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██▓▓▓▒ ▓██████ █ ░ ▒██████▌ Genre.......: Electronic
████████████████░ ░ ░█████████▀ Total Tracks: 16
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│ TrackListings │░
│ ·───────────────· │░
│ 01 - Love Power [03:40] │░
│ 02 - Breakfast In Vegas [03:45] │░
│ 03 - The Power Of The Flower [04:20] │░
│ 04 - Glamour Girl [03:21] │░
│ 05 - Kiss The Sky [03:36] │░
│ 06 - Tausend Sterne [03:33] │░
│ 07 - Love [03:37] │░
│ 08 - Lonely [03:50] │░
│ 09 - Luv U Still [03:50] │░
│ 10 - Visions And Imaginations [03:45] │░
│ 11 - Rhythm [04:04] │░
│ 12 - Adultery [03:51] │░
│ 13 - No Earthly Connection [03:38] │░
│ 14 - Sayonara Greetings [03:25] │░
│ 15 - Injected With A Poison [03:23] │░
│ 16 - The Moon (CS Johansen Remix) [04:30] │░
│ │░
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘░
Release Info
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│ PRAGA KHAN- Techno composer / producer and artist with │░
│ international fame. │░
│ │░
│ MnD is very proud to present you the Best Of Album of │░
│ Praga_Khan_-_Khantastic_(Best_Of_Praga_Khan)-2003 │░
│ │░
│ Other MnD Praga Khan Releases │░
│ Praga_Khan_-_Twenty_First_Century_Skin-(Bonus_CD)-1999 │░
│ Praga_Khan_-_Mutant_Funk-(Bonus_CD)-2000 │░
│ │░
│ Praga Kahn (aka Maurice Engelen, the man behind Lords of │░
│ Acid) has been making dance music for more than a decade. │░
│ He started out in music in the mid-eighties as a Dee-Jay │░
│ in the discotheque "Happy House". This was an alternative │░
│ club, with a lot of attention for live bands, like The │░
│ Neon Judgement, A Split Second ... │░
│ │░
│ When the New-beat dance craze came around in 1988, Praga │░
│ Khan hopped on the bandwagon and became a musician. He │░
│ founded numerous projects, of which Lords of Acid was the │░
│ most successful. This band, in which Praga Khan operates │░
│ together with Niki Van Lierop (Jade 4 u) and Oliver Adams, │░
│ still exists today and has sold over 1,000,000 copies in │░
│ the U.S.A. of their horny techno music. With Niki and │░
│ Oliver, he produces and composes under the name "MNO" │░
│ (after their initials). Other projects in which Praga Khan │░
│ participated in those days were Shakti (his debut), Jade 4 │░
│ U, Major Problem, 101, Dirty Harry and Digital Orgasm, and │░
│ even commercial Flemish popdance-tunes such as the debut │░
│ CD of Yasmine. │░
│ │░
│ The debut of Praga Khan was the 1989 single "Bula Bula". │░
│ The breakthrough came in 1993 with the song "Injected with │░
│ a poison". It became a club-hit in Belgium, but overseas │░
│ this hit-status also was reflected in the sales figures. │░
│ It went to 14 in the official charts in England and also │░
│ gave him the opportunity to go to Japan. It also opened a │░
│ lot of doors for the man in the States, where he started │░
│ touring. │░
│ │░
│ A lucky break also happened when Paul Verhoeven, during │░
│ the shooting of Basic Instinct, walked into "The │░
│ Limelight"-disco in New York, looking for a song for his │░
│ movie. When the track "Rave the rhythm" was played, he │░
│ stepped up to the Dee-Jay and asked who that was. The song │░
│ was included on the soundtrack, after which a whole bunch │░
│ of other movies followed : Sliver, Virtuosity, Strange │░
│ Days, Bad Lieutenant ... He also composed the soundtrack │░
│ for the computer-game Mortal Combat with Oliver Adams as │░
│ "The Immortals". │░
│ │░
│ In between the first Praga Khan album (Conquers your love │░
│ of 1996) and the second (Pragamatic, released 1998), he │░
│ also founded new projects, like the more rock-oriented │░
│ Tattoo of Pain and Channel X. He also gets asked a lot by │░
│ other artist to remix their stuff, as was the case with │░
│ White Zombie ("Rob Zombie is a big fan, Lords of Acid is │░
│ his favorite music to have sex on"), Alice in Chains │░
│ ("Again"), Jean-Michel Jarre (Chronology part 6), or the │░
│ first Milk Inc. hit "La Vache". │░
│ │░
│ With Pragamatic, Praga Khan hoped to convince Belgium of │░
│ his qualities as an artist. For the first time, he comes │░
│ back to his country to perform his big beats at the │░
│ festivals. "We will surely prove that we are a very good │░
│ live show. We've proven that abroad. Even the Prodigy will │░
│ admit that, we have played a lot together. I think it will │░
│ be easier for the public to get in touch with our music │░
│ now. In the beginning it was heavily oriented towards the │░
│ English scene. The first singles of The Prodigy also │░
│ didn't do anything on the European mainland. I guess we │░
│ have to thank them for opening up this market for us." │░
│ (quotes are from an interview with Studio Brussel in June │░
│ 1998). │░
│ │░
│ With the release of the next Cd "21st Century Skin", Praga │░
│ Khan became a major music act for the first time in their │░
│ homecountry, pulled by more melodic singles such as │░
│ "Breakfast in Vegas" and "Luv U Still", the album was sold │░
│ at about 25,000 copies. This earned them even a place at │░
│ the Werchter-festival, where they played in the tent. │░
│ │░
│ In the Fall of 1999, the Praga Khan project went to the │░
│ States for the first time (as an opener for Lords of Acid, │░
│ with the same musicians, but with Deborah Ostrega as the │░
│ dancer), and in May released the album "Mutant Funk". The │░
│ release of the cd was accompanied by an impressive media │░
│ campaign, which included a gig on the roof of the flemish │░
│ TV-station VTM; which made the album shoot up the charts │░
│ in no time (2 week at 2 in the album charts). The band │░
│ even was asked again at Werchter, and this time as │░
│ headliners on the big stage of the first day. Also in │░
│ March 2000, Praga Khan did a contribution to the │░
│ "Glittering 2000" project, on which belgian bands covered │░
│ songs from the glamrock era, by doing a version of David │░
│ Bowie's "Jean Genie". │░
│ │░
│ In 2001, it was Lords of Acid that was put in the picture │░
│ again, with the album "Farstucking". The Praga Khan │░
│ project started working on a soundtrack for the Belgo-U.K. │░
│ movie "Falling". In May a first single from the music │░
│ Maurice Engelen & Co are making for this film was arlready │░
│ released : Rhythm , featuring a (sort of) vocal │░
│ contribution by Roos van Acker (formerly of Eden, now │░
│ Stubru, TMF). On the full soundtrack (scheduled for │░
│ October 2001), there will be an even stranger co-operation │░
│ though : Axelle Red will appear on a number of tracks. │░
│ There's already a website on the film with a synopsis & │░
│ stuff at www.falling.be. All This means a "quiet summer" │░
│ for Praga Khan : LOA will be at Marktrock, Eurorock & Rock │░
│ Ternat, the first Praga Khan concerts is at Leffinge │░
│ Leuren. │░
│ │░
│ Praga Khan's 3rd released album was Freakazoid. The first │░
│ single of that album, that made quite an impact was │░
│ Glamour Girl. │░
│ │░
│ With that album, Praga Khan recaptured the success it had │░
│ with 21 st. Century Skin. This album featured some │░
│ excellent tracks (Lonely and Breakfast in Vegas spring to │░
│ mind), which drove sales of the album up to high levels. │░
│ │░
│ Maurice Engelen hit the mark with Freakazoid! │░
│ Glamour Girl is an excellent song, which combines current │░
│ dance trends with new wave music from the eighties. Praga │░
│ Khan could not have made a more suitable first single to │░
│ sell its album. Excellent stuff (and you should certainly │░
│ check out the video, which is very good). │░
│ │░
│ Freakazoid is a mixture of several music styles. Praga │░
│ Khan definitely has a big eighties thing going on on this │░
│ album, with several songs having that eighties feel. │░
│ Tausend Sterne is the best example of this influence. The │░
│ song is a perfect copy of the German 'Neue Welle' music │░
│ from the eighties. Pure dance, house, breakbeats, glamour │░
│ pop, its all mixed together on the album. There are even │░
│ some Oriental sounds on the album (Look to the Future) and │░
│ even a bit of reggae (Because of you). │░
│ │░
│ Praga Khan creates an excellent live show with the │░
│ material on this album and the stuff from its back-catalog │░
│ (the reason why this band is so loved in the USA, the │░
│ concerts are always excellent). │░
│ │░
│ Enjoy This Best Of Album Of Praga Khan wich includes also │░
│ the new single Love Power │░
│ Special Greets goes out to KTMP3 for releasing the │░
│ previous Praga Album some minutes before MnD │░
│ Also greetings to USF for doing te same with Lords Of Acid │░
│ - Private Parts ;) │░
│ │░
│ Other Special Greets to 2DB AMO APC EGO MIL MTC nbd radial │░
│ RNS PULSE SND SRM TLT and other groups for there Praga │░
│ Khan Releases ;) │░
│ │░
│ MnD Praga Khan Releases │░
│ Praga_Khan_-_Twenty_First_Century_Skin-(Bonus_CD)-1999 │░
│ Praga_Khan_-_Mutant_Funk-(Bonus_CD)-2000 │░
│ Praga_Khan_-_Khantastic_(Best_Of_Praga_Khan)-2003 │░
│ │░
│ Biograpy taken from The Belgian Pop & Rock Archives │░
│ - http://houbi.com/belpop/groups/pragakhan.htm │░
│ Linked Websites (more on belgian pop and rock archives) │░
│ - Praga Khan and Lords of Acid have an excellent website : │░
│ http://www.pragakhan.com with lots more audio, a full │░
│ discography, all the side projects ... │░
│ - The Lords of Acid also have an extensive website : │░
│ http://www.lordsofacid.com │░
│ Enjoy this Great MnD Release !! │░
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