Cygnus X (music group)

Cygnus X
Genres	Electronica, trance, classic trance
Years active	1993–2005
Labels	Eye Q Records
Past members	Matthias Hoffmann Ralf Hildenbeutel

Cygnus X was a trance music project from Germany named after the famous X-ray binary star Cygnus X-1. It began as a collaboration between Matthias Hoffmann and Ralf Hildenbeutel, who later left.^[1] Other projects of the pair include A.C. Boutsen, Brainchild and Dee.FX. Their sound extends from hard to ambient trance.

Their first release was "Superstring" in 1993. Their third trance track, "The Orange Theme", released in 1994, was the project's best received track, borrowing the melodic theme of Henry Purcell's classical composition "Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary" (also appearing as theme music for Stanley Kubrick's film "A Clockwork Orange", which arguably is the reference of the track title). Their releases "Positron" and "Hypermetrical" became also well known hits of the genre.

Several years later, "The Orange Theme" and "Superstring" were given new remixes and became chart hits. The Bervoets & De Goeij remix of "The Orange Theme" charted at #43 in the UK Singles Chart in March 2000, followed by the Rank 1 remix of "Superstring" charting at #33 in August 2001.

Discography

Album

Hypermetrical - (1995)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Kinderlied" (part 1)	2:24
2.	"Kinderlied" (part 2)	9:08
3.	"Hypermetrical"	5:38
4.	"Deliberation"	12:09
5.	"Turn Around"	10:06
6.	"Synchronism"	10:00
7.	"The Orange Theme" (remix)	8:29
8.	"Indakasa"	7:23
Total length:		65:17

Singles

• "Superstring" (1993) - UK #33 in 2001^[2]
• "Positron" (1993)
• "The Orange Theme" (1994) - UK #43 in 2000^[2]
• "Hypermetrical" (1995)
• "Kinderlied" (1995)
• "Synchronism" (1995)
• "Turn Around" (1995)
• "Superstring" (Rank 1 Remix) (2005) (performed during Armin Only 2006)

Remixes

• MIR - "Under The Milkyway" (1996)
• Baby Fox - "Baby Fox" - Rain (1997)
• Art of Trance - "Madagascar" (1998)
• Art of Trance - "Breathe" (1999)
• Art of Trance - "Easter Island" (1999)
• Armin Van Buuren - "Superstring" (Rank 1 Remix) (Amsterdam Music Festival 2013)

References

1. Cygnus X profile. Discogs. Retrieved on 17 January 2008.
2. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 131. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.

External links

• Cygnus X on global-trance.co.uk
• Cygnus X at Discogs
• Cygnus X discography at MusicBrainz