1. Ron Boots - Twisted Tales (excerpt) [6:07]
   From the CD "Different Stories and Twisted Tales" (GR1104)
2. Future World Orchestra - Running Water (excerpt) [3:15]
   From the CD "The Hidden Files" (GR-044)
3. Eric van der Heijden - Da Capo (excerpt) [5:30]
   From the CD "Da Capo" (GR-017)
4. Hemisphere - Psychedelic Friends Create (excerpt) [4:00]
   From the CD "Inversion" (GR-040)
5. Frank Van Bogaert - Deserts (excerpt) [5:04]
   From the CD "Geographic" (GR-024)
6. Syndrone - Avonlea (excerpt) [4:16]
   From the CD "Being There" (GR1106)
7. Wavestar - Crystal Ashes (excerpt) [4:30]
   From the CD "Out of Time" (GR-004)
8. Steve Roach & Vidna Obmana - Common Ground (excerpt) [3:48]
   From the CD "Live Archive" (GR-038)
9. Rudy Adrian - Coming Home (excerpt) [3:52]
   From the CD "Kinetic Flow - Sequencer Sketches vol.1" (GR-041)
10. Intelligentsia - Off World (excerpt) [3:09]
    From the CD single "The Signal to Off World" (GR-025)
11. Kees Aerts - Travel (excerpt) [5:34]
    From the CD "Slices of Time" (GR-001)
12. Michael Stearns - Portraits (excerpt) [3:27]
    From the CD "Floating Whispers" (GR-022)
13. Victor Cerullo - Liberation (excerpt) [3:52]
    From the CD "Ludus" (GR-014)
14. John Dyson - Tempus Fugit (excerpt) [4:58]
    From the CD "Silverbird" (GR-018)
15. Kees Aerts & James Clent - Surfacing from Beyond (excerpt) [4:21]
    From the CD "Truth or Dare" (GR1129)
16. Ron Boots & Ian Boddy - Eurasia (excerpt) [4:31]
    From the CD "Phase 3" (GR1128)
17. Alpha Wave Movement - Another Time… Another Place (excerpt) [3:38]
    From the CD "Drifted into deeper Lands" (GR-042)
18. The Blue Team - Prologue (excerpt) [3:19]
    From the CD "The Blue Team" (GR1119)

Groove Unlimited sampler. Excellent for getting acquainted with some of the Groove artists. The first artist on this sampler is Ron Boots. His track is reminiscent of Tangerine Dream's later period work. Nice, mellow, Trance / electronica.

Track 2 is by Future World Orchestra. New Age with a synthesized beat. Sort of reminds me of some of Rick Wakeman's early 90s work.

Track 3 by Eric van der Heijden is a nice New Age piece.

Track 4 by Hemisphere is more engaging. Building slowly over polyrhythmic percussion into a Trance beat reminiscent of Ozric Tentacles mello side sans Guitar; this I could recommend.

Track 5 by Frank Van Bogaert is on the orchestral side of the New Age spectrum. I am reminded of something by Mike Oldfield perhaps on Songs of Distant Earth sans Guitar. Inspiring piece; recommended.

Track 6 by Syndrone is an ambient excursion, good for relaxing and falling asleep.

Track 7 by Wavestar is electronica with a New Age sweetness to it; very nice.

Track 8 by Steve Roach & Vidna Obmana is ambient with a slow building percussion background; music to dream to.

Track 9 by Rudy Adrian is sequenced ambient electronica similar to Richard Pinhas' mellow work.

Track 10 by Intelligentsia is an okay techno / Trance / New Wave sounding piece.

Track 11 by Kees Aerts is okay sequenced New Age.

Track 12 by Michael Stearns is an ambient excursion, good for relaxing and falling asleep.

Track 13 by Victor Cerullo is an interesting rhythmic Trance / New Age mix akin to Ozric Tentacles crossed with Fonya; effective.

Track 14 by John Dyson is a nice New Age piece with well programmed Drums.

Track 15 by Kees Aerts & James Clent is a very good sequenced electronica piece with guitar that builds to a crescendo.

Track 16 by Ron Boots, Ian Boddy & Harold van der Heijden is an ambient / Trance mix that has a nice flow.

Track 17 by Alpha Wave Movement is a pulsing ambient piece. Music to dream to.

The final track on this sampler is by The Blue Team. An ambient piece that includes spoken word vocals through a Vocoder.

With a name like Groove Unlimited, I expected this record company to be focused on Trance artists but it seems to encompass a larger variety of E-music. I thoroughly enjoyed a few of the pieces on this sampler and based on those samples I feel confident recommending the ones I did,

YMMV. ~ L. Perez This CD features 78 minutes of material by various musicians found among the Groove Unlimited catalogue. Included are: Ron Boots; Future World Orchestra; Eric van der Heijden; Hemisphere; Frank Van Bogaert; Syndrone; Wavestar; Steve Roach & Vidna Obmana; Rudy Adrian; Intelligentsia; Kees Aerts; Michael Stearns; Victor Cerullo; John Dyson; Kees Aerts & James Clent; Ron Boots, Ian Boddy, & Harold van der Heijden; Alpha Wave Movement; and The Blue Team.

The general tone here is one of rhythmic electronics, soft music that pulses with ambient melodies and soaring emotions. Dreamy electronics share the sonic stage with keyboard passages and tender percussion.

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