Source Unknown - AM Receiver

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Source Unknown - AM Receiver

 

 

Artist: Source Unknown

Title: AM Receiver

Label: Tatsu

Date: 2001

 

Track listing:

 

01. 07'57" Blond Sexy Doped Babes

02. 07'04" Space Cry

03. 08'47" Technofused

04. 06'32" AM Receiver

05. 06'24" Beach Party

06. 08'14" Distorted Vision

07. 07'51" No Speed Freakin

08. 08'16" Freaky Groove

09. 08'24" Breakdance

 

Review:

 

Source Unknown is Nick Galatsopoulos, from Greece. This album is good when

you're in the mood to destroy something Take Midi Miliz/Spirallianz and

3.Turn/Authentik, add a bit of Intact Instinct, Plattenfedermanometer style,

put the whole thing on steroids and there you have it : relentless attack of

massive killer bass with angry drum loops and a hard kick hammering all the

time ! Some slick sound effects and wandering little sounds add a nice

psychedelic touch to it as well, but some may say this sounds a lot closer to

techno than psytrance. There are enough variations and short breaks troughout

the tracks to keep them interesting, however the whole album is maybe a little

tough to ingest in one shot Not much else to say, a track by track

description would be pointless (For now Technofused, Freaky Groove and

Breakdance are my fav, but this might change), so if you like the artists

above, or the already released Technofused and Blond Sexy Doped Babes, get

this you won't be disappointed. Warning : not for the faint-hearted ! 8.5/10

[Guest Nois]

Hard, kickin' tech-trance for the middle of the night. Strictly for percussive

mayhem fans. The best tracks for me are #1 and #5, although the whole album is

good. 8/10

[freak51]

Noisy, bangy. Not as harsh as the DIMO clan, but there's not much love in it

either. Not my cup of tea, but it is well-executed. 6/10.

[Guest rezzzo]

Very nice, psy scene needs more artists like this. songs 1-5 are just amazing,

killer. crazy minimal technoish tracks with that killing mood like midi

miliz/spirallianz, delta, authentik. 9/10

[Guest Cnt97]

the best psy-tech-trance out there! oh my oh my, dancefloorkillers.

[Guest kkapetanakis[at]hotmail[dot]com]

simply the best album of the year

[unit_]

I agree, very nice "techno-trance" mix album . Reminds me of Spirallianz/Midi

Miliz which I like very much. I think Beach Party is the best track on the

album.

[Guest [Anonymous]]

I heard it in the recordshop, heard it again and I think that all the songs are

the same or alsmost the same. Even for me this is to hard. I didn't bought it

because it's to "techno". If it was a single LP with only the best tracks on

it, I would have considered buying it. But now not, it's just not my cup of

tea.

I'm sure there are some quality tracks on it, but not for my set. So everyone

who reads this, listen to the album and make your own decision!!!!

[Guest [Anonymous]]

killer killer killer. sourceunknown music is a good tool for all those days

where everything seems to go wrong.....

[Guest [Anonymous]]

Quite boring .....

[Guest [Anonymous]]

One of the best albums iv'e ever bought!..

 

YOUR'E THE MAN!

[mars]

i think this is noise...oh actually yes this is very good in THE party with THE

sound and THE djs...but at home...damn!! this is noise.

[Guest Psychedelic Raver]

Teenagers noise!!! I have this cd for many months, and i cant stand listening

it too much... its crap man... same shit loop all the time... no criative

here, just an kid trying to make noise with some expensive toy... dont loose

ur money in this shit!!!! if u like noise shit, take it for free in

dont spend ur money in this before listening... its not

psychedelic its just, like max says TECHNOSHIT

[Guest [Anonymous]]

"psychedelic rave" you should not dish anyones work so hard... on the other

hand try creating your own tunes and ignore the stuff you don't like. leave

music like this one for people who like it and understand it. peace

[Guest de-fect]

oh... this album have made my time on the dance flore very nice... HARD,dark &

pumping... 10/10

[Guest Mescalinium]

There are a couple of good tracks on here, the previously released Blond Sexy

Doped Babes/Technofused and the title track, but unfortunately, all the songs

have the same essential groove. For example, nearly all the percussive sounds

are syncopated between the 1st and 2nd and the 3rd and 4th beats of a measure.

Also, a lot of the sounds in different tracks are *way* too similar. This

seems to be an issue with so many minimal acts (e.g. XV Killist, Authentik);

is it really that hard to come up some different sounds!!! Argh... Though I

was expecting more after their first EP this is still a solid debut effort.

And goddamn, that AM Receiver track really kicks ass! 6/10 from me.

[Guest thanosmusic[at]hotmail[dot]com]

WWWWWWWWOOOOOOOWWWWWW. great album from source unknow. i don't know why it took

me so long to bye this album. if you like minimal trance go and buy it now. if

your cup of tea is dark and hard this is for you. if you like wizzy noise then

this is just for you. source unkown are on the scene long before wizzy, so i

don't want to hear anything about copying, ok? all the tracks are great and

dancefloor oriented. it's great,it's fantastic, it's source unkown the name

says it all. i think greece deserves a piece from the pie of minimal trance

(wizzy noise, source unknown, magus,zma rec., acid dance rec.etc)do

you?11/10GREAT

[Guest [Anonymous]]

ShiT! My god!! This album kicks the hell out of me. God damn!

[Guest [Anonymous]]

very good album

[Guest Krsman]

i am starting to love psy-tech or tech-trance

haha

GREAT GREAT!

[Guest Storm]

...like the delta or . dark psy tech-trance. i love this stuff. GREAT album!

8/10

[Guest minimal_hater]

this is crappy...trance labels shouldn't release such stuff

[Guest Syre]

I bought this because its so mean and powerful. I spin it everytime someone

says they know what hard tech-trance is, and after 10 mins. in this, they have

changed their minds.

[Guest Tib-e-e-e]

I have now been hit by a train full of beats. rrrrrrratam tam tam.....and the

train will not stop.

What a motherf***ing great record. I think this one is one of the hardest tech

trance records i have ever heard, great hard pumping basslines. Tatsu takes u

to a higher state of consciousness!! Ra tam tam tam.....9/10

[Guest Gh0]

WHAT THA HELL!!!! AMAZING. 100/10. Energy compressed in the form of music.

Gives me the creeps everytime I play it. Makes everyone jumps up and down

incontrolably!!!!!! I DO WANT MORE!!!!!!!!!