V/A - Liquid

[Anoebis]

V/A - Liquid

 

 

Artist: Various

Title: Liquid

Label: Tribe-Adelic

Date: 2001

 

Track listing:

 

01. 06'33" Cosmo Squad : The Boom

02. 07'45" Talamasca : Friendly Quid

03. 07'37" Mr Peculiar : Charlie's Trip

04. 07'21" Space Fly : My Mind Alternating

05. 07'13" Fractal Glider : Witch Doctor

06. 08'15" Lestat And Matt : Ezekiel

07. 08'14" Fractal Glider And Benza : Ghost In The Shell

08. 06'40" Mr Peculiar : Pop A Cell

09. 08'13" Benza : Jusk Ask The Axis

10. 05'45" Orbit Constructions : Boundless

 

Review:

 

I bought this CD because Didg told me it would be my style... And he's right!!

(Thanks!!) So, this is the first release of this new Australian label and it's

full with not minimalistic full on-tracks...

(a little like Boom!'s Electric Ohms)! The first song by Cosmo Squad starts

véry Acid with many 303's, but at the end suddently guitars are coming in and

they throw the song in a completely different direction... Good start!! The

second song is a little too rythmic-orientated with a annoying high-hat... At

the end it becomes more melodic (typical Talamasca) but not really good!

Number 3 by Mr Peculiar is ok, but nothing more, also véry rhytmic with many

effects, but a little soul-less... (but he gives us much better stuff at the

end of the CD)! The Space Fly song is fast and véry good, lots of fast melodic

effects and a cool break in the middle and véry crazy at the end!! Then we

have my favourite by Fractal Glider!! Fast, pumping, new-style full on...

Somehow you have GMS-scratching sounds in it but also flying melodies!!! Such

a great song... i can't wait for their debute-album on Boom-records! Number 6

is also fast, but not really good imho... The song does not evoluate muc!

h... The 7nd song is also Fractal Glider (with Benza) and I also like this one

alot... It's typical Fractal Glider-style, altough it's even more twisted!!

(thanks Benza!! )) The next song is again by Mr peculiar and I also like it

alot, good bassline and many effects and hidden melodies... Works perfect when

the night turns into day... Number 9 is by Benza and is véry twisted!! In the

whole song you have a melodies going up and down... lovely insane Trance!!

)) The last song is trippy Ambient with those lovely Alien-sounding

melodies!!

So all together the Cd is really good, in the beginning there are some mediocre

songs, but after that... Woaww!! 7,5/10!! Bom Shankar

[Guest Yaniv]

About the compilation, it's a véry good

one, full with modern full-on style!! 8/10!

[Guest daddy]

Hey, I am no child and I am sorry to say I dont like the album but it has its

moments mainly from Mr Peculiar. Why cant some body have an opinion which is

not to the benefit of the people involved with the cd.

 

Come on guys........ 5/10.

[Guest [Anonymous]]

thise cd is one of the best cds i herd for a long time.

mr piculiar tracks both are just stunning.

the best is "Charlie's Trip"

but most of the other tracks are good.

[Guest Psychedelic Man]

I really like this cd. Nice stuff...

 

Full on psytrance... really good to listen this compilation in this days ,

when minimal/techno is all u got... this one is really party tracks, not dead

man music... so if u like to dance u will love this one. My favourite track is

mr peculiar charlies trip with samples from an old movie called the chocolate

factory Umpa dumpa dumpa di dum.... really twisted samples man.

pop a cell is a good track too.

i think it deserves 8.5/10. For sure u will be listening this music in parties

all over the world!

[Guest TWISTY:)]

Mr Peculiar rocks. The same can be said for Fractal Glider.

Definately worth the listen. Expect more from these boys!!

[Guest [Anonymous]]

wicked tunes guys,you aussies really know how too rock!!!

cant wait to hear more stuff from tribeadelic

[Guest joeking101[at]hotmail[dot]com]

Wooooow !!!

 

Watch out - the French have invaded Australia ! Or is it the Australians that

have invaded France ?

 

This is a wonderful compilation. Just right for the summer outdoor party

season. It's a full-on compilation. If you like 3D Vision and Moon Spirits

releases then you'll love this.

Track 1 : Cosmosquad (France) Old Skool goa with guitars - a nice, rolling

bassline, I'm not really into guitar trance, but this is a good start for the

CD.

Track 2 : Talamasca (France). Talamasca fans know what to expect, and won't be

disapointed. A nice morning track with a driving bass and full of percussion

and layers.

Track 3 : Mr Peculiar (Australia). Yeeeeeeeeeeeee (: What a great track - and

the Umpa-Lumpa song from the film too. Who can remember the film ??? Think

about it !! I can't stop smiling when I hear this track. It could become a

classic. Watch out for this guy !

Track 4 : Space Fly (Australia). This is none other than Space Tribe under a

differnt name. Very acidic and melodic. The title says it all

Track 5 : Fractal Glider (Australia). A wicked, twisted, full-on masterpiece

here.

Track 6 : Lestat & Matt (France). DJ Lestat teams up with Christof Drouet's

younger brother for a fat, pumping journey utilising the now famous Ezekiel

sample from Pulp Fiction - guess it must be one of Lestat's favirite samples

(remember Lestat & Mael's one ?)

Track 7 : Fractal & Benza (Australia). More twisted mayhem. Damn, we need more

music like this.

Track 8 : Mr Peculair (Australia). Another fine track from this guy. Melodic,

layered and extremely psychedelic. Is that a Jean Michelle Jarre riff in there

?

Track 9 : Benza (Australia). This is melodic psychedelic trance at it's best -

California Sunshine style.

Track 10 : Orbit Constructions (Australia). An ambidelic treat to finish this

album. Nice melodies.

 

Overall rating 9/10. This compilation flows nicely from start to finish. There

is not much to complain about here IMHO. And watch out for Fractal Glider's

debut on Boom, and Mr.Peculiar's debut on Tribe-adelic.

 

Run for the hills !!! The AustrAliens are coming !!!!!!

(And about time too )

[shahar@isratrance]

Well, trance from Oz is apparently not just Demon Tea/Psyharmonics? weirdness,

or Edgecore breaks- here?s a new Ozzie label with full on classic goa trance-

I?m proud to present: the melodic backlash- Oz style... get ready to travel

back in time.

Starting is Cosmosquad from France- a cross between MFG and SUN Project would

be a quite accurate description. As full on as it can be, just as the name

suggests, and great work with samples as well. Simple and straight to the

point. We go on with the French connection with Talamsca?s Friendly Squid

(T2), an ordinary Talamsca tune- nothing special but with Cedric?s usual

energy, and irresistible exploding build-ups. Mr. Peculiar, starts

representing the Ozzie side, with the really cute Charlies? Trip- great

samples from the Wili Wonka?s factory, psychotic flying sounds all around, a

lot of energy, ever changing rhythms, and also great work with the melody. A

shame about the sound though- it definitely needs an upgrade, but I think this

guy should be watched after for some delicious stuff in the future. His trance

version for Hot Butter?s Pop Corn- Pop a Cell (T8)- is cute and fun as well,

but I would be interested to hear original melodies from this guy. Olli Wisdom

& a friend as Space Fly (T4), hmmm, I thought that Goblin stole the kingship

of samples from Olli, but this track might change my mind. The 60?s are back

here... gotta smile... but the track just doesn?t stands up to it. Could it be

an old one that escaped releasing? It sounds a bit like that. A full on packed

tune, Olli-style. Fractal Glider, another full on Ozzie, with two tracks here

(T5 & T7), one together with Benza- nice for those who missed the old full on

melodic Israeli sound, here dipped in a lot of flying psychedelia with an

oriental flavor. A travel back in time for me, sound-wise as well. Lestat &

Matt with yet another track that uses the Samuel L. Jackson Ezekiel speech

(T6), and not in the best way. Nice explosion after the break, though, and

then it gets better. Benza with Just Ask the Axis (T9) gives us a more relaxed

emotional open track. The track is nice, and the melodies caressing, but the

sound is neither. After you go through all that full-on-ness a very nice

chilled surprise awaits you. A very nice drum?n?spacey relaxing track from

Orbit Construction, with real psychedelic atmosphere- I wish it was longer,

though. Gonna search for more from these guys.

 

Bottom Line: The French-Australian full on goa trance connection- for those who

missed that- don?t miss this one. If you?re over it, leave it be. Favorites:

1, 3, 10(!).

[Guest AtomicCow]

One of the overrated CDs of the year. 2 tracks I like a lot: 1 which has great

clear acid melodies and guitars and 8(!!) which reminds me of Infected

Mushroom with it's fairy tale vibe. 6 is alrite. 2,5,9,10 are boring/bad and

I always skip them. The rest are somewhere in between. We need more weird

melodic tracks like Pop a Cell.

[Guest priviatus[at]yahoo[dot]com]

Typical mainstream commercially packaged shit-trance...Anybody who likes this

probably likes the garbage trance played in clubs around Cancun Mexico. This

CD is what etch-a-sketch is to art.

[Guest Skywalker from Lugansk-City, Ukr]

One of the best goa album's that I have.

The sound is melodic,especially first track: Cosmic Squad

Fractal Glider is nice surprise for me from Australia.

So, thanks to Tribadelic Records...

[Guest MicK dundee]

This is outdated and tacky - very badly mastered - I'm not sure why anyone

would want to buy this CD, let alone rip it. I'm suprised that there are

people who are actually enjoying it - I would guess that half of the above

positive reviews were written by people involved with this CD. Anoebis, i am

shocked by your glowing review...

[seraph]

Interesting compilation...Lots of good song but mediocre ones as well...This is

pleasant surprise in the era of minimal and progressive....Best on compilation

are : CHARLIE'S TRIP, MY MIND ALTERING, WITCH DOCTOR ( ! ),GHOST IN THE SHELL,

POP A CELL, BOUNDLESS...So, all in all, pretty good release...7.5/10

[Guest Tchankov I.V.]

I agree that this Tribe-Abelic debut compilation is somehow overhyped. Since

the moment I obtained it in 2001 I felt smth. wrong with it, but couldn't

exactly elaborate on what was that. Now I can tell... There was no point

putting french tracks 2,6 here as their energy is not fair for Australian

compilation, in other words they spoil the flow. That can not be said, though,

about the 1st track which is rather good starter indeed. But tracks 4,9,10 are

also offering nothing to keep me interested in. The second half of this

compilation includes tracks produced by esteemed australian projects: Fractal

Glider & Mr.Peculiar (3,5,7,8) - although none of these is real killer,

they're still pretty good tracks with many interesting tricks & ideas. If they

were properly combined with some killer tracks from either australian or

scandinavian artists (Orebro denizens, to name a few - this compilation

would be a BomB! But what a predicament is what we've got here instead - odd

tracks getting even with even! No, I can't stand such misled order of things,

not to content with such low production value either. Having said that, my

memory still holds some good moments in tracks 1,3,5,7,8. These tracks

limited, my mark would be 7,5/10, but as this is not the case, so just 6/10.

Tchankov I.V. (civ604@mail.ru)