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V/A - Chronika 1

 

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Artist: Various

Title: Chronika 1

Label: Boshke Beats

Date: 2002

 

Track listing:

 

01. Midi Miliz : XV

02. The Delta : Hero FX (Part 1)

03. Boo.Reka : Psychodelichesky

04. Authentik : Vampires

05. Midi Miliz : No Exit

06. Spiralkinder : Wide Screen

07. Fuzzion : Out Of Order

08. Neser DNA : Stainless Steel

09. Metalogic : Mutual Exclusion

 

Review:

 

Holy shit. This is some bad stuff! Ultra-minimal music. Totally uninteresting

tracks. Same stuff over and over again. Just when I though I'd heard the most

minimal there is, this comp shows otherwise. I've heard better tracks from

both The Delta and Midi Miliz. Authentik do what they use to do. The rest...oh

man. I can't go on. Sorry. This one is for minimal diggers only. Final

Verdict: 3/10

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Well... this is on the border to techno and you don´t really know if Boshke

Beats wants to be a techno-label or a trance-label, but my guess is that they

don´t care what people call their music or what label they put on it. This is

hard rhythmical music, perhaps more suitable for the warehouse than the

forest, but it´s still good. Tracks 1,2,4 and 5 are allready released on

Boshke Beats vinyls 001-004 and that makes me wonder why I should get this? I

allready own those records! Reviews of those vinyls are up soon I hope. 001

and 002 are allready atleast! For those who don´t know yet... Neser DNA =

Michael Andresen = 12 Moons/Healer. Ha ha! This doesn´t sound like anything

he´s released before. It´s really slow (126 bpm?) and not that warm and

friendly, I can tell you that!

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This is heavy, intense stuff. The craftsmanship lives up to what you'd expect

from the names on here. Obviously, if you're into melodic stuff, you won't

like it. It's very minimal and dirge-like in most places. Still, this is my

kind of thing and it mixes exquisitely. 9/10 from me.

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I have waited for this compilation since I first saw the list of artists

involved on the Boshke Beats web site some time in February or March. It was

delayed several times and it finally came out in the beginning of September.

To let you know where I am coming from, I have been a big

Midimiliz/Spirallianz fan for a long time.

 

After a relative quiet on the tech-trance scene this compilation comes and

takes your breath away. This is a complete compilation in the real meaning of

the word. It begins slower, builds up, and then slows down again with two

amazing tracks from Neser DNA and Metalogic. But let me not jump ahead of

myself...

 

 

The first track is a slow and monotonous one from Midimiliz called "XV!" I

heard it in my car for the first time, I almost started driving towards my

mechanic wondering if there something wrong with my set of wheels. "XV!"

doesn't go too far it just prepares you for what's coming. And you don't have

to wait too long either. "Hero FX Part 1" by The Delta. A powerful tech-trance

track that gets the compilation going for real. Those dark, overwhelming tunes

that we have come to expect when Marcus C. Maichel is in the house.

 

My favorite track on this album is "No Exit" by Midimiliz. You knew they were

just warming up with the first track, didn't you? Maybe it's just me, but this

track sounds like a cross child between their own "Restore My Soul" and MOS'

"Bang." And that's a good thing!

 

A pleasant surprise comes from Michael Andersen, under the project name Neser

DNA. He has released several interesting tracks on Digital Structures and

Spiral Trax as 12 Moons. Well, let me tell you, there's no progressive tunes

in this one, not that there is anything wrong with them. This is a slooooow,

dark, psychoactive track. It immediately grabs your mind at both ends and

starts twisting them in opposite directions until, after 8 minutes, you are

emotionally drained.

 

Overall, this is a very interesting compilation if you are tired of the

majority of full-on or progressive trance releases that have dominated the

scene this spring and summer. And Boshke Beats is not letting up, a Midimiliz

album is due in December. Keep up the tremendous work, guys! 10/10!!!

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well , Chronika is different ... after a few listens this really started

growing on me ... minimal distorted loops and hard mechanical atmospheres ...

the new dimension in psycho techno ;-) favourites are 3,4 and 5 ... 8/10 the

MidiMiliz album is even another step closer to the edge of mental freakout .

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