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Review by PKS
Tristan Cooke is out with his second album on Twisted Records...
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Finally Tristan Cooke is out with his second album on Twisted Records. His debut album Audiodrome, came also out on Twisted, in 1999.
Tristan "Substance" Twisted Records 2002 (TWSCD19)
1. Let Go
2. Fantasy Eyeland
3. Festival Fever
4. Dirty Lick
5. Up Syndrome
6. Contact
7. Brazilica Psychedelica
8. Funkrock
9. Sapphire Eyes
Tristan is without doubt one of the leading trance djs out there. He plays on festivals and parties all over the world. He has his own way of serving the crowd a voyage on the dance floor. But he is not only good at djing. He has also made his own music for many years.
The first track is a kind of morning track. Drifting progressive sound picture, with floating sounds. Not very varied, but pleasant at the dance floor for sure. Track two goes faster with more darker and psychedelic sounds. One of the better tracks on this album in my opinion. Track 3 goes fast and dark too, but I sort of get a little tired of these sounds. He is good at making a trancey vibe for the dance floor, but the music easily get a little boring for home listening. Track 4 starts with an audience screaming and some vinyl crackling. Then we get some tribal house influenced rhythms and a little female voice. Is it house or trance? You decide! In track 5 we go back to smooth morning trance vibes again. Stumping trance with a little melodic sounds above, which makes it pleasant. Nice one in the sunrise after a night of full on dark music. Again, not varied music, but a nice dj tool. Track 6 goes full on again, with more cool sounds and heavy rolling rhythms.
Track 7 (Brazilica Psychedelica) is really Brazil influenced. Again very influenced by tribal house! Tristan is for sure one of those artists who push borders between music styles a little closer to each other. Track 8 is full on night time music again. Rolling rhythms pushing all the way through, and a few dark sounds swirling around. The last track is a chilled down tempo track, with some pleasant echo effects and groovy sounds.
This music is for sure a really good dj tool, but for the regular home listener, this will probably get very boring after some listening. All the music released on Twisted Records is so different from this, so why are they releasing it on that label? He sort of doesn`t fit in that label. Just take a look at the Tristan track on the Unusual Suspects compilation released earlier this year... That track had nothing to do among those other masterpieces on that compilation.
PK
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