V/A - Monarchie III [Full review] 2003

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This old compilation deserves a review... DP helped me a little, and by the way, this is my first review, so please be nice.. But here it is...:

 

 

V/A Monarchie III

 

 

Format: CD

Artist: Various

Title: Monarchie III

Digital Mastered by: Volker König (Ololiqui)

Label: Zillion Mental Anarchy records, Greece

Distribution: ZMA records

Cat. #: zmacd016

Year: 2003

 

Track listing:

 

01. ´9”13 Frogacult – Beware of the Sand

02. ´8”15 Metronome & Sonitus – Psycho Poet

03. ´8”16 Molecular – Confucious

04. ´7”35 M.O.S. (Mittelstandskinder Ohne Strom) – Connected (Nerve rmx)

05. ´7”34 Overlap – 6th Sense

06. ´8”01 Prosper - Synaesthesia

07. ´6”07 Time Lock – Vaio Fever

08. ´8”52 Mungusid - Toaster

09. ´7”35 Molecular – Sky High

 

 

 

Review:

 

This is the third part of the Monarchie serie. ZMA tried to seduce as many people as possible, with this one, and my conclusion is that they did their job well.. On this compilation there is a large variety of styles.

 

Let me take you thru the tracks…

 

#01 Frogacult – Beware of the Sand [138 bpm]:

Frogacult are Mikkel Calum and Casper Datai from Denmark. They produce morningtrance in high class, and they absolutely prove that with Beware of the Sand. The track starts out nice and quiet, suddenly a voice appears “Beware of the ground you stand, the floor is quicker than the Sand”, afterwards the beat goes on. Around 3:40 the “Beware of the ground you stand, he floor is quicker than the Sand”-sample is repeated, and divided by a weird voice, maybe it is reversed or something, I do not know. The vocals stops, and the beat keeps on going, nice and quiet with a sweet little melody, that makes the track stronger. Later on the vocals starts again, pretty predictable, but nice anyway because it is a great sample. A perfect track for sunrise.

 

#02 Metronome & Sonitus – Psycho Poet [138 bpm]:

Written and produced by H. Nillson and L. Ymin. This is a very hard and pumping track. Do not be fooled by the 138 bpm, this is a hardpumping track. The breaks are perfect, and the melodies fits the track perfect. A perfect track for the night hours.

 

 

#03 Molecular – Confucious [138 bpm]:

Molecular are A. Shilansky and Y. Hamam. This track starts out with a sweet melody, and after a short period of time the beat goes on. A hard pumping beat. This goes on and on, where the melody switch on and off. For me this is not a great track, but that is my opinion.

 

#04 M.O.S. (Mittelstandskinder Ohne Strom) – Connected (Nerve rmx) [140 bpm]:

M.O.S. and Nerve are Christian Bruckhaus and NDM from Germany. The track starts out with a dark sphere, and then the beats goes on. This is a more technoid track, but not as technoid as The Delta. Around ´3”30, a short buildup appears, and a short melody turns on, a small break divide the melody into two parts, where the second part is a bit more energetic, the second part keeps on going until the track stops. For me is this track a medium track, it is not bad and it is not good.

 

 

#05 Overlap – 6th Sense [140 bpm]:

Overlap are Misha Puchkov and Vyachaslav Bogachev from Moscow, Russia. They released their debut album on ZMA also, in January this year (2004), and is titled 6th Sense. As usual the beat goes on, after a short period of spheres. This is not the usual Russian style, like Parasense and Kindzadza. The track has a great beat, a beat that swings well, pretty catchy in my opinion. Suddenly a melody turns up, this keeps on going until the end of the track. I think this track would be great in a party.

 

#06 Prosper – Synaesthesia [142 bpm]:

Prosper are N. Vujnovic from Yugoslavia, also known as Manibus. Please step aside, this is “da bomb”. The mind blasting melody that starts almost from the beginning, and keeps on until the end. The beat is not hard or soft, it fits perfect with the melody. I am speechless, this track is perfect, and would be perfect for the night hours. Definitely my favourite track on the compilation.

 

#07 Time Lock – Vaio Fever [145 bpm]:

Time Lock are Felix Nagorsky, ½-part of P.P.S. Project. Time Lock has released his debut album on ZMA also, it was released in May 2004. He is from is from Israel, and proved to us, that it is not just the typical Full-On sound, that are being produced in Israel. The track is a Full-On masterpiece in my opinion. The beat is a nice Full-On beat, and around ´5”00 hell breaks loose, the sweet little melody appears again in a short, but very enjoyable, moment. Very nice track, but way too short, he should do a extended rmx of it.

 

 

#08 Mungusid – Toaster [145 bpm]:

Mungusid are A. Soloid from Ukraine. He gives us a nice Full-On track, with a nice beat and some nice melodies. Nothing special nothing bad, a medium track.

 

#09 Molecular – Sky High [138 bpm]:

Second track by Molecular on this compilation. This one is slower than Confucious, and is more sunrise based. It has a nice beat, and some killer melodies. It is a nice track to finish off the compilation, and it is nice to see that it can be possible to finish off a compilation with a morning track, instead of an ambient track or a track in similar style to the other tracks from the compilation. Very good track in my opinion, perfect for the sunrise, just like the Frogacult track.

 

General this compilation are perfect putted together. Almost every track is unique in some kind of way, and lots of the tracks are masterpieces. Most of the releases I have heard from ZMA are brilliant, and this is getting more and more rare these days, so thumbs up for ZMA, for bringing us, these masterpieces. The only reason why I do not give it 10 out of 10, is because of the tracks that just are medium, and not as good as the others.

 

9/10

 

Favourites: 1(!!), 2(!), 6(!!!!!), 7(!) and 9(!)

 

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External links:

http://www.zmarecords.com/

http://www.psyshop.com (samples available) (and it is cheap too)

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