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In January 1999 the band reported the track at No. 9 on the MP3.com Top 40, behind the Beastie Boys; on 25 March 1999 at No. 1. The 2005 biography says it held the No. 1 spot for over three months. No MP3.com chart page from 1999 has been examined yet.

• context Band, at the time "old news", trance[]control at Teraxis (news 1998-10-18 to 1999-04-26) · view preserved page · news item 1999-01-13

  “Atomic Dance Explosion is now No 9. on the MP3.com Top 40 chart !! Beasty Boys still ahead of us”

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• supports Band, at the time "old news", trance[]control at Teraxis (news 1998-10-18 to 1999-04-26) · view preserved page · news item 1999-03-25

  “Our track, " Atomic Dance Explosion " hit's the No 1 position on MP3.com !!”

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• supports Written later trancecontrol.com biography ("Short story" and "Random facts") · view preserved page

  “The same track held the #1 spot @ MP3.com for over 3 months straight.”

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Historical descriptions differ between 81 and more than 82 consecutive weeks. The 2005 biography gives 81 weeks in a row, with the band removing the track in the 82nd week. The discrepancy is kept as published.

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  Descriptions differ between 81 and more than 82 consecutive weeks.
• supports Written later trancecontrol.com biography ("Short story" and "Random facts") · view preserved page

  “was on the MP3.com TOP40 chart for 81 weeks in a row without dropping out, @ the 82'nd week the band took the track off their page”

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The band's reading of MP3.com's statistics, published at the time. No independent MP3.com ranking page has been examined.

• supports Band, at the time "welcome" news page, trance[]control at Teraxis (news of 1999-05-03, updated 1999-05-14) · view preserved page · news item 1999-05-03

  “And according to the statistics the best band in Europe... not just techno artist but among all the other artists.”

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Reported in band-authored records according to the project brief; the archive has not yet located a contemporary page with the figure. The earliest Teraxis captures are from February 1999.

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The band's own news list dates the number-one placement to 14 June 2005 ("BTR-005 - DJMR Trance - No#1"). A snapshot of DJMR's chart of 29 August 2005 is reported to show Heaven at No. 2, with Tiësto at No. 1 and Ferry Corsten at No. 3; the chart pages themselves have not been examined yet.

• context Independent, at the time DJMR trance chart, snapshot of 2005-08-29
  Reported No. 2 on 29 August 2005; not yet examined.
• supports Band, at the time trancecontrol.com home page news list (to 2005-07-21) · view preserved page · Latest news

  “JUN 14, 2005 BTR-005 - DJMR Trance - No#1”

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• supports Recollection Project brief and recollections of Alexander Carlborg
• supports Band, at the time trancecontrol.com forum topic 666 (number-one report)
  Reported to contain the number-one post; not yet examined.

The band's 2005 biography defines a valid download as a download or stream lasting at least 30 seconds, counted once per user per track per day, and calls the band the only artist to pass 10 million. Alexander recalls the nearest competing act at about 6 million. MP3.com's own counter did not show it: in October 2003 the band was about 400,000 short, and the counter stopped at 9,753,039 in mid-November, before the site closed on 2 December. In December 2003 Alexander wrote that he was "pretty sure" the band had passed 10 million, as November alone had given over 220,000 downloads. The 10 million is therefore the band's own estimate for the final weeks.

• context Band, at the time Forum news: "MP3.com is going down..." (14 November 2003)
  A listener noted on 15 November 2003 that the play count had stopped at 9,753,039.
• context Independent, at the time MP3.com artist page trance_control, November 2003
  Reported to display 9,753,039 Total Plays; not yet read from the capture.
• context Band, at the time Forum thread: "What happend to MP3.com!?" (October 2003)
  17 October 2003: a little over 9,600,000 on the page, "about 400 000 downloads short".
• supports Written later trancecontrol.com biography ("Short story" and "Random facts") · view preserved page

  “trance[]control is the only artist to reach over 10,000,000 valid downloads from MP3.com.”

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• supports Recollection Project brief and recollections of Alexander Carlborg
  Over 10 million verified MP3.com downloads; nearest competitor about 6 million.
• supports Band, at the time Forum thread: "Vote for t[]c on mp3.com today!!!" (December 2003)

  “As for close to 10,000,000 downloads - I'm pretty sure we broke that boundry :)”

The June 2000 biography on the Teraxis site is being recovered; the figure has not yet been read from the capture.

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Figures as published by the band from its MP3.com statistics. The same news item claims second place among all MP3.com artists and first among European artists. Earlier, on 22 April 1999, the band reported 145,000 visits and 96,000 downloads in 21 days.

• supports Band, at the time "welcome" news page, trance[]control at Teraxis (news of 1999-05-03, updated 1999-05-14) · view preserved page · news item 1999-05-03

  “With a total of 186,973 visits and 129,165 downloads we're now positioned as the 2'nd most popular band at the whole MP3.com site.”

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• supports Recollection Project brief and recollections of Alexander Carlborg

All sources agree on 1997 and on the two founders. They differ on the part of the year: the band's 2004–2005 site says "the first months of 1997" and "early 1997", while Alexander's 2026 recollection places the founding in the second half of 1997. Both readings are kept.

• supports Band, at the time trancecontrol.com home page (news to 2004-12-24) · view preserved page

  “The project first took shape sometime during the first months of 1997”

  Supports the year; places it early in 1997.
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• supports Written later trancecontrol.com biography ("Short story" and "Random facts") · view preserved page

  “The production duo trance[]control was founded early 1997 by the cousins Alexander Carlborg & Andreas Wennersköld.”

  Supports the year; places it early in 1997.
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• supports Band, at the time Press kit of 13 November 2003: press text, logo, flyer and press photograph · view preserved page

  “The production duo trance[]control was founded early 1997 by the cousins Alexander Carlborg & Andreas Wennersköld.”

  The press kit of November 2003, in the words the 2005 biography later repeated.
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  Founded in Gothenburg in the second half of 1997.

This is a firsthand account, not a completed contract. The 2005 biography names the game "FREQ" and says the band missed the deadline because it was not properly informed. Alexander identifies his Sony contact as Chuck Doud, credited as the game's music director; the credits themselves are still to be examined.

• context Independent, at the time Frequency (PlayStation 2, 2001), game credits (not yet located)
  Expected to list Chuck Doud as music director.
• supports Written later trancecontrol.com biography ("Short story" and "Random facts") · view preserved page

  “trance[]control was selected to create music for the Sony Playstation 2 game FREQ – but due to a lousy manager they where not properly informed and missed the deadline.”

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  The Sony contact was Chuck Doud. The manager failed to follow up.

• supports Written later trancecontrol.com biography ("Short story" and "Random facts") · view preserved page

  “In an early stage, trance[]control by mistake turned down a record contract with Universal Music in Germany.”

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The band's own 2005 agenda lists Love Parade 2003 among past performances without a cancellation note. When it announced its float for 2004, in February 2004, the band wrote that it had canceled the year before, which agrees with Alexander's account.

• contradicts Band, at the time trancecontrol.com agenda (performances 2002–2005) · view preserved page
  Listed under past performances, 2003-07-12, Berlin.
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• supports Band, at the time Forum news: "LOVEPARADE 2004 - CANCELED!!!" (February to April 2004)

  “We canceled on this event last year however this year we are going to do this.”

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• supports Band, at the time Agenda entry: Love Parade 2004, Berlin · view preserved page

  “( This event has been Canceled! )”

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The concert calendar of September 2000 records the date and event (capture being recovered). Alexander recalls headlining, Christopher Lawrence also on the bill, about 5,000 people, fire doors forced open at the start, and the sub-bass system clipping during Another Beat.

• supports Band, at the time Live concert calendar, trance[]control at Teraxis ("last updated : 09-10-2000") · view preserved page
  Records date and event.
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• supports Recollection Project brief and recollections of Alexander Carlborg

The number appears in the URL the band published in November 1998. The registration month (August 1998) rests on Alexander's account; no capture of the MP3.com page from 1998 is known.

• supports Band, at the time "old news", trance[]control at Teraxis (news 1998-10-18 to 1999-04-26) · view preserved page · news item 1998-11-07

  “Our MP3.com URL: http://www.mp3.com/music/Techno/749.html”

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  Registered at MP3.com in August 1998 as artist number 749.

Alexander's recollection. The issue has not been located and the wording is unconfirmed.

• context Independent, at the time American Remix Magazine, feature on trance[]control (issue not identified) (not yet located)
  Not yet located.
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Reported by the band in May 1999. Broadcast date and independent confirmation still to be found.

• supports Band, at the time "welcome" news page, trance[]control at Teraxis (news of 1999-05-03, updated 1999-05-14) · view preserved page · news item 1999-05-03

  “Atomic Dance Explosion was featured in the BBC Program " Tomorrows's World "”

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• supports Band, at the time "old news", trance[]control at Teraxis (news 1998-10-18 to 1999-04-26) · view preserved page · news item 1998-10-18

  “Today we signed the contract! It's now official that Frontline Music Publishing owns the right's to " Fragment of Time " and " Virtual Love "”

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The band's dated news item of 7 November 1998 announces the release. The 2005 biography says the track was "Produced by Alexander Carlborg, December 1998", a month after that release. The later date may refer to a later version; until that is established both statements are kept.

• contradicts Written later trancecontrol.com biography ("Short story" and "Random facts") · view preserved page

  “The track Atomic Dance Explosion (Produced by Alexander Carlborg, December 1998)”

  Gives a production month after the documented release date.
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• supports Band, at the time "old news", trance[]control at Teraxis (news 1998-10-18 to 1999-04-26) · view preserved page · news item 1998-11-07

  “1998-11-07 Atomic Dance Explosion is released on MP3.com !”

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  Released on November 7, 1998.

The press kit of 2003 lists Beyond 2000 among the band's "CD Albums @ MP3.com" with this date, and the MP3.com artist page of March 2000 sells it as an audio CD. Both come from the band or its own MP3.com page; no independent dated listing has been examined yet. The album came out again digitally in 2015.

• supports Band, at the time Press kit of 13 November 2003: press text, logo, flyer and press photograph · view preserved page

  “08.16.1999 Beyond 2000”

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• supports Independent, at the time MP3.com artist page trance_control, March 2000 · view preserved page

  “Buy the Audio CD b e y o n d . 2 0 0 0 $7.99”

  Shows it was sold as an MP3.com CD; gives no date.
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Vinyl edition branding or presenter credits are not authorship.

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The 2005 discography dates the remix 2000-03-23. The biography adds that the original reached No. 3 on Billboard Japan and that Avex later made a video from the remix; those details are the band's.

• supports Written later trancecontrol.com biography ("Short story" and "Random facts") · view preserved page

  “trance[]control released a remix of MOVE – Rage your Dream (#3 @ Billboard - Japan) on AVEX TRAXX – Japan.”

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• supports Written later trancecontrol.com discography (music.php and release pages) · view preserved page

  “2000-03-23 MOVE - Rage your Dream REMIX”

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• supports Band, at the time Press kit of 13 November 2003: press text, logo, flyer and press photograph · view preserved page

  “03.23.2000 Move – Rage your Dream [trance[]control ReMix] – AVEX TRAXX - Japan”

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The 2005 biography calls Beyond 2001 the debut album, while the same site's discography lists earlier albums (the.demo.cd, 1999-01-10; Beyond 2000, 1999-08-16). It also says the label projected 3,000 copies and spent $8,000 on promotion.

• context Written later trancecontrol.com discography (music.php and release pages) · view preserved page
  Lists Beyond 2000 (1999-08-16) and the.demo.cd (1999-01-10) before Beyond 2001 (2000-08-16).
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• context Band, at the time The guestbook of the trancecontrol.com MP3/VIP Vault, from the site database's own backup, February to July 2004
  21 February 2004, in Swedish: the first album the band released through a label sold about 20,000 copies, which should have earned about 200,000 SEK, but the label went bankrupt and the band received no money.
• context Band, at the time Forum thread: "trance[]control LIVE @ Waterworld, Montreal (CA)" (September 2003 to March 2004)
  24 October 2003: the label "no longer exist"; Warlock Records bought the bankruptcy estate.
• supports Written later trancecontrol.com biography ("Short story" and "Random facts") · view preserved page

  “The trance[]control debut album "Beyond 2001 – the resurrection" sold about 18,000 copies in US & Canada alone.”

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Streaming codec and protocol are not yet confirmed. In October 2003 Alexander wrote that he had sent the studio webcam's audio and video stream to DI.fm for distribution; that confirms the stream but does not date it.

• supports Band, at the time Forum thread: "trance[]control Forum DJ-Set" (October 2003)

  “I managed to send our studio webcam (audio/video) stream to DI.fm so that they could distribute our signal further.”

• supports Recollection Project brief and recollections of Alexander Carlborg