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Luminus - Hypnotica Artist: Luminus Title: Hypnotica Label: HOM-Mega Date: 2000 Track listing: 01. 02'17" Intro Active 02. 08'05" Hypnotica 03. 08'55" Anything Can Happen 04. 08'09" Total Consciousness 05. 07'06" End Of Space 06. 07'53" Sub Sonic System 07. 07'44" Diablo 08. 07'38" The Test 09. 06'42" One Step To The Moon Review: Amir Dvir is back! your opinion about Luminus wont change here. Those who loved the first album will love this one, those who hated the first will hate the second. the name Hypnotica is quite representative of the tracks themselves: many nice twisted hypnotic energetic repetitive mental melodies with a fast beat (nksssbom nksssbom nksssbom....). The Hommega site, comparing with the jouney into your Dreams states: "minus the cheese"...well not exactly as there are remainings of the cheese, but this is a good work. My opinion is just that this album should have been worked on just a little more. Globally the tracks are good, two of them had already been released (4:Total Conciousness, 7:Diablo), my favourites are nr: 2 (Feat Passenger as it just sounds like Passenger..), 4, 5, 7, 8. This is a special album, not really psytrance, not really pzatzot, something different. The only problem is that you are fed up with listening to it after a few times, so only 6/10

Yahel - For The People Artist: Yahel Title: For The People Label: Shiva Space Technology Date: 2000 Track listing: 01. 07'51" For The People 02. 07'38" Cosmic Waves 03. 09'09" Snap 04. 08'06" Flash 05. 08'11" La Esperansa 06. 09'26" ITN 07. 07'12" Angel Jonathan 08. 06'48" Rave 2000 09. 07'39" Bizarre Contact Review: This is a good debut album, full of nice melodies, not boring, something on the cutting edge, i think. Sometimes tracks are a bit like Luminus' ones (Max is going to kill me) , but you can feel something beyond this, less cheesy. each track has some kind of charm... I especially like tracks nr 1,2,4,6,7 Special distinction to the Angel Johnatan (trk.7) composed with Erez Mushroom & Jorg SST, which is very inventive (bagpipes rules!) 7/10

V/A - Order Odonata 4 Artist: Various Title: Order Odonata 4 Label: Dragonfly Date: 2000 Track listing: 01. 06'17" Luminaire : Duet Dub (Way Out West Rmx) 02. 07'36" Purple : Cascades 03. 05'51" Genetic : Electric Showdown 04. 08'56" Bus : Section 8 05. 08'06" Lotus Blue : Psychedelic Rock'n Roll (X-Dream Rmx) 06. 07'24" Semsis : Sound Vandal (Rmx) 07. 08'20" Noma : Tube 08. 07'12" Yumade : Das Hume 09. 08'16" Excession : Pulsar Review: This is obviously what Dragonfly calls their best tracks. Indeed, they are new, innovative, good grooves. the only issue is that there is not a unity on this compilation. the begining is -quite- melodic, while the end is really monotonic-bom-bom-bom-bom-... Please notice the trancey trippy dancing ambiance created by the tracks 1 (Luminaire),2 (Purple),5 (Lotus Blue with X Dream) The ways developped by Bus with section 8 (trk4) and THE remix of Sound Vandal by Semsis (trk 6) are excellent, to my mind. A good compil for those who like to listen to psytrance on their nailboard and then put some salt on theit cuts. 7/10

On a party last week-end I met Erez, and when he asked me if this new album was good to my mind, I just joined my hands, as if i was praying... subtitle: outstanding mind-blowing album - the hand of God!!!!!!!!!! 11/10