Transa

• Active: '90s, 2000s
• Genres: Electronica
• Instrument: Producer, Performer, Remixing
• Representative Albums: "Exposure, Pt. 3," "Chronology"

Biography

A percussive and distorted product of the tech-trance arena, Dave Webster and Brenden Webster's Transa made music largely unrecognized by the public. Late '90s anthemic releases, "Prophase," "Behind the Sun," and "Astro Dawn," won approval from Paul Oakenfold and Sasha & Digweed, but the band found that most of their mainstream recognition was being achieved through exploitative remixes for Art of Trance, Blank & Jones, Vengaboys, and Alice Deejay. All of which led to an early mid-life crisis in 2001. Singles like "Rotation" and the Exposure, Pt. 3 mix emphasized the psychological battles of progressive house instead of whistle-blowing overindulgence while the band spurned remix duties whenever they got the chance. Transa's work on their debut album also began the same year, and those that knew the duo's name were unsure if past history suggested a band headed towards chart positivity or mass culture's backroom. ~ Dean Carlson, All Music Guide

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• Artist: Caetano Veloso
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• Release Date: 1972
• Type: Lyrics are included with the album
• Genre: Latin

Review

Transa was the first LP recorded by Caetano Veloso upon his return from exile in London, England (1972). The sound of '70s electric rock predominates, fused with Brazilian rhythms and percussion, berimbau sounds, and his own violão playing. Several lyrics in English, and also in Portuguese, carefully avoid direct reference to politics, which may be found disguised in all songs, especially in the melancholic and depressed images of the poem by Gregório de Mattos, "Triste Bahia," for which Veloso wrote the music. "It's a Long Way" also makes ciphered references to the political situation and was broadly played in the '70s. The broad use of pontos de capoeira (music used for accompaniment of capoeira, a martial art developed by Brazilian slaves as a resistance against the whites) can also be understood in that sense. The album also has "Mora na Filosofia," a classic and beautiful samba by Monsueto that scandalized people with its rock rendition. ~ Alvaro Neder, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
You Don't Know Me	Caetano Veloso	Caetano Veloso	(3:49)
Nine Out of Ten	Caetano Veloso	Caetano Veloso	(4:57)
Triste Bahia	Caetano Veloso	Caetano Veloso	(9:47)
It's a Long Way	Caetano Veloso	Caetano Veloso	(6:07)
Mora Na Filosofia		Caetano Veloso	(6:16)
Neolithic Man	Caetano Veloso	Caetano Veloso	(4:55)
Nostalgia (That's What Rock'n Roll Is All About)	Caetano Veloso	Caetano Veloso	(1:22)

Credits

Caetano Veloso (Guitar), Caetano Veloso (Vocals), Caetano Veloso (Main Performer)

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