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Digital Surf - New Age Surf (Acidance Records 2004) CD
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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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