| Lucas Aly |
For the psytrance lovers and ppl that want to know more about it:
Clarity, has been released and is getting some fantastic feedback… Would love to get some feedback also from isratrance members!
Almost impossible to give the album a purely objective review, as I helped compile it and obviously think it’s totally wicked, but I’m going to anyway…!
The album consists of 9 tracks…
1. Logic Bomb - ‘Joddel’
This track was written a while ago and we were always surprised it never got released. It’s a perfect album opener; quite gentle paced, cheeky, funky track with trademark logic bomb sounds. I think it’s brilliant..
2. Commercial Hippies – ‘Where dreams come from’
This is one of the tracks I am most excited about on the album. It’s written by Dj Chesh (who’s one of my partners in Nano Records and also half of Hydrophonic) and newcomer Anton Raubenheimer (who also writes as Cyan). Chesh’s production is getting really tight, something that’s reflected also in Hydrophonic’s music. This track is killer. Great spirit, detailed percussion, wicked samples and purely belter!
3. Rinkadink – Ultima (Protoculture remix)
Bit of a Nano anthem over the last year, this one. Rinkadink’s original version featured on our first release, ‘Emergence’ and is a classic. This remix improves on the original and is one of the most beautiful, uplifting morning tracks around.
4. Cyan – Electro Texture
Cyan is another exciting new talent to come out of Cape Town. This track is great for those moments when you need to pull the energy back on the dancefloor, but keep the feet moving and the smiles floating, if you know what I mean. Lush synths, funked up bass and acid lines, tight production. This is a talent to keep an eye out for..
5. Vatos Locos – Four Twenty (Earthling Remix)
Shane Gobi from Alchemy licensed this to us – Thanks geez! I love this and am really excited to have Vatos Locos and Earthling, awesome psychedelic talents, attached to the label. Deep, throbbing, humoured, almost housey, psy trance with the fattest lead section halfway. Brilliant!
6. Tristan v The Electric Ant – Six Straight Days
What can I say about this? Best track in the universe!? Really can’t review this objectively.. Total pleasure to work with Tristan; he’s a fantastic geezer, has a very excellent approach to making music and has got some wicked analogue gear. I’m delighted with the track. Solid building, big dance floor tune with some excellently psychedelic sounds. Great to hear after a drop or two…!
7. Hydrophonic – Ones and Zeros
Hydrophonic are getting better and better. With bookings coming in all over the world for their funk fuelled live sets, they are becoming a very exciting talent. This track is a top dancefloor track. It’s full of optimism, great percussion and a break that will kick any party into gear.. Wicked!
8. Protoculture – High Orbit
At last the man defluffs! Much more full on and psychedelic than his previous stuff and a track that shows his dynamism. Searing builds, great leads and typically tight production. I’m very excited about this tune and it causes mayhem on the dancefloor… Killerrrr…
9. Triptych – Cold
Another track that we licensed, this time from Turbo Trance records. A really nice tune that ends the album with exactly the vibe that we wanted. Triptych is without doubt a very exciting new talent to come out of France and this tune’s got a lovely fat bassline that builds up to a great smile inducing synth section. One for the girls on a sunny day!
The album comes in CD extra format, with a flash movie that autoruns when you put the CD in a PC or Mac. Through a link on this you can gain access to a tenth track, a streaming DJ mix, free samples, video, other multimedia and maybe competitions. We are going to make this a regular feature of all our releases…
Anyway, I think the album has got 9 fantastic tracks on it, with quite a cross section of vibes, though all with a common denominator that is psychedelic, optimistic, clear and of the highest quality. It’s great journey as a whole too…
Look forward to reading some responses...
review by Ans (aka The Electric Ant) - 11/09/03 |
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