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Cym Dimension - Mental Scream - 14-Jan-09 07:32 AM
Even though labworks are one of my favourite labels the one problem they suffered from IMHO was a lack of quality control and this EP suffers from it badly,1 track out of 4 isnt good and the one decent track Saturn Needs Water suffers from such poor production values that when you play it actually does sound like it is on the actual planet and youre listening to it from earth!!.The other 3 are so boring that if i type anything about them i will actually fall asleep on my keyboa

S'Express - Mantra For A State Of Mind - 14-Jan-09 07:16 AM
Commercially the end of SExpress in the UK with this release (a paltry no 22 in the charts) which is a shame as this is a fine
bit of house but i think after the wonderful fluff that was Theme
From,Superfly Guy and Hey Music Lover the public werent
ready for a serious slab of thought provoking dance.

A long track which in the first half has a wonderful heartfelt
vocal and an ethereal backing track which hypnotizes you and then
sucks you in,the second half gets a bit chunkier and dancier leading you to a wonderful crescendo,i defy anyone not to get
goosebumps after the final piece of vocal.

Special & Golden was a standout track on the Original Soundtrack album and having it as a b-side all to itself allowed it to sound a lot better than on the vinyl album version.

Bloody Mary (3) / Yapacc - Split 5 - 27-Nov-08 07:57 AM
Do you want a record that gives you goosebumps?
Do you want a record that sends you over the edge?
Do you want a record that engulfs you?

Well if so ignore side 1 (Merely competent in comparison)and
enter the hell that is Yapacc. Its the kind of track that if you
put in a film the genre would be Horror/Apocalyptic,or if you
dreamt it,it would be a scene where youd fall off a mountain but never land.

After saying all that you wouldnt think this at the beginning,
a few innocent bleeps underpinned by a rather funky warped bassline.
Components of sound make brief cameos as does a garbled vocal.
Halfway through some metallic droning sound says hi,
and youre doomed as it stays for the rest of the track and theres no escape.
Apocalypse has never sound better.

Yet another quality Sender release.

Jammin' Unit vs. Walker* - Planet Love - 26-Jul-08 02:38 PM
For a first review i decided to choose this EP as its my
all time favourite (even though Woody McBrides Rattlesnake
and Walkers Sunshine EP runs it close)and strangely enough
out of the 7 tracks only 2 really hit the spot for me and
and boy what spots they did hit!.Planet Of Love Part II
must rank as one of the most intense acid tracks ive ever
heard the acid lines fighting the beat for supremacy,the
vocal snippets thrown in every now and then and as the track
hurtles along the beat gets harder and harder with each
passing moment,the acid line gets faster and more mangled
and as the middle approaches the beat just slaps your
face and pummels you into submission and then a couple of
minutes later the saddest thing happens the track ends.
Wakin Up A Dead Planet is a fantastic following track.
Its basic in its premise,a hard beat with lashings of acid
and a woman intoning I Never Knew What Would Happen Wakin
Up A Dead Planet.The rawness and inventiveness for me of
techno between 91-94 will never be surpassed and as Knight
Phantom once said Kick Up The Volume And Play It Loud.