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Analog Pussy - Trance 'N Roll (AP Records)

GuyShanti
Aerospace

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Posted : Apr 4, 2004 16:30
Analog Pussy - Trance 'N Roll
01. Trance N Roll 06:59
02. Future 08:30
03. Molecular 07:20
04. Psycho Punko 08:57
05. Angels 09:40
06. 2 B 07:42
07. Osterstrasse 3 08:40
08. Sound Of Soul 07:19
09. Amrisha 07:05
10. Snail Song 07:19


Very cool album. Different to the regular trance sound and very refreshing. If you come to this one with an open mind - u will love it. If you r looking for formulated trance - search somewhere else or grow up. I think that with this album the duo have found their real true voice in music and their niche in trance. It combines a lot of guitars and vocals and manages to bring out a real rock n roll feeling (low techish, full of sweat, alcohol and cigarets...) out of the psychedelia.
Giga proves she can really sing, the guitars are funky, the basslines are groovy and a lot of sense of humor is combined into the music.

my favs are 2(!), 4, 6 and 7.

this is something I wanna see live

nice one
G
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Te_nTe
IsraTrance Junior Member

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Posted : Apr 4, 2004 17:00
nice review , liked the album.
it really sound different - what is very good.

favourtie is track 7.
Taurus
IsraTrance Junior Member

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Posted : Apr 4, 2004 18:17
It's a Fucking Amazzzzzzzzzing !!!
What a killer album ! i have no words !! the mix between the Trance style and the Rock N Roll style is amazing in this album !!
The Live Vocals giving more power to the tracks and its giving to get into the music !!
Greaaaaaat !!
Good work Jinno ! And Jiga you have amazing and very exciting voice ! you most gonna be a singer hehehe

Hodi
IsraTrance Full Member

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Posted : Apr 5, 2004 02:10
a very original album... heard only the samples and it sounds really good! way to go AP!           u can find "Anything U Want" using the search...
Naked-Tourist
Naked-Tourist

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Posted : Apr 5, 2004 10:46
yes it´s amazing, real acid rock´n roll, keep this production way and rock the planet...hope to see them soon in berlin!!!
cheers
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Acidhive
IsraTrance Full Member

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Posted : Apr 5, 2004 11:01
Respect to them for making something different these days!! Alas, I won't be buying it since I've never really digged their music! But still, as I said: Respect!!           "Subconscious unravels at the point of death, and all time it has known erupts into a moment. As death extinguishes us, so we become it."

[Esoteric: Subconscious Dissolution Into The Continuum]
DeathPosture
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Posted : Apr 6, 2004 01:26
Analog Pussy – Trance N Roll

Cover: http://www.ap-records.com/img/ap116fl.jpg

Format: CD
Artist: Analog Pussy
Title: Trance N Roll
Label: AP Records, Germany
Cat. #: AP115
Year: 2004

Track listing:

01. 06’59” Trance N Roll
02. 08’29” Future
03. 07’20” Molecular
04. 08’57” Psycho Punko
05. 09’39” Angels
06. 07’41” 2B
07. 08’39” Oesterstrasse 3
08. 07’19” Sound Of Soul
09. 07’04” Amrisha
10. 07’18” Snail Song

Review:

Genre-bender on the loose!

Jiga & Jinno are back with their fourth album… They’ve shifted from old school full on goa trance, to progressive psy, and back again… But this time, they combine the two + takes the music in all kinds of other directions… We really get all sorts here…

Let me take you thru the tracks…

#01: “Cheddar” instantly springs to mind when a psy-track kicks off with a tranced-up Deep Purple “Smoke on the Water” guitar riff… And yes, this title track surely is on the lighter side of the trance-spectrum… This is as buttrock goa as it gets! I really don’t like the guy shouting “roooock” and I could’ve been without the Deep Purple impressions – but besides from that this isn’t bad… Decent track!

#02: This is the track that AP put up on their website for free, legal download… So I’m guessing most of you already know it… Grunge guitar intro… And then some really delicious bongos or congas… In fact the percussion work in this is very tasty… And then, bam Jiga sings “We are the world, we are the future…” and so on… Her voice is deep and husky the first time around, but soon she showcases the more feminine sides of it – which are much nicer, I might add… ;o) In between the vocals we get all kinds of acoustic and electric guitars mixed alongside the cool percussion… Cool track!

#03: “Una masturbación en el pensamiento mecánico” … Hmm… Well, I’m no cunning linguist – in fact my Spanish is a bit rusty, but I believe this translates into “masturbation in the mechanic thought” or at least something along those lines… First time I’ve heard lyrics about that in a trance track… ;o) Deeeep bass, clapping, weird vocoded Spanish voice samples – even a short build-up and a spacey take-off… I bet it’s a long time since you’ve heard something like this on a psy-trance records… Nice track!

#04: Admit it – you’ve always secretly fancied Jiga! And when she suddenly sings “I’m a bad motherfucker… I’m the gun in your vein… If I had a million dollars… I would spend it all on my brain… So what you gonna do psycho? Come on and trip it away, yeah… All I want is to punk and get fucked with my friends…” – you want her even more! Now this is a seriously weird old tune, but strangely appealing… The BPM is close to 150, and we get all kinds of buttrock guitars and Jiga screaming like an 80s rock n roller… Very sarcastic and funny! Oh, and if you rip this track, please make some promotion for AP, ‘cause they don’t have any money! Check out the last minute or so – Some kind of sing-along choir thing… Ha ha, what the hell is going on? Interesting track!

#05: Hmm, what is that intro? Whale-sounds? Cello? No idea, but it sounds cool… Very organic intro, soon to be brutally disrupted by deep bass and rolling melodies… Yummy! Actually, for a trance records the trance has been lacking until now, but “Angels” takes care of that… This is plain old, epic full on goa trance in its purest form. Great track!

#06: So, when was the last time you heard Shakespeare recited in a trance track? Again, AP gives us something unusual with this trance bombshell… Sharp, mechanic synths, electric guitars and funky bass lines adds to the eerie, dark ambience here… I don’t know about you, but my toe is wiggling… Perhaps for the wrong reasons, but who cares!? Cool track!

#07: I happen to know, that Oesterstrasse 3 is the address of AP Studios in Germany… And according to this track, it’s a funky old place! It’s a pretty minimal track with a subtle kick drum and a banging bass line… Added are all kinds of smooth percussion, subtle piano, acoustic guitar and twisted effects… Plus of course, sweet, sweet Jiga singing in German about the address in question… Sweet track!

#08: More acoustic guitar here… Smooth, groovy rhythms mixed on top of ethnic chants alongside Jiga’s explicit vocals… “Big bad labels” are bashed here… “fuck me if my album ain’t selling”… And apparently that’s the sound of soul… Hehe… Decent track!

#09: The pace is lowered just a little for this track… More ethno-ambiance from the start … And more Jiga-vocals… She has an interesting voice; it ranges from husky to feminine… Let’s face it though; she’s no Michele Adamson, but she definitely can sing… Nice track!

#10: Last but not least is the Snail Song… Yes, a snail song, complete with nonsense snail lyrics and everything… BPM are 90, and the snail feel is present throughout the track… A nice little trippy downbeat track, to finish a truly unusual album… Nice track!

Phew, this was definitely something different… And I always welcome new approaches to psychedelic trance…All kinds of genres are mixed in between each other… Loads of rock and acoustic guitars… And lyrics in most tracks... Well, it’s really hard to describe, you have to listen to get an idea of the diversity here… Personally, there are a couple of cool tracks that stand out for me…;o) Though generally speaking, I have a hard time taking some of the buttrock guitars serious and some of experimental stuff on here is not really to my liking… It’s not bad – not bad at all; it’s just not fantastic either… But I do however appreciate the diversity, and the “balls” to release an album that is so “risky” as this… Listen before you buy, but please don’t download it… There is a really nice “bonus” pic of Jiga in the booklet… ;o)

7.5/10

Favourites: 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 (!)

DeathPosture

External links:
Analog Pussy: http://www.analog-pussy.com
AP Records: http://www.ap-records.com
Wirikuta Distribution: http://www.wirikuta.de/web66/product_detail.jsp?showDetail=46499 (soundclips available)
Psyshop: http://www.psyshop.com/shop/CDs/apr/apr1cd116.html
Saiko Sounds: http://www.saikosounds.com/english/display_release.asp?id=3928
Trance Shop: http://www.trance-shop.com/de/catalog/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=13&products_id=3597&osCsid=d62a76d4aa410ca5fc66ecdbe9742556
Chaos Unlimited: http://www.chaosunlimited.co.uk/cgi-bin/product.asp?LR=APCD15
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Acidhive
IsraTrance Full Member

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Posted : Apr 6, 2004 13:49
Buying an album for a female picture ?? Questionable...           "Subconscious unravels at the point of death, and all time it has known erupts into a moment. As death extinguishes us, so we become it."

[Esoteric: Subconscious Dissolution Into The Continuum]
DeathPosture
IsraTrance Full Member

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Posted : Apr 6, 2004 15:51
Quote:

On 2004-04-06 13:49, Acidhive wrote:
Buying an album for a female picture ?? Questionable...




Obviously there are more weighty reasons for buying this album than the nice pic of Jiga in the booklet... It was my miserable attempt of closing the review with a witty remark... ;o)

DeathPosture
          On really romantic evenings of self, I go salsa dancing with my confusion...
moondancer
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Posted : Aug 31, 2004 22:20
well as the name implies, this album is much more rock-oriented than usual Analog Pussy material. As suggested there are a lot of guitar riffs and (not as suggested)... vocals!! Even though this is not your everyday full-on I find it as a move to become commercial as hell...

The opening track Trance N Roll is IMO a wanna-be follow-up to the sucess of 1200 Mic's Acid for Nothing . Basically you have the same formula: take a guitar-riff from a well-known track and put it on top of a cheerfull track. It all sounds like a very cheap trick to gain popularity to me. At least 1200 Mics had the merit of being the first to try that formula, now it's just dull...

Apart from that nothing really stikes me as good trance, just different...
2 B is slightly better than the rest with a nice deep bassline to keep you going in those late hour nights.

Sound of Soul although filled with vocals is a pretty decent track IMO. Nice for home listening, reminds me of my eurodance days when i was a kid

Snail Song is downtempo with vocals as well, kinda sounds like some early 90s "spiritual" dance track (in the vein of Enigma, Deep Forest and the likes)


Conclusion in case you didn't notice, this album isn't really my cup of tea... only ONE good track and 2 that are acceptable... this certainly won't be a memorable CD IMO. 4/10
That said I never really was an Analog Pussy fan either...
Of course, I gather that the Trance N Roll track will have some success in more commercial psy parties.

moondancer (aka Lemmiwinks on psynews and sonic blend)
Silent Scream
Silent Scream

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Posted : Sep 1, 2004 00:13
good album but i was really dissapointed from the production.           www.myspace.com/silentscreamuzic]
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