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Artist: Various Title: Accelerator 4.0 - compiled by Senix Label: Turbo Trance Records Format: CD Released: March 2007 Review: The French label Turbo Trance Records was started back in 2000, and has since the opening put its mark on the psychedelic trance scene with a quite respectable list of releases, ranging from EP's by Triptych, Hyper Frequencies and Neuromotor to full-length albums by Triptych, Elec3 and Mumbo Jumbo and a bunch of compilations as well. "Accelerator" is one of the labels series of compilations, and it has just reached version 4.0. Where the first 3 were compiled by DJ L'elf, DJ Beka and Triptych, the 4th version is compiled by the French label-DJ Senix, and it contains 9 tracks and remixes - all previously unreleased. 01. Manmademan - Escape [138 BPM] First track is from the UK-based duo Manmademan, who's been a part of the psychedelic trance scene since the early days, with releases on influential labels like Matsuri, Flying Rhino, Transient, Phantasm, Iboga, Nano, BNE, TIP.World and Flow. Despite their fine resume, I've never really been a huge fan of their sound, but "Escape" is certainly a really good tune. Running at 138 BPM, and with a bouncy, yet rolling intense bassline, big trancy pads and kind of old school influenced melodies. Fantastic opener. 02. GBU - Big Tone Blasted [140 BPM] Up next is the well-known collaboration The Good, The Bad & The Ugly, or in short GBU, consisting of Dado (Deedrah, Transwave, Synthetic), Serge (The Antidote, Total Eclipse) and DJ Dimitri Nakov. GBU is a very groovy track - more bouncy than most of the stuff on their recent album, but maintaining the quality that made that particular album one of the best full on releases last year in my opinion. Funky dancefloor track. 03. Triptych feat Senix – Hot Track [142 BPM] French Triptych collaborate with DJ Senix on "Hot Track", which is obviously a remix of Gwen Stefanis "What You Waiting For?" - Triptych really has a unique touch with his funky, uplifting club-full on, but the quality of this track is certainly debatable. Some will cringe when the vocals come on, other will take it as a cheeky attempt to make something genuinely fun for the dancefloor - I guess it depends on my mood how well I like it. 04. Shanti – Flight Of The Phoenix [142 BPM] Shanti Matkin, also known as Juvenile, is up next with "Flight Of The Phoenix" - a well-produced, likeable track, which doesn't really do anything fresh though. Good, wholesome morning full on in the usual Shanti style, that I could easily imagine playing at the right set and setting, but it wont win any awards for originality. 05. Tranan – In To Paradise [143 BPM] Swedish Johan Petterson, one half of Logic Bomb, is up next with his soloproject Tranan. It starts out with an over 2 minute long and moody Shpongle-esque intro, before setting into a bouncy groove - certainly with more than just a hint of the Logic Bomb sound from "Unlimited". Add to that some deep, mysterious melodies and you have a track that'll bring back some sweet memories. 06. Oforia - Instant Food (Triptych Remix) [144 BPM] Frances Triptych appears once again - this time with a remix for Oforias "Instant Food", released a few years ago on "Full On 7" from HOMmega. This version is a lot more crisp and uplifting compared to the original - the old one was very morning oriented as well, but this is even more euphoric, and contains some of Triptychs well-known clever, groovy twists along the way. Will undoubtedly a bit too cheesy for some people, but I like it. 07. Elec 3 - No Time To Chill [145 BPM] "No Time To Chill" is by the Israeli duo Elec3 - an act who is at the moment causing huge waves in the progressive house scene with their sideproject Brisker & Magitman. This is straight on full on trance though, just as on their album released on Turbo Trance last year, and although it doesn’t really hold up to the stand out tracks here, it is quite above the usual standard for the style. 08. Prosper - Crystal Falls [143 BPM] The Serbian producer Prosper, who recently released an album on Exposure Productions, follow up with "Crystal Falls". Stylistic, this is quite close to the sound Elec3 is making, meaning straight on full on with a slight hint of electro and trance - very uplifting and clubby, with sparkly crystal melodies. If you liked his last album, this will be right down your alley as well. 09. Tranan - Preacher Boy (Silicon Sound Remix) [138 BPM] Last but not least we have Silicon Sound remixing Tranans "Preacher Boy". Calling the original would be something of an overstatement, but it did get a lot of airplay back when it was released 5 years ago, and this rework certainly does the original a lot of justice. It's running at 138 BPM, and is sort of like a fusion between the rolling, fluid full on Silicon Sound sound, and more progressive ass-shaking grooves. Splendid remix! Bottom line: Senix really did a great job on this compilation - sure, you won't find the most forward-thinking contemporary psychedelic trance here, but for the genre, this is certainly one of the better releases out there at the moment. If you're looking for some great, uplifting morning full on, and don't mind the occasional genre-crossing to oldschool psychedelic trance and newschool progressive trance, this release will do just the trick. Favourites: 1 (!), 2 (!), 5 (!), 6, 9 (!!) Verdict: 8/10 Links: Turbo Trance Records: http://www.turbotrance.com Turbo Trance at Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/turbotrancerecords DJ Senix at Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/senix

Dolly Parton - Jolene

Pierre Busson, also known as DJ Pea and as being part of Yumade and Tripiatrik, now has an electro project called Yuksek. http://www.myspace.com/yuksek http://www.yuksek.org

One word: Allaby.

Jaïa - Rouge Marine

Yeah, the Human Blue album is gold

Yeah, we need more of those PERFECT nitzhonot basslines...

I want laugh more.

Artist: AMD Title: Big Fish Label: Nano Records Format: CD Released: February 2007 Review: Take 2 well-respected psychedelic trance producers, one full on label on absolute top form, and you have "Big Fish", the first album from AMD. AMD is the project of Aphid Moon and Dickster (Dick Trevor) - the first being Jules Hamer who has already released 2 full-length albums as Aphid Moon on Dragonfly and Nano, and the other being Dick Trevor: more or less a legend on the psychedelic trance scene with involvement in projects like Green Nuns Of The Revolution, Infernal Machine, Bumbling Loons, Bisto Boys, Trickster, Tufaan, Jumanji and of course Dickster. AMD has already turned some heads with their performances around the world in the last year at festivals like Boom and Universo Paralello, so the general anticipation for this release in the scene is certainly up there - lets see if it can deliver. 01. Pretty Trippy [145 BPM] Starting things off is "Pretty Trippy" - it starts out fairly gloomy and very atmospheric, and the first kick arrives just around 2 minutes into the track. Using a progressive buildup, adding more and more elements along the way, it slowly gets pretty intense. Add to that a few distorted banjo-samples, some very well-thought voice-samples centred around the theme of crystals, and you have a nice theme-tune for the MDMA-lovers out there. Great opening track. 02. Morning Glory [142 BPM] The opener is followed by "Morning Glory", which, as the name suggests, is a bit more on the mellow side, and also the slowest track here, running at 142 BPM. It's not quite as phat and massive, but with a great amount of soft, gentle melodies, without ever getting too hands-in-the-air friendly and cheesy. A delicious, uplifting morning groover - another favourite. 03. Crash [145 BPM] "Crash" is a bit more on the funky side of things, shifting between broken beats and rolling basslines, which gives it a nice, groovy feel. The definite highlight is the part where the female voice-sample talks about your brain crashing like a computer-system before the track goes down into a giant breakdown. Very nicely done. 04. Don't Look In There [145 BPM] With "Don't Look In There" takes a turn towards the darker and gloomier realms, with a bit more of an oldschool UK psychedelic trance atmosphere and theme of sounds. Quite psychedelic, very pounding and highly infectious tune, which sounds like it could easily have been featured on the "Lucas Presents: God Save The Machine" compilation from TIP.World. Banging. 05. Funky Chicken [145 BPM] Bringing back the quirky grooves is "Funky Chicken" - the longest track on the album running for just over 10 minutes. It generally maintains most of the same high quality as the other tracks on the album, although it's not nearly as characteristic as some of the highlights. Good one, but not a standout. 06. Galactic Family [143 BPM] "We're all just one big galactic family" - with this quote I present to you "Galactic Family", and this is UK psychedelic trance of 2007 ladies and gentlemen. This is another highlight, high on intensity without ever getting too stressful, and with some delightful, otherworldly melodies, sparkling like fine champagne. Loving it. 07. Slightly Turbo [145 BPM] Up next is "Slightly Turbo" where the characteristic "Slightly turbo" voice-sample reminds me of something from the Saiko-Pod album. Generally it's another good tune with a happy carnival atmosphere, and the distorted acid arpeggiator-melody towards the end provides a nice psychedelic finale. 08. Big Dipper [146 BPM] "Big Dipper" is the fastest track here, running at 146 BPM and also packed with dancefloor goodness. Its bassline is big and rough, and just feels like a huge wall of sound - the breakdown has more crowdpleasing potential than Jenna Jameson doing double penetration live on stage, and the peak is just massive. In my opinion the biggest dancefloor monster on the album. 09. The Reckoning [145 BPM] Ending the journey is "The Reckoning", and it certainly doesn't drop the ball in quality compared to the previous 8 tracks. It starts out with a rather flat beat, but slowly evolves into a more hi-tech, crunchy sound with a lot of intelligent twists'n'turns, maintaining a high intensity all the way to the end, only disrupted by some very short, funky breaks. Very nice finish to a great album. Bottom line: "Big Fish" One of the most solid psychedelic full on albums lately, and it really shows that we're dealing with two of the most well-respected producers out there. It's massive outdoor trance of the best kind - powerful, yet funky and psychedelic, yet uplifting without ever getting over the top on either weirdness nor cheesiness. If you liked the last Aphid Moon album, this one is highly recommended, and in my opinion even better, due to the more phat and pounding sound. All in all, Nano Records has put out another great release - genre purists would probably put this into the morning or daytime full on category, but I could easily imagine most of these tracks do a very good track at night as well. Basically it's just high quality psychedelic full on. Enjoy. Favourites: 1, 2 (!!), 4, 6, 8 (!!), 9 Verdict: 8/10 Links: AMD: http://www.amd-trance.com Nano Records: http://www.nanorecords.co.uk AMD @ Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/amdtrance Dick Trevor @ Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/dicktrevor Aphid Moon @ Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/aphidmoon Nano Records @ Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/nanorecords

I completely agree, "Solid State" is nothing short of an amazing album. Dreamy and almost unreal, melodic progressive trance of the very very best kind. Also some of his earlier releases on labels like Dragonfly were stunning as well.

Ehm, what party - have people started talking about a psynews gathering again? I remember the whole thing getting cancelled a few years ago, due to the usual psynews drama. But hey, I'd be more than happy to come and play a few tunes

Lemmiwinks, how can releasing an acid jazz album on a small, indie trance-label really be more commercial than playing Deedrah, GBU, Synthetic and even oldschool Transwave psychedelic trance sets (since you seem to be focusing on the oh so unspoiled true underground sound of the past) in front of crowds of up to 20.000 people at festivals like Boom, XXXPerience and Solstice? Besides - commercial or not, who cares as long as it's good music. I haven't heard the Federico Baltimore album, but with Dado's usual high standard in mind, I'm definitely considering buying it.

Morning boner?

Slinky Wizard - License To Slink

The Son Kite DVD is amazing. I have the Samothraki DVD as well, but even though the images are great, I was kind of disappointed that none of the audio was live audio - it's all a soundtrack (and a poorly mixed one at that) running on top of the video. I prefer Vision Quests way of doing their audio instead, but on the other hand the footage there is quite boring...

Certainly agree on Pleiadians "IFO", although that's probably not the most popular view in here. "Family Of Light" on the other hand is a much more mature and diverse, and I consider it one of my alltime favourite psychedelic trance albums.

Artist: Various Title: Origin - Stage 3 Label: Nano Records Format: CD Released: February 2007 Review: Nano Records has been among my favourite full on labels since their first compilation "Emergence", and based partly in South Africa, partly in the UK, they've built a solid reputation among many other DJ's and partygoers. The newest release from the label is "Origin - Stage 3" - a 9 track soundtrack for the annual Origin festival held in South Africa, featuring a couple of the artists performing at the festival, and compiled by DJ Ans. 01. The Egg - Angel Of My Soul (Allaby Remix) [140 BPM] First up is UK's biggest talent at the moment in my opinion, Allaby, with a remix for "Angel Of My Soul", originally found on The Egg's album "Forwards". Despite not having lots of tracks released so far, Allaby has already appeared on labels like Twisted, Nano, Spiral Trax, Alchemy and Neurobiotic, and he gave a stellar liveset at last years Sonica. His sound can best be described as a mixture of progressive and full on - relentless, pumping drives, but still with a sophisticated sense of buildup and progression, and this remix is no exception. Classy tune. 02. Laughing Buddha - Lightning Games [143 BPM] Laughing Buddha is another artist from the UK - a long time psychedelic trance producer with releases on labels like Transient, RTTS, Flying Rhino, Dragonfly, TIP.World and the original TIP. Compared to the opener he turns up the psychedelia-meter a little notch, adding a dose of quirkiness, yet still maintaining a good amount of dancefloor appeal. If you liked his tune on "God Save The Machine", you'll probably like this one as well. 03. A Commercial Hippie and The Electric Ant - Electric Hippy [140 BPM] Anton Raubenheimer, half of the The Commercial Hippies duo, teams up with Ans aka The Electric Ant on "Electric Hippy". It brings back some of the slightly progressive-influenced sounds and grooves, relying on quite subtle melodic tricks in the first half, before going into a more acid-tinged finale. Not among the most distinct tracks on the compilation, but certainly a good tune on its own. 04. Tristan - Depends On You (AMD Remix) [140 BPM] Next up is Aphid Moon and Dickster (of Green Nuns fame) remixing "Depends On You" from Tristans upcoming album "Chemisphere". I haven't heard the original version yet, but this remix is certainly a massive outdoor festival-anthem, providing a solid wall of groove and Tristan-trademark well-chosen voice-samples. Huge track - also look out for AMD's upcoming album "Big Fish", which is equally good and pumping. 05. The Commercial Hippies - Queggestion Box [145 BPM] The full The Commercial Hippies team is up next with "Queggestion Box", and fans of their debut album "If You Can't Stand The Heat" will feel right at home here. It's still as uplifting and funky as back then, yet with a slightly deeper and tougher approach than most of the stuff on their album. I found their album among the best psychedelic releases in 2006, so this is definitely right up my alley as well. 06. Zen Mechanics - Disco Pixie [142 BPM] "Disco Pixie" is by the dutch rising star Zen Mechanics, whose productions so far has been featured on such diverse labels as Neurobiotic, Flow, Iboga, Dance N Dust, Crystal Matrix and Aleph Zero. Compared to the majority of the tracks on this compilation, he's providing a more typical full on morning sound, but fused with some great grooves and a huge breakdown, it works very well though. Good stuff. 07. Headroom - Artelligent [142 BPM] Headroom has definitely turned some heads with his releases so far - funky and intelligent seems to be the best keywords to describe his music, and the aptly titled "Artelligent" is another great example of his sound. It has wacky breakdowns and very creative use of voice-samples, plus some of the quirkiness that categorized Rinkadink a few years back. Not your everyday rolling full on monster, but great sense of groove and funk that'll surely get the dancefloor moving. 08. Hydrophonic - Heckyl'n Jive [142 BPM] Nano label-owner Regan and his brother Gareth Tacon is back with their project Hydrophonic on "Heckyl'n Jive". They released an album back in 2004, but haven't released much stuff since then, but it seems like they've kept the high standard from back then. Solid, pumping morning track. 09. Eskimo & Madcap - Take A Look Out There (Flip-Flop Remix) [143 BPM] Last track is a remix of Eskimo's "Take A Look Out There", from his second full-length album with the same title. Behind the remix we find Flip-Flop - a relatively new duo from the UK, with sideprojects such as Hemi-Sync and Touch Tone - and this remix is really a storming end to the compilation. Starting out pretty anonymously, but after the theme from the original emerges in the breakdown, it's high-quality full on all the way. Great stuff. Bottom line: Nano Records certainly starts 2007 in top form. "Origin - Stage 3" is full of full on goodies, delivering a good dose of very positive dancefloor oriented daytime and morning music, but without falling to the über-cheesy melodic themes and rave-pads. The quality is very consistent, and none of the tracks are even remotely bad, so I can only say that I'm very pleased with the overall result. In short, this is definitely the best full on compilation I've heard for quite a while, and it's probably my favourite Nano compilation since "Natural Selection". Highly recommended. Favourites: 1 (!!), 4 (!!), 5, 6, 7, 9. Verdict: 8,5/10 Links: Nano Records: http://www.nanorecords.co.uk

Depends on the time, set and setting really.

Am I the only one who would rather hear a new "The Mystery Of The Yeti" release than a new Shpongle-album?

DJ Tarkan - Ha Pardon

According to various topics at Isratrance the parties either have dark psy or morning full on.

There's lots of full on above 146 BPM. With a quick view through my case I found a couple of examples: Psysex - L.S.Dance (Psysex Remix) [150 BPM] Psysex - Bionic Bong (GMS Remix) [148 BPM] Shanti - Spirithorse (Sub6 Remix) [148 BPM] Violet Vision - Cellophane (Sub6 & Domestic Remix) [147 BPM] Synthetic - Africa (Wizzy Noise Remix) [147 BPM] Electric Universe - The Self [148 BPM]

You might as well give up right now