DeathPosture

Antix – Twin Coast Remixes Artist: Various Title: Twin Coast Remixes Format: CD (jewel case) Label: Iboga Records (Denmark) Cat. #: IBOGACD34 Distribution: twohandsdistribution.com Date: 05 November 2005 Track listing: 01. 08’02” Antix – Le Lascard (D-Nox & Beckers Remix) 02. 08’07” Rhian Sheehan feat. Jess Chambers - Hiding Place (Phony Orphants Remix) 03. 08’16” Antix – Cold Nights (FREq Remix) 04. 08’52” Antix – Little Honey (Fitalic Remix) 05. 09’05” Antix – Forever Changing (Vibrasphere Remix) 06. 07’09” Antix – Little Honey (Sun Control Species vs. Osiris Indriya Remix) 07. 08’31” Antix – Le Lascard (Ohrsten Nors Remix) 08. 09’10” Fiord - Hybrid Review: Lush, plush, antics… Remixed! When the Kiwi production duo Antix (Barton & Hayden Strom) released their second album Twin Coast Discovery in April 2005 it was met with a landslide of positive comments coming from both progressive circles and from the crossover club crowd… And sure enough, it was a pretty solid album but I still felt it lacked a little ‘bite’… So how about pulling in some of biggest names in progressive trance and have the remix a few tracks? Sounds like a damn good idea to me… Let me take you thru the tracks… #01: Antix – Le Lascard (D-Nox & Beckers Remix) [130 BPM] With its massive wall-to-wall progressive soundscapes Le Lascard was my absolute fav’e track from TCD – and here’s a remix by some of the hottest progressive producers on the German scene… This remix pays a lot of homage to the original and quite frankly I could have wished for some more experimentation here… Don’t get me wrong, this is still a pretty damn solid track – it’s just too similar to the original… #02: Rhian Sheehan feat. Jess Chambers - Hiding Place (Phony Orphants Remix) [125 BPM] The Fiord-remix of Rhian Sheenan’s Hiding Place was among the most commercial tracks on TCD, so a remix by Danish production Phony Orphants (Mikkel Dahlgaard & Jeppe Ørnkilde) should be more interesting that the original… And sure enough, I find this much more appealing… Gone are the most obvious cheese-pitfalls and the guys have added a healthy dose of electro-edge… I’m still not the biggest fan of the vox, but this remix beats the crap out of the Fiord remix! Nice! #03: Antix – Cold Nights (FREq Remix) [130 BPM] Cold Nights is another fav’e from TCD and when I saw it was FREq (Aran Gallagher) remixing it, I immediately creamed my pants… Aran has taken the best parts of the groovy original and made it even groovier with a very mysterious, lazy touch… The FREq trademark wall-to-wall groove is very evident here – and I totally dig it… #04: Antix – Little Honey (Fitalic Remix) [130 BPM] Another fav’e from TCD – remixed by Dutch producer Robin Fitter… Despite his impressive release roster, I haven’t really listened to that much of his stuff… Anyway, what we get here is a more rhythm-based remix of the very uplifting original… The percussion section is right in the forefront of the sound picture, and basically this is a tribal trance-fest with epic melodies… Pretty nice, but I find myself mildly bored during the long epic middle run… #05: Antix – Forever Changing (Vibrasphere Remix) [133 BPM] The original track was not among my personal fav’es on TCD, so who better to make things right than the undisputed heavy weights of lush-plush Swedish progressive trance? Vibrasphere (Rickard Berglöf & Robert Elster) have seldom let me down and I’m happy to say that once again, the boys deliver an amazing track… Thick, warm, groovy progressive trance – riddled with huge reverbs and phat transitions… Oh yes, this is much, much better than the original track… Brilliant! #06: Antix – Little Honey (Sun Control Species vs. Osiris Indriya Remix) [130 BPM] I have no idea whatsoever who Osiris Indriya is, but what I’ve heard from Australian producer Sun Control Species (Andrew Davidson) has been pretty good… This is probably the remix on this disc which is closest to the original – and that’s a shame really… I mean, the original is nicey nice and so is this remix… But it doesn’t really contribute with much new stuff… A decent track… #07: Antix – Le Lascard (Ohrsten Nors Remix) [128 BPM] This is my first encounter with the works of German producer Ohrsten Nors and luckily this remix has balls compared to the D-Nox & Beckers remix… Make that A LOT of balls… Finally! Oh yes, this is a deeply experimental tune that besides from the cut up vocals + the occasional reverb bears very little resemblance to the original… Very refreshing! It’s not necessary a better track than the original, but I still like when remixers go all the way… Interesting track! #08: Fiord – Hybrid [128 BPM] Fiord is a commercial Antix alias, and this aptly named track contains various elements from a bunch of the remixed tracks… A hybrid so to speak! The old mega-mix concept is something that we see too rarely within our scene – and I’ve kinda missed that actually, so this is welcomed opportunity to sample the best parts of the TCD album in one little track! Sweeeeeet! So, how does the Twin Coast Remixes compare to Twin Coast Discovery? Well, both albums have their pros and cons (well d’uh!) but seeing as how I found large parts of TCD too commercial, and how TCR has more stand-out tracks, I’m ready to declare the winner: The Remixes! That’s right, this is the better album of the two – but I still have to recommend owning both as they complete each other nicely… Another high quality Iboga release that will appeal to most fans of smooth, groovy ear-candy… So yeah, this is recommended to fans of both the original album and to fans of progressive trance in general… It’s real tasty! … Enjoy! Favourites: 2, 3(!), 5(!), 7, 8(!) DeathPosture External links: Iboga Records: http://www.iboga.dk Discogs: http://www.discogs.com/release/555655 Saiko Sounds: http://tinyurl.com/8u3zc TranceShop: http://tinyurl.com/9q9ed Beatspace: http://tinyurl.com/dz9m9 E-Music: http://tinyurl.com/bbbfn Psyshop: http://tinyurl.com/78d56 Chaos: http://tinyurl.com/bclub

Classic! Yesterday I received: * la.Nebuleuse - Serial Killah (Galactic Federation Media 2006) http://www.discogs.com/release/616217 /DP

Want me to add an extra option: Topics about Skazi ?

Me too! Antix - Twin Coast Remixes album

If I were you, I'd add it to Discogs - and see if you can raise the interest of The Overlords collectors... You can also put it up for sale thru Discogs... Or Ebay of course...

You have something like 420 records on your Discogs now Nemo... What percentage is that of your entire collection? I'm guessing something like 1-2% right? /DP

Muhahahahaha!

I'm really starting to dislike the Draeke! Just kidding mate - those are some amazing finds... Please hook me up with the eBay link when you put the Crop Circles EP on auction... Thx! /DP

So what did you get from Psyshop?

Naked Tourist – Mad Different Methods Artist: Naked Tourist (Germany) Title: Mad Different Methods Format: CD (digipack w/DJ slip) Label: Parvati Records (Denmark) Cat. #: PRVCD11 Distribution: Wirikuta Date: 26 January 2006 Track listing: 01. 08’39” Naked Tourist – Mad Different Methods 02. 07’58” Double R.E.L. – Prehysterical Moments (Naked Tourist Remix) 03. 07’49” Naked Tourist – Chopper 04. 08’07” Naked Tourist – Noname 05. 07’51” Limbogott – Hirnfräse (Naked Tourist Remix) 06. 08’24” Naked Tourist – Asylunatic 07. 08’22” Naked Tourist – Backup Paranoia 08. 08’00” Naked Tourist – Fairchild + hidden after 3’07 minutes of silence: 00. 07’11” Naked Tourist – Hidden Track Review: Dilated pupils… Naked Tourist are German hard-trancers Martin (Z-Neo) & Björn (DJ Iguana) and I’ve been looking forward to this debut album for a long time… I really have a soft spot for their drug-crazed, acid-ridden, relentless night trance, and pretty much all compilation tracks I heard from these guys have been pure gold… Also, it’s Parvati Records releasing it which IMHO always vouches for a quality release… Nuff said, on with the music… Let me take you thru the tracks… #01: Naked Tourist – Mad Different Methods [146 BPM] “It’s like mad different methods to the way I do my shit…” The title track opens with a bad-ass gangsta sample, that looks pretty cheesy on paper, but it actually works pretty well here… The track itself is a typical NT track: Heavily fragmented psytrance – packed to the rim with funny voice-samples and experimental twists and turns… All kept within a framework of acid-ridden, pumping night trance… Just what you’d expect = satisfaction in recognition… Tasty opening track! ;o) #02: Double R.E.L. – Prehysterical Moments (Naked Tourist Remix) [145 BPM] “Each little bone can tell us a story. We can look at the articulations of the bone, how they fit together and the mechanics […]” This is a remix to a Double R.E.L. track originally released on the 2005 Doof Records compilation Booo… I’m not familiar with the original, so I can’t really comment on the treatment… Anyway the track opens with a palaeontologist sample and quickly turns into a regular stomp-fest… Kinda minimal at first, but soon enough the flood gates of psychedelia are opened… Yeah, this is pure dancefloor psychedelia – just listen to the raven-peak @ 4’59! Brilliant! A fine track riddled in samples and with enough twirling acid lines to satisfy most urban hippies… I dig it! #03: Naked Tourist – Chopper [147 BPM] “Listen to the sounds of the wind around you! … This music… It’s beautiful!” The guys start with another funny sample before unleashing the fiercest bassline so far… It’s accompanied by en eerie, haunting melody-line and a bunch of spacy, sonic tweaks… And yeah, I guess you could draw the comparison to chopper-sounds too… The video-game FX are very well-chosen and the build-up/climax part is destined to tear any dancefloor apart… Hold on to your hats – this is a psychedelic rollercoaster ride! It’s maybe a little too fast for a brief moment, but generally I like it… #04: Naked Tourist – Noname [146 BPM] Halfway thru the album the guys present the scariest track so far – this is dark, haunting, atmospheric night trance… A steady, evil-bassline is accompanied by an array of distorted synth-stabs… The industrial link is evident and basically this is the meanest I’ve ever heard from Naked Tourist… This is indeed a solid piece of haunting night-trance, but frankly I like the guys better when they lighten up a little… #05: Limbogott – Hirnfräse (Naked Tourist Remix) [147 BPM] I don’t have first-hand knowledge about Limbogott, but some quality Google time reveals the band as a German industrial/nu-metal outfit not unlike Marilyn Manson, Korn or Slipknot… The track Hirnfräse is featured on their debut album One Minute Violence and I’ve only heard fragments of it… This remix kicks some major ass though and posses even more energy than the original... It’s like a big waterfall of acid… Fast-paced, aggressive, paranoia-inducing psytrance… Like the perfect trance-sound track to the two Saw movies… Brilliantly done… I’m impressed! #06: Naked Tourist – Asylunatic [147 BPM] “Crank me lunatic…On drugs! … This feels right!” This track is a remix to Naked Tourist’s own track Lunatic Asylum released on the 2005 Parvati compilation Psychedelically Yours 3… You recognize elements from the original, but mostly this is a new track… The rich industrial elements from the previous track are still present and this is some pretty murky stuff… The acid-level is still very high, and the playful twirling acid-lines strike a notable contrast to the evil bassline… As in the original track, the final run down is a real treasure… Pure nocturnal bliss! #07: Naked Tourist – Backup Paranoia [146 BPM] Paranoia-noia-noia-oia! A seemingly chilled, harmonic intro is soon brutally shredded to pieces by some severely demented synth experimentation – that’s also the start of some hard-core tweakage which ultimately makes this the most trip-friendly track of the album… It’s less dark than the previous tracks, and has some really impressive uplifting bits and pieces… But don’t get me wrong – this is still very much night trance… And of course we get another healthy acid overdose… Brilliant! #08: Naked Tourist – Fairchild [147 BPM] The last track is not really the last track – but more about that later… What we get here is more trademark Naked Tourist mayhem… Border-crossing, fragmented, funny night trance with loads of samples and an endless supply of acid… Pretty good, but I feel it lacks some of the energy and I-don’t-give-a-fuck attitude of some of the previous tracks… #00: Naked Tourist – Hidden Track “His mind is lost!” Track #8 runs for eight minutes and after approximately three minutes of silence comes the hidden, nameless track… What’s extra cool about this is that it’s a full-length track running for over seven minutes… Cool! A hidden track like this is a welcomed opportunity for experimentation and that’s exactly what the guys do here… This is a very interesting odd-ball track – a hybrid with influences from an array of genres like psytrance, IDM, acid, tech-trance, progressive trance, etc… And it works really, really well… It’s a hidden gem! When was the last time Parvati Records let you down? … I didn’t think so! This is indeed a fine debut album from one of Germany’s finest night trance exports… There are no bad tracks here, and most of the tracks are real fucking sweet… So, anyone who liked the compilation tracks so far will love this album… It’s just what you’d expect + a lot more! The glossy digipack cover art is pure eye-candy as we’ve come to expect from Parvati, and the DJ case friendly tracklist will come in handy to Case Logic diciples… All in all, this is a great, value-for-money package that I will not hesitate to give my warmest recommendations… Enjoy! Favourites: 1, 2(!), 5(!), 6(!), 7(!) + the hidden track DeathPosture External links: Parvati Records: http://www.parvati-records.com Discogs: http://www.discogs.com/release/614222 Saiko Sounds: http://tinyurl.com/cyfwv Beatspace: http://tinyurl.com/djzy8 Psyshop: http://tinyurl.com/92x97 Wirikuta: http://tinyurl.com/ey4fp Chaos: http://tinyurl.com/djzy8

Shaft!

[by request, this thread is moved to general] Here's what my mailman dropped off recently: * Naked Tourist - Mad Different Methods (Parvarti 2006) http://www.discogs.com/release/614222 * V/A - e-jamCD001 (Elejam 2001) http://www.discogs.com/release/203722 * V/A - Sound Of The SUN - Tokio Drome (Elejam 2002) http://www.discogs.com/release/139328 * Killing Joke - Democracy (Butterfly Records 1995) http://www.discogs.com/release/58010 * Killing Joke - Millenium (Butterfly Records 1994) http://www.discogs.com/release/200205 /DP

An old "classic":

Hehe... Yeah, a classicly renamed lame mp3 file...

I've also had a couple of really great trades with Pedro lately... This guy has the BEST prices in the biz... Brilliant! ;o)

Then why are you displaying the Substance cover?

[topics merged] /DP

Try B.L.T. & Danni Makov 'Patterns Of...'

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31 Psynewsers so far... Between us we have some pretty damn amazing collections... ;o)

I understand your analogy, and of course my previous assements can't be applied to all social groups - and maybe my comparison into sports wasn't that good... But I still believe that internal rivalry is a vital, integral aspect of group dynamics... Be it with a large Discogs collection or not...

Next stop rocket science!

No of course not... And that's not what I meant... What I meant is, that the behaviour you describe can be observed in pretty much any kind of social group... I don't think collectors are much worse than, say, sports-addicts... Or hunters... Or poetry-buffs... A competitive "show-off" nature is an integral part of most social groups... Or so I'd like to believe at least... /DP

Well, that's basic group dynamics isn't it? I'm sure that kind of behaviour is common in most fragmented groups being it online or offline...