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Seb from Son Kite uses a midi violin in several tracks... DP

V/A – ALittle Lunacy High res: cover Artist: Various Title: ALittle Lunacy Format: CD (jewel case) Label: Ketuh Records (Portugal/Austria) Cat. #: KTHCD007 Distribution: Arabesque Date: 24 January 2005 Track listing: 01. 07’17” Gappeq – Digital Art 02. 08’19” Shift – Absolution Rmx 03. 07’46” Killer Buds - Superman 04. 07’33” Azax Syndrome – Ketuh Insomnia 05. 08’08” Blisargon Demogorgon – Prepare For Love 06. 07’57” Trymbaka – 150 Fucking Good Reasons 07. 08’28” Audialize – G-strings (Menog Rmx) 08. 08’28” Spectra – Numbers 09. 08’32” Chilled C”quence – Sense M3U playlist: http://www.juno.co.uk/playlists/m3u/169235-01.m3u (all tracks) Review: Lunacy – anyone familiar with the Ketuh’s back catalogue will agree that’s indeed a fitting word for describing the style of psytrance put out by these guys… I’ve had the pleasure of reviewing the last 3 compilations and they were all high quality hyper-trance, so I had high expectations for this, the seventh Ketuh installation… I got a taster in late December 04, and finally here’s the fully mastered version… Again its big cheese label boss P_Mac who did the hard work of compiling it – and as I can vouch for his great taste in music, I’ve got a good feeling about this… Let’s try a little lunacy… Let me take you thru the tracks… #01: Gappeq – Digital Art First up is Mr. Jirka from the Czech Republic who also had the first track on the last two Ketuh compilations… And he does here what he does best: Semi hard morning trance or semi light night track… Hybrid trance! It’s reminiscent of the sound on the new X-Dream album We Interface, especially on the vocal side… Hints of raging acid, but still melodic at heart and basically uplifting… As we have come to know Gappeq as the Ketuh toastmaster… Nice track! #02: Shift – Absolution Rmx Next up is Mr. Hoy from South Africa – aka Shift which is also a Ketuh regular… Ripping acid lines en mas! I do not know the original tune, so I can’t tell you what was changed for this remix, but I can tell you however, that this is one damn fine tune in the true Shift sense… Deep, dark, raw, wriggly hyper-psytrance with enough acid to keep me entertained for the time being… The building up here is amazing… Great track! #03: Killer Buds – Superman “What happened back there Link? I can't figure it out, sir. Agents just came out of nowhere. And then the code got all weird. Encryption I've never seen. Okay? Shit, Morpheus, you should have seen him. Where is he now? He's doing his Superman thing!” Ahh – Killer Buds… This is the fourth consecutive Ketuh compilation to feature a track from the Brazilian acid-samba-freaks… And damn, they’ve done it again – another phat acid-ridden, thrilling 303-ride to heaven… Rippling, tickling, teasing acid-lines – sweet, thrilling build-ups – and rewards in the sense of climaxes that will cause havoc in any mind and on any trancefloor… This is why I love psychedelic trance! Can’t wait for the upcoming debut album - Stellar track! #04: Azax Syndrome – Ketuh Insomnia “Who’s your daddy?” Let’s turn our attention to Israel, where Regev Azaria has stirred up a little lunacy to keep us up at night… As always with Azax, the sound is deep, dark horror-trance – with thick, thick acid-lines twirling back and forth messing with your emotions… This is evil – in the best sense of the word… Brilliant track! #05: Blisargon Demogorgon – Prepare For Love Blisargon Demogorgon is Valentino Trencev from the Republic of Macedonia and to my knowledge this is only his third released track… But I hope to hear more – this is good! Balkan hyper-trance with thick, hardcore noise-influences… Deep, dark, spooky – and with an impressive drive throughout the track… Check out the lethal, toxic acid-raven – yikes! Nice track! #06: Tryambaka – 150 Fucking Good Reasons “No more… No more… Oh my god… I give us about 20 minutes before the first ass raping …” Woow – I should hope not! Tiago Pimentel from Portugal aka. Tryambaka had his first released track on the last Ketuh compilation Peacemaker… I wasn’t too impressed with his debut track, but this second attempt is better… He’s getting there! After three really hardcore tracks, this is a little lighter – though with the same style as his first track: fast-paced, humorous night trance… Loads of Road Trip samples and funny bits – but unfortunately not enough to make this anything else but an average track… #07: Audialize – G-strings (Menog Rmx) “You must concentrate…” Right, so here’s a remix to a track from Joao Apell’s 2003 album Wanted – done by Daniel Bernardo aka Menog... Two of Portugals most well-respected psy-trance producers… I don’t remember the original track, as I don’t have the album yet [mental note to self: buy the damn Audialize album!] – so I can’t tell you what’s different in this remix… What I can tell you though is that this is a damn fine track… Rolling melodies, impressive percussion and an overall phat groove… Jumping, bubbling and bouncing… Good stuff! #08: Spectra – Numbers Spectra is Paulo & Chico Oliveira from Portugal, and this is my first encounter with their music – although they’ve already had a couple of released tracks on Spectral Records… This is a cool track with a unique sound… It’s not as ‘hardcore’ as most of its predecessors – It’s kinda old school, layered night time trance… Great use of electronic guitars and subtle voice samples… You’re starting to come down from the trip now – chilling, yet still totally rockin’… #09: Chilled C”quence – Sense And now we’re really chilling out… As legends has it, a nice chilled track to finish things off – helping you come down of the trip… And this is by the upcoming Portuguese duo Chilled C”quence with members Pedro Matias & Fernando Rodrigues … As the title suggest, this is chilled stuff – chilly, dubby, soothing experimental stuff with breakz, bits and bytes… Ahh, digital ear cotton buds… Lovely debut track and a fine way to end the compilation… Another fine Ketuh compilation comes to an end… And it’s another stormer with only a couple of mediocre track… As with Peacemaker, the flow of tracks have really improved and I’m hoping this is the flow path Ketuh will take in the future… The quality level of this label is impressive – they always deliver quality despite the high release frequency… It can be done! I’m looking forward to their 8th and 9th releases coming soon - the In Crypto compilation and the debut album from Killer Buds). As mentioned above, there are only a couple of mediocre tracks here and I only found one minor flaw: On the cover Tryambaka is listed as 'Trymbaka'… But besides from that, this compilation oozes quality… I will not hesitate recommending this to fans of the harder Ketuh/Pavarti/Ørebro style of twisted night time trance with just the right amount of acid lines to freak you out! Enjoy! Favourites: 2, 3(!!), 4(!), 5, 7 DeathPosture External links: Psyshop: http://www.psyshop.com/shop/CDs/kth/kth1cd007.html Saiko Sounds: http://www.saikosounds.com/english/display...ase.asp?id=4518 Chaos Unlimited: http://www.chaosunlimited.co.uk/cgi-bin/pr....asp?LR=kthcd07 Juno Records: http://www.juno.co.uk/ppps/products/169235-01.htm Trance Shop: http://www.trance-shop.com/de/catalog/prod...roducts_id=4388

Home listener, party goer, helped with party organization, obsessive collector of original releases... Also I should like to think that my music reviews make a difference and generate some sales... DeathPosture

Oh yeah - I'm looking forward to that one... Btw, why didn't you post this in the new promotional forum? DP

From a similar thread on IsraTrance: DeathPosture

You're talking about Retro - 10 Years Of Israeli Trance: Discogs link ... Amazing tracklist, and pretty decent mixing... But it's not my fav'e mixed CD... Actually I'll have to think about that for a while... ;o) DP

Son Kite - Live in Tokyo <--- My review ---> DeathPosture

http://www.psystall.co.uk/ (temporarily down...) DP

The title Shponglization Bootleg is a big hint... Of course it's a bootleg! DP

You're messing around with the crown jewels here, you know? Nah, just kidding... The remix is pretty good actually - but as someone else pointed out, it will never outshine the original... So, tell us how you did it? I take it you didn't have access to the original, seperated MIDI-files? Did you just play around with filters and toned down parts + adding other stuff? Anyway - nice work! DeathPosture

How is the theme music to Turrican compared to Turrican II? ... Rinkadink incorporated the theme-music from Turrican II in the track Theme From Childhood of the Rabbit From Darkside album... My review: here DeathPosture

Blue Planet Corporation is still active... They released a oldschool 303-mix of Wizzy Noise's Timeline track of the "The Timeline Remixes EP" released by Candyflip Records in 2004... DP

Great, great story man... Made me smile! DP

There is no final tracklist yet.... You can pay through Paypal without actually having an account... I just did! DP

Ordered...

Intergalactic – The Future Artist: Intergalactic (Israel) Title: The Future Format: CD (jewel case) Label: Noga Records (Japan) Cat. #: NOGACD 001 Distribution: Sigimus (worldwide), File Distribution (Japan) Date: 26 January 2005 Track listing: 01. 05’59” Happy Zone 02. 07’28” Technographic 03. 07’03” Fairies Rain 04. 07’30” Free Galaxy 05. 06’26” The Future 06. 06’49” Star Light 07. 06’47” Space Tour 08. 07’14” Armstrong 09. 06’10” Navigation Review: Futuristic full-on… 25 year old Vik Shefi from Israel is an experienced producer… He has released albums both as Intergalactic, Viktan, Vik On Injection and Cyber Cartel – but now his focus is on the Intergalactic project… This is the debut release on the new Japanese label Noga Records and according to the promotional info, this album has been two years in the making… So let’s find out if that investment paid off… Let me take you thru the tracks… #01: Happy Zone [146 BPM] Right, this is melodic from the get-go… Instant synth… Instant melody… And a not-so-instant bassline… This is pretty standard, fluffy morning trance with odd bits and pieces thrown in… I kinda like the piano bits and the floating harmonic pads here… And I dig the last couple of minutes with super-happy melodies – it’s a shame the track is so short though… But besides from that, this track doesn’t really do much for me… But I guess it was mostly meant as an intro to the album, and as such it’s setting the mood for what’s about to come… #02: Technographic [146 BPM] “Party… Party… hypnotism, syncroprism, tripnology, lies, scandal and pornography” And now the album starts getting really interesting… This here is darker full-on with a technographic touch… Oh yes, this is some good shit… The 5’40 point should convince even the most hardened sceptic… Melodic overdrive! Flaring crisp acid-lines blasting away whilst the bassline is bouncy as hell… Kick-ass build-ups and rocking climaxes… I’m officially in love with full-on again! Brilliant! #03: Fairies Rain [146 BPM] “Free your mind!” And now it’s raining faries! Sweet old school intro… Atmospheric pads… Digital farts… Space samples… Again, this is a highly melodic tune… Floating uplifting soundscapes of an epic nature… Nice and well-polished – I could’ve wished for a little more edge here though… But a nice track nevertheless… #04: Free Galaxy [146 BPM] Vik continues in the 146 bpm range with this spacey number… Ahhhh more edge now – tasty!... Cut up beats and a darker beat…. This is night time trance – designed to shred the trance floors with fast, pumping, twisted full-on… Tasty! #05: The Future [145 BPM] “Please do not be alarmed. Remain calm. Do not attempt to leave the dancefloor. The DJ booth was conduction a troubleshoot test of the entire system. This is only a test….” Holy mushroom, this title track is brand-spanking amazing… It rocks! Fast, pumping, focussed night time full-on trance with just the right mix of darkness, melodies, acid and bass to tickle my taste buds… One sweet build-up + take-off after the other… Yes, yes, YES! Intelligent full-on! Stellar track! #06: Star Light [146 BPM] Very nice, orchestral intro here… Almost organic… And check out the wicked rhythm section – twisted, trippy electronic burps alongside a steady bassline… Great synth-action here – kinda raw, but yet melodic and well-groomed… Fast, bouncing full-on – will work wonders on the dancefloor! Nice track! #07: Space Tour [146 BPM] “God likes to watch. He's a prankster. Think about it. He gives man instincts!” Let’s go to space – where else? Another fast-paced full-on track with crisp beats and twisted tweaking… I really dig the extremely psychedelic pizzicato acid-rips here… Hardcore full-on extravaganza with friendly nods to the insane psy coming out of Finland and Australia… Sweet, sweet track! #08: Armstrong [142 BPM] Go Lance! Go Louis! Go Neil! Go Vik! … Though set a couple of bpms lower than the previous tracks, this tune still manages to be extremely head bop friendly… This is deep, darkish night time full-on… With a big fat dose of funk! … Very trippy track! #09: Navigation [144 BPM] If you were expecting a nice chilled track to finish things off – well here it is… Despite the high bpm, this is much more relaxed tune… Experimental, floating, organic, melodic – though with beats and bass…. Nice tune, but not the best here… Before listening to this, I was pretty sceptic… The stuff I had previously heard from Vik didn’t really impress me + I was afraid this was another boring, formulated Israeli full-on record…But I’m happy to inform you that my preconceived prejudice was totally unfounded – this is a brilliant album with only a couple of mediocre tracks… The vast majority of tracks kicks major ass, and actually this album has kinda restored my faith in modern full-on… Oh yes, there are some really cool tracks here – if this is the direction full-on is taking in 2005, I’m totally looking forward to more... The outside cover art is pretty nice and well-fitting – though the inside of the booklet is an eyesoar… But who cares about that? The CD also comes with a handy Case Logic friendly DJ slip… Cool! Anyway, this album is great – and I’d recommend it to any fan of high quality full-on… Check it out when it’s released on 26 January 2005 - You might be surprised as I was… Enjoy! Favourites: 2(!!), 4, 5(!!), 7(!), 8 DeathPosture External links: Sigomus: http://www.sigomus.com Noga Records: http://www.noga-records.com Chaos Unlimited: http://www.chaosunlimited.co.uk/cgi-bin/pr...asp?LR=NOGACD01 Trance Shop: http://www.trance-shop.com/de/catalog/prod...roducts_id=4412 Should be available @ Psyshop, Saiko Sounds, etc shortly…

Happy birthday Psynews! This place was my first love... I've been here almost since the beginning... I started lurking around here back in February 2000 and posted for the first time in March I think... Remember what it looked like back then? At that time the URL was goatrance.free.fr and the site looked like this: http://web.archive.org/web/20000815223937/...trance.free.fr/ For more nostalgia play around with this link: http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://goatrance.free.fr Oh, the memories... Sadly the very first forums seem to have vanished - there were a ton of information there... Reading some of the old reviews is a trip down memory lane - all those familiar names... Wonder what they are up to now? Anyway, once again congratulations to psynews... And massive thank yous and respect to Mars - and Children... What ever happened to him? When was the last time anyone heard from him? Has he totally abandoned the scene? DeathPosture

Psynews was always my first love... Hooray on the five year anniversary btw... I've been here almost from the start... Through good and bad times... =D I also spend alot of times @ Isratrance - I like how it balances out psynews... What you cant get here, you can get there - and vica verse... I also post once in a while @ Psy-forum.co.uk and sonicblend.com... Par-2, discogs.com and trance.net I use solely for posting my reviews... DeathPosture

To be honest I don't really like the cover here... But at least it's something different... But don't let that steal the focus from the music which is excellent... =D DP

V/A - Inspirazzia Artist: Various Title: Inspirazzia Format: CD (jewel case) Label: VP Records (Domo Label Group) Cat. #: VIPICD001 Distribution: Sigomus Distribution Date: 21 Jan 2005 Track listing: 01. 08’37” Igal M. – Fall In Green 02. 09’13” D-Sens – What You Want 03. 09’24” André Absolut – Elevent 1 04. 07’12” Qualia - Feedback 05. 09’06” Vision & Canedy - Insane 06. 08’25” V-Tunes - Girl 07. 07’48” Sweat Attack vs. Klangstrahler – What Can I Say 08. 06’23” Feuerhake & Okay – Move The Signal 09. 09’36” Homer & Lazon – To The Unknown Review: A funky, groove-ridden cross-over bonanza… Can you dig it? VP Records is a new label on the scene – adopted by the Domo label group… VP is short for Very Progressive and that is an aptly named label if I ever saw one… I mean, just take a look at the tracklist! And as the cover clearly states, this debut release is compiled by none other than DJ Zombi – the progressive top dog of Israel… Yeah, this should be interesting – let’s find out! Let me take you thru the tracks… #01: Igal M. – Fall In Green Mr. Igal Magitman is from Israel and this is his first ever released track… But don’t let that throw you off – this is high quality progressive trance… Semi-fast, pumping, driving and knee-deep! I dig the mixture of edgy progressive trance, house and the more melodic and electronic influences… There are distinct Balearic-epic qualities here… Nice track! #02: D-Sens – What You Want D-Sens is Matthieu Delepau from the French Sub Machine crew… He’s a member of Luna Spice and Cosmosquad - and D-Sens is his solo project… The intro is very cool here… Some Asian chick is repeating an undecipherable word – bouncing back and forth between the left and right channel of your speakers… Ah, I love trickery like that… The percussion is in focus here, but we’re also treated to some synth action… Somehow this is just a little too anonymous and housey I think… I could’ve wished for more edge here… It’s nice, but nothing more… #03: André Absolut – Elevent 1 André Absolut from Switzerland is well-known and respected progressive/tech house producer and DJ… He’s released two 12”s and several remixes within the last few years… This is my first encounter with his music, so I can’t tell whether this is his usual style… Anyway, this here is a pretty gloomy/dark tune… Sharp, metallic beats and stiff kicks – with plenty of aggressive hisses thrown in just to freak you out… My kind of music! Deep, dark, monotonous tech house… Brilliant! #04: Qualia – Feedback Qualia are Alan Rapoza & Maja Gabar from Slovenia. This duo has had a few tracks and a 12” released already – and you might already know the track ‘Plasma’ or the ‘Freshwater Rmx’ of the same tune… This is new however – a fast, uplifting, extremely danceable tune… Again the epic-like qualities are obvious and I’m certain this will be popular on the progressive dance floors… I have to restrain myself from bopping my head and wiggling my ass when listening to the best pads in this track… And that’s about the best damn recommendation I can give a track! Nicey nice! #05: Vision & Canedy – Insane Marc Wollenschein & Marco Mellmann aka. Vision & Canedy should be a familiar duo to most fans of progressive trance… They released their excellent debut album Another Life on Hadshot Haheizar in 2004 as well as two 12”s on Avalanche Records and Plusquam Records + several tracks on compilations… Anyway, this strays a little from the usual V&C path… Just a little though… Though still tribal, this also has melodies and subtle female voice samples… All creating another track of epic, Balearic decent… Nice track, but I have to admit I expected more from these guys… #06: V-Tunes – Girl V-Tunes are Sandro Kulka & Hans Muster from Switzerland… They had a track on the successful compilation The Swiss Connection put out by Domo Records in 2004 and a track on the Groove Zone Records compilation Back To The Future released in 2005… As on BTTF this track is on the trancier side of progressive house and has more edge than some of the previous tracks… I like edge – especially a subtle psy-trance edge as here… It’s just small hints, but it works… I dig this girl! #07: Sweat Attack vs. Klangstrahler – What Can I Say This track was already released as a Domo Records 12” last year – and gained support from big shot DJs as James Monro, etc… This is the first time on CD though – and this is a slightly different version… Sweat Attack is Gero Bode from Germany – and he also compiled this CD… Klangstrahler is Okay Candan also from Germany, and it’s been a long time since the last time I heard new stuff from him… But it was definitely worth the wait! I’m very, very impressed by this track… After the initial build-up it soon develops into a phat, phunky and sexylicious guitar-choon… From 4’20 and onwards it’s pure groove-a-delic overdrive… Sweet! #08: Feuerhake & Okay – Move The Signal Stefan Feuerhake has been in the game for years, releasing stuff primarily on Free Form… But this is his first release in 2½ years! Welcome back Stefan! Okay is Mr. Candan again… I think he’s a guitar-buff ‘cause we get more guitars here – mixed into a fair dose of progressive morning trance with housey elements… Nice drive in this track… Scores high on the funky groove-meter… Steamy hot! #09: Homer & Lazon – To The Unknown Omar Chelly & Jason Orfanidis from Sweden are better known under their psytrance moniker Tegma… They released their debut album Encoded / Decoded on Digital Structures in 2002… And when they produce music under the Homer & Lazon alias they cannot hide their trancy heritage… This is the hardest track here without any doubt – and also the one with the most psytrance elements… Floating rich melodic pads mated with complex percussion-driven progressive soundscapes… A massive track – indeed a worthy ending to this compilation… This is one solid collection of tunes – will work wonders both at home, on the beach and on the dancefloor… Hats off to Zombi! I like it – I like it a lot… And I’m looking forward to future releases bearing your stamp of quality music… I’m not too impressed with the cover though – it’s a bit… I dunno… Tacky perhaps!? Nice girl and all, but the cover takes some getting used too… But hey, the cover is not what’s important… An important aspect of VP Record’s philosophy is trying not to label the music they release… It’s all just good music breaking boundaries… As such the cross-over potential is huge and this omnium gatherum will appeal to a large crowd I’m sure… This is already the second great progressive trance compilation of 2005 – and hopefully we’ll see loads more… I’ve got high hopes for the future of this kind of music… Recommended for any fan of groovy, funky electronic music! Enjoy! Favourites: 3, 4(!), 6, 7(!), 8, 9 DeathPosture External links: Sigomus: http://www.sigomus.com Psyshop: http://www.psyshop.com/shop/CDs/vpr/vpr1cd001.html Saiko Sounds: http://www.saikosounds.com/english/display...ase.asp?id=4588 Chaos Unlimited: http://www.chaosunlimited.co.uk/cgi-bin/pr...asp?LR=VIPICD01 Trance Shop: http://www.trance-shop.com/de/catalog/prod...roducts_id=4411

I'm sure the tracklist and the purchase-outlets will be disclosed soon enough... Keep watching this thread and the threads on Isratrance & Psyforum.co.uk... It will be released before the February 5th benefit tsunami relief party taking place somewhere in the UK... Here's the flyer: And I'm buying it regardless if all the tracks are already released... This is for a good cause... DeathPosture

Taken from: http://forum.isratrance.com/viewtopic.php/...c/52933/forum/1 + http://psy-forum.co.uk/psyforum/viewtopic.php?p=246675 Guys, have you heard about this upcoming tsunami benefit CD on Organic Records? Confirmed artist for this 3xCD include: EAT STATIC SYSTEM 7 INFECTED MUSHROOM ASTRIX ALIEN PROJECT SPACE CAT ESKIMO POP STREAM- DICK TREVOR/ AMD XEROX + ILLUMINATION ATMOS PROTOCULTURE HUMAN BLUE JIRAH WRECKED MACHINES SAFI CONNECTION BENEFACTOR VOICE OF COD P.A.N/ ETNICA GMS HALLUCINOGEN YOUTH + SERGE OOOD JUNO REACTOR Chill Out: Future Sound of London Ozric Tentacles The Egg Chris Organic Shpongle (unrel.) Ganja Beats: Gaudi/ Interchil Ishq Ultimae Chiba Simply amazing tracklist... And even better it supports a good cause... I hope everyone here will buy it - and encourage everyone else to do the same... And please for once, do not download this... I can't wait! DeathPosture

Basically go check out the review section on this site <---- Press Goa Reviews Go to albums - press Any Year, and everything you see marked in red is pretty essential... Happy hunting! DP

V/A – Back To The Future Artist: Various Title: Back To The Future Format: CD (jewel case) Label: Groove Zone Records (Japan) Cat. #: GZCD-002 Distribution: Sigomus (worldwide), File Distribution (Japan) Date: 17 January 2005 Track listing: 01. 06’48” Threshold Productions – Free Drive 02. 06’57” OMB - Kani 03. 08’59” Halifax & Vision – Don’t Worry 04. 08’25” V-Tunes – Sonar Groove 05. 07’29” Psyless Groove – Plastic Karma 06. 08’35” Segment – Whooky’s Wha (Vibrasphere Rmx) 07. 08’52” Sensient - Sublime 08. 07’45” Side-A – Edelweiss (2nd Life) 09. 07’15” Andromeda – Porno Sonic Sounds Review: Smooth progressive morning choons… Groove Zone Records is a relatively new Japanese label run by Taku Yoshihaya – the label is dedicated to silky-smooth progressive morning trance, and enjoyed respect through-out the scene with the debut release Groove Zone released in September 2004. That compilation featured such acclaimed progressive acts as FREq, Sensient and Vibrasphere… This new batch of tracks is carefully selected by Taku and the subtle mix should ensure a continuous flow that is intended to take the listener on a musical journey… Alright, grab your passports – we’re taking a trip round the world! Let me take you thru the tracks… #01: Threshold Productions – Free Drive [127 BPM] We start off slow… Threshold Productions is Torsten Edwinson from Sweden, and he had a track on the Dance N Dust compilation Dusty Nation Part Two released recently… Haven’t heard that track, so I can’t comment on it… But this here sure is some super-smooth progressive house… The track incorporates the standard quote “The DJs took pills to stay awake and play for seven days”… Not a bad sample, but it’s been used is so many other tracks – and the whole drug-theme doesn’t really correspond with the track musically… But it’s a cool track nonetheless… As mentioned earlier, this is very laid-back, well-polished, progressive, housey morning trance… #02: OMB – Kani [130 BPM] OMB is Daisuke Yamagishi – a very productive producer from Tokyo, Japan… He had a track on the first Groove Zone compilation, he has released an album, several 12”s + remixes and he even made a track for the X-Box game Project Gotham… I really, really enjoy the groove that Yamagishi presents us with here… Reminds me A LOT of FREq and I’m like the biggest FREq-fan around… Tribal percussion, reverb-bass and electro pads – I’m sold! Class track! #03: Halifax & Vision – Don’t Worry [130 BPM] Meet Ryan Halifax and Marc Vision… Two bad-ass progressive house producers from Cologne, Germany… Halifax has had several tracks released on German prog-labels and EPs on Spiral Trax and Earregular… Marc Vision a.k.a. Marc Wollenschein is one half of the highly acclaimed duo Vision & Canedy who released their excellent debut album Another Life on Hadshot Haheizar in 2004… So yeah, it’s a couple of heavy weights collaborating on this track… And that doesn’t go unnoticed; this is one hell of a track… Big phat walls of super-funky progressive sounds…Very crispy! Reminds me a little of Krüger & Coyle, Kooler and a little Buzzmonx… Super-funky and downright delicious! #04: V-Tunes – Sonar Groove [136 BPM] V-Tunes are Sandro Kulka & Hans Muster from Switzerland… They had a track on the successful compilation The Swiss Connection put out by Domo Records in 2004… The pitch has increased by six beats per minute and the party is in full effect now… This is one the trancier side of progressive house and has more edge… Though I could’ve wished for even more edge, this is still a nice track… I dig the break and the mixture of twisted FX and housey elements… #05: Psyless Groove – Plastic Karma [135 BPM] Psyless Groove are Lasse B. Svendsen & Simon Ravnlykke from Denmark… My first encounter with their talent, was the deep, deep stomper ‘Beats In Our Time’ released on the Ayahuasca Records compilation Daneism back in 2002… Since then they’ve released stuff on many different labels, including Iboga, Nervine and Nanobeat… And they’ve still got it: This is another deep, progressive tune with thick trance-elements… Blunt metallic kicks and beats and an overall impressive sense of rhythm… Smooth blend! #06: Segment – Whooky’s Wha (Vibrasphere Rmx) [138 BPM] ‘Whooky’s Wha’ was originally released by Raphael Stehn & Jens Buschhaus on the debut Segment album released on ZMA in 2002 – a notable track that had a remarkable 4-minute intro before fully kickin’ off… And now it’s being remixed by none other than Swedish progressive trance moguls Rickard Berglöf & Robert Elster a.k.a. Vibrasphere… Ahh, good old Vibrasphere… They have never let me down with their super-tight, mega-crisp and über-cool productions… And I’m happy to inform, that they do not let me down here either… They stay true to the original, the intro is virtually identical though shorten a lot… And the stiff Segment bassline is replaced by a phat, groovy Vibrasphere head-turner… Brilliant track! #07: Sensient – Sublime [137 BPM] Tim Larner from Australia released his debut album Blue Neevus on Tatsu Recordings in 2003. Since then he’s been a reoccurring guest on various progressive trance compilations… Spooky intro here and an overall haunting atmosphere throughout the track… Progressive Halloween? Is that a girl singing – filtered beyond recognition? And crows too? Whatever the hell it is, this is good… Crystal clear production and Larner has really created a distinctive atmosphere on this track … Sublime is aptly named indeed! Brilliant track! #08: Side-A – Edelweiss (2nd Life) [140 BPM] Side-A is Olivier Cambier from Paris, France… He had a track on the 2004 Sub Machine Records compilation Day Time + a collaboration track with Motion on the Tatsu Recordings compilation Ground Grooves also released in 2004… I haven’t heard any of those tracks though… Anyway, this is the fastest track here – pumping bassline, and loads of melodic synth action – without losing the progressive focus… As with track #4 I could’ve wished for some edge here – would have lifted this from a nice to an excellent track… Good for home listening, but even better for the dancefloor I reckon… Nice! #09: Andromeda – Porno Sonic Sounds [134 BPM] Dunno if Nikos Kostoglu left Andromeda, but this track is only credited to Anders Nilsson from Sweden… Anyway, Andromeda released their debut album Temptations on Yellow Sunshine Explosion in 2004… I remember that album getting virtually no recognition when it was first released, but slowly people started noticing it and eventually praising it…This track here is a nice, driving, evolving track… Kinda mellow, but kinda stomping too… Somewhere in-between… Progressive trance with musical hints of all kinds… Nice serene track! Oh my, I have a feeling that 2005 will be just as excellent when it comes to progressive trance as 2004 was… And 2004 was the best year for proggy stuff ever! This compilation just oozes quality: Minimal, subtle artwork – though informative with pix of all featured artists… And the music here is indeed great – rich, smooth, well-polished, groovy, funky-as-hell progressive morning trance… The cross-over appeal is obvious, and I’m looking forward to the upcoming Groove Zone releases… Well done Taku, you’ve managed to put together a continuous journey with just the kinda flow that I like… Recommended to any fan of the above mentioned genre… Enjoy! Favourites: 2(!!), 3(!!!), 5, 6(!!), 7 DeathPosture External links: Groove Zone: http://www.groove-zone.com Sigomus: http://www.sigomus.com Chaos Unlimited: http://www.chaosunlimited.co.uk/cgi-bin/pr...t.asp?LR=GZCD02 Should be available @ Psyshop, Saiko Sounds, etc shortly…

Belgium is in the lead... Closely followed by Finland, Sweden and Denmark... I'm kinda rooting for Liechtenstein and San Marino... Come on, all you psynewsers from tiny countries! Go go! DP