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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Dark Soho - Sun Spot
Artist: Dark Soho
Title: Sun Spot
Label: Sphere
Date: 2000
Track listing:
01. 08'31" Unusual Ceremony
02. 07'08" Uine Saracomm
03. 08'13" Supernova
04. 07'20" From Beyond
05. 07'34" Depth Of Emotion
06. 07'28" Tales Of Tragedy
07. 07'50" Suckobus
08. 07'05" Sleep Walking
09. 07'26" Gothic Prayer
Review:
The long awaited album of the furious isra-helli Zeev, Boxer, And Rizzo is here
to catch your soul.
Unusual Ceremony is very calm in te beginging, then it begins to accelerate,
and starts to pump on your brain after 4 minutes. That's a strange voodoo
track, with guitars and a rhythm you can only like.
Uine Saracomm is a strong piece of music, hard And dark. Its background is
repetitive and the top level layers were taken from the grave. There is a big
break, and after, it's a mix between scary melodies+voices, and very twisted
sounds.
Supernova is a more conventional track with no compromise. The whole tracks
doesn't leave you any breathing space! (A true machinegun in a trench
warfare). Some psychedelic sounds also slip over the rest of the music.
From beyond is also very dark. It consists mainly in a fat And fast rhythm. Not
really interesting except the way the breaks tend to surprise people.
Depth of Emotion is very energetic, with a big rhythm and strange sounds all
over during the first 4 minutes. Then the guitars come again with their
gruesome melody that repearts all the time. There is a different rhythmic and
the track gets wicked And scary with all those phantom voices
everywhere...aaaah!
Tales of Tragedy has -once again- sounds that summon all the graveyards around,
over a very repetitive rhythm. Not bad, but not my favourite track either.
Suckobus is certainly what you want to compose whe you see horror movies! At
first, the track is like an angry thing, not really psychedelic; then it
unrolls and the music takes you... At the end, distorted dark scratchy sounds
want to gain possession of your body and get it to dance...
sleep Walking: again the same recipe: rhythm and soulburning sounds in the
first half. the second half is full of gurgling sounds. It looks a bit like a
Sandman track.
Gothic Prayer is, to my mind, the best track in this album: it looks like some
Delta track. The rhythm is such that you -must- dance. the bassline gets
through you, and the sounds makes your spin to chill. At last, there is a
neverending tiny melody over that. I'm sure Dark Soho wants to hypnotize
people with this track.
You, who think that some composers are non-human , you are right.
You, who always think the best groups come from space, you are wrong.
Excellence can also come from the land of the Dead!
You, who like rhythmic things that mean something, go to the local graveyard to
get this album...9/10.
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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.
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Yahel - Waves Of Sound
Artist: Yahel
Title: Waves Of Sound
Label: HOM-Mega
Date: 2000
Track listing:
01. 07'42" Going Up (Trance Mix)
02. 09'38" Waves Of Sound
03. 10'09" The Only Way
04. 07'31" Sun Scream
05. 07'46" Deep Feelings
06. 08'19" DNA
07. 08'31" Strange Emotion
08. 08'05" Last Man In The Universe
09. 06'56" Intelligent Life
10. 04'11" For The People (Radio Edit)
Review:
This is the second album of Yahel Sherman, this time on Hom Mega records.
Yahel has improved in some ways and is the same in others, when you compare
this album with the former one.
-There are very good ideas everywhere. Really good vibes on some tracks.
-The collaborations with Goblin and Erez Aizen are successful (tracks 1, 2, 10)
-The tracks 2 And 10 have been modified but are still ok
-The melodies are very good, but still a bit cheesy and repetitive...and some
tracks look a bit the same. too bad.
-The instruments are exactly the same as in "For the People"...
In fact this is a very good album, and some tracks would be pure killers if
they were a bit less cheesy...indeed, sometimes we have karahana sounds, a bit
like Astral Projection ones, you know (that's especially for track 1. Sorry
for the comparison).
If yahel releases a 3rd album, i think it will be really excellent as he's
improved, and i'm sure he'll improve again.
My favourite tracks: 2,4,5,7,8.
Overall, the music is here - that's the most important. 7/10 - like his brother.
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Absolum Vs Nomad - The Game
Artist: Absolum Vs Nomad
Title: The Game
Label: 3D Vision
Date: 2000
Track listing:
01. 08'00" The Game Part 1
02. 08'00" The Game Part 2
Review:
Christof & DJ Maël "strike" again with this EP. Once again the job is great,
the thing really aims at getting you to dance...ok. The style is - AS USUAL -,
big fast rhythm, great bassline, psychedelic wizzy sounds, and maybe a bit
darker. ok again. This is well done, everything is really good, but there is
no imagination: we have exactly the same thing AS USUAL: a long intro, a
relaxing break, and a wild second part...sorry. I just feel i've listened to
the same tunes from Christof (maybe not his friends) for one whole year!
Enough !!! That's really hard to say as - I do repeat it - this is a good EP,
but just listen to any tune of Christof done in 99 or 2000, and you definitely
don't have to buy this vinyl. Even those 2 tracks look the same, have the same
name and the same length!!! Too bad as i'm sure the 3D Vision guys can do
excellent original things. If you dont know 3D vision prods: 8/10. If you know
3D Vision prods: 4/10
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I don't like it...this album is too boring all along.
there is no mystery inside imo. 4/10
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Goa Gil - Mixed Live In Goa
Artist: Goa Gil
Title: Mixed Live In Goa
Label: No Label
Date: 2000
Track listing:
01. 42'45" Sound (1 of 5 side A)
02. 40'53" Sound (1 of 5 side
03. 44'19" Sacrament (2 of 5 side A)
04. 44'22" Sacrament (2 of 5 side
05. 47'39" Surrender (3 of 5 side A)
06. 43'26" Surrender (3 of 5 side
07. 43'48" Spirit (4 of 5 side A)
08. 44'57" Spirit (4 of 5 side
09. 44'25" Source (5 of 5 side A)
10. 44'33" Source (5 of 5 side
Review:
This review is unusual as this is a mix that lasts for 7h21 !!
THE STORY:
Usually Goa Gil officially releases a big set, recorded live, every year. Those
mixes can only be found on tapes. If you're from Europe, you'll probably have
difficulties in finding them. If you're interested, i can tell you we (thanks
Kunani, Zack And Damien) found the tapes in San Francisco - Goa Gil's city -
at Frequency 8 shop . See shops section.
THE MIX:
So! Let's talk about music now. The set itself is....average...but this is
Gil's style, you know. Only him doesn't know that it's nearly impossible to
mix DATs while the track is still at its highest point (remember the Spiritual
Trance series? - same thing!).
So don't expect a glorious mix, but "a Goa Gil mix"
and of course, who could mix correctly during more than 7 hours?
THE MUSIC:
The tracks temselves are...Great! Gil played there all his new tracks, or the
tracks that could make poeple to dance...so the result is very good. All along
the tapes, you realize that the style evolves as the night unrolls. So all
possible definitions of psychedelic trance are studied here, for everyone's
pleaure. No-one forgotten.
THE ANALYSIS:
While listening, I could say that I knew nearly every track...of course the
tracks are all released now, but in March 2000, it wasn't the case for most of
them...imagine the party people had during this Goa Gil performance!
I noticed tracks by the Yeti project, Hux Flux, Absolum, Xenomorph, Tripiatrik,
PsySex, Psychaos, Etnica, Atmos, Logic Bomb, Mindfield, Cydonia, Talamasca,
Phreaky, GMS, Oforia, and many many others during the performance.
At the begining, the set is ambient, them comes the rhythm, then the set is
more And more crazy. At the "middle of the night", it's totally wicked! then
there are strong morning tracks, to make people dance, but not become
mad.....eventually there are soft tracks at the end of the side B of the last
tape....and the music ends....and...and...at the very end i heard: Psycho
remix by Infected Mushroom!
THE VERDICT:
So, killing people like that should be forbidden !
Gil is definitely insane and deserves 8/10 for this awesome night-mix, the
quantity and the quality of the played artists.
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It kicks hard....the first time I heard those tracks, it was at a party in
Ibiza under the lighthouse....rhaaaaa
people would turn insane...8/10
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A very good gathering of tracks. No track is bad, the remixes are amazing, 2
cds full of awesome tracks.
When you think so many artists fill their cd with 3 good tracks And 6 other
craps, you can imagine how good it is to have 20 good tracks here !!!!
This album really deserves 8/10
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mmmh not bad...but not as enthousiastic as Anoebis.
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Very good album...but 2 remarks:
1 - Did a guy from Logic Bomb compose the original track eXtension and remixed
it, or is it just a fake of eXtension / Pigmy Projects ??? (for those who
know, you recognize the melody immediately)
2 - When an album is released, a guy of the record company should listen to the
master at least once before engraving all the copies....too bad for the last
track. favourites: 1,3,7,9, and overall 8/10
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Very good work. The texture of all the tracks look a bit the same because the
synths at 3D vision have obviously all their buttons blocked since 1 year, but
Lestat, Eli And their friends have done an excellent job on all the tracks and
the result is amazing. Every guy who's been to a Party around Paris in the
last months has heard all those tracks a thousand times...but w.t.f !! This is
good! 8.5/10. bravo.
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This is good...Imax is right.
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If you like the Yumade tribe, that's for you.
The whole compilation is kinda minimal/noisy/wobbling.
For a V.A cd, it just needed to be more V !!
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mmmh yes I agree but something's going wrong...
He definitely can do better.
7/10 to MiLoonyUm, 3/10 to LSD remix
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V/A - Alien Nation
Artist: Various
Title: Alien Nation
Label: Agitato
Date: 2000
Track listing:
01. 08'46" Mental Orange Vs Luminus : No More Nightmares
02. 07'31" Indica Feat RG And Blue : 1960
03. 07'05" Mental Orange : 2000000 Miles On A Flame
04. 07'11" Indica : Drug Teller
05. 09'51" Possessed : Dirty Chemical
06. 07'29" Possessed : Soul Saver
07. 07'11" Indica : Scream
08. 08'39" Luminus : Galaxy To Galaxy
Review:
A disappointing compil. When you listen to it the first time, it sounds
good but after three listenings its really boring.
Actually this compil tends to be cheesy sometimes and the compil itself
isnt very good. It could have been far better actually as there are very
good ideas sometimes.
If you like the Luminus style, this compil is for you, but it doesnt
look like some real pro-work after all. Too bad for us. 5/10 (maybe
less).
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It kicks mind And ass !!!
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Unidentified Forms Of Sound 2 - Psychological Disorder
Artist: Unidentified Forms Of Sound 2
Title: Psychological Disorder
Label: BNE
Date: 2000
Track listing:
01. 08'09" Future Prophecy : Future Cop
02. 08'27" Psysex : Survival Kit
03. 07'52" Infected Mushroom : Anyone Else But Me
04. 08'11" Gorlation Corporation : Plastic Zeus
05. 07'09" BLT And Psycraft : Beat Manifesto
06. 07'20" Space Cat : Deep Rising
07. 07'28" Maskalin : Way Of Life
08. 06'18" Sinister Funk : Jungle Funk
09. 07'54" Oforia Feat D-Groovy : Paradise Of Silence
Review:
This compil is a bit less cheesy than its elder sister.
track 1: It souns a bit like some dream music in some way. Not my cup of
tea but not bad anyway.
track 2: This PsySex track is rather mental...same remark as the Future
prophecy...
track 3: Now we get into very serious things. The IMs have built a true
killer track. Sometimes you think you're in Heaven, sometimes you think
you're into Hell !!! there are alternative calm and very psychedelic
patterns. You can't help to dance!
track 4: At the begining this is a very dark And rhythmic track. Then it
becomes more regular and the melody starts. It's very uplifting. The
sounds go through you ears and it's ok for your mind.
track 5: a track filled with various sounds. you can recognize the style
of the two groups, but the result could have been better.. ok it's not
so bad, on the contrary !
track 6: Beware, he's back in the compils: Space Cat delivers us a very
intelligent track, full of emotions. It's really well done and keeps you
high all along.
track 7: this is a good track, nothing to add
track 8: a psychedelic-funk tune. It's amazing as it's very fast in the
middle and remains funky!
track 9: This is is cool And repetitive but not the best of Oforia. For
your home-listening only i think.
Overall this compil looks like some IsrAliens one. Globally it's worth
it. 7/10.
Reefer Decree - Dust / Mr Gecko
in 2000
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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.