DeathPosture Posted October 21, 2001 Share Posted October 21, 2001 V/A - Otherwise Artist: Various Title: Otherwise Label: Baluns Date: 2001 Track listing: 01. 09'16" Digby And Oliver : Human 02. 08'08" Gegga : Dead Crows Don't Fly 03. 06'03" Defolder : Bioformat 04. 06'51" Trimatic : Pooloop 05. 06'59" Holy Ghost : Zombie Assassin 06. 06'54" Kopfuss Resonator : Bronco 07. 05'40" Samuel L Session : Gotcha 08. 06'49" New Disco Science Alliance: Twisted Psychedelic Freedomfighters 09. 06'36" Zenglodon : On The Porch 10. 08'02" Pope Of Gegga : Filterpenna 11. 07'23" KAB : Trasktrance Review: Wooooooow! Killer compilation! Awesome! This rocks!. Mark my words, this is going to be HUGE! Baluns Records is a division of the MPDQX/Digital Structures label group, and that's always a sign of quality. I have listened to this NON STOP since I got this. This has got to be some of the most intelligent, insane [Ehh.. slight contradiction! *s*], mind-blowing, ass-moving, foot-stomping progressive minimal trance I have heard in a LONG time. Daaaaaaaaaaaamn!. I can't believe this. It's sounds silly, but seriously there isn't a single bad track on this compilation! Go get this MASTERPIECE right now and listen for yourself and turn the volume to max. I guarantee you - you will not be disappointed! My whole faith in progressive trance has been revitalized with this.. The new breed! From now on, every release will be compared to this! It makes me wish I was Swedish! Aaaaargh. I've got the biggest smile on my face just writing this review! Cutting edge cover-art too. Thanx so much Muellart & Henriksson for making this jewel! As the cover notes suggests: Listen, Loose it & Enjoy! ) Enough said - just go get this right noooooooooow! 9.7/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Infected_CrusadeR Posted October 22, 2001 Share Posted October 22, 2001 I Agree... Compilation is GREAT.. and i don't love minimalistic trance, but it's hi quality music all the way.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegma Posted October 22, 2001 Share Posted October 22, 2001 DeathPosture dont forget about Peter Didjital also!! He is also involved.. :-) Very Good Compilitioan , the best track being the digby & oliver track--- deepness!!! enough said Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Evilben Posted October 22, 2001 Share Posted October 22, 2001 Ok, i just know one track, the one from Samuel L. Session, and if the whole comp follows the same way... it may be very nice ! for other killers from samuel (one of the first techno maker i heard), check out "cycling",& "a bastard work is never done". Bom! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mescalinium Posted October 22, 2001 Share Posted October 22, 2001 Have to agree with all the positive comments above. This comp puts the progressive back in progressive trance. That's right, actual progress into unexplored regions of electronic fusion. While not all of the tracks are spectacular (the Kopfuss Resonator song comes to mind, I was never a big fan of them) the entire project just oozes with quality. Not surprising since its crafted by the skilled practitioners marcus and sebastion of son kite. Personal favorites include the opening number by digby and oliver, trimatic's pooloop, holy ghost's contribution zombie assasin, and (of course) the new disco science alliance track psychedelic freedom fighters. Just so you know, trimatic = son kite, new disco science alliance = ticon, pope of gegga = p-woland, zenglodon = praecox + 1/2 of tromesa, and defolder = dj sangeet. I'd also like to say one more thing in terms of release policy. In an era when record companies increasingly cut off the number of tracks released on vinyl LP's, ostensibly to make more money off singles, all 11 tracks on this album were also on the LP (on two records). Certainly a worthwhile investment in either medium. 9/10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeathPosture Posted October 25, 2001 Author Share Posted October 25, 2001 Holy Ghost "Zombie Assassin" will go down in history! Amazing track! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Seb Mullaert Posted October 26, 2001 Share Posted October 26, 2001 Thanks for your comments about this Baluns compilation ... we're very happy about it and we're also happy that more than us appriciate a more experimental development of the so called tech/trance ... To MG ... yes it's Digby & Oliver from Melbourne! Take care Seb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nois Posted December 22, 2001 Share Posted December 22, 2001 An excellent compil... And if You like Holy Ghost then check out their releases on a german well-known PURE TECHNO label tresor records, it is strong techno, with a trancey beat. Hehhh... it's been over a year since I've used holy ghost in a trance set... But in that time nobody believed me that techno and trance could fit And the zombie assasin itself is an old techno track... but still great. In my opinion mpdqx does the best job on the scene. Thanx guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Syre Posted January 16, 2002 Share Posted January 16, 2002 THIS YOU HAVE TO HAVE! 10/10 -Best compilation of 2001. All tracks are killers, but you have to listen carefully. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Defbydelta... Posted March 13, 2002 Share Posted March 13, 2002 Hooooooly Gooooooooooooooooooose!! this is a real killer Compil I swear to PsyGod! think if the pump this in "big Brother" for 100 days!!=) that would bee some fun stuff hah!! it gives u the a fealing of another dimension! u cant stop digg it befour its ovah.. and the u whant it to start again.. its pure swedish magiCCccccccccccccssz 9/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaimz Posted April 24, 2002 Share Posted April 24, 2002 Same people writing the same old praising reviews for this piece of techno come house. Lets not confuse the issue, this is nice but hey its not Psy trance-you are more than likely to hear Digweed spinning this at a hairdressers convention and I dont think you will hear Matt Boom spinning this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Setsuko Posted April 24, 2002 Share Posted April 24, 2002 .. this is awesome , only one track i don't like and that is the Defolder one , the sounds are a bit to strange for me ... killers are 1,2,4,5,8 and 10 .. i was pleasantly surprised with the gegga/pope of gegga tracks .. that's the kind of psychedelic techno i realy like :-) .. and ofcourse , all this is mastered at the high hat studio's so the soundquality is superb ... i'm realy looking forward to hear more Baluns ... no further comments - 9/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tib-e-e-e Posted April 25, 2002 Share Posted April 25, 2002 Very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MG Posted April 17, 2003 Share Posted April 17, 2003 Dead Crows Don't Fly, but I certainly did after a night of dropping acid, and putting this on... I applauded when this song finished. Someone wrote Minimal is like b/w photo's, there may be a weakness of analogy in that statement - Either way it sounds excellent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tchankov I.V. Posted April 20, 2003 Share Posted April 20, 2003 No, I guest it's pretty good analogy, MG, in Black'n'White the details come sharp! The image unfolds... Quite a good compilation IMO, creates some structure in thin air. Well, I guess that's actually what the real minimal is all about. You just have to take heed of it if your GOAt strayed the road that far! Btw, no one mentioned closing track by KAB, but it's worthy one too - extremely entrancing. 8/10 for the whole thing. Tchankov I.V. (civ604@mail.ru) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeathPosture Posted March 8, 2006 Author Share Posted March 8, 2006 Holy Ghost - Zombie Assassin Still kicks some royal butt! /DP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkeletonMan Posted June 4, 2006 Share Posted June 4, 2006 Well, here's a release nominated as practically the release of the millenium. Just goes to show taste differs ) This is minimal, alright, but not getting to me hard. Not that the tracks fail miserably in any way, sure, but over all I find that the tracks doesn't deliver either. They just stay deep without a reward in the end. It's one long suspense and I would have liked to see a little more developing in the tracks. Still, put on at the VERY right hour, where minimal Atmos inspired music is the keyword, Otherwise might do the trick. Perhaps not for 70 minutes then, but Zombie Assassin and Twisted Psychedelic Freedomfighters does have their charm for a 6 something minutes deep inner voyage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riton Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 Again, not my favorite style, but definitely a good piece in its genre! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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