The Overlords - Sundown

[mars]

I had those tracks a long time ago. This is at the edge of Psytrance. This is

Trance, actually, but it gives in mind some sparks of psychedelism, so it

deserves to be here. Musically speaking, those tracks have a simple rhythmic,

yet powerful. Over that, you can hear the typical Sundown melody that was

remixed in 96 by Ionizer. It unfolds on and on and makes you happy. The "rock

my boat" feeling Stormbringer wrote is mine too. If you still have that EP,

just put it under the diamond, relax and move your head while the boat rocks !

[Gorgonator]

WOW, This brings back some fond memories from yester year. I agree with

stormbringer its diffiult to classify this one but its very NEW BEAT belgian

sounding IMO. Also in a similar vein to early MUSIC RESEARCH releases from

88-93 when they called it NEW ZONE. With this kind of stuff appearing on this

site I think a rumage thru my old vinyl is in order !

[Guest Stormbringer]

The Overlords - Sundown

 

 

Artist: The Overlords

Title: Sundown

Label: ZYX

Date: 1991

 

Track listing:

 

01. Sundown (Sunshine And The 909 - Babymix)

02. Sundown (Sunfactor 909 - Comamix)

 

Review:

 

We´ll never find the final original source to our music. There will

allways be an older record if we look hard enough for it, but one of the

oldest that I can think of is the EP "Sundown" by the Overlords from

Denmark made in 1991. Is it Goa? Is it Psytrance? Is it Body? Is it

Trance? I don´t know, it´s a mix of those genres. We may never be able

to decide what´s the origin of the Psy-Trance-genre but this is one of

the main sources that´s for sure! There´s a vispering voice and a

pumping beat, howling owls and a powerful melody that "rock my boat" as

I´m writing this right now. This kind of music from the early nineties

has so many different original sounds that if I would put it on a New

Beat-tape it would work just fine, and as a Pre-Goa-Track it´s just

amazing too. Is "Sundown" Goa, Trance, New Beat or Body? I´ll leave that

up to you to decide, I sure can´t!!! I still consider the "Suck/Smoke my

dang-a-long" EP made by Erection to be the very first Psy-Trance-record.

[Guest Inu]

Maybe the beginning of trance... half techno, half

industrial with lush psychedelic production. Sunfactor 909 is more "song"

like, with a main vocal, while

Sunshine is more instrumental. Better than the remix! Look out for Sunfactor

909 on Phonokol's "Eternal Trance" compilation... 9/10

[Guest [Anonymous]]

this is the best track ever made!!my first trip was in a party when they play

this tune at the sunrise.

 

booooooommmm

[Guest Stormbringer]

The Overlords were: Ian Maria (Ian Ion), Rune B and Dick D'Press. Read more at

Koxbox site: http://www.koxbox.dk/people_biogs/ian_scroll.html

[Guest Stormbringer]

For those of you who haven´t heard about The Overlords before... listen to the

"Moontrap (Bonus Version)" too! It´s from the Antler Subway EP "Moontrap"

released in 1990!!!

[Guest [Anonymous]]

That's it Stormbringer...

But the CDM I own hat more two remixes than that... "Radioversion", "Alpha

Beat" and "Mental Version".

Another point is that the "Ionizer Remix" (that version that made this song an

epic) is from '92, originally released in the CDM "Organic +" from

Antler/Subway.

Peace.

[Kai-Q]

The Belgium Version on Antler Subway have more versions.

 

Catalog Number: AS 5051 CDM

 

1. Sundown (Sunshine And The 909 - Babymix) (11:33)

2. Sundown (Radioversion) (4:08)

3. Sundown (Sunfactor 909 - Comamix) (11:22)

4. Sundown (Alpha*Beat) (11:49)

5. Sundown (Mental Version) (6:03)

[ACiD_Technoid]

Great release.. For me, this is FiRST True Goa Trance record

I think that Goa become EBM of 90s, and this release is prof of that.

[Dysphasic]

The Belgium Version on Antler Subway have more versions.

 

Catalog Number: AS 5051 CDM

 

1. Sundown (Sunshine And The 909 - Babymix) (11:33)

2. Sundown (Radioversion) (4:08)

3. Sundown (Sunfactor 909 - Comamix) (11:22)

4. Sundown (Alpha*Beat) (11:49)

5. Sundown (Mental Version) (6:03)

 

Do you know where I can get that? I've been looking for the Alpha Beat of Sundown for a long time now, and I can't find it anywhere.