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Compilation: Invisible Incursion Label: Insomnia Records Year: 2005 Format: CD 01. Alrune - Magic Fungi (Terminator RMX) [150 BPM] 02. Jellyheadz - Insomnia [150] 03. Derango - Clairvoyage [147] 04. Mussy Moody - Wires of Fire (RMX) [144] 05. Furious - Lost Psy Way [147] 06. Cosmo - Wizards [152] 07. Kindzadza - Next Sequence [150] 08. Ocelot - Damn [146] 09. Zik + Ocelot + Para Halu - Baszdmeg [150] 10. Mubali - Skilled Awakenings [146] Just before the poor fellow got tangled up in indecision, of what exactly or whom he could not make himself remember. He was just lost, 10-20 feet away from the main speakers shaking on their sturdy frames, lifting dust with motion. It was then he pondered about unbearable lightness of being. Smack in the centre of the action surrounded by dozens of souls sorting out their own issues. Mostly by stomping merrily at the sound of a steep drum… That the journey man realized the incursion had started its inevitable course. 01. Alrune - Magic Fungi (Terminator RMX) * Rune Ranthe gets his "Magic Fungi" remixed by the Russian compadre, who obviously spent sometime in the studio this year. The incursion gets underway by a threshold of swampy forests spinning uncontrollably. Strange bird-hums smear through time amongst the mossy trees, tangled up in confusion by myriad effects. My guess is they actually sunk the synth in some liquid and that is why it sounds like that. Being this a workaround by Viktor, you know the pounding is steady. Smack in the middle a sample from "Rats in the walls" by H.P Lovecraft adding his bit: "I saw again the twilit grotto and the swineherd with his unmentionable fungous beasts wallowing in filth, and as I looked at these things they seemed nearer and more distinct -- so distinct that I could almost observe their features. Then I did observe the flabby features of one of them ..." 02. Jellyheadz - Insomnia * This might just be Jellyheadz most tweaked musical piece yet. Finally there is a line in there by the end, shrilling and bubbling with a malevolodic intent. The 16th note bass is not all it could be variety wise…it sounds great. The laughs and small voice samples add the lime bit in the Pepsi-twist, if that's your thing. Heads up on the “Swing back and forth” samples for the second time this year, as we heard earlier on ‘Robosize ' by Entropy (Mind Games). 03. Derango - Clairvoyage * Crispy syncopated kick stepped in between a clad bass, while they Swedish take us for a ride. You really have to start conjuring whatever your imagination brings here... describing their work graphically is as difficult as explaining the ocean to a blind person. It sounds a bit more together than their offerings in Tumult and with 9 minutes on the timer, it's a full chapter in itself. 04. Mussy Moody - Wires of Fire (RMX) “Seeking avengance on any who lay their eyes upon their face, fulfilling her curse… what I took before in kindness, I will take forever in revenge.” Says he, who dares disturb the break… Mrs. Moody actually works in a company that makes synthesizers. So, I don't know if this makes sense when I say she likes to takes her work home. Her musical intuition on this one sounds a little limited to my ears though. Perhaps I haven't gotten used to her style yet… It's alright. 05. Furious - Lost Psy Way * The ‘ Lost Psy Way ' is what I have come to expect from hearing Mister-Moody in nearly every compilation throughout the last months. The highway guides you through uncertain roads of effects grinding and scurrying, traveling down a pathway of changing cadence, progressively speeding with classy little breaks and a careful attention to detail… without a care for the break pedal. 06. Cosmo - Wizards * This is probably the fastest one in here, or at least it feels like it. That and the fact I'm definitely getting old. Thank god for the pitch-shift… besides that it's pretty funky groove, exuding energy from every pore. The interaction of chained samples works well, but I don't feel any soul behind all that output. I'm sure that for dance-floor situations it works well enough to get a crowd moving. 07. Kindzadza - Next Sequence The next sequence arrives with fast changing lines and the usual bang-or-die philosophy this man loves to live by. Maybe I have gotten too demanding when I say I expect a different arrangement on the lower ranges after seven minutes. The voice sample gives me the cringes, in a bad way… but besides that it's pretty decent tune. I would dare say it's a lot more tweaked than what Leo has been throwing out in compilations lately, since the debut album. 08. Ocelot - Damn * I can make almost every sound with my mouth. Sometimes I wonder if I could actually transcribe some notes and add them to sequencer, just to see how it works. Well ‘Damn', Aaron did it first. Except he was not using saliva but it sounds just as juicy. I got no complains with this one (gasp), it's is a great tune with everything tweaked in the right notes, dance-floor friendly, approved! 09. Zik + Ocelot + Para Halu - Baszdmeg * To me this is the dark-psy equivalent of having the three tenors stuck in a studio. How well does it come together though it's another matter. I would like to think I can identify how the tune goes from Zik to Ocelot finishing on Para Halu. No sure about Zik but I can hear the U.S-Hungarian coalition by the end, taking off slowly from where the previous artist left. Bar by bar progressing into their own personal version of ‘Baszdmeg'. Overall it's as tasty as you could imagine it would sound. 10. Mubali - Skilled Awakenings * We finish the invasion with the reverend himself throwing brimstone in the form a relentless bass. He obviously has the zing to bring a powerful beat to fruition. The fractured noise-effects raining down like foggy pellets squeak a faint harmony, carrying enlightenment through. Check out the voice samples, probably a first for Mr. Farley. If the level of intensity is anything to guide us by, this a great way to close the compilation. * Favourites All and all : These days it seems labels have a couple options: if they have been working hard enough, a number of releases surface hoping some of those will stick. Alternatively they can focus all their resources making one compilation a must-buy. Insomnia went with later option. If you have been following twisted trance lately this is a treat. There isn't a bad track in here and the ones that aren't favorites, still tower over usual stuff we have grown accostumed to. The rest gets an Ebert and Roeper styled 'two thumbs-up'. If the music wasn't enough to convince you, the art work is probably the most original, cartoonish, humorous one to pass my eyes. Everything from the digipack to the actual CD is very tasteful. Easily one of my favorite compilations of the year… 'nuff said. Where to Get: http://www.saikosounds.com/english/display...ase.asp?id=5346 http://www.psyshop.com/shop/CDs/ino/ino1cd004.html http://www.wirikuta.at/web66/product_detai...howDetail=94848 http://www.juno.co.uk/ppps/products/199266...ble%20incursion

niceee daze... damnnnn... juicy stuff... uhhh... ?? we definatelly have very similar taste in music this days... would have been cool to see the synth mutate a bit more though, that splashing effect is awsome though, but you know...little variety

i have a laptop so i got the audiophile, but the box is big, i would hardly call it portable... if you what you are looking for is to save space... and so on

amazing CD, i liked it a lot more than headcleaner... not too sure about the cover art... but i guess that's besides the point

and furious and jellyheadz... god damn!! review up soon

wow... after having tested this one with. full-length tracks, good... 'atmosphere' this thing kicked my ass!! woooowww... i mean damn... o0

Compilation: Timeless Flash Label: Vertigo Records Year: 2005 Format: CD 1. Abnormal - evil Dead RMX 2. Terminator - Remedy 3. Vector Selector Upsydaizy 4. Alienation - Funky demons night 5. Kindzadza - Dza08 6. Psyfactor - Abnormal area 7. Kraft -Freaklick 8. Furious - Influence 9. Tandava - Sumel Kamysh Do you remember three to five years ago when the number of renowned Russian producers making dark trance could be counted with your hand? At that point, it seems only DejaVu was releasing records and the rest of us wondered what exactly where those folks smoking. Cause, we definitely wanted some. Let's fast forward to the present and we find the Russians have bread their own style, inspired by effects discordia and a 150-BPM's-or-bust philosophy, taking a foot-hold in the underground circles. People want powerful music to keep them awake and send them shivers down the spine. The fluffy roll wore off a long time ago and the thrills of pills with belly aches only last so far, before you realize wearing a pacifier with glow sticks and tele tubby back-pack, does not look that kilargh anymore. 1. Abnormal - evil Dead RMX Garik also known as Abnormal (now Abnormal Project) is a regular. The Evil Dead tells a pretty quaint story of a midnight encounter in a foggy graveyard. Run of the mill beat work of unchanging forms, strong and wispy. There is a big amount of scary voices and creepy samples that at some points go a bit too far for me. It turns into near howling of abominable nature. It explodes well when in it's supposed to though, but it's not something to have playing for the entirety. Having heard most of his released material you can see Garik is moving forward. 2. Terminator - Remedy * Terminator builds a nice one. The use of higher pitched shake-a-roo here and there marks a difference. You remember that voice from the renegade master? By… god knows who. It's something along those lines, except this time is “the remedy” for a final build up. They have tweaked the words or smears, while it's running at 150 and it does not displease me. It's not all about that though, but it is using instrumental voices in an interesting way, making it a bit more accessible for this kind of material. 3. Vector Selector Upsydaizy * Vector Selector, better known as Ocelot these days is Aaron from San Francisco . As it has been the case recently, there is a lot of great material coming from that side of the globe and this one is no exception. The outcome is that disjointed groove, galloping and spitting all sorts of… what has been come to be denominated as ‘psyfarts'. Everything seems to bubble, screech and slide. If you like Ocelot, will find yourself digging this one as well. 4. Alienation - Funky demons Night Alienation is Jelly from Jellyheadz and Psypeyote. The introduction does not make the voice wait: “You are now entering a dimension on the boundaries of conscious perception, where trance and dance rule. An existence of power and serenity yet to be… [something and some other] by you” What a load of crap, I'm sorry… it sounds like promo text from a yoga class. Thank god they are not taking the sample too seriously when the voice goes, “blah, and blah-blah, blah”. The intro fades with violins, mixing well with the usual minimal-melodic stuff these cats produce. They obviously know how churn out a good beat. It's Bleepy, bubbly, oozing out space puss, but it's missing something… Maybe a lead? 5. Kindzadza - Dza08 * “Are you suggesting I am preparing you for something you might never experience? Success comes when you understand the most that lethal weapon isn't your firearm, but your brain…” I once read somewhere Leo loved taking clocks apart when he was young lad. His work seems too be made with those ideals, its all perfectly balanced motorized and like the pink bunny, it just keeps on going. He is good at making those kicks go the distance with… admittedly not much change in the structure. DZA08 is a fun mindless stomp-a-roo, with some intense jarred out synth's, passed through industrial strength sand-paper. I am used to his stuff by now and this one is one of the better ones. 6. Psyfactor - Abnormal Area Let's remind ourselves Dmitri released his debut a few months later and we might understand why sounds like the lost track of the album. The Triple kick is there and the effects sprout like the tentacles of an octopus undergoing the attack of a few dozen eels. The sound bank is strikingly similar to what we have heard in the past though and the meter is unchanging, reminding me of tracks like ‘I'm so happy' and ‘Child of Darkness'. A little more experimentation would have been refreshing. If Evil Inside left you wanting a bit more this does the trick though. 7. Kraft -Freaklick Fearklick can be played without any... fear, but I enjoyed Trancepero a bit more ( Namaste From Russia ). It just shows higher production standards. This sounds a bit like cookie-cutter Russian trance. Strong kicks, dispersed clicks, random effects, haunting pads, but no real harmonic intentions which in turn leaves me, wanting a bit more. 8. Furious - Influence * Furious, has been getting a thumb-up's from me lately. He tricks you into thinking another monster killah is coming straight at you like a freight train without brakes and just when you think there's no solution, the influence takes over. Cohesion sticks and the tune takes a different course, much milder and appeased in contrast, before it starts going all over the place. Down below, he likes making morning-style trance, but he's mixing something else altogether, much harder, disorienting, nearly unstructured, that personally is getting interesting to follow. 9. Tandava - Sumel Kamysh * Who exactly is Tandava? He is Bader, does that answer your question? Me either… So, let's focus on the music instead. Samuel Kamysh is hard to place. The abiding factor here is the high pad that somehow makes it work. Which is generally what vertigo likes to do. Kick the living hell out of you with their arsenal of effects and then drop lines sporadically to complement the otherwise relentless sensorial overload. Is not bad, is not great… I can live with it. All and all : Timeless Flash, otherwise known as VERTIGOCD01, released on the first month of the year was the first jump of an unknown label, with a mysterious appearance opening the doors to a number of artists that are starting to profile. The guys at Vertigo like fast and hard and considering they have been open for a year, the work is coming out steadily. If the number of releases is anything to judge them by, some of these have been more successful than others, but one thing can be said with a straight face: they are not afraid to experiment. Not going to wow about this one, some chapters are pretty tasty some could have used a little more intellitrance, but the artist list is pretty interesting. If you know what you are getting yourself into, the lightning shines on a few occasions, if you're just starting to like this crazy genre, Vertigo offers better quality on their later excursions. * Favourites Where to Get: http://www.saikosounds.com/english/display...ase.asp?id=4550 http://www.psyshop.com/shop/CDs/ver/ver1cd001.html

heeyyyy!! que del putas!!! pero yo ya no vivo en colombia

Hi folks, we had an opportunity to interview vince from Electrypnose to talk a bit about his music, when are new tunes coming out. Go check it out: http://www.sonic-energy.net/interviews/electrypnose.html i'm not sure me posting this stuff here goes against the rules... if it does i apologize, you can rid of this message

Nature - Winter Winds (sunny RMX)

ys exactly there's this new stuff... called forest trance, that's like... dark psy, but not really. It's kind of amusing and wild and not-scary... but really funkay!

to a degree, i agree... (hah)... there's a lot of bullshit stuff coming out this days, but i think you have some of those ideas wrong... but there is stuff out there that is very much meant to be heard from the other side. Take derango, Procs, v/A - Schizm... for example, there's much more to it than it meets the eye and once you are in that state of mind music does take a different dimension. Some of it is just wierd noises... and like i have said before it's turning way to 'psy' for my taste... too much randomness, too much abstraction... you want something in between give v/a namaste from russia a try, you might be plesantly surpriced. ps: you can still pump your car subwoofer if with asstrix you play it loud enough

well it seems to me dark psy is a lot more atmospheric and complete and rides a more complete journey... especiallu fucked up, is like a movie, you are just along for the ride... and i think we can all agree scary/misterious movies can be very interesting now and again, when the people take the time do them right

yes and get-away car... and we will not let go of the hostage until our demands are met...

wizack twizack is cool but i wouln't call a masterpiece though... it goes well with REV... pumping a bit uplifting, you know that kind of sound. bit a bit overloaded with full on bass line and a bit the-samey kind of a thing

i was planning on doing one for wizack twizack at some point but i have others on the pipeline first... so it might take a bit... probably like a week? i don't know if anybody did one already though... inner circle there should be several here, or in isratrance ... and if you havign trouble in my sig...

first of all... to everyone involved, obviously mars, very nice job on putting this up as quick, i have only recently learned what a real pain in the ass it can be to fiddle with things on the background, so mad props... i think the rest has already been said, it's your house your rules your rules i don't completly agree with them... but that's besides the point

perceptions do change p.s: i liked your review as well, in my experience intoxicated reviweing always works best.. but shhh

aww man i hope they don't send me the shitty one

i just found retailer in the states so i no longer have to wait for it to be shipped from japan or austria, wohoo!!

Artist: Ticon Album: Zero Six After Label: Digital Structures Web: http://www.mpdqx.com/digitalstructures/ Year: 2005 Format: CD Songs: 01. Prologue 02. Kids Of The 80`s [135 BPM] 03. U Make Me Wanna Drink More [136] 04. In The Dirt [140] 05. Poem For Granny [135] 06. In Stereo [130] 07. Rip It Up [136] 08. Chicken Shaker [139] 09. The Analogue H [138] 10. Six Years After [135] What's this about Filip Mårdberg and Fredrik Gilenholt have been changing the musical landslide of electronica, exploring different facets of their sound on every album with an unchanging attitude towards transformation, transmutation and personal evolution. Like tastes change, so do their rhythms and this obviously something they enjoy doing. Too worried about the next-best-thing to break all barriers, I forgot there is still music out there that subtly tweaks bits and pieces of the puzzle, channeling quality in the highest denominator to create… well… art… Per-song break-down 01. Prologue * The prologue (man, this getting trendy, huh?) is sonic redemption in less than two minutes. The kind of sweet melody juggling those magic notes you expect to hear when a life changing event happens. And if it doesn't well... at least the music is there. 02. Kids Of The 80`s Being an 80's child makes me feel like I skipped a good ten years of productive life. Consequently I don't miss rappers hanging with wall-clocks from their necks, nor Madonna in lycra. Thankfully the song strips down the 80's of all those qualities we would rather forget with a reminiscent retro-beat, jumping right into progressive of the new millennium once the bass starts going. The pitchy synth does retain some of the old-school oscillation, alongside the vocals bits melting well together. Once again, the 80's are not my favorite theme so the song in itself is not overly appealing, but since its Ticon doing this, they could very well have placed broken glass for the kicks and still get away with it. 03. U Make Me Wanna Drink More * Now kids nobody is condoning alcoholism, but every now and again an angel crosses your path and the inhibitions get mixed up with a death-wish to gulp just a bit more, so you can go chat the hottie in the corner. That growing pre-AA gut feeling to grab the bottle, surfaces as the post-New Order grungy synth starts taking force. The bass has that bad-ass feeling strengthening your confidence for the hunt ahead. Incredible groove as usual. 04. In The Dirt * ‘In The Dirt' has all the tall-tale signs of a great outdoor tune several months late for the summer solstice. Well there's always next year and it's so massive, you might as well hear it from now until then. For all effective purposes this is progressive at its best, building a monster rhythm of such epic proportions it makes the hair stand and the smiles blossom. There's nothing new here, but the notes seem to phase out on such sweet angelic intonations, you can feel the perspiration sliding down the skin, as the sun shines with your eyes closed and the soul open. All the while you are transported to that open patch of grass, loosing yourself to the delights of some unnamed festival, you won't remember was it not for those pictures… you will have to hide when the kids start popping out. 05. Poem For Granny * The poem is lovingly chiseled with the most hip-shaking, belly-aching rhythm you might encounter in this far reaching musical field. So granny grab your stick, start rolling those wheel-chairs or simply shake in bed if that's your thing; cause the boys have produced beats with enough magnetism, to keep that hip-job going long enough to for you to enjoy this one fully. A delicacy by all means, running alongside an explosive line on top tambourines and a second lead in the middle, all going to your head faster than you can fathom… head-rush. 06. In Stereo Its a bit disconcerting having that ‘skipped' effect on the first 20 seconds of the song. I don't know you, but I sure as hell cursed myself the first half a dozen times. In Stereo feels very break-beat-ish with an electro blanket covering the choral notes, floating past the speakers. This particular sonic excursion the boys have treated us with, is not personally my favorite type of clubbing music, but what they do is damn classy… 07. Rip It Up “You will not able to stay home brother, you will not able to play a game turn on and drop out, because the revolution will be live” Rit it up, or rip it up, whatever's your choice this track has Insurrection written all over. The kind of mutiny that occurs when a bunch of drunk hooligans take over the DJ booth and evacuate the intern in exchange for better music. The alternative is clearly this track. There is nothing new in the sound, it's simply a lesson on how it's meant to be done right. That said, the final minutes are a bit over the top for me, but the use of long voice samples more than makes up for it. 08. Chicken Shaker * Shake your chicken, or borrow one if you must. The dribble in the shaker treats to an energetic fusion of psychedelic pretension, on top of voice samples you have to grow to love. The warm progressive touches these two splash on all the tracks, follows well and the build up is palpable. Midway we encounter good-old fashioned breaks and a falling insane voice samples, extending for aeons. 09. The Analogue H * As it has been pointed out before this one has Platipus records written all over. Well at least on the uplifting lines and the a polymorphic drum sequences, bridging a joyous sonority with a hint of that classic rave feel. It remains moderate and cool like everything else Ticon is spitting out these days. 10. Six Years After * Six years after is smooth… Smooth like silky lounge caressing the frequencies on a short arpeggio, briskly running on different pitches bridged together with such precise infusion, this stuff goes on the category of sonic plastic surgery. It moves quite well, but there is still a relaxed pace. It encompasses all the worth and experience these two have gained from Aero, showing you can do something different and still do it right. * Favourites All and all The output sounds a more like a fusion of New Disco Science Alliance than a departure from Aero, and it's clear where these two are heading with their music. I personally would have liked to see a track or two showing some more pump, but that is probably because I hear too much kilargh music these days, and this is so NOT that type of sound. In most cases is quite refreshing. The incredible aspect of Ticon's production is the amount of elements that come into play at any given time, all caressing each other in the frequency range in it's own lane like good little boys, too afraid to cross in each other's path. Quality assured or your money back. This is CD is for the DJ case, the car and for your cousin who is not yet into electronic music, but is waiting to hear something that changes his mind… well don't let him hanging… read the review with samples http://www.sonic-energy.net/2005/11/album-ticon-ssa.html Where to get http://www.psyshop.com/shop/CDs/dig/dig1cd017.html http://www.saikosounds.com/english/display...ase.asp?id=5199 http://www.beatspace.com/dettagli/dettaglio.asp?id=2450

A strong friendship to each artists on this compilation distinguished the flair of fun on the dancefloor contributed by long wellknown artists like Leo as Kindzadza and Osom from Russia or Stephane Rault aka Phatmatix, co- founder of Red Cell Records, France. From Israel the two Ariels from Double R.E.L., with album expected on Doof in September 2005, and Pit and Omer aka Entropy takes part beside Roi Levi and Guy Marciano in their project Wizard Lizard, long known for several appearances on Parvati for example. Ariel Ram, one part of the RELfs pulls his solo- project HappyLeptic forward after first releases and this is not to miss. Highko himself gives his taste of pure energetic mindtwisted psytrance and last but definately not least Cosmo, the young soundvirtuoso from Slowenia, brings his wildness to the point and also coorperates with Highko in the Highcosmos project where the debut album is expected end of october. As a kind of final messege Kindzadza met Highcosmos to create the defined statement of Noise Poison Records to delight the international crowd with crazy acidridden soundscapes made for psyfans all over the world. 01. Entropy / Blaze Of Light 02. Wizard Lizard / Holy Gramm 03. Phatmatix / Violent Comedy 04. Happyleptic / Do The East 05. Double R.E.L / Icescream 06. Highko / Ultra Violent 07. Kindzadza / Fany Gylation 08. Kindzadza Vs. Highcosmos s / If Its To Fast Then You Are To Old 09. Cosma / Gami Sata 10. Osom / Be Cool go fetch boy!

just got lyserg lesson, if anybody is near america www.darkpsyde.com is shipping from the states

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