
L.S.G.
by Jason BirchmeierThroughout the 90s, when German trance producer Oliver Lieb practically defined the genre, he produced tracks under a countless array of names, the most successful being L.S.G. The Frankfurt, Germany, producers career first began to blossom in 1992. He was recording for a number of labels at the time under a host of monikers. However, it was the Quicksand 12 released on Harthouse Records under the name Spicelab that became Liebs first big success. A year later, in 1993, he had another successful release, Fragile, this time on the Superstition label under the name L.S.G. Where the Spicelab tracks are epic, dark, and a bit ambient, the L.S.G. tracks are more dancefloor-orientated and more melodic — essentially the prototype for late-90s Hooj Choons-style trance. Several more EPs followed on Superstition — Fragile Remixes (1994), Blueprint (1994), My Time Is Yours (1995) — as well as a full-length, Rendezvous...