V/A - New Entry

[Guest Syre]

V/A - New Entry

 

Artist: Various

Title: New Entry

Label: Iboga

Date: 2002

 

Track listing:

 

01. Ooze : Experimental Mud In The Dub Corner

02. Anesthesia : Blue Aurea

03. Depth Klang : Pre Phase

04. DPOD : Butter Echte

05. Eric Elser : Night Surfer

06. Depth Klang : Sub Tuner

07. Jules Verne : Marianne

08. Tripple Game : Soho

09. Leif Hatfield : Light (Electric Mix)

 

Review:

 

Well, here is something you don't see very often (and never before in this

case), an ambient release from Iboga. This came as quite a surprise and lucky

me I was able hear the whole album today. To start the compilation, Ooze (1)

opens up with a really beautiful, quiet and deep floating track, that develops

very relaxing, while bass pounds nicely and sounds appear to disappear. It's a

bit different from what you hear on his album, but I find it much better. A

great opening for the comp, especially with such a unique track, that the Ooze

one is. Anesthesia (2) is next, and the track quickly takes you in. It's very

floating and hypnotic, and it has a great sense of calm to it. Some high cloud

sounding noises waves back and forth. Steady sound beat continues, until a

more dark sound takes over. Great track. Depth Klang (3), which is featured

two times on the comp, starts very good. A great wood like tribal atmosphere

surrounds their track, and it's very relaxing and chilled. Haven't heard

anything from these guys before, but this is really good. It's just my kind of

style, and the track develops great, while it never looses ground. I'd like to

hear this at an outdoor party loud. D.P.O.D (4) breaks in with a very mystic

track. It has some very hypnotic sounds that come and go and it works amazing.

A nice beat in a nice laid-back track, that still feels huge. It's a pretty

lengthy track, but not a problem at all. Pioneer Eric Elser (5) comes next,

with a faster track and a nightly feeling surrounds it. It starts pretty

quickly, and a real bass soon invades you. Some confused sound fly about, and

a cool sample, talking about a liftoff, turns your heard around too. Depth

Klang (6) again, and the start sounds like your in a circus, but luckily it

dies out, because I'm not really a circus fan ;-) The track really starts when

a voice comes in, and small sounds starts to build up the track; again they

manage to create a really nice outdoor atmosphere. The track develops great,

and as seconds past, you are sucked in. It's a very slow track with a few

scary elements, and it reminds me a bit of a swamp -Not that its my common

place of being :-) Jules Verne (7) is next up, and his track seems to be named

after a girl, so this should be interesting. The track has a very deep

pounding bass, and a rusty voice opens it up, it's very changing and

experimental. Seems a bit tribal, and lots of different noises are used. It's

really great. Some nice rhythmic sounds appear and changes. "Does anybody

remember how they got here?" Isn't that from the movie "The Cube"? Lots of

samples from the movie come up, if it's really from there, but I am pretty

sure it is -It's very thrilling and suddenly it just ends. Great fucking

track! Tripple Game (8) bangs in, with a very noisy track, that really kicks

arse. Some really nice rhythm appears throughout the track. It's very changing

and probably not everyone's taste. Ends sort of suddenly too. Never the less,

Leif Hatfield (9) ends this wonderful and amazing compilation. His track

starts with sad sounds forming a nice rhythm. A very quiet track, that floats

wisely, with nice crafted sounds. The End! This is really good work from

Iboga, and kodus to the artists! It proves that they can do just about

anything. I'd prefer this over much other ambient, but that's probably my

taste, which I know others will welcome too. They kept their minimal roots,

and the tryptamin sound. ;-) 9.5/10

[bomble]

A very solid compilation of electronically flavoured beats. Highlights are

Ooze, Eric Elser, Jules Verne & Tripplegame. Not absolutely essential, but

well worthwhile if you are a fan of chillout material. 7/10

 

bomble

[Guest Defbydelta...]

Many good quality artist like always from IBOGA.

This is a good compil that is worth every single penny... 9/10

[Guest [Anonymous]]

o.k., nothing truly mind-expanding, though. I listened to the compil many times

from start to finish and nothing really popped out at me. I'd recommend this

as background music for another activity. 7/10.

[Guest vortexian]

I dont know what to say about this... Im a huge fan of psyambient and only the

Depth Klang tracks stood out as something Id want to play at a party. That's

not to say this isnt a good release, but i guess I have particular tastes that

weren't met.

 

I would say this isn't light fluffy friendly ambient.... its slightly darker

and rustier, with the occasional ethnic influence - almost every song has a

point where my interest is really piqued, but it doesn't weigh out to playing

the song.

 

My verdict - I'll put it aside and listen again some other time - it may grow

on me yet

[Guest Acidhive]

Great stuff. Took me a little time to sink into, but once I did, I was hooked.

It's a wonderful collection of electronic music, so don't immediately classify

this as psytrance/ambient, that's a common mistake with this release. Anyhow,

every track has a little something special about it. I was pleasantly

surprised to hear the dnb like excursion from Eric Elser (Amphasis), who

normally breeds these really minimalistic tracks. This one however is a fluffy

dnb track, with lots of melody.

Also surprised to see that Jakob Olsen (Lurifax) delivers a really good track

here with his alter ego Jules Verne. Marianne is a track loaded with samples

from the movie 'Cube'. It starts really cool with some old record playing, and

then it starts. This track is never the same however, it does not have a

straight section of melody returning or something. Still, great stuff. And

without going into too much detail about the rest of the tracks: Let me just

say this rules!

I found all the tracks to be just right.. 9/10 here for this compilation, and

believe me, sink into this, it's worth it!!