I saw (heard) X-Dreams live act on Transit this summer and I realized that they would stir up a discussion within the scène with there act. Having a long legged blonde girl in a latex suit crawl over the stage on a Psy-Festival seems to be difficult to swallow for some people. I think I would have found it (only) very funny if the sound that came out of the speakers at that time wasn’t that f*ng genius. For me it was the best Psy-live-act I’ve ever seen and heard.
As for the album; ok, they took some risks, but hey, I’m not the one to hold that against them. I’ve been listening and analyzing there album for some time now and I think it’s simply genius. Ok, some of the more minimalistic tracks are not really my taste but that doesn’t mean that they aren’t very good tracks, produced with an eye for detail and originality. I prefer the tracks with the vocals. The “cyberspace-quantum-Xray-science fiction” subject might not appeal to everyone but I think the vocals ad value to the tracks and (for me) they are very well produced. I’ve seen the title track “We Interface” do wonders on the dance floor several times all ready, I very strongly believe that’s partially because of the vocals.
One thing about the album I’m still not sure about is the mastering. For some smaller systems the overall sound is somewhat difficult to handle. It sounds different then ‘usual’ and I’m nut sure yet if that’s a good thing or not. On the other hand “We Interface” sounds overwhelming on a big system so play it loud!
I’d like to say one thing about the “Fluke remix”; I think it’s a nice, original track with the Ragga feel and all but it sounds like a remix from a different track. I think they missed the ball a little bit with that one.
In conclusion: X-Dream is not afraid to take some risks with there work. Taking in account the vast amount of copycat-all-sounding-alike albums coming out these days that’s something I can only respect. I think that with “We Interface”, X-Dream has proven again that they are one of the best and most interesting Psy-Acts (if you can call it hat) in the world and an inspiration to a lot of young producers (like myself, haha). If their plan is to also reach out to a non Psy-public, at least I know some people that don’t like Psy-Trance who are very enthusiastic about “We Interface”.
