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Review by PKS
New compilation out on Trancelucent Productions...
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Trancelucent Productions in Israel has had some great success lately, with the album releases of Etic and The Misted Muppet. Now they are back with a new full on compilation full of Israeli acts, which is compiled by the label manager dj Homsy.
Cyber Delica (Trancelucent Productions) 2004 (TP010)
1. Noga – Inteligent Species
2. Bizzare Contact Vs. Dooper Doopler – Hallucinating
3. Aquatica – The Access Code
4. Electro Sun – Vanilla
5. System Nipel – Radiance
6. The Misted Muppet – Night Wish
7. Uriel – Discobles
8. Paradigma – Isolated
9. Visual Paradox Vs. Bizzare Contact – Tarim Taof
First out is a new track by Noga (Noga Sudai). The rolling, full on bass line starts pushing very sudden from the beginning. This track isn’t too melodic, but there is some fluffy sounds in there. This one could easily had some more variation, but it is quite groovy. Track 2 is a collaboration between Bizzare Contact and Dooper Doopler. This one goes the traditional full on direction too, but with quite a lot of variation and some kind of take offs, which will probably result in some good moments at the dance floors. Track 3 is a new track by Aquatica (Elad Asy). This one goes much darker, with a harder bass line. Quite trippy track, which goes more towards the night time style than the other tracks on this album. Still with some pretty fluffy melodies. Track 4 is a track by Electro Sun ( Nadav Alkayam), which is a quite new, upcoming Israeli artist. It starts pretty relaxed with a floating vibe, before the groovy bassline hits in. Here we get the guitar trance style, but luckily not too much. A massive full on track, but without much variation. I’m not a big fan of guitar trance like this. Track 5 is a track made by a new artist called System Nipel (Rubi Yakubov and Anton Lunev). This one is a pure morning trance track, but doesn’t become too fluffy like it often do. One of the better tracks on this compilation in my opinion.
Track 6 is a new track by The Misted Muppet (Dagan Israeli and Tal Hassidi) who released a very surprising album called From The Legend, on Trancelucent Productions earlier this year. They have a unique horror movie vibe in their tracks. The track we get here is not on the album. Here they follow the horror movie sound again. Pretty cool, and different from most other full on being released these days. Track 7 is a new track by Uriel (Uriel Ginzburg). A stumping track with some really weird sounds. It has some voice samples, which makes the track quite clubby. Track 8 is made by another upcoming duo called Paradigma (Toni Levi and Rafi Muader). This is a melodic track that kind of builds up a little. Full on, but without too much new ideas and variety. It reminds me a little bit of old school, melodic Israeli trance. The last track on this compilation is a collaboration between Visual Paradox and Bizzare Contact. If you are into releases on Com.Pact Records, you should be very familiar with these artists and their sound. The track we get here is very jumpy, with some funny, playful melodies, but nothing extarordinary. At the end it changes to a pretty cheesy club track.
I was a little bit dissappoited by this compilation when I compare it to the strong releases we got on this label earlier this year by The Misted Muppet and Etic. But, you get what you expect when you see the track list on this compilation. Very typical Israeli full on trance, which we have heard many times before.
PK (shivapks@hotmail.com)
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Death Posture
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29.11.2004 18:49
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Fluff fest!
This is the 10th release by Israeli label Trancelucent Production – a compilation cooked up by label boss Homsy… Trancelucent release albums and compilations in a steady flow, and I’m sure we all know their biggest smash: the hit album From The Legend by The Misted Muppets… That album is still among my fav’e released in 2004… Before that, the label released the little proggy gem Touch Ups by Etic – also an album I thoroughly enjoyed, though it was in a style not usually associated with Trancelucent… Anyway, here’s the latest compilation, and truth be, that by looking at the tracklist my eyes cannot seem to stray from that enchanted name: The Misted Muppets…
Let me take you thru the tracks…
#01: Noga – Inteligent Species [143 bpm]
Noga Sudai kicks things off with an alternative way of spelling the word ‘intelligent’. I’ve been pretty impressed with the two Noga-tracks I’ve heard so far – especially his track on the Magma Records compilation Speed Of Light, and sure enough, this track is pretty good… It’s definitely Israeli neo full on, though with hints of proggy elements… Well produced, but not ground-breaking in any sense… I do however like the floating, stabbing sound in the latter half of the tune – in fact, the last two minutes are by far the best… Ok track!
#02: Bizzare Contact vs. Dooper Doopler – Hallucinating [144 bpm]
And here’s the first of two collaborations with Bizzare Contact… DD I only know from the track on ZMA’s Monarchie IV, and I wasn’t practically impressed with that… Very cool intro though, with coughing noises and harmonic bliss… After a while a distorted sound is introduced leading up to some twirling little melodies... More coughing, radio static and naïve melodies over a pretty standard Israeli bassline… After the 3’30 mark, the track takes an interesting turn, unleashing a palette of full blown, full-on dancefloor fodder… Yeah, nice track with the coughing as a funny touch…
#03: Aquatica – The Access Code [145 bpm]
Aquatica I remember from the Gemstones: Amber compilation released on Maia Records earlier this year – that tune had very fluffy melodies accompanied by some bad-ass basslines and darkish percussion… And this track pretty much follows that formula, though the melodies here are hardly as fluffy… This has a harder edge, and I’m all about hard edges… Ripping! So yeah, best track so far!
#04: Electro Sun – Vanilla [145 bpm]
“Everything you've ever said, done or thought about doin', is right there in that file cabinet” Young producer Nadav Alkayam has his debut album coming out soon, and here he starts his track with a Morgan Freeman sample from the movie Bruce Almighty… The track itself is dancefloor friendly full-on with a slightly harder approach… Guitars go hand in hand with tight percussion work here – and create a nice little track…
#05: System Nipple – Radiance [145 bpm]
Again, I use the Gemstones: Amber compilation as a reference… System Nipple was involved in a very nice track on that compilation, so I’m hoping this will be just as good… And yeah, these guys sure know their way around a nice melody… This is 100% morning trance with all the uplifting elements you can think of... This track has epic-like qualities – very well-polished indeed!
#06: The Misted Muppet – Night Wish [149 bpm]
And now for the track I’ve been waiting the most for… The first new track from those evil horror muppets since their no less that magical album From The Legend released earlier this year on Trancelucent Productions… Man, that album was brand spanking magnificent, and I’m happy to say that this track continues in the same wonderful vein… The hard-hitting, medieval, spooky, trance inducing style we know from the album… A hands down perfect track! Way to go muppets!
#07: Uriel – Discobles [145 bpm]
Here’s Uriel Ginzberg with a pretty darkish track… Darkish compared to some of the fluffier predecessors at least… Nice incorporation of weird FX and strange voice samples… This track changes direction constantly and certainly has some interesting ideas, but I’m not to happy with the euro-trance like discoboles-samples… Ok track!
#08: Pardigma – Isolated [145 bpm]
“You didn’t think it was going to be that easy did you?” Pardigma is the musical alter ego of Toni Levi & Rafi Muader and this is my first encounter with their music… The good things about this track are the nice electronic percussion, the Kill Bill: Vol 1 sample and the cool electro-like synth action going on… But that’s about it… Decent track!
#09: Visual Paradox vs. Bizzare Contact – Tarim Taof [143 bpm]
Again a Bizzare Contact collaboration – this time with Visual Paradox… This track is actually not bad at all… Starts with a familiar space shuttle lift-off voice sample accompanied by a sort of build-up… The style is full-on Israeli morning trance with evident electro influences… It’s done in a stylish way though… Subtle, floating melodic pads + digital drops and fluffy crackling sounds… Nice track!
Right… I never quite know what to say when I review these neo full-on compilations… There is no doubt in my mind, that this kind of music has a large fan base around the world, and heck, I even find myself enjoying bits and pieces of most of the tracks here… But besides the Muppets track, there are no essential tracks here – much of this stuff is just too fluffy for my taste… I’m not too impressed with the cover-art either – and the spelling errors on the cover could’ve easily been avoided by an extra proof-reading before going into press…
But rest assured, I’m not saying this is bad. Most of the stuff is well-produced and basically does what it’s supposed to: Entertain the listener. And yeah, I guess you already know what you’re getting into, when you put on a neo full-on release nowadays… So this will definitely please the fans of lighter, modern, uplifting Israeli full-on – others will sound the cheddar alarm. Luckily tastes differ – and for that, I’m grateful! =D
Favourites: 3, 6(!!!), 9
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