A somewhat different approach by the Israeli leading Full On label Hommega Productions is here on my CD player for a review. Some of the top names in the Progressive Trance scene on a Hommega compilation? When i first heard about it a few months ago i was rubbing my eyes as well, but it's real, and it's not bad at all. Compiled by the trustworthy Yoni Oshrat aka Ace Ventura/Schatsi who until very recent months was on the Hommega artists roster with his PsySex project, his long years collaboration with DJ Goblin. But his musical taste changed a lot since then and now he is signed to the Danish Iboga Records and releases more European Progressive oriented tunes.
So what's on the CD behind the witty cover? Let's see.

The first track by one of the well known Israeli producers, Astrix, is much calmer than what we are used to hear from him. I was kinda expecting something similar to his old classic "First" tune under the "Private Taste" guise with Lior Miller, Ido Ophir & Kobi Avraham, but to be honest i was a bit dissapointed although this track had a really nice and mellow atmosphere with Avi's superb production it doesn't really lift off. The melodies here sound just effortless and bland.

Freq's The Moon & The Earth is destined to be a big hit in the dancefloors. It has a really epic hook and overall bigger than life vibe. A sure morning hit that will raise many hands and chillums in the air.

Earsugar are the already very well known Swiss producer Nicola Capobianco aka Liquid Soul and his buddy Martin Knecht. It's another highly Goa influenced tune by Capo. The samples and the leads easily take me a decade back. Another sure hit here.

Vibrasphere are one of my favorite Swedish acts. Together with Son Kite and Ticon they never seize to surprise me with their massive morning pounders that always have the distinct Vibrasphere blissful melodies. Thermal Twist is one of the highlights of the compilations mostly due to the ever-relevant 303 line that just hits all my sensitive spots.

Ticon are next with the almost impossible task to be a worthy follow up to the marvellous Vibrasphere tune. Their remix to the Israeli Full-On duo X-Noize almost stands in the competition. It sounds like they had too many spins of Trentmoller's Remix of Coincidance by Mathias Schaffhauser. No doubt a wicked electro/psy crossover by the Swedish masters. All the right ingridients (Giorgio Moroder bassline and seriously filtered vocals) are here.

Ace Ventura, the guy behind the compilation and his good friend Danny Keinan aka Intelabeam are next with The Jhon. It's their second collaboration, the first was on last years' Posse compilation on Domo Records. This tune is a typical Ace Ventura pounder with a fierce rhythm section. Very cool morning tune indeed.

Emok of the Phony Orphants fame teams up here with the Ticon boys under their NDSA alias for the following tune. This one features vocals by Filip of Ticon and it really reminds me the wicked Tim Healy tunes that he released few years ago. Very nice Electro/House effort by these guys. I can see it fits very well in the more mainstream dancefloors.

D-Nox and Beckers are here as well. The guys must be everywhere since their "Swithc" mega hit from last year. Their Electro-Trance fusion made them very popular worldwide and when you'll hear their Naked Punch tune you'll understand why. Definetely not their best effort yet and doesn't come close to Switch or You're a Star but very cool as well. A proper DJ tool here.

To close the compilation we have a surprising offer from Wrecked Machines that i usually know by his too generic full-on tunes. Here he teams up with Marcello Vor and they present a very pleasant Electroish tune. Quite far from WM's usual brainless full on grinders. On any other compilation this would be amongst the highlights, but here it's easily outshined by the rest.

Conclusion: If you love the Digital Structures/Iboga/Plusquam style, this one is a must. I am guessing that if Ace wouldn't gather them together for Hommega they could've been easily found on any of the aforementioned labels. Some really good tracks and very few averages.