IDM TIMES 1.7
A short one this time because I haven't seen too many new releases
lately and I wanted y'all to know about these two before they become
Last Week's News...
Exist Dance - Transmitting From Heaven
Exist Dance ED CD 01
103 6:50 Tranquility Bass - Cantamilla
134 6:46 Eden Transmission - I'm So High
133 6:50 Voodoo Transmission - Voodoo Fire
133 5:54 Eden Transmission - Transmission Maya
125 4:22 High Lonesome Sound System - Psychic Dreaming
128 3:29 Tylervision - Purdy Deyenol
130 4:30 High Lonesome Sound System - Champion Sound
132 7:43 Up Above The World - Straight Up Caffeine
128 4:53 High Lonesome Sound System - We're Go: Stage One
130 7:34 High Lonesome Sound System - Waiting For The Lights (thai mix)
90 8:06 Tranquility Bass - They Came In Peace
101 5:45 Tranquility Bass - Mya Yadana
After ten incredible singles, the most innovative dance label in the
United States comes out with a full length compilation CD.
Despite the myriad band names, "Transmitting From Heaven" is almost
entirely the creation of two brilliant producers: Mike Kandel and Tom
Chasteen (Tyler Vlahovich contributes on the Tylervision track.)
We blast off with "Cantamilla", a beautiful slow track filled with
strange Indian vocals and a relaxed drum groove. Then it's a quick
tour through trance (I'm So High), tribal (Voodoo Fire), acid
(Straight Up Caffeine, Waiting For The Lights), and their own unique
creations such as Purdy Deyenol (cowboy techno?) and Champion Sound
(ragga hiphop!?). Finally, the Monkey Forest Medley of They Came In
Peace & Mya Yadana ends things on a calming note.
At 73 minutes, this CD is way too short. I would have loved to have
Testimonial or the Lunar Dub mix of They Came In Peace, but I guess
we'll just have to wait for Transmitting From Heaven, Part II.
Trance Europe Express
TEEX CD 1
130 9:31 Orbital: Semi-Detached
132 5:34 Bandulu: Gravity Pull (remix)
130 6:11 Readymade: Face The Day
140 7:11 System 7: Desir (Butterfly remix)
6:14 Spooky & Billie Ray Martin: Persuasion
5:16 Material: Praying Mantra (Orb remix)
99 8:03 The Black Dog: Xeper! (remix)
125 6:42 Scubadevils: Celestial Symphony
130 5:38 030: Midnight In Europe
138 7:40 Cosmic Baby: Space Track (remix)
136 5:09 Total Eclipse: Black Hole
148 5:29 CJ Bolland: Random
145 5:57 MLO: Colour Of The Sun
149 7:29 Source: It's A Kind Of Magic
5:54 Aphex Twin: Analog Bubblebath 3
112 9:36 The Orb: Majestic (Millwall mix)
126 7:19 Moody Boyz: Glitch
117 5:52 Moby: Move (Volume remix)
125 6:58 DIY: Washed Over By Mastemah
125 6:18 The Drum Club: Follow The Sun (remix)
127 6:33 Psychick Warriors Ov Gaia: Dust
132 7:21 Barbarella: The Mission
6:27 Sabres Of Paradise: Inter/Lergen/Ten/Ko
140 6:27 Trance Induction: N
Oh my god. This very morning my roommate said: "I always wondered why
Volume never did more dance music. Now I know." Volume, for those of
you who don't know, is a really neat little magazine & CD that comes
out every few months. The magazine is CD-booklet sized, if you can
imagine a 190 page CD booklet. Usually they have one or two dance
music artists on their issues, but this time they've produced a
special dance-only edition, and it's incredible. There's 2 jam-packed
CDs in one of those excellent 2-discs in 1-space jewel boxes. The
booklet is 192 full color glossy pages, featuring interviews with
every one of the 24 bands represented on the CDs, and articles on
labels such as Warp and R&S. Both items fit into a nice glossy
cardstock sleeve. Overall, the packaging is wonderful. Oh, did I
mention that almost all the songs are either exclusive new recordings
or remixes?
All right already, so what about the music!? Well, disc one kicks off
with 4 tracks worth of wonderful trancy beats 'n' synths. Orbital's
new track is one of the finest they've ever done. The System 7 track
isn't too different from the version on the album. But it's all good
stuff and will definitely trance you out. Then things get weird...
"Persuasion" is a beatless synth 'n' voice cover of an old Throbbing
Gristle track. Very weird. Highlights of the rest of the disc: a
very bizarre 5 minute slice out of the Orb's magnificent remix of
Material's "Mantra" and Cosmic Baby's beautiful "Space Track." We end
things on a headbanging note with CJ Bolland's "Random" which is some
interesting mental hardtrance.
Disc Two continues the hardtrance vein, with MLO & Source being fast
stompers. Fortunately, this is followed by Aphex Twin's beatless
collage and The Orb's beautiful twinkling. The Millwall mix of
Majestic is really just a live version from a gig in Birmingham, and
isn't wildly different from the album version, although there are some
amusing new samples from Monty Python in there. Other winners: Moody
Boys, Psychick Warriors, Barbarella (Sven Vath - rhymes with "mate",
btw.), and Sabres Of Paradise.
Overall... you can't afford to be an IDM fan and NOT own this
collection. The articles are all interesting, the photography is
cool, the whole package just *shines*. Get it now or be uncool
forever.