Hi all, Here are some more reviews of 2 CDs & 2 12"s- enjoy! Single Life- the 12" collection (Transient, Feb. 2002) 1. Purple and Ronan- Future Blue 8:28 2. MumboJumbo- Fishbone (remix) 7:44 3. Quirk- Tribodelic 7:31 4. In Sect- Slammer 7:28 5. Tinnitus- Shapeshifter 8:31 6. Matenda- Split Personality 9:17 7. Astral Projection- Anything is Possible 8:01 8. Cosmosis and Shakta- Visitors 7:46 9. 12 Moons- Zero Gravity 6:25 10. Purple and Lunar- Subtle Thrust 7:21 Greg Lunar compiled here a nice selection of mostly soft and airy morning sounds, best to move the party in first light. All made from the Transient 12" of the last 3 years. I wasn't really familiar with a lot of what Transient released in the last years, so a lot of these tracks were new and fresh to me. It's starts a little clubby, with Purple and Ronan, nice soft tribalish tune, with those moving caressing melodies that seem to be associated with everything that has Purple involved in. Mumbo Jumbo continue with Fishbone remix (T2), nice and squeaky, with great percussion work. Quirk's Tribodelic (T3) has a real clubby tribal feel, the hands-up-in-the-air-explosion included. It's still Quirk, which means it rocks, but I liked what these guys used to make in their psychedelic era much more. In Sect with a Slammer (T4), start the more full on stuff- excellent. Than it's Michael Andresen in the first of two here. As Tinnitus he brings Shapeshifter (T5), a crunchy one with a simple irresistible melody. Matenda follows with a typical scando morningish tune (T6). Then Astral Projection do their thing with Anything is Possible (T7), they had much better ones. Cosmosis and Shakta with the classic Visitors that rocked many floors, but got overused for me and didn't survive the time test. Than it's Mr. Andresen again, as the more known 12 Moons with Zero Gravity (T9), amazing sample and a great tracks as well. The classic Subtle Thrust ends the compilation- great but I preferred the other mix by far. Bottom Line: A collection of hits. Great morning sounds mostly and very enjoyable, great story line as well. Oh, and the cover is so British... Favorites: 1, 2, 3, 4(!), 9. Lava 303- Muschipower 12" (Psylofant, Mar. 2002) A. Tempelfest (extended version) 8:12 B. Hey Venus 7:15 Another collective artistic project from Psylofant, after the amazing and special Playground Collective's Holiday in Kosov@. Here Lava 303 cooperates with a visual and audio artists to deliver a perfect blend of psytrance and rock'n'roll/metal- very powerful, quite psychedelic and great for the dancefloor, no doubt about it. Conni (Lava 303) brings with her the energy of heavy metal, guitars included, but with music and not just power. Tributes to the old gods of rock'n'roll and metal are found through the tracks. Templefest on the A side is my favorite, involving the Ear Gear guys, this is a powerful slow hypnotic track with great guitar melodies and grabbing energy and drive. Hey Venus on the B side is more in your face with a collage of rock & metal samples. A funny ending as well. Bottom Line: 2 guitar dancefloor rockers that will surely make the DJ very popular with the dancers. Analog Pussy- Ball Banger 12" (AP, Mar. 2002) A. Ball Banger 8:53 B. The Lion and the Witch 5:53 A new 12" from Analog Pussy on their own label, AP Records. On the A side, it's Ball Banger, a more melodic piece than what we're used to from the pussies lately, but a different kind of melodic though. Nice percussion and hi-hat work, technoidic space phasers shooting catchy melodic lines. Than the space bees attack leads you finally to the break already worked with an irresistible drive. After the break things explode ending up in a totally full on morning metallic feel, a-la-Oforia, but with good grooves and much more atmosphere. On the B Side The Lion and the Witch, a real gem- a weird blend of Kraftwerk and old 80s electronic sounds and feel with totally funky 70s melodies, psytrance parts and driving kick-bass and percussion. It is not rare these days to hear a good track, but it's rare to hear something new. Analog Pussy show here they're innovators a well. Bottom Line: Great stuff. One full on madness and one for those moments when you really wanna surprise the crowd. Hujaboy- Hujajoy (Hommega, Mar. 2002) 1. Virtual Anal(og) 7:43 2. The Day 7:27 3. Flying Sorcerer 7:34 4. Nemesis 7:27 5. Shaba Rain 6:11 6. Fresh Air 7:09 7. Counting Spirals 7:43 8. Save Ass 7:29 9. The People vs. Hujaboy 6:03 * Bonus multi media track- The People vs. Hujaboy (TV edit) Hujaboy delivers a dark psychedelic tech-trance album. You wanna know what you're getting- think a more psychedelic and rough MOS with Delta touches. Hard massive sounds, driving power, strong atmosphere and spooky lines is what you'll find- this is working music, no vacation here. The album hits hard right from the start and goes through dark and spooky, sick samples, massive kick-bass combinations and dramatic sounds. A lot of dark hypnotic moments, and the opening foursome is a real killer one. You have more killers coming later. Ending the CD is The People vs. Hujaboy, and you get not just the track in audio form, but also a bonus, and that's quite a bonus. There an amazing video clip to the track, the likes of I still haven't seen made for a trance track. I can't really separate the music from the video because they're so much together. You have a story, you have the music, it's all melted together perfectly, there are a lot of little things to discover inside, and it is the perfect representative for us trancers to send to those TVs out there- I hope they're gonna play it. I keep watching again and again- great. Bottom Line: This is worth buying, if only for the video. But there's a lot of great music here as well, much promised dancefloor mayhem for the dark hours- take a journey into darker realms... Favorites: 1, 2, 3(!),4, 8, 9*(!). My full review here: http://www.isratrance.com/music/reviews/review181.html Have a great week! Bom! Shahar. "The flower that follows the sun does so even on cloudy days." -Robert Leighton (1611-1684)