Elea are Sylvie Gorsse & Stephane Espaignet, and this is actually their fourth album. When they started it was written E.L.E.A. which stands for Energy of Love for Elevation of Aura. I guess it still means the same today, but the points in between have been lost. Their style has changed a little too, fitting more into the psytrance category and less into the trip hop side of things. This album has some more uplifting tracks and the Elfic language invented by J.R.R. Tolkien (of Hobbit and Lord of the Rings fame) is used to sing in several of the tracks, giving them a kind of ethereal feel. Describing this album is pretty hard, but if you’ll think old school 1997 Goa trance, slow it down to around 120-135 bpm and you’ll get the general idea of most of the tracks on offer here. A speeded up Aes Dana from his Season 5 period might also begin to describe what this sounds like. It’s kinda funny to mention this maybe, but the artwork, which is nice and colorful by the way, also looks like Ultimae Records style of doing things, with the two black borders and having the artist name above and the title below. Getting back to the music, most of the tracks have lots of synths going on, and other instruments include the flute. Alderande (T5) springs to mind in that regard. Uplifting melodies are plentiful here as well, and Zion (T6) is a great example, as is Andromeda (T8) which also contains Elfic singing again. The Elfic singing is a nice touch, but I’m not really sure it’ll be everyone’s cup of tea. For those interested you have the lyrics in the booklet inside. Suns of Tatooine, the finishing track, gets the Cell remix treatment and closes the album off in a beautiful way, and is in my opinion, one of the best tracks on here. For those that don’t know, Tatooine is from Star Wars, and Star Wars along with Lord of the Rings, The Matrix & Star Trek, are mentioned as sources of inspiration on the cover. |
