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One of my favourite psytrance labels out there, Transient Records, keeps releasing good quality compilations and albums. Now they are out with a new compilation called UK Trance. As the title says, this is a compilation with artists from the UK. Here you get music by talented veterans in the psytrance scene and new upcoming artists.
UK Trance (Transient Records) 2004 (TRANR648CD)
1. Aphid Moon Superfly
2. Error Corrective Secret Lab
3. Fortu Fiver
4. Compressor Saw Dust
5. Dino Psaras Daisy Cutter Remix
6. Voice Of Cod Art Of Feng Shui
7. Tristan Dawn Raider
8. Mumbo Jumbo Mysterons (Annarchy Vs. Dickster Remix)
9. Cosmosis & Mumbo Jumbo Just Say No (The Melodic Mumble)
First out is Ahid Moon (Jules Hamer) who has released an album (High Diver) on Dragonfly Records, and tons of tracks on various compilations. Im not a big fan of his music because it easily becomes too minimal for my taste. That is the minus side with the track he gives us here too. It builds up, but too little happens in my ears. Track 2 is by a newcomer called Error Collective. This one sounds better, with nice melodies and good variation. This one is a heavy stumper, with a pretty heavy dark vibe. Track 3 is also an unknown artist called Fortu. This is another massive track, with heavy rolling bass line and a dark, almost scary vibe. It builds up slowly, and it could have been a bit more varied in my ears. But it is definitely better than most Aphid Moon tracks. Track 4 is also a new upcoming name called Compressor. They also give us a dark, rolling track that reminds me a bit of some 3DVision releases. Hard banging dark trance all the way through. Track 5 is by one of the veterans in the psytrance scene. Dino Psaras was one of the Cydonia band members. These days he is on his own and releases music under his own name. Last year he also released an album (Lick It) on Greek Oktava Records. His music is something different from most other psytrance releases. He has put in a lot of hard house influences in his music. For some people it probably become a bit too much, but in this track it isnt a problem. This is hard banging trance, with some tribal drums above.
Track 6 is made by a group called Voice Of Cod, where Colin from O.O.O.D. is involved. This one starts with floating morning vibes, before the full on style hits in. Pretty cool track with some crazy melodies, sounds and voice samples. Good one. Then we get a track from another veteran, Tristan. He is a talented dj too, and his music is actually more dj tools than listening music in my opinion. Pretty hard banging trance as usual, but never too full on. The track he has made here is a bit more varied than usual from this guy. Then we get a track by Mumbo Jumbo, which was released on the Mumbo Jumbo album Speaking In Tongues on Turbo Trance Records last year. Here we get a remix done by Dick Trevor (The Green Nuns Of The Revolution/Dickster). Pretty cool track, with tribal drums above the jumpy, heavy beats. You also get several funny sounds swirling in there. Nice one. The last track on this compilation is one of my favourite trance tracks of all times, done by Cosmosis and Mumbo Jumbo. This track is originally released on a Cosmosis album (Intergalactic), but here we get another version. This version isnt very different from the original, but sounds a bit more melodic and with some other sounds in the background. Great track!
Transient Records give us another quality release. Nice to see that they check out some new artists, but also keep up with the veterans. You will definitely hear several of these tracks at parties and festivals this year, so check it out!
PK (shivapks@hotmail.com)
