V/A - Israliens 4

[Guest Le Lotus Bleu]

V/A - Israliens 4

 

 

Artist: Various

Title: Israliens 4

Label: HOM-Mega

Date: 2003

 

Track listing:

 

01. Sub6 And Pixel : Teder Beseder

02. Astrix And Delirious : Day Dream

03. Cosma : Mixed Up

04. Psysex : Puzzle

05. Xerox And Illumination : Marley On Acid

06. Hujaboy : 27am

07. Psysex : Amphetamaniac (Psy Craft Rmx)

08. Infected Mushroom And Yahel : Electro Panic (Eat Static Rmx)

09. Violet Vision : Cellophane (Trance Mix)

 

Review:

 

As Israliens 3 didn?t let me a big impress, after only the first listen i gave

this new one, i find it quickly much better.

 

A big buzz has been made around Teder Beseder from Sub6 (which last track

Indian Jackpot didn?t amazed me at all) & Pixel, so i was quite puzlled to

hear it.

The very first rythmic sounds just before the ragga-dub intro reminds me the

brainblasting E-T=Art from Shiva-Psysex, an impress confirmed after the intro

with the global rythmic & the bassline. At 5:00, the break comes and this

voice (highly twisted) ? arrives and remains upto the end, unexpected but

really nice effect on the track!

 

Day Dream got the Astraix?s mark, in the beginning tones are sharper. At 2:40,

things evolves in a pumpier way, a bit of scattered autotuned voice & around

5:00 the cosmic melodic break. Indeed Daydream is a compromise between for

example Massive Activity & Eye To Eye, Astrix?s fans should appreciate it.

 

Seeing Cosma in a tracklist means in my head, some hybrid stuff between

psychedelic & progressive, but this time it's not that at all, Mixed Up is a

very good full on production,with something special more : this emotionnal

Cosma touch all along the tune.

 

Puzzle is rising fast from the start & keep a fast tempo, add a hint of mystery

& madness, and the hypnotic gimmick « we have to see , we have to know »

definitively catch your brain, now it?s too late you can?t escape PsySex ?s

puzlle, fearsomely effective.

 

Second very talkabout tune Marley On Acid from Xerox & Illumination, good

perhaps overrated overall, i think the track lack of a very little something

in his climax, probably some more personnality. Nevertheless Marley On Acid

remains largely better than most of the Frequency Drive album?s tracks.

 

Hujaboy ? 27 AM, more listenable & interesting due to the mixing of the cold

dark minimal universe of hujaboy with some full on tastes (boisterous &

metallic tones) and some soft percussions which brings a ray of light. A real

effort puts on, Hujaboy is in progress.

 

First remix of the compilation, argh what a remix !

Psy Craft show us here, how to deliver from a hit another master smashing

remix, all in propulsing us into an hidden side of the track, quite far from

the original harmonies, the big highlight of the cd. If only all remix could

be as good s this one?

 

A remix follows another whithout the same succes. I must say that this time

Electro Panic wasn?t unforgettable so it doesn?t help for remixing it. Eat

Static brings some weirdness but not enough to save the track which remains

too boring with the omnipresent gimmick « electro panic ».

 

Hopefully it?s mentionned that?s a trance mix, otherwise i won?t know how to

call « this », i?m kidding.

Seriously, i?m wondering how could sounds the other versions of Cellophane from

Violet Vision as the Trance one is ? heu ? speacial.

I try a little description, opening on an oriental woman then moves on kinda

trance-electro with some bleeps. The singer arrives (a woman) with distorted

voice. Time for a real 80?s electro revival break , the singer who has

disappear, comes back with the trance-electro tones. The bleeps get more

present. The oriental sample of the star re-appears announcing distorted

electric guitar riffs coppled with an hammering extremly sharp synth which end

ups like this, a cut very rough.

Highlights by order :7,3,4.

Other Nice stuffs by order :6,5,1,2.

 

Mark : 8/10

[Guest Raash]

The Israliens are back once again with a great, fresh and pumping sound! Very

nice production, no bad tracks at all. The best one is definitley track no 2,

it's MADE for the dancefloor! Astrix is probably one of the hottest artists on

the israeli trance scene today. To put it short, order it now! 9/10

[Guest Space Ninja]

It?s been sometime since I reviewed an album but this one is

worthy cause. Hommega, the leading of Israeli PsyTrance Label released yet

another gem in it?s Israliens series. And it kicks off with one of the most

original tracks from the recent time, which is off course Teder Beseder by Sub

6 & Pixel. Typical Pixel track buildup that ends with marvelous vocoded

singing. The Dub touches add really deep and groovy feeling to the track. Next

up is Astrix with Delirious that bring us yet another morning friendly tune,

and it rocks. Astrix knows his work and goes with his formula to the end with

a great tune. 3rd track is by Cosma whose passing away will definitely be

felt, especially after you hear the track he contributed for this compilation.

Mixed Up is a pumping moving Full on track that you won?t be able to ignore

its groove wherever your ear catches it. Next one is pretty weak number from

Psysex especially after their great string of released tracks. But it might

grow on me later? Xerox & Illumination - Marley on Acid comes after and it

shows nice groove but nothing special really. Hujaboy presents us 27AM and

rescues the compilation from complete boredom. This is quite different from

the regular Hujaboy repertoire much brighter in some way and absolutely

marvelous percussion work. Funky and Mellow tune. With really great

production, and great ending. Psycraft are taking the job of remixing Psysex?s

Amphetamaniac that comes next and it sounds different indeed. Nice remix but

as always I feel about Psycraft?s music it could be much better. About the

track that comes after I won?t write because I think I already did several

times before in the 12 compilations reviews that had this track before. Violet

Vision is presenting us their Trance remix of Cellophane and it kicks of very

very promising. Sounds like Simon Posford decided to give a hand there and to

remix the tune. But to make a track that sounds like Simon Posford it takes

much more than those chopped up vocal patterns and bigger than life stabs it

should include also wise build up and twisted melody that forgotten in this

tune and replaced by quite ridiculous melody that shows at 2:40 and destroys

all the atmosphere that was build. And in fact it?s so bad melody and repeated

so much more than needed that it even makes me easy to ignore the vocals.

The salvation comes toward the end of the tune when a very nice cut up melody

and wonderful sound FX that save the track. I think that wiser edit could do

this tune wonders. All in all this is a worthy compilation, if you?re into the

familiar Israeli sound with some pleasant surprises. Favorites: 1!!, 2!, 3, 6.

8/10