Guest Deku81 Posted June 14, 2000 Share Posted June 14, 2000 V/A - Let It Rip Artist: Various Title: Let It Rip Label: Matsuri Date: 1997 Track listing: 01. 05'18" Digitalis : 3rd State (Freak Beats Mix) 02. 06'57" Manmademan : Welcome To The World 03. 07'00" Prana : Alien Pets (Free Tibet Mix) 04. 07'54" Syrinx : Tremolo Heaven 05. 06'09" The Visitors : Reality Check 06. 08'04" Joujouka : Re Psycle Frequency 07. 06'56" Deflo : Monomaniac 08. 08'43" Alienated : Lucky 09. 05'50" Environmental Science : Dog Tag Review: Noooooooooo this is not good! The picture of this compilation is breakbeat, breakbeat, electric guitars and then breakbeat again. I don't like any of those components in trance so to me this album is a flop. It gets better in the end with Deflo and Alienated tracks, but these two tracks are not reasons enough to buy the album. Too bad, but it's an early production from Matsuri and they have strenghten themselves since those days. Lucky enough. [Rating: 3/10] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basilisk Posted June 14, 2000 Share Posted June 14, 2000 Alien Pets is a cool song... Welcome to the World is a fantastic concept track... some of the rest is really not all that good. A bold experimental effort nonetheless. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest maldoror_x[at]hotmail[dot]com Posted June 14, 2000 Share Posted June 14, 2000 Well... i think that is not so bad... this is my reviews Track by track: 1- digitalis: well i dont like much this tune... too softly and is misplaced in this comp. probably in other type of comp. or in the digitalis album sounds better... 4/10. 2- manmademan ... nice sound, very trance-rock but not appeal enough...6/10 3- prana ... cute sound but too limitative... 6/10 4- syrinx ... nice and dark... like it but i think the track is too long ... 7/10 5- the visitors... real rock, metal guitars remains me front line assembly... 8/10 6- Joujouka ... fantastic track much better that the mix in the joujouka album 10/10 7- Deflo ... nice strange sounds but the beat real sucks... 5/10 8- alieanated ... real cute dark psy trance but is a bit too long and sometimes can be monotonous... 7/10 9- Environmental Science ... nice ambient track and breakbeat but too soft... 5/10 Average: 6,5/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jx[at]netvision[dot]net[dot]il Posted July 28, 2000 Share Posted July 28, 2000 People!!!!!! stop this crap!!!! this is one of the most innovative compilation for its time (97)!!! you`re nutz to not like it!!! manmademan - did you ever hear a track in this style? i mean look at the emotional begining!! killer... beautifully mastered and ordered, definatly one of the best for 97.. i tell ya =) - Badshapeer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jgm4all[at]hotmail[dot]com Posted September 2, 2000 Share Posted September 2, 2000 This compilation isn´t the worst but no the best out there, it has decent tracks like Alien Pets, Tremolo Heaven, Reality Check and those from Jojouka, Deflo and Alinated, specially that one from Deflo. It gets very weird at times, too many strange voice samples in some tunes, but still a good comp, a bit radical for it´s time. However this album was a nice try to build the new style in psy trance that we have nowdays, less melodic and harder. Average 7/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest squid[at]born-on-a-pirate-ship[d Posted December 25, 2000 Share Posted December 25, 2000 very little of this actually works but one song really stands out in my mind now that time has let me absorb this album... 'welcome to the world' by manmademan is a fantastic old track, very artfully done. it takes you on a voyage from birth onward, with beautiful little melodies and emotional and well-placed guitars... excellent! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jason - Los Angeles, CA Posted November 14, 2001 Share Posted November 14, 2001 I haven't heard the Alien Pets remix, but the original is an amazing track. One of the best build ups ever, next to Alien Pump by Tandu (Best ever). I've listened the the rest of these songs here and there and was not impressed. I'm not into the break beat Joujouka / Digitalis sound. Matsuri just isn't my style anymore like it was when I lived in Japan. I'm glad I left in 97 before they converted. Tsuyoshi had the best sound at one time, but evolved into noise in my opinion. He tried to do too much. I wish he would go back to his roots and start making more psycho psychadelic music like before. Geomantik for example is a masterpiece. On the other hand, if you like this sound more power to you. I'm not trying to put anyone down, just trying to stress my disapointment in this evolution. I think Resonance Mood was the last great Matsuri Comp. The rest went down hill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest christophe[at]mentalrider[dot]co Posted April 11, 2002 Share Posted April 11, 2002 Let it RIP, guys, means "let it Rest In Peace"..it is nothing but the last compilation from Matsuri...just for nostalgia, i'll keep my 3lp as a milestone. So please don't talk about this comp being their early stuff!! This was a period of doubt in the trance scene..labels had to restructure, redesign their concepts (TIP for TIPworld, Flying Rhino, Blue room..this one recently closed down..as well as return to the source..) So all this is history now, let's go forward and remember those records, now to create today and tomorrow's music.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trance2MoveU Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 What a bunch of noisy sh*t this was. Monomanic was psychedelic as hell though. The two breakbeat tracks (3rd State and Dog Tag) were funky enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blair Thaumic Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 One of Matsuri's most eclectic releases, borrowing from industrial, breaks, and rock music. Manmademan's track is a standout with its heart tugging melodies, funked-up riffs, and liquid-neon washes of space guitar. Deflo takes us on a Skinny Puppy meets alien abduction sci-fi horror trip, and Joujouka's Re-Psycle Frequency combines Tsuyoshi's talent for knob twisting with the then in vogue big beat sound. Other tracks by Alienated, Prana, and Syrinx are a bit more conventional, but still bring the noise. Most of the offerings are quite dark, on the nighttime side of things, but retain a playful element. Daring and confrontational, throwing away the Goa rulebook without sacrificing an iota of grooviness. This was the sound of the future in 1997, and few have ever caught up to it; highly recommended. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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