Eargear - Panatlantic

[Guest Satguru]

Eargear - Panatlantic

 

 

Artist: Eargear

Title: Panatlantic

Label: Hadshot

Date: 2002

 

Track listing:

 

01. Like Music

02. Monstermagnetomatrix

03. Manage

04. Whissle Warp

05. O Ton

06. Trancehousexpress

07. The Monday Manga

08. Bum Bum Chicks

09. Mechito

 

Review:

 

Now this one is for the progressive and minimal lovers. It's absolutely groovy,

influenced by progressive house beats covered with

driving riffs which come in dark & heavy and are kind of industrial-style.

The production is done alright, sounds very clear and has good dynamics.

Let's dive into the tunes (EP contains only 6):

 

1. 136 bpm, cold atmosphere emerging out of dark percussion which hits you like

lashes and the above-mentioned metallic riff.

A nice lady's voice creates good contrast, and in the middle of the song a sad

synth melody arises and stays there until the

end. A lot of repetion in this song, but still very interesting and OK for

dancing to.

2. 138 - scratchy noises on a riding beat, scary synth-sounds later on, scary

noises, good use of panorama - all in all it's

quite a dark one but it lacks of changes.

3.136 bpm. Pumping house-beat, quite hypnotic. In the break, again, there's a

quiet, depressing - even nihilistic - melody.

4. 132 bpm. Midi Miliz style, dark tech-trance from the beginning. Very

minimal, very repetitive. Later on, the morbid drum

loop meets an absolutely artificial-whistling melody which goes on & gets

boring. Nothing spectacular or unexpected happens.

6. 134 bpm. this one is hard for me to listen to at home, only when I have a

strong urge for dancing ;~)

this track is quite a killer: deep, but with shaking and mean percussions,

monotonous, but never boring. Best track on this album!

7. 136. Shaking percussion, again, on a deep bassline (still less brutal than

other tracks here), with funky-electro-noises and a little growling in the

background. Later on a

girlie-voice appears which sounds like sampled out of a horrormovie. suitable

for the dancefloor.

 

A very unusual kind of style of psy, many people won't even call it psy. Maybe

deep tech-house.

But, however, it shakes ass and i give it 9/10.

[Guest Satguru]

Alright, I had to listen to the other 3 as well, and they are not that bad (no.

5 + 8 would be nice to have on vinyl!)

5. Slow (133), dark and with a megaphone-voice (like Beastie Boys), constant

and progressing beat.

8. Pretty good electro-riff (and electro-growling) on a groovy beat-salad @ 137

bpm, quite innovative, enough changes happen here. Should be fine for dancing.

9. This goes over 10 min, somehow more monotony than the other 2, but still

good progression. A childish but trance-inducing melody goes along most of the

time. Although it's the worst of these 3, it's still worth listening.

[Riton]

just came across this again, and im loving it!