Cygnus X was a

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project from

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named after the famous X-ray binary star Cygnus X-1. It began as a collaboration between Matthias Hoffmann and

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, who later left.Cygnus X profile
''Discogs''. Retrieved on 17 January 2008. Other projects of the pair include A.C. Boutsen, Brainchild and Dee.FX. Their sound extends from hard to ambient trance. Their first release was "Superstring" in 1993. Their third trance track, "The Orange Theme", released in 1994, was the project's best received track, borrowing the melodic theme of

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's classical composition " Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary" (also appearing as theme music for

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's film "

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", which arguably is the reference of the track title). Their releases "Positron" and "Hypermetrical" became also well known

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of the genre. Several years later, "The Orange Theme" and "Superstring" were given new remixes and became chart hits. The Bervoets & De Goeij remix of "The Orange Theme" charted at #43 in the UK Singles Chart in March 2000, followed by the

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remix of "Superstring" charting at #33 in August 2001.

Discography

Album

Compilation albums

*"Collected Works" (2003)

Singles

*"Superstring" (1993) - UK #33 in 2001 *"Positron" (1993) *"The Orange Theme" (1994) - UK #43 in 2000 *"Kinderlied" (1995) *"Turn Around" (1995) *"Synchronism" (1995) *"Hypermetrical" (1995)

Remixes

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- "Under The Milkyway" (1996) *

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- "Baby Fox" - Rain (1997) *

Art of Trance Simon Paul Berry, known by his alias Art of Trance, is a trance music artist from England. Berry is also known as Poltergeist or Vicious Circles, and has been a member of the trance groups Clanger, Conscious and Union Jack. He has been producin ...

- "Madagascar" (1998) *

- "Breathe" (1999) *

- "Easter Island" (1999)

References

External links

Cygnus X on global-trance.co.ukCygnus X at Discogs
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