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Krueger & Coyle - Randy Expander (Acid Casualties - 2004)
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Acidhive
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Posted : Aug 26, 2004 15:17
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Artist: Krueger & Coyle
Album name: Randy Expander
Released in: 2004 By: Acid Casualties
Duration: 78:52
Tracklist:
1. Butz & Slutz
2. Fit Bint Valley
3. The Witness (Randy Expansion Mix)
4. Prock Rock
5. Rubbalove
6. Hatz Are Turning (Barely Legal Mix)
7. Jungle Muff (Umpa Mix)
8. Kiwi Rider
9. Saiko Booty
10. Beachspliff
The review:
Ok, Krueger & Coyle. If you've paid any attention to the playlist of several progressive DJ's, you'd know this duo is hot! The Witness has been played by many DJ's now, if not in the original version, it would be the Marco 'O Tool mix. Rubbalove and Fit Bint Valley are being played also. Consisting of Sebastian Krueger (from SBK/Tarsis fame) and Greg Coyle, this duo has now released a complete album. And what a stomper it is. After track 1 which sets the tone for the album, track 2 takes over with more funk and drive. Track 3 is one of the best tracks on the album and already very popular among the progressive DJ'ing crowd. Nice chanting in this one, and a great flow. This flow is present throughout the whole album though. Don't expect any fillers here. Track 4 is ... Hmmm I'm thinking, I could go into detail about all the tracks, but I think a good review has to leave something open for the imagination. It's enough when I say that if you like The Witness, then you'll like this album. All tracks are in that style, have a great flow and groove and are certain to get you moving. Comparisons: None really, but if I'd be pressed I'd say: Vision & Canedy. But really, these guys have their own little progressive flavour so buy this one ok?? I did, and I liked every minute of it (still do.. hehehe)
Special mention for track 9, which is simply an excellent remix of Saiko Pod's Magnetic Force. An another special mention for track 10, which really amazed me in being so gentle, subtle, yet sooooo groovy!! Excellent finish. Oh, and this album is almost 79 minutes too!! And NO fillers! Man, this is a progressive dreamyear and with this it got better still!! Get this now... One final thing: The cover design is great too! Original, colourful.. Is there really nothing wrong with this?? No, I can't find anything... I'm speechless here 
(Ofcourse it has to be said: you have to like progressive music. If you like fullon, you won't dig this at all.) 
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Zombi
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Posted : Aug 26, 2004 15:35
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amazing album, pure energie and tribal power !! all trax playable and whole album flow great, one of the real jewels!
Believe your soul ! |
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Evil Doctor Inc
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Posted : Aug 26, 2004 16:39
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kruder and dorphmiester
is this the same
guy making similar type music
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do let me know
boom |
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Zombi
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Posted : Aug 26, 2004 16:55
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no, kruder and dorphmiester make blend of dub,techno,ambient, electronic.
Believe your soul ! |
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clown
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Posted : Aug 27, 2004 21:29
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Sektor666
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Posted : Aug 28, 2004 00:31
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i very like progressive Zombi but i don't dig with it
i find this CD very strange .....
The Witness (Randy Expansion Mix) is hell of progressive trance , best production ever in psy scene the rest is too complex for me to understand .... |
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Igal Magitman
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Posted : Aug 29, 2004 20:45
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russ
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Posted : Aug 31, 2004 16:40
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This album is the bomb. SBK's production skills are massive, and Greg has brought a dirtier, gritter approach to the show. The combination is fantastic. There's almost 80 minutes of quality tracks on this one release. Most of them are fairly straightforward massive builders that have huge power, especially with the right sound system. Just listen to the twisted bass and driving power of Kiwi Rider on a turbosound stack and I'm sure you'll agree. I'd say this is not the deepest or most psychedelic progressive album ever released, but it's probably the most driving and powerful. It's a cross between dirty chunky house and pitched-down psychedelic trance: true PSYHOUSE. My favorite is the relentless Kiwi Rider, but many are a real treat, such as Butz, Fit Bint, Rubbalove, Witness. If you're a dj, you've got to get this cd! |
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kameleonpangea36
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Posted : Sep 2, 2004 07:04
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this cd does slam, very driving, kiwi rider is definetly the best song, but all have a cool vibe, i guess psyhouse would desribe it well, |
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Basilisk
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Posted : Sep 2, 2004 07:58
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Just sounds like (progressive?) house to me, but oh so good... I won't ever buy many cds in this style but this one is quality through and through... excellent!
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e-r0
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Posted : Sep 2, 2004 19:29
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t h i s i s h o t s h i t !
definitely one of the best progressive albums this year! groovy, oh so groovy.
...btw, the new sauria album is out. |
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pr0fane
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Posted : Sep 2, 2004 20:18
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Posted : Sep 9, 2004 00:33
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Great progressive album from sebastian and greg, really groovy, catchy and specially, housey! All tracks are great in here, my favs are fit bint valley and the new awesome version of the witness. Just didn't like track 6, too commercial for my taste (it's after a rock tune, midnight oil maybe?). All in all, it's a nice album.
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DeathPosture
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Posted : Sep 30, 2004 20:27
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Krüger & Coyle – Randy Expander
Cover: http://217.160.138.169/pic_b/acd1cd002_b.jpg
Artist: Krüger & Coyle (Germany/UK)
Title: Randy Expander
Format: CD (jewel case)
Label: ACDC (Sweden)
Cat. #: ACDCD 002
Distribution: Cosmophilia
Date: 13 August 2004
Track listing:
01. 06’58” Butz & Slutz
02. 07’58” Fit Bint Valley
03. 08’45” The Witness (Randy Expansion Mix)
04. 08’38” Prock Rock
05. 08’00” Rubbalove
06. 07’04” Hatz Are Turning (Barely Legal Mix)
07. 06’55” Jungle Muff (Umpa Mix)
08. 07’15” Kiwi Rider
09. 09’02” Saiko Booty
10. 08’08” Beachspliff
Review:
House music with a twist…
Sebastian Krüger shouldn’t need much introduction… He’s the very productive German progressive trance producer behind critically acclaimed acts such as Tarsis, SBK and Disco Slickers. Greg Coyle is the man behind London Sewer Tour, and whilst he was A&R @ Transient, he conceived the Mashed Mellow Grooves series… So it’s a couple of heavy-weights releasing their much delayed debut album on Swedish proggy psy-house label ACDC… Let’s see what they’ve got in stock for us…
Let me take you thru the tracks…
#01: A phat, crispy house groove fills the sound spectre on this track… And after a couple of minutes you know just what to expect from this album… A rich, tribal-like bassline alongside an impressive percussion range – and it’s just sounds so damn hypnotizing… Remember that 2001 Bus-track by Guss Till called ‘Straylight Dub’? That track incorporated the sound of vocalist Cozzie having multiple orgasms – and on ‘Butz & Slutz’ K&C incorporates a similar effect… Some horny girl is having her way with either herself or some lucky bastard… Damn, this track rules! Sluts - shake those butts! =D
#02: “On a hot summer night...” K&C venture a bit deeper now, and this has a slightly more corrosive edge… It’s still as bouncy and groovy as ever though… Multi-layered percussion, subtle synths, dreamy lyrics and well-placed twisted bits and pieces… Well-polished and as tasty as ever… Autumn is already upon us, but with tunes like this, memories of the sun clad beaches will fade much slower… Nice track!
#03: Time to dig even deeper now… The original version of this track was released on ACDC in 2003 and remixed by Marc O’Tool… I’ve never heard it, but I can tell you that this ‘Randy Expander Mix’ is a HUUUGE track… You better have some decent sound equipment or proper headphones when playing this ‘cause it’s nothing less than massive… A hard-hitting bassline accompanied by one of the phattest grooves I’ve heard since FREq’s ‘Strange Attractors’ album… The native chanting and the strident melody just add to the overall feeling of joy when listening to this bombshell of a track! Amazing track!
#04: Space-funk!... This is a spacier, techier approach towards psyhouse… The crunchy house-bottom as the basis structure and floating atmospheric pads to set the right mood… More tribal percussion and enthusiastic voice samples repeating “…ecstatic…” And yeah, ecstatic is a good word to describe this tune… Rich, fun and euphoric… I like it, but there are parts that are just a little too Ministry-Of-Sound’esque for my taste… Decent track!
#05: Kick-ass! That horny girl from track #1 is back – and she’s brought a shitload of drums and percussion with her… And an archetypical house-bass… This track was already released on an Automatic Records 12”, so perhaps you know it already… This is pretty straightforward progressive beach house trance… I like the naïve melody that carries this track, but other than that, this is too clubby for me… Decent track!
#06: K&C venture off the beaten club-pad into electro-clash territory, on this strange little tune… They are definitely narrowing their appeal now – which is a good thing I think – this track incorporates unimaginable samples… Like a well-known, catchy pop-guitar bridge (Pink Floyd?)… Interesting track!
#07: So, when was the last time you heard a Kim Wilde sample in a progressive trance track? “Friday night and everyone’s moving…” … Or how about some elephantastic, trance-inducing synth-lines? Or a children’s choir? Sounds bizarre, but it works! This was also released as a 12” by Automatic Records in 2003, so there’s a chance you’ve heard it… This is the ‘Umpa Mix’ though… Whatever the hell that’s supposed to mean… I don’t know, but I do know that this oddball track is very tasty! Fums up!
#08: Along with ‘Fit Bint Valley’, this track was released as the 12” forerunner of this album… And this is a great representation for the overall sound of the album… Funky, slamming, groovy, funky, shake-your-ass proggy trance – served on an Ibiza beach with a wedge of psy… Perfect for dancing, and perfect for home listening… Great stuff!
#09: “Go ahead George, light it up!” … This is the K&C remix of Saiko Pod’s classic ‘Magnetic Force’…Maaaagnetic Foooooooorce! (Damn, I wish they’d kept the voice sample…but sadly, they didn’t…) This re-worked version is less progressive than the original, but easily as funky… Beach-house grooves with an epic, uplifting nature… I like the original better though! Ok track!
#10: And here at the end off all things – it’s time for a spliff! This is a deeeeep, parts dubby, parts tribal little house number… Percussion based and with long drifting pads in the background… Good, but not great… Puff-puff-giiive!
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again… IMO 2004 has been the best year for progressive trance… Ever! I mean, with amazing albums from Son Kite, Kooler, FREq, Buzzmonx, Etic, Atmos and now Krüger & Coyle, there is now end to the joy I’ve felt with this proggy gems… And yes, this is another really, really nice progressive psy-house album…
Take the best from FREq – mait it with Son Kite – and have it fool around with Buzzmonx and Kooler… And you’re left with Randy Expander… Not quite psy – not quite house… A bastard child somewhere in between…
Despite a couple of not-so-great track, the good tracks on here really are the crème de la crème of psychoactive progressive trance… I don’t really like the cover-art – and vinyl-junkies would probably complain about half the tracks already being released… But for CD-only-people like me, this is a welcomed chance to own them all on one CD…
As with most of the above mentioned albums, purists should be alert – this will definitely not fly with the most hardened psy-heads or isra-addicts… But for fans of genre-bending, cross-over, high quality music, I will not hesitate to recommend this!
Favourites: 1(!!), 2, 3(!!), 7(!), 8,
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External links:
ACDC: http://www.spiraltrax.com/acdc/
Psyshop: http://www.psyshop.com/shop/CDs/acd/acd1cd002.html (Audio samples available!)
Saiko Sounds: http://www.saikosounds.com/english/display_release.asp?id=4086
Chaos Unlimited: http://www.chaosunlimited.co.uk/cgi-bin/product.asp?LR=acdcd02
Wirikuta: http://www.wirikuta.at/web66/product_detail.jsp?showDetail=60532
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tom anteater
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Posted : Oct 1, 2004 12:10
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wicked cd.. will be playing this for a looong time
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