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Various - One Dub - 01-Sep-09 02:24 PM
The aim of One Dub is to deliver the largest offer possible as Dubs representation in all his splendour, btw be careful dont expect the famous psydub from Hallucinogen or Ott alike artists but more Reggae-Dub , roots or warm Dub productions here .

By Regaae-Dub, i specify that you can expect some lyrics contrary to common Psydub or variant forms of Dub, Itll be the case for the following tracks : 1,2,6,7,9,10,11 & itll be woman even on : 8 which is less frequent to point out . The construction depending the tracks is either more focused on the hypnotizin force of the tune with loop constructions (Tracks 2) or on the melodic groove harmony done with the sung parts (Tracks 1,).

Among the rest of tunes, some reveals to be spacier, floating like The Gaudis one.

Liquid Stranger delivers for his side, a raving tune with a special trembling bass lead, sort of sick bumblebee trying to regain the hive with stop & go moments.

Weve got some Swaying & mischievous Dub thanks to Astech, happy vibes of course by here ;) .

Pushmipulyu proposes a Dub slightly more experimental, notably through the rhythmic work, contrasting with many classic Dub songs or reggae-dub tracks here. Once again, here like oftenly in Dub, lots of echoes, but its quite ok in this case, for me ;)

Manasseh and Praise end up this v/a on a beautiful way with a muffled, emotional Dub based on violin melody & discrete whistle leads, very restful.

I just would also like to mention:

Some similarities between the Lucianos song & Was Not Was - Papa Was A Rolling Stone anthem.

Im elsewhere a bit bothered with Michael Roses track due to a massive oriented echo resonating direction choice. Its results slightly confused especially toward the second half, but i clearly know many are fond of this Dub genre & will surely gain its public (The Dr Israels song also occurs in the this same category).

Perhaps if i should give a less successful track, i would give the prize on One Dub to Bush Chemists, it appears laziest on its production to me of the cd; without being awful though.

I think globally each fans of Dub should be able to pick up enough quality tunes in One Dub among the 15th tracks selected, despite some tracks they should eventually skip; as there are so many in different genres of style in order to satisfied everybody.

Favourites:1,3,4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14,15
Mark: 7/10

Snyper - Bulletproof - 01-Sep-09 02:15 PM
Bulletproof =>

1=> Weve got a big round & deaf bass with hacked brass lead the whole rocked in an hypnotic technoish background with some electrified metallic tones. Its not fully dance floor yet, rather sort of musical "aperitif" of whats coming next...The track matches perfectly its place at starting although if you listen to the album in a random order, it could appear less attractive than this way unless if you got it for the end ;) .

2=> Here comes a cyber groovy production, with fat bass & rhythmic, its stomping not very fast but quite multi-layered, like a giant or a big monster devastating everything on its path. From 3"00, the melodic gets more twirling, like a ripost of a flying defensive team leaded by a superhero with floating abilities from everywhere against the enemy.

3=> Were keep here the stomping side, & ive got a major worry with the mix :(. I mean each outnumbered elements result at the same maximum high level all along, perfect to get quickly an headache...

4 => This tune is funky fresh style as hell & with his brass loop in the background is massively Haltyas alike confounding, excepting some transpose against which ive nothing wrong about.

5=> Despite obvious differences with previous track, it constitutes a nice following. The unique common point resulting as transposes use here in a dreamy, floating & morning progressive construction. Im really enjoying the mix of the groovy tune married with this deep nebulous soundscapes.

6=> Its probably the most typical Suomisounding tune of the album with a raw fast entrance, indeed no really time for any kind of preparation youre directly thrown in the whirlwind. You got very few time to take a second breath as the tempo is so high, so be careful & avoid the asphyxia while dancing on it ! Ultra fast, hypnotic, catching & bewitching stuff, what is all about. Once its finished for you dancing on it , its like the things out of the washing machine, its clean, but still wet :D

7=> Fat hypnotic Funky tune, with metallic tones. From 3"00, a big rumbling lead appears despite its into an area flooded of sounds, your brain wont be able to concentrate elsewhere. Acting as a magnet on your neuron its impressive, nevertheless i find out the whole thing to lack little ingredients (salt or pepper ? i dont really know what ...) to achieve a hit status.

8=> Change of ambiance here, its about dark & mysterious atmosphere in rather mid-tempo mode, theres a strong feeling of a laborious progression of a hero in a hostile environment filled with bats. Definitely this track is story telling.

9=> Ive got an astonishing skating feeling at first but quite fun at final. This one is rather nicely funky too with mewing sounds resulting an overall happy atmosphere. I have a regret about the kick-snare combo which cruelly lacks of variety , more exactly doesnt really match with the different emphasis of the tune as revealing all along the same linear part :( . Otherwise i like the school ringing alike tone used here along side with the traffic jam sirens.

Tracks 10 & 11 have in common not to fit my taste, both are into a psy-energic-linear-rush style and by the way are deeply lacking of a real soul.

12=> I retain mainly here the Marin scents & turmoils feeling conferred by the hypnotic melodic & aquatic loops & bass line transpose uses coupled sometimes with filter. While maybe not aimed for this purpose, i consider this song quite effective for psy-chilling :)

Verdict => Astonishingly, what my brain remembers mainly is the duality between nearly 3 quarter of the album resulting of a normal high & low along the tunes but seriously produced & a quarter (Tracks 3,10,11) which sounds like lazy, swift stuffs for filling an album with a quality largely inferior either in ideas & production development.
Bulletproof results eclectic in his Suomisounding, sometimes reminds you about Haltya, other times could be more Squaremeat or Texas Faggot...
Otherwise ive also retain the nice story telling capacity of several tunes which constitutes the trademark of Snyper for this genre.

Id advice to check in priority those tracks :1,4,5,6,8,9,12
Mark:7/10

Chamar - Chamaring Vol.1 - 23-Jun-09 11:15 AM
Pray :Its about something is being filled mysterious atmosphere , its like if you penetrate a chemistry laboratory with nobody inside, only you contemplating strange noisy, coloured liquids physics reactions

Dochacky : an hypnotic psycho-groovy tune where you confronted to a huge amount of rose bubble gum paste/slime which is scattering slowly everywhere on your house floor & his strong acidity induces giant toxic fumes as it decomposes all the objects on its path. When the tune turns goa melodic after 700, its the sign that time has come to do something before being caught like in a quicksands.

Garakuta : The start is more kicking with fx on percussions, with a night & powerful climate up to 342, when the boisterous melodic part appears. At 636 the lead becomes brassy in order to wake up your eardrums if it was necessary.

Parallel Times : Its full on with a middle tribal goa part with African chant from 415, a warm bass upto 335 then in the core tribal part its deep sounding & you get percussions from 350. In the surround sound scape, several noises can be noticed : tyres screeching from 126, from 240 spaceships laser shots conferring a global silly touch.

Pakemon :Theres something like Indian American natives chant in the far background at 135 & also religious Indian ones from 235 which are more perceptible. The melody starting at 330 has something of very exotic goa for me. Once again youve got an overall night feeling all over the tune.

Bishop : After a long sweet intro, the bass line takes your attention first : extremely nervous & galloping. Then its time for the cycling pointed electric guitar riffs to catch your spirit at 410. After a filtered down break from 600, several cybershots are punctuating the final part still accompanied with the initial bass but in a cooler register.

Aqua : Some amplified inspirations & expirations in an athletic runner way constitute the intro with the support of an up spiral layer contributing to the tense, dramatic opening. Lots of little weird, funny sounds (bleeps, sweeps,creeps) are used all along, at 250 the bass line undergoes his first tone change. Several sounds evolve towards high sharp limit & then go down very quickly like a balloon youd like to pump up with your mouth recovering its initial form due to your lack of breath.

ATO (2005 mix) : Its a chill out track with percussions, sounds of water falling from a bamboostalk mechanism from 425, the melodic lead seems to be an imitation of this peaceful process. Unfortunately i dont find the fx on the voice incantations to fit nicely with the rest of harmonies, more discrete the best it would have been.
It lacks a bit of calm here & the result is almost confused, thats a pity.

A nice début album made of goa-psytrance tunes with the special techno groovy influence you oftenly catch from Japanese psytrance producers, lets just hope a Chamaring Vol.2 will arrive soon after this one.

Climaxes : 2,4,5,7
7,5/10

Troll Scientists - Sir Eel - 22-Jun-09 12:40 PM
From the start weve got a good idea from what to expect all along the album, as it begins heavily in few seconds. Actually, after a very swift intro that could let you imagine you gonna have some chill... then Bing Badabooum !
Some exotic flute are near announcing the real matter, a pure dance floor stomper. Its noticeable from that point, the production s differences between casual Suomisound (or past ones) & this one: the sound is crystal clearer, apparently less rough through the bank tones, but more diversified in its construction. We kept some Sumisound trademarks with the multi layered invasion for example & the melodic raving touch of course. Less usual for Suomi style, lots of variation with effects like filter; or right-left balance.

With Sir Eel, Troll Scientists try to reinvent or create an evolution of the usual Suomisound, the Suomisound V2.0 somehow.
So, if youre expecting a following of their debut album here, youll be a bit disappointed i think whereas youre a great afficionados of new explorations musical alchemies territories, youve got great chance to be amazed !

Recommended

Matenda - Natural Development - 19-Jun-09 04:29 AM
If we count all the album released by Denis Matenda under his projects Matenda & Chilling Matenda, Natural Development is his fifth album.

This new opus keeps going with the summer sunny sounds & cloudy, floating harmonies which were the trademarks of previous album Mediteran.
Nevertheless inside Natural Development, the production doesnt only focus on dowmtempoounge sounds, actually Matenda has built a cross over album which gathers his two musical sides : Morning progressive & Chill/Down-Tempo.

Theres another specificity with this new album, Matenda took also the opportunity to bring us a new facet of his musical personality with the extension to new musical influences such as Club-House (through Sounds Around), Dream music (considering Orphean as a wink to Robert Miles), Tribal (Equilibrium), Electro or Club ( both in Electronegative).

Equilibrium is another track which is noticeable; effectively, it brings more rythmical energy. So, in a way it could be the tunes structure that reminds the most the ambience from the "Chilling Matenda" album.

Plain Vanilla has drewn my attention thanks to its overwhelming rain melody style, theres something fascinating here. Its like after a long period of heatwave, when the storm , at least, occurs; you enjoy so much listening to water drops smashing on the ground. With Plain Vanilla, its the same : its raining but you were expecting it & are happy with it.

Within Perspectives, youre immersed into a marathoners groove, the feeling which outcomes is special like a meticulous & unlimited escape straight forward. Like i explain previously, its not an act made in a hurry, it seems the regularity of this escape is the key for not being located & caught. Lets say Perspectives is the escape of your life...

Invisible Garbage ranges through its rhythmic made of claps, in the clubby tracks influenced on the cd. More exactly, i should talk about Club-Housey orientation. Nevertheless i prefer Sounds Around in this category, due to the heavy funky bassline integration mixed with nevrotic, robotic bleeps or synths. Indeed, this one is musically much more complex incorporating also a disco-electro touch.

Epsilon drives into the lounge Balearic area , with the acoustic guitar & piano melodies which seems to be in a game where they must answer each other. The tune gets very floating for the break , & then lets reveal the unexpected more dancefloor side of the tune with a jazzy feeling via the pianos theme .

While listening to some tunes from this album (Speculator, Natural Developement for example), not to say all :) , youll be gained by the strange impress of being lost : i mean a deep production sweat as silk & groovy catchy as a whirlwind. Matenda has succeeded here, in breaking the dividing wall for establishing his sounsdacpe in a new territory, surfing on the border-lines of Morning Progressive & Sunny Down-Tempo.

climaxes:2,9
Favourites:1,3,4,7,8
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