Here you can find about the vinyl we have released with DAT Universe.
DATLP002 Blue Planet Corporation – A Blueprint for Survival – 3LP
In the mid-80s, Gabriel Masurel was a drummer in various bands of alternative/indie pop/rock music. A fan of electronic sounds, he got his first synthesizers as the techno acid-house movement was arriving in France and he started producing synthesized music. Gabriel Masurel and Christophe Lebras, under the name “Blue Planet Corporation”, produced with the help of Sébastien Masurel the first 12′ Overbloody Flood EP in 1993.
In 1995, after several releases for the French label ‘POF Music’, they were invited by the English label ‘Flying Rhino’ to produce an album. Gabriel Masurel wrote the album on his own, with some collaboration on various tracks. The Blue Planet album was released in 1999 and was a huge success, and is still praised as one of the fundamentals in every Goa Trance collection.
Gabriel Masurel spent two years afterwards touring as a live act and DJing all over the world, especially in the USA, Japan and Europe. Another vinyl EP was released in 2002: Digital Forward EP. It was the last production of Blue Planet Corporation for ‘Flying Rhino’.
Blue Planet Corporation has from then on produced several tracks and remixes for French and international labels: some notable tracks were the two remixes for the French pop star Mylene Farmer, which won him a big reputation in the world of progressive house and were two huge hits. Masurel’s passion for music leads him to work today on many projects and towards various musical orientations with pop/rock and electronic musicians, making him a complete musician.
Prepare to fly again with the marvellous music of Gabriel Masurel.
It is with great excitement that we can announce our beloved Blue Planet Corporation release got a vinyl re-issue! The test pressing sounded amazingly good and we are so happy to have now unleashed the most wanted and awaited 3LP edition into the world. The release was pressed on 180-gram vinyl and comes beautifully packed into a double gatefold sleeve with poly-lined inner sleeves and includes two posters.
Here’s the tracklist for the 3LP vinyl release:
A1. Blue Planet Corporation – Overbloody Flood
A2. Blue Planet Corporation – Telekinetic
B1. Blue Planet Corporation – Midian
B2. Blue Planet Corporation – Genetic
C1. Blue Planet Corporation – Juno Satellite
C2. Blue Planet Corporation – Psychonaut
D1. Blue Planet Corporation – Lubianka
D2. Blue Planet Corporation – Hemo Static
D3. Blue Planet Corporation – Overbloody Flood (Original)
E1. Blue Planet Corporation – Aquablue
E2. Blue Planet Corporation – Hemo Static II
F1. Blue Planet Corporation – Generator
F2. Blue Planet Corporation – Sub Sonic Underground
F3. Blue Planet Corporation – Barocco
The release exists in 3 different coloured editions: Black, Blue or Splatter.
The record is almost sold out, pick your copy now!
Original 2CD: Released August 7, 2009
Reissue 2CD: Released October 31, 2023
Reissue 3LP: Released November 23, 2023
Credits
Written-By, Producer: Gabriel Masurel
Sébastien Masurel (tracks: A1, B1 to D3)
Christophe Le Bras (tracks: A1, B1 to F1)
Mastered By: Johannes Régnier, Tim Valkenburg
Artwork: Federico Draeke
Artwork [Collage by]: Koolkane, Setiaum
Artwork [Original Artwork]: Loopsdesign
Executive-Producer: Federico Draeke, Marek Tychmanowicz
DATGOA001 You’ll Never Know – You Never Know EP
This Release is very special.
It is the story of the track that was the biggest hit in Goa during the season 1991/92.
How it ended up there, it’s a fabulous tale.
Read it here…
The year is 1991 and the season in Goa is going to be a blast. All the DJs are exchanging tracks for the upcoming parties, but there is a track, THE track, that everyone wants to have and to play.
A hypnotic piece that is “You Never Know”.
Read the story from the Artist:
“There was a time when we suddenly appeared at the Goa scene with You Never Know, which was one of the first tracks we made after forming the band.
The track ended up in Goa, without any appearance from either me or my partner because at that time I knew a French guy in Denmark, Besugh, who was totally into the Goa scene at that time, constantly walking around with his DAT recorder, collecting tracks from all over as well as DJing around the Aarhus scene. Every year he went to Goa for the winter playing at venues; he had his second home down there.
I played the track for him once and he asked for a copy.
When I saw him the next time, after he had been in Goa for the winter, he was completely crazy, screaming that “You Never Know” that year was the biggest hit in Goa. I know that Frank from Koxbox mentioned it to me as well. Besugh was the “main man” that year at the beaches since he was the one who had the only copy of the track.
Since you have been so determined for such a long time, to look up about who was behind it, me and my partner will allow you and DAT records to license the track. We are both happy that our track had and obviously still has, an impact. It personally reminds me of the time when I was young and eager to contribute to the electronic music scene. This all happened a few years before we became famous musicians.
Thanks again for bringing this memory up.”
The track is mystical and there are people who have been looking for this tune for so many years on every techno and trance record they could find, yet it eluded everyone because it has never been released before.
We are so proud to be able to offer this fantastic track that was lost on an almost unreadable CD-R, the sole surviving copy, together with three other bombs from the same demo, bringing back that original vibe, from the sunny beaches of Goa teleported directly to modern times, to preserve this music for eternity.
We are so grateful to have been given the right to release this – it is a rare chance and we thank the producers profoundly for helping give this epic track the deserved glory and place in history that it deserves.
Play it loud and enjoy it!
The release exists in 2 different coloured editions: Black or Transparent
The record is almost sold out, pick your copy now!
CAT: DATGOA 001
Released October 23, 2017
Credits
Mastered by Jaro Valo @ Analog Dimensions
Executive Producer: Federico Draeke
Photography by: C. Willensen