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Squaremeat "Astronomical Coffee Break"
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Squaremeat (Pepe Kosminen & Francoise Faggott) is back with their fourth album, as usual on the Finish psytrance label Exogenic Records. Be prepared for twisted, weird psychedelic trance as usual from this country. With the CD, you also get a link to eight bonus download tracks.
Squaremeat "Astronomical Coffee Break" Exogenic Records 2005 (EXOCD026)
1. Platypus
2. Liukutaklaus
3. Front Side Rock ’n’ roll
4. Static Traffic
5. Evaporator
6. 2 2 Tango
7. Shinkansen Rmx
8. Pure Coffein
9. Go Away
10. Queen Of The Night
First out is a bouncing track, going the crazy, twisted direction. Tons of swirling psychedelic sounds and some kind of video game alike melody in the background. Experimental and different. Track 2 is a groovy track with bubbling psychedelic sounds and an intense sound picture from start to end. You also get a lot of electro influences with this track. Crazy vodka trance... Track 3 is a pumping track with quite a lot of percussion. This one has a really twisted sound, which reminds me a little bit of some old Orichalcum tracks. Again we get some kind of video game melodies. Totally far out, psychedelic trance that should fit well in a crazy Scandinavian forest party. Track 4 goes massive, with more electro and acid influences. This one goes even more crazy and experimental. Something for those who wants it different from most other trance being released these days. Track 5 is a massive, pumping track, with tons of psychedelic sounds swirling above. The melody in this one is really cool. Totally party track that will make people go mad on the dance floor. One of my favourite tracks on this album.
Track 6 is an intense mix of electro, trance and tribal drums. Crazy sound picture all the way. Track 7 is a remix of a track called Shinkansen. Tons of things happening with a lot of variation. Intense and pretty dark, but light at the same time. Fast and pumping. Track 8 starts with some eastern vibes and break beats, before the stumping trance beat hits in. This one made me smile. Funny vibes and totally twisted. We also get some nice flute sounds in there. Another favourite on this album. Track 9 is some kind of house track, but in a really groovy, pumping way. With psychedelic sounds... Probably a track Tsuyoshi Suzuki could have played in one of his dj sets these days... The last track on this album followes this style too. Some kind of psychedelic house music, but fun and different. The melody in this one is also very cool.
These guys goes a typical Scandinavian forest trance direction. Very different from trance coming out from the rest of the world, except maybe some Australian trance, which makes this album pretty interesting. Personally, intense trance like this can easily become a bit too much if I listen to it too long in one, but it can be really refreshing too sometimes...
PKS (shivapks@hotmail.com)
