V/A - Goa Head 17

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V/A - Goa Head 17

 

 

Artist: Various

Title: Goa Head 17

Label: Nova Tekk

Date: 2002

 

Track listing:

 

CD 1

01. Space Buddha : Overfly Zone

02. Alien Project : Crystal Skulls

03. Element : Full Moon

04. Bamboo Forest : Spektral

05. SBK : Demosong

06. Genetic Spin : Lowrider (Frogacult Rmx)

07. Vernon : The Wanderer (Son Kite Rmx)

08. Eargear : Trancehouseexpress (Der Dritte Raum Rmx)

09. Morphem : Ambrosia (Prisoners Of The Sun Edit)

10. Shaman : Tantrum

 

CD 2

01. Tarsis : Disconnected

02. Tomtron And Timm Liesegang : Under The Sun

03. Sweat Attack : Call Me

04. Trancefeld : Schwarze Schraube (Rmx)

05. Noma : Moontomping

06. Astral Projection : Chaos

07. Amtrax : Atomliner

08. Highpersonic Whomen : Space Elevator

09. Symphonix : Really

10. Psychonaut : Ramba Zamba

 

Review:

 

The new GOA-Head is here, and it's a good one. Filled with all kinds of

psytrance, and not like a few parts back, all European tracks. CD1: Space

Buddha deliver a good pumping track with lots of blips and scratches. Alien

Project does his usual style. You either love it or hate it, but this one is

good IMO. Element with their great track Full Moon. Great vocals on this one.

Spektral has an African feel to it, layered with the usual Bamboo Forest

flavour. SBK delivers a stomping

effort with some chanting in the beginning and middle of the track. Not bad.

Lowrider is masterfully mixed by Frogacult and gives it a totally different

flavour. Son Kite mix Vernon's Wonderer really well. Solid stuff. Eargear gets

mixed by Der Dritte Raum. Really good bass pattern here, though it does tend

to get a little too repetitive. POTS mix Ambrosia, which is masterfully done.

Great track. Shaman rounds the first cd off with a regular track of his.

Pounding, and a bit acidic.

CD2 kicks off with Tarsis, which is not that good a track to begin a cd IMO.

This is a bit uninspired also. They would've been better off putting a

different track here. Ah well, can't have 'em all. Under The Sun is a nice

little funky morning track. Call Me is also not really my cup of tea. Schwarze

Schraube brings it up again, this is one mechanical track. Love it. Noma

delivers a pounding track with some nice pad sounds. Astral Projection brings

a usual track, though their

kickdrums have un-fattened a little. Not bad! Amtrax... Oh yeah!! Definately

one of the best tracks on this one. X-Dream vs Atmos in a very melodic effort.

Really good!! Space Elevator is a cool pounding track also. Highpersonic

Whomen rules IMHO, their album is cool also!

Symphonix deliver a more SUN Project like track IMO. (SUN Project

'Computerbreath' like mind you, not their guitar oriented tracks) Psychonaut

quirks and pounds away last, rounding this compilation off. Definately an

8,5/10 here, because of the fat tracks on offer. Though

it does have a few downfalls (mostly on cd2) it stands as a good compilation

and well worth investing your hard-earned cash in.