V/A - Infinity Hz

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V/A - Infinity Hz

 

Artist: Various

Title: Infinity Hz

Label: Matsuri

Date: 1996

 

Track listing:

 

CD 1

01. 07'45" Prana : Pneumatic

02. 07'31" Doof : Born Again

03. 07'32" Perfect Rainbow : Dream On Dreamer

04. 07'01" Tooth Monkey And Tristan : Gobi Desert

05. 08'09" Rhythmystec : Plasmatik

06. 09'04" DJ Cosmix And Etnica : Kumba Mela

07. 07'35" Witchcraft : Magic Frequencies

08. 07'47" Bass Chakra : 230000 Miles (Inspire Mix)

 

CD 2

01. 08'30" Bass Chakra : 230000 Miles (Initiation Mix)

02. 08'35" Athena : Human Vox (Slave Labour Trance Mix)

03. 09'07" Power Source : Goaway

04. 07'27" Transwave : The Rezwalker (Black Thunder Mix)

05. 07'39" Joking Sphinx : Courty Plane

06. 07'32" Endora : Joy

07. 07'57" Rhythmystec : Plutonica

08. 06'26" Manmademan : Elevator

09. 08'35" Prana : Primal Orbit (Tribal Trance Mix)

 

Review:

 

Yeah, I've dug up another one of those classic compilation from the golden

age of psytrance. And let me start by saying, that this is a very good

compilation, which features some really good tracks and is a nice mixture

between UK, Israeli, Japanese and European trance. This CD Digipack is from

Japanese-based label Matsuri Productions and is compiled by Tsuyoshi Suzuki

a.k.a. Prana. and it comes as no surprise, that he's involved in 4 tracks

out of the 5 Japanese featured on this compilation. But let me also say that

the tracks he's involved in ALL are very good! CD1 kicks of with a very cool

track by Prana. Good use of synths creates an almost-MWNN sound. CD1t2 is

perhaps the biggest classic on this cd: Nick Barber And Simon Posford delivers

the stunningly beautiful stomper "Born Again" .. "..you need to be booooorn

again!". No further introduction needed here. CD1t3 is another Japanese

track with a great melody. CD1t4 is a full-on, ol'-fashioned piece of art

from Tooth Monkey And Tristan and they've made a very energetic fast track.

Notice the cool melody with the ping-pong sounds in the ending! CD1t5 is

from UK-based Rhythmystec and I don't really like this track. It's only

another fairly good, synth-based track! Most be considered one of the

fillers on this compilation. CD1t6 is a slow starting, monotonous boring

track that goes absolutely nowhere.. Filler! CD1t7 is a little better than

it's predecessor. Features nice samples ".the gift of." and is a traditional

piece of Israeli trance, that gets boring though. Another Filler! After 3

disappointing fillers CD1t8 delivers the good stuff again. This is a very

cool, full-on track with an amazing kick-drum from Japanese Bass Chakra. Not

so much BS just pure quality psy with smashing samples and even didgeridoo

sounds at 4.00 . ". Travel across the void - 230000 miles!.". CD2 starts

with the same track as CD1 ends with, but it in a different mix. A more

relaxed/ambient'y start. Turns out to be extremely psychedelic though, but

still in a more relaxed manner than the other mix. CD2t2 is from Athena,

better known as Miranda Silvergreen, and is a track from the good old days

when she made cool music. Those days are over now. This song is very

predictable though and must also be considered as a filler. CD2t3 is the

classic track Goaway from Power Source. A very simple, yet efficient track.

Cool! CD3t4 is another classic from Transwave, which features experiments

with drum-machines. This is a very fast-moving good track! CD2t5 starts with

some very strange noises - even for psytrance - and a "relaxed" kick-drum

which creates a very mellow vibe. The bad thing about this track, is that it

gets annoying in the middle. Gets better towards the end though. Average

track. CD2t6 is a really great track from Boris Blenn and DJ Sangeet under

their alias Endra. Traditional drums with a twist. The trackname "Joy" is

very fitting, 'cause this is a joyful track! CD2t7 is another fav'e here. A

very dark - scary even - track here. Much better than Rhythmystec's track on

CD1. Very, very good track with well-fitting samples! CD2t8 Also a very

fast, pounding track that keeps evolving with long cool build-ups. Cool

track! CD2t9 last track on this compilation is also Japanese and features

tribal drums and vocoded samples. Turns into a very psychedelic beauty in

the nice morning style. A very worthy ending! All in all this is a cool

compilation with 6 VERY good tracks, 4 fillers and 7 mediocre tracks.. Also

features very, very psychedelic, beautiful artwork! ) But it's worth

buying tracks for the good tracks. This would have gotten a solid 9/10 w/o

the fillers, but I can't stretch myself to giving this more than 7.5/10 Bom

shankar!

[Guest shantidruid[at]yahoo[dot]co[dot]]

Yeah, a nice CD that used to fill the shelves in record shops in Japan. This

used to be the sort of stuff Tsuyoshi would play, before he "got bored" with

trance and turned into a bangy techno monster. He still pulls in the crowds

all over the world, but to me he's a load of shit now. About the tracks: I

like the mix of the Prana track on the second CD better. 'Born Again' is of

course a classic and the Rhythmystec tracks demonstrate what a legend Nick

Taylor used to be before he too became a techno-nonse. This is where Goa

started, in a way, and it's a shame that it's become a much darker, more

miserable form of music.

[Guest love tokyo]

shanti you are so right...

tsuyoshi sucks now... i am very happy to see that he was not invited back to

play at solstice gloabal trance festival mt. fuji this summer...