V/A - American Rotation

[shahar@isratrance]

V/A - American Rotation

 

 

Artist: Various

Title: American Rotation

Label: Spectral Concepts

Date: 2001

 

Track listing:

 

01. 08'48" India Drop : Superfudge Chunk

02. 08'12" Penta : Zeynep

03. 06'58" Wormfood : UG

04. 07'11" Bufo : Smokin Feet (Night Mix)

05. 07'42" Nuclear Ramjet : Evolution 3.3

06. 07'37" Phosphene : Axiomatic

07. 06'25" Data Entry : Grey Area

08. 08'41" Tendril : Changeling

09. 07'53" Minimalanimal : Close The Line

 

Review:

 

Spectral Concepts (the people behind Spectralpsy) take a step forward to lively

up the psytrance community in North America and release their first

compilation with only North American artists. It's very diverse, a bit raw at

times, but on the whole, refreshing, very dancable and quite psychedelic.

Sinister Opher on his own as IndiaDrop opens the CD, with something completely

different. Hmmm.. how to say it.. Astral doing progressive trance??? Forget

it. Progressive with that scando clubby sound, yet full on and very very

emotional morningish tune that I'd love to hear with the sunrise outdoors. I

like it lots. Penta is a new one, and this is quite a respectable debut-

Zeynep (T2) is a full on crazy morning track with total alien transmissions

all around it. Very powerful and very psychedelic. Wormfood starts Ug (T3)

with a minute of weird noises to be followed by a dark farty kick, a lot of

hi-hats and a general noisy commotion in a mechanic rhythm that is quite

absorbing, and builds up nicely. A bit too much on the hiss factor, though.

Bufo with Smokin' Feet (night mix) (T4)- a very suiting name for a full on

hard and fast percussive stormer on the rough side of things. I like the

whistling, but it gets too much for me pretty fast- would probably work just

fine on the floor. Canada's Nuclear Ramjet clean the atmosphere with Evolution

3.3 (T5)- gotta love that straight-in-the-stomach kick, just jump on it and

ride on! Nice minimal atmospheric and psychedelic piece- things are happening

there! One of my favorites. Phosphene takes things into darker realms with

Axiomatic (T6)- dark driving mechanic bass and kick, great little percussion

mind-games and a good solid atmosphere. It even opens up nicely in the end-

perfect piece for the night. Another favorite. Data Entry, the second Canadian

representatives here, continues with Grey Area (T7), A real weird chaotic

piece of music with simple rhythm and totally distorted singing and melodic

lines on top. It all comes out highly psychedelic. I think it needs a little

work on the mix, 'cause it doesn't all sits together well enough. I'll follow

these guys for sure. Tendril is Ed, which I've been sharing the 604 list with

for 4 years now- it's good to see he's out there making music. Changeling (T8)

has a very indoor sound to it, industrial atmosphere is strongly felt. I'm not

sure it will get people dancing too much, still it is funky and is fun to

listen to at home, if you haven't got a soft brain, that is. Minialanimal is

Jeremiah the Spectral man himself. First congratulations on the name- gotta

love it. Close the Line closes the compilation- a soft percussive minimal

track with strong atmosphere layered on a rough metallic bass line. I love

those alien horn sounds, and all the percussion and stereo sound games.

Beautiful, just gotta work on the sound!!!

Bottom line: There's nothing new here, BUT it's all a little different than

we're used to, which gives it a fresh taste. A good and very welcomed start

from America. Recommended.

Favorites: 1, 2, 5, 7, 9

[Guest [Anonymous]]

Gotta love Penta

[Guest [Anonymous]]

Yeah you do gotta love Penta, cause Penta kicks ass! Can't wait to hear more

from this guy.

[Guest [Anonymous]]

Penta is good. Penta is on live mix from party mixed by Chris Organic

[Guest eckan]

wormfood - ug is also quite awesome...