Accident in Paradise

Accident in Paradise captures Frankfurt trance when it still meant something delicate. Harthouse and Eye Q's aesthetic is all over the record: textured, exploratory structures that take their time instead of engineering a stadium payoff. Sven Väth catches the scene while it is still curious. It documents that scene as much as it makes a statement, which is the limit and the value both.

The Eye Q sound at full stretch, made by the man who ran the club, the label and eventually half the industry. Adventurous in a way German trance stopped being once the brand grew larger than the artist.