Bill Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 VA - Sun Department Vol. 1 Sun Department Records Tracklist: 01 - Mental Broadcast vs Spinal Fusion - Access Knobs 02 - McCOY's S.U.N. Project - Cosmic Porn03 - Psyfonic - Bahad04 - Chrizzlix - Head Blow05 - Psycobold - Chasing Squirrels06 - Psynetic - Mikrokosmos07 - Wootz - Sun Grows Up08 - Dynamic Range - Earthdance09 - Subverso - Around The World What an awesome collection! Great full-on, beautiful goa touches, shiny and gorgeous morning progressive, "Sun Department Vol. 1" might just be the best Ovnimoon compilation not released by that awesome label. Beginning with Mental Broadcast vs Spinal Fusion taking the perfect Ovnimoon (take your pick, the artist or the label,) blueprint for finely balancing sweet progressive with invigorating full-on and continuing on through many fine and divinely creative productions, this one should be an essential listen for 2015. One major misfire comes early on in the proceedings, though, when McCOY's S.U.N. Project injects annoying metal into their full-on cacophony. Luckily, this is the most bombastic of the bunch and it works getting the bad apple out of the way before rolling up the sleeves and getting serious about the musical matter at hand. From Psyfonic's fascinating creativity on "Bahad," Chrizzlix' deep rumbling but never overwhelming "Head Blow," Psynetic's enthralling "Mikrokosmos" and Wootz' beautiful sunshine on "Sun Grows Up," nothing gets too peak-hour in this one as the focus is on creativity rather than filling the dance floor. Let that not give the wrong impression, though, there are some gorgeous grooves and delicious rhythms in all of the tracks listed above. Without question, the finest of "Vol. 1" is Psycobold's incomparable "Chasing Squirrels," a production rich in creativity and vision where the style is half-full-on and half-goa. Simply, this one gets richer with every listen and it is fascinating how well the mashing of these two styles is pulled off. Too, the wisps of goa that appear in the pretty morning progressive of Dynamic Range's "Earthdance" are pulled off very well, a very pretty listen even if the samples tend to get overused. To end this excellent collection with psytrance as common as Subverso's "Around The World," where the samples are again overused, seems a bit criminal but, still, it may be common but is not a bad track. High marks for the wicked good creativity demonstrated by most of the artists here but serious kudos for the mastering. This one sounds sterling and all the gorgeous details contained in these vibrant and excellent tracks shine. I'm guessing that many of these gems will hold up extremely well over the course of time. Available for free play or download at: http://www.ektoplazm.com/free-music/sun-department-vol-1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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