Aura

Ambient electronica/trance from Brixton based Aura.

Album: Oranges are Blue

Track Listing: Cosmic (12.36) Puffdub (6.24) Starseed Signal (7.08) Raindance (5.36) Mortes Aragguaia (6.46) THC Dream (5.58) Earth-Glow (2.33) Tantra-Drum mix (7.13) Caterpillar (7.39) Puff (8.52)

Released '96 on Infectious Records. Apparently Oranges are Blue, or so the inner sleeve tells us. Ok, so you don't have to be a physics genius to comprehend that we actually perceive the complementary colour to what is actually absorbed by the object in question - an orange in this case. And this all links to Aura's - read the inner cover - you'll understand! This is a great ambient/electronica debut album from Aura. Tracks to home in on are 'Puffdub', 'Raindance' and the superb 'Puff'; sheer quality. The latter is a Whirl-Y-Gig favourite.

12": Puffdub

Track Listing: Puffdub Dreamride Part 1

Released '95 on Infectious Records. The album version of Puffdub features on this hard to find 12", whilst on the flip 'Dreamride' is an average mellow slice of ambient trance. Is there a part 2 to Dreamride???

Album: Butterflychrysaliscaterpillar

Track Listing: Caterpillar - Odic (8.43) Cosmic - Nebula (6.58) Earth - Haze (8.55) Touched (7.51) Caterpillar - Kilner (6.50) Universe - Crack (7.52)

Released '95 on Infectious Records. Written by Aura and produced by Aura and Andy Peak.

Other Info:

A superb 20 minute parachute remix of Starseed features on the 2nd disc of the Whirl-Y-Waves compilation.