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Manmademan "Creation Myth"
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Elektrik Orgasm Records based in the UK surprise me every time they release something. It is a pretty anonymous label that doesn’t promote their releases very much. Now they are out with their fourth CD release, which is no other than the third album by Manmademan! Manmademan are Sonya Bailey and Paul Baguley. A couple that are veterans in the psytrance scene. They have previously released one album on Flying Rhino Records (Lovetechnology, 2000) and an album on Transient Records (Cell Division, 2002).
Manmademan "Creation Myth" Elektrik Orgasm Records 2004 (EOCD04)
1. Creation Myth
2. Regardless
3. Hyper Tension
4. Rogue Filter
5. Program Reality
6. Crossfade
7. Network
8. Systematic
9. Frenzy
It seems like the couple has gone deeper in the ground to a more dark style since the last time I heard anything by them. The first track is a dark, hard pushing track. Pumping, intense beats and some dark psychedelic sounds jumping above now and then. Not much interesting sounds or variation, and it gets quickly boring in my ears. Track 2 is a totally stumpy track. Hard, banging beats all the way through, but not much variation of sounds here either. Dark, but too monotonous. Track 3 goes even deeper. Deep, hard pumping bass line, but we don’t get much else here. Why not try to vary a little bit more ? Track 4 has bit more drifting vibe, but continues the minimal style. There are some more weird sounds in there, but it doesn’t sound very interesting.
Track 5 sounds a little bit different. Here they have put in some tribal drums between the pumping bass line, and things get better at once. There is also more melody here. Some kind of mystic, eastern vibe. Weird, but cool. Track 6 goes back to a more minimal sound picture again. I think it would be enough with one track like this here, but they give us way too many tracks like this. Track 7 sounds better with a bit more massive sound picture and a drifting vibe. Reminds me a bit of the style Tristan often plays in his sets. Track 8 follows the minimal road. Hard and dark, but a big lack of variation. The last track we get from this couple on their third album is pretty weird. The same pumping dark style, but with some weird guitar sounds mixed in.
Manmademan used to give us more variation than this, so this album was totally disappointing in my ears. I also think Elektrik Orgasm Records use to release very interesting experimental trance, but this time it doesn’t sound very exciting.
PK (shivapks@hotmail.com)
