V/A - Psionic Tonic

[Guest Psyko-vader]

Hey Anoebis , it's not a chainsaw!! it's a generator!!! (Open-air parties or

what?) ;-). Anyway a nice comp., Track 9 effectively kicks ass, 4,5,7 are

decent trackx and Reefer Decree is so pretty! "strange to hear such a song

from them...", Hem... Listen to the 1st Iboga release (98), at this time

Reefer was named Oryx...In fact, that's their original style!

Bom!

[Guest Dandoo Forest]

hello all hello psyko-vader always nice to see ya here ahahaha:) well

another compilation , most of it isnt realy my cup of tea , best trax are :

Kluster ,Schitzophrenic Society !!!!!!!! , Navajo , and of course the AMAZING

trk from Dark Nebula , a true SCARY generator ! aahahahhaaaa BOOM SHANKAR !!!!!

[Anoebis]

V/A - Psionic Tonic

 

 

Artist: Various

Title: Psionic Tonic

Label: Digital Psionics

Date: 2001

 

Track listing:

 

01. Bon : Lun

02. LAB : Spellbound

03. Cyanescens : Ping Pong

04. Comadose And Firdel : Clifton

05. Kluster : Misty Dist

06. Schitzophrenic Society : Word Salads

07. Navajo : Freak Zone

08. Battle Of The Future buddhas : Grasshopper

09. Dark Nebula And Paraphernalien : Generator X

10. Reefer Decree : Psychic Substances

 

Review:

 

After a year of (too) many minimal and 3d-vision-style cd's I have the feeling

real Psy-Trance is finally coming back (this, the 13 skulls, TTR, Zoo,...)!

This cd is really a very good one!! Hard night-time music with sharp, and very

psychedelic noise everywhere...

Number 1 isn't good, but that doesn't matter because number 2 is simply

GREAT!!! LAB is a side-project of Robert from Vibrasphere and after his

Trippin Trolls (Psychoactive Scando 2) I can only say I'm amazed about his

work!! Haunting night-time killer music with scary melodies, and amazing

drum-work... Number 3 & 5 are also very psychedelic, but even more dark...

Kicking basslines with on top crunchy sounds that squizzz your brains, and for

the minimal-haters, no, this is NO boring music!! ;-)) Number 6 isn't my cup

of tea, a little too boring... Number 7 is once again a very dark and

psychedelic song!! Number 8 is a not so good song from the Battle Buddhas,

they have much better stuff out there!! Then we continue with another

killer... Number 9 is really insane music!! There is much more happening as in

usual Dark Nebula releases and in the middle we even get a chainsaw sample...

;-))) To end this cd there is a rather slow and melodic track from Reefer

Decree, really stran!

ge to hear such a song from them... All together this is a very good

night-music release that will even sound better on open-air parties!!

8/10 and a must have! Bom Shankar

[Guest illuzionX]

Great Albums nice dark sound effects just what i like 8 out of 10 from me

[Guest SjÖgGe]

Great Album, i havent heard the first releases from digital psionics, but what

i heard was that this is the best and im impressed this album is pure dark

night acid bbooommmm, i think track 5, 6 ,9, 10, is the best ones,

'this comp will be in my heart forever,

keep up the stoomper style...

love from sweden

[Guest miguel[at]shpongle[dot]com]

not bad...tr 1, funny, but a little boring, probably only good for very early

dancefloor warming...tr 2, lab, begins with a wonderful, eerie, brain binding

melody,and the build up is just flawless...I still lack something for this

track to consider it a blower, but it's probably the best in the album along

with tr 4...tr 3 ain't bad, good sounds and nice feel, but a little

monotonous...tr 4 is quite good,anybody knows where these guys come from? this

is truly psychedelic, flowin, simple yet intricate, a real good trance

tune...tr 5 is worse, ends with a melody not too elaborated, but the first

half isn't bad...track 6 is very acid, twisting psychedelia, even if somewhat

repetitive (not "minimal" at all), percussion is great...tr 7, lots of

twitching, bending ans scartching, but I still miss the point to it...still

haven't heard botfb track, I don't dig their style a lot...tr 9 isn't bad,

typical dark nebula style, it gets too long for me, doesn't develop much...too

many samples and stops for my taste...tr 10 puzzles me, i still don't know

whether I like it or not...the melody itself doesn't bother me, it is well

developed, but some sounds are not too "serious"...maybe I'll love this track

in the future, but for now it doesn't really do it for me. overall not a bad

album, although it is certainly not a highlight for the end of 2001, best

sounds for me come from 2, 4 and 6.

[Guest Cnt97]

nr 2 is the best. not quite as good as "trippin' trolls" tho'

[Guest jfawns[at]hotmail[dot]com]

amazing compilation. for miguel@....., these guys are from byron bay,

australia (my home town) and are very well known in the local doof scene. this

is one of the best releases from digital psionics so far in my opinion, with

trax 3 & 4 taking it out. 9/10

[Guest bsj[at]mailme[dot]dk]

(For Miguel) If its track 4 you mean then the answer is Denmark. It's mark and

Sune from Aarhus. Look out for their debut release on Crotus Records sometime

next year. For the compilation....well, 7/10.

[Guest tommy[at]robertsen[dot]dk]

Good compilation.. ill have to say my favorite is track 4, mark and sune

boiling... just what i like.. track 7 is also a nice track.. yet another one

to come out of Aarhus, Denmark... Babak & mike also knows what its all about..

allrdound i would give the compilation 6/10 .. most of the tracks isnt my

taste but, they are not Sux0rs like some of the shit that comes out now........

 

Mr. Brian Crotus.. doing a little self promotion are we? *G* hurry up with that

Krumalur album..

[Guest kadafi]

Like this compil... Not a single track I skip when I put it on... Favorites:

4CLIFTON!!! I really like the buid up of this one, it has a perfect climax

with a happy melody! 9GENERATOR X has a 'National geographic documentary'

voice leading you through the desert where people are dancing and

tranceforming into animals...hihi But this isn't National Geogr. this is

psytrance, so you really ARE IN the Kalahari desert! Very renewing idea with

the generator or chainsaw or whatever! 10REEFER DECREE I to didn't know they

made/make melodious stuff like this... and I think they do it pretty well!

1LAB is a littlebit repetitive in my opinion, but I really like the

'trolls&gnomes' atmosphere in their melody (Trippin Trolls!!!) 7/10

[Guest andreas[at]netcabo[dot]pt]

MY GOD... the album is worth alone for the reefer decree track!! it's fucking

beautiful... they should stick to that style instead of the monotonous crap

they make..

[Guest freak[at]freakybob[dot]co[dot]uk]

as published in upfront magazine 09/10.01: Title: Psionic Tonic

Artist: Various Artists

Label: Digital Psionics.

This is the latest slice of the weird and wonderful world that Luke Psywalker

and Luna Orbit inhabit. The last two releases on this label brought to the

world some cutting edge and diverse talent and this third release is no

exception. Psionic Tonic is intensely psychedelic, and it draws together the

talents of the likes of L.A.B (the melodic half of Vibrasphere), Dark Nebula,

Reefer Decree, and the ultimately twisted Battle of the Future Buddhas. Once

again Digital Psionics have managed to produce an album where all the tracks

are worthy in their own right, but when all drawn together produce a whole

which is mind-blowing psychedelia in its purest form. FB

[Guest dj portugal]

The last track from Reefer Decree is simply fantastic!

Listen it!