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Drugon - Perfect Hallucination -=- Magma Records
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full_on
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Posted : Mar 28, 2006 18:40
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Drugon - Perfect Hallucination ( Magma, Mar. 2006 )
Magma Records is an Italian label.
Drugon is Navot Uriel (DJ Hash) and Assaf Arzi (DJ Cure), both from Israel. This is their debut album and I never heard anything from these guys before.
The cover presents in orange and red a weird vegetable like structure.
The cover: http://212.227.206.198/cgi-bin/zoom.cgi?mgm1cd003_b.jpg:CDs/mgm/mgm1cd003.html:;
There is no mention anywhere to who did the cover design. Also there is no mention to who did the mastering of this release. 
There is no mention to track times and bpms in this release. These are from my CDJ.
Track List:
01. B-Twins - 145 BPM - 06:56
02. Bizarro - 145 BPM - 07:41
03. Bumping rmx - 145 BPM - 06:29
04. Funny Noise - 145 BPM - 07:10
05. Perfect Hallucination - 145 BPM - 06:23
06. Psylens - 145 BPM - 06:53
07. Lupa - 145 BPM - 05:45
08. Gali - 140 BPM - 06:14
09. C-Lans - 140 BPM - 06:37
Hearing the morning sounds:
01 - B-Twins --> The album starts very melodic with a sample like: "America... The twin towers where the beginning of the 3rd world war...". This first track has only one bass line, but many melodic layers and acidic synth lines. Nice starter. 
02 - Bizarro --> Bizarro begins funny, the bass is much stronger and more tribal. Interesting ideas in the breaks and a mind haunting melody all over the track makes the recipe of this nice and different morning track. There are different bass lines and the track structure is unusual. There is a sample like: "If we only we get real life" or something like that. Nice and funny track. 
03 - Bumping rmx --> Bumping rmx is a steadier track, with some melodies, but nothing special to me.
04 - Funny Noise --> Here we have a more hypnotic approach to a morning track. Hypnotic and psychedelic, but nothing exceptional.
05 - Perfect Hallucination --> The Perfect Hallucination starts with an overused sample from Matrix:
"This is your last chance. After this, there is no turning back.
You take the blue pill the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe.
You take the red pill you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes."
The different bass lines are involving and the melodies create an atmosphere of doubt. The track plays with my mood, providing an introspective journey. There is a pinch of darkness here too. Good track. 
06 - Psylens --> Beginning with vocoded voices, Psylens is an average morning track. But at the middle of the track this changes. A dirty synth shows up together with many psychedelic sounds, this sure makes me dance. There is a sample! Holy shit, I can't understand it! After it the music just hit my mind, I knocked out. Exceptional track! 
07 - Lupa --> Lupa looses no time, the synths are piercing my mind right from the start. In the second part a peculiar bass brings some rhythm, and after a sample some melodies makes me shake my head... Good stuff.
08 - Gali --> Gali is slower than the previous tracks, only 140 bpm. Begins with a progressive touch that I really enjoy. After some time, some full on elements are introduced and the result is very psychedelic. Not only works on the dance floor, but also is excellent for home listening. My favorite track here. 
09 - C-Lans --> The album ends with another 140 bpm track. This ending is fits perfectly into the album concept, morning at its best nice different bass lines and melodies, a hypnotic and psychedelic touch. Atmospheric tune! 
Verdict: 6.5/10. The Drugon debut album brings us 9 previously unreleased tracks in a concise style, showing the personality of this Israli Duo. Good quality morning tracks, with an original style, I respect that.  What could be better is that the album has only 60 minutes of music, there is a lot of room for one more track or remix here. Also the guys could experiment more with different bpms, most tracks are 145 bpm and the two tracks at 140 bpm are above the average, maybe exploring other bpms can generate good results. One more thing: Magma Records could include the credits to the cover design and to the mastering of the release, adding the bpms and track times also would not hurt anyone. 
Recommendation: I recommend this release for the lovers of morning/melodic psytrance. Right from the beginning I can tell you that this is not another release directed to the dance floor. The music here is more hypnotic and psychedelic, reminding me of Jirah, Goma and the first Audiotec album, which means good morning psytrance. The two last tracks can help a DJ who likes to play progressive and full on sets to make the crossover between the styles. Also this is a joyful release for home listening.
Favorites: 1, 6(!), 7, 8(!), 9(!).
Buy it here:
http://www.psyshop.com/shop/CDs/mgm/mgm1cd003.html
http://www.saikosounds.com/english/display_release.asp?id=5487
Respect!
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...Be gentle with the earth...
...Dance like nobody's watching...
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Mat N
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Posted : Mar 29, 2006 15:05
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nice review full_on. i think u said it all so just a few points:
1. it's a nice release which unfortunately didn't get enough promotion.
2. the 2 people who stand behind this project, Navot Uriel and Assaf Arzi ,broke up and now they work seperately. Navot is still Drugon.
favorites: 5-9. a nice melodic and psychedelic release 
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