kalex, Jan 07, 2003
I dont know why X-Dream releases are still labelled as "trance" and/or "goa/psytrance". This stuff is a lot like the old hardtrance releases from the Frankfurt area - polished, distilled, and carried into the next millennium. Think of Eternal Basement in chrome heavy armor. "Irritant" is a real monster. The production is enormous and shows the extreme skill of the duo - deepest growling bass but crystal clear & always perceptable down to single notes. Unbelievable, Ive never heard anything like it (except "Meter" from Pleiadians maybe). If the sound is monster, the arrangements make this record a real killer. If you can listen to "Thorazin" without being totally blown away, youre mental, or on tranquilizers, or both. Nuff said. :-)