Guest Tchankov I.V. Posted October 12, 2002 Share Posted October 12, 2002 V/A - The Dreammachine Artist: Various Title: The Dreammachine Label: Intergroove Date: 1998 Track listing: CD 1 01. 06'31"Man Of The Last 3rd : Spirit (Prana And Hanssolo Rmx) 02. 05'05"Union Jack : Cockroach 03. 06'13"Deedrah : Japanicus Delphinus 04. 08'09"Metacosm : Dancenstein 05. 07'17"Kopfuss Resonator : Whipbird 06. 06'54"Prometheus Process : Clarity From Deep Fogs 07. 06'48"The Xtra Terrestrial : Isra-Alien 08. 05'49"Digitalis : Rapid Eye 09. 08'39"Montauk P. : Electromagnetic 10. 06'44"Growling Mad Scientists : Jaws 11. 05'39"Juno Reactor : God Is God (Revelation Mix) CD 2 01. 07'15"Joujouka : Re-Psycle Frequency 02. 06'00"The Visitors : Reality Check 03. 05'15"Menis : Fluff Killer 04. 06'31"Der Stern Von Afrika : Nomo Butu 05. 06'56"Bodh Gaya : The Dreammachine Experience 06. 09'11"Cosmosis : Moonshine 07. 09'17"Radiotrance : Plasma 08. 08'16"Messiah : Messiah 09. 08'02"Psyko Disko : Phoe Rue Yang 10. 06'57"Space Tribe : The Ultraviolet Catastrophe Review: The friend of mine gave me this comp for evaluation recently & now I'm here to co-share my experiences. After a few repeated spins I consider these CDs being a prolly good choice of tracks, with CD-1 being yet more prominent in terms of consistency & flow intensity. All the tracks were mixed by DJ Flashback, what adds its flavour, but makes it less worthwhile for real collectioners. Also I should mention a small trouble with mastering on CD-2 which comes onto forefront from track to track and manifests itself as noise factor or slight distortions of certain signal frequencies. The music itself is goa, but let me guess - more mature goa - the mood-close-to-the-root is still there but some experimentation is also involved which brings some more variation between tracks & also inhibits the ageing factor, I mean you don't bother when it was produced while listening to it. Either of the CDs starts from an experimental track, both very good, really. All in all, my highlights on CD-1 are tracks 1 & 8 for break elements smartly used, track 4 - for hypnotic feel to it, track 9 - for nice progression with the ending I'm fond of and, of course, track 10 for simply being up to the high standard . But all other CD-1 tracks are also good, except that abovementioned are slightly better. CD-2 opener by Joujouka & its follower by The Visitors keep it cool in the same vein CD-1 already had in the beginning, then there's some confusion in the course, worse that - low production value added. I like track 3 actually but not here. Tracks 6, 7 & 10 are classic goa songs, way too much classic imho to be put here. Track 8 by Messiah along with track 9 should be the ones to follow the first two for the journey to ride right. Well, tracks 1, 2, 8 and 9 are the good ones, all others only decent. CD-2 is not as convincing as CD-1, in other words, it has no integrity or convergence between tracks. But neither this means it's bad. So, 8/10 for CD-1 and only 6,5/10 for CD-2. Tchankov I.V. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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