V/A - New Generation (Organic)
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oh yea, oh yea! England is swinging once again and to prove it here comes the new cd in time for the summer from the underground uk trance producers. If you caught last year's Psytelligence comp then you'll know it was proper banging - and this is the next step
the damn fine artwork on the cover will attest to that - it's a new look and a new sound all round.
To open Dick "Green Nun" Trevor joins forces with Aphid Moon and they provide a very smooth little number which funks and blinks along building very progressively into a tune that will keep us all grooving along very nicely. Aphid Moon continues the collaberation type thing next and hooks up with Chris Organic and they start to raise the intensity. Much darker and deeper with a asphalt underlay bass line which plays the lead role throughout laying the path for a scifi-esque parade of resonant sonic characters. Organik is the next tune too in cahoots with Jerry Parsons and we take a turn for the weirder...chrome and cryptic is the feel with a soaring optimism as seriously screehcing 303 lines pick us up before dunking us headfirst into the pounding bass. Error Corrective are next and the solid oompah-loompa bass drives us along as all sorts of deep space station whirrs and effects go off complete with a surreal atmosphere. Voice of Cod serve up another corker - thank the great fish this duo started writing tunes! This one is quality trance all the way through - the vocals are absolutely great, and the tune swirls and judders around us in an oh-so-friendly way
I can't stop playing this just cos of the sample and it always leaves me dancing! Organik on his own is track 6 and its another one that machine guns its way out of the speakers carrying more seriously twisted synths. The debut from Alchera is at track 7 and shows real promise. It's a wanderer of a tune - never settling for long at anything and visiting some pretty strange places on route! Mr.Biscuit, who's building a bit of a reputation for off the wall tunes, gives us Oil Crisis - and it's a solid thumper which builds itself up to go a bit tits-up mental at the end. The Unconscious Collective team up with Organik to close and they take the pace down a bit and add a bit more funk while retaining a nice gentle tripped out feel.
Without hesitation:
FIVE GLASSES OF SOYA MILK AND A VEGAN FLAPJACK (5/5)
This is a real quality batch of tunes - a step on from Psytelligence and likely to re-establish Organic amongst the top flight of uk labels. All the tunes are original and groundbreaking - always twisting and shifting while throbbing and pounding away - ooh err! - this is the way psy-trance should sound! With more tunes like this you can't help but dance and grin all the way down the rabbit hole
Ed (psyreviews)
