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FREq – 10 Essential Tracks

FREq – 10 Essential Tracks

FREq is Aran Gallagher, born in New Zealand, but currently based in Melbourne of Australia. Both an Electronic Engineer and trained Keyboard player, Aran was driven towards Electronic music and begun experimenting since his youngest age.

The first true sounds of FREq began in Christchurch, in New Zealand in 1990. Armed with a trusty AMIGA500, and a Roland JV880, FREq attempted to explore the depths of electronic dance music – shaping sonic structures influenced by early underground house and trance parties. The first successful FREq album, “Alloys”, was released on Positive Ion Records and was backed with a 12” EP on German label Euromedia, in 1997. The style could be described as Hard Trance and contained many Acid influences too. During the following years, he experimented further into the depths of electronic music, and finally settle with a new unique signature sound : the result was FREq’s second album “Strange Attractors” which was released on Iboga Records in 2004 , and was characterized by fat & hypnotic basslines, unique tribal vibes and deep atmospheric soundscapes.

“Strange Attractors” was received with great enthusiasm from a wide spectrum of audiences, with many considering it as a milestone in the progressive Psytrance scene

It was received with great enthusiasm from a wide spectrum of the scene, with many considering it as a milestone in the progressive Psytrance scene. Since then, Aran collaborated extensively with top artists such as SUB6, Antix, Phony Orphants, Liquid Soul, Sun Control Species, releasing music on some of the biggest labels such as Iboga Records, Groovezone, Zenon, Dance’n’Dust, Tatsu, Candyflip, and many more.. In addition, Aran worked in a collaborative project with Ben H and formed the Nyquist project in the early 2005.

Undoubtedly , FREq is one of the most recognized and well respected progressive Trance artists in the scene. This has been due to the success and recognition of Aran’s unique hypnotic signature sound and talent, without forgetting his extensive touring such as in Fusion and VOOV Festival (Germany), Universo Parallelo (Brazil) as well as performances in Israel, Switzerland, UK, USA, Brazil and many other countries across the globe.
Trancentral has selected 10 FREq essential tracks that marked the dancefloors across the globe.