Man With No Name - Teleport / Sly-Ed

maroko, Feb 08, 2009

One of the true great old school releases! Martin Freeland AKA Man With No Name has released countless ace tunes during his career, but none will ever match the importance and sheer brilliance of Teleport. An instant hit when first released, just like his other renowned numbers, its farily simple, catchy yet damn irresistibly effective. It starts off with a female vocal chant, before venturing into an epic combination of a loud kick drum and benevolent, mind opening and larger than life melodies, with underlying acid synths stabbing from the background. Halfway through the track theres a sample about human teleportation, followed by some absolutely gorgeous, mouth watering melody work, rarely matched since.

Sly-Ed, which has the tough task of competing with Teleport, and while not even close to matching it (in my opinion, nothing is), it takes a different path, with toned down percussion, and melodies held back, not as in your face as on Teleport. Its pretty repetitive, some of that mind weilding music, thatll suck you in all the way or youll push the stop button. This is more on the regular trance side of things, so people who give it a listen with modern ears might even label it as cheesy.

Man With No Name was oftenly getting negative criticism from regular followers of the goa trance scene for not being underground enough, in touch with his spiritual side, whatever. Basically, the guy wasnt shanti-shanti enough for most hippie til I die listeners, so his music got frequently overlooked by die hard psy freaks. However, those who were around at the time when the likes of Oakenfold and Rampling made this 12" the greatest floor filler since New Orders Blue Monday, will tell you about Martins undeniable legendary status. He is simply in a league of his own, with his own original sound, which strikes a perfect balance between raw, acidic goa trance and regular, uber melodic epic trance stuff. And if you want to learn more, Teleport would be the ideal place to start.

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