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Black Sun - Invisible Cities

 

Artist: Black Sun

Title: Invisible Cities

Label: Dragonfly

Date: 2002

 

Track listing:

 

01. Invisible Cities

02. Invisible Cities (Tristan Rmx)

 

Review:

 

I dunno if I was thinking correctly when I decided to buy this 12”… I’ve never

purchased any of the releases from dragonfly before, so I thought let’s just

buy and see what kind of style Dragonfly Records is into. Sure, I cannot judge

the label with only a single releases from them, but these 2 tracks from Black

Sun did not impress me at all. The EP begins with Invisible Cities, it’s

suppose to be dark minimal, but to me it’s just a very dull track. The track

contains a simple beat and a few FX sounds throughout… 5/10 for this track.

Invisible Cities (Tristan Remix) is a little better than the original. It has

a good atmosphere that makes the track a little more appealing to listen to,

and the original track totally lacked that. But still, the dull beat persists…

7/10. EP total: 6/10

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  • 3 months later...

I really disagree with the above review, as in my opinion Youth outdoes himself

in this release, producing something which is better than the very popular

"Open the Sky" under his Transparent moniker. "Invisible Cities" is a linear

and hypnotic track with a progressive beat, but it has large slabs of stabbing

synth that are reminiscent of Juno Reactor and build into an intense wall of

sound effect. Coupled with close attention to background scratchiness, and

cascades of juicy tinkles, the overall effect is psychedelic and almost epic

in a hard way - conjuring up an alien industrial cityscape. So a great track

then, progressive, but retaining much of the Goa/psychedelic/industrial

elements of Juno-style trance from 94/95. You can hear that Youth has been

around for a long time, and in this track it really pays off. The Tristan

remix on side two is simply superb; Tristan sims more squarely at the

dancefloor and changes the original into a less linear, more storytelling and

more gentle track, with more emphasis on melody. This remix also features an

excellent breakdown and build up about half way through that is bound to

excite a dancefloor. All in all then great stuff, and definitely one of the

better eps of 2002. 9/10 ~*~

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