[Melodic Trance] - BT - ESCM [1997]

BT - ESCM
Label:Reprise Records
Released: 1997



01. Firewater
02. Orbitus Teranium
03. Flaming June
04. Lullaby For Gaia
05. Memories In A Sea Of Forgetfulness
06. Solar Plexus
07. Nectar
08. Remember
09. Love, Peace And Grease
10. Content

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BT was born in Rockville, Maryland. At an early age, he studied music at the Washington Conservatory of Music. He went on to attend the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts.
In the early 1990s, BT moved back to Maryland and began collaborating with friends Ali "Dubfire" and Sharam of Deep Dish. BT's productions were not yet popular in the US, and he had no idea that he had become popular across the Atlantic, where UK DJs like Sasha and Paul Oakenfold were regularly spinning his music for crowds. Sasha bought BT a ticket to London, where BT witnessed his own success—several thousand clubbers responded enthusiastically when Sasha played his song. He was soon signed to Oakenfold's record label, a subsidiary of Warner Brothers. BT's songs "A Moment of Truth" and "Relativity" became hits in the UK, and it was during this time in that BT met Tori Amos.
In the early years of BT's career (roughly 1995-2000), he became a pioneering artist in the trance genre. Despite the fact that he is not truly a DJ, and does not claim to be one, BT has often appeared on the lists of the world's top DJs. In 2006, he ranked 73rd on DJ Mag's Top 100 DJ list. In 2005, he ranked 82nd,[8] up from 92 in 2004. Additional rankings were 83rd in 2003 and 76 in 2001. More recently, in DJ Times, BT was ranked as America's second best DJ, as voted by fans.
BT has said of his musical background, "I'm not the traditional type of dance music artist. I'm not a DJ. I come from a classical music background. I attended the Berklee College of Music, and I played in punk bands."

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ESCM
ESCM, or Electric Sky Church Music, was inspired by the music of producer James Lumb, a los angeles native who performed under the pseudonym electric sky church.[citation needed]. This album featured more complex melodies and more traditional harmonies along with a heavier use of vocals. The tone of the album is darker and less whimsical than Ima. The album, as a whole, is much more diverse than BT's debut album. The LP was a hit in Britain, Australia, and Japan.[dead link]
The biggest hit from ESCM was "Flaming June," a collaboration with German trance meister Paul Van Dyk. Van Dyk and BT would collaborate on a number of works including the unreleased "Namastai" as well as Van Dyk's remix of BT's "Blue Skies" and "Remember." "Remember" featured Jan Johnston on vocals. BT and Van Dyk also remixed the Van Dyk classic "Forbidden Fruit." This album spawned numerous chart singles as well as 2 US billboard dance #1 songs[citation needed].