Trace

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Low 03:26 Tools
Honey 00:00 Tools
Heavy Shoulders 00:00 Tools
Oh My My 00:00 Tools
Away 00:00 Tools
You Don't Know Me 00:00 Tools
Blood and Bones 00:00 Tools
Side Eye 00:00 Tools
Anxiety 00:00 Tools
Final Chapter (Rollers Mix) 00:00 Tools
Vicky 00:00 Tools
Sonar 00:00 Tools
All My Friends 00:00 Tools
Low - Thoreau Remix 00:00 Tools
The Best 00:00 Tools
Make Me Laugh 00:00 Tools
Missing Me 00:00 Tools
Crushing 00:00 Tools
Honey (Mahalo Remix) 00:00 Tools
Snuff 00:00 Tools
Opus 1065 00:00 Tools
Penny 00:00 Tools
Gaillarde 00:00 Tools
Gare le corbeau 00:00 Tools
Low (Thoreau Remix) 00:00 Tools
Janny (In A Mist) 00:00 Tools
The Death Of Ace 00:00 Tools
The Escape Of The Piper 00:00 Tools
Once 00:00 Tools
Progression 00:00 Tools
King-bird 00:00 Tools
Bourree 00:00 Tools
A Memory 00:00 Tools
Trixie-Dixie 00:00 Tools
Final Trace 00:00 Tools
The Lost Past 00:00 Tools
try to die 00:00 Tools
Blood and Bones - Callie Reiff Remix 00:00 Tools
Confrontation 00:00 Tools
Birds (Short Edit) 00:00 Tools
Sonar (Original Mix) 00:00 Tools
Kiss And Run 00:00 Tools
Bourrée 00:00 Tools
Dance of the White Ladies 00:00 Tools
Witches' Dance 00:00 Tools
Doubts 00:00 Tools
Dream On 00:00 Tools
Surrender 00:00 Tools
Tabu 00:00 Tools
Tabu (Second Version) 00:00 Tools
Mutationz (Illskillz Remix) 00:00 Tools
Pathétique 00:00 Tools
City (ZigZag Offenbach City Mix) 00:00 Tools
Conclusion 00:00 Tools
Progress 00:00 Tools
The Rescue 00:00 Tools
Flashback 00:00 Tools
Back Home 00:00 Tools
Syntax 00:00 Tools
Interlude II 00:00 Tools
Interlude III 00:00 Tools
When I Was Young 00:00 Tools
Mutationz (Concord Dawn Rmx) 00:00 Tools
Meditation (for René) 00:00 Tools
Droid 00:00 Tools
The Last V8 00:00 Tools
Mutatnt Closure Pt.2 (D.Kay Re 00:00 Tools
Sonar (Optical & Trace remix) 00:00 Tools
Task III 00:00 Tools
O' Holy Night 00:00 Tools
Way of the Exploding Fist 00:00 Tools
Amtrack 00:00 Tools
Way of the exploding fist (Tune 3) 00:00 Tools
Legend (Part I) 00:00 Tools
Ghost'n Goblins 00:00 Tools
Damn Son 00:00 Tools
Legend (Part II) 00:00 Tools
Like Hell 00:00 Tools
Rambo II (Tra[n]ce Mix) 00:00 Tools
Wotef (Tune2) 00:00 Tools
Heavy Shoulders (Far & Few Remix) 00:00 Tools
3 Channel Game Tune (Tracexperiment) 00:00 Tools
After Hours 00:00 Tools
Wizball Highscore 00:00 Tools
Meditation 00:00 Tools
Flimbos Quest 00:00 Tools
Zoids 00:00 Tools
Legend (part 1) 00:00 Tools
Glider Rider (Tra(n)ce BITLiveMix) 00:00 Tools
Calling (MegaWarhawk Apocalypse mix) 00:00 Tools
Rambo3 Tune5 00:00 Tools
Platoon 00:00 Tools
Interlude 2 00:00 Tools
Armageddon Man 00:00 Tools
Flimbos Quest song 3 00:00 Tools
Ocean Loader 5 (Swing mix cover) 00:00 Tools
Squadron 00:00 Tools
Monty Warlock Chills at Arkanoid 00:00 Tools
Armageddon Man (Re-Remixed) 00:00 Tools
Gaillarde, Pt. 1 00:00 Tools
Mercury Switch 00:00 Tools
Kridian 00:00 Tools
King Bird 00:00 Tools
Legend (part 2) 00:00 Tools
Interlude 3 00:00 Tools
Death Wish 3 00:00 Tools
Delta 00:00 Tools
Bubble Dizzy 00:00 Tools
Legend, Pt. 1 00:00 Tools
OMAHD (clubby house-trance mix) 00:00 Tools
Sniper VIP (Sonic&Silver Rmx) 00:00 Tools
Day Noter 00:00 Tools
Enlightenment Druid II 00:00 Tools
Timezone 00:00 Tools
C64mix 00:00 Tools
3to1 compo mix 00:00 Tools
Sonar (Ed Rush & Optical VIP) 00:00 Tools
Future Shock(My style) 00:00 Tools
Ski Dance (Funk mix) 00:00 Tools
Do It 00:00 Tools
Street Surfer (direct cover) 00:00 Tools
Gerry the Germ Song 6 00:00 Tools
I Need A Rhythm - Trolling Triphop Mix 00:00 Tools
Caves 00:00 Tools
Annuals 00:00 Tools
Janny - In A Mist 00:00 Tools
Spike in Transylvania (tune 2) 00:00 Tools
Task III (tune1) 00:00 Tools
By Any Means necessary (Promised Land VIP Mix) 00:00 Tools
Gaillarde, Pt. 2 00:00 Tools
It's Love 00:00 Tools
Birds 00:00 Tools
Tabu [Second Version] 00:00 Tools
Slaine 00:00 Tools
Luminous (1998 FT2 mix) 00:00 Tools
Back Home (For Rene) 00:00 Tools
Kosci Zostaly Rzucone (Trace's totaly unknow mixed tune) 00:00 Tools
Legend Part I 00:00 Tools
For You 00:00 Tools
Scenario 00:00 Tools
Poles And Mountains 00:00 Tools
Opaque 00:00 Tools
I Wonder Why 00:00 Tools
Legend, Pt. 2 00:00 Tools
Hall Of Doom 00:00 Tools
Opus 00:00 Tools
Final Chapter (Tim Reaper Remix) 00:00 Tools
Janny 00:00 Tools
Birds - Suite 00:00 Tools
King-Bird - Live 00:00 Tools
Fly Away 00:00 Tools
Reverie 00:00 Tools
Tried 00:00 Tools
Cells (Degeneration Mix) 00:00 Tools
A Memory, Pt. 1 00:00 Tools
Sphere 00:00 Tools
Take Me As I Am 00:00 Tools
Legend Part II 00:00 Tools
Birds - Single Version 00:00 Tools
say it all was true 00:00 Tools
Do Loops 00:00 Tools
Mutationz (Ill.Skillz Remix) 00:00 Tools
Justbreathe 00:00 Tools
I Want Less 00:00 Tools
A Memory, Pt. 2 00:00 Tools
Over You 00:00 Tools
Intro 00:00 Tools
Tabu (Second Version) [Bonus Track] 00:00 Tools
You Should Know It 00:00 Tools
Trial & Error 00:00 Tools
Tabu - Live 00:00 Tools
Sniper 00:00 Tools
Not Scared 00:00 Tools
Progress [Bonus] 00:00 Tools
Freeway 00:00 Tools
Sniper VIP (Sonic & Silver Rmx) 00:00 Tools
Opus 1065 (J.S. Bach) 00:00 Tools
Mutationz (Concord Dawn Remix) 00:00 Tools
Birds (Suite) 00:00 Tools
BASS TEST, тест баса, тест сабвуфера, называйте как хотите. Трек демовый и доделываться не будет, так чисто по-приколу сделал:D 00:00 Tools
Mutant Revisited 00:00 Tools
rollin' mice 00:00 Tools
I Need A Rhythm (feat. TYR) - Trolling Triphop Mix 00:00 Tools
Jazz Primitives 00:00 Tools
Low (Jeongwoo Park Remix) 00:00 Tools
House Of Funk 00:00 Tools
reflection 00:00 Tools
A Swedish Largo 00:00 Tools
Birds (Short Edit) [Bonus Track] 00:00 Tools
Birds - Live 00:00 Tools
Tabu [Bonus] 00:00 Tools
My Favorite Song 00:00 Tools
Behind The Curtain 00:00 Tools
Progress [Bonus Track] 00:00 Tools
Tabu [Bonus Track] 00:00 Tools
King-Bird: First Avenue/Sculptor-Bird/Second Avenue/Preacher-Bird/ ... 00:00 Tools
Progress - Single Version 00:00 Tools
Interlude, Pt. 2 00:00 Tools
Ain't For Free 00:00 Tools
Gaillarde I 00:00 Tools
Snuff - Live 00:00 Tools
Gnome Dance 00:00 Tools
Interlude, Pt. 3 00:00 Tools
Lost Entity (remix) 00:00 Tools
Miami Flashback 00:00 Tools
Bach-Atel 00:00 Tools
Gailliarde 00:00 Tools
Out Of My Hands 00:00 Tools
Nocturne 00:00 Tools
Bourrйe 00:00 Tools
Peace Planet - Live 00:00 Tools
Another World 00:00 Tools
All In All 00:00 Tools
Gaillarde - Live 00:00 Tools
outburst 00:00 Tools
Substance 00:00 Tools
Live in Auckland New Zealand 00:00 Tools
Mutatnt Closure Pt.2 (D.Kay Remix) 00:00 Tools
Low (Alex Bandes Remix) 00:00 Tools
Galliarde (same source material as No. 1) 00:00 Tools
Birdcorps 00:00 Tools
Bach-Atel - Single Version 00:00 Tools
My Fair Lanes 00:00 Tools
A Memory (Same Source As No. 8) 00:00 Tools
Replicants 00:00 Tools
Birds (bonus, short edit) 00:00 Tools
Matthäus Passion - Demo 00:00 Tools
Miles High 00:00 Tools
Tabu [*] 00:00 Tools
Passing 00:00 Tools
Birds (single version) 00:00 Tools
Turn 00:00 Tools
Tabu (bonus, second version) 00:00 Tools
By Any Means Necessary 00:00 Tools
Interlude, Pt. 2 - Demo 00:00 Tools
Doubts - Demo 00:00 Tools
Blink And Wake Up 00:00 Tools
Purgatory 00:00 Tools
Sniper VIP (Sonic & Silver Remix) 00:00 Tools
Galliarde 00:00 Tools
Firecorps 00:00 Tools
Flash Back 00:00 Tools
Fairy Tale (Overture) 00:00 Tools
The Lost Past II 00:00 Tools
Azure 00:00 Tools
Mutationz (Ill Skillz Remix) 00:00 Tools
Something 00:00 Tools
Gaillarde (Reprise) - Live 00:00 Tools
Another World - Demo 00:00 Tools
Свой Путь 00:00 Tools
A Memory I 00:00 Tools
Gaillarde - Part One 00:00 Tools
Dance of the White Ladies - Demo 00:00 Tools
Nest 00:00 Tools
Ballada O Starym Jelczu 00:00 Tools
Gnome Dance - Demo 00:00 Tools
The Rescue (From Sonata No. 3 in C Major, Op. 2 #3) 00:00 Tools
Mutant Closure Pt.2 (D.Kay Remix) 00:00 Tools
Mutationz VIP [Concord Dawn Remix] 00:00 Tools
Salinas 00:00 Tools
Don't Walk Away - Radio Cut 00:00 Tools
Blackmail 00:00 Tools
Epileptic - Radio Edit 00:00 Tools
Kyoto 00:00 Tools
Gaillarde - Part Two 00:00 Tools
The Lost Past I 00:00 Tools
Fairy Tale - Overture 00:00 Tools
Progress (single A-side) 00:00 Tools
Mutations (STA Remix) 00:00 Tools
Panic On The Streets 00:00 Tools
Charles 00:00 Tools
Junak 00:00 Tools
Sniper VIP (Sonic & Silver) 00:00 Tools
Mutated (Concord Dawn Remix) 00:00 Tools
...And So It Will Be 00:00 Tools
Final Trace - Demo 00:00 Tools
The Lost Past III 00:00 Tools
Take Me to the Limit 00:00 Tools
Tabu (single B-side) 00:00 Tools
Beggars can't be choosers 00:00 Tools
Pathétique - Demo 00:00 Tools
Pearl 00:00 Tools
Собственный мир 00:00 Tools
There And Then 00:00 Tools
A Memory - Part Two 00:00 Tools
A Memory - Part One 00:00 Tools
Blood and Bones (Callie Reiff Remix) 00:00 Tools
Twilight 00:00 Tools
Hell 00:00 Tools
magnolia 00:00 Tools
I Was Less 00:00 Tools
Mutant 00:00 Tools
Trace - Kiss And Run [THN105] 00:00 Tools
Travelling Girl 00:00 Tools
The Trigger 00:00 Tools
Legend - Demo 00:00 Tools
Nothing 00:00 Tools
Blood & Bones 00:00 Tools
Witches' Dance - Demo 00:00 Tools
Yoy Should Know It 00:00 Tools
Progress (bonus) 00:00 Tools
Say It Was All True 00:00 Tools
Fucked Up 00:00 Tools
Token 00:00 Tools
ChipChop 00:00 Tools
Escape of the Piper - Extended Version 00:00 Tools
Birds-Suite 00:00 Tools
A Memory - Demo 00:00 Tools
No Revolution 00:00 Tools
Final Chapta (Tim Reaper Remix) 00:00 Tools
Aimless Clue 00:00 Tools
Elephant's Graveyard 00:00 Tools
Birds - Instrumental Live 00:00 Tools
Can't Stand Losing You 00:00 Tools
Mutationz (Sta remix) 00:00 Tools
Back Home - Demo 1 00:00 Tools
Interlude IV 00:00 Tools
Shoot your mind 00:00 Tools
Risky Whiskey 00:00 Tools
Madhouse 00:00 Tools
Cradlefree 00:00 Tools
Sentimental City 00:00 Tools
Conscious Man 00:00 Tools
Birds - Live Version 1 00:00 Tools
Let's Go For More 00:00 Tools
A Swedish Largo - Demo 00:00 Tools
Anthem Facility 00:00 Tools
Podróż Do Domu 00:00 Tools
All the Time 00:00 Tools
Kids Need Calcium 00:00 Tools
Meditation - For René 00:00 Tools
This Time 00:00 Tools
Once - Jam 00:00 Tools
Gaillarde - Instrumental Live 00:00 Tools
Birds (Short Edit) (Bonus Track) 00:00 Tools
Another World (demo) 00:00 Tools
See the Light 00:00 Tools
Heaven 00:00 Tools
Conclusion - Demo 00:00 Tools
Tabu (bonus) 00:00 Tools
Delightful Scent 00:00 Tools
Femme Fatale 00:00 Tools
Evolve 00:00 Tools
The Search 00:00 Tools
Cleave 00:00 Tools
To Phillip Andrew O'Clarke 00:00 Tools
Anti-Hermione 00:00 Tools
Platoon (Jonathan Dunn) 00:00 Tools
Honey [Mahalo Remix] 00:00 Tools
Once - Demo 00:00 Tools
East Soul 00:00 Tools
DNBTV 20101020 00:00 Tools
In A Mist 00:00 Tools
Mutationz [Ill.Skillz Remix] 00:00 Tools
Lady 00:00 Tools
Mean to Me All 00:00 Tools
Pensive To Peace 00:00 Tools
Two Cents 00:00 Tools
Final Trace (demo) 00:00 Tools
Interlude Two 00:00 Tools
Meditation (For René) - Demo 00:00 Tools
Legend 00:00 Tools
Flashback - Demo 00:00 Tools
Gaillarde-Reprise - Live 00:00 Tools
Trace I 00:00 Tools
Limit Your Love 00:00 Tools
Mutationz VIP (Concord Dawn remix) 00:00 Tools
Give Me Your Time 00:00 Tools
Back Home - Demo 2 00:00 Tools
What's Your Dream 00:00 Tools
Rock And Roll Circus 00:00 Tools
Cheer It Up 00:00 Tools
Cellophane 00:00 Tools
Welcome 00:00 Tools
Cliona, Open 00:00 Tools
Preacher-bird 00:00 Tools
Way of the Exploding Fist (Tune 2) 00:00 Tools
Take Away 00:00 Tools
Forever Young 00:00 Tools
Tabu (Second Version) (Bonus Track) 00:00 Tools
Tabu (single) 00:00 Tools
Legend, Part I 00:00 Tools
Trixie Dixie 00:00 Tools
Make Up 00:00 Tools
Interlude Three 00:00 Tools
Gnome Dance (demo) 00:00 Tools
Carnai (Original Mix) 00:00 Tools
Fire 00:00 Tools
Fugue - Live 00:00 Tools
Trace Ii 00:00 Tools
Liberty 1 00:00 Tools
Darkside - 1992 (Part 1) 00:00 Tools
Город 00:00 Tools
Refused 00:00 Tools
Give It Back 00:00 Tools
Sculptor-bird 00:00 Tools
White Knight 00:00 Tools
Commentary 00:00 Tools
Warm Welcome 00:00 Tools
The Catcher In The Rye 00:00 Tools
Mutatnt Closure Pt 2 (D Kay Remix) 00:00 Tools
A Memory (Demo) 00:00 Tools
Once (Demo) 00:00 Tools
Break Down the Wall 00:00 Tools
Rock And Roll 00:00 Tools
Gaillarde - Live Version 1 00:00 Tools
No Horizons 00:00 Tools
Legend, Part II 00:00 Tools
Mutant Closure Pt.2 [D.Kay Remix] 00:00 Tools
Lost Entity (RMX) 00:00 Tools
Haze 00:00 Tools
Trixie - Dixie 00:00 Tools
Missing You(feat. Kelly Beltran) 00:00 Tools
Flavor Makers(feat. Chad Fusion) 00:00 Tools
12 - Legend (Part II) 00:00 Tools
Gnome Dance - Demo Version 00:00 Tools
Fourth Avenue 00:00 Tools
Soul-Bird 00:00 Tools
Sniper (Sonic & Silver Remix) 00:00 Tools
Birds - Live Version 2 00:00 Tools
Progress (single version) 00:00 Tools
Drain 00:00 Tools
Final Chapta (Rollers Mix) 00:00 Tools
Gaillarde 2 00:00 Tools
Once (Jam) 00:00 Tools
I'm Free 00:00 Tools
Cover Girl 00:00 Tools
Progress (single) 00:00 Tools
Telling Signs 00:00 Tools
Line Of Fire 00:00 Tools
What You're Looking For 00:00 Tools
Bach - Atel (single) 00:00 Tools
Paradise 00:00 Tools
Witches Dance 00:00 Tools
Mutant Closure Pt2 (Dkay Remix) 00:00 Tools
Мертвая планета (feat. Nochka) 00:00 Tools
Legend Part One 00:00 Tools
City Park 00:00 Tools
Witches' Dance (Demo) 00:00 Tools
Without You 00:00 Tools
Pure Honey 00:00 Tools
Fugue (Live) 00:00 Tools
Doubts (Demo) 00:00 Tools
Ghetto 00:00 Tools
Where Are We Now 00:00 Tools
Debris Of A New Beginning 00:00 Tools
Legend - (Part1) 00:00 Tools
Time elapse 00:00 Tools
Cobra (Kid Drama Remix) 00:00 Tools
West Coast 00:00 Tools
I Need a Rhythm (Trolling Triphop Mix) 00:00 Tools
Hey, Come In Closer 00:00 Tools
Sonar (Optical and Trace remix) 00:00 Tools
Interlude I 00:00 Tools
More Than This 00:00 Tools
King - Bird 00:00 Tools
16 - Back Home 00:00 Tools
Mutatnt Closure Pt.2 (D.Kay R 00:00 Tools
11 - Pathétique 00:00 Tools
You Should Know 00:00 Tools
first avenue 00:00 Tools
Mutationz (Ill Skillz Rmx) 00:00 Tools
mutationz (ill.skillz rmx) 00:00 Tools
Thug 00:00 Tools
Mail-Bird 00:00 Tools
Cells (remix) 00:00 Tools
Sniper VIP [Sonic & Silver Remix] 00:00 Tools
U R Mine (Club Mix)***compilation by ZONG*** 00:00 Tools
A Swedish Largo (Demo) 00:00 Tools
Another World - Demo Version 00:00 Tools
Low (MayTrix Remix) 00:00 Tools
Dance of the White Ladies (Demo) 00:00 Tools
Birds-suita 00:00 Tools
Once - Jam Version 00:00 Tools
Too Late 00:00 Tools
The Rescue (from Sonata No.3 in C, Op.2 No.3) 00:00 Tools
Sonar (original_mix) 00:00 Tools
... And So It Will Be 00:00 Tools
Progress - Single Version [Bonus Track] 00:00 Tools
Flashback (demo) 00:00 Tools
03 - Confrontation 00:00 Tools
Mind The Gap 00:00 Tools
Nitrous (Audio Remix) 00:00 Tools
02 - Gare Le Corbeau 00:00 Tools
Back Home (Demo 2) 00:00 Tools
Conclusion (demo) 00:00 Tools
New Year's Song 00:00 Tools
10 - Interlude III 00:00 Tools
Mutatnt Closure Pt.2 (D.Kay Rmx) 00:00 Tools
Arcade 00:00 Tools
Legend (Demo) 00:00 Tools
Off-Beat Movement 00:00 Tools
If Tomorrow Ends... 00:00 Tools
Dying Blind 00:00 Tools
This Mess We're In 00:00 Tools
Final Chapter 00:00 Tools
The Neighbours Complain 00:00 Tools
04 - Interlude II 00:00 Tools
14 - The Rescue 00:00 Tools
Nexus Apache 00:00 Tools
If You Wanna...(feat. Chad Fusion & Soultaker) 00:00 Tools
06 - Doubts 00:00 Tools
Rescue (From Sonata No. 3 in C Major, Op. 2 #3) 00:00 Tools
05 - Dance Of the White Ladies 00:00 Tools
09 - Surrender 00:00 Tools
18 - Flashback 00:00 Tools
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There are at least 4 bands / artists called Trace. One were a 1970s progressive rock band from Holland, another a pop group from Germany. The third is a Drum and Bass producer / DJ. And the fourth is a un-signed alternative/electric band in the area of huddersfield 1) Rick van der Linden's father was a pianist, so it was not a surprise that young Rick took piano-lessons. Later he started to learn playing the organ and finally he went to the Haarlem Conservatory. He played in many bands and nightclubs and was impressed by Brian AUGER and Keith EMERSON. Rick got worldwide recognition with the 'classic-rock formula' from EKSEPTION but he wanted his own band to show his keyboard pyrotechnics. He founded TRACE with bass player Jaap van Eik (CUBY AND THE BLIZZARDS, The MOTIONS, SOLUTION, LIVING BLUES) and drummer Pierre van der Linden (TEE SET, BRAINBOX, FOCUS), a real Dutch supergroup! Now he got the opportunity to work out his own ideas with keyboard-dominated symphonic rock. In '74 TRACE released their eponymous debut-album, in '75 their second entitled "Birds" (Ian Mosley had replaced Pierre van der Linden) and in '76 their third and final "Ladies". TRACE is a kind of Dutch equivalent to early ELP but Rick has a wider array of keyboards, including Hammond B3 organ, Hohner clavinet and pianet, ARP - and EMI synthesizers, harpsichord, Solina string-ensemble, Mellotron and church organ. He even used the sound of a bagpipe! The music is a treat for fans from bands like The NICE, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, TRIUMVIRAT and early LE ORME. Despite good albums, great concerts and worldwide recognition, Trace didn't work out the high expectations and the 'supertrio' dissolved in the late Seventies. Nowadays Jaap van Eik is chief-editor from the technical based music magazine Music Maker and Rick recently after many years again went on tour with a new EKSEPTION line-up, including a magnificent digital church organ and his wife on vocals. Rick died 22 January 2006 after suffering a stroke. The first two albums "Trace" and "Birds" (released on CD with bonustracks by Musea Records) deliver exciting, often sumptuous, keyboard driven symphonic rock: the mainly instrumental music is loaded with virtuosic keyboard runs, swirling Hammond organ and majestic Mellotron eruptions from wizard Rick van der Linden, supported by a powerful and propulsive rhythm-section. In my opinion the tracks on "Birds" sound more elaborate and refined. The epic composition "King-bird" (featuring Jaap van Eik on electric guitar) showcases the hugh potential of TRACE: dazzling keyboard runs, many changes of climate and dynamic interplay. The third album "Ladies" is a lacklustre effort, the band was running out of ideas. This record turned out to be their swansong. -- www.progarchives.com 2) The record of this epic Nürnberg rock band starts with a sound of wind. Adequate. As old as nature metaphors are, Trace raise a tornado of melody, emotion and energy on their second longplayer. Rousing songs that will quickly get you in their band and going straight to your eardrum with its beautiful eruptions. Fact is: a pop-storm like that does not build up with half-hearted blowing. Therefore Trace run through the music scene since 2000, always driven by passion and the urge for development. The acuteness of Muse meets the desperation of Jeff Buckley and the determination of Coldplay. "Magnolia" is the 2nd LP, produced by Trace and their drummer Ric Simon, which was recorded by themselves. Not later than the chorus of the opener "Scenario" it is clear that Trace are not any rehearsal room amateurs. Recording the record themselves is a sign of perfectionism and self-initiative. Trace like to have control over their output. DIY attitude and cinemascope melodies don’t have to be antagonism. And when the result sounds as compact and dynamic as Trace do - it’s much better. Or as Zündfunk (Bayern2Radio) recently assumed: "Guitars and surface that seem to fall out of your speakers and a voice that could reach the rock charts. Trace heading towards to the wide music-cinema." The magnolia as the official title flower shows how to do it. The older the plant gets the more beautiful their blooms get. That covers Trace very good as their melodic buds bloom more and more after listening to the record over and over again. What stays is a beautiful, meditative and enthralling record that sprouts with confidence but still knows: we all have to fade. All that’s left is music. Trace are: Edi Linn, Vocals/Guitar Michi Graf, Guitar Sibi Krawczyk, Bass Ric Simon, Drums http://www.trace-music.net/ Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.