Guest Lunar Man Posted July 25, 2002 Share Posted July 25, 2002 V/A - Chrome (Western Edition) Artist: Various Title: Chrome (Western Edition) Label: Etnica.net Date: 2002 Track listing: 01. 08'43" Nervous (Rmx) 02. 09'04" Detonator 03. 08'33" VCO 04. 07'45" Dervish (Wasted Remix) 05. 08'39" Liquid Forms 06. 08'06" Are We Safe? 07. 07'16" Like A Diamond 08. 06'14" Solaris 09. 08'01" Tractor Activity Review: After releasing the Chrome on Solstice for Japan this edition came for us in the western countries...it has 5 new tracks and those are the best tracks etnica has made since Small Doses and Equator. The style is still dark but somehow Full On and sometimes melodic at the same time.. Now the tracks. Remember the track Nervous from Nerve (MOS)..Well the first track is a etnica remix of it. Very Good bassline, noises coming from everywhere, somehow uplifting still minimal..difficult to explain..Track 2 is the second best track on the album...Starts minimal, converting slowly to Full on..the last two minutes are AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGHHHH...Music stops, silence appearing, you stop dancing for some seconds and then suddenly when you can't understand what's happening comes THEEE ETNICA-MELODY from 1996 and blows you away like a bomb. I was in Arvika when I heard this and people were moving away from me cause i was screaming like a maniac...I think the CD is worth for this track and The Dervish track only. Going on to Track 3, VCO. Nice melodic bassline, good twisting noises fading away and coming back..after some minutes come a melody..When 3 minutes remains from the track it exploads to Full On. Very nice melodie but not as good as Detonator...Track 4 is the best track on the CD..a very old-school bassline. It could have been on Alien Protein if they changed the sound. Something that coming up every 15 seconds is a Snare/Clap with lots of Delay which I love..it fits so good with the track..The track builds and build..303-lines coming in, sounds everywhere, scary atmosphere and that delayed clap..the track just builds untill it ends. Simply awesome and i forgot to say its orinally made from Dino Psaras. Track 5 is an ok track. I used to like it more, but when i heard the other tracks i thought it just an average track. Track 6 is a stomper. The best track on the Solstice edition. Great basslines then makes you jump like Michael Jordan..the samples reminds me of Pleiadians - Family Of Light. Simply great track nothing more to add...Track 7 like a Diamond is the last new track on the western edition..starts with some cool samples..A heavy kick enters, then comes the new "etnicabassline".. some sounds entering but to bad there are not more sounds..track 8. Solaris... This one is good to start a DJ-Set or to start etnicas live set (and so they did)..i love the tennisballkick and the galloping bassline...simply a pleasure for the ear...and last not least Tractor Activity. I really like the rythm section in that track and the twisting bassline..good Floor-Filla I can easy say that this one crushes the Solstice Edition. The track they have added are awesome..Go Etnica Go!!More Stuff like this. Buy it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest anonym svensk Posted July 26, 2002 Share Posted July 26, 2002 THEEE ETNICA-MELODY from 1996 as Lunar Man said. Isn't that the melody from Alien Projects Genetic eyes?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest [Anonymous] Posted July 26, 2002 Share Posted July 26, 2002 roxxxxxxxxxx n roxxxxxx n roxxxx all the time the best trance style the full on on "etnic" celebration Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest [Anonymous] Posted July 28, 2002 Share Posted July 28, 2002 the cover is ugly and the music is ugly aswell... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lightmatch Posted August 2, 2002 Share Posted August 2, 2002 Etnica become like Elysium - GREEDY euro - buck - pound call it however u like PSY is not for making money Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Red Headed Stepchild Posted August 7, 2002 Share Posted August 7, 2002 Well I have to start be sayint that Crome is the perfect name for this CD becuase it is very polished. Once again Etnica have taken me by suprise. they have made a album that is somehow Etnica yet something very new. Several of the songs are seem to be progressive peeked with melodic madness. Which is to me anyway very Psychedelic. 10/10 Another masterpeice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freak51 Posted August 8, 2002 Share Posted August 8, 2002 Very psychedelic, tilting more towards the ultra-full-on/GMS/3D Vision/it's-still-1999-again end of town. Still, there are some winners on this disc. I could do without the same samples as Wizzy Noise, Talamasca etc. I mean, there have been what, a million movies ever made - why do we have to keep sampling the same ones? At least there's no Matrix samples. And at least 'Like a Diamond' includes some new samples - about, you guessed it, a UFO sighting. It doesn't introduce anything new but it is competent and has some truly lethal hooks. 7/10 from me - I'm still waiting for a whole Elektrodub album from these guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Onyxura Posted August 22, 2002 Share Posted August 22, 2002 After an absolutly awfull, and I do mean awfull Nitrox album, it's nice to see etnica sort of on the right track again. Less Minimal than the last time, packed with different elements, and yes - this time they also gives us back the melodies. Not like in the good ol' days, offcourse, but alot better than nitrox, annyways. I enjoy this a whole lot more than just the bassdrum with a few sounds here and there that they gave us lanst time! Bom! 6,5/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Psy7 Posted October 17, 2002 Share Posted October 17, 2002 well i think that this album is a masterpiece.great work by the italians.it has everything.psy minimal melodic techno trance.nice voices excellent drums.9.5/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seraph Posted December 2, 2002 Share Posted December 2, 2002 Again nothing special from Etnica...More layers and ideas than in NITROX but still way too minimal and steady for Etnica basic style and recognition...Sounds more like everything minimal these days..There are 3 interesting songs : DERVISH, LIQUID FORMS, ARE WE SAFE ?...but the rest is just average...6/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trance2MoveU Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 well i think that this album is a masterpiece. Masterp...? I think you spelled sleep aid wrong. Considering this was made in 2002 near the height of boring minimal trance take it for what it's worth. Holding up well is not its strong suit. It's very minimal and treats melodies like I do a drooling man on the subway. I liked their samples and the sneaky quality of some of the sounds that would emanate from the background. Dervish, Liquid Forms and Are We Safe seems to be the most aggressive tracks here, but the last three tracks sound like they took a nap, but didn't turn off the sequencer. There ain't a whole lot to chew on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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