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3000003 / Digitalis - Nutmeg / Repeater - 29-Oct-09 05:27 PM
Would you believe if I said this was Seb Taylor's finest goa track? Well, for me 'Repeater' sure is his highlight. The basis of this track is a seriously tripped out, kinda swirly (you know what I'm talking about if you listen to his Shakta deput...) sound effect series. Put a funky bassline underneath and voilà, the track's on a right groove. Seb uses his imagination to a great length in the starting 'swirly' segment and I would say even more in the melody work - it's captivating and full of emotion. Even thou not quite reaching the sentimental status of 'Spiritual Beings...' under Shakta moniker, there's certain raw, exciting feel to this track that charms.

3000003's Nutmeg is your basic run of the mill acid techno track. Maybe I'm a bit harsh on it, some technoheads would probably fancy it... but for me this vinyl is all about Digitalis.

Translucid* - Space Demon / Atomic Pussy / Distorted - 29-Oct-09 04:12 PM
Let's not get into track-by-track deep review, it's not necessary in this case. If there's something positive to say about this release, then it would be the foreseeing use of the now so usual 'rolling bassline' (but let's not get carried away, it's quite old schoolish and analog based in the end). The tracks are quite dull to be honest. There's some psychedelic effects on each one that are pleasant will give you that, yet none of them ever progresses anywhere, no climaxes or specific moments you'd remember to be found here.

I made the effort to listen to these tracks so you wouldn't have to. It's simply put a bad production, dated for even the period it was released - avoid.

Shakta - Lepton Head Pt. 2 / Tri Kay - 29-Oct-09 03:52 PM
Lepton Head Pt. 2 is quite similar to the more widely known version (Pt. 3), the main difference is the track development: the track goes on about 4 minutes without a melody, only giving you that slightly metallic sounding, stuttered synth sweep that you also hear in the beginning of Pt. 3. Other than that, not much differences. You're not missing out on anything special if you don't get to hear this, don't worry.

Tri Kay is definitely the winner here. Rolling 150 beats per minute, it's definitely a blasting old school number. It starts off with a dry, yet atmospheric acid line. A second acid line comes on top of the first one next, adding a bit of complexy. Tri Kay gets epic when Seb inserts a great synth melody after 3 mins of playing time, it's not too demanding/deep but has a hypnotic effect on such a fast beat. It would get a tad boring, if not for the intervention of second synth melody - which is nothing that good by itself, but once they both get played parallel the result is psychedelic (in lack of a more suitable word...) no doubt.

All in all, definitely a vinyl you should get if you're an old school goa aficionado. A fine moment for Seb Taylor.

Ololiuqui - Dito - 18-Oct-09 08:30 AM
Ololiuqui's deput is not your typical goa trance album, it's quirky and experimental - sort of "aussie" type if I may put it that way. Best suited for those livingroom sessions, when you don't exactly want "in yer face" goa, but still desire for something thought evoking. Not exactly high octane, on 'Chitty Bang' Ololiuqui still delivers quite a dancefloor friendly number (usually pitch it up myself a little, to get my legs going heh). Other tracks worth mentioning are definitely the chilled tracks, 'Olo Garden' and both live tracks in the end, some beautiful melodies there.

Speaking of beautiful - the cover art is sublime, a reason in itself to get a copy of this forgotten jewel.

Malicious (5) - 31-Jul-09 03:44 AM
Malicious, oh could words express magic?
This young Russian has given the term psytrance a totally new meaning. There's an impressive amount of ideas in his music, which could be blurry classified darkpsy. The attention to smallest detail is there, the way he arranges breaks comes close to an artform itself, and the voice manipulation is of such caliber you'd think Simon Posford keeps him as an apprentice. The melodies you find in his tunes are quirky, there's a certain child-like playfulness usually found in his music which works like fist in the eye over the dark background atmosphere. Yet one can't but to admire how such arrangements are done; there's so much going on and the next second it's something completely different. Unexperienced listener would probably find this confusing, but to an experienced ear such logic defying music is blissful and kinda answers the question "Where's psytrance anno 2009?"

Such talents as Malicious are a rare find. If there's an answer to Koxbox's Dragon Tales and Hallucinogen's Twisted from this century, it's this guy.

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