V/A - Alchemy 30 Years of Counter Culture

[Guest 1400Miles]

V/A - Alchemy 30 Years of Counter Culture

 

 

Artist: Various

Title: Alchemy 30 Years of Counter Culture

Label: Arkadia

Date: 2002

 

Track listing:

 

01. Drum Droids : Underground Influences

02. An-Unna-Ki : Chained

03. Bush Chemists : Top Dub Special

04. Marks And Harris And MSP : Three Men In A Boat

05. Triplicity : Rune To The Sea God Lir

06. Marks And Harris And MSP : Alchemical Changes

07. Shpongle : Saudade (Part 2)

08. Nervasystem And Aether : Prankstar

09. Transparent : Quantum Soup

10. The Crystal Of Art : Blessed Be - All The Pain Will Set U Free

 

Review:

 

Alchemy is a 'head'shop located in the Portobello Road, London. This album

celebrates the 30th Anniversary and some familiar names are among the artists.

Although it resembles stuff you can find on Youths' LSD label quite

authentically, this is even more far-out(read: food for trippers) mainly due

to 2 spoken sessions(track 4 and 6) and various samples. Its psychedelica with

a capital P in various outfits: excellent Dub (track 1! and 3), Acid Jazz

(track 2), etnic Ambient (track 5! and 7), good old Goatrance with emphasis on

good (track 8 and 9) and something totally 'out of this world (track 10);

think breakbeat versus ELO(vocoder) versus Celtic Cross versus Kate Bush

('running up that Hill'). Well, The Crystal of Art is Japanese, that explains.

I was expecting some Kumba Mela like album and I got something even trippier.

One of the most psychedelic(old definition) albums of the year. Recommended.

[Guest JDPatch]

nice and refreshing kinda dubby chilled out new school jazz breaks and dub with

two or three of the most famous CCulture icons since forever - how can you not

buy this unless your a PIG . Nervasystem cut this and its a ripper fkn full on

with some nice spinny sht like all that old on u sound dub stuff , did i

forget to mention that all the artists a celebrities in their own genre fkn

biggy up the Notting hill tribes !