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3D Vision with the surprise chill of the year- excellent organic, psychedelic and very emotional album- a great opening for their chill out series. I don't know where these guys popped up from, but apparently while hiding they were well cooked- good tasty delicious French cuisine with all the expected subtle complex tastes. I hope I'll find time to really write a deep detailed review of this great journey, meanwhile I'll highly recommend you all to take it- complex, mature, diverse, full of raw organic sounds, a real experience for the mind. Bottom Line: the perfect chilling for people who really like psytrance. Favorites: the whole thing.

A second Ambivalent CD, after Deviant Species' album that was a very happy surprise for a lot of people. This is basically Deviant Species themselves in different combinations hosting some more friends. The CD goes to the techy-minimal side of things with touches of housey feel, and good breaks and buildups. Don't get it wrong, it's also highly psychedelic with dark drippy sounds all around. This is quite a dark compilation and I guess that the English winter has taken its effect. The compilation is also much more mature idea-wise and sound-wise. Standout are the collaboration with Charasmatix (T3), a grinding a sweeping dark techno-trance tune. Data Transfer Switch- In the Midst of Midi (T5) with raw driving sounds. And Scorb with Mutoid, a real killer and my favorite here. Dark Soho also surprise, and saw they have a more technoish side. Shakta disappoints, and I must say that he’s doing that to me for quite a while now- wake up Seb! Pretty please. Bottom Line: Nice and solid, for dark moments and dark clubs, and covered with good grooves. Favorites: 1, 3, 5, 7.

Qlap - Mexico Artist: Qlap Title: Mexico Label: Digital Structures Date: 2002 Track listing: 01. 08'27" Went Mental In Mexico 02. 07'38" Techila Review: Qlap, the Digital Structures' supergroup are back again with this EP, apparently the outcome of some mutual hectic visit to Mexico. This vinyl shows a change in the style to more clubby and softer directions, without the hard touch of previous Qlap releases. On the A side Went Mental in Mexico offers just that, tight packed rhythm section, pounding relentlessly, with rising caressing abstract melodic sequences and little breaks all in between. Pure 100 percent floor-work with the almost over-packed kick-bass-percussion combination hitting hard all through the track. On the B side Techila is a more groovy and easier on the mind track. The groove is irresistible and the little percussion games are a joy (as to be expected from a Son Kite-Ticon cooperation). There's a great bouncy happy feel to it and I think this is a much better track with a lot more mind factor and feel. Bottom Line: both are floor stormers- A side is club material, B side will do any dancefloor and all the way!

Eat Static making great music as usual... again... This isn't good as Crash and Burn, but still an excellent album with A LOT of music- total fun!

Mino - Dancing With The Dragon Artist: Mino Title: Dancing With The Dragon Label: Alchemy Date: 2002 Track listing: 01. 07'19" Psychoacoustica 02. 06'13" Dancing With The Dragon (Vinyl Edition) Review: Mino delivers here a massive 12", Alchemy’s first. Hypnotic, atmospheric, psychedelic and massive. Psychoacoustica on the A side is a real hypnotic track, quite dark, with thick atmosphere and raw powerful grinding sounds. Strong stuff. Dancing with the Dragon, on the B side, is a real dancefloor stormer, with dark gothic atmosphere and unmistakable drummer's kick, and a storming scratchy melodic entrance. Bottom Line: two excellent tracks for darker moments on the dancefloor.

Son Kite - Reewo Artist: Son Kite Title: Reewo Label: Digital Structures Date: 2002 Track listing: 01. 10'55" Reewo 02. 09'09" Different Tune Review: One thing you can say about Son Kite is that they keep changing and evolving. Their new EP brings two refreshing tracks, which explore new directions on the dancefloor, of course in amazing sound and production, and with the Kites' flavor to it. Reewo on the A side, is a soft progressive tune with delicate melodic touches and a real deep strong and optimistic atmosphere. Of course it's a Son Kite track, so it's all built on amazing layers of mind dazzling percussion work. This is one of these tracks that touch you somewhere undefined inside with the melodies and the atmosphere- Son Kite show their softer side- and I really like it. I'm waiting to hear it just before dawn in an outdoor party. On the B side, Different Tune is just what the name suggests, a weird combination of hypnotic groovy beats with psychedelic scratching, and all in a subtle reggae atmosphere, with lotsa percussion work with different weird sounds flying around. A more psychedelic Son Kite- I like that too. Bottom Line: Another two great Son Kite tracks...

Though the info sheet claims this is as far from the usual Finnish music as ET?s home is from Earth, I can still detect the Finnishness inside. Basically we have here a moving psychedelic blend of progressive and full on stomps, or if you want, the Finnish version of the progressive side of things.. The A side, Clone Collective, is fast, loaded, psychedelic and crunchy, a lot happening all the time around your head and inside it, but always in a small scale. All that on top of a real happy bouncing rhythm. Excellent acidic morning tune. On the B side, Space Elevator offers happy groovy rhythms and a lot of flying sounds topped with subtle sneaky melodies. Easier for the mind with more feel to it. Bottom Line: excellent psychedelic pieces to groove a morning dancefloor- groove for the butt, work for the mind.

Where did you dig that one from??? Excellent release, as I'm a big Elysium fan I have it of course, though I had most of the tracks on the Nova Zembla release. I love it- it's really great, and I just listened to it not long ago to find I still enjoy it much.

V/A - Awakening Artist: Various Title: Awakening Label: Soular Date: 2002 Track listing: 01. 07'33" Deeper In Zen : The Calling 02. 07'35" Mind Warped : Dark Matter 03. 07'54" Deeper In Zen And Mind Warped : Liquid Dimensions 04. 06'54" Deeper In Zen : Ponder On This 05. 07'52" Creamsicle : First Light 06. 07'38" Onnomon : Tower Of Babel 07. 08'18" Mind Warped : Psychic Underground 08. 07'41" India Drop : 2Face 09. 08'36" D-Space : Hoedown Number Nine 10. 07'44" India Drop And Deeper In Zen : Subtle Energy Review: New Yorkers hit it with an all NY trance release, and it sounds mostly refreshing, with the right spirit, and a bit amateurish at times. But, you feel the people behind this release really have something to say, and believe in what they do- and that is worth a lot and felt in the music. You have here Deeper in Zen with and meditative sounds sewn delicately in the tracks, Mind Warp with excellent full on morning music, India Drop with his distinct atmospheric sound and few more artists giving a different story. Deeper in Zen starts with the Calling- this was tested on the floor and it works- full on, but subtle, psychedelic, scratchy- great chanting calling you. Perfect to open the morning in nature. Mind Warp continues with another full on tune, scratchier, more psychedelic, full power, melodic- very good. The two of them combine next with a totally melodic and very energetic Liquid Dimensions (T3). Then Deeper in Zen again with another nice track. The next two tracks give an atmosphere change. Creamsicle with First Light (T5), a very different track, strong atmosphere, not very danceable but very enjoying to listen to. Onnomon next (T6) with a weird and confused track, weak sound, a lot of interesting bits that don't melt to one story. This has a potential to be at least 4 good tracks. Mind Warp again with another good one- very energetic with powerful melodic morning mayhem, bouncing groove and great atmosphere. India Drop (Opher from Sinister Funk) gives us a weird two faced tune (T8), half relaxed and groovy, almost jazzy, half psychedelic and quite full on- I like it. D-Space follows with a weird, dark & psychedelic track, good groove and nice percussion, but it gets lost a bit. India Drop & Deeper in Zen finish things with Subtle Energy, a massive kick, airy atmosphere, catchy groove and nice little scratchy parts. Excellent finish. Bottom Line: a very good surprise coming from the big apple a very enjoyable CD with the right spirit, enough diversity and some kick-ass moments. Favorites: 1, 2, 5, 7, 10.

My first Makyo release, since then I've never looked back. Sounding like a scratched record again I will say that no one beats Makyo in the etnic ambient field. Excellent. Have it!!!!

Excellent as all other stuff made by Gio (who lives in Japan, but is not Japanese). As with all his other releases I highly recommend this, the years didn't hurt it one bit.

Krumelur - Minimal Animal Artist: Krumelur Title: Minimal Animal Label: Crotus Date: 2002 Track listing: 01. 08'22" Minimal Animal 02. 10'28" Nuts 03. 07'21" Bending Birdbeats 04. 06'56" The Antpeople 05. 09'25" Knorr 06. 08'55" What Do You Think ? 07. 09'30" Big Troublems 08. 09'39" Warm Swarm Review: A nice surprise from this new artist and new label. About time new will also be refreshing in our trancey musical world. Krumelur is Fredrik Larsson, from the talent infested Malmoe in Sweden. His musical vision is a bit different than the Malmoe MPDQX gang though. It carries inside a steady, though subtle, stream of insaneness. Let's say that if the Finnish would make minimal psytrance- that how it would sound... Krumelur offers truly minimal yet totally psychedelic music, showing that minimal music definitely doesn't have to be boring. The album offers a great variety of music, slow and fast, hard and soft, middle-of-the-night mind twisters to almost jazzy slow trance. It's all very interesting and never boring, there's always something happening with liquid sounds, squeaks and tweaks, crazy scratching noises, surprising turns and twists in the story. It really succeeds in painting around you a different world from another dimension. This CD dwells quite a lot in my CD player since I got it- it's great for home listening and there are also guaranteed floor stormers like Big Troublems (T7), Knorr (T5) and for weirder moments Nuts (T2). The sound can use an uplift, especially in the kick-bass department, but this is still very enjoyable and highly recommended. Bottom Line: Surprise CD of the month- fresh, fun and totally psychedelic, if you like your music to takes you somewhere else- get it! Favorites: All.

V/A - Monarchie 2 Artist: Various Title: Monarchie 2 Label: Zillion Mental Anarchie Date: 2002 Track listing: 01. 07'14" Vibrasphere : Katapult 02. 08'41" Ibiza Connection : Dreamland 03. 07'48" Treibstoff : Humanoids 04. 07'21" Morphem : What I Need 05. 10'21" Prisoners Of The Sun : Japanoid 06. 08'12" Biodegradable : A Spoon In The Jungle 07. 06'34" PPS Project : Toxic 08. 09'00" Filur : All Shine 09. 08'51" Voladores : Back From Hell Review: CD no. 9 from ZMA, and for me it's one of the best Hercules has made since the first Monarchie, and so, though the style is different for sure, it deserves this name. Most of the tracks are real good, the sounds and stories are diverse and interesting, just the organizing of the tracks is a bit confused to me, and it looses direction in the end. We have here Vibrasphere with the massive atmospheric Katapult, Ibiza Connection with Dreamland, really a good track, but I just don't think I wanna hear on the dancfloor those blue-peel-red-peel samples again. Definitely overused. Any way to take them out of the track? Triebstoff with a real powerful scandosound stormer, huge atmosphere and crunch included. Morphem change the atmosphere a bit with a lighter tune with a bit of an old school aroma to it, but nothing exciting. POTS, which I usually don't like with a grabbing horse-riding rhythm with groovy robotic percussion and a subtle jazzy melodic ending- moving the body, relaxing the mind. Biodegradable with yet another matrix sample, but this one is forgiven fully, because this track is really refreshing and fun to listen to. A lot of crazy things happen here, all laid on a very crowded bass-line combination- we're talking psychedelic mornings madness here. PPS Project, uprising Israeli tech-trance machine, start with a heartbeat, and continue with alienated hard industrial sounds topped with levitating semi melodic clubby sequences. Filur goes to even more clubby realms with Seb's larger than life sounds- the track itself doesn't speak to me, and it also feels out of place here. Voladores close with a very percussive and very old school melodic track. Bottom Line: Very good release with a lot of atmosphere and space and driving energy. Starts with great morning sounds and ends in the clubby realm. Favorites: 1(!), 2, 3, 5, 6(!), 7.

Let? Fungaz on the A side is an intense and very scratchy tune with weird out-of-space melodies and crowded percussion work, building up and carrying you inside to a very psychedelic experience. ?You have no idea how much fun this is?... Good for dark forest nights. On the B side is even more intense, a real scratching machine with alien sounds flying all around you and nice tribal percussion sections. Nice breaking and entering work and a good drive. Too much for me at times, but a sure treat for the real hard moments of the night in a party. Bottom Line: Two good pieces for hard and dark night moments in an outdoor party.

V/A - Single Life - The 12" Collection Artist: Various Title: Single Life - The 12" Collection Label: Transient Date: 2002 Track listing: 01. 08'28" Purple And Ronan : Future Blue 02. 07'44" Mumbo Jumbo : Fishbone (Rmx) 03. 07'31" Quirk : Tribodelic 04. 07'28" In Sect : Slammer 05. 08'31" Tinnitus : Shapeshifter 06. 09'17" Matenda : Split Personality 07. 08'01" Astral Projection : Anything Is Possible 08. 07'46" Cosmosis And Shakta : Visitors 09. 06'25" 12 Moons : Zero Gravity 10. 07'21" Purple and Lunar : Subtle Thrust Review: Greg Lunar compiled here a nice selection of mostly soft and airy morning sounds, best to move the party in first light. All made from the Transient 12" of the last 3 years. I wasn't really familiar with a lot of what Transient released in the last years, so a lot of these tracks were new and fresh to me. It's starts a little clubby, with Purple and Ronan, nice soft tribalish tune, with those moving caressing melodies that seem to be associated with everything that has Purple involved in. Mumbo Jumbo continue with Fishbone remix (T2), nice and squeaky, with great percussion work. Quirk's Tribodelic (T3) has a real clubby tribal feel, the hands-up-in-the-air-explosion included. It's still Quirk, which means it rocks, but I liked what these guys used to make in their psychedelic era much more. In Sect with a Slammer (T4), start the more full on stuff- excellent. Than it's Michael Andresen in the first of two here. As Tinnitus he brings Shapeshifter (T5), a crunchy one with a simple irresistible melody. Matenda follows with a typical scando morningish tune (T6). Then Astral Projection do their thing with Anything is Possible (T7), they had much better ones. Cosmosis and Shakta with the classic Visitors that rocked many floors, but got overused for me and didn't survive the time test. Than it's Mr. Andresen again, as the more known 12 Moons with Zero Gravity (T9), amazing sample and a great tracks as well. The classic Subtle Thrust ends the compilation- great but I preferred the other mix by far. Bottom Line: A collection of hits. Great morning sounds mostly and very enjoyable, great story line as well. Oh, and the cover is so British... Favorites: 1, 2, 3, 4(!), 9.

Lava 303 - Muschipower Artist: Lava 303 Title: Muschipower Label: Psylofant Date: 2002 Track listing: 01. 08'12" Tempelfest (Extended Version) 02. 07'15" Hey Venus Review: Another collective artistic project from Psylofant, after the amazing and special Playground Collective's Holiday in Kosov@. Here Lava 303 cooperates with a visual and audio artists to deliver a perfect blend of psytrance and rock'n'roll/metal- very powerful, quite psychedelic and great for the dancefloor, no doubt about it. Conni (Lava 303) brings with her the energy of heavy metal, guitars included, but with music and not just power. Tributes to the old gods of rock'n'roll and metal are found through the tracks. Templefest on the A side is my favorite, involving the Ear Gear guys, this is a powerful slow hypnotic track with great guitar melodies and grabbing energy and drive. Hey Venus on the B side is more in your face with a collage of rock & metal samples. A funny ending as well. Bottom Line: 2 guitar dancefloor rockers that will surely make the DJ very popular with the dancers.

Hmmmm... Well, my review is in Isratrance, so no point posting here too. But just to let you ppl know that if you like mind challenging music composed of noises in a really amazing way, you must check track 4, that a long with T7, and the cooperation with Wizzy are really good ones, and for sure the best here.

Son Kite - Aiwana Remixes Artist: Son Kite Title: Aiwana Remixes Label: Digital Structures Date: 2002 Track listing: 01. 09'23" Son Kite : Aiwana (DJ Nukem Rmx) 02. 08'02" Son Kite : Aiwana (Flow Mix) 03. 08'43" Son Kite : Aiwana (Original Version) 04. 08'47" Son Kite And Lisa Thelin : Aiwana (Downbeat Mix) Review: Aiwana was the track to finish the great second Son Kite album released last year. It's has a beautiful morningish tribal feel, with the metallic Son Kite percussion work, great darbuka sections and a levitating and caressing melody in the back. The break and build up are present of course, and done just beautifully. A great emotional tribal morning track with a lot of happiness. Here we get three more versions of it, one already released and two new refreshing ones. It opens up with a remix by DJ Nukem, which gives the track a more hypnotic atmosphere, really tribal and repetitive, this one will trance you and groove you. Beautiful. Then it's Son Kite themselves with a new unreleased mix of the original. The flow mix is just a full on melodic driving track, a real killer full of emotions and a real sunrise hymn that I already wait to dance to in a party. Than it's the original version and to finish things you get a vocal downbeat mix released on the first Chillosophy. Starting and ending with a heartbeat, this is a completely different interpretation to the sweeping tribal morning frenzy of the original- "mass emotion of the beat"- fascinating tale with amazing sounds giving me goose bumps, and great vocals. Recommendation: Excellent- own it, for the floor, for home. Favorites: All.

Manmademan - Single Cell / Palladium Artist: Manmademan Title: Single Cell / Palladium Label: Transient Date: 2002 Track listing: 01. Single Cell 02. Palladium Review: Just got a taste from the new upcoming album of veterans ManMadeMan, which will be called Cell Division. Love Technology didn't really do it to me, but if this is a sign of things to come, the cutest couple of trance is back, and big time. Single Cell, meant to be the opening track on the upcoming album, is a slow builder- starting totally dark and groovy, with a devastating kick & bass, collecting hi-hats, percussion, wooshes & disturbed psychotic bees on the way, it gathers the energy till you found yourselves tangled in a web of acidic alien gossip. Massive!!! Palladium, on the other side, starts with a disconcerting beat that slowly turns into a totally hypnotic minimal piece with great percussion work and flying droning sounds in the background- a real slow hypnotizer! Bottom Line: Some Hypnotic Shit!!! This will trance the floor!

The home of full on music is in France no doubt- 3D Vision is the name- and this 2CD is the sum-up of the game. The crazy full on French trio (Christof, Lestat & Mael) give us here the essence of their party philosophy with mainly their work supported by some Israeli visitors (Oforia, Space Cat, Infected Mushroom) and the Greek Wizzies. It?s all party stormers here- some of the greatest party hits in the last years are included- Tandu?s Alien Pump remix, The Fly from Cat on Mushroom, Talamsca?s Hunted & Hunter, the storming Zergshake, the immortal Reload and The Game- parts 1&2. Listening to this is a real journey back into some of the most full on moments I had it parties in the last years. I might have chosen some of the tracks differently, but so would anyone, and this is the story of the 3D Visions. Bottom Line: Happy full on party zone. For those who don?t have 3D Vision?s stuff this is a must, for those who do, this is also nice, as it packs the best of them. Good to have at home. Favorites: CD1- 1, 4(!!), 5, 7, 8(!), 9. CD2- 1(!!), 2, 3, 7, 9.

Ticon - Remixes Artist: Ticon Title: Remixes Label: Digital Structures Date: 2002 Track listing: 01. 08'00" Ticon : We Are The Mammoth Hunters (MOS Rmx) 02. 07'28" Ticon : We Are The Mammoth Hunters (P-Woland Rmx) 03. 08'07" Ticon : Lo-Mi-Hi (Atmos Rmx) 04. 07'39" Ticon : Lo-Mi-Hi (The Aircrash Bureau Rmx) Review: After causing a big impact in 2001 with a lot of hits and an amazing debut album, Ticon are back with a remixes EP in their home label Digital Structures. Two of their best tracks were chosen to be remixed. From their album, their best track for me, and surely their biggest hit on the outdoor psychedelic dancefloors- We Are the Mammoth Hunters, and on the other hand a more clubby indoor soft hit- Lo-Mi-Hi. MOS start with their version of the mammoths- strong powerful pounding track as to be expected from MOS and a sure driving hit on every dancefloor. Still, I must say that it's not much of an interpretation for me. The original has enough power of its own and sounds more organic, MOS don't tell us a different story really. P-Woland takes us to different places in a more groovy version, and more of a remix. It's a real nice one, and a very enjoyable track, but the feeling that we're in a mammoth hunt is lost, and in that it misses the point, I think. Atmos remix to Lo-Mi-Hi is a real surprise- massive distorted sound, a feel that reminds me of The Delta, but much softer, with a lot of emotions and a fairy tale atmosphere. A full power trance work that opens up beautifully in the end, and a definite in-your-face floor stormer. It also gives a different perspective on the original. Ladies & Gentlemen- Atmos is back! The Aircrash Bureau go to another territory altogether- technoish clubby explosive version, with great percussion and a totally engulfing build up. Though it's not the music that I listen to usually, I must say I find it quite irresistible. Bottom Line: The Lo-Mi-Hi remixes give us more than the Mammoth Hunters ones. Anyway this is a must for DJs and Ticon lovers. I think it would have been nice to have the originals here as well. Favorites: 1, 3(!), 4.

Moksha are making real psychedelic trance- a real masterpiece- look also for Moksha- live at the GoaGaja released in POF in 97. Amazing stuff.

Pitch Black - Electric Earth Artist: Pitch Black Title: Electric Earth Label: Syncline Date: 2002 Track listing: 01. 06'45" Electric Earth (DC Mix) 02. 06'28" Urbanoia (Small Town Mix) 03. 06'18" Lizard Room (Ekto's Reptile Room Rmx) Review: The NZ masters of dub on Vinyl with some more remixes to tracks from their amazing second album- Elecronomicon. For the vinyl freaks that couldn't enjoy fully the Electric Earth remixes CD, here are some compensations with 3 tracks not released anywhere else. Slow bpms, great dubby feel, beautiful melodies, and lots of power and space inside these amazing tracks. We're talking totally visual music here. Electric Earth is a great track and this is another nice mix with the amazing groove, powerful atmosphere and electrifying dubby sequences. Urbanoia is the chilling one here, with a catchy drum'n'bassy finish, and Lizard Room will move your butt and your mind- the butt slowly, the mind far far away... Recommendation: They never disappoint. Pitch Black are something else. This is just perfect to start things up or cool things down, and people can't resist it and start moving. I've checked.

Possible Apple - Botanical Zoo Artist: Possible Apple Title: Botanical Zoo Label: Cool Front Date: 2001 Track listing: 01. 05'13" Helsinki - Oulu - Akaslompolo 02. 08'18" Porstva 03. 10'54" Bullets And Arrows 04. 05'53" Keep The Signalside Clean 05. 04'54" Protecting the Surface 06. 05'53" Barry White 07. 06'02" Daddy 08. 04'41" (Let Me Be) All You Need Review: Funky Finland hits again! Work on your afros, put on those big pink sunglasses, get them tight glittering pants out and don't forget the platform shoes!!! Possible Apple- Jasse Kesti- delivers a delicious, funny, sexy, innovative and totally funky round piece of plastic, and you get an extra hole in the middle as well! We're dealing here with a highly talented musician surfing through musical styles, showing a lot of ability using a blend of electronic music and live instruments with a lot of feel, lots of old-fashion-psycedelica, endless innovation, and a sick sense of humor. It all starts in Helsinki, slow and groovy, with a jazzy flavor and a little surprise. Then we get Porstva (T2)- as funky as it gets, we're talking dark smoky underground pub music for a cold winter, with amazing bass guitar and naughty drumming sequences. I can just see that ancient black guy sitting in the corner in front of a glass of whiskey, wearing sunglasses, nodding his head and tapping his foot on the floor. Bullets & Arrows (T3) is a trip back in time to the 70's detective shows- the mustached cops, slick evil dudes, big American cars' street chases, abandoned factory shootouts, it's all there- close your eyes and have a laugh. I won't describe the whole screenplay- I'll leave you to experience the full 11 min. adventure. Keep the Signalside Clean (T4) is a more electronic and more psychedelic and spacey atmospheric tune. Follows Protecting the Surface (T5), naughty and intensive with cool live drumming. Barry White (T6) hits next- mmmm? Anything I'll say will ruin the experience, let's just say that you're gonna have a laugh, and a big one- what a crazy muttafucka! Daddy (T7) appeared on Surreal Audio's Open, and gave me the first taste of the poisoned Possible Apple, a sexy funky piece of music that will make Austin Powers wet his pants (and I'm not talking about drinking too much beer baby)!!! Need I say more? Well, I'll just mention these old Deep Purple keyboards- I'm in love with this one!!! The last track is a relaxed song for all ears, beautiful soothing singing to take you out of this funky psychedelic trap. Oh, and if you can stand long silences, there's a little surprise. Bottom Line: A pure joy for evolved funky electronic minds. A MUST!!! Favorites: 1, 2(!), 3(!), 5, 6(!!), 7(!), 8.

V/A - The Remedy Artist: Various Title: The Remedy Label: Zillion Mental Anarchie Date: 2001 Track listing: 01. 08'25" Morphem : Gainalizer 02. 09'13" Prisoners Of The Sun : Image Acustica 03. 09'12" Antix : Altered Axis 04. 07'21" Segment : Gelfling (Skeskeses Mix) 05. 06'59" Adrenachrome : Drug Inventory 06. 06'53" Fuzzion : Sound 154 07. 07'42" Nuclear Ramjet : Those Who Digg (Ver 1.1) 08. 12'17" Kumei : Homo Robato Review: A new compilation from the Greek ZMA, compiled by Hercules the anarchist. This time a bit more varied and soft, though still very much within the ZMA boundaries you're used to- psychedelic tech-trance. Morphem open with morningish Gainalizer featuring a multitude of aliens having a nice conversation over coffee and some brownies. Psychedelic mornings forever! Oh, and give it at least one listen with headphones. POTS with a nice groovy piece, nice, but not more, and I would make a global cut. Then the kiwis hit hard and dark, Antix with the scary Altered Axis, a mechanic pounding march through a scary landscape. Segment, Morphem and another guy, with a real nice relaxed morning tune, a gem, and a nice reminder of the good old Morphem days. Adrenachrome, half POTS, does it to me much more that POTS, and brings you a storming havoc of percussions, a happy energetic piece of music. Fuzzion take a different direction of what you were used to hear from them. A massive technoish tune with clubby touches, Ticon influences, and huge sound. Nuclear Ramjet follow the same lane with a lesson in digging- massive tech-trance assault. Kumei, another new Greek surprise, end with the real cute Homo Robato, a happy tune best described by its name- prepare yourselves for a long journey in robots' land. Bottom line: A real good one from ZMA, a lot of good dancefloor material still making a good home listening experience. Favorites: 1, 3, 4(!), 5-7, 8(!).