DeathPosture Posted October 20, 2001 Posted October 20, 2001 V/A - The Next Levels Artist: Various Title: The Next Levels Label: Creamcrop Date: 2001 Track listing: 01. 07'13" Igneous Sauria : Enigma 02. 06'16" Yumade : Dopple Doper 03. 06'24" Kent : Crazy Beat 04. 09'20" Tripiatrik : Ruff Stuff 05. 07'53" Ninja : Amazura 06. 07'36" Process : Terrorist (Yumade Rmx) 07. 07'09" Biotonic : Weird 08. 07'14" Snug As A Bug : Faust Copy Review: Liquid Levels Vol. 2 here. So minimal haters - no need to read on! This is an interesting compilation. First of all. It's Creamcrop - quality guaranteed. Secondly on this CD you get the full version of the PC-game Spacehaste from Church Of Electronic Entertainment. To my knowledge this is the first time a psy-release comes with a computer-game?! Correct me if I'm wrong. Anyway, I'm pretty much a PC game-illiterate so I know virtually nothing about computer-games. I know a lot about Playstation though, and Spacehaste reminds me a lot of the classic Wipeout. The Creamcrop promotion material states: " . a futuristic hyper-arcade racing game designed to be the ultimate adrenaline rush" . Yeah, that's about right. I enjoyed this game, and the better you get at controlling your space-craft the faster the game goes. Also it's the first time I've seen road-side Creamcrop and Cosmophilia billboards. ) Pretty cool.. But the coolest thing is without doubt the soundtrack to this game. The game has 8 levels and the above 8 tracks is the soundtrack of each level. As you all have guess this is the typical Creamcrop sound. Very minimal techno-trance! This works very well, when playing the game, but actually - to my own surprise - also works very well for listening/dance floor purposes.. Well at least it works for some of the tracks! Though there's a tendency for some of the tracks to get boring very fast if you're not in a psychedelic mood. Well, I am whilst writing this! For me the best tracks are the Crazy Beats of Kent (track 3), the Ruff Stuff of Tripiatrik (4) and the VERY INTERESTING Yumade-remix of Process' Terrorist (6). The rest of the tracks doesn't really grab me. They are ok, but nothing special. Overall I'd say that this is a DIFFERENT minimal compilation.. I like the game, and these tracks make an excellent soundtrack, but some of them are not strong enough without the game.Thumbs up for the soundtrack/game-idea though. Rating 7/10! Quote
Guest Dandoo Forest Posted October 21, 2001 Posted October 21, 2001 CreamCrop never disepointed me! and here agien a GREAT mix btw 8 killers!!!!! Quote
Setsuko Posted January 13, 2002 Posted January 13, 2002 Bozo , if you would have bought the compilation you would've been able to play the bonusgame... it's a very nice one. and the compilation is also great ... my favourites are 3,4,6,7 and 8 ... i loved the liquid levels futuristic psytrance and this release was even better ... Creamcrop is a quality label , a new step forward in the evolution of psychedelic trance . 8/10 Quote
chris Posted March 11, 2002 Posted March 11, 2002 One very good dancefloorkiller track : Ninja. The rest is very average, flat..but not shit!!! far away from bad music, just loundge sound while playing games. Quote
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