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I agree with dieznyik: one track is ~rather bad, and the other is really good!! 6/10.

Yes: this is morning trance. After a moment it becomes really boring for your ears And your brain. Moreover, the album is all the same. It's too....morning for me. 4.5/10.

Due to its authors, Vacuum Tube looks like a X-Dream production on some tracks (eg 1, 4, 5), and a Planet Ben Prod on some other tracks. Basically the tracks are good. I really like Amplifier with its powerful sounds all along. And the whole album is full of energy; don't expect multiple overlays or twisting sounds all along. That's more underlying, more mental indeed. The BIG problem is that nearly all the tracks were released before. So there is no mystery, even at the first listening. That's a brilliant record, ok, but it seems to be more a collection than a brand new production. So, 6.5/10.

Total Eclipse / Resurex - BFLT 64 Artist: Total Eclipse / Resurex Title: BFLT 64 Label: Dragonfly Date: 2000 Track listing: 01. 06'37" Total Eclipse : Bimone 02. 07'21" Resurex : Copine Review: The Bordeaux mad crew is back to the roots on Dragonfly, but the sound is far from being roots: The Total Eclipse track was written by Serge: no problem, you can recognize the Total Eclipse touch, but the sounds are more "in fashion", that is: more dark. Fortunately, the track itself is good, really not monotonous....this is what you can expect from TE ! The Resurek track was written by Stepane/TE And J.Sogabe. The track has also inherited more recent souns. It's kicking, there's a lot of energy in it, the sounds all around are just in the good place to give the listener a break...moreover I like the little sounds at the end. What else? Buy the black BFLT64 with the green sticker ! 8/10.

Very oldschool very psychedelic trance. The album is a bit all the same. Globally worth buying if you like fullon psy music. 7/10.

Jaïa - Blue Synergy Artist: Jaïa Title: Blue Synergy Label: Yellow Feather Date: 2000 Track listing: CD 1 (Blue Energy) 01. 06'46" Sommeil Paradoxal 02. 09'26" Anawa's Paradise 03. 07'25" Breathing Ocean 04. 08'13" Brainstorm 05. 09'44" Nasty Angel 06. 09'21" Maï Maï 07. 08'59" Spiritual Drops And Eternal Ices 08. 09'25" After The Rain CD 2 (Blue Synergy) 01. Sentences To Heaven 02. Sillenium 03. Time Machine 04. Kannibal 05. Factory Of Mind 06. Meditation Review: The first CD is the reedition of Jaïa's album released in mid-1998. To have an idea of it, just take a look at the Jaïa : Blue Energy review page. The second cd is a compil of tracks released -or not- at different ages, and on different labels. Sentences to Heaven....a typical Jaïa track, fast and cool at the same time, charming voices. There is also a powerful break! ok. Sillenium was written with Deedrah. This is a true killer with psychedelia everywhere...a total dancefloor tune. Once again, the break near the end is perfect and it's difficlt not to dance on that track. Time Machine also used to be a very good party track. It rolls quickly over a guy saying 'le temps....' all the time...then there are voices, a break, and it restarts to roll again and again! Everything is very well studied. Excellent track. Kannibal is new: it's fast and more minimalistic than the rest:mainly rhythmic. There is a good work on the drums. Near the end, there are a few waves And people shouting. The groove is OK, the track is OK. Factory of the Mind is also (nearly) unknown. It has a powerful bassline, the track runs fast, there are shy little sounds dealing with other drumworks And quick plastic sounds over that. sure the effect would be excellent on a dancefloor ! Meditation is a very emigmatic calm track, with voices. It's cool And still really good ...something to calm you down after 2 hours of powerful energies. If you've never had the Original Blue Energy, or if you don't know Jaïa, here is your chance to repair the offense!

Kiss The Future 2 - Procyon Artist: Kiss The Future 2 Title: Procyon Label: Atomic Date: 2000 Track listing: 01. 08'27" Saiko-Pod : Pling Pong 02. 08'25" Psychaos : Creative Anomaly 03. 08'20" NTSX : Dreamshot 04. 06'37" The Antidote : Chewbacca 05. 08'39" Tortured Brain Vs Steriliser : The Dealer 06. 08'25" Morphem : Zwergensaft 07. 07'00" Man With No Name : Deep Trouble In Outer Space (Original 94 Mix) 08. 07'03" Nucleus : Hovercraft (System Mix) 09. 08'26" Etnica : Simulate The Future Review: First the Saiko-Pod is a cool pumping dancefloor track with 2 parts. The first one is mainly rhythmic, and the second one is more psychedelic with synthetic sounds going from one ear to another quickly ! The Psychaos track is for sure a Psychaos track: usual rhythm And sounds. A pretty repetitive tune but various enough not to be bored. The NTSX thing is like a hardtekno track: big beat, industrial-like sounds...ok track on a dancefloor i guess. Antidote (Total Eclipse) guys are definitely mad with this angry track: Techno influences again. everything is fat on this tune. Don't expect psychedelic waves, the deal is mainly a beat-summonning-dancing-zombies track !! Dino Psaras And sterilizer piece of music starts with the usual running rhythm of tortured brain tracks...a guy talking in the background tells us the story and after 3 minutes, the madness begins: the track makes me think of someone running away, stopping, running again, getting out of breath. The drums are used with expertise and there are big breaks with wizzy sythetic sounds and a rain of kicks! Morphem track is very fast...pumping. Some patterns are filled with a cool recurrent theme. the end is more melodic and the whole result is very good! This MWNN track as released by Oforia 2+ years ago...Typical MWNN music, very psychedelic, good groove, good rise...but i dont like the break:too fluffy. The track is good anyway but i prefer Pigs in Space remix. Nucleus provide us with a monotonic track...waves of smooth sounds over a rhythm..nothing else. Eventually the Etnica track is very good! It vas written a long time ago and it's a pleasure to see it on a compil. So it has a truly groovy kick/bassline, the psychedelic sounds come after 2 minutes, increase after 5 minutes, more psychedelic sounds come after 6 minnutes the track is like a cool story. The rhythm is really perfect. Overall we have once again a very good compil from Atomic. The best tracks are 1,3,4,5,6,9 to my mind. New sounds...very interesting...8/10.

This was considered as very psychedelic trance 3 years ago..now it sounds too melodic and oldschool. Moreover it's really not the best from Asia2001 and it doesnt deserve the mark i can see above. In 1997 it would have deserved 6.5/10...now...

Almost all the tracks are good. The whole compilation is dark. The GMT is OK, The codex tracks are OK, the In R Voice track is very good, the distorsion Orchestra tune too. then the Mekano and the Pong trax are too minimalist, and not funny. The Sensphere tune is very very good and powerful. This artist has only released a few tracks and he's getting better And better. So this track is really weird, fast And drak, perfect for the dancefloor with all those strange sounds in the second half...I liked it a lot. The last track is Dark soho's Suckobus: it's angry, dark, powerful, and twisted at the end - really good. This compilation is a good one but it's for people who really like dark stuff. 6.5/10, and more for the last 2 tracks.

Well, I liked Polar EP, but I can't put up with this one. Andromeda is a good track just like explained above, but Robot Rebellion is just bad boomboom. Polar EP was far better.

Mmmh! old Israeli anthems. It used to be good. Now it's oldschool... 6.5/10

Jaïa - Insomnie / Mohamour / Orphée Artist: Jaïa Title: Insomnie / Mohamour / Orphée Label: Fairway Date: 1996 Track listing: 01. 06'23" Insomnie 02. 06'11" Mohamour 03. 07'40" XY Review: Do you remember this old EP with a big orange spiral and red balls on it? I listened to it again lately and...it still rocks: 'Insomnie' is stomping, with high psy sounds. It makes you travel a lot. Pure oldschool Goa style. Simple but efficient. 'Mohamour' used to be a hit. It has an oriental ambiance all along. Once again, it's a big trip, melodic, simple.. that's a successfull mix between oriental violins and trance sounds. I like that track. 'Orphée' is classical. It's a fast track, almost killer, with the typical rhythm that was in every track in 95-96, and lots of psychedelic melodies. The music slips around you, some break with organ gives you a time to breathe, and your ears must like it. There is another sort of break, then the music remains melodic but gets more subtle. Pure delight. A must EP. too bad it's impossible to find now. 8/10.

I think this album of California Sunshine is like its brothers: some old tracks, some remixes, some not interesting stuff all around and we have a great (useless) 2xCD! the Astral Projection syndrom ? good: there are some ideas, bad: the sound is out of date. If you don't know California sunshine: 5.5/10. If you know California Sunshine: 4/10.

V/A - Download Artist: Various Title: Download Label: 3D Vision Date: 2000 Track listing: 01. 07'14" CRMB : Wonders 02. 07'16" Absolut Noise : What 03. 07'51" GMS Vs Manitu : The Vampire Strikes Back 04. 09'23" Wizzy Noise : Tripoid 05. 08'02" Absolum Vs Nomad : The Game Part 2 06. 08'19" Deedrah : Reload 07. 08'14" Bamboo Forest : Analyser 08. 07'58" Sonic Kinkies : Method Of Oria 09. 09'15" Yucatan : His Brain Has Gone Review: Alert: blockbuster here ! This is a great great compil ! 'Wonders' is a very very good fasttrack, perfect for psychedelic dancefloors. 'What' is an Absolum And Wizzy Noise production and it crashes your brain during the last minute. waw! 'The Vampire...' is a tune by GMS And DJ Saïdu/3DV. I'll learn you nothing if i say it looks like a GMS track plus the 3DV touch. The break is awesome! - This track rocks (grâve)!! 'Tripoid' is good if you don't know Wizzy Noise. Else there is no surprise since the track looks like another W-N track. 'The Game pt2' is typical Absolum stuff (boomboom-break-psychedelia), and if you like this style, you'll love this track for sure. A killer on parties. 'Reload' begins like a dream, then it blows your mind, and makes you happy. It's difficult to explain. The track is really 'different'. At the end you think you've heard everything from it and it still surprises you. Deedrah showed his expertise on this killer piece of music! 'Analyser' unrolls perfectly, climbs hard, breaks, kicks your face. 'Method of Oria' (notice the play on words) tells you Mr Dikovsky still exists. The track has the typical style And instruments we used to like. It's also deeper, especially near the end! 'His Brain has Gone' is a downtempo track. Just here to calm down. Nothing special to notice. Although this compil is a 3DV prod, it's not repetitive...that's good. My favourites are track s nr 6,3,1 but the other ones are really impressive too. Download is a good snapshot of what the mad guys from Paris-Ibiza-Thessaloniki are able of and you are urged to buy it. 8.5/10.

This is oldschool, always the same style, but Space Tribe manages to remain 'in'. If you like this distorted fast wizzy style, that's for you. 7/10.

To my mind this s too minimalist..by far! And there is nothing to enlight the songs. Der Dritte Raum disappointed me here. 4.5/10

Rather good album. Full of good ideas. well. 7/10

Reefer Decree - Dust / Mr Gecko Artist: Reefer Decree Title: Dust / Mr Gecko Label: Iboga Date: 2000 Track listing: 01. Dust 02. Mr Gecko Review: Usually I don't like Reefer decree, but this time I was amazed. Mr Gecko is a minimalistic track at first, then it wears a funny bassline that drives all the tune. Amazing! after that it gets more usual, but the whole thing is ok. 7/10. Dust urges you to dance, climbs very well. the instruments are very well chosen, and the noises are set to maintain the pressure. Then the tracks changes its rhythm, and it becomes really psychedelic. The sounds are all made up of platic, and I can tell you the effect is good on the mind. 9/10 Overall: (7+9) = 8/10.

Eat Static - Critical Mass Artist: Eat Static Title: Critical Mass Label: Atomic Date: 2000 Track listing: 01. 08'32" Critical Mass 02. 08'13" Second Sight Review: Critical Mass is very dark, quick, not my cup of tea. Just all right for a minimalistic trance party! 3/10 (maybe more). second Sight (released on Serial Killaz / Atomic) is very industrial, the sounds are always very synthetic, plastic, and the result is good. 7/10 overall (7+3)/2 = 5/10

Shiwa 2000 - Final Truth 2020 Artist: Shiwa 2000 Title: Final Truth 2020 Label: ESNE Date: 2000 Track listing: 01. 05'17" Didgie Hero 02. 05'02" High Sie Zambo 03. 05'29" Merkababa 04. 04'52" Snif 05. 04'30" Lowmouse 06. 03'30" From Coffin To Coffin3 07. 07'27" Shame Your Ass 08. 04'37" Smaba 09. 05'08" Hoss In Space 10. 02'18" Atv Riupeloi 11. 04'18" Toetearer 12. 04'26" French Eyes 13. 03'49" Proton Baby Locks Ley 14. 04'25" Doublehit 15. 07'18" I Love My India Review: All styles of delirious music are presented here, except psytrance, i guess! That's fluffy, that means nothing, that is coarse. Of course, i won't buy this FastTracker2 crap either. 1/10 bye.

V/A - Tsunami Artist: Various Title: Tsunami Label: Tsunami Date: 2000 Track listing: 01. 06'26" Zorba : The Deep 02. 05'27" Chakra : Deliverance 03. 07'45" I-Zen : Voices 04. 07'52" Saiko-Pod : Magnetic Force 05. 05'16" Total Eclipse : Psychedelic Terrorist 06. 06'46" X-Dream : Aspirin 07. 08'28" Oforia : Special Offer 08. 08'27" Yahel : Reality 09. 07'42" Infected Mushroom : Symphonatic 10. 07'59" Morphem : Hypnotone Review: First the Zorba song is stomping but cool with great sequences in whiche the music gets some power. Ok song. Then Chakra offers a track that's not so good: big noise and voices around. Not good to my mind. Then a track by Erez Aizen (1/2 Infected Mushroom), that's a very little bit fluffy at the begining, then it becomes wicked ans twisted. Another Killer from Israel. Now we are going to Denmark to hear a good tune by Saiko Pod. I can't deny this is Ok for a dancefloor. Pure Franck'e style! GOOD! At first sight you may think the Psychedelic Terrorist is a very fast Jungle/Break Beat track, but after 90 seconds you get maaaaaad with this pure absolute KILLER of the mind! Hang on, this is true, this is terror! If you escape this, you are driven to the next track. Indeed, get immediately some Aspirin because X-Dream have created the most fat rhythm+bass in the world. the track whants to be slow, but it's very interesting as noone hasmade such a strange psychedelic trance track before (is this psychedelic?). It's ok for you but you head might implode. If you escape the XD factory you will return to Israël where Ofer has watched a lot of old science fiction movies. The track is full of funny "mars attacks"-like noises. It's also fast, superb work on drums, bass and rhythmic. Of course you won't avoid the usual sequence in he middle of the track of Ofer. I'd like to see the result over a dancefloor... Yahel has composed a track that fast, sometimes cheesy. Just like always: the track would have needed some additional work not to sound so cheesy in the second part. But this is Yahel's work. now we are used to it. .....Now, prépare your best psychedelic shoes (no, the others best ones because the very best ones have been destroyed during the Total Eclipse track)! Breathe...again...calm...ok?...let's go! Symphonatic is -for sure- a little bit cheesy somtimes... But try not to dance over this and you'll see it's really difficult. I heard this during an IM live, and the girl next to me almost had an orgasm. This is full full on, no-compromise pure psychedelic killer. Don't resist, they are too strong. Hypnotone, at least, helps you to find back reality. This is still a good stomping track, a bit modified here, and i really like it a lot. Overall, I can say the tracks are very good, there are absolute killers in this compil, but i also have a little criticism to add: the styles are too different. That's too hard to quit X-Dream and start with Oforia, for example... This happens at least 3 times in this compil. so my advice is to cut the thing, and make your own compil out of the separate tracks. 7.5/10

The music itself is good, i agree with the guys on the top, but...This album has THE big illness of the year 2000: It is all the same after the second track. too bad. 5.5/10.

Everything is very very good. I have the same opinion as above and i also think the Infected track is too trancey. The only point in which i don't share the views with l.secchinatto is the Spirallianz track. All right, it is different from the rest of the compil but it's a pure pure Killer (although i dont like Spirallianz!!!). It's power! Call the ambulances right now, we are gifted with very good work from everywhere this autumn.

Parasence - Krakakot / Birdday Artist: Parasence Title: Krakakot / Birdday Label: Totsu Date: 2000 Track listing: 01. 09'40" Krakakot 02. 08'23" Birdday Review: Krakakot looks like it's a drunk track: clear but going inside out...hard to explain. The thing consists in rhythm and ghosts rumours in the begining, then there are strange wobbling melodies And sounds (like GMS' ones). The music itself looks like a gimmick. I think you can feel the result if you drink 1 bottle of vodka and listen to a GMS track. Good track. 7/10. During 90 seconds, Birdday is a bit disappointing, then it reveals itself: fast, no-compromise-bassline, military ambiance, uplifting rhythm, and so on...madness? Maybe it needed to be worked on a little more, after all because it's too agressive. 7/10. They are mad, they are from Russia, they kill us on their live acts, and they're still insisting... So they get 7/10 for the whole delirium.

Shakta - Kick The Baby Artist: Shakta Title: Kick The Baby Label: Psychic Deli Date: 2000 Track listing: 01. 07'45" Kick The Baby 02. 07'35" 3rd Stone Review: Kick the baby is quite slow, and relaxing, in the begining. In the second half of the tune, it becomes harder, and sometimes, wicked sounds come over other strange sounds. there are many surprises in this track...a good compo indeed, but...there's a little thing missing. I don't know what 5/10 for this one. 3rd Stone really looks like a Shakta track, very rhythmic, distorted sounds everywhere...in the begining. Then it becomes dark And scary during the break...you try to imagine what's going to happen...then it restarts and drives you mad out of psychedelia! Warning: party killer. 9/10. Eventually, (5+9)/2 = 7/10 overall.