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Well, I only own the Phosporescent compilation from TIP. It is much beter due
to the funky glo in the dark cover. The music is very much in the twisted
style ofthe old days, very psychedelic. I think this compilations hows how th
evolution of the full on sound we now love occurrred. Gamm Goblins is much
better than the remake, Gamma Goblins Pt 2, and all the tracks are excellent.
This is a compilation made up of many fast acn crazy tunes to spin out to and
to dance like a crazy clown in a mad circus of mirrors. Buy it now and
explore you mind!!
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After wating many a year to get my copy of this album, I must admit I am sorely
let down. Yes, this has great prduction and also for ti's time great iodea's,
but so much more has been done since then. I think that when compared to
Irritant, Radio sounds like most other full onstyle around. I think that this
album may have been thebe all and end all of it's era, '98 circa, but vompared
to other high standar music since then, it falls short by a long argin.
Personally, I think that their first 2 albums and irritant levae radio far
behind. Frog alon is the only memorable track for me as it was a great use
and display of sampling natural effects.
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V/A - Re-Evolution 3 - Life
Artist: Various
Title: Re-Evolution 3 - Life
Label: Flying Rhino
Date: 2000
Track listing:
CD 1
01. 08'54" ABA Structure : The Internal
02. 06'32" Western Rebel Alliance : Sensi
03. 07'24" Echolab : The Mission
04. 05'51" Boom Devil : Rumble
05. 06'51" Bagman : Tungsten
06. 05'54" The Great Leap Forward : Sparta
07. 05'53" Binah : Crescent Suns (Boom Devil Rmx)
08. 03'39" Ripple Games : Kruger 60
09. 06'17" Tripple Game : Dada EX
10. 05'22" Red Seal : Chillin In Da Zone
CD 2
01. 08'10" Atmos : Mental Luggage
02. 07'13" Bumbling Loons : Onket
03. 06'51" Son Kite : Preflation
04. 07'15" Darshan : Remegade
05. 07'17" Seeka : Thirst
06. 06'18" 4D : Sonic Behaviour
07. 07'11" Bus : Let's Go
08. 03'36" Planet BEN : Y2K
09. 06'01" Charasmatix : Ruty HD
10. 06'08" Bumbling Loons : W-Omen
Review:
This compilation wasn't quite what many were expecting. It gave us a very
differnet view of Flying Rhino and many people saw this as the end. It took
a while to grow on me, especially the second cd, the trance mix.
The first cd is your standard freestyler mix of dub, chill out and some
pretty commercial sounding tracks. I like some of it, my favourite's being
track 1, 2,7 and 9. This cd is a whirlwind mix starting with some tribal
beats, moving quickly into some very chilled sound and leading to Boom
Devil, which sounds to me like something the Chemical Brothers whipped up in
their spare time. I must say that of all the Boom Devil tracks, the ones on
the first Re:Evolution compilation are the best I've heard. Binah is a bit
more dubby, with some nice soft vocals, Tripple Game are a kind of jazzy
psychadelic trip hop sound and finally Red Seal, with a nice soft dub song,
and the vocals are very cool. All in all a nice mix but out of the the four
compilations which I own, I'd say the least favourite of mine when it comes
to their freestlye sounds, giving this cd 5.5/10.
The trance cd is more on the progressive/housey side. It starts out with a
nice little number by Atmos, groovery and funky. It then slowly progresses,
kind of just flowing, never really going anywhere, but remains vaguely
interesting and is easy to dance to. It never quite goes psychadelic, but
hints at this with Bus and Planet B.E.N.
A nice listen every once in a while, but out all the Re:Evolution's, this
one is probably my least favourite. Second cd gets 6.5/10.
And for the whole compilation I'll give 6/10.
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Elysium - Monzoon
Artist: Elysium
Title: Monzoon
Label: BNE
Date: 1996
Track listing:
01. 11'28" Master Of The Rainforest
02. 11'10" Monzoon
03. 09'32" Illusive World
04. 10'53" Elysium
05. 08'55" Subconsciousness
06. 09'07" Interpretation Of Dreams
07. 10'25" Aliens
Review:
What a shocker of a day I have had, gor caught running a red light $200,
locked my keys in the car in a 1 hout park bay and got a $50 fine. Thenn I
go to Sanity Music and found this for $18 Aussie!!
Well, this track has some songs already released by I have never heard
anything much from Elysium, and this is a wicked addition to my old school
section. I am going to go through it track by track so if you already own
some songs, then skip to ones you don't have hehe.
The first track opens with very psychadelic and airy sounds. A nice melody
flows with some nice tribal type drums. Acidic effect bounce around. It
really does sound like an alien world. Then a more full on melody kicks in,
along with a nice beat and some funky cymbals. There is also a nice ethnic
type voice. I could imagine this being form some strange alien world, like
some of the Star Wars planets.
The next song again start with strange ambient sounds, then in comes the
congo drums, a wicked beat and funky elector melodies, and again the aliens
fly in and out, with their wierd effectsa nad languages. Elysiusm seems to
have an a mazing knack for wicke meldoies.
Track three, starts of with a liquidy acid effect, and then a a nice calm
beat, with chilled out melodies. This is a nice song to relax to, or dance
slowly in the darkness of a strange alien forest.
The fourth track starts with a funky little ethinig type melody, and again
the acid like effect sneak in from behind, with a groovy bass line. The
beginning mel,ody stays the whole way through, with other effects coming in.
The fifht track is a dancefloor stormer, fast beats, vey much bassed aeround
the acid sounds, it brings memories of Doof - Let's Turn On and others from
that era.
The next track is a lot slower, a lot more ambient in a way, kinda like
Astral Projection - Ambience. It has some ehtnic voices and drums. Very
bouncy and happy.
The last track is another slow, but very uplifitng and happy tack. NOT
CHEEZEY at all, just very aliens sounding.
I love this cd, I can see it being a favourtie of mine over time. I guess
most people have thes track son his other albums, but for thos who don't,
this seems to have a lot of his classics, and some others not on his albums.
Very fun, very old school alien sounds, and it has made my year I think, a
great find for a great price. Thankyou for this Elysium, and I look forward
to your next release, though I already have a copy of the demo, I for sure
will be buying a copy of the official release. Hopefully I'll be able to
scan and send a copy of the cover in.
10/10 for a wicked album from the good old days, when I was 16 going wild
and having a great life!
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Boring, would have been good about 3 years ago. Nomad is definitely the best
in the 3D visions crew, his album at least has a little emotion in it, tho
stil not much at all.
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V/A - Singularity 2002
Artist: Various
Title: Singularity 2002
Label: Flying Rhino
Date: 2002
Track listing:
01. 10'02" Son Kite : Preflation
02. 10'05" Kinetico : Fly
03. 09'22" Bumbling Loons : Sci-Fidelity
04. 07'25" Great Leap Forward : Old Money
05. 10'47" 4D : Submerge
06. 07'47" Charasmatix : Ruty HD
07. 08'10" Killer Hertz : Cosmic Hot Water
08. 07'46" Wizzy Noise : Velocity
09. 07'17" Manmademan : Lockout
Review:
1. Son Kite comes out with a very nice progressive track. I find this to
be a little bit more soft and sexy, very much within the Flying Rhino style.
The anologue sounds flow in an out to a rythmic beat and bassline.
2. Memories of the old acid techno days. This song is a nice slow tribal
number, with lots of acid riffs flowing and peaking. It has a simple yet
effective piano type melody, but the ladie's vocals are a little annoying,
and a bit to housey for me.
3. This track sarts with a nice sample and a soft beat, with ambient sound
floating around. As the track flows on, it tends to be a bitmore old
school, anologue efetcs, bringing back memories of the first three FLight
compilations and the first Re:Evoluton compilation, a very good track.
4. A very psychadelic track, lots of sample and a nice midrange 4/4 beat.
This track again is quite old school in style, with a afew modern touches.
5. After a strange intro, this songs bounces along at a quick pace, it is a
very much fun song, with weird psychadelic efffects, like voices, before
turning into a twisted night time master piece.
6. This song has nice tribal drums, liquids effetcs and a fast beat,
probably my least favourite on the compilation, it just doesn't seem to go
anywhere and is quite messy.
7. A slightly slower beat, yet turning into a fun filled stomper.
Distorted effects flying all around, thisis a lovely track from the
acclaimed newcomers, Killa Hertz.
8. My favourite track on the compilation. This track is alittle more like
the older Wizzy Noise. Fast bass kick, wicked basslines, evil efects and
strange samples. The compilation is worth it for this
alone!!
9. A slow groovy track to end it all, nice and smooth, god vibes to end a
great compilation.
I peronally see this as a big comeback for the Flying Rhino team, a return
to what made them in the first place, bring onthe wicked beats from the
Horned Flying Ones!! 9.4/10
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Mr Peculiar - Elements
Artist: Mr Peculiar
Title: Elements
Label: Tribe-A-Delic
Date: 2002
Track listing:
01. 07'38" Tribes Of Resonance
02. 07'06" Bouncing Brains
03. 06'47" Ritual Horizon
04. 07'26" What Is Real ?
05. 06'56" Digital Humanoid
06. 07'13" Dynamo
07. 08'27" Source Of Rah
08. 07'20" 1000 Tablets
09. 08'07" Last Chance
10. 03'44" Crunchy Nutter
Review:
All I can say is a big, resounding WOW!! This album is amazing, Australian
does have a reputation for being "weird" but not this. I am not going to go
through this track by track, as there are no obvious favourites. If you
like the full on sound, then you will love this. It is very professional,
but still contains the element of fun and energy that we need today in goa.
Mr Peculiar is for sure to be a name to reckon with in this scene of ours.
I now believe that the Australian production is by far one of the best in
the world. Congratulations to Mr Peculiar and to the Tribe-Adelic team for
this amazing product. Also a big cheer to all the other members of the
Australian scene for providing all the artists the opportunity to present
this material and thank you Mr Peculiar for all the amazing parties I have
been to :-) 10/10 !!!
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V/A - A Voyage Into Trance 4
Artist: Various
Title: A Voyage Into Trance 4
Label: Atomic
Date: 2001
Track listing:
CD 1
01. 05'38" Semsis : Big Balls
02. 08'13" Phreaky : Techno Prisoners
03. 08'11" Aztec : Outer Breath
04. 08'45" Psychaos : Acidica
05. 09'38" Solaris : Out There
06. 08'27" Tortured Brain : Electroencephalotramme
07. 07'49" Noise : Darkling Baby
08. 09'37" Tim Schuldt : Om Shiva
09. 06'28" Cydonia : April Fools
CD 2
01. 06'01" WASP And Steriliser : Bug Thing
02. 06'19" Man With No Name : Retox
03. 07'38" Nucleus : Dark Horse
04. 06'28" The Antidote : C3PO
05. 08'39" Eat Static : Critical Mass
06. 07'40" Nucleus And Menis : Havoc
07. 05'31" Voodoo People : Baby Blues
08. 05'31" N-Tropic : Fused
09. 06'12" Morphem : Hypnotone (Rebuilt By Cydonia)
Review:
Ok, I am going to be as open minded about this as I can. I will just say
that if you love the mix on Distance To Goa 8 by Joti Sidhu as much as I do
then you will love thi compilation.
I won't go track by track. This is a compilation of very dark and twisted
night music. I love this compilation, a great find. If you like your music
so full on it blows your mind, you will like it. The best tracks for me
were:
cd 1: 1, 2, 4, 8, 9 and cd 2: 1, 2, 4, 5, 9. The rest are great but those I
have mentioned are unbelievable. Enjoy!
15/10!!
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V/A - The Third Encounter
Artist: Various
Title: The Third Encounter
Label: Green Ant
Date: 2001
Track listing:
CD 1
01. 7'43" Whitt : Jellybean Drifter
02. 6'29" Mookie : Re-Entry
03. 7'51" Northcore And Om Squad : Mullumbimbo
04. 7'38" Pylon : Evolve
05. 8'06" Sugar : Northern Sun
06. 8'33" Mr Peculiar : Psychopra
07. 7'22" Sugar : Atomic Airport
08. 9'04" Paul Kearney : Discos With DAT
09. 7'17" Dark Nebula : Terpentine Valentine
10. 6'16" Space Fly : Conciousness Is A Chemical Phenomenon
CD 2
01. 8'01" Engage : Boogie Mama
02. 5'22" Decoy : Bhang Lassie (DJ Krusty Bio Dynamic Soy Milk Mix)
03. 7'57" Aldoofbanga : Psychadelic Bogan
04. 7'03" Benza : Make A Funk Face Here (Repercussion Mix)
05. 5'22" Rip Van Hippy : Hari Maoh
06. 7'27" Miraculis : Big Boy's Toys
07. 8'10" Mr Peculiar : Lessons
08. 6'29" Fractal Glider : Shangri-La
09. 7'59" Leggohead : Hippy Bath Day
10. 7'05" Arcane Trickster : Hismet
Review:
I must say that it was a refreshing change,
especially the first cd. It is nic full on psychadelica until the last two
tracks which revert to the dodegy weird stuff Aussie Psytrance is famous
for, and I personally do not enjoy. The second cd is full of true Aussie
weird stuff but there are a few nice full on tracks to make us all enjoy
this. Here it is track by track, cd 1:
1. This track starts with a very X-Files type sound, strange and alien, very
nice. Then in comes the bubbly bass and some more industrial type effects.
The bass is nice and slow it has some tribal typ drumms layered over the top
whic are nice. The effects keep popping in and out, tripping your mind up!
There is a nice sample of a voicechanting. At about the 4 minute mark a
nice 303 acid line kicks in, taking a big change. All in all, a nice track.
2. This track is a bit more minimal, very slow repetive effects to a nice
bass beat and bassline...would be nice to here on a hot summer day :-)
3. This track is very old skool, nice melodies and very mornig sounding.
Nicely produced, a top track!
4. This track is very much an alternative minmal sound, quite like a
Psycraft sound, but with an Aussie twist, vrank up the bass and you'll enjoy
thie :-)
5. I am not a huge fan of Sugar, but this changed me, if only he made his
album along these lines!! OH well, if you like Space Tribe you'll enjoy
this.
6. WOW!! A track that will make you trip so hard without any substabes! Mr
Peculiar must have been so off his head when he produced this! Track of the
compilation, very twisted full on FX with nice triiba beats and a wicked
sample, more like this please! If this is along the lines of the album, I am
sure gonna love it! Can't wait for this New Year's Eve for his Live Set!
7. Another Space Tribe type track, nice melodies, great bass lines and bass
beats, a masterful trak!
8. Very nice metallic song, like the nite time tracks from Israel, would
love to hear this team live :-)
9. Not much to say, very obvious Aussie track, not my cup of tea.
10. Don't like it at all not for me, very retro sounding, I dunno, maybe
others will enjoy this :-)
cd 2:
1. Dodgey track, not at all what I like. Very breakbeat/drumnbass but with
crappy guitar sample. If you like fun and weirdness you may enjoy this :-)
2. Ok track but the voice sample is quite annoying, would be good live at an
outdoor festival, very Indian sounding.
3. Shocking song, worst on this compilation by far. Silly samples and bad
beats = dodge song.
4. This isn't the best song but more full on, the snare drum is a bit
annoying. Lots of retro sounds.
5. Thsi is a great fun track, good listening!
6. This track starts off very psychadelic but becomes extremely minmal, if
you like stuff from Goahead 10-11 you'd enjoy this I think.
7. Excellent track again, flowing synths, nice bass and good samples, enoy!
8. Very much like Psycraft/Infected Mushroom, second favourite aretist on
this compilation, this groups will rock!
9. A good ethnic/tribal track, nice to chill out to or do a slow dance.
10. An excellent mornig track, chilled out, a bit housey sounding but great
fun and grat chilled out music :-)
All in all a great album, a breath of fresh air and an excellent display of
the future of Aussie PSytrance/Tekno :-)
I reccomend to all fans of all sub-genres. 9.5/10. ENJOY!!
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V/A - Global Psychedelic Trance 7
Artist: Various
Title: Global Psychedelic Trance 7
Label: Spirit Zone
Date: 2001
Track listing:
CD 1
01. 07'21" Spacefish : Voices
02. 06'17" The Zorba : Zen Garden
03. 07'32" Necton : Bongraiders
04. 07'44" Matenda : Mission Impossible
05. 07'11" SBK : Aufreisser
06. 07'44" Alegria : Summer Jam
07. 07'19" Noosphere : Still Ill
08. 07'38" Etnica : I'm The Shadow Of Myself
09. 08'18" Fuenf D : Alles Wird Gut
CD 2
01. 05'51" Electric Universe : Jetzt
02. 07'39" Space Tribe : What Is Conciousness ?
03. 07'11" Uz : Space T
04. 08'16" Alien Mutation : Astro Zodiac
05. 07'31" OPOD : Alegul
06. 07'11" Spacefish : El Cielo
07. 09'03" Yucatan : Up
08. 07'54" Blake C : Rewind And Smile
09. 07'42" Kick-Bong : Eclosys
Review:
This compilation was of a slight dissapointment to me. It was extremely
minal sounding, and I was a big fan of the series early on as it had fresh
full on sounds. I enjoyed the Ambient cd, cd2, the most. The first cd was
good but uncomparable to alot of the top minimal acts, such as Ticon or
M.O.S.
Here it is track by track-
CD 1 Trance:
1. This starts with a nice sample. It has dark ewffects and is very
repetitive, very German sounding, I don;t know where Spacefish is from!! I
think that if you like Intatc Instinct or Wizzy Noise you will enjoy this
alot.
2. Track two starts with a very nice sweeping synth with slight drums over
the top, no bass kick. It is very nice sounding at the star, almost brings
tears to my eyes. Then it collapses for me. A hard and ugly bassline kicks
in, very much like a dark Wizzy Noise. This track had such potential but is
killed after the first 30 seconds. One of the owrst for me.
3. This one is a nice track. It has slight Space Tribe effects throughout,
though sparingly. It is faster, repetitive, but I can actually enjoy
listening to it from start to end.
4. Once again, Wizzy Noise revisited. Fast and dark, a bit more like M.O.S
mixed with Wizzy Noise. The sample is nice, one for the hardcore minimal
fans!!
5. Here we go yet again!! A slightly slower track. M.O.S but not so well
produced. Repetitive, acidy effects, though in smal doses. Goes nowhere.
6. Another full on M.O.S type track!! German minimal trance. No need to go
further!!
7. This one is nicer!!! Faster, very acid techno sounding, with slight
industrail effects. I like it alot!! After all the earlier tracks, this is
my favoutire on the trance cd!!
8. A crappy track. Bad sounding, dodgey effects. Samples of vonverstions in
the background, way to much smoked before making this!!
9. An ok track. Goes nowhere. Nuff Said!!
CD 2 Ambient:
This is what saves the compilation!! Nice ambient!! here we go:
1. A very nice track. Slow bass kick. Verymellow effects. Kinda like
floating through space. electriv Universe did a masterful jobe here. Areal
journey inwards.
2. Space Tribe takes on a tribal journey, bongo drums over a lazy break beat
rhythm. Trippy effects, spaced out samples!! The usually freaky journey by
teh dude from Australia!!
3. This one is very much like a Portishead typ track. I could imagine this
on a Flying Rhino Fresstyle cd. It is ok. Not muxh to say, slow darka
dnvery chilled. Not my fav track here.
4. Very slow, sweeping sound. Not great, but listenable. The keyboards
sound slightly Reggae orintated. A nice one, though not amazing.
5. A nice track, though a bit to much like Woob for me. The drum beats
don't do it for me. Least favourite by far!!
6. Lovely track. Very much a commercial sound. Lotsa effects, sume guitar.
almost along the lines of an LTJ Bukem Earth type project.
7. A nice track. Sweeping melodies, lazy beats. That about sums it all up!!
8. I like this alot!! Very sleepy, very mellow!! I could imagine this on a
nice empty beach, lying back with my girlfriend in the sun, not a care in
the world!! A journey to paradise!!
9. Verymuch a darker type ambient, with slight drum n bass beats running
with it!! A bad example of Psychaos type drum n bass. It is ok but not
amazingly great!!
All in all this compilation is not great. The earlier ones, 1-5, are much
nicer. The trance is only for the hardcore minmal followers. The ambient is
ok, but you'd do yourself a favour by getting the latest Earth compilation
by LTJ Bukem, he really knows good chill out that goes along these lines.
I'd give this a 4/10. This is just my opinion though. Don't hold it against
me
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This compilation is a must have for any fans of Psychadelic or Goa Trance.
The first CD is very much an early morning mix, by the great Astral Projection.
This cds contains many well known tracks, mixed superbly with songs such as
"Let There Be light" and "Goaway". Although I am a relatively new comer to
these sonds,I found a connection with this cd as it shows the beginning of
the Trance scene, and how many groups and artist who are quite popular today
made there name. i must say my favourite tracke here is "Butterfly Trip" by
SFX, sweeping melodies over a nice bass beat, great morning music.
The second cd is based around the midnight time, dark and fast tracks
running into each other, samples screaming at you, such as Infected
Mushrooms infamous "Psycho". Again many well known artists and groups are
featured here,such as Sandman and Infected Mushroom.
One thing that really sold me with this was the booklet that came with it.
The firs two pages show a timeline of how the Israeli Trance scene was
formed over the last ten years. The next 22 pages have colour photos of the
emembers of each group and a detailed descriptions of how the song was
formed, when it was releasd and why it has been used on a compilation that
is trying to promote and describe the Israeli Trance scene.
After a few listens, I have come to really enjoy this cd, one of the best
mixed compilations out there. A must have for all fans and for all those
tempted to delve into this genre` of electronic music.
A definite 10/10 for the guys involved here
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