DeathPosture Posted July 17, 2002 Author Share Posted July 17, 2002 V/A - Cross Link Artist: Various Title: Cross Link Label: Digiboga Date: 2002 Track listing: CD 1 01. 10'58" Son Kite : Reewo 02. 09'02" Ticon : Electricity 03. 09'09" Tegma : Werewolf 04. 07'41" P-Woland : The Lovely Wife 05. 09'12" Llopis : Centrafuge 06. 11'12" Beat Bizarre : Out Loud 07. 09'19" Fabel : The Bear 08. 07'39" Reefer Decree : Curved Air CD 2 09. 10'24" Son Kite : Reewo (Llopis Remix) 10. 07'06" Ticon : Electricity (Fabel Remix) 11. 08'22" Tegma : Werewolf (Beat Bizarre Remix) 12. 06'26" P-Woland : The Lovely Wife (Reefer Decree Remix) 13. 09,33" Llopis : Centrafuge (Son Kite Remix) 14. 07'35" Beat Bizarre : Out Loud (Tegma Remix) 15. 08'25" Fabel : The Bear (Ticon Remix) 16. 07'21" Reefer Decree : Curved Air (P-Woland Remix) Review: Danish label Iboga and Digital Structures from Sweden have teamed up under the name of Digiboga and the double compilation Cross Link is the result of the joint venture stretching from Copenhagen across the new Øresund Bridge to Malmø! And what a SMASHING result it is! This has got to be this years most anticipated compilation and we've all been waiting for this to be released since wintertime when the first rumours about this compilation started to spread! . But it was definitely worth the wait. No doubt about that! The first CD contains a bunch of well-know tracks plus a couple of unreleased from both Iboga and D.S. . On the second CD these tracks are remixed across labels, so that D.S.-acts remix Iboga-acts and vice versa! It's all one happy Digiboga-family! ;o) In my mind there is no doubt which track is the highlight here: [cd1#8] Curved Air - AMAZING track, and has got to be among the deepest, grooviest, most driving progressive tracks ever! I've loved this track for almost a year now and finally I have it on CD. I wish I'd been at VooV last summer when Reefer Decree apparently played this track the first time in public. The whole CD is worth it for this track alone! ;o) Not saying that you only need this CD because of this track - there are smashing tracks en mas here! From the well-know Son Kite stomper Reewo, over Tegma beastly Werewolf to the sheer joy of Beat Bizarre's previously unreleased Out Loud! Great, great stuff! Also, pretty much all the remixed are good, though I've not yet grown fond of P-Woland's remake of Curved Air. But perhaps it's just me who doesn't like when someone messes with a classic! Well, enough said about this now - If you haven't got this go get it right now! It's an instant classic! ;o) Rating 9/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Defbydelta... Posted July 17, 2002 Share Posted July 17, 2002 sure i gonna go get this one! this seems to be a really "must have" compil.. heard some of these tracks already and they ROCKZ!! Scandinaviaaaaaaa!!! =)) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narwhal Posted July 17, 2002 Share Posted July 17, 2002 If you are into PSYCHEDELIC music beware of this!After more than twenty listenings a lot of the tracks still don't work for me. A lot of them don't go anywhere, they just wobble on with a few sounds- sound quality is of course very good but not original.Some time ago I thought the Swedish and the Danish labels brought us a fresh wind, with new elaborated rythms, new sounds and nice melodies. Nowadays the melodies are gone and the only thing that is left is a sophisticated sound and well known rythm patterns. This is cocaine and champagne indoor music to me, not outdoor psychedelics party stuff.Listen before you buy! If you don't agree, don't feel offended, it's just an opninion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest baboon Posted July 17, 2002 Share Posted July 17, 2002 Excellent scando compilation! As Death Posture said; an instant classic! Get this CD now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Auto Posted July 17, 2002 Share Posted July 17, 2002 get real. No one drinks champagne to this music. Where is the glamourous factor in this sound? Get out of your psychedelic pigeonhole and get to know your fellow people and their scenes.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest [Anonymous] Posted July 17, 2002 Share Posted July 17, 2002 is this one mixed?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danvapid Posted July 17, 2002 Share Posted July 17, 2002 i haven't heard this, but i KNOW this is some of the most psychedelic music out there today...much more deep, complex, mindbending, and PSYCHEDELIC than any of that itchy-scratchy 3D vision/GMS/"full on" stuff...on the other hand, nothing gets more psychedelic IMO than double dragon, hux flux, and the likes... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest [Anonymous] Posted July 17, 2002 Share Posted July 17, 2002 agree with the other reviewer, this is very simple stuff, good production but not very psychedelic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Acid Punch Posted July 17, 2002 Share Posted July 17, 2002 Hi why is it that everytime a minimal/progressive comp comes out,an entire disscution opens on weather its psy or not.this is a genre of psytrance and there is nothing more to say!!!!so stop talking about it and let the music speak for it self-thease dibates are getting realy tiering....(to each his own)i mean you dont see the"minimalistic lovers"critic a full on album that comes out about being"too noisey and vocaly"....right???think about it. BTW its a killer comp,one of the best for this year,an ingenous idea,masterful compiling by thease two giant labels!!!KEEP IT UP... BOOM SHIVA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HAch Posted July 17, 2002 Share Posted July 17, 2002 well i agree acid punch in some ways... i like a lot minimal progressive stuff, but danvapid... you call 3dvision gms itchy scratchy music? wuau we have an intelectual here in psychedelic music... fuck off i listen this to enjoy and dance... who tell me this is very deep and serious music... well. by the way 9/10 for this great cd feel the rush.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukiro Posted July 18, 2002 Share Posted July 18, 2002 This is perhaps not all too psychedelic, but it's certainly HYPNOTIC! And thats worth a lot more to me. The SOn Kite remix of Llopis "Centrafuge" is absolutely incredible in that respect. And regarding the commenty above about the abscence of melody - HELLO, have you even listened to this? P-Woland: The Lovely Wife (Reefer Decree Remix) has some of the beautifullest melodies I've ever heard in this genre. I bought the vinyl (which only has the remixes) and I've got some of the tracks from CD1 on other singles from before, and I use tracks from this one every time I mix now. You NEED to buy this one folks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest woutskey Posted July 18, 2002 Share Posted July 18, 2002 professional, mature top quality electronic dance music here. Some stuff is boring (esp. Llopis should get fired straight away for totally taking the magic out of Son Kite's masterpiece Rewoo, and delivering nothing but tedious plod music in general) but the overall comp is better than I expected. I must say that the artists from the Digital Structures stable win hands down from the Iboga artists, but it's not a contest and it's a matter of taste ofcourse. Highlights for me: Son Kite - Rewoo, Ticon - Electricity, Beat Bizarre - Out loud (Tegma remix), Fabel - the bear (Ticon remix) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest A Posted July 20, 2002 Share Posted July 20, 2002 Nothing new and fresh here=( Ticon : Electricity (Fabel Remix) is the best track.. the other is just boring same stuff that you have heard milions of times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest * Vlad * Posted July 20, 2002 Share Posted July 20, 2002 Very boring trax, there's much better stuff to shop around. 02/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nois Posted July 22, 2002 Share Posted July 22, 2002 Great tracks... Llopis as always is tha man - He is one of the rare artists whose sounds are innovative. Great track, great remix of son kites too... I wonder if P-woland is married for real, no matter if his wife is lovely, the track is Beat bizarre and Fabel are also distinguishable here. The rest of the tracks is also good, but... not genial Overall 9/10 (Llopis and P-woland 11/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest asshopper Posted July 23, 2002 Share Posted July 23, 2002 um, its really different than usual psytrance we hear, even different than regular Son Kite, The Lovely Wife (Reefer Decree Remix) sounds more like the remix of their track Psychic Substances from Psionic Tonic CD...nothing more to add yet, im still on my first listen. Centrafuge (Son Kite Remix) is a great one, well, Son Kite always has the top quality production! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest reinhartB2LiT Posted August 20, 2002 Share Posted August 20, 2002 Well...this compilation is something that I didn*t expect to listen...it really shaked my PSY-opinions...wow baby this is almoust the best release that I ever heard before.The DIGIboga combination of artist*s is out off range,fanky is what I like, so I will say it*s PROGRESSIVE PLAGUE all around of all of us...we must sail on it*s waves...just...let it flow!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Acidhive Posted October 9, 2002 Share Posted October 9, 2002 Progressive, funky and kicking as all hell, this is indeed a trippy combination of two good labels pumping it out together. A very good idea, and what's even better is that we get 2 cd's for the price of only one! There's nothing more to be said here, but if you like the Iboga style and the Digital Structures style, you're in for a treat!! Especially that Son Kite track and the Reefer Decree remix of the P-Woland track.. man, can it get any better?? ;-) Solid 8,5/10 here. Oh yeah... Bear from Fabel is also a good pumper!! Errm all the tracks are actually, these are only my stand-outs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dr G Posted March 11, 2003 Share Posted March 11, 2003 A fine compilation from Iboga and Digital Structures; most tracks here are at least a bit better than the average hypnotic minimalistic Scandotrance. The production quality is really excellent. For me the Reefer Decree tracks and remixes really stand out - beautiful beautiful tracks - top respect to them. It is also worth noting that Tegma's "Werewolf" has an absolutely classic sample. There is a different kind of psychedelia happening in these tracks that I can only call "northern lights": you won't find the bright colourful hallucinations of Goa here, but the subtle shading of light on dark that characterises Scandinavian climes. If you dig this vibe at all, then you should get this. 8/10 ~*~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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