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Name: Martin Vuković Member Since: Dec 02, 2006 Rank: 336 Average Vote Received: Needs Minor Changes (3.38, 8 votes) Rated 623 releases, average: 4.21 Location: Zagreb, Croatia Profile: One of Zagreb's vintage flyers, for the 1995 Diva Futura club night. Naturally I was too young to attend, but how can you not love such a simple yet striking and honest flyer? I am a Zagreb born and bred electronic music afficionado, and have been activelly following the ongoing development of the scene ever since the Members Of Mayday seemed like the greatest invention after sliced bread. At Zagreb's legendary Mungos Club some years ago: My first encounters with parties date back to 1998, when Astralis, an event organizing team, threw first goa/psy trance orientated parties in a club called The Best. The DJs who spun there were DJ Go Cut and Damir Ludvig (AKA DJ Ludvig). Both of them are still present on the scene, although miles away from the entire niche of psychedelic trance music. Another DJ who was a big influence at the time was Zagreb's Vox (6), who played goa trance as well, occasionally even with the duo mentioned above. My earliest musical purchases were influenced by his DJ sets as often they reflected the stuff he would be playing. Here is an old flyer of an underground party in Zagreb, with Vox being part of the line-up. I wasn't there that night, but nevertheless, it's a cool document to Zagreb's underground movement: If I may put it that way, the apex of my party going career was reached around the turn of the century, when the notorious Future Shock parties, organized by a well respected, famous and long running group of party promoters, packed a crowd of 10,000 people in one of Zagreb's largest venues, called Velesajam. Some of the biggest names from all over the world were reunited under one roof. It was during those Future Shock parties, in 2000 and 2001, that I have experienced some of the most intense and unforgettable moments of my party life. Zagreb's last strobe of light: Subsequently, Petar Dundov, one of Croatia's major electronic music exports, began to throw his own Perfection parties, and during a five year period, he successfully brought every techno household name of the era to Zagreb. I remember it being a fun time where I had the chance to hear a lot of my musical idols play live. Here are (attempted) glimpses of the party atmosphere back then: Zagreb @ it:: Other then that, Zagreb has some of its own DJ legends, such as Mr. DJ Dario, Ivan Komlinovic, DJ Mary, and Kristian Nardic (AKA DJ Kiki), all active to this day, though some to a lesser extent than others. I just felt like it was my duty to jot their names down as these are guilty parties to blame for forcing me into spending uncountable amounts of money on new releases. Today, I am preferably to be caught at parties focused on the harder aspect of the techno spectrum (not schranz, mind you!). There are times when I enjoy some modern minimal, although it began to bore me. Party to party, it all sounds the same. As for psy trance, I tend to visit one larger international festival during summer, and a party now and then comes in handy. In Paris, end of May 2008: Shots of the Rex Club in Paris, taken on Saturday, May 31st 2008. Jeff Mills had an all-nighter...: As for my musical preferences, I try not to by picky and geeky about genres, but I maintain a steady focus on harder techno (very big fan of the Downwards style), old school Detroit and goa trance, plus I like anything painted over with wicked 303s. Today I mainly collect releases which I missed the first time around, years ago. For example, if I ID a track from an old set which rocked my boat many a times, I'll venture on a treasure hunt and see if I can track down the tune in its full, unmixed form. I kind of toned it down with old school goa trance though, as that stuff has steadily but gradually ceased to fascinate me as much as it did. This is my humble room set-up. But I love it!: You can always check out my burek account, where I keep items I am willing to trade away or sell. Go on, feel free to check it out, although I do look kinda scary... First and foremost, my musical heroes are: X-101/X-102/X-103/Underground Resistance Petar Dundov/Brothers's Yard Etnica/Pleiadians Jochem Paap with his many aliases, he is my musical public energy #1! Depeche Mode 1984-1990 Joey Beltram the R & S Records period Cosmosis Regis My priceless vinyl with Speedy J logo etchings: I let my dawg take care of business: Friendly and trustworthy traders: Dizzy_Soulfire canyon-Kalle technosomy psyhoe Jooloos bowman pedrofromportugal yan Josephschembri ElBocheno sTevihnO PsyGoatDelic If you double cross me, I'll get my hatchet. And then...

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Various - People Walk Funny - 05-Nov-09 11:24 AM
Quite probably the best modern goa trance release I have heard in 2009. This is miles away from the modern so called neo goa trance, there are no over loaded tracks, no trancey, cheerleader joyous uplifting melodies - this is the real deal here. A great combo of deviant, psychedelic, and phenomenal party bombs.
New Born, who got quite a few eye brows raised with his epic tune The Observer goes a tad more uptempo and drops a killer tune with awesome drum rolls and piercing melodies. KOB, an alias of Filteria, Suntrip Records calling card producer, drops a brain tickling and futuristic track with Go Cyborg! He combines visions of the future, with distorted acid drenched melodies and a frenetic vocal going, you guessed it, "go cyborg!"
Portamento, Liquid Flow and Artifact303 bring those big, block rocking beats and heavy melodies to tear the roof off. I am particularly fond of the Levitation Device track, which finally sees Artifact303 break the undesirable reputation of re-recording the same track a thousand times over. This one moves along so nicely though; kind of hard and packed with swirling melodies all over, only to break down and come around to end things in the best possible way when the last climax hits around a minute before the running time is up. This is how I would like the modern goa trance to sound: melodic and layered, yes, but in a manner that each melodic sequence is well distinguishable from the next. Catchy and memorable melodies, dominant, but never buried under many other futile sounds and/or effects.
Last but not least, my two favorite tracks here. Amanians and Artha. Fireworks is a massive, wild and uncotrollable acid trance monster tune with great melodies. Think The Green Nuns Of The Revolution at their peak taking a great amphetamine trip. Energetic as a prom queen on a six pack of Red Bull, with enough acid leads to last you another three compilations. And then Artha. Oh yes, Artha, the guys who is deemed by many as the new Hallucinogen. Huge words, I know, and many may turn their heads in disbelief and miss out on a lot. I mean, damn, Sannjasin has it all: long building passages, great melodies, far reaching segments of outer wordly sounds and effects. Simply put, fantastic. This guy is really teasing me. I have already listened to two of his tracks and a couple of his live set recordings. And let me tell you, whatever is his album going to sound like, my expectations are sky high.
Bottom line is: if you adored goa trance back in the nineties, if you think Ethereal's "Anima mundi" is the only proper goa trance album released in the present decade, if you all you do is whine about the old days and how your dreadlocks fell off due to heavy consumation of acid and old age, then get this. Now.

Adam Beyer - Fuse Presents Adam Beyer - 04-Nov-09 05:42 AM
I always had higher regards for Adam Beyer as a DJ than as a producer. While I have (or I like to think so at least) listened to all his albums, despite their quality, few tracks really last, and after a while, the initial gloss seems to fade out. You could argue and say that the same can be applied to most artist albums, but when it comes to Beyer's DJ mixes released on CD that I have heard thus far ("Essential Underground Vol. 9", "Stockholm Mix Sessions", "Fabric 22" and "Time Warp Compilation 3"), they are all top notch!
"Fuse presents Adam Beyer" is no exception. Even though Beyer goes with the flow here, and drops a set packed in the trendy minimal vein, he once again does it with might and places himself two bars above the competition.
Hypnotic, at times melodic and at times stripped and percussive, this one will have you bouncing all over your room. The flow is impeccable, and while not all the tracks grab my full attention, the mix is so flawless and interactive that if you don't pay attention to the index points, you'll just roll along and get the impression of listening to one extended musical piece. There are breaks, followed by crescendos and more upbeat segments too, so it is not like you will be exposed to seventy nine minutes of bleeps and blops taking turns.
I have to admit here, while I am not very fond of the direction many of my former heroes are taking, Adam Beyer proves yet again that he still keeps it wet behind the ears, be it hard techno he rocked many years ago, or more subtle realms of electronic music. Together with Voorn's contribution to the Balance series, this is among my favorite DJ mixes in the last four year period.

Miss Kittin & The Hacker - First Album - 04-Nov-09 03:21 AM
My knowledge about electro is exceeded only by my non existent infatuation with synchronised swimming. Regardless, this album kicks major ass. Simple, linear beats, determined to get the feet tapping and the head nodding, with simple yet catchy melodies, electrocuted sequences and some throwback to the old school sound effects. The general groove is solidly kept throughout, and the tracks all move in a similar direction, so if you join the ride on time, the electroclash cloud will soon encircle you and chances are it won't let go until the running time is over.
Miss Kittin's vocals hit it right on. Her lyrics are pointless, going and aiming nowhere, but who cares when it is so much fun? I seriously doubt she delivers a latent revolutionary message, but I could care less when I get so many kicks out of her voice, which ranges from slow and droning robotized on Slow Track to fast and don't give a damn about anybody on the amazing Stripper and Frank Sinatra. She actually sounds cool by saying nothing, and maintains this attitude of a wacked out chick who will crush your nuts by stepping on them with high heel leather boots. Delicious.
Just check this out:
"Every night with my star friends,
we eat caviar and drink champagne,
sniffing in the VIP area
we talk about Frank Sinatra..
You know Frank Sinatra?
He's dead! HAHAHAHAHA! Dead."
I love it. Electronic music which puts a large smile on my face despite the fact my expectations were below sea level. Furthermore, I actually listened through the entire CD twice and found no feeble moments, which is a rare feat I am afraid. Great job, you two!

Various - Order To The Galaxy Vol. 1 - 03-Nov-09 09:42 AM
The best old school rave compilation I have listened to yet. Seriously, the tracks are all, from first to the last, early techno, hardcore and breakbeat classics, which were canned to death and through to eternity by every self respecting DJ and his second cousin back to their paraplegic neighbors and back. Nothing more to add: two legendary early rave bangers by The Prodigy before they conquered the world, one track and two remixes by the legendary dutch early electronic music pioneer Aad de Mooy, Human Resource's Dominator, Quazar's Fast Forward Into The Future and maybe one of Techno Grooves all time five classics, Techno Slam. And the list does not stop there!
If huge and roaring break beats, massive piano leads, movie and reggae and ecstatic Public Enemy samples, breaks and sudden outbursts of blissful energy, simple but timeless melodic sequences and air strike sirens, with pumping beats and bass lines sprayed with larger than life hoover sounds are your thing - I really don't think you need to go much further than this compilation. For starters.
Trust me, by owning "Order To The Galaxy Vol. 1", you can proudly claim that you have 14 out 50 essential old school rave classics. OK now, I'm exaggerating by a long run, but you get the point. Historians of electronic music need to have this yesterday. Fantastic!

Monika Kruse @ Voodooamt - Panorama - 03-Nov-09 08:32 AM
I quite like this album. Easy on the ears, works quite well on the dance floors, with enough changes, layers and ideas to work as a unique ride even at home. Mos tracks follow the exact same formula; slow intro, with a steady crescendo and then a somewhat more emphasized climax, with punctuated cymbals and percussion.
Nonetheless, every track has that little something which separates it from the next one. Be it tribal drum patterns, melodies, excursions into more downtempo territory or just distinct sound sequences - "Panorama" will keep you interested throughout.
That said, on the downside, nothing here jumps at you and begs to be played over and over again. As good as it may all be, and packaged into one competent techno album, odds are small you will be adding this one to your all time top 20 list. Well, taste is a strange thing, so...
That said, I can suggest to anybody interested in acquireing a no nonsense techno album, packed with catchy beats and great flow to give this one a try. It is really worth it. Those looking for something more challenging or genre bending might want to try their luck elsewhere.
If you are looking for a way to spend some extra money or just bump a quality techno album, which pretends to be little else, you could get more out of "Panorama" than you initially thought you would. And if techno is all about good vibes and having a good time, then Monika Kruse @ Voodooamt hit it right on!
Favorite tracks: Route 27, Saw-Rise and Snackerz.

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