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V/A - First Step


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V/A - First Step

 

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Artist: Various

Title: First Step

Label: Parvati

Date: 2001

 

Track listing:

 

01. 06'49" Droidsect : Supernatural

02. 06'48" Mic : Electro Jump

03. 06'17" Neutral Control : Space Pigz

04. 07'47" Color Drops : Corner Dog

05. 07'44" Droidsect : Poltergeist

06. 08'48" Dark Nebula : Vulcanized In Rubber

07. 07'22" Psilo Cowboys : Keyboard Cowboys

08. 06'57" Mic In The Bush : Dada

09. 07'05" Nightshade : The Game

 

Review:

 

So here is the second of my chaotic trance compilation reviews, and this one is

more challenging (not always on the positive aspect). Parvati is a new young

label from Denmark, most names here were unknown to me.

Droidsect with the first track (one of two), Supernatural. Hmmm... shame these

guys broke up, they really had something going in there- total chaos, yet, it

stays together, and the story holds. The sounds catch the mind, and the

rhythms are doing it. I like. Mic follows in tune, a lot of scratches,

straight on the brain. Nice groove, cute break, a fun nutty track- I think

this name should be memorized. Neutral Control's Space Pigz (T3) fails to do

it to me- nothing that I haven't heard before, and the sound is bad. Two

minutes of light near the end- should have worked with that. Color Drops

follow- "Earth man! What a shit hole!"- Quite an opening statement. It feels

as if behind all the squeaks and distorted scratches, hides a lot of defiance

and some loneliness. Nice percussion sections and grooves. Droidsect are back

with Poltergeist (T5)- more full on, 3D-Vision-like, spookiness conveyed, but

nothing too moving in this one. Dark Nebula are the Ozzie connection- fast,

hard, dark, hectic, lots of sawing sounds- a lot of mess. Too much for me- the

story is totally lost on me. And is there some Oompa Loompa craze downunder?

What's with all these Charlie and the Chocolate Factory samples? Psilo Cowboys

continue with Keyboard Cowboys (T7)- a lot of scratches, robot whistles,

computer droppings, and a very cute name (though the sample doesn't sound too

good). Than Mic is back, this time in the Bush, with Dada (T8), happy nutty

sounds, great samples, constantly changing and evolving, layering in and out-

this guy makes the kind of music that puts a silly smile on your face with

glints of madness in your eyes while you dance crazily in a party. Nightshade

end with The Game- A bit of a different tune here, and a nice surprise in the

end of the CD. Great tribal percussion, crazy drumming, a lot of maddened

scratching. Again the sound and mix need some work, but this is really a good

one.

Bottom Line: The sound of the crazy underground, a bit immature, but very fresh

and shows some new directions. Again, needs more attention in the sound

department. I'll follow Pravati in the future as well as Mic & Nightshade.

Favorites: 1, 2, 4, 8, 9.

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Guest Dandoo Forest

welllllll a KILLER COMPILATION

 

even the best for 2001 ... even better than drug therapy thats kicks ass

also!!!!!!! 2 killers for 2001

 

all the trax kicks ass!!!!!!!!!!!

 

100% psychedelic disease!!!!!!!!!!

 

wait for the next compilation from parvati

some surprise is waiting there

 

Boom!

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Guest waater[at]dqc[dot]org

well orchestrated, unbelievable scratchyness, droidsect contorts and gets all

oogly googly scary..and theres oompa loompas on the cd (courtesy of dark

nebula) getitgetit :P "i feel funny!"

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Guest Jason - Los Angeles, CA

I'm listening to this whole CD right now for the first time and am currently on

the Dark Nebula track with the Oompa Loompas from The Willy Wonka movie.

Pretty nice sample. Funny shit, but kind of creepy at the same time. Great

dark trance in my opinion. Very Psychadelic and evil as it should be. Does

anyone know when Droidsect is due to release an album??

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Guest Defbydelta...

same class that drug theraphy!!

BOOOOOOOOOM! what a Bomb!

by it! by it! by it! by it! by it! by it! by it! by it! by it! by it! by it! by

it! by it! by it! by it! by it! by it! by it! by it!

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Guest Goa Spirit

very hectic,... very powerful, but at times noisy.... parvati has made better

releases after this one... there are some really cool tracks here though,,, 1,

4, 5, 6 and the last two are very nice... nice positive spirit on the cover

art and messages.. all in all a good debut, and parvati is a label with a

bright future...

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Guest hOWArd

I lOVe dRoidSEct!!!!!!!*:)* aNyoNE hEArd tHE tRAck "tOLkEiNs hAmmEr"?* a vEry

cRAzy mAdnEss-sOng, I gOt tOtALLy mAd on thAt tRAck wHEn I atE

hAwAii-mUshRoOms!!!!!! wELL, a gREat aLbuM fRom pArvAti....

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