Etnica - B-Sirius

[Guest Connor Sexton]

Etnica - B-Sirius

 

Artist: Etnica

Title: B-Sirius

Label: Spirit Zone

Date: 2002

 

Track listing:

 

01. 07'20" Slow Motion

02. 08'52" Be Serious

 

Review:

 

We start with a nice trancey tune on Side A with Slow Motion. A bit more

like Nitrox than Chrome I would say. One thing Etnica has never lacked in

was production skills and this track is really well recorded and mastered.

The sounds are each very very clear and come out nicely. Again, you won't

find any melody here, but there are nice synth sounds every now and then

that add a very cool techno feel to this track. As usual, excellent

percussion and drum work that fits seamlessly around the grooving trance

bassline. The progression in this track is really nice, as it grows slowly

to a very fine grooving floor filler in the last two minutes.

 

Be Serious begins with some very pleasant breaks, I can't help bobbing my

head. In comes a bassline and the funk really starts. Percussion begins to

progressively appear over the first few minutes with some synths adding a

little backdrop. Then we move out of breaks into a nice steady and slow

beat with twirling percussion and some subtle synth sounds throughout.

After a while a nice morning melody weaves itself up into your awareness.

Very chill and relaxing. A quick breakdown follows with the nice spacey

melody than back to the beat. Sounds superb. That beautiful melody shows

up again twirling elegantly around the beat. Then we get some nice melodic

bassline changes, very reminiscent of etnica's chill stuff. Beat comes back

with an absolutely wonderful morning segment and again the breaky percussion

over the 4:4 kick. The last minute and 45 seconds is pure bliss with the

beat fixed and steady, excellent bassline and now two melodies. With 40

seconds left the two crazy italians let you float out on the echoing melody

and drift down from the trancey heights.

 

uhhhh, WOW.

This is truly some of the best (new-techtrance)etnica I've heard. Both

tracks are just wonderfully produced and delivered, with Be Serious taking

you to places reminiscient of Trip Tonite, but on a slower side. Truly

excellent. My faith has been resotred in Etnica.