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Etnica is a project originally formed by
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, Max Lanfranconi, Maurizio Begotti, and Andrea Rizzo. They are a very well known
Goa trance Goa trance is an electronic dance music style that originated in the early 1990s in the Indian state of Goa. Goa trance often has drone-like basslines, similar to the techno minimalism of 21st century psychedelic trance (psytrance). Psychede ...
project from
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1993-1998

Max Lanfranconi was a co-producer on an independent Italian label Time Out and had released two singles in the mid-80's. Max was also member of the 'Tribe' group and by 1988 he began organizing 'Dance all Night' parties in Italy. Dance All Night parties became very famous, the first official parties in Italy to last till the morning lights. Encouraged by the success Max decided to start producing and around in 1992 he met Andrea Rizzo and they started to make music together. Meanwhile, around the same time Maurizio Begotti and Carlo Paterno had started making music elsewhere. In 1993 they all met a record shop and decided to produce music together and Etnica was born. Andrea had a solid classical music background that combined with the melodies of Carlo and Maurizio's sense of arrangement would soon lead to the production of some of the most classic goa trance tracks. Their first EP was published on
Brainstorm Records Brainstorm generally refers to brainstorming, a group or individual creativity exercise. The term originally referred to a state of temporary insanity, gaining prominence when it was used in the defense of Harry Kendall Thaw against charges that ...
in 1994, and was entitled "The EP". Their first album, "The Juggeling Alchemists Under The Black Light", was out in 1995 on the German label
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. This helped the band to build a solid reputation in the
Psychedelic Trance Psychedelic trance, psytrance, or psy is a subgenre of trance music characterized by arrangements of rhythms and layered melodies created by high tempo riffs. The genre offers variety in terms of mood, tempo, and style. Some examples include full ...
scene. Their second album, the classic "Alien Protein", was released in 1996 on
Blue Room Released Blue Room Released was an electronic music record label from London, England. It operated from 1994 until 2002. and was run by Simon Ghahary. Blue Room Released started operating in 1994 with financial backing from the B&W loudspeaker company ...
. The band, beside producing music as Etnica, had the idea of creating a party-oriented side project and after some thoughts the name Pleiadians was forged. Starting off with an EP on Symbiosis Records in 1995, they have produced with the original band members two albums, "Identified Flying Object" (1997) and "Family of Light" (1999) in which Carlo was partially involved. Their first album, I.F.O., was started by Carlo during August '96 and was then finalized with the other band members in September '96, but released only a year after on Dragonfly Records. They had another side project, Crop Circles, that was a collaboration with another Italian band, ''Lotus Omega'' and with that project they released 2 singles, ''Full Mental Jackpot'' & ''Lunar Civilization'' both released in 1997 on Auracle Recordings and also finalized an album in 1998, "Tetrahedron" that was finally released only in 2008 on DAT Records.


1998-present

In 1998 the band moved its studios to Ibiza where the project would be carried on by Max and Maurizio only. After the writing of their third full-length album ''Equator'' (1999), Andrea left the band as well. Since 1999 the band has changed their sound to be up to the modern standards of production, following the worldwide trends and trying to achieve a more mature sound, after successfully proving that they could realize some of the best goa trance tracks ever. Their fourth album, ''Nitrox'' (2001) is the result of this evolution and worked really well on the dance-floors at the time of release. The following album, ''Chrome'' (2002) displayed a further development in sound production and clarity and was so successful that they released two versions, one for Europe and one for Japan. Their sixth Etnica album ''Sharp'' (2004) was liked by old time fans too as it featured a return of melodies, like they did in the past times, but still showed a crystal clear and professional production. In 2006 a seventh album was released, ''Totemism'', featuring all their best hits remixed by the most famous psytrance producers of the millennium. This one was highly acclaimed by fans worldwide. The Pleiadians project was relaunched in 2006 with the release of a third opus, an album called ''7even Sister7'', that delivered many sci-fi oriented tracks, released on
Harmonia Records In Greek mythology, Harmonia (; / harmoˈnia/, "harmony", "agreement") is the goddess of harmony and concord. Her Greek opposite is Eris and her Roman counterpart is Concordia. Harmonia is most well-known for her marriage to Cadmus and the ...
. Etnica are still very active in the scene and weekly performing DJ and Live sets all around the world.


Discography


EPs

Etnica *''The EP'' ( Brainstorm 1994) *''The Italian EP'' (
Spirit Zone Records Spirit Zone Recordings was an independent record label releasing Goa trance, psychedelic trance, progressive trance and ambient music. Founded in 1994 by Wolfgang Ahrens (a.k.a. DJ Antaro), the label has been defunct since July 2005. Some of the ...
1995) *''Tribute'' (
Blue Room Released Blue Room Released was an electronic music record label from London, England. It operated from 1994 until 2002. and was run by Simon Ghahary. Blue Room Released started operating in 1994 with financial backing from the B&W loudspeaker company ...
1995) *''Kumba Mela'' ( Matsuri Productions 1995) *''Starship 101'' (
Blue Room Released Blue Room Released was an electronic music record label from London, England. It operated from 1994 until 2002. and was run by Simon Ghahary. Blue Room Released started operating in 1994 with financial backing from the B&W loudspeaker company ...
1996) *''Plastic'' (
Blue Room Released Blue Room Released was an electronic music record label from London, England. It operated from 1994 until 2002. and was run by Simon Ghahary. Blue Room Released started operating in 1994 with financial backing from the B&W loudspeaker company ...
1997) *''Polar'' (
Spirit Zone Records Spirit Zone Recordings was an independent record label releasing Goa trance, psychedelic trance, progressive trance and ambient music. Founded in 1994 by Wolfgang Ahrens (a.k.a. DJ Antaro), the label has been defunct since July 2005. Some of the ...
1999) *''Andromeda'' (
Spirit Zone Records Spirit Zone Recordings was an independent record label releasing Goa trance, psychedelic trance, progressive trance and ambient music. Founded in 1994 by Wolfgang Ahrens (a.k.a. DJ Antaro), the label has been defunct since July 2005. Some of the ...
2000) *''Hell's Kitchen'' ( MDMT Records 2000) *''B Sirius'' (
Spirit Zone Records Spirit Zone Recordings was an independent record label releasing Goa trance, psychedelic trance, progressive trance and ambient music. Founded in 1994 by Wolfgang Ahrens (a.k.a. DJ Antaro), the label has been defunct since July 2005. Some of the ...
2002) *''Tracktor Activity'' ( Etnicanet Records 2002) *''2012 EP'' ( Neurobiotic Records 2012) Pleiadians *''Pleiadians'' (
Symbiosis Records Symbiosis (Ancient Greek : living with, companionship < : together; and ''bíōsis'': living) is any type of a close and long-term biological interaction, between two organisms of different species. The two organisms, termed symbionts, can fo ...
1995) *''Sonic System'' (
Symbiosis Records Symbiosis (Ancient Greek : living with, companionship < : together; and ''bíōsis'': living) is any type of a close and long-term biological interaction, between two organisms of different species. The two organisms, termed symbionts, can fo ...
1996) *''Zeta Reticuli'' (
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1996) *''Accidental Occidentalism Sampler'' (
Symbiosis Records Symbiosis (Ancient Greek : living with, companionship < : together; and ''bíōsis'': living) is any type of a close and long-term biological interaction, between two organisms of different species. The two organisms, termed symbionts, can fo ...
1996) *''Alcyone Picture EP'' (
Dragonfly Records A dragonfly is a flying insect belonging to the infraorder Anisoptera below the order Odonata. About 3,000 extant species of dragonflies are known. Most are tropical, with fewer species in temperate regions. Loss of wetland habitat threatens ...
1997) *''Headspin'' (
Dragonfly Records A dragonfly is a flying insect belonging to the infraorder Anisoptera below the order Odonata. About 3,000 extant species of dragonflies are known. Most are tropical, with fewer species in temperate regions. Loss of wetland habitat threatens ...
1998) *''Starseed EP'' ( Etnicanet Records 2012) Crop Circles *''Full Mental Jackpot'' ( Auracle Recordings 1997) *''Lunar Civilization'' ( Auracle Recordings 1997)


Albums

Etnica *''The Juggeling Alchemists Under The Black Light'' ( High Society Records 1995) *''Alien Protein'' (
Blue Room Released Blue Room Released was an electronic music record label from London, England. It operated from 1994 until 2002. and was run by Simon Ghahary. Blue Room Released started operating in 1994 with financial backing from the B&W loudspeaker company ...
1996) *''Equator'' (
Spirit Zone Records Spirit Zone Recordings was an independent record label releasing Goa trance, psychedelic trance, progressive trance and ambient music. Founded in 1994 by Wolfgang Ahrens (a.k.a. DJ Antaro), the label has been defunct since July 2005. Some of the ...
1999) *''Nitrox'' (Spirit Zone Records 2001) *''Chrome'' (
Solstice Music A solstice is the time when the Sun reaches its most northerly or southerly excursion relative to the celestial equator on the celestial sphere. Two solstices occur annually, around 20–22 June and 20–22 December. In many countries, the seas ...
2002) *''Chrome (Western Edition)'' ( Etnicanet Records 2002) *''Sharp'' (Solstice Music 2004) *''Totemism - Etnica Remixed 1996-2006'' (Etnicanet Records 2007) *''The Juggeling Alchemist Under The Black Light'' ( DAT Records 2018) ::- Remaster of Etnica's first Release. Including never released early demos and test tracks. Pleiadians *''Identified Flying Object'' (
Dragonfly Records A dragonfly is a flying insect belonging to the infraorder Anisoptera below the order Odonata. About 3,000 extant species of dragonflies are known. Most are tropical, with fewer species in temperate regions. Loss of wetland habitat threatens ...
1997) *''Family of Light'' (Dragonfly Records 1999) *''Seven Sisters'' (
Harmonia Records In Greek mythology, Harmonia (; / harmoˈnia/, "harmony", "agreement") is the goddess of harmony and concord. Her Greek opposite is Eris and her Roman counterpart is Concordia. Harmonia is most well-known for her marriage to Cadmus and the ...
2006) Crop Circles *''Tetrahedron'' ( DAT Records 2008)


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