA, Bryan Adams, Madonna did a thing for me - but broke my legs dancing with New Order's 'Bizarre Love Triangle' on the background!

I still hadn't appreciated their work until I was a sophomore in high school. It just happens that a fellow classmate in my PE class was also into this kind of music, and he was much more knowledgeable than I was. Back then we used to call it 'new wave' or electronica. Trance hadn't evolved then. One day, he handed over two cassette tapes to me - one for Depeche Mode and the other for New Order. To me, those two gifts are one of the most two precious gifts I have ever received.  These two bands pretty much shaped my adolescence - without a doubt, I am their world's #1 fan. As I got older, I played them often and was fortunate enough to hear them at a variety of venues I visited during college, night out, etc.

<---Story ends.

Trance is sort of like a 'DuPont commercial', which goes something like 'we don't make the things you buy, we just make them better!' And when I say trance I mean all the sub genres, including synth pop, house, etc. I agree that a few songs sound good on their own, but most tunes are better when remixed. And there is absolutely no discrimination when it comes to the type of songs being re-tuned. An example is the classical tune above - in fact, classical music has had a huge influence in trance.

As every good song or poetry has notable lyrics, most trance remixes are phenomenal in the way they portray emotion - tragic loss of love, survival, drug abuse, romantic devotion, temptation, addiction, love for life, joy of friends, denial, passion, blind ambition, etc. If Edgar Allan Poe was alive I think he would greatly express his famous melancholy poem, The Raven, through trance music. In the same way, The Raven or any good movie is open to interpretations, many trance lyrics - especially from New Order and Depeche Mode, have hidden messages. The groups have never revealed their true intentions and I do not think they ever will, similar to other well known popular bands. We can only assume what they are trying to say.

So, the lyrics or the tune is all that is really needed to appreciate this music - you can ignore the visual effects and images if you wish. And rather than inundate you with all the New Order and Depeche Mode classics at once - I will try and alternate between them with the new ones.

The first class1ic is 'Bizarre Love Triangle' by New Order and the second one, 'Enjoy the Silence' by Depeche Mode. The full lyrics are absent on the latter one but you can easily find it. As before, turn the volume a bit higher with decent speakers or noise reduction headsets.