V/A - Force

[Guest Dimitri]

V/A - Force

 

Artist: Various

Title: Force

Label: Shiva Space Japan

Date: 2002

 

Track listing:

 

01. 07'58" Shiva Yama (Bikaya) : Children Of Memunosis

02. 06'47" Exail : Panik

03. 08'10" Total Skazi : The Drum

04. 07'12" Shiva : Chtkara

05. 07'34" Skazi And Lemurians : Way To Culcutta

06. 06'37" Shiva Kompset : Activate

07. 06'46" Sozial To (Ol) Shiva : Inca Quards

08. 08'16" Shiva On Psysex : E-T = Art

09. 05'39" Sinister Assotiation : The Monster Has No Tooth

10. 04'53" Shiva : Laughing Man

 

Review:

 

The first ever Shiva Space Japan label release invites you " to commit our

whole self to the restartion and fulfillment

of the earth according to the law of time for seven times

seven generation to come, may got the truth be our witness".

Mostly tracks were created by Jorg Kessler himself in

collaboration with other artists ( I mean tracks 1, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10).

I personally think that doesn't work well in such matter but

don't forget who is a founder of Shiva Space sound system.

" Force " seems to be dancefloor-oriented compilation with

massive bpm rate ( up to 163 bpm in track 9) and

agressive technoish sounds. Only two tracks were written by

Japanese musicians (tracks 1 & 9) so don't look for

newcomers from Hokkaido region. Otherwise mature artists

helped to secure compilation to be on touch. Highlights

are: tracks 1, 2, 5 and 8. Best sample " Time equals art "

(track 8) fits very good. Finally not bad at all for another

sublabel. My personal rating is 5/10. I'd like to reccomend

it to SST fans first of all. Others would probably not accept it.

PLUR - Dimitri from Ekaterinburg.

[Guest Smarthowie]

I liked this compilation, even though I am not a really SST fan... But this one

is a little bit darker/harder than other compilations I have heard from SST...

I really like track 5, Skazi and Lemurians! Not a typical Skazi-track, I am a

bit tired of his "usual" style, but this track is great! And the Shiva-tracks

are also pretty good, this is a bit more night-time stuff...! And I like the

night-time very well... Final rating: 6/10. Recommend it to people who like a

bit harder psy Peace from howard in nOrway !!

[Guest Le Lotus Bleu]

T1 : Honest track without more, with some funny,weird &crazy samples & sounds.

 

T2 : Good one,very much skazi sounding i like particurlarly the dark deaf

sound like a an elephant trumpetting.

 

T3 :Essentially Skazi sounding , i don?t have discerned the total Eclipse?s

touch here, maybe in the rytthmic but not sure, overall honest.

 

T4 : nothing special in this one , very average.

 

T5 : Here are some pure madness resulting mixing tastes of the hard psytrance

tones from Lemurians and the adrenalistic powerfull famous Skazi?s bassline.

 

T6 : quite average. A nice use of a kinda moto engine roar sample or perhaps

an electric hedge trimming note worthy.

 

T7 :An more experimental stuff with industrial tones than a really psytrance

one. I find it perfect to catch an headache in the minute.

 

T8 : This is the big highlight of the cd, probably one in my Top 3 from Psysex.

 

T9 : Definitively not psytrance at all but kinda neometal with some synths.

Only for Psytrancers with metal background, so not for me. Comparing to this

one, Metal Drops from Lemurians is a pure jewel.

 

T10 : To close up , Jörg succed to produce a quite interesting dark ambient

track.

 

Highlights :8,5.

Favorites :1,2,3,10

 

mark: 6/10 mainly due to the Shiva-Psysex track