psytones Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 Indepth - ΣerØ Sumº (Spiral Trax) 2009 (SPT1CD027) 01. Retired Porn Star (7:27) 02. The Crack (7:40) 03. Sum = Zero (8:26) 04. Ginaton (7:24) 05. Shun (8:15) 06. Headway (7:44) 07. Itaitaiko- Future is Uncertain [indepth remix] (7:22) 08. Everyone I Know has Paws (7:30) 09. Last Night on Earth (5:54) 10. Null (11:10) The trend these days in clubs around the globe seem to be strongly directed towards minimal techno with its playful acid feel and minimal sound approach. In my home town it's very hard to go out clubbing without encountering the sounds of minimal techno blasting from the speakers with tokkitokk sounds following the kicks, hi-hats and bassline. Indepth has created something very faithful to the minimal techno sound in his Zero Sum. The album has some nice trip factors scattered around, as well as more sublime stuff going on without turning all maximum. Its drive and posture all looks and feels like your average minimal techno and after listening to his art with deeper bass and clearer speakers I've realized how much work he's put into it with crisp sounds that near a surgeons precession without the clinical approach, and a bassline that compliments the minimal techno kick with pleasure and surprises. Zero Sum contains some surprises at times, adding traces of trance, progressive house and hallucinogenic distortions. The production is crisp with vinyl effects to create that extra electric feeling on your pumped up body and gives you groovy themes to make the dance floor turn blissful while grinding teeth. In some tracks like the The Crack (T2) and Sum = Zero (T3) Indepth pushes, or lifts the music to put the clubbers head on the edge of a mental crack, and it tends to become irritating and annoying when listening. When it comes to the Gintaton (T4) he adds nice breaks and sneaks in melodies. He also adds some melodies with extra cuteness on Everyone I Know has Paws (T8), while at the same time stepping slightly away from the straightforward minimal techno feel and injecting us with some friendly emotions. The only track originally made by another artist is the 7th track by Itaitaiko, better known as Kukan Dub Lagan. This track has a super cool sample going 'Ohm', 'Bom. Recommendation: Spiral Trax records who for the summer season of 2009 is focusing on more techno influences in their releases give us an interesting album from Indepth, but for me personally it's not interesting enough. It has all the tricks needed to turn on the party goers, plus Indepth adds some minor variations here and there like trance themes, dirty electro pads and bassline changes. But as a whole it starts out boring, turns interesting while again changing back to become something boring and with time, forgettable(?). This is one of Spiral Trax's debut release on this field since they reopened their office in June 2007, and we can expect more music like this. I just hope they keep raising the bar. I have never heard the earlier work by Indepth, but the word around the block said that throughout the years, Shahar has experimented with different styles from progressive, breaks to techno, and it has all been with a pinch of psychedelics and a hefty dose of clubby influences in mind. Key words: techno, minimal with acid and electro. Favorite tracks:1, 3, 6, 8, 10. Indepth Interview: http://www.isratrance.com/interviews/indepth-i75.html Where to buy and other links: The Indepth Page: http://www.indepth1.com His MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/depthsof Indepth Discogs: http://www.discogs.com/artist/Indepth Spiral Trax: http://www.spiraltrax.com Spiral MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/spiraltrax Spiral Discogs: http://www.discogs.com/label/Spiral+Trax Psyshop.com: http://www.psyshop.com/shop/CDs/spt/spt1cd027.html Saikosounds: http://www.saikosounds.com/english/display...ase.asp?id=7937 Beatspace: http://www.beatspace.com/dettagli/dettaglio.asp?id=4986 beatport: https://www.beatport.com/en-US/html/content...mp;a486-index=3 More Reviews: http://www.myspace.com/psytonesmusic Original review on Isratrance.com: http://www.isratrance.com/cd-reviews/indep...-sum-d1062.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basilisk Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 This album is a reasonable approximation of the clicky white noise techno style currently fashionable in progressive circles but it lacks a certain special ingredient. I've listened a few times and never really get that sense of space I find in Fiord, Perfect Stranger, Extrawelt, and so on. This is more like party techno but without the breathing room it feels a bit forced. I'll give it a chance to grow but for now it is relegated to the back of my virtual bin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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