DeathPosture Posted October 19, 2001 Author Share Posted October 19, 2001 V/A - Steroide - Progressive Trance Artist: Various Title: Steroide - Progressive Trance Label: Medium Date: 2001 Track listing: 01. 07'35" Jacques Gelee : Texas Flanger 02. 07'54" Bitmonx : It 03. 08'17" Auricular : Wasp Of Fly (Edit) 04. 08'32" Prisoners Of The Sun : Lima 05. 08'48" Fabel : Trunk 06. 07'54" Timetech : Nothing Else 07. 07'39" Peak Pilots : Twisted Fancy 08. 08'45" Lube : Frogrock Review: Another minimal compilation in the endless stream of progressive psy-tech. This time a mixed one from German label Medium. To my knowledge, all of these tracks are unreleased. Not sure about that though!? I didn't really get into this compilation before I listened to it with my headphones. I'd really like to say, that I love this compilation and listen to it all the time, but that's not true. Sure there are interesting moments, like Bitmonx, P.O.T.S and especially Timetech & Lube (Also a DJ Sascha "Bitmonx" Haske project) who all have made brilliant, interesting tracks. But I don't think this comp. will be getting a lot of playing time in my CD-player. Well maybe "Frogrock" will get an extra spin or two but that's it. Perhaps it will grow on my later, but it's collecting dust right now.Get the amazing comp "Otherwise" instead of this mostly boring release! 5/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MK Posted October 19, 2001 Share Posted October 19, 2001 I've been enjoying this comp for the last month. I find the entire compilation to be great - the best comp for awhile. Every track is interestingly progressive and funky-fried. Bitmonx, POTS, Jacques Gelee, Timetech and Auricular are inspiring and so is the rest. This is for people who are into the minimal-progressive sounds, as the title above suggests - Good work Medium, another quality release. Beautifully mastered and produced as well - 8.5/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Macro Posted October 19, 2001 Share Posted October 19, 2001 If you like stomping night tunes this compi is abslolutely rght for you ....nearly every track is a killer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest macmanus Posted October 20, 2001 Share Posted October 20, 2001 Mk is right. The album rox! 9/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gizmo Posted October 20, 2001 Share Posted October 20, 2001 It starts promising, but every next track is worse & worse. Average compilation, maybe next will be better. 5/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest psytrance[at]chat[dot]ru Posted October 23, 2001 Share Posted October 23, 2001 the best trek is Fabel - Trunk !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 10/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Acidhive Posted November 2, 2001 Share Posted November 2, 2001 People that don't like dark & minimal... Get the hell out of here. People that do could do worse than check this out. It's a new episode in the great Medium compilations. Again 8 tracks to feed your brain. Bitmonx compiled this one.. It shows in the way the songs are all dark and a bit technoish. The vibes (and especially the basses) are good however... !! I dig this. I'd give it 8/10 But I can't pick out any best track, they're all in the same mould.. And that's good. Only thing I'm missing on this one is a melodic & tranquil song.. Every Medium comp. has had one until now... :-( But.. still. The 8 solidly stands... Great work Medium!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DJ_MinD_BloW[at]hotmail[dot]com Posted December 17, 2001 Share Posted December 17, 2001 Let me make this short If u buy this Album ya music Pleasure will be Better. This is a fucking Kick Azz Album.. 9/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kadafi Posted December 29, 2001 Share Posted December 29, 2001 Good compilation, typical Medium stuff as I expected...great variety of sounds good percussion, but overall I had expected the hypnotic level to be just a littlebit higher... Most tracks have a hard kick and overall the basslines are good... Not very hard to pick out my favorites here...in order of appearance : LUBE/FROGROCK : I'm in total agreement with the reviews above; this one definately takes the lead, hard kickbass, great percussion, shake that on the dancefloor 9/10!!! ...Bitmonx/It : great bassvibe! some percussion, crispy sounds and of course the 'IT'-sound makes it all so real! ...Fabel/Trunk : sounds like the most simple song on this cd, but I just love that unique pithy Iboga-kicksound, can't help it ...Timetech/Nothing else : best kick on this comp ...Auricular/Wasp or Fly : no great vibes here but listen to the variety and perfection of sound...the Melo mix has much more feeling though... Only one BAD track imo: Peak Pilots/Twisted fancy... the ideas and sounds aren't bad at all... but they're not exactly where they should be, and what the hells going on with that kick? my god... So, I'd advise this one to any progressive-head (especially the last track is a must-have!) 7,5/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Syre Posted February 5, 2002 Share Posted February 5, 2002 Frogrock is one of the best tracks in 2001. This compilation is well worth the money, especially for Lube, Jacques. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tanman Posted February 22, 2002 Share Posted February 22, 2002 when i first listen to this in the car up full blast, i didn't press skip or fast foward once until the CD finished...WOW what a journey !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Setsuko Posted March 15, 2002 Share Posted March 15, 2002 not the best medium compilation but some tracks are realy interesting imo ... for example the first one which is extremely well build up , great progression ... there aren't any bad tracks in here but some are a bit pointless ... highlights are 1,6(!) and 8 ... i like the coverart too , so i give this 7,5/10 . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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