shahar@isratrance Posted August 26, 2001 Share Posted August 26, 2001 V/A - Dynamic Features Artist: Various Title: Dynamic Features Label: Starsound Date: 2001 Track listing: 01. Deforlder : Experimentations On Mutants 02. Paste : Troll 03. Yumade : Kitch Head 04. Triplex : Q6 05. POTS : Peanut Tube 06. Tegma : It's A Case Of ... 07. Suria : Protoss Smoking Weed 08. Source Unknown : Cutting Edge 09. Sonic Fusion : Firedance Review: First compilation for this new Greek label run by Jhon, ex-partner in ZMA. Technoish sounds, not too psychedelic, with nice grooves and moves. Defolder (DJ Sangeet) with a nice opener, a bang-your-head groovy track that definitely moves the butt, with nice technoidic breaks and good suspense. Paste follows with a lot of electric whips, and quite a spooky and psychedelic atmosphere accompanied by a massive bass assault. Yumade (T3) with their usual- a mechanic kick (that sounds dead to me) and great hi-hats games- I think this is too recycled already- nice one, but nothing really excites me in this track. Triplex with Q6 (T4)- my favorite track here, a real surprise from a Greek guy that used to make totally different music. Great groove games, a lot of driving power and pure energetic aura, dipped in minimal psychedelia, and basically a pure fun track. POTS follow with a very percussive track with little simple melodic lines- again nothing exciting, but very much in tune with the story here. Then it's Tegma, the new guys from the MPDQX talents case- it doesn't stand up to their amazing Doppelganger from Creamcrop's Folded View. Strong percussive mechanic techno that doesn't hold enough interest for me for home listen, but will rock the floor for sure. Suria (T7) with a hard one- relentless pounding and altogether too much sounds for my delicate old ears. Source Unknown with pure intense techno, no psychedelia, housey feel and not too alive. The sound is not good enough for me- which is necessary in a track like this (see Authentik for a good example), and it's too long as well. Sonic Fusion ends the CD with something completely different, doing his tribal thing, a lot of chants, nice fast bounce, and a very organic sound- I like it. Bottom Line: Tech-trance lovers shouldn't miss this. Good work for a first compilation, very much together, with a strong clear line. A bit more variation would be nice. Favorites: 1, 2, 4(!), 6, 9. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest eckan Posted December 21, 2001 Share Posted December 21, 2001 Also a very good compliation.. 6/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Setsuko Posted February 20, 2002 Share Posted February 20, 2002 this compilation is only interesting for me cause of 2 tracks ... an extremely mystique groovy Peanut Tube by the Prisoners Of The Sun ... those guys are realy doing some great work lately , also don't forget Luthje's sideproject Adrenochrome which is imo even better ... oh yeah , there were two tracks i realy liked ... the other one i already passed , it is the Triplex track ofcourse ... great vibes , very dancefloor orientated . the Source Unknown track makes me have a headache while listening to it ... pure techno , in here no touch of care and feeling , just 'in you face'... the other members of dynamic Features are mediocre ... only 6/10 , including ugly cover artwork... cuold have been much better . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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