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Various - Nine Worlds

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Catalog#:
YGGCD001
Format:
CD, Compilation, Digipak
Country:
Norway
Released:
03 May 2007
Genre:
Electronic
Style:
Psy-Trance

Tracklist

1 Hutti Heita  -  Sailing In The Sky 8:49
    Producer, Written-By - Alf Marius Foss Olsen , Kim Svendsen
2 Zoolog  -  Biochemistry & Magnetism 6:44
    Producer, Written-By - Mikkel Jais Pedersen
3 Katastrof  -  Syndrome 6:14
    Producer, Written-By - Björn Andersson
4 Loke (2)  -  Different Vibrations 9:51
    Producer, Written-By - Kim Svendsen
5 Kluster (2)  -  Caracas Maracas 7:27
    Producer, Written-By - Michael Pettersson
6 Fragletrollet  -  The Invasion Of The Mysterious Partyclowns 8:50
    Producer, Written-By - Magnus Støren Wedén
7 Norwindia  -  Raggsokk 8:33
    Producer, Written-By - Henning Helland Ottesen , Jigar Shah
8 Trold  -  Monoatomic 9:51
    Producer, Written-By - Bjørn Opheim , Stein Skjoldal
9 Uruz & Ansuz  -  Final Pinal 8:57
    Producer, Written-By - Glen Berg , Jostein Norås

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Mastered By - Sidhartha (2)

Notes

Official release notes:

"The Nine Worlds of Yggdrasil represents the nine dimensions of all that is. Yggdrasil, known in the Nordic mythology as the World Tree, evergreen and always young, connects all worlds together, vibrating the divine resonance through its veins of Åsgard, Vanaheim, Alfheim, Midgard, Jotunheim, Svartalfheim, Muspellheim, Nivlheim and Helheim. With roots growing into the dark depths and branches stretching towards the light heavens, it maintains the harmonious equilibrium of existence itself. Ancient Nordic Lore tells of sacred ways of traveling to and through these Nine Worlds with the use of tribal sound and ritual dance with the Old Gods and Goddesses. It is then the Illusion of Separate seize to exist, and the Wisdom of One is born."

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Review by psytones Mar 10, 2009
Overall.. This is a fascinating release from well respected Yggdrasil Records. It's a journey through Nine Worlds of pleasure, enjoyment, fear, mocking paranoia and laughter. My absolute favorite tracks on this compilation is the first track by Hutti Heita which is super heavy and floating with a lot of sweet and meaningful sound effects, and Fragletrollets masterpiece which is filled with strange mysteries and an absurd attitude. The compilation does a real good job at making the album seem as one, as it is made with a theme in mind (Search Wikipedia: Yggdrasil – Nine Worlds)? without getting boring and repeating. This is especially present in the first half of the track, and it loses its hold on the storytelling flow around the last three tracks. For me it's important that the track has a soul, a story to be told, to be felt. And I'm very happy to say that there are only a couple of tracks on this gathering of worlds that seem to lack this quality. Its twilight and dark to suit the moon light that shines through the trees. It has a distinctive flavor within the more joyful twisted forest realms. Katastrof for me is the track I felt less connected to, it got a bit too stressful and depended too much on tiring sound effects and drive. The Norwindia track has a very twisted story and at times it seems lost in its own confusion of what to do and where to go. A playful tune of many stories with shifting beats and playful vibes, but a bit to schizophrenic I think. The Trold track didn't catch my attention as much as I expected it to do. But none the less it is a steady track with interesting samples and good groove. With my right hand on my heart I would say that this is the best release to represent a Norwegian psychedelic trance sound. It’s one of the best V/A’s I have yet to listen. All in all It's not boring Full-On, it's not boring Dark-Psy and it's not some lost trial of gathering cool tracks. It's a good twisted and psychedelic gathering of Nine tracks, Nine Worlds. I will recommend this for those of you who are after a new sound of forest hallucinations with a lot of trolls using humor and twists. Drink your mushroom tea and enjoy!

Total Score 9.18 / 10