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Avatar Records in Israel is back with a new compilation mixed by Goa Gil from San Francisco, USA. Goa Gil is some kind of guru who has been a dj in Goa, India since the seventies. In the beginning he played psychedelic rock etc. In the nineties he played melodic goa trance, and now he is only playing the so called darkpsy.
Karmageddon Mixed by Goa Gil (Avatar Records) 2005 (AVA029)
1. Goa Gil - Aum
2. The Nommos In The Shadow
3. Dominator Battle Angel
4. Kindzadza KamaKazi
5. Matutero Pure Evil
6. Ocelot BigBamBoom!
7. Dylalien If I Only Had A Brain
8. Quasar Glossalalia
9. Savage Scream Black Dawn
10. Freaking On The Path Cacao In For 6 ½
11. Goa Gil - Closing Prayer
First out is a litle intro lasting for about 20 seconds. Here we get some meditating sounds, before track two starts stumping. This track is made by Goa Gil himself, together with his wife Ariane. They call themselves The Nommos, and released an album (Digitaria) on Avatar Records last year. Here we get a typical darkpsy track, with a rolling bass line and random, screaming, dark sounds thrown in above with a lot of echo effects. No melodies, just crazy madness all the way through. Track 3 is by a new artist called Dominator (Roman Dominator). This track was recorded in Mumbai, India. Here we get a lot of movie samples, and it sounds pretty scary. Very intense track with quite nagging sounds all the way. Almost a bit noisy, but we also get some floating vibes in between all the screaming. Track 4 is by Kindzadza (Lev Gresnilov) from Russia, who has become quite well known in the darkpsy scene. Here he gives us a dark, rolling track as usual. Totally intense, nagging sounds and no melodies. Something for those who wants to really work out at night. Bubbling of sounds. Track 5 is another rolling monster. This is by a new artist called Matutero (Alex Vazikis) from Greece. The sounds we get in this one are really crispy and the track sounds a bit more mystic.
Track 6 is by Ocelot (Aaron Peacock) from California, USA. He has released an album (Aural Sects) on Strange Attractor Records in 2002, which is a division of Ceiba Records. Here we get another intense track. Mostly noisy sounds and no melodies. Track 7 is by another new artist called Dylalien (Dylan Klarfield), also from California, USA. No rest here either. Intense, noisy madness from beginning to end. Some of these sounds are really far out and we get a couple of crazy voice samples. Track 8 is by Quasar from San Francisco, USA. This artist has previously released a couple of tracks on Doof Records. It continues the evil madness of dark, random sounds. The bass line sounds really flat as usual with this kind of darkpsy. Then we get a track from an artist from Tokyo in Japan, Savage Scream (Mizuki N.). He has previously released tracks on Trishula and Nabi Records. More intense sounds. Could have been nice with some melodies by now, but the dark evilness keeps pushing. Track ten is by a new duo from Russia called Freaking On The Path. This track is quite massive, and we get some jungle break beats above the heavy, rolling bass line. Nice bubbling sounds. One of the best tracks on this compilation in my opinion. The last track we get here is a little closing prayer from Goa Gil.
It seems like Goa Gil has a lot of contacts in the darkpsy scene these days, and dig out several new acts from the underground, which he mixes with some more known acts. I dont like mixed Cds (because I want the entire tracks from beginning to end), but if you are looking for a new, fresh, mixed darkpsy CD, this might be worth checking out. And for those who doubts his mixing skills, the flow in this one doesnt sound bad. But, I really miss more melodies in this kind of trance.
PKS (shivapks@hotmail.com)
