Empirion - BETA / Ciao

[Guest Stormbringer]

Empirion - BETA / Ciao

 

 

Artist: Empirion

Title: BETA / Ciao

Label: XL

Date: 1997

 

Track listing:

 

01. 10'35" BETA (Original Mix)

02. 07'00" Ciao (Ciao Mix)

 

Review:

 

What happened to Empirion? This is the latest release I´ve found with

them, and the b-side, "Ciao" (Ciao Mix) 10/10, is truly awesome. They

were so very much ahead of their time when releasing this crossover

between psytrance, techno and ebm. The combination of the three styles

works excellent! Typical psytrancenoises and a monotonous beat mixed

with an ebm-like melodyline sounds great together. On top of that

there´s some nice techno percussions and some voicesamples. This isn´t

Empirions most psychedelic track but I think it should be in the

Goatrance.free-database anyway. They had a big psytrancehit with another

(cheesier) song, "Narcotic Influence", that some of you might have

heard? The a-side, "B.E.T.A." (Original Mix) (3/10), isn´t much to talk

about. It´s pretty soft, cheesy and also quite boring because it sounds

very repetive like the record would have a scratch! This is one of the

very first psytrancerecords I bought and I still think it rocks!

[Guest AtomicCow]

Yeah...I don't think this qualifies as psy trance either. It's a good techno

record (so was Narcotic Influence) but it's not psy trance.

[Guest Stormbringer]

Ha ha! The difference between psy and techno these days is so small that if you

want to draw a line you´ll have to call a surgeon :-D And even if you did that

you still wouldn´t get rid of all the techno ;-) It would really be a bloddy

mess if you tried something like that ;- I reviewed this record because it´s a

very early crossover record between different styles, something I think is

really interesting and important historicly. When this record was released

most psytrance were glossy, melodic stuff. The sound of this release is a mix

between genres as most releases are today. It isn´t 100% psy but NOT 0%

either. This discusssion may continue when Children uses my Juno Reactor

"Pistolero" review (if he does?) because it´s the same thing with that 12".

It´s borderland trance too but in another direction.

[Guest Epic Automata]

The Empirion album (Advanced Technology - which contains these songs) was

pretty much my first experience in aggressive four-on-the-floor (along with

some System 7 stuff). I got a lot of enjoyment out of it and I wish they'd put

out something new, because it'll probably be a lot better than their first

effort. I do, however, agree that it does not belong on this site.

[Guest Stormbringer]

A year ago I heard rumours about a new label, ATOMIC REACTOR, and the first

release was scheduled to be KLOQ aka Empirion "What you are/Blade". I´ve been

searching for it but I haven´t found it, and I don´t really know if it exists.

If anybody knows anything about this release, please let me know!!!

[Guest akroupnik[at]hotmail[dot]com]

This is excellent stuff, especially considering the time of its release. BETA.

is a nice track, while it can not be really regarded as goa trance, it a good

melodic tech-trance with a nasty edge, an excellent set starter. Ciao is more

psychedelic and a bit more monotonous, but is a good, driving track. Overall

excellent stuff. Interesting fact, their song Narcotic Influence was actually

a big radio hit here in Australia on the time of its release (about 4 yrs ago

i think) and was also included on the Hackers soundtrack with their remix of

Prodigy-Firestarter which i havent heard yet.

 

-Madpup-

[Guest DJBitter[at]canada[dot]com]

to Stormbringer,

 

KLOQ's 'WHAT YOU ARE / BLADE' was finally released on ATOMIC REACTOR recently

as it was pushed back with 3 months due to manufacturing problems. Catalogue #

ar03 from Brighton,UK based label.

 

_DJBitter