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* Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (Domino 2006) http://www.discogs.com/release/606947 * The Rolling Stones - Forty Licks (Virgin Records 2002) http://www.discogs.com/release/374087 /DP

Yeah, that's the best you can do for old reviews for now... But we're working hard on getting them back online... That's something to look forward to for sure... /DP

$50 for these + shipping to Europe... Whaddaya say? /DP

I second that... /DP

It's a mislabelled mp3... *Cough, cough* NP: Solar Fields - Extended

Slum – Make Rainbow In Your Slum Hi-res cover: front Artist: Slum (Japan) Title: Make Rainbow In Your Slum Format: CD (jewel case) Label: ELF Music (Japan) Cat. #: ELFCD 010 Distribution: QQS/Wirikuta Date: December 2005 (Japan), February 2006 (Worldwide) Track listing: 01. 06’53” Future Is Ours 02. 06’25” I Can Eat All Of Earth 03. 09’09” Make Rainbow In Your Slum 04. 06’04” Emog 05. 06’33” Never Runaway Never 06. 06’56” Why You Have My Beer? No Problem 07. 07’00” Sneak, Beneath My Notice 08. 07’05” Follow Me 09. 08’58” Trust Youth Days 10. 07’50” Over The Revolution Review: Multi-flavoured Engrish psytrance… In the wake of the tragic death of Phi member Shinnosuke Masuo, it gives me great pleasure to know that his musical heritage will always live on… The Phinalizer album was nothing short of amazing and it still gives me chills listening to it… An album that will shine for all eternity! The other member of Phi is Shuji Ichimura which now operates under the Slum moniker… His debut album as a solo-artist is the funnily named Make Rainbow In Your Slum released by the Japanese trance-dance label ELF Music… Whereas the last couple of ELF releases have been cheddar-like, this one looks like it’s gonna recapture some of the old Phi-magic… Let’s find out… Let me take you thru the tracks… #01: Future Is Ours [143 BPM] The opening track starts with an old-school sample similar to the sound of The Avalanches – it’s soon accompanied by a banging bassline and some subtle guitar-riffs… And we have lift-off! Cruising at a comfortable 143 beats per minutes, this is fun, bubbling-with-joy full-power psytrance… Melodic to the bone and generally pretty damn uplifting… A tasty track to start the album with… #02: I Can Eat All Of Earth [145 BPM] Wow, that’s a pretty bold statement there Shuji… Are you sure about that? After a brief intro, we’re soon exposed to some serious sushi-trance… Action-packed, floating, relentless psytrance with just enough melodies to qualify as neo full-on… But don’t get me wrong, this is far from boring, formulated full-on… This is packed to the rim with countless acid-lines, guitar-riffs and some hardcore knob adjustment… Just like where Phi left off… Oh yes, this is a brilliant track – especially the multi-fragmented middle part… Even the guitars work! Sweet track! #03: Make Rainbow In Your Slum [145 BPM] And now for title track, which is not only a classic piece of Engrish, but also a pretty damn fine piece of electronic music... Those interlocked, intervened, twirling melodies are nothing short of perfect… It’s very Japanese in structure with its weird, yet strangely appealing ambience... And that’s ambience blasting away at 145 beats per minute, mind you… Pretty damn impressive! #04: Emog [144 BPM] On this track Shuji takes us on a trip to the deepest, darkest recesses of the Tokyo underground… It starts out pretty straight-forward, but soon the track evolves into a murky, haunting and deeply hypnotic piece of psytrance… We’re definitely way off the beaten path here with metallic cuts and industrial bridges – and it works wonders… A fine track! #05: Never Runaway Never [144 BPM] Whereas the previous track was a venture into murky, misty alleyways, this track is a venture into acid-ridden, multi-twirling guitar-psytrance… The strings didn’t really bother me on the previous tracks, but in this track they’ve pretty much taken over completely… And that’s overkill! But hey, there are several long parts without guitars and they rock – so to speak! Not a bad track, just not as good as the previous ones… #06: Why You Have My Beer? No Problem [144 BPM] This track has the worst title ever – it’s so bad that it’s actually good… Anyway, what we have here is propane-injected, energetic full-on psytrance… Bursting with oomph, this is less underground than the two previous tracks… Twirling melodies and acid all over the place… And that’s one hell of a climax… I also like the clever use of stereo FX here… A nice little track #07: Sneak, Beneath My Notice [145 BPM] Another cryptic title here – I’ve given up figuring out what the hell it means… What I have figured out though, is that on this track we head right back for the underground… This is a highly experimental tune that ventures well into hard house, acid and teKk-trance… I like experimentation like that and this is definitely one of the most original tracks on this album… The final wall-of-sound rundown is pretty fucking amazing – and will kick the shit out of most full-on tracks… Brilliant! #08: Follow Me [146 BPM] “Okay. Before we get started, nobody's on the line here yet. What I'm about to propose to you is both highly lucrative and highly dangerous. If that doesn't seem like your particular brand of vodka, help yourself to as much food as you like and have a safe journey. No hard feelings. Otherwise, come with me” The next track continues in the same vein: A full, wall-to-wall sound spectre in the most crucial parts of the track… That’s right, you really get your money’s worth here – this is banging, kicking, relentless psytrance which requires a lethal dose of pharmaceuticals to keep up with on the dancefloor… Dancefloor napalm! #09: Trust Youth Days [147 BPM] And if you thought the last track was hardcore, wait until you hear this monster… The fastest track here and also one of the longest… A healthy dose of melodies to get you in the mood + a driving, paranoiac build-up that goes on forever and ever… The Ocean’s 11 sample from the previous track also makes a guest appearance in this eclectic track… It keeps building and building, adding layers until we finally reach the exploding climax @ 6’33… The last awesome track of the album! #10: Over The Revolution [135 BPM] After that intense aural bombardment, it’s time to chill out a little and come down off the trip… As the BPM count reveals, this is not exactly chill-out – it’s more like experimental downbeat-slash-progressive… The general atmosphere is dark and murky – and I sorry to say, I don’t get much pleasure from listening to this… Sure it’s well-produced, but also a little too depressing for my taste… Anyway, I’m sure it’ll find its audience among musical deviants… Hehe! This is a marvellous album – with no bad tracks and more than a handful of really awesome tracks… The obvious comparison to this album is the Phi album Phinalizer… And in a sense it’s very similar, but also very different… The first part is full-blown nu-skool goa-like psytrance a la Phi, whereas the last part is much more hardcore and experimental… New and refreshing stuff + enough twirling, melodic passages that trace back to Phi… So, the legacy of Phinalizer is beautifully maintained on this sweet album and this is the best ELF Music release since then. Well done Shuji! The cover art is pretty classy and the thick paper is neat… The Engrish track titles also have their charm, and I also like the whole philosophy of making a rainbow in your slum… So yeah, this is indeed a great package – which I will not hesitate to give my recommendation… Phi-fans should definitely check it out, as should fans of experimental, uplifting, energetic nu-skool psytrance… It’ll make rainbows in your slum! … Enjoy! Favourites: 2, 3(!), 6, 7(!), 8, 9(!) DeathPosture External links: Slum: http://www.slum-rainbow.com ELF Music: http://www.elf-music.net Discogs: http://www.discogs.com/release/593859 Saiko Sounds: http://tinyurl.com/e39xt Amazon.jp: http://tinyurl.com/cau8r Beatspace: http://tinyurl.com/7wp4j Wirikuta: http://tinyurl.com/7z5n2 Wakyo: http://tinyurl.com/d734s Chaos: http://tinyurl.com/cpgnb Cisco: http://tinyurl.com/btara

[Threads merged] Also check this thread... /DP

* Lostprophets - Burn Burn (Sony Music 2003) Not yet on Discogs * Jack Johnson - Breakdown promo EP (Brushfire Records 2005) Not yet on Discogs * Technossomy - Synthetic Flesh (Flying Rhino 1997) dupe for trade http://www.discogs.com/release/3719 /DP

UPDATE! Removed: V/A - Spaceships Of The Imagination - The Best Of TIP.World Ambient (TIP.World 2000) V/A - Kamaflage 2 (Dragonfly Records 2001) Added: Technossomy - Synthetic Flesh (Flying Rhino Records 1997)

Here you go... Less than €4 + shipping... Brand new... Oh, and this is an EXCELLENT ep... I love it! Especially the Nervous track... I can't believe it's not more popular... /DP Oh, and this is not really a review - so I'm gonna move this thread soon...

Great albums individually... Though I like the Mew one better... Zookeeper's Boy and Special are sure hits in my DJ sets... /DP

Outpatient Overnight Opiate Detoxification

Hehe yeah... Nah, it's all good... Matt is the coolest guy - and one hell of a producer too...

Artifakt – Artifakts II Hi-res cover: front + back Artist: Artifakt (South Africa) Title: Artifakts II Format: CD (jewel case) Label: Timecode Records (South Africa) Cat. #: TCCD014 Distribution: Arabesque Date: November 2005 Track listing: 01. 02’37” Inverted Ankh 02. 06’31” Plastic 03. 07’00” Male 04. 05’09” Ohm 05. 08’13” 5 06. 07’28” 6 07. 00’09” 7 08. 07’20” SPQR 09. 00’39” Fish 10. 07’39” Malkuth 11. 06’21” Isis 12. 07’39” (Untitled track) 13. 07’34” Eye .m3u-playlist: http://tinyurl.com/b42ac (all tracks!) Review: Thinking outside the box… With Artifakts II South African producer and Timecode Records boss Matthew De Nobrega takes psytrance a step further… And by step, I mean a quantum leap! Not since the release of Juno Reactor’s Labyrinth have I come across a concept album quite like this… None of the tracks have titles – they are all represented by symbols gathered from ancient cultures and more recent artefacts from the industrial era … Matt wanted to do something completely different from the vast majority of cheesy psytrance releases and eventually chunked out this concept-album… Thematically, musically and concept-wise it’s very far from what we’re used to within psytrance, but it totally works… Let me explain why… Let me take you thru the tracks… #01: Inverted Ankh The Egyptian Anhk symbolizes the man who got corrupted into the crucifix… Invert that, and you’re left with a man distancing himself from the crucifix… I think! Hehe… Anyway, this is the opening track consisting of a lot of ancient monks chanting – right up until the Gregorian mood is brutally slashed into pieces by high-pitched, razor-sharp stabbing synths accompanied by dirty break beats… What a start! ;o) #02: Plastic “I just want to say one word to you. Just one word. Are you listening? Plastics! It’s a great future in plastics! Think about it… Will you think about it?” This album is a continuous journey, so we drift seamlessly into the next track which also gives the first taste of edgy South African psytrance… Loads of snorting, crackling, banging and cutting going on here… Yeah, this is super-edgy, über-industrialized fusion psytrance with hints to all kinds of teKknoid sub-genres… Back on plastixx! Despite all the stuff mentioned above, Matt also manages to incorporate an array of uplifting melodies into the mix… Brilliant track! #03: Male “Oh yeah, I like it slow just like that!” This track is commonly referred to as 'Male', whereas 'Sex' would probably be more correct as the porn-sample also implies… Anyway… Once again, we’re exposed to a landslide of different musical influences… The track revolves around a thick French filter-house sample not unlike Kojak or Superfunk… As the track progresses more psytrance elements are added and soon we’re witnessing a cornucopia of multi-fragmented muzak which explodes into several climaxes of orgasmic nature …Another wonderful track – ripe as hell! #04: Ohm The Ohm (or aum) is the most sacred syllable in Hinduism and is the sound which most mantras start with… It’s also the fastest track so far and its starts out with a Squarepusher’esque venture into high-pitched electro stabs… Tons of syncopated acid-lines are mixed with psychedelic electro-pieces and form a fast-paced melodic energy bomb… Highly danceable and instantly trip-friendly… I love it! #05: 5 On the fifth track Matt is impersonating the Swedish Chef on acid… All kinds of kitchen appliances make out the intro which has more than a few surprises in store… Later on the track takes several directions; from evil tech-trance over trancefloor friendly industrial psytrance to floating, epic morning trance… And that’s only describing the first three minutes – it gets even better later on with at least a couple of explosive breaks, twists and turns… Another sure-fit blast and one of the endless highlights of the album… #06: 6 “Six is the sign of the devil! With everything holy there is something unholy. The essence of temptation!” Another track named after esoteric numerology… And a devilish one too! That’s right, this is by far the darkest track so far – completely soaked in a hardcore, dubby, eerie vibe… Haunting, yet hypnotizing… The demented melody is annoying at first, but it *will* suck you right in… Believe me! Same goes for the carnival music and the orchestral work reminiscent of The Misted Muppet… It’s all class stuff! A mesmerizing track! #07: 7 The mighty seven… Not only is the track called seven, it’s also positioned as number seven… 7x7 = 49 which is also the duration of this track in seconds! A shocking, explosive skit that will put your speakers to the ultimate test… Trust me! #08: SPQR SPQR is a Latin abbreviation which translates into ‘by the order of the senate and people of Rome’. It was used to sign edicts and sentences – and now it’s an outstanding track by Artifakt… After a lengthy, floating intro this track continues down the same brutal path as the previous skit… Hardcore wall-to-wall industrial soundscapes in the foreground and feather light, naïve melodies in the background… Add a bunch of filtered, cut up, wrestled and re-configured samples from familiar tracks and you’ve got the jist of this track… It’s more introvert and less easily-accessible than some of the previous tracks, but once it comes around, you’ll love… I know I do! #09: Fish The fish was an early Christian symbol for Jesus – and this is another short little transition track… Sounds like a madman going nuts on an old church organ… Tasty! #10: Malkuth Malkuth (which translates as ‘kingdom’) is the tenth of the sephirot in the kabbalistic tree of life. It sits at the bottom of the tree, below Yesod, and it is the realm of the Earth, the kingdom of God, in which human beings live and act…. This track is downright evil with its grim, unpolished teKkno appearance… The melodies from earlier strike a notable contrast to the grim, industrial noises here… A hybrid of grotesque, outer worldly bits and pieces which ultimately ties themselves together nicely… Another seemingly introvert, but ultimately satisfying track… Wonderfully noisy! #11: Isis Isis is a goddess in the Egyptian belief and this hieroglyph depicts her throne… This track continues right where the last one left off, but soon takes a more banging direction… Hard-hitting, fast-paced pumping night-trance with an influx of industrial/noise elements thrown in just to piss everyone off… But it works… Oh my, does it work! This is acid-ridden, wall-shaking, neighbour-annoying hybrid trance… Darker than anything here and will easily make Xenomorph run up a tree… Smashing! #12: (Untitled track) The mysterious untitled track – the only one without a symbol! Yikes! Basically it’s ‘Isis Pt. 2’ though with a slightly more epic vibe… The rhythm section is absolutely fucking awesome here – and if your jaw hasn’t dropped yet it will now… The breaks + climaxes are absolutely marvellous and… I have to go change my pants now, as I’ve just creamed them… Again! The perfect track! #13: Eye “If only you could see what I have seen with your eyes... I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Attack ships on fire off the shore of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannehauser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time like tears!” The final track has the symbol of The Eye of Horus (originally ‘The Eye of Ra’) which is an ancient Egyptian symbol of protection and power, from the deity Horus (or Ra). Of course the Blade Runner sample fits the music + the theme perfectly – it’s the perfect symbiosis really! This track is also less dark than some of the previous ones, and focuses on uplifting, yet hard-hitting electronic music… It’s beautiful, but sadly it’s also the last track… Damn! Sweet mother of Ghandi! I’m blown away! This is by far the most interesting thing ever released on Timecode – and easily kicks the living shit out of most psytrance releases in recent years. It’s *that* good! I’ve had this album for over a month now, and I keep finding new bits and pieces every single time I listen to it… I’m really, really, REALLY impressed by Matt’s production talents – is there any musical style this man can’t do? This will seriously be a benchmark album for years to come… Mark my words – this is musical history in the making! The whole concept with the symbols and crossover music might seem pretentious on paper, but believe me – it works! From the cryptic artwork to the well-produced, genre-bending music of majestic proportions… Get it - or get left out! Enough rambling for now – this is an essential album for any fan of intelligent, electronic music… Enjoy! Favourites: All (!!!!) DeathPosture External links: Timecode Records: http://www.timecode.co.za Discogs: http://www.discogs.com/release/578799 Saiko Sounds: http://tinyurl.com/7c22g TranceShop: http://tinyurl.com/d3nq6 Beatspace: http://tinyurl.com/bma3p Wirikuta: http://tinyurl.com/78dnk Psyshop: http://tinyurl.com/8fhm9 Juno: http://tinyurl.com/dza7n

I mean for being so cool and all, they are totally missing out on these great pix... ;o)

Screw the cool kids! Haha...

Hey man... I'm interested in these: Wanna trade 'em for something off my tradelist? /DP

You have the retail copy right? Pop it in your player mate - it's 13 tracks! (Actually track 12 is the "hidden" one) Anyway, I just got this e-mail from Artifakt himself: Matt also enclosed this picture: Looks like I have some Discogs updating to do... /DP

You are SO right... How did I forget those? Argh! The first Planet B.E.N. album is indeed extremely tribal... Same with Sonic Fusion... Good picks! /DP

Yeah, Etnoscope and Elysium would be among my first recommendations too... But you should also look into: Juno Reactor Atmos Gaudium Kaya Project Kooler/Son Kite Krüger & Coyle Meller Neo Logic + more /DP

Right, I might be anal here, but there's something very strange about the Artifakt - Artifakts II tracklist... Both Discogs and my Winamp lists the tracklist as follows: PsyDB only lists 11 tracks: (obviously submitted directly from some websource) Now I own the original CD, and the symbols on the back-cover is not corresponding with any of these tracklists... Look for yourself: I mean, how did everyone miss track #8 named SPQR? Can we agree that the actual tracklist is this!? Re-written tracklist including SPQR with only one untitled track: Or am I totally missing something here!? /DP

I love how Nhjo states his height in his profile: /DP