Guest slinker Posted April 21, 2001 Share Posted April 21, 2001 V/A - The Influence Artist: Various Title: The Influence Label: 3rd Mind Date: 1997 Track listing: 01. Solaris : Can White 02. Morphem : Montage 03. The Infinity Project : Incandenscence 04. Nervasystem : Liquid Lifeform 05. Space Tribe : Ultrasonic Heartbeat 06. Satori : Normal Existence 07. Process : Internal Horizon 08. Sandman : G-Force 09. Acid Lab : Happily Damaged Review: Having stumbled across this compilation waltzing through the streets of camden i must say i was pleasantly surprised. Starts out with Solaris (havent heard of em before) a nice jamaican sounding melody that reveals a nice kick drum that flows into a really trancy soundscape..the track then picks up the pace and acid lines as it drifts into track 2 Morphem (another name im not aware of) a nice kick drum start and solid bassline with build ups and classic soundingbackdrops!..a melody then comes in and some distorted robot voices...great classic sounding goa!...after this comes Infinity Project (i think everyone is aware of them!) what can i say a delirious devious little track with some very spaces sounds and melodies...exceptionally good!! next up is Nerva System with a totally haunting screechy track that would really benefit being played loud to abuse the senses...sounds like a siren immersed in a squelchy landscape of acid and melodic bubbles (lay off the acid!) a very good track!..then Space Tribe takes over, a very noisy and pumping digital effect laden track..lots of separate melodies and fuzzy noises/ samples...not bad at all after that brain work out is Satori which starts out with chimes and a hard kick / bassline then the spiralling noises come into play with lashings of force (ouch my brain) a very chaotic high energy track! Process then takes us to a dreamy soundscape that builds and builds into one helluva wicked track melodious and expertly crafted....Sandman then comes into play, one solid driving bassline and hard kick start off the proceedings (i always liked his style) a totally weird stretchy noise comes in...which makes me shiver with exitement and then some nice siren and computer sounding rifts..that bassline never lets you go..in comes the distorted guitar samples..wow! awesome and by the end of the track this gothic sounding melody takes you outta this world F*cking killer track one of his best ever..(my favorite on the whole album) one of those tracks that could quite easily bring a tear to your eye coz its soo good!!....Acid Lab have to do a good job to top this on the last track...Lovely old 303 sounds and samples drift into a fantastic breakbeat (im a sucker for breaks) which is a good track to finish with and those noises at the end...wahhhhh! All in all a really worthy purchase if you can find it..the Sandman track alone is worth the whole album!.....9.8/10 one of my favorite melodic compilations! Slinker =^,^= Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest G_Soul Posted March 18, 2002 Share Posted March 18, 2002 One of the best cd's i've ever heard... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trance2MoveU Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Allow me to be the fly in your chardonnay. While I found the Solaris, Morphem, and Satori tracks to be good, I'm not tumbling over myself to throw out the hyperbole. My favorite here is Liquid Lifeform and Ultrasonic Heartbeat. Two tracks full of psychedelic bubbling and driving rhythms. The last bit of the compilation goes heavily into what I like to call experimental goa. Mdk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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