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It looks like the older album they did in 97. It is quite cheesy in some parts,
and the tracks look the same...
I love the Z principle (track 6).
Ok for you if you like melodic trance that is not ptzatzot. 6/10
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GMS Vs Systembusters - GMS Vs Systembusters
Artist: GMS Vs Systembusters
Title: GMS Vs Systembusters
Label: Spun
Date: 2000
Track listing:
01. 06'32" GMS : Arabian Nights On Mescaline
02. 07'28" GMS : Snorkelblaster (Rmx)
03. 06'55" GMS : Bugs Life
04. 07'13" Systembusters : Square Wave
05. 07'59" Systembusters : Boiled Gravy
06. 07'24" GMS : Lumberjack (Rmx)
07. 08'12" GMS : Slingshot
08. 06'54" Systembusters : Star Wars
09. 06'31" Systembusters : Digital Self
10. 08'11" GMS : Joke's On You
Review:
What to say when there is nothing to say but buy this marvellous album?
If you've seen the GMS in the past months, you should know all those
tracks.
Nearly all of them are true killers!
track 1: you take off immediately. this is twisted to hell, perfect.
track 2: you (mad people) thought Snorkel Blaster wasn't enough? You're
now rewarded, as this is the remix, probably written out of madness.
it's a total success and if you survive to this one you can probably
listen to the...
track 3: a very fastrack twisting on itself all the time. this is a
balance between what's soft and what's hard in GMS. Want more? ok now
you are faced with...
track 4: if you like to jump like a rabbit this is for you. This track
is dark And in the last minute you wonder wether the Systembusters want to
grab your life or not (!)
track 5: really not my favourite track... maybe the black sheep of the
album.. no spirit in this track.
track 6: another remix And another success. the only thing i could find to
criticize is that this track is written on the same model as track 3, so
they look a bit the same.
track 7: Slingshot is in fact a remix of the Caterpillar (see the Growly
Family tracklisting). The rythms have been reworked to trigger a better
effect on the dancer.
track 8: Here is the movie reference the Systembusters have composed and
put in this album this time. The track is based on the Imperial March
from Star Wars. Several themes And sounds of the movie have been included,
and the result sounds really good. I think this track will get old soon
but it managed to makes us laugh on the dancefloors (especially when
Riktam And Bansi fight with their lightsabers behind their synths).
track 9: a typical GMS/systembusters track, with many strange noises
over a fast And trippy rhythm.. not bad at all.
track 10: a track made up of metal (strange effect in your ears) &
plastic (the wobbling instruments) to allow you to calm down. It's
really wiser than the other tunes in this album...and always those GMS
sounds...
Globally this album is by far superior to the first two GMS albums.
That's a really good work that deserves 9/10.
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A very good album, lots of twisted sounds, layers, mindkicking melodies,
excellent grooves And breaks.
Dont mind if its old or not, that's good. 8/10.
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This compil is very good to my mind. One of the best AFR compils...tho its old
now.
my favourites: 2,5,7,8,10. 5 And 8 are really the best. The whole compil is
rather psychedelic And dark and the groove is still up ot date. 8/10
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Etnica - Hell's Kitchen / Trip Tonight Remix
Artist: Etnica
Title: Hell's Kitchen / Trip Tonight Remix
Label: MDMT
Date: 2000
Track listing:
01. Hell's Kitchen
02. Trip Tonight Remix
Review:
Here it is!! I know you've been asking to all DJs And people you know for
since 99 summer, since you heard those tracks during an Etnica live
somewhere, and nobody never wanted to give them to you....you nearly turned
mad during this year..."will i ever get this Trip Tonight remix?"...and
eventually you dont have to look for unreleased of those (my own case?
no....), they are simply on a vinyl in your favourite record shop !! Thanks
MDMA!! Now the review :
The style of this EP is closer to the Juggeling Alchemists &
Alien Protein than Equator. Etnica are providing us with their oldschool
style. like it or not, but its definitely different from Mindaltering Drugs
/ the Dominator EP
Hell's Kitchen (played live by Etnica some time ago) is - to my
mind - absolutely fantastic: not really fast, a bit repetitive, but so well
done, so bewitching..so everything. the melody, the noises, the rhythm, the
whole groove are good. Its a typical Etnica track, just twisted the good
way, and a bit darker....It's just trippy to Hell !!! It's GOOD, that's all.
Trip Tonight, remix of Trip
Tonite on Alien Protein looks like its elder brother but more dancefloor
oriented...you can regognize everything, and this remix was certainly worked
on for ages before getting this pure mindfucking masterpiece. Its a long
effective trip full of many tricks, well chosen noises, and mindbending
evolutions And breaks. everything urges you to dance on it....rhaa hard to
describe:
If you never heard this before, you had better be in my shoes while I heard
it the first time: Avi Algranati was playing it, people were nearly flying
over the dancefloor!
All was thought about: the track surprises you all along, and beware this
break near the end: you might be mindshocked!
If i had to compare this EP to another I could say that this is the true
brother of Vimana/Plastic EP as it's the same style we oldschoolers love,
the same quality (perfect), the same trip....Thanks ETNICA 10/10.
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Yes. It's at the very limit of Ptzatzot!
Very psychedelic And melodic...composed with Impulse Tracker I think. It's not
bad, but...it needeed a little more work. Children is right: sometimes the
tracks go wrong...i hate track 1. 7/10 but decreasing at each listening
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Too cheesy for me. Tho I think this must be a really good album for ppl that
love melodic stuff whatever...
It's getting old, ok, but it's well done and there are interesting tracks on
this album: 4, 5, 6, 9. The album ends on a cool ambient track. 6/10 because
it's no longer in fashion.
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Indeed, this 1996 EP is gooood. The vinyl contains those two killer tracks, and
the maxi CD (i bought it in the UK, but i dont know if it was released
elsewhere) sees also "Trancespotter" in its tracklisting, which makes it even
more interesting!
3 excellent tracks, for the pleasure of your ears.
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This album is too hard. It seems the guys were too lazy to balance correctly
all their instruments. It sounds bad. Eventually, you get bored very quickly.
What's worse is that some tracks are good; but all you want while listenting
to the others is escape. 3.5/10.
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I agree. this is a good album, with many ideas. It's -al dente- psychedelic..oh
yes it's getting old now, but it doesnt matter. I like tracks nr 3, 4, 6, 7.
now 6.5/10.
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mmmh yes and no.
I remember I was shown the review that was written by some sucker of Coda
Magazine. The article was begining by: "it seems the Bordeaux guys have
listened to lots of Dub-stuff in these days..."
Indeed there are bad tracks in this album, but some are well done. Personnally
I like Harbinger, Screenager, and XXL Files.
It's nice to listen to it when you're working by night and you're really
tired...
Anyway we were used to listening to something else with the
Saint-Médard-en-Jalles guys. Don't buy it if you have a rigid idea of what
they can do. It's not so bad in its style, but don't expect a psy album.
wow-no-mark.
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Those are top-quality tracks. Or so, they used to be whan this compil was
released. It's worth it.
At the time of its release, i would have marked it 8/10....but now...if you like
oldschool psychedelic trance, it's still ok.
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V/A - Serial Killaz
Artist: Various
Title: Serial Killaz
Label: Atomic
Date: 2000
Track listing:
CD 1
01. 08'41" Eat Static : Second Sight
02. 06'18" Viper : Moodadjuster
03. 07'58" Dope : Badangmix
04. 06'02" Wasp V Steriliser : Bug Thing
05. 07'47" N-Tropic : Impact (AD Mix)
06. 07'50" Noise : Darkling Baby
07. 09'17" Four Carry Nuts : Professor Hastig
08. 07'08" Snug : Big Clock
09. 08'25" Cydonia : Lisboa
CD 2 (60'00" mix by Dino Psaras)
01. Four Carry Nuts : Professor Hastig
02. Noise : Darkling Baby
03. Eat Static : Second Sight
04. Snug : Big Block
05. Viper : Moodadjuster
06. N-tropic : Impact (AD Mix)
07. Dope : Badangmix
08. Wasp V Steriliser : Bug Thing
09. Cydonia : Lisboa
Review:
Atomic Delivers us a new piece of artwork, in their own style. don't expect
much psychedelism here.
I guess the authors want to trigger the listener throught rythms And grooves
work...
The Eat Static remains quite industrial" with a fast, then slow, then fast beat
and many short electronic sounds behind.
The Viper tune is very repetitive: a neverending beat, everyting is made with
very scratchy sounds, and there are repetitive rounded notes over this. not
bad anyway.
The Dope one is like a race: it's fast on any point of view. It's also quite
minimalistic...only a few sounds to cheer you up a little.
The Wasp vs Steriliser: this track has a beat...but it looks calm, because the
rythm is very clear, the melody takes its time, everything echoes back...it
leaves a cool feeling.
The N-Tropic is much more Noisy, to such an extent that you could figure you're
in a factory. the sounds are noisy, the beat is repetitive, nothing is really
enjoying, but the result is fine!
The Noise track has a bit the same style: a good drum work, some breaks, but at
this point I begin to wonder if such a track can't be called a simple rhythmic
track (oh yes, there are 2 samples over it!!).
The 4 Carry Nuts track is really more intereting: you suddenly wake up with a
fast And dancing rythm, a powerful bassline, some wizzy sounds, dancing
groove. When you think about it, the difference is not that huge compared to
the tunes listened to before, but, THIS one sounds really good. (it's also
been released on an Aurinko EP in these days). You can feel much more work And
expertise on this track. It evolves nicely...
A compilation without Snug in the year 2000 wouln't be a so-called compilation,
so here it is: the same recipe as on their other tracks: a filled background
with a good rythm, some strange electro-noisy-plastic-scratchy sounds coming
from everywhere... you'd better like the feeling of being in a factory
Eventually, Cydonia delivers us the last track: it's quite cool. It really
looks like a commom Cydonia track, but downpitched. Globally, it is a bit
trippy -a cool melody, some sentences or voices, and the typical Cydonia
sounds-. I like this one too.
As for the second CD? well those are the same tracks mixed with energy by Dino
Psaras...imagine a machinegun!! It calms down at the end, though. For once, I
prefer listening to the mix...but that's as you like.
Overall, the tracks are all -quite- good, with good surprises, and...I really
prefered "Single Cell", but, well if you like very dark tunes, and the Atomic
style it's ok. A darkish 6.99/10.
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oooh this one is old. Back to 96...i thought this cd was excellent. now, of
course it's become kinda out of date. Anyway the tracks are dynamic and well
built, the remixes are great. Now you would call this 'melodic trance'. This
is not really in fact. It looks like 96 Israelian trance. Indeed, if you like
this kind of music, this is a good reference. An oldschool mind says 6/10.
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When I listened to the first minutes of the first track during summer 97, i was
flabbergasted - i told Sylvain, the shop retailer: "it reminds me of
something". He answered me "yeah, the composers are Etnica guys". then i
bought the cd immediately without listening to any second of the other tracks.
that was the IFO first effect.
then , at home, i discovered the rest...total mindshock!!
Roughly, the album is more than awesome, there are no words to describe this
one. This is pure energy all along. Maia itself is a monument: there are
twisted sounds coming from everywhere, multiple layers of melodies over
powerful basslines And kicks. the track is 11 min long, but never monotonic as
there are scores of little breaks And changes. This is just like that in the
other tracks, power,power And perfection everywhere. Imagine a perfect journey
of the mind. Grooves And melodies are meant to bring you everywhere it's
possible. It's also incredible that the tracks are all different. Taygeta,
Merope, Alcyone are also fantastic, orgasmic, uplifting, mindbending... It's
obvious the tracks have been worked on very long to trigger the best effect on
the listener. On Electra, you get on lightspeed immediately. It's ultimate
(everything is ultimate, though, here, in the Pleiades), and your soul is
close to escape in deep space . Asterope is the very sister of the others, and
eventually the ambient Celaeno allows your newly energized mind to land.
The words definitely dont exist to describe this high creation...
I have a theory about that: Max And Maurizio are in fact aliens from the
Pleiades (some sounds in the background of the tracks looks as if aliens were
singing) and they try to communicate their culture to us through their music.
IFO is simply billion years ahead.
Three years after, i still listen to it, i have the same feeling of my mind
being blown to infinite extent.
Buy buy buy absolutely. 11/10.
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If you want a review of this album you'd better read the reviews of the former
albums!
Good things: new tracks, although not spectacular. Typical AP style.
Bad things: everything is mixed (bhwaaargl) and the Trilithon or Floorplay
collaborations are awful.
I can say I liked AP, but at the sight of this thing, I cant help thinking that
this is only a matter of money for Trust in Trance And AP. Why isn't it a
brand new not mixed album? If AP are tired, they'd beter not release anything
like that And wait to have new ideas!
I must add that I didnt buy this album, and only listened to it.
In other words, if you don't know Astral Projection, please buy this album And
take this 7/10, if you already have the former albums, there's no interest,
so...only 2/10.
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V/A - Lunar Civilization
Artist: Various
Title: Lunar Civilization
Label: Moon Spirits
Date: 2000
Track listing:
01. 09'30" Wizzy Noise : Shores Of Freedom
02. 08'14" Jaïa Feat Gill : Drum Explorer (DJ Maël Rmx)
03. 06'43" Total Eclipse : Once Upon A Time
04. 08'34" Elixir : Drops Of Madness (Talamasca Rmx)
05. 08'14" Bamboo Forest : Discover
06. 09'52" Absolum : Biologic (Live Mix - Amsterdam 99)
07. 07'43" Blue Planet Corporation : Blue Pill
08. 08'18" Lagoon : BLM
09. 06'26" Toires : Sissal
Review:
This is the latest 3D-V....hum no..this is the first Moon Spirits compilation.
Globally, the compil is excellent. Even the banner-design reminds me of good
parties...
First Wizzy Noise provides us with a cool twisted tune, dark and dancefloor
oriented. Ok for your brain.
Then we have the surprise to see that Drum Explorer has a second breath with
this remix from DJ.Mael.
It consists in the main pattern as the original, a very good And fast rythmic,
lots of strange sounds And voices.
Ok we can feel the immutable 3D Vision style, but it's good, so...
For the third track...well it's hard to understand what went through Serge S to
create this one... An excellent track with a powerful bass and incredible
twisted sounds. Imagine a calm melody that becomes mad sometimes!
4th track: do you like the 3DV touch? Well we have a dual-effect here because
Lestat remixed an Elixir track. mmmh it's an usual Talamasca track if you
think about it...5:30 of rythm and "zoing-tchik-poum-glang" sounds, then a
break and a repetitive melody during 3 minutes - no offense - ok it's a good
track, again.
the fifth track is a dark one by Bamboo forest. It consists in a very fast And
fat kick and some sounds of any kind everywhere, and a slight melody behind
this. A pure nightrack, simple but efficient.
(after Drumatrix), Christof continued to sample the Matrix movie for Dutch
people, and us: The Biologic remix looks like the original with more sounds
and samples - not a revolution.
the odds are that the Matrix is a neverending source of samples for the
psytrance scene...so BPC gives us a quite calm song with a cool And clear
melody. It's a morning track, and a good track again.
Christof under the name Lagoon gives us a strange track, quite slow, with good
ideas, but boring sometimes. Imagine an Absolum track downpitched, on which
you removed many sounds.
Toires, eventually, gives you a taste of what's in his new album. It's a
complete And deeply trippy 'ambient' track, put there for you to land...
Recommendations
- 3DV: reboot sometimes.
- TErec: encore!
- reader: buy this compil which is worth 8/10.
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Beware: if you dont like twistednoizycrackingwobbling sounds, don't go further.
If your ears can stand the run and if you brain is prepared for it,
ok....else...don't even think about it! It's very very psychedelic everywhere.
Whatever can be the focus you want to have while listening to this record,
sound is everywhere...you can't escape it. By the way, the tracks are quite
all the same, but it's not especially boring.
Boom strikes here. 7.5/10.
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Strange: when I first listened to this album, I flashed immediately on
Mindhunter and Ligntning Rods. they are awesome And made me groovy
immediately. Of course, Colombian Necktie And Freakshow are good also, but
they were cooked too long...well it's a pretty good album, but that's not what
I expected from Cydonia. Like Max, I think it's tooooo...light. Moreover this
CD is hard to find. 4.5/10
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definitely bad. All the tracks are the same, too fast, nothing more to say.
It's not psychedelic trance. 1/10
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some happy hardcore PLUR child scared witless by this savage, brutal release
??? I think it's because of the album, not him...
ok. i dont like this album. It's too dark; some tracks are well built, but it
ends up with only noise noise and noise again in most of the tracks. so: 4/10
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V/A - Goa Trance RIP
Artist: Various
Title: Goa Trance RIP
Label: Zillion Mental Anarchie
Date: 1999
Track listing:
01. 07'02" Droidlock : UFO Report
02. 08'15" Yumade : Going Mad
03. 09'05" Lotus Omega : 100 % Revital Free
04. 08'09" Magus : Baian Kara Ula
05. 07'10" Alien Hand Syndrome : Mysco
06. 08'08" Church Of New Age Hippie Disco Shit : Ooze On Ice
07. 08'33" Battle Of The Future Buddhas : What We Saw Tonight
08. 07'51" Alphanaut : Lunar Tunes
09. 07'10" Ceiba : Track 13
Review:
This is a quite good compilation: the tracks are dark And good but really
brutal sometimes.
01: Dhya provides a strange work here...dark And not fantastic. just ok for
scandinavian people...
02: Yumade has done an excellent work here. scores of noisy sounds over
mindbending basslines And rythms. the end of the tracks takes your guts! rhaa!
03: Lotus Omega removes the dust from their old tracks And release one of them:
100% RF was written a long long time ago (heard it the first time in 1997) and
here we have an oldschool psychedelic track without compromise. There is an
uplifting break...maybe a bit cheesy, but with the usual horrible sounds And
military rythm of Lotus Omega, it's ok !
04:a dark fast track, also without compromise. from 4:20 it it very
psychedelic. I like it
05: A more conventionnal track. It looks like old psychedelic trace. A good
track anyways, but not THAT remarkable...It is a break in this compilation.
06: another tortured track, lots of wobbly sounds. It makes me think of a
fieendly russian melody with lots of 'scrouitch-zoum-boum-booum-bzzkkr' over
it. don't abuse And it will be ok for your brain!
07: ...one BOTFB song, well rythmed. A good rythm at the begining, a sample rip
in the middle, 2 more minutes of the same rythm and them scratchy sounds
everywhere during 3 minutes...a repetitive song, but i like it. Only another
bit of madness in this compilation.
08: a mechanical tune, wih funny sounds on the rythm:
...boum-tchak-ding-boum...boum-tchak-ding-boum...maybe your mind won't accept
it at first 'sight'.
09: a strange dark rythmic track. Not my cup of tea....too mechanical.
Conclusion: a good compil, not excellent, only good. There are killers in it
(the Yumade tk is the best one). Every track has something good in it...if you
like very dark psy music it's ofr you: 6.5/10
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Good album, always guitar And rythm... the style has changed since the first
album, its more rythmic, and distorted. some tracks are dark killers, others
are...average. owever, johann is on the good path. I give only 6/10.
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I also like this vinyl... Alien nation pt.3 is quite psychedelic, and Troll is
a real party-track.
Of course you can feel the funny Ganguru style with the expertise of
Jan/Xdream. Too bad this is too old now...
6/10.
Toires - Oued
in 2000
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Toires - Oued
Artist: Toires
Title: Oued
Label: Total Eclipse Recordings
Date: 2000
Track listing:
01. 06'06" Lelital (Toires Rmx)
02. 01'31" Abir
03. 05'03" Barmanu (Black Eyed)
04. 06'09" Honey Moon In Africa 3
05. 04'09" Azif Laile
06. 05'15" Smoking Gun
07. 04'02" Tali (Out Of The Solar System)
08. 08'43" Kia
09. 07'07" Menara
10. 03'32" Nafas Al Ayat
Review:
I have seen Toires live several times with his musicians, his singer and
his dancers...This second album gives you a taste of what it can be.
For those who still dont know Florient Seriot, he's been working on
other projects before releasing his ambient tracks under the name of
Toires.
The tracks are always very well done, very trippy, with a lot of
imagination. everything in this album is very well balanced, you can fell
the Maroccan roots of the artist as the music and the lyrics seem to
come from the north of africa.
A pure good good trip. there are so many feelings into this music, and
you're surprised everytime with such an imagination....
If you like Ambient, don't hesitate, you cant miss it. 8/10.
warning: beware if you want to order the album because fake copies are
turning around!!