Alura (EP)

Alura is the second EP by experimental pop group Sweet Trip, and was released by Darla Records in January 1999.[1]

Alura
EP by
Sweet Trip
Released28 January 1999
Length25:15 (LP)

33:22 (CD)

1:03:31 (Expanded Edition)
LabelDarla Records
ProducerRoberto Burgos
Sweet Trip chronology
Halica
(1998)		 Alura
(1999)		 Velocity : Design : Comfort
(2003)
Alternative cover
Expanded Edition cover

Background

Alura was released just two months after Sweet Trip's 1998 debut album, Halica,[2] and only four months after their first EP, Fish Remixes & Versions.[3] It is notably more dance music-oriented than any of their other releases, with the band deciding that it would be fun to create tracks akin to the electronic music and Miami bass they had grown up listening to in their resident Bay area.[4] The band aimed to create a release that could be played by DJs at clubs and raves, in part due to their obsession with raves and dance parties.[4]

The three tracks present on the original LP release of Alura were some of the first created by the band using a computer and a Midi-sequencer, using an Atari computer with an early version of Cubase on floppy disc.[4] The CD bonus track, "Kate", was the last song released by Sweet Trip recorded on a TASCAM 4-track,[4] which the band had used to record the entirety of Halica on.[5]

The album's cover art features altered photos of gear that the band had used in the recording of Alura, due to being thrilled with their recent acquisition of more gear such as synths and samplers.[4] In 2022, an "Expanded Edition" re-release was announced by Sweet Trip's label Darla Records,[4] featuring new cover art, and tracks previously only found on Darla compilations[6][7] or uploaded to Valerie Cooper's SoundCloud.[8]

Track listing

Track lists adapted from Discogs[9][10] and Darla Records.[4]

1999 LP version

No.TitleLength
1."Alura"9:39
2."Palomar, Your Shadow Is the Yellow Sun"6:26
3."Serniga"9:07
Total length:25:13

CD version

No.TitleLength
1."Alura"9:39
2."Palomar, Your Shadow Is the Yellow Sun"6:26
3."Serniga"9:09
4."Kate"8:06
Total length:33:22

Expanded Edition

No.TitleLength
5."Aah! Sealife"8:53
6."Classic Cinnamon Mint"8:48
7."Arula"5:04
8."anAcidSkam"3:54
9."mono.002"3:27
Total length:1:03:31

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the CD release's liner notes.[11]

  • Sweet Trip – writing, design, layout
  • Kyle Statham – mastering
  • Voltron – photography
  • Maya Day – design, layout

References
  1. Alura - EP by Sweet Trip, 1999-01-28, retrieved 2022-03-30
  2. Halica - Bliss Out, Vol. 11 by Sweet Trip, 1998-03-03, retrieved 2022-03-30
  3. Fish - Remixes & Versions by Sweet Trip, 1998-09-22, retrieved 2022-03-30
  4. Records, Darla. "Sweet Trip - Alura (Expanded Edition)". Darla Records. Retrieved 2022-03-30.
  5. Taconelli, Jesse (2020-12-20). "Sonemic Interview: Sweet Trip". Rate Your Music. Retrieved 2022-03-30.
  6. Records, Darla. "V/A - Drum & Bliss, Vol. 1". Darla Records. Retrieved 2022-03-30.
  7. Records, Darla. "v/a - Darla 100". Darla Records. Retrieved 2022-03-30.
  8. "Sweet Trip/Valerie Reyes Cooper". SoundCloud. Retrieved 2022-03-30.[self-published]
  9. "Sweet Trip – Alura (1999, Vinyl) - Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 2022-03-30.
  10. "Sweet Trip – Alura (1999, CD) - Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 2022-03-30.
  11. Alura (liner notes). Sweet Trip. Darla Records. 1999. DRL-085.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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