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Digital Talk "New Age Surf"
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Review by PKS
Digital Talk is out with their debut album on Acidance Records...
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Digital Talk (Julien F. and Luc A.) is out with their debut album New Age Surf on Acidance Records. They have previously worked as Droidsect, but have released several tracks as Digital Talk on various compilations. They are already well known in the scene for their hard pushing night time trance.
Digital Talk "New Age Surf" Acidance Records 2004 (ACIDCD10)
1. Abyss
2. Akara
3. La Bicicleta
4. Fix The FX
5. Race Trouble
6. New Age Surf
7. Scruffy Connection
8. Mind Hunters
9. Party People
It seems like there is a special night time trance, also called horror trance music, that has become really popular in many psytrance scenes the last couple of years. Eastern European countries loves it, and especially Russia has had several artists releasing music like this for several years already, with Parasense as the most known name so far in this style of trance. This music fits best at night, because of the dark vibes and hard style, but fits also into old warehouse locations etc. Digital Talk is also among the artists who have learned to produce this kind of trance pretty well. The first track has a fast, pumping bass line, just rolling through the track, without much variation. Trance like this often has the same bass line through the entire track, so the only thing that varies is the sounds and melodies above. In this track the melodies and sounds varies quite a lot. Dark as hell, but the melodies lightens up a bit. Track 2 is also a massive rolling giant. Totally groovy, deep bass line without variation at all, with dark sounds swirling above. A bad thing about tracks like this is that the melodies often drowns in the heavy bass line. Pure night time trance. Track 3 is more stumping, but still massive, with those heavy rhythms. Not much melodies in there, but several psychedelic sounds jumping and swirling like mad.
Track 4 is even more intense. The massive bass line is definitely intense, but here you also get these intense, almost nagging sounds. Dark night vibes all the way. Track 5 is among the fastest tracks on this album (148 bpm). Dark and massive as all the other tracks on this album, but I think there is slightly more variation of sounds in there. Track 6 has the album title. This is more pumping with more jumpy sounds. The sounds are very psychedelic, but doesn’t vary much from track to track. Track 7 has this nagging vibe again. Intense sounds that doesn’t vary much. This one is also among the fastest tracks on this album (148 bpm), and the rhythm drift varies a bit more than most of the other tracks on this album. Track 8 is the last trance track we get here. Totally dark and pumping, with only rough sounds. There are also some voice samples in there. The darkest track on this album. They finish it all with a chill out track. Even this one has a really dark vibe. Scary floating sounds, drifting slowly through the track.
This album is perfect for those of you who like this kind of full on night time trance. Personally I think a lot of tracks like this sound too much the same, without much variation of the bass line and you get the same intense psychedelic sounds in many tracks. But I like this album better than many others in this style, and if it doesn’t always fit into your home listening, it will for sure create some good response at the dance floors around the world this year, especially at night.
PK (shivapks@hotmail.com)
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Fenris B
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23.05.2004 22:42
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Well I'm a new fan! I really like your beat guys!
But what I prefer above all is that sexy pic of you : I guess with such a tongue Luc must be a lady's man! ;)
Comme on dit chez nous : Tu as la langue bien pendue :p
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Death Posture
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19.04.2004 16:23
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Digital Talk – New Age Surf
Cover: http://217.160.164.51/pic/aci1cd010.jpg
Format: CD
Artist: Digital Talk
Title: New Age Surf
Label: Acidance Records, Greece
Cat. #: ACIDCD010
Year: 2004
Track listing:
01. 07’57” Abyss
02. 08’30” Akara
03. 07’56” La Bicicleta
04. 09’39” Fix the FX
05. 08’33” Race Trouble
06. 08’19” New Age Surf
07. 07’19” Scruffy Connection
08. 07’16” Mind Hunters
09. 05’24” Party People
Review:
Halloween trance!
Finally Paris-based trance duo Digital Talk (Luc & Julien of former Droidsect fame) is out with their debut album … Released by Greek label Acidance, renowned for darker releases and with album mastering by “horror trance godfather” Xenomorph, the basis for some spooky horror trance should be laid down…
Let me take you thru the tracks…
#01: We launch straight into… Da-da-da-da… The Abyss! Quickly the listener is introduced to the dark, distorted, mental, horror-trance sound that is present throughout the album… Also Digital Talk elegantly showcases their outstanding production quality… Spotless, crystal clear, sounds – it’s a pleasure to listen to! I particularly enjoy the second, most full on half of this track… Sweet track!
#02: This track is slightly darker, more monotonous and more introvert… The baseline is slightly tedious, though there are small variations… There are interesting bits, especially the bleeps but they kinda drown in the cloned bass… Decent track!
#03: What does the Spanish word for bicycle has to do with time travel? Listen to this track and you’ll be even more confused! This track is dark and gritty, but again the baseline is a bit tedious and at times it’s as if it lacks direction… Ok track!
#04: Now things are picking up again…We are treated with more variation now… Mad, extreme, intense, intoxicating, crazy, spooky – this track is all that and more… Make sure you have the proper audio equipment - the bass in this is one is HUGE! ;o) The last 4 minutes are just pure bliss… Extremely twisted and psychedelic, this is so tasty! Kick ass track!
#05: Together with #7, this is the fastest track here and I’m a sucker for good old fast-paced full on… Complete with dark Darth Vader-like distorted vocals, this baby will fit right into any decent set of dark night trance. Stellar track!
#06: Very neat swooshing FX in the intro of this title track… Intelligent use of stereo… Steady, dark bass line all the way through with jolly bouncing melodies sprayed on top… Though slightly more variation wouldn’t have hurt… Nice track!
#07: Another extremely fast-paced tune… The horror atmosphere is very much intact… Very trippy, very dark… Those weird, pitched up alien-baby voices in the second half of the track freaks me out! I fear to watch, yet I cannot look away… Smooth track!
#08: Weird old zombie-lazy baseline combined with dark, twisted psychedelia and voice samples from some horror-flick… Again the production is crystal clear – sonic wizardry at its best! Cool track!
#09: Well, I’ll be dammed, if this isn’t even darker than the rest… Despite a bpm of only 72! Be prepared for this one – extremely scary stuff… If this was a movie, I’d be covering my eyes by now… What the fuck is this - horror ambient? Whatever the hell it is, I’m sold… This is so unbelievably well crafted! I could not have wished for a better track to finish off the album… Amazing track!
You’ll definitely have to been in the mood for this… You’ll have to dig the darker sides of full on psytrance to appreciate this… Critics will dub this boring and predictable – more than a few tracks have almost the same baseline throughout the album. However, there is variation on a subtle level… You’ll just have to dig deeper to find it… The engineer work is flawless… These boys sure know their way around a studio – and I’m sure Xenomorph’s presence didn’t impede the process of creating this murky piece… If you’re looking for tunes for your next Halloween set, give this one a try!
8/10
Favourites: 1, 4(!!), 5(!), 9(!!!)
DeathPosture
External links:
Digital Talk: http://www.digitaltalk.droidsect.com
Acidance Records: http://www.acidance-records.com (Sound clips available!)
Psyshop: http://www.psyshop.com/shop/CDs/aci/aci1cd010.html
Saiko Sounds: http://www.saikosounds.com/english/display_release.asp?id=3964
Chaos Unlimited: http://www.chaosunlimited.co.uk/cgi-bin/product.asp?LR=ACIDCD10
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