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I'm opening a new thread here, in the appropriate review forum as neither this thread nor this were proper reviews... ------------------------------- Penta - Funraiser Hi-res: front + back Artist: Penta (USA) Title: Funraiser Format: CD (jewel case) Label: AuraQuake (USA) Cat. #: AQCD001 Distribution: Arabesque Date: 12 September 2005 Track listing: 01. 08’14” It Is Done 02. 07’29” Detonator 03. 07’25” Inverter 04. 08’50” Pigletango 05. 08’20” Past Holidays 06. 08’23” September 07. 08’38” Eater Of Worlds 08. 07’31” For The First Time 09. 07’51” Flash Forward .m3u-playlist: http://tinyurl.com/d8aqt (all tracks!) Review: Tales from the crypt! Russian-born, American-based producer Nikita Tselovalnikov is out with his second album on his newly established AuraQuake label… Another dedicated psy-trance label from San Fransisco… I dunno what the hell goes on in the Bay-area, but the scene is indeed thriving there – the two releases by Dropout Productions earlier this year are still fresh – and now this! Penta really, really impressed me with his debut album Pentafiles released on Spectral Concepts in 2003, and this one has been getting quite some hype… So here’s hoping for an action-packed ride in Pentaland… Let me take you thru the tracks… #01: It Is Done “It is done!” Yikes – a spooky intro if there ever was one… Haunting, disturbing hissing – straight outta Elm Street… But fear not, this is Penta after all so it can’t be too depressing now can it? He does his best though, with a bleak atmosphere mixed up with sharp acid-stabs, spiralling synths and evil chords… Dark yes, evil maybe – but in the best possible way! The re-used Talamasca-samples are a bit over the top though – but the creepy, undecipherable voice-samples at the end make up for that… This reminds me of ancient Parvati-material like Droidsect or old Dark Soho… A very fine track indeed! =) #02: Detonator “Not entertaining enough… You’ll have to use the detonator! … Excellent explosion your majesty!” Now this is one demented, deranged track - complete with kitschy, old-school Commodore64 game sounds and some kind of pitched down siren or whatever the hell it is… The main melodic lead you’ll either love or hate... Personally I hate it; it really sucks beyond words… And that’s sad really, coz otherwise this is a good track… It has some really interesting ideas… I just can’t seem to get past that demented melody… #03: Inverter Well, the spooky hissing from track #1 is back – but at least the deranged melody from track #2 is gone… Sort of – its ugly cousin is here! Anyway, this is still a pretty nice track… Very forest-like and instantly shroom-friendly… Could have easily been a Schlabbaduerst or Ørebro composition… Cool! A very hectic and dreadfully crazy tune… Good, but not spectacular! Decent so to speak… #04: Pigletango “What are you talking about? I swear I don’t know what you’re talking about! … Tomorrow at midnight the light will leave the third planet and be backing home. Sorry you made the trip for nothing!” Oh yes, now we’re getting somewhere… Meet the meanest bassline this side of Alcatraz prison – fuck, it’s gargantuan in all it’s illicit, rawking simplicity… Driving, haunting, kicking up some dust – and what’s that weird morphing sound… A train passing by? Whatever the hell it is, it works wonders… This track is pure evil… Packed to the rim with dark, distorted pads and mean-ass kicks… Would mix well with oCeLoT, Kemic-Al and the likes… Brilliant track! #05: Past Holidays “And when the doctor said I didn’t have worms anymore that was the happiest day of my life!” We continue with another brand-spanking amazing track…The intro is packed with classic Ralph Wiggum quotes + added value psychedelia all over the place… A funny, oddball track reminiscent of Killer Buds, Phyx or Kemic-Al… So many fun little twists and turns… The Homer-solo + the climax will cause absolute havoc on the dancefloors! Oh, and not forgetting the excellent hats-off to a classic punk rock tune… Oh man – Dead Kennedy's classic track Holiday in Cambodia has immense nostalgic value to me… Reminds me of my carefree days working as a bartender in London… Skazi kinda ruined the fun in cover-versions, but it seems Penta has revived it… Coz this is so beautifully executed! Stellar track! #06: September “I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti!” Another gruesome, gruelling intro – taken straight out of some horror-movie! As the track progresses we’re exposed to a lethal dose of acid-driven, high-power, nightly psytrance… With a murky old bassline to beat the shit out of your speakers! The Hannibal Lecter quote fits in perfectly in this grotesque track… Reminds me of Psyfactor! Spooky shit – very good spooky shit! #07: Eater Of Worlds “I am the eater of worlds – and of children! And you are next!! … Next on sci-fi!” … Yeah, again we’re in multi-quote land… This track is the missing link between Pennywise and The Sci-fi Channel! But first a very subtle intro… Spooky for all the wrong reasons… That naïve melody is scary as hell! But eventually the track comes into full effect – in all its staccato glory! Experimental for sure, with a sick take on darkpsy as a whole… I’m not too happy with the deranged, high-pitched melodies… They annoy me for a good portion of the track – and that pisses me off, coz again the rest of the track is pretty damn cool… But those demented melodies – they get inside my head… Aaaaargh! #08: For The First Time Woow – what an absolutely stomping intro! And I mean that literally! What an impressive work on the drum programming… Stomp motherfuckers! So yeah, this is an incredibly fast-paced, bouncy track… That sampled clockwork is just plain haunting and those nifty little acid-bits rocks! The pitched-up voice-sample is funny and I really like the over all oddball theme in this track… Loads of quotes from the sitcom The Nanny… Good stuff! Good track! #09: Flash Forward Sadly we’ve come to the last track… The intro here isn’t as cool as the rest on the album – and that’s a shame! The track itself is good though – a raging, electro-static, full-power dance track… Hectic, multilayered and dark… Save the whales! The chanting is downright creepy – and helps give this track edge… I like it! A fine way to end a remarkable album! A remarkable album for sure! Oh yes, this was one hell of a ride… There are a couple of tracks that are ruined by some severely retarded melodies, but I hear that people flip out to those too… They are just not my cup of java! But enough with the bad sides, this album has an influx of good sides… I mean, just listen to the sheer magnitude of these tracks – so rich, so full of flavour, so funny, so fucking great… The mastering by Son Kite is also flawless and leaves little to be desired! Also the seemingly-boring artwork has a few secrets to be revealed… I like it! ;o) This is without a doubt one of the best albums in the darkpsy segment this year – right up there with Kemic-Al’s Twisted Parameters, Para Halu’s The World Of Peace and Psyfactor’s Evil Inside… I’m not sure if this is as good as Pentafiles – but it’s equally good – a tie really! So yeah, fans of Penta and twisted, trippy, oddball darkish psy-trance should definitely check this album out! It’s pretty fucking good! Enjoy! Favourites: 1, 4(!), 5(!!), 6, 8 DeathPosture External links: Penta: http://www.pentafiles.com Aura Quake: http://www.auraquake.com TranceShop: http://tinyurl.com/b8mb2 Saiko Sounds: http://tinyurl.com/9r8ll Beatspace: http://tinyurl.com/a8s35 Discobole: http://tinyurl.com/9gajx Wirikuta : http://tinyurl.com/8pk7q Psyshop: http://tinyurl.com/anehm Wakyo: http://tinyurl.com/auo8e Chaos: http://tinyurl.com/9cm74 Ajuca: http://tinyurl.com/ar2tz Juno: http://tinyurl.com/cfq9o

It's USER not USERS... http://www.discogs.com/user/bolisaf

Jan Erik Due Egelund... Are you high again?

What is this? Showing your record collection? My Discogs-link is in my signature, and pictures can be found in the appropriate thread... /DP

Which albums?

I see... Must be on Airborn then...

Was that one ever released on vinyl?

Yeah - just like CD Wow, Play.com offers free shipping world wide... I've bought loads of stuff there - DVDs + CDs... Unlike CD Wow, Play.com also has an extensive back-catalouge and even has psy... Most of Twisteds stuff + BNE + others... Not as much as the established psy-stores of course, but still... The service is great and the free shipping is a hit! Check it out! /DP

Just completed my first trade with Taika-Kim from Finland... Everything went smooth... Friendly communication + fast, secure shipping... And he supplied me with some real, rare gems... Recommended trader! /DP

Ahh, some real goodies in the mail today... Thanx to Taika-Kim from Finland for supplying me with some rare, deleted gems... * Juno Reactor - Lu.ci-ana (Inter-Modo 1994) http://www.discogs.com/release/61352 * Saafi Brothers - Mystic Cigarettes (Limited Edition) (Blue Room Released 1997) http://www.discogs.com/release/354566 * V/A - The Gathering Volume One (M Track 1995) http://www.discogs.com/release/238046 * Pelinpala - My CD Has Landed On The Next Door Neighbours Dog (Demon Tea Recordings 2000) http://www.discogs.com/release/212162 * Rip Van Hippy - Waking Up Is Hard To Do! (Psy-Harmonics 1997) http://www.discogs.com/release/391742 * Texas Faggott - Petoman's Peflett (Exogenic Records 2000) http://www.discogs.com/release/57381 /DP

Oh yeah, I've been waiting for this for a long time... Procs has had stand-out tracks on at least a couple of compilations, and now finally a full album... I'm all over it! Should be a shroom-a-delic experience... I can't wait! ;o) /DP

Claude Debussy - Clair de Lune, for piano, L. 75/3 (Extrait de la 'Suite Bergmasque')

* Astral Projection - Liquid Sun (Automatic Records 2000) CDM http://www.discogs.com/release/67435 * Astralasia - Mother Durga (Change The World) (Magick Eye Records 1995) CDM http://www.discogs.com/release/74992 * The Infinity Project - Stimuli (Perfecto 1995) CDM http://www.discogs.com/release/74462 + The Simpsons complete season 5: DVD boxset /DP

Maybe not as good as Pentafiles, but still pretty damn good... I'd love to do a review of Lethal Doses, but I haven't got it... /DP

Penta - Funraiser album... Preparing review...

Good luck... To my knowledge we don't have a Michelle here... But perhaps someone knows her... If not, we'll put Stalker on the case...

Wait until Jikkenteki sees this thread - he'll bring you right up to speed... ;o)

Good stuff... I've listened to Mind Dala in the car today... Uplifting, thrilling stuff for sure... Oh, and today I got these too: * Penta - Funraiser (AuraQuake Records 2005) http://www.discogs.com/release/514913 * Psytrain - Next Stop, Planet Earth! (Ov-Silence Recordings 2005) http://www.discogs.com/release/515724 /DP

Monkey Island ruled... Haven played the others, but I vividly remember Monkey Island and the thrill of finally completing it after days/weeks of trying... Good times! --- Oh, and bazooko => Funny shit man... Very well done! /DP

It would be a sin not too... Can't wait to hear what you think about them... /DP

Please tell me that's not true? Dude - you can't leave us!

Squaremeat – Astronomical Coffee Break Hi-res cover: front + back + full digipack artwork Artist: Squaremeat (Finland) Title: Astronomical Coffee Break Format: CD (digipack) + 8 bonus tracks for free download (256 kbps) Label: Exogenic Records (Finland) Cat. #: EXOCD26 Date: 18 Jul 2005 Track listing: 01. 07’39” Platypus 02. 06’45” Liukutaklaus 03. 07’16” Front Side Rock ‘n’ Roll 04. 06’40” Static Trafic 05. 07’11” Evaporator 06. 09’31” 2 2 Tango 07. 06’50” Shinkansen RMX 08. 06’31” Pure Caffeine 09. 10’07” Go Away 10. 05’18” Queen Of The Night + Downloaded bonus tracks 01. 09’23” Finnish Kedish 02. 06’28” Kohtalon Ivaa 03. 06’47” Kukko Bill 04. 08’25” Mexico Hatsico 05. 09’41” Right Choice 06. 07’27” Thunder Thumb 07. 06’42” Tunturi Haitari 08. 08’36” Turkey Dance .m3u-playlist: http://tinyurl.com/9egon (CD tracks only!) Review: Audio blowjob! Squaremeat consists of the two freaks Pepe Kosminen & Francois Faggott… Probably the most prominent producers of the über-weird, Finnish trance… This is the fourth album under the Squaremeat moniker and under different names these guys have loads more releases under their belts… As a definite sign of quality, the release outlet is Exogenic Records… Home to some of the most deranged audio madness ever released within our scene… Fuck yes; it’s time for another batch of sonic wizardry from up north… Let me take you thru the tracks… #01: Platypus The guys don’t waste time on boring intro tracks – we’re launched straight into funky, Finnish sauna-trance! This is one of my fav’e tracks here… The static intro, the deep, correlated blunt beats and the general feeling of dark, deep psychedelia… Kinda minimal, but yet so rich in the most minute detail… Hectic yes, but oh so powerful… The nifty little acid-bits are well-placed and the break-down works really well… Sweet track! #02: Liukutaklaus More full frontal psychedelia here – Squaremeat style… The rhythm section is pretty interesting – it’s cut-up, sped down, vocoded and utterly mutilated – but it works like a charm… The real charm though, is the über-psychedelic mid-section which reminds me of ancient Psy-Harmonics stuff… Drenched in acid and funky as a motherfucker… Also the percussion goes down really well here… My only gripe is the speed of this choon – it’s too damn fast! I can barely absorb it all with this insane pace… Use this one to scare your neighbours! #03: Front Side Rock ‘n’ Roll Rock n roll indeed… After the first couple of held-back minutes, the track really starts to unfold into a deep, potent trance-fest of shroomy proportions… The tweaked guitars take care of the rock n roll bit, and the pounding rhythm-section makes sure you don’t forget where you are… Add enough old-school wall-to-wall psychedelia and you’ve got a winner… Although this is evidently one of the more accessible tracks, it took me a while to get into… But once you’re there, you’ll never look back… This is an extremely powerful track… Gargantuan even! #04: Static Trafic Fuck yes – this is even better… The bassline is sharper and crispier here – with enough flaring acid-lines and twirling melodies to appeal to a wider audience… I really dig the outer-worldly spin that seems to be put on this track! If the previous tracks haven’t catapulted you to space, this one will… This is triiiiiiippy! Best track so far! #05: Evaporator Woow – this one is spot on! This reminds me of the sound of Wave Soup which I used to flip out to back in 2000… Acid-driven, hyper-active, über-hectic, pixelated sauna-trance when it’s best… Old-school, yet timeless – funky, yet distorted… Fast-paced, in-ya-face psychedelia… Check out the cool bassline half-way through – that one will bang your eardrums for years to come… Awesome! Shroomadelic track! #06: 2 2 Tango This track has everything – ‘cept tango! This is on big ol’ melting pot of flaring electro riffs, groovy percussion bits, EDM blurps, sharp acid-stabs, bubbling psychedelia --- and everything in between! Holy shit – this is so frekkin intense and hypnotizing at the same time… You know when you’ve been Tango’d! Triptastic! #07: Shinkansen RMX This track has one of the sweetest intros of the album – atmospheric as hell; it just sucks you in… The track itself is more fast-paced, lively, bubbly electro-hissing bizarro-trance… Rich in detail with enough Japanese gibberish thrown in to freak you out… I like the sped-up wobbly effect here – kinda melodic, but still chaotic in the way only Finns can do it… Experimental to say the least, and not as funky as its predecessors… A decent track! #08: Pure Caffeine Time for the astronomical coffee break? Yeah, this is by far the most easy-accessible track here – and for that I’m grateful… It’s good to calm down a little after a heavy dose of sauna beats… Again we’re treated to a very nice, harmonic intro… Beautiful even… When the beats are presented we’re still in a well-polished state, with spiralling synth melodies, epic flutes and soft percussion + of course the banging Squaremeat bassline & breakz just to piss everyone off… A very nice track! #09: Go Away This track has a more housey approach to Finn-trance… But rest assured, it’s still very much Finn-trance in all its wicked glory… Seasoned with electronic farts, digital burps and the phattest bassline this side of the Moog… Nice, but unfortunately also kinda forgettable…. #10: Queen Of The Night “Got milk? … Have a helicopter ready – we need it now! … Read my lips!” I dunno if it’s appropriate to talk about an oddball track on an Exogenic release – but if there ever was one, this is it… A highly experimental, housey, hybrid-track fusing together a thousand pieces… Repeated, funny voice samples, cut-up beats and breakz, twirling melodies, synth-action, groovy bassline, etc… This track has it all – without going over the top… In fact, this is very pleasant and if I had to, I could play this to my dad and he’d nod his head… Yeah – my dad is cool, and so is this track… ;o) And this is where things could have ended… But as a very, very cool feature this enhanced CD offers download of another eight Squaremeat tracks… As a thank-you to people who bothered to buy the damn CD instead of just downloading it… So – let’s take another stroll with the Squares… Let me take you thru the bonus tracks… #01: Finnish Kedish “That’s it… As far as I’m concerned, my job is done!” Yeah, this is more full-power psychedelia… Very cool this one with its evident hard-house hints and its morphing, aggressive synth-stabs… A very focussed, driving track – teKknoid in appearance and definitely darker than most else here, but I like it dark… Straight from the deepest, darkest Finnish forests… Stellar track! #02: Kohtalon Ivaa “Disco… Disco… Disco!” Do not let yourself be deceived – this may be disco but seldom have I laid ears to a more deranged version of disco than this… Instantly groovy; this is a hard-hitting, gut-dropping piece of work… Psychedelic in nature, rich in detail, and oh so fucking sweet… The electro link is evident and goes perfectly hand in hand with the Finnish bonbons handed to us here… Gulp! Another brilliant track! #03: Kukko Bill Check out the very cool, Squarepusher’esque, perverted intro… Fuck – this is seriously deranged… Cut-up beats and breakz, steam-engine bassline, trippy twirling acid-lines and enough psychedelia to go around twice… Oh, and I really, really dig the old-school Raja-flute bit towards the end… Damn, I’m sure this could cause severe brain-damage if listened to whilst on LSD… It should really come with a parental advisory sticker… Amazing track! #04: Mexico Hatsico “I was four years old and I saw this silver basketball on the ground. There were blinking lights all around. A square opening, with a grid opened up and they wanted me to put faeces into it!” Wow – a spacy, electro intro sets the pace here… The bassline is ever changing and the overall weirdness is very much intact here… Bouncy as hell and as funky as James Brown…Check out all the little melodies that float around all over the place… Nice! A funky number, with a brilliant sample! #05: Right Choice Haha – now we’re doing psychedelic line dance! Complete with guitar-riffs, dripping acid your far-out space-cowboy psychedelia… The groove is so damn thick here – it’s dripping down the walls… You’re getting hypnotized here – and you don’t even have to open your eyes! Another sweet, sweet track! #06: Thunder Thumb Another beautifully executed intro… Flute, birds singing, native chanting, deep tribal beats, etc… Pure bliss! … And then BAM – the Squaremeat explosion! Sweet mother of Ghandi – this is the most intense, ripping, mindblowing track so far… Reminds me of Juno Reactor – with the unique, ultra-phat Squaremeat touch to it… A track with orchestral proportions! Trippy as hell! Hands down, the best track here! Perfection! #07: Tunturi Haitari We stay in wonderland on this funky number… Sharp electro hisses, a driving rhythm section and nice, melodic pads in the background… Add a big splash of psychedelia, and you’re left with another full-blow party choon… Watch out, or those multilayered melodies will get inside your head like little, drilling worms… #08: Turkey Dance Things are wrapped up with a dance for Turkey… or a turkey dance! You decide! The intro is absolutely soaked in nifty acid-drops… It’s coming out the wood-work! And soon enough we’re exposed to the most sought-after Squaremeat jungle boogie sound… Extraterrestrial cyber-funk designed to make you soil your armour… Relentless, border-crossing stuff here… A genre-bender just like the others… A good track, but not among the best of the bonus tracks… But still a nice track for coming down from the long, 18 track trip… ;o) Well I’ll be damned, if the bonus tracks aren’t better than the actual CD tracks… Don’t get me wrong, the actually CD is indeed impressive, highly unique and trippy as hell… Definitely worth a purchase just for those tracks – but the bonus tracks are even better! That’s right – this is the best damn anti-piracy device I’ve ever seen – those 8 golden tracks are nothing short of brilliant… I’m so glad to own the CD that holds the key to download these lovelies… You really, really, REALLY get your moneys worth with this CD… And as if the music wasn’t raison d'être enough to buy this CD, you also get to own the coolest CD artwork I’ve seen in years… If you haven’t seen it already, you must check out the deeply trippy, super-detailed, funny artwork by Seth/Flowering Nose… And don’t let yourself be fooled by the front-cover alone… This artwork stretches all the way into the digipack! The detail level is impressive! Pure brilliance! So – is it all good? Well, yes and no! It depends on how well you absorb the special Finnish sound really! Personally, I need it in smaller doses! I’ve used this analogy before, but it’s the best way I can describe it… Listening to Finnish trance is like drinking whiskey to me – a couple of shots are good, but drinking the whole bottle makes me barf… And as such, I don’t find this CD perfect for home-listening… I need smaller doses, but when consumed in smaller doses, this is one helluva ride… Equally mind-blowing, ass-wiggling and sensory challenging… It’s a real fucking treat for more than just your ears! But beware – this sound isn’t for everyone! I’d advise a listen before purchase – but rest assured, the bonus tracks are indeed a bonus… They are even better than an already good CD! So – check it out, if you like genre-bending, hi-quality music… This is as good as it gets! Enjoy! Favourites: CD tracks: 1, 3, 4(!), 5(!!), 6(!), 8, 10(!) Bonus tracks: 1(!!), 2(!), 3(!!), 4(!), 5, 6(!!!), 8 DeathPosture External links: Exogenic Records: http://www.exogenic.com Squaremeat: http://www.squaremeat.net Saiko Sounds: http://tinyurl.com/7es8t TranceShop: http://tinyurl.com/cud2t Discobole: http://tinyurl.com/ahwbg Wirikuta: http://tinyurl.com/7kaqn Psyshop: http://tinyurl.com/8zasm Ajuca: http://tinyurl.com/d6gwj Chaos: http://tinyurl.com/9lqff Juno: http://tinyurl.com/a3ctw