The Cynic Project
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The Cynic Project is the name of a predominantly trance project started in 1999 by Alex Smith. It is known for its uplifting melodies, as well as standard club beats. It rose in popularity with the upbringing of mp3.com in 2000, where it hosted its music, which was downloadable for free. Much of the earlier works were relatively short, considering the trance standards. The project originally started as an experiment, and developed into the high energy trance project it is today.
Smith is now a student currently living in University of Minneapolis campus. he studied piano from grade school through high school with private teachers and also played the double bass. Creating electronic music using MIDI and MOD tracking software has been a hobby of him for years, but his music was never recorded and distributed until the summer of 1999.
When the dance track Matrix (now known as 'grid') hit #1 on the mp3.com music charts in November 1999, Smith built a home studio and started production on a CD. The first CD release Soundscapes Sampler was completed early in the year 2000. A Sidewinder single was released in the summer, and Soundscapes 2000 was released in the fall of the same year.
Smith's inspiration for writing electronic music started by hearing Robert Miles' Children while on vacation in Paris. He soon discovered the genre trance. he says his favorite artists include ATB, Ayla, BT, Ferry Corsten, Chicane, DJ Tiesto, Lange, DJ Sakin, Tomski, Rank 1, Energy 52, Kosmonova, and Solar Stone.
[edit] Discography
- Soundscapes 2000
- Eurodance Megamix
- Start The Dance [Club Mix]
- Grid [Trance Mix]
- Into The Night [Club 2000 Mix]
- Sidewinder
- Formant
- Beach Visions
- Lost In Paradise
- Liquid Images [Ambient Dub]
- After The Storm
- Trance Experience
- Tropical Destination
- Sidewinder [Ripsaw Mix]
- Red Horizon
- Cherry Earth
- On Top Of The World
- Soundscapes Sampler
- Start The Dance [Eurodance Mix]
- Grid [Trance Mix]
- Trance Generation
- Endless Palm
- Dream Formula [Raymond Wave Mix]
- Start The Dance [Trance Mix]
- Into The Night
- Dream Formula
- Another World
- Blue Cherry
- Liquid Images
- Church [Dance Mix]
- Sidewinder Single
- Sidewinder
- Sidewinder [Raymond Wave Club Mix]
- Grid [Trance Mix]
- Formant
- Sidewinder [Rough Edit]
- Sidewinder [Route 909 DnB Edit]
- Sidewinder [Ripsaw Mix]
- Mixed And Remixed Volume 1
- Trans Symphony
- Dreamin [Cynic Project Remix]
- Eurodance Megamix ][
- Red Horizon
- Sonar
- On Top Of The World
- Far From Home
- After The Storm [Dreams Mix]
- After The Storm [Club Mix]
- Beach Visions [Raymond Wave Club Mix]
- Beach Visions [Waves Remix]
- Warm Fuzzy
- Kirsten
- Sonar [Rough Mix]
- Waterfalls
- Waterfalls [Waves Edit]
- Danceparty
- A Cynical Christmas
- Bonk! [Rave Edit]
- Island Adventure
- Mixed And Remixed Volume 2
- After The Storm [Raymond Wave Remix]
- After The Storm [Wellenrauch Remix]
- After The Storm [Zincaito Remix]
- Sidewinder [System Evolution Remix]
- Sidewinder [Raymond Wave Remic]
- Sidewinder [Raymond Wave Preliminary Mix]
- Grid [Route 909 Remix]
- Grid [Route 909 Remix Preliminary]
- Start The Dance [Technoloop Remix]
- Endless Palm [Raymond Wave Remix]
- Angels [Demo]
- Final Beat [Demo]
- Beyond Darkness [Demo]
- Experience [Demo]
- Canon in D [Silver Mix]
- Mixed And Remixed Volume 3
- Falling (Preview featuring Jennifer Grimm)
- Ocean [Fast]
- Ocean [Slow]
- DeLite
- DeLite [Dull Mix]
- Dreaming of Tomorrow
- After the Storm (Preview Dreams Mix feat. Jennifer Grimm)
- Night
- Night [Preview Version]
- Night [Sagacity Vocal Dub]
- Structure
- Happy Theme
- Be a Star (feat. Nathan David Preview Version)
- U Need To Connect
- Falling [Original Acoustic Mix]
- Drifting
- Sidewinder [Moe Happy Hardcore Mix]
- Dream Formula [Xiod Remix]
- Raymond Wave Remix Concept
- Matrix [Skr Team Remix]
- Start The Dance [Route 909 Remix]
