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Liquid Soul – 10 Essential Tracks

Liquid Soul – 10 Essential Tracks

Liquid Soul is the solo project of Swiss artist Nicola Capobianco. Born in 1978, his passion for electronic music dates back to at least 1993, when he was making his first steps towards Deejaying. After a couple of years, feeling the need to express his personal feelings and be more creative through music, he started producing his own progressive trance tracks while slowly crafting himself a unique sound signature. By the late 90’s, Nicola had already participated in numerous major Euro-trance events in Switzerland with artists such as Tiesto and Armin Van Buren.

Liquid Soul @ XXXPERIENCE Festival -Picture by Leandro Quartiermeister-

At the dawn of the new millennium, Nicola got hooked up by the psychedelic side of Trance music which in turn gave him the motivation to re-invent his sound. In 2001, his solo project Liquid Soul was born. In 2003, he published his 2 first Liquid Soul tracks on a double sided vinyl “Acid Rain / Time Warp”, on the Swiss based label Interzone Records. It didn’t take long for Nicola to be approached by the Danish label Iboga Records, where he first published a double sided vinyl titled “Go Reality/Why” in 2005. In 2006, he decided to create his own label Mikrokosmos Records which he still runs with his best friend, Martin aka Human Element.

After more than 100 hypnotic tracks , the Liquid Soul project has undoubtedly played a vital role in shaping the progressive Psy-trance landscape to where it is today.

Nicola also released his first full length album “Synthetic Vibes” in 2006 on Iboga Records, and was considered as a milestone in the progressive Psy-trance scene thanks to its distinctive emotional and uplifting melodies which managed to intelligently fuse elements of Trance and Psychedelic Trance. The initial global success was followed by three chart topping albums named “Love in Stereo” in 2008, “Cocktails” his remix album in 2009, and more recently “Revolution” in 2013 which again was another masterpiece.

Liquid Soul @ Orizon Festival -Picture by Leandro Quartiermeister-

To satisfy the public’s thirst and more importantly to expand his own creativeness, Nicola formed part of several side projects, most of which are collaborations with other well established artists. Some of the better known projects are : LIQUID ACE (together with Ace Ventura), LIQUID HOOK (together with Captain Hook), as well as the deadly EARSUGAR duo (together with Human Element), and lastly his own experimental solo project called ‘SLEEK’ which focuses more on the deeper minimal and progressive tech genres. It’s worth noting that Nicola also won the acclaimed DJ Awards in Ibiza for the Psy-trance category, and two BEATPORT awards : “Best Track” in 2009 and the prestigious “Best Artist” award in 2010.
After more than 100 hypnotic tracks released on top labels and playing worldwide in major gigs for more than a decade, the Liquid Soul project has undoubtedly played a vital role in shaping the progressive Psy-trance landscape to where it is today.
Trancentral has prepared for you a list of ten Liquid Soul essential tracks.