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V/A - Fx

 

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Artist: Various

Title: Fx

Label: Iboga

Date: 2003

 

Track listing:

 

01. Jaia : The Peter Pan Syndrom

02. Frogacult : Lucky Strike

03. Oryx : This Goes Back

04. Filur : Underrated

05. Double Dragon : Seperated

06. Emok Coyle And Jokke : Cex

07. True To Nature : Pulsar

08. Flowjob : Fluff Me Tender

 

Review:

 

My opinion is that this is a great compilation, don't hesitate, get it. The

recording, mastering and pressing are particularly nice. My track listing is a

bit different, as I have the vinyl, but the Emok track is a nice example of

fairly standard Scando progressive sounds. The Jaia track is very nice - old

school, melodic, but something different - it even has pop and rock elements

somehow. The Filur track is excellent, Flowjob do a good take on melodic

progressive trance and the Oryx track is really outstanding. Oliver Bierlich

is one of the real stars in trance at the present, his creations are just

beautiful, and totally dancefloor-friendly. All in all, a more varied album

than many of the progressive offerings, with more to sustain the

listener/dancer's interest. 8/10. ~*~

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This is a great compilation, so don't hesitate. Iboga records has been putting

out some great stuff recently, witness the eps from Orion, Filur, etc; and

this compilation similarly keeps up the high standard with dancefloor-friendly

progressive sounds that manage to be left of centre. The production quality is

really excellent, especially on the vinyl. All of the tracks are quirky, and

contain interesting percussion and melodic elements and have a lighter touch

that avoids the hypnotic and sometimes boring aspect of some progressive

trance, suggesting that Iboga are trying to chart new territory. It is good to

see Jaia back with a melodic, even cheesy, track that meanders all over, but

the really outstanding track on the album is Oryx's "This goes back" which is

just fantastic. Like all of Oliver Bierlich's recent work, it is aimed at the

dancefloor, but is so uplifting in its swirling bubbles that the dancefloor

cannot fail to be moved. Thoroughly recommended. 8/10. ~*~

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Iboga has been going through some changes in the last two years, touching new

musical directions, also in a bit of a confused way. If this compilation is to

show the new Iboga way, then I pretty much like it. Still your

Scando-progressive sound, with clubby touches, but with enough feel and

psychedelia to keep it interesting.

It start with a new Jaia track- it's nice, interesting, and even groovy, but

hasn't got the deep emotional feel I'm used to from Jaia (I miss it).

Frogacult continue much more of what for me is the right direction. Lucky

Strike is progressive in feel, yet caressing and beautiful. Oryx next (T3)

with a very psychedelic and drippy tune- excellent! Then it's Filur with

Underrated (T5), the best track here really, so much feel and powerful

atmosphere, and much more psytrance- I like the new Filur way. This track is

something else, and it gets so much better every time I listen to it. It's

been a while since I said that, but, here goes... this one's worth the

compilation all by itself. Feels good to say that. With Double Dragon things

start to get clubbier, but still the kind of clubby music that keeps it

interesting for the brain.Cex (T6) has nice tight grooves that pull well and

together with the nice feel carry the slow evolving patient build very well.

Didn't get the sample though. Emok, care to explain? True to nature start

taking us on the way out with Pulsar (T7)- beautiful spooky melody with tons

of feel. Excellent pre-dawn track. Ending the CD is another beautiful

caressing progressing track- the name of both the artist and the track say it

all perfectly. Nothing to add.

 

Bottom Line: An excellent progressive psychedelic trance flowing nicely between

these two poles, while keeping it both interesting and moving. Favorites: 2,

3, 4(!), 7, 8.

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  • 3 weeks later...

a quality Iboga release ... this time experimenting with different sounds and

styles all flavoured with the subtle trippy progressive taste ... highly

recommended ofcourse . My favourite are 4 (dreamy powerfull progressive trance

with a massive atmosphere) and 6 (a deep tribal hypnotic smasher).. the rest

is certainly not bad at all , every track is GOOD and finished . If you're

addicted listening to minimal psychoactive rhythems . FX is the one you should

add in your psytrance collection . get it now :-) 9/10

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Guest Acidhive

Excellent stuff here from Iboga, as (almost) always from this quality label.

Starts off with the excellent dreamy Peter Pan Syndrome track from Jaia, which

is just one of the best pieces of melodic progressive I have heard in a long

long time. The rest if this cd is up to par, changing from more darker, tribal

to more progressive and smooth sounding. Great stuff once again. 9/10

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