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Hydrophonic (Chesh and Regan) are two brothers from Cape Town, South-Africa, who have released quite a lot of tracks on various compilations. They are now releasing their debut album on Nano Records. They will also perform live all over the world this year, including the Glastonbury Festival, Glade Festival and Boom!
Hydrophonic "Aquabatics" Nano Records 2004 (NANOOCD007)
1. Bumping Sky
2. A Place Like This
3. Eb N Flow
4. Pull The String (Master Of Muppets Rmx)
5. Creating Life
6. Do You Believe?
7. Electric Lady
8. Creep Cheeky Naughty Naughty
9. Electro Terrestrial
First out is a nice, varied, full on morning track. Groovy bass line, some nice melodies and psychedelic sounds swirling smooth in and out of the track. Nice one. Track 2 sounds a bit more dramatic, but is even more melodic, perfect for sunrise. The bass line is really massive and the melodies sounds pretty crazy. Full on to the bone, with nice variation and sounds taking surprising directions during the entire track. You also get some funny voice samples. If I should compare it to other music, I would say it sounds like a typical full on melodic Israeli trance track. Track 3 starts with a voice sample, before a beautiful light melody swirls in together with a massive, pumping bass line. This track has a really trippy vibe. My favourite track on this album. Very melodic, but not in a cheesy way. Track 4 goes deeper. It starts off sort of minimal and stumping, but it builds up after a while. You get some nice break beats above the bass line, and it becomes quite melodic too, Not among my favourite tracks on this album, but okay.
Track 5 starts with a few voice samples too, before the groovy beat start pumping again. You get some of those break beat vibes above the bass line in this one too. It’s also nice to hear the melody in this one sneaking slowly into the track. Track 6 has a bit more mystic sound. It starts off with some floating, atmospheric sounds and break beats. After a while, an intense, rolling bass line finally hits in. This one goes a bit darker, with mostly darker sounds and melodies. The break beats come back in the middle of the track too and give us some rest. Track 7is the darkest track on this album. Here we are over in a night time vibe, with a totally evil, massive bass line and scary, mystic sounds floating in the back ground. Definitely something for the night time lovers out there. Track 8 takes another direction. Here they have made a psychedelic break beat track! Nice melodies, a female voice and rough break beats. A nice change from all the full on trance on this album. The last track we get here is a chilled down tempo track, still with a totally psychedelic vibe, funny sounds and surprising twists. Cool finish on the album.
This album is perfect for those of you who want some melodic morning trance. You will find some nice variation on this album too. Mostly morning trance, but also a couple of dark night time tracks, break beat and some chill.
PK (shivapks@hotmail.com)
