''Dancing Galaxy'' is the third studio album by the Israel
goa trance
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band
Astral Projection
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. It was released on 20 October 1997, through
Trust In Trance Records. It has become one of the best-selling trance albums.
The voices in the songs "Dancing Galaxy", "No One Ever Dreams" and "Ambient Galaxy (Disco Valley Mix)" is taken from the film ''
Dune
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'' (1984).
The voice in the song "Flying Into A Star" is taken from
the sixth season of ''
Star Trek: The Next Generation's'': episode 22,
''Suspicions'' (1993).
The Japanese release includes a bonus three-inch CD single.
Singles
"Dancing Galaxy" ,17 November 1997, was the first song to be a released as a single from the album, it includes the song "Ambient Galaxy (Disco Valley Mix)" as a b–side.
"Liquid Sun" , 2000, was released as a second single, with a remix by
Cass & Slide. It peaked at number 91 in
UK singles charts, number 27 in the
dance singles chart and number 19 in
UK Independent chart
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.
Astral Projection's only chartering song there.
Critical reception
John Bush from
AllMusic
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said "The climax of Astral Projection's search for intelligent trance, Dancing Galaxy offers wave after wave of exquisitely produced acid lines on tracks like "No One Ever Dreams," "Soundform" and the title track."
Track listing
Credits and personnel
Locations
* Recorded at Dance City Studios, Tel Aviv
* Digital Mastering at Village mastering
Musicians
* Lior Perlmutter – songwriting, programming, producer and mixing
* Avi Nissim – songwriting, programming, producer
* Ben Bernfeld – digital Mastering
Engineering
* Lior Perlmutter – engineering
Creative
* Ido Eshed – art direction and design
* Yossi F. – art direction and design
References
External links
''Dancing Galaxy''at
Discogs
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1997 albums
Astral Projection (band) albums