Guest iNFiNiTi500 Posted July 29, 2001 Share Posted July 29, 2001 Tough one, this acidcraziness from Activate Morlack. On the one hand we have some splendid trax which are among the best I heard all year (Nagira, Juracid Park, Gimme Some More) and trax that follow the tired GMS formula i.e loatsa weird and downright ugly acidsounds but no clear direction. Like AtomicCow said; some of them work, some don't. Shame really cause these lads could have delivered one of the surprises of 2001 if the songwriting had been more consistent. Hopefully they get it right next time. Still more enjoyable than any GMS album: 7.5/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AtomicCow Posted July 30, 2001 Share Posted July 30, 2001 Activate Morlack - Illegal Remixes Artist: Activate Morlack Title: Illegal Remixes Label: Hadshot Date: 2001 Track listing: 01. 07'35" Nagira 02. 07'00" Mississippi Growling 03. 05'52" Charas Ultralight (Rmx) 04. 06'50" Mission Possible 05. 07'09" Bumble Bee 06. 07'48" Glande De Loup Part 1 07. 08'12" Snoozy 08. 06'26" Juracid Park 09. 07'38" Gimme Some More Part 1 Review: What we have here is not very melodic (lots of great riffs but few melodies) full on with a strong bassline and a few noises thrown over the top and maybe a breakbeat now and then. Most of the action is going on below 1000 Hz. The production isn't very good because the sounds aren't very clear and there's a noticable amount of hiss in many tracks. However the music makes up for it. The BPM's increase as we move along. The first tracks aren't very exciting apart from the great Charas Ultralight(#3). It has a great sample of a droning voice going "Naaa naaa nana nana nana nana" going down in pitch. And later some silly french song. The stand out track on the album. Bumble Bee(#5) is where things begin to pick up. It uses a melody from some recognizable classical tune. Glande de Loup(#6) has dark pads and later on a sample from War of the Worlds that works very well. Snoozy(#7) is just plain good. Juracid Park(#8) has a VERY catchy riff and is also good. Track #9 is unlike the others. Unlike the others it doesn't have a strong kick but instead a shuffling breakbeat. It has some strange melodies and noises but is too 'expermental' for me. Most of the tracks are very similar it's just that some of them work and some don't. Solid stuff for the dancefloor. Very energetic and just a little bit crazy. Favorite tracks: 3(!),8,7,5. Overall: 6/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Cnt97 Posted July 30, 2001 Share Posted July 30, 2001 Wow... Track 8, Juracid Park.. GREEEEEAT track. Gotta love that bassline.. so fun indeed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guy Posted July 30, 2001 Share Posted July 30, 2001 very good party nighttime full on banging psy, not pretencious, not minimal, not flowery, not boring. 7/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest acid_man_listening Posted July 31, 2001 Share Posted July 31, 2001 Really none boring sounds inside!! Very crazy album by activate morlack, but what should u expect from guys who name a track as "dog on acid" ? favourite tracks 3,6, 8! Anyone knows where that came from that funny song on charas ultralight? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Grind Posted July 31, 2001 Share Posted July 31, 2001 You can keep on making new psytrance forever, but one day you're going to have to move on here. This album is crazy and very psychedelic, but the music is filled with squeeling pigsounds, sound'farts', 303sounds and basslines that have been used over 100 times. The average acid freak will love it, but in a year people will have forgotten it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Psyentist Posted August 1, 2001 Share Posted August 1, 2001 I got this almost the day it came out, I do agree that this is hard and psychedelic, rude till the last minute, the quality of sound is not the best but it is one of my best albums this year so far The Activate ingredient of psy is back, we shall now go back to our ancient roots with the raw new sound of the Morlack seed. I don't think it will be forgatten that so soon as to say in a year, probably in 1 1/2 but if the Morlack can show newer better stuff as you can see they or he can they just might make a legacy. Massive attack to your body, I don't know if it's a group or a guy or what, I sure would definately enjoy another album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest FelipeLysergicProBrasil Posted August 1, 2001 Share Posted August 1, 2001 Very good album,full bass,evil distortions.Best tracks for me are Nagira (great bass line), Charas ultra Light, Mississipi Growling and Bumble Bee. These guys rocks!!7,5/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest [Anonymous] Posted August 14, 2001 Share Posted August 14, 2001 Activate Morlack consists of one (as far as I know) guy from Israel, who lives in Germany. He is also a DJ and has been playing around Europe for a couple of years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest trancer27[at]fcmail[dot]com Posted September 14, 2001 Share Posted September 14, 2001 ANOTHER GMS alike bullshit that we've heard for over 5 years ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mich [at] yahoo[dot]com Posted October 2, 2001 Share Posted October 2, 2001 yeah good sound, hard tunes with bollox,production poor, if they get that right,I think they/him will be successfull Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rabbitakis[at]hotmail[dot]com Posted October 30, 2001 Share Posted October 30, 2001 Barbaric Psychedelic Album!Fast tempo with heavy basslines.It is Fanatastic!!! Best Track is Snoozy... One of the most aggresive Basslines i have heard. 8/10 Dont miss it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fluo_Samsara[at]hotmail[dot]com Posted November 4, 2001 Share Posted November 4, 2001 I Love it!The basslines are amazing, and i find all the album really tripy. Hope I can hear them someday in the dance floor! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Setsuko Posted November 5, 2001 Share Posted November 5, 2001 This is a great album IMO... starting with a very groovy track then some normal psychedelic tracks (still powerfull but a bit gms-alike nothing innovative ) and then we have Snoozy... my favourite with an 'aphex twin' sound in the end of the track which makes the crowd go insane... Juracid Park is also very twisted... this is a nice album. i'll give it 7,5/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tWiSTeD Posted January 31, 2002 Share Posted January 31, 2002 this album kicked my ass..... 'dark groove' is the best way to describe it it got me smiling like jack from the shining before he breaks down the bathroom door with the hatchet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Defbydelta... Posted March 7, 2002 Share Posted March 7, 2002 this album got the same rythem and style hole trough, i think track 7- snoozy is best here! this cd got 8/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stimp Posted March 15, 2002 Share Posted March 15, 2002 This is pure psytrance... i love it how they manage to put recognizeble melodies in their composition. Their samples rule. This is one that diserves respect! He's a master in his genre... (this opinion might be slightly personnaly effected ) :=: I give it an 8/10 since there are a few less great songs on it but the others make the score! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seraph Posted May 7, 2002 Share Posted May 7, 2002 Pretty boring album...Too repetitive and no melodies at all...psychedleic enough to get under your skin at first moment but turn into repetitive tasted formula...It has 3 okay songs though : NAGIRA, BUMBLE BEE and SNOOZY...Rest is completely not interesting...5/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tWiSTeD Posted May 19, 2002 Share Posted May 19, 2002 heh, yeah. mississippi growling... the bassline in this song is insane! it makes me feel evil. mwouahahahahahhahahahahahahha =] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Activate Morlack Posted June 24, 2002 Share Posted June 24, 2002 hi all! thanx for the truly critik!!! Finally set up the studio again after 1 year break and starting to produce new stuff...also doing a webradio 24/7_3 streams_psytrance_house_ambient check it out http://hbr1.com greetings!!! Morlack p.s.sorry, dont speak any spanish.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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