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[freak51]

The 3 Turn track is very good. Absolum absolutely rocks. But this is
psychedelic techno, and pretty much sounds like any other psy-tech release
(Heavy Machinery, the last half of Distance To Goa 8, etc). Perhaps it needs
e or acid or something, because this all sounds too synthetic/chemical for my
liking. There's a lot of data here, to be sure: you can't process it all in
real-time the first time through. Also, I think there's rather too much bass
in the equalization. Tentatively I'll give it 7/10 but I haven't really
decided yet.

[Jon Cocco]

Elixir-great way to start off this album. That part that feels like a rocket
flying by your head. You know...super cool. Wizzy Noise, something very
special here. Some super dark, really deep bass, darK stuff. Some tracks are
not that good, but the ones that are really kick ass.

[Penzoline]

More of an experiemental VA from the times when full-on and other ebm genre influences started streaming into our psytrance. Overall too noisy and techno-influenced whilst having a couple of notable tracks. Only reason to even bother digging this up and commenting is this timeless masterpiece of a driving cyberpunk track.



There's also the wizzy noise and absolum tracks which are nice, but otherwise this release is not worth a recommendation.

[Trance2MoveU]

 

Artist: Various

Title: Ultra-High Frequency

Label: 3D Vision

Date: September, 1999

 

01. 08'20" Elixir : E Motion
02. 08'01" Systembusters : Synthetic Garbage
03. 08'47" Wizzy Noise : Twisted Love
04. 10'00" Absolum : Goldfinger
05. 06'15" Three Point Turn : By Any Means Necessary
06. 07'38" DJ Maël And Manitu : Zergshake
07. 08'25" Deedrah : Sibling Uncovered
08. 09'00" Yumade : Black Sun
09. 11'11" Absolum : Smoking Kangaroos

 

 

 

"Can anyone stop the mechanical mayhem?"

 

I think you will discover exactly where it is stopped with this compilation.  This was from the pre-millenium days of 3D vision and let's be honest it sounds a little dated.  That said there is some goodness found here.

 

Nomad & Absolum team up for a hallucination that is constantly evolving.  The sound picture is kind of limited, but it's not bad.

 

The Systembusters (GMS + Lotus Omega) get pretty drippy and psychedelic.  Sure the track pretty much repeats the same loop over and over again, but who's counting?

 

Wizzy crafts a dark track and one that I think holds up the best.

 

Goldfinger is electric and crackling energy and just as quickly is broken down.  A little heavy on the scream sample, but not a deal breaker.  No, that comes next.

 

Insert deal breaker.

 

Clearly 3.Turn did not use any means necessary to make a deep track.  More like just enough to get by.

 

Zergshake is just noises amidst a kick and bassline.

 

Deedrah's track was different, but hardly in an engaging way.  Some drum n bass and dub along with some trance into a weird mixture.  Don't need to hear that again.

 

Black Sun was consistently boring and then there was the Kangaroo.  Oh, the f*cking kangaraoo.

 

 

 

*hits blunt*

 

"Dude...if you get out of the shower all clean and shit...how does your towel get dirty?"

 

 

That track is terrible and goes nowhere.  It's so slow and makes me want to ask questions like that.  Don't do drugs kids. 

 

 

Wow did that fade quickly.  You can actually pinpoint the moment where the compilation went from interesting to GTFOH.