V/A - Psychoactive Scandosounds 3

[Guest Phaeton]

V/A - Psychoactive Scandosounds 3

 

Artist: Various

Title: Psychoactive Scandosounds 3

Label: BooM!

Date: 2002

 

Track listing:

 

01. 07'48" Logic Bomb : Earth Orbit (Original)

02. 08'08" LAB : Red Light

03. 09'34" Weirdo Beardo : The Claw

04. 08'56" Phat Phase : Mermaid Marmalade

05. 06'49" Spliff Richard : Funny Funk

06. 08'30" Battle Of The Future Buddhas : Sly

07. 07'42" Procs : Split Personality

08. 07'05" Tellus 2 : Forward Observer

09. 08'52" Celestial : I Want More Life

 

Review:

 

Probably the least good compilation in the Scandosounds series so far, but it's

still worth a listen. A lot of tunes on this CD do sound a bit like old

leftover material to me though. The original "Earth Orbit" is one of these

tunes that sound really old, it isn't half as good as the remix released on

Electric Ohms, but it's still a Logic Bomb tune so it might be interesting for

the die-hard collectors. L.A.B. provides us a tune that is somewhat darker and

less catchy than the stuff they've released before and it's a nice track

although I think it could have been somewhat more energetic. "The Claw" is one

of my favourite Weirdo Beardo tunes, it's not as weird as some of his other

work, instead it is a great stompin' acid frenzy with vocal samples that sound

both funny and disturbing. Next is an energetic tune by pHat pHase that sounds

a bit more progressive than the other tunes on this compilation, it's full of

cool sounds but unfortunately the production doesn't sound very 'pHat' which I

personally think is a must-be for progressive stuff. "Funny Funk" by Spliff

Richard is something that was simply bound to happen after so many good tunes

with samples from The Simpsons, it's a tune filled with Homer Simpson samples

and it is completely stupid. It is neither funny nor musically interesting and

it sounds very muddy; worst track on the compilation for me. Then we get "Sly"

by the Battle Buddhas which was already released on Schlabbaduerst in 2000,

and it's a great track. It has that typical spooky outdoor party vibe, filled

with crazy haunting melodies and sounds. Procs's tune sounds pretty twisted

and tripped out which I usually like but I don't think it's very good, it gets

ruined (again) by stupid vocals and it simply doesn't sound like it's going

anywhere or is building towards any kind of climax. 'Forward Observer' by

Tellus 2 starts promising again but this time it gets devastated by a melody

that might have fitted a bad TV series from the eighties but definitely not a

psytrance tune. The last tune is a badly produced old school track with some

breakbeat samples and it's highly forgettable. I can't recommend this

compilation as a whole as there are quite a few tracks on it that really get

on my nerves if I don't skip them, but several tracks on it are still good

enough to justify the buy. 6/10

[Guest [Anonymous]]

I cant do anything else then agree with you... Its a pretty boring

compilation... But I must say that tellus2 will become something interesting..

I've heard a lot by him now and I think he will become a new bid swedish

act... offcourse he is from örebro;))

[Guest Freaky Bob]

At a time when you think that things couldn‚t get more twisted in the world

of psychedelic trance, the Boom! posse once again step in and prove us

wrong. Scandosounds 3 is the latest slice of all that is weird and wonderful

within the psychedelic realm of the Vikings. Reading through the track list

we see that the old established stable mates Logic Bomb, LAB and BOTFB

jostle with newcomers like Tellus 2 and Celestial to bring us cutting edge

tunes that not only further define the digital sounds of the future but at

the same time devoutly maintain an age-old cultural identity.

[lurk]

It is the weakest of the 3 so far, but the other 2 have been very strong. I

disagree with phaeton on 2 points, first, the Logic Bomb does not sound

"really old", it doesn't sound like their new stuff either, its much more

twisted than that, which imho is a good thing. Second, there is nothing wrong

with the production on the phat phase, its a dirty, funky groover of a track

which goes down very well on the dancefloor. These two tracks and the BOTFB

and the Weirdo Beardo are the highlights. The Spliff Richard and the Celestial

are the 2 let downs.

[Guest boom[at]boomrecords[dot]com]

Thanks for your input folks ;-)

I have to admit, I had enormous problems programming this compilation ..... as

you all know, BooM! records strives to bring you the best in hard, melodic and

playful trance from around the globe. Even after listening to hundreds of

hours of scandinavian demos, we were having a lot of difficulty finding tracks

of a sufficient quality to include. Personally, the mainstream Scando artists

just dont do it for me : Tegma, Son-Kite, Ticon etc etc may have good

production quality, but there is no story to the tracks and the progressive

sound bores me senseless. For this reason, several "older" tracks have been

included by our favourite artists, and several by younger new artists who

still know what the good vibe is all about. So shoot me !

If anyone has suggestions of artists that fit in with our label style from

Scandinavia who they feel should be included on Scando 4, feel free to mail

me. If the quality of tracks on offer doesnt improve drastically in the

coming year, there might never be a part 4 ;-)

[Guest kia_[at]home[dot]se]

I think that Psychoactive Scandosounds 3 is a great record and I think that the

new artist, Celestial has a really intresting and good sound. I'm looking

forward to more of his music!

[Guest jst[at]sdcswedenNOSPAM[dot]se]

"Procs - Split personality" is defenatly my favorite from this album. I love

those screaming sounds in the beginning and then later (1.55) the breathing

sounds.

Even though i mostly dont like samples in songs i like this one, but im swedish

so i understand what he says

Unfortunatly i didnt like Logic bomb at all, but they arent really what i like

to begin with. Not much more to say...

[Guest sisne]

Very mixed album: I think Weirdo Beardo (very good(!)production for such an old

track), Logic Bomb, Procs has the best tracks on this album. Last track is not

good at all IMHO (very bad produced and cheesy melodies).

Spliff Richard's track is actually pretty funny - music doesn't have to be so

serious all the time!

Thank you Boom Records for giving out different stuff than all the other labels

release!

9/10 for the good tracks and 2/10 for the bad tracks: I rate it 6/10

[freak51]

infinafta: whoops! My mistake - they release on a Canadian label though

(Boshke Beats). Canucks write quite a bit of top-shelf quality collage-style

minimal techno; psy-trance never really caught on in a big way (but the

parties are good, as they are everywhere). Enough of me talking already. I'm

still trying to find this comp.

[Guest Smarthowie]

hi everyone! I had heard this album sucked, but when a friend of mine bought

it, I thought I could make up my own thoughts! And as I expected, it wasn`t so

bad after all.... Not the best comp. I have heard of course, but it isn`t the

worse either..! I like track nr 8(!), a good one with a little darker twist

and nice bassline, and track nr 2&3 is also pretty good...I give it 6.5/10!!

*pEAcE*