Nitzhonot
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Nitzhonot (Hebrew: נצחונות, "victories") is a crossover between Goa trance and uplifting trance, emerged during the mid-late 1990s in Israel.
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[edit] Genre
Nitzhonot seems to blend hard pulsating basses, sometimes referred to as "laserkicks", with the Eastern melodies typical for Israeli Goa Trance from 1996 and 1997. The tracks are usually in a range of 145-155 BPM.
At its time Nitzhonot reached a mainstream success in Israel. The most notable artist from this genre is Eyal Barkan, who released his album 'Good Morning Israel' in 1998. It became the first trance record that achieved gold status in its home country, selling more than 20,000 copies (bootleg versions accounted for 80,000). Other artists would stand up in the same year, including Kobi Kastoriano as Iceman and Avi Shwartz aka Holy Men, well known for his Comic Strip track, a famous summer hit in 1998. These young producers were able to conquer the big cities with their hard hitting trance. In the end, the scene would dry out due to an overkill of low-budget and amateurish music. Typhoon Records, by far the biggest Nitzhonot label back in the late nineties, released over 40 CD's in less than two years and faded away in 2000.
Before the genre transformed into Full On, artists in Greece captured the flow of this music. At the beginning of a new millennium Nitzhonot, now renamed as Uplifting, would stand up again, raising in popularity. However, both terms are not exactly synonyms. Uplifting stands further from Goa trance than Nitzhonot, as the oriental melodies fall away completely. A typical Uplifting track contains heroic & epic melodies with European Trance influences. Remarkable artists included Darma, Dementia, Cyan and Star Children.
Nowadays, this second generation of Nitzhonot is still part of Greece's trance culture, although it probably will never reach it's old level of popularity again.
[edit] Artists
- Nitzhonot From Israel: Astrix (early works), Luminus, Eyal Barkan (early works), Goldenfinger, Holy Men, D-Zager, Zootrax, Iceman, Kaylosh, Trivia, Syndrome
- Nitzhonot From Greece: Cyan (early works), Cherouvim
- Uplifting From Greece: Cyan (later works), Darma, X-Men, Cyberia, Cygnet, Loop, Mendark, Space Odyssey, Star Children, Cydelix, Oxydow, Zed Reactor, Zodiac, Spectrum
[edit] Nitzhonot Albums & Compilations
- Cherouvim - Global Touch
- Cyan - Beast From The East
- Eyal Barkan - Good Morning Israel
- Ezotery Space - Morning In Space 2
- Holy Men - Intelligence Genetics
- Iceman - Turbulent
- Luminus - Journey Into Your Dream
- Syndrome - Cold Fusion
- Trivia - Speed Of Sound
VA - Janana 2, VA - Janana 3, VA - Janana 4, VA - Janana 5
[edit] Uplifting Albums & Compilations
| Psychedelic trance |
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| Chill - Dark - Full on - Goa - Nitzhonot - Neo-Goa - Progressive - South African - Suomisaundi - Tech |
| Other electronic music genres |
| Ambient | Breakbeat | Drum and bass | Electronica | Electronic Art Music | Hard Dance | Hardcore | House | Industrial | Synthpop | Techno | Trance |
