Guest LaGoaTrance Posted September 9, 2000 Share Posted September 9, 2000 V/A - Xpla-Nations Artist: Various Title: Xpla-Nations Label: TIP World Date: 2000 Track listing: 01. 06'31" GMS : Whiplash 02. 08'28" Absolum : D:Generate 03. 08'07" Fuzzion : Killer 04. 08'07" Violet Sky : Magnetic Star 05. 08'38" Space Cat : Snorkelblaster 06. 06'29" Tycho : It's All Rock And Roll 07. 07'29" Typhoon Feat Deedrah : Hi Big Man 08. 07'41" Lotus Omega : Body Snatchers 09. 07'27" Cyberbabas : Like A Pretzel Review: The third in the nation series.....First track is from GMS, same style than the "GMS Vs Systembusters" album, very good powerfull track with a lot of effects, i like the fly sound ! Then a track from Absolum (aka Christof from 3D Vision, half Transwave) very minimalist, maybe a little bit boring because it's too hard for me. Track 3 is Fuzzion, some russian sound, perfect for dancing :-) good rythm, goods fx....it works for me ! Track 4 is Vi oletSky, (Mexicans ??), pretty interesting, especially the second part of the song. Then a track from the last Space Cat album. This track have been released with Raja Ram and Riktam, israelian sound at it's best, dark, powerfull....killer track. Next track is Tycho a very dark psytrance track. Track 7 is Typhoon (aka Total Eclipse) with Dado, as good as usual with a sound that remind me Gabriel La Mar "No shelter." Track 8 is Lotus Omega, it's not bad. Last track is Cyberbaba's (aka Raja Ram and a guy called Benji), a minimalist track that make you fly, oh yeeees !!! So, this compilation is not as good than Divi:nations (which is an awesome compilation) but it's as good as halluci:nations, if you like dark psytrance you can buy it, you won't regret it. Best tracks are for me 1,3,5 and 9. If you're a DJ you will find BPM of each track...good idea, isn't it ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest earthman[at]djearthman[dot]com Posted September 9, 2000 Share Posted September 9, 2000 Great compilation, lots of quality tracks. Violet Sky/Magnetic Star (track 4) is really awesome! Yes the 2nd part is really nice. Typhoon Feat Deedrah is also a very cool track. The bpm idea is great I wish we could see it more often. As a CDJ it is very helpful to have bpms listed. I'd give this CD 8.5/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest goa_2000[at]mail[dot]ru Posted September 9, 2000 Share Posted September 9, 2000 I considere this CD the best from *Nations series. It's a powerfull dance compilation full of sound. Also there is a track of a guy from my country who called himself "Fuzzion". 9/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Cnt97 Posted September 13, 2000 Share Posted September 13, 2000 After a first quick listening to this album I was disapointed... but then, the second time I actually sat down and listened.. it was great!... Even Space Cat's track is totally great (I didnt like the Space Cat album). Newcomers: Violet Sky and Fuzzion... two VERY good tracks. This is a good compilation... No bad tracks. Full on party music... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest a_ozi Posted September 18, 2000 Share Posted September 18, 2000 this is tipworld, not your local tip... and it shows once again with this cd...almost no fillers...standouts include 3 and 4 (all the russian muzic iv heard rox), 6,7, and 9. GMS are good... but not my style, Absolom moves towards the Three Point Turn sound here me thinx... but the track might have evolved a little further than what it does, Space Cat have a heaps fresher sound now... i think this is a remix of a GMS song, and will rock the night, but it isnt the standout of the album for me. Lotus Omega's track is a little noisy and undirected for my tastes... probably the weak link in the album... its all relative though - the rest truly rocks any time of the year. This album is like a pretzel...its been going round and round my soundsystem for weeks now. 8/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TRISTAN Posted September 20, 2000 Share Posted September 20, 2000 KILLER! I don`t believe it, another one of the cool Nation series. now with GMS, Fuzzion, and the best track on the cd - Like A Pretzel... i just love it! ohhh.. one more thing... Typhoon And Deedrah - Hi Big Nun is incredible... great buildup ppl =) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AlexG Posted September 21, 2000 Share Posted September 21, 2000 better than hallucinations but far below divinations. gms kicks ass! fuzzion, space cat, cyberbabas (raja ram) are also great. violet sky is interesting but not great. has promise though, i hope more trance comes out of mexico soon (yea, we're really going global now!) absolum is boring: he's trying to imitate gms i think =) 6/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest boomwizard[at]hotmail[dot]com Posted September 25, 2000 Share Posted September 25, 2000 Not as good as Divi but still very good the GMS track is sooo good, these guys can't loose these days. Also Absolum, Tycho and Violet Sky are good but I really expected more from Space Cats 8/10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basilisk Posted October 26, 2000 Share Posted October 26, 2000 Inconsistent and ephemeral. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest saikodelik[at]for[dot]ever Posted December 8, 2000 Share Posted December 8, 2000 My opinion ..YO raj keep on playing the flute ! man insted of doing compils 4/6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DeeJay Jones Posted May 25, 2001 Share Posted May 25, 2001 The best tracks on Xpla:Nations are GMS - Whiplash and Cyberbabas - Like A Pretzel (Cyberbabas are Raja Ram from Shpongle and Benji Vaughn from Process, both musicians with awesome imagination and creativity!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PKS Posted November 16, 2001 Share Posted November 16, 2001 Good compilation, but Halluci:Nations and Divi:Nations is better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basilisk Posted February 25, 2002 Share Posted February 25, 2002 -- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seraph Posted March 28, 2002 Share Posted March 28, 2002 Good compilation but that is all...Very big variety of tracks from all around the world...best are WHIPLASH, KILLER, SNORKELBLASTER, LIKE A PRETZEL...6.5/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vision Posted March 12, 2003 Share Posted March 12, 2003 The 3rd member of the great TIP "Nations" series. It's defently not the best one, but also not the worst one. Once again the series residents GMS & Ofer Dikovsky strike with powerfull full on trax. Newcomers Fussion, Violet sky and Tycho brought here some interesting material. Quite original track by Typhoon Feat Deedrah. A couple of killer trax from Absolum i hot greeks Lotus Omega. Nothing new from powerfull duo Benji Vaughn & Raja Ram. So on this compilation-Nation there is no any single bad track, but also no any masterpieces. One would like some trax more than others, and one would like the other ones. So on my opinion it is a quality middle class compilation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manuser Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 One of my favorites in the series. There is enough variety to enjoy, thumbs up to tracks by Fuzzion, Violet Sky, Typhoon feat Deedrah. I already had a hard time to listen to any Absolum tracks, but this one takes the cake in a bad way, noisy stuff all the way. Terrible. The last track is pretty nice, but my preference still goes to the Violet Sky track, the nice surprise of this compilation. Listen: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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