shahar@isratrance Posted November 21, 2001 Share Posted November 21, 2001 V/A - Footprints Artist: Various Title: Footprints Label: Digital Structures Date: 2001 Track listing: 01. 07'32" P-Woland : Secrets 02. 10'58" Son Kite : Air Play 03. 07'33" Vibrasphere : Out Of My System 04. 08'30" Qlap : Puck El Pisto 05. 08'01" Tegma : X-Calibur 06. 08'12" Ticon : Shaken Not Stoerd 07. 06'53" 12 Moons : Bad Pets 08. 06'37" Bigwigs : Wodny Prezes 09. 09'04" Etnoscope : Flosiploskan Review: The label of the year, no doubt, comes back with its second compilation. Not an easy job they have here after releasing two of the best artists' albums of the year, they've set themselves a very high standard. They make it on one aspect, fail a bit on another. All the tracks here are great dancefloor material, it's a groovy CD, with great percussion work, very powerful and with great sound and production. P-Woland, the next promise from the DS gang opens with a hypnotizing airy slow tribal piece, which is definitely one of my favorites here and leaves me with a taste for more from this guy. Then it's the Kites themselves. Air Play gives the usual irresistible Son Kite percussion mayhem in that huge crisp clear sound of theirs, for 6.5 minutes. Than it opens up into a melodic clubby build up, which is beautiful but somehow losses it. Vibrasphere hits hard next with Out of My Systems (T3) that shows their harder side, though those typical dubby sequences are still here. A killer. Qlap's Puck el Pisto (from the latest Qlap vinyl on DS) starts the heavier part here, no-nonsense in yer face kick and bass, with powerful drive and great grooves. Be warned- this can make a porridge of your brain! Tegma hits next with the great X-Calibur (T5), an already established raw power dancefloor scorcher. Go for the ride- simple and great. Then Ticon ease up a bit with a solid Ticonish track that hits the mark, but somehow fails to excite me. Here also I think the compilation looses the story line and gets lost a bit. After that, 12 Moons will surprise those waiting for his known morningish transient tunes. Bad Pets (T7) is a hard tech-trancey track, totally psychotic with an on-the-edge feel and qute dark in atmosphere. Excellent stuff. Bigwigs follow with a totally groovy piece with the Polish weirdness factor working hard- the happy jumpy kind of weird- beautiful morning sounds. Etnoscope caught my ear with the recent Dus Fug 12", these guys manufacture total tribal madness, Flosiploskan is no exception, fast tribal drumming full of surprises and a great energetic and happy ending to this CD. Bottom Line: This is a collection of 9 blasts for the dancefloor, all will work wonderfully, no doubt. A definite must for every DJ. As a compilation it somehow looses the story on the way. Still it's one of the best compilations of 2001. Favorites: 1(!), 3, 4, 5(!), 7(!), 9. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest crusader[at]transmute.co[dot]yu Posted November 21, 2001 Share Posted November 21, 2001 THE BEST THING THAT CAME OUT OF DIGITAL STRUECTUES FOR SURE.. Favourites.. 3 and 5.. killer stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AtomicCow Posted January 1, 2002 Share Posted January 1, 2002 Great compilation of warm, bassy grooves. Most of the tracks stand out from the others and stick in your head. Not your typical trance. Track 1 is very repetitive but it's such a great groove...Track 2 is a great Son Kite track with everything that implies. Sudden changes, deep rhythms and great sounds. Track 6 is typical sweet scandy candy. I had a feeling I heard this before even though I didn't. Track 8 has a very interesting groove and slightly crazy synth squirts here and there. Track 9 starts off suddenly with complex percussions and builds on that. Tracks 3 and 4 are pretty good but I sometimes skip them. Tracks 5 and 7 are boring mediocre crap of the boom-boo-boom-boo variety. Favorites: 1,2,8,9. 8/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaySatanicHippie Posted January 2, 2002 Share Posted January 2, 2002 Digital Structures rocks, thats all I have to say at this points. No other label except Iboga releases so much high quality music. These are 8 songs that could easily be singles for the price of one LP. My favourite is song # 6 Ticon - Shaken not Stoerd. Beautiful, no more, no less. Other highlights include Son Kite with a track that sounds like what Massimo would sound like had he evolved,the always great Vibrasphere and Bigwigs, who finally realize that less noise sometimes is more listening enjoyment. All others are good too, no weak tracks at all. Another honorable mention to Tegma, who have definitely improved their production quality, very phat and full sounding. Oh yeah, and the P-woland track is trippy as hell, nice work. Overall, great, I voted it as the best compilation from 2001 , and it deserves it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Setsuko Posted January 8, 2002 Share Posted January 8, 2002 Digital Structures did it again.... they managed to release another masterpiece. the sounds on this compilation are all very refreshing and groovy... i realy like this type of progressive trance .... my favourites here are 2, 4 , 6 and 8 ... the Son Kite is extremely hypnotising , wow I realy like this track with the ultimate melody in the end ... and also the ticon track is pretty emotional... the most insane partykiller is the Qlap one with an incredible bass and crazy structures ... 8/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Syre Posted February 3, 2002 Share Posted February 3, 2002 Digital Structures.. )) 9/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest [Anonymous] Posted March 1, 2002 Share Posted March 1, 2002 Digital structures = best label in the moment Hope the forthcoming releases will be just as qualitative as "footprints". Son Kite & Ticon did it again! Great tracks, but the rest is good as well, special gratitude to etnoscope! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freak51 Posted April 8, 2002 Share Posted April 8, 2002 This comp is The Business. 9.5/10 where it's good, and there is enough good stuff on here to make me say 'owww'. This label has one high-class studio! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest thjelm[at]kth[dot]se Posted April 15, 2002 Share Posted April 15, 2002 For a change, Son Kite and Ticon do not make the greatest impressions on me. P-Woland's track is for sure different and very trippy; a good warmer-up. But I'll have to say the real killers on this comp are the two last tracks, with that smashing "Flosiploskan" making nothing left to wish for. Great comp, definitely a huge favourite! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest thjelm[at]kth[dot]se Posted April 15, 2002 Share Posted April 15, 2002 Oh, by the way. Try mixing "Wodny Prezes" with "Flosiploskan"! They blend together wonderfully! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest FelipeLemosBrasil Posted June 19, 2002 Share Posted June 19, 2002 Best compilation from Digital S., best tracks are: Vibrasphere - Out of..., a strong space war track, really stomper and hypnotic; Qlap - Puck...made a real good work, all respect; Tegma - X-Calibur is a real danceable track, good production... the Ticon track sucks a lot, its almost House! Hey Ticon, you must learn with the Vibrasphere track, this is real Psychedelic Trance, huahuahua! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest asshopper Posted August 14, 2002 Share Posted August 14, 2002 this one should be highlighted, Son Kite, Vibrasphere & Tegma are killers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trance2MoveU Posted July 3, 2011 Share Posted July 3, 2011 Artist: Various Title: Footprints Label: Digital Structures Date: November, 2001 1. Secrets - P-WOLAND 2. Air play - SON KITE 3. Out of my system - VIBRASPHERE 4. Puck el pinto - QLAP 5. X- calibur - TEGMA 6. Shaken not stoerd - TICON 7. Bad pets - 12 MOONS 8. Wodny prezes - BIGWIGS 9. Flosiplascan - ETNOSCOPE Do you hear that? Listen closely. It's the sound of boredom. This is an actual photo of an artist creating this type of music. He only made it through half the track. 2001 was a different time in our little corner of the music landscape. Gone were the melodies and intricate sounds of goa only to be replaced with the unimaginative repetition of minimal. Sequencers were left running as knobs were twisted ever so gently over long track times to lull the masses to sleep. For me this is when trance was at it's lowest point. Now normally I would go track by track and let you know what I think but like politicians...they're all the same. No melodies, just pounding out the groove as percussive sounds and effects litter the track. I suppose Shaken not stoerd is closer to the progressive sound today and is actually not bad. Wondny prezes is more psychedelic than the rest and Flopsiploskan attempts to play every percussive instrument there is with some funky results. But when you can skip through a track in 2 minute intervals without much change...Houston we have a problem. I know this came out over 10 years ago when this type of trance was popular, but if you revisit this I would defy you to tell me it isn't boring. Go ahead, I'll wait. I've read medical textbooks that had more drama. Back in 2001 when this was all there was I'm sure it was pretty good so I don't challenge the above reviews. Dial up modems and the Atari 2600 were cool too once upon a time. Only for the hardcore minimal fans. Psyshop Beatspace Saikosounds Mdk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squid Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 I listened to the whole thing on my commute drive this morning and it was not boring at all. Hard-hitting and groovy progressive trance from its roots. 8/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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