V/A - Klatu Barada Nikto

[Guest Slave2rave]

V/A - Klatu Barada Nikto

 

 

Artist: Various

Title: Klatu Barada Nikto

Label: Wajanga

Date: 2003

 

Track listing:

 

01. Polar Drops : Tribal

02. Wrecked Machines : Lost In Osaka

03. Wrecked Machines : Disco Fill

04. Spectral Skunk : Imperfections

05. Polaris : Alien Species

06. Spectral Skunk : Immersion (Rmx)

07. Burn And Noise : Cheech And Chong

08. Cyrus The Virus And DJ Poli : Dragonpoll-Z

09. Wrecked Machines : Born Bad

 

Review:

 

The first brazilian release to enter the psynews archives, i think. And what a

nice debut! The compilation begins with a french duo. Polar Drops are Frederic

Canaux and Arnauld Stengel. Tribal, as the name says, has a lot of tribal

percussions during the whole track. Pretty interesting, but ok bassline.

Nothing new, just a nice track. Good sample too. Best part of track comes

after a tribal session, at 5:28. A fat bassline enters and continues till the

end. 7,5/10. Track 2 is a brazilian producer, Gabriel "Gabe" Serrasqueiro,

that goes under the name Wrecked Machines. He's signed to Etnica.net and is

probably going to release his first album soon. His first track here is Lost

In Osaka, a groovy and very interesting track. One of the highlights, IMHO.

The bassline is very good, effects going through the track are cool and it's a

very good track for every dj set. Very twisted samples going on. 8,5/10. Track

3 is another Gabe production, called Disco Fill. Begins extremely well, very

night oriented track. The bassline is as good as Lost In Osaka. Very fast and

wicked kicks and drums. Impossible to listen it without jumping all around.

Everytime that the track makes a small stop, the bassline comes stronger. The

last minute is practically a massacre. 8,75/10. Track 4 is another brazilian

producer, Roberto Neto, that goes under the name Spectral Skunk, and

contributes with two tracks in this compilation. First one is Imperfections, a

groovy track, with very interesting drums and effects. Spectral Skunk has

called a lot of attention lately with his live acts, and this track does him a

lot of justice, showing that he's got a lot of potential. I'll keep an eye on

him. 7,5/10. Track 5 is Polaris (Arnauld Stengel), half of the Polar Drops

duo. Track begins with interesting sample and ok bassline. The effects going

on are very outer spacey. 7/10. Track 6 is Spectral Skunk again, this time

with Immersion RMX. It begins without an introduction, taking you immediately

inside the turbillion. Very very twisted track. The drums combined with the

bassline bring us a very groovy and psychedelic style, one of his very own.

8/10. Track 7 is another brazilian producer, the third in this compil. Gustavo

Manfroni, known as Burn 'n Noise, deliver us an excellent track, sampling the

"smoke-duo", Cheech & Chong. Very psychedelic track, hard and full-on. It's

almost 8 minutes of brain-hammering. 8/10. Track 8 is a dutch collab, Austin

Matkin and Janwillem Bot. Interestin track, with a touch of old melodic

psytrance. Just a touch. Maybe the synth line . 7,5/10. Last one is the

third track from Wrecked Machines, and what a closing for this comp.

Absolutely killer, the best track from this comp, faaaaar from doubt. Based on

a sample from Natural Bornkillers, this track has an atmosphere, a fat and

fast bassline, very well constructed sequences and the samples come exactly

when needed. Perfect for that psy-climax of every good dj set, very night

oriented. I guess i was boooorn, naturally boooorn, booorn baaaaaad.

Yeeeehaaaaa *jump jump jump jump*. 9,5/10. I got it for 10 reais, that means

something like 3 dollars... but this must be VERY rare in europe or us. Maybe

it's available on soulseek, or through any internet shop. Very recommended.

Highlights are 2, 3, 6 and 9 (!!!). After all, this comp get a solid 8/10 from

me.

[Jalliuz]

Kicking and psychedelic! Worth the money. Best song for me is nr 6 Spectral

skunk, then nr5,7,9

If you like skazi, parasence etc this would be something for you.

Like slave2rave says, on some songs you just can't sit down. It's like torture