Label: Timecode Records
Catalog#: TCCD004
Format: CD, Mixed
Country: South Africa
Released: Aug 2003
Genre: Electronic
Style: Psy-Trance
Tracklisting:
1. The Continuity Of Prostitution (5:00)
2. Money (8:46)
3. Mass (6:58)
4. The Pimp (2:14)
5. Gremlins (6:44)
6. Beetle (6:18)
7. Ptolemy I (4:33)
8. Ptolemy II (7:34)
9. Last Laugh (0:38)
10. Coyote (7:06)
11. Thalidomede (2:44)
12. Instant Gratification (11:27)
This album starts in a pretty unusual form for a psy-trance album. When the 1st track The Continuity Of Prostitution started it was more like a new commercial chanting of IM's Duvdev but that was just for a few seconds. Beats and all the galaxy of weird sounds give a nice feel cause they are arranged in a distinct way. And now i can be sure it has something fullonish in it but it's wild and interesting.
2nd track Money. Well the title is also un-psy We hear a sample form "the fifth element" movie and go on with a nice rhythm and bass :posford:
In this track we have a constant (so as the rest of the album shows) change of weird and nice melodies. Good track.
Mass is a symphony for junkies and even if i'm not the one i like this track a lot.
4th The Pimp a short track full of breaks and suomi-kinda mellow-D. Maybe it's a tribute to Texas Faggot (i'd like it to be that).
Gremlins include samples from "Gremlins" movie (well you can guess it anyway). It's a great driving track with a really beautiful lead. One of my fav's on this whole album.
Track 6 Beetle is a slower one with amazing samples all the way.
Ptolemy I and Ptolemy II the most experimental pieces here. P1 is a technoish monster with fantastic beat :clapping: P2 is again a reminder of suomisaundi.
Last Laugh is a short non-sense track.
10th track Coyote is another winner and boasts with great rhtyhms and samples. Thank you Artifakt for this amazing piece of a dancefloor jacker.
Thalidomede is just a waste of time. What a horrible track.
And the last one Instant Gratification takes the first place for it's creativity and vividness of forms. 10/10 for this track.
Well, this whole album shows that Matthew De Nobrega aka Artifakt is a truly talented musician, though at times too freaky. But i spent great time listening to it and will definately listen to it more and more in the future as i like his style a lot.
7/10 for the whole piece.