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TITLE. ARTIST. LABEL.
TIGERTRANCE\LUPITA TEKNOTIKA SUBMERGE
both sides written and produced by Gary Martin, deep dark trance
with technoid over tones,both tracks are long rythmic percussion
pieces verging on tribal.
ACIDIC ALTERATION HEATH BRUNNER\TRENT ABBE VMAX
four excellent manic acid trance tracks on a much improved pressing
over the last vmax offering.Varying in intensity and mindnumbingness
our favorite is the title track and we highly recomend this piece to
all vmax fans and if you havnt heard this label this is definatly
worth checking out.
OCTAGON\OCTAEDRE BASIC CHANNEL BASIC CHANNEL
the less ambient of the two recent basic outings,long percussion
workings with the distinctive channel sound in full effect.One sides
drum patterns sound like upbeat reggae or ska different definatly!
RADIANCE BASIC CHANNEL BASIC CHANNEL
wierd wierd wierd.A must for any discerning ambient head,outrageously
sub production and almost nothing to compare it to exept other basic
channel efforts,theyre pushing the direct to cassette mastering sound a
long way.Highly recomended for serious chill merchants,we promise many
raised eyebrows and consciousness.
ANALOG 5 FREDDYFRESH ANALOG
hard hard hard did we say hard?acid six tracker varying speeds up to 160
mental 303 in a hard core stylee,not for the faint hearted.
PULSAR RECORDINGS 3 ? PUSAR RECORDINGS
four tracks on an unfortunatly bendy bit of plastic.Very good acid not as
manic as freddys outing on analog.If you got pulsar 1 and 2 then you know
what to expect, out of the acid stuff we'd say this is number 2 behind the
brilliant vmax this week.
HIGH TIDE ASTRAL MATRIX O.O.B.E
hot of the press.Local S.F musicians second release the first being an
import from a few months back.Good progressive trance type of tunes,
three tracks in all, the long side is very dj friendly with lots of good
snare and high hat build ups .The two tracks on the flip are a bit harder and
less obvious.
WE LEFT THE PLANET VOYAGER 8 SINEWAVE
we actually sold this out within an hour of getting it but ill have more
next week.The best bit of domestic trance this store heard in eons.
Damon Wild ex of experimentals new label with him twiddling the knobs
expressivly to say the least.Brilliant build ups with firm sequencing
and a heavy kick a bit like Juno Reactor, good melodies abound over the
four tracks.For the trainspotters its Damon Wild and Steve Stoll.