V/A - 7 Eleven

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V/A - 7 Eleven

 

 

Artist: Various

Title: 7 Eleven

Label: HOM-Mega

Date: 2003

 

Track listing:

 

01. Melicia : Running Out Of Time

02. Xerox : Out Of The Blue

03. Intergalactic : The Mushroom

04. Xerox And Illumination : Marley On Acid

05. Xerox And Illumination : Domination

06. Xerox : Frequency Drive (Hujaboy Rmx)

07. Spectrum : The World

08. Maskalin : Time Reverse

09. Xerox : There Is Another

10. Maskalin : High Fusion

 

Review:

 

Compiled & mixed by Xerox, 7 Eleven gathers energic & melodic full on.

 

Melicia?s music is very close to Astrix one, indeed Running Out Of Time sounds

like a Astrix vs Xerox production, i mean in one hand same tones , sounds,

build up & fx as Astrix & in the other hand same raving energy explosive as

Xerox. Despite all this, the track is good & i particurlarly appreciate his

adrenalistic build up.

 

Out Of The Blue, is a very good track for a solo Xerox production, normally i

find him weaker when he?s alone.

The melody way playing reminds me a bit of Karina (remix) old anthem hit from

Xerox & Freeman. This is typically what i was expecting from Xerox to do in

his last album ?Frequency Drive? and what unfortunatly he didn?t deliver. So,

i?m very happy with this one.

 

The Mushroom from Intergalactic, is a groovy full on stuff for me, something

alike to The Inner Light album of Sesto Sento but more pumping & faster tempo.

 

Then comes Marley On Acid already released on Israliens 4, it's the only track

re-released as all the other are first released.

 

Second collaboartion with Illumination , Domination has got the same trademarks

like Marley On Acid nevertheless results more agressive with some few high

sharpy sounds but less impresive.

 

This remix of Frequency Drive by Hujaboy, confirms his new musical way :always

dark but more full on with mainly strident metallic tones & soft percussions.

If like me, you enjoyed 27 AM, you ?ll be fond of this remix.

 

It?s time for the Spectrum trax, a typical crappy morning full on, always the

same shit (same syth line & tones & harmonies heard one million times before

in their previous productions) . Don?t understand what it does in this

compilation, it?s the big error of the tracklist.

 

Hopefully, Maskalin (Xerox & Izik Benisty) wakes up thigs with some funny

country guitar riffs& also some cool fun rythmic gimmicks, the whole into a

smashing atmosphere. The break is quite surprising with a very hard jerky

fluffy synth line & comes back a bit later on.

 

Second solo Xerox stuff is called There Is Another, there?s a bouncing

bassline, some electric guitar riffs & later some other grinding ones (to be

exact the guitar is moaning the melody) & metallic tones, the whole in a

boisterous feeling. Once again, this kinda production is much better than the

solo tracks from his Frequency Drive album.

 

Last but least, second Maskalin appearance on the cd with High Fusion, it?s

another nice energic adrenalistic & fast way playing melody, typical Xerox

production would i say.

 

Only 2 black points, first one it's a mixed compilation, second one the

presence of the Spectrum trax, indeed the compilation should have been called

?Xerox & Friends? as he?s involved in 7 tracks over 10 instead of 7 Eleven .

 

 

Highlights by order: 2,8,6

Other nice ones by order :1,9,3,10

Bad one :7

 

Mark :8/10 (i would have given 8,5 for the same tracklist with non-mixed tracks

& full lenght time version)

Defintively , the unexpected good surprise of this summer.

[Trance2MoveU]

 

Artist: Various

Title: 7 Eleven

Label: Hom-Mega Productions

Date: June, 2003

 

01. Melicia : Running Out Of Time
02. Xerox : Out Of The Blue
03. Intergalactic : The Mushroom
04. Xerox And Illumination : Marley On Acid
05. Xerox And Illumination : Domination
06. Xerox : Frequency Drive (Hujaboy Rmx)
07. Spectrum : The World
08. Maskalin : Time Reverse
09. Xerox : There Is Another
10. Maskalin : High Fusion

 

 

What the f*ck? Did we really need to make a Chinese boy Char-Pei hybrid? Just because we can doesn't mean we should. Look at the rolls on this kid! There's a reason the third world is hungry...he ate it all!

 

Ever look at yourself in the mirror and wonder how you let this sh*tshow happen? That's what I did as I tipped the scales at 187 lbs or however many f*cking kilos that is. Now that ain't terrible if you're 5'10". Problem is I'm half a foot shorter than that. Changes had to be made. Perhaps the powers that be could stop making fattening food so f*cking delicious, but I couldn't wait for that.

 

So I went on the Paleo diet. No sugar. Dairy. Carbs. Now I know what you're thinking. What else is there? Fruits. Vegetables. Nuts. And meat. Lots of glorious meat. This come to Jesus moment was brought to you by the word BACON and I can eat as much as I want. But there are things I miss. Cheese. Pizza. Cheese Pizza. Oh and the 7-11 staple slurpees are right up there. See...I fat shamed myself into reviewing this.

 

But hold on a sec. This is pretty good. Well...the first half anyway. Full-on that retains its psychedelia, what a concept. Hell there's even some goa melodies to be found here. Most of the tracks have Xerox's meat print on it, and perhaps a decade ago that was a good thing. Another thing that the reviewer above pointed out was that it's mixed so that's not ideal. The middle and last half of the compilation are unremarkable, so clearly this isn't a must own. But before full-on became a dirty word this wasn't terrible. My God, am I trumpeting mediocrity?

 

Someone get me a piece of pie.