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Permutations vol. 2 Zenon rec - Compiled by Sensient
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lara
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Posted : Jun 25, 2009 04:10:59
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1. Grouch- Mayan Toolkit 8:22
2. Shadow FX- Minimal Technician 7:51
3. One Tasty Morsel- Get Your Wide On 7:02
4. Psypox- Boon Moots 9:02
5. Autonomech- Bit Generation 7:19
6. Sensient- Chambers 7:50
7. Sensient- Madman’s Playroom (Tetrameth rmx) 9:53
8. Tristan Boyle- Into my Spiral Arms 9:51
9. Meat Axe- Two Whiffs and Your Greedy 4:15
10. Vacuum Stalkers- Ironman 8:23
When you say Zenon, for me, it is a synonym for the deep night. Under the name Permutations in the second episode, we get some still unknown artists, but on the other hand some well known ones, great producers that have justified their status on the scene many times. The most interesting thing is when a newcomer also does a real great job. This puts this compilation on a list of the very successful ones. Everyone who likes deeper and darker sound with lots of technoish elements in the rhythms will not be disappointed. Right from the intro of the first track, the great emphasis placed on the seriousness of sound quality is evident, and that goes on till the very last minute. Sub basses of very low frequency and unequal midi files, complemented with fat kicks, literally meet every angle of your hearing receptors. It’s full and extremely powerful sound pronounced with fantastic production, and higher frequency tones are expressed trough the background effects.
What I find very unusual here is the fact that there are no rules about how the sounds appear and combine. This makes this release unpredictable, something I highly appreciate.
I also find fascinating the fact that in most of the track the themes of the tracks are expressed by sound effects rather then leads or pads, as is usually the case, and even though most tracks don’t use any melodies, it is clear and easy to explain what they are about. This makes the compositions interesting. You can find here samples of instruments such as a saxophone, a broken piano, a trumpet, violins, etc. all of them perfectly combine with the rest of the electronic composition. There are also noticeable funky influences manifested in the use of instruments and the excellently arranged bass lines. Even vocals do the job here, not for more then a second or two. Totally trippy. There is also a presence of glitchy element. I’m not a big fan of these, personally, but when moderately used, like here, they fit in well. This whole use of samples makes it easy to creates a 3D visual picture of the music. You can then chase some of the samples through the tracks 
I will mention few tracks that I really appreciate after a few times of listening. Right from the start I knew that Sensient will be among these, because it is the minimal psychedelic sound that I have expected, and as his style of production always pleasantly surprises me- strong energy and a lenitive beat, a proof that it’s not all about heavy kick! Shadow FX brings incredible depth and fat accompanying effects in Minimal Technician (T2). Very deep sound. Autonomech’s Bit Generation (T5), with the oscillation of bass line is the best of all tracks here for me- galloping parts, funky scaling, and the rolling moments. Amazing!
Recomendation: All and all- you find here extraordinary quality and surprising character of night progressive trance. This whole release is very good, and though I mentioned only a few favorites, in essence, buying this CD is the merit of all artists present here. Volume up!!!
Favorite tracks:All, but standing out: 2, 5, 6, 7
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Open Records
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Posted : Jun 25, 2009 05:15
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Braindrop
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Posted : Jun 25, 2009 07:38
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Damn!... Another winner from Zenon...
shadow fx as always is something special!
Psypox is nice , tight and groovy.... autonomech with this Technical prog style is also very good...
Overall... another blaster from Zenon!
Keep it up!
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idka
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Posted : Jun 25, 2009 15:01
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Grouch's Mayan toolkit (T1) is a brilliant track n for me 1 of the most refreshing interesting sounds on this va.
in overall zenon delivers, their sound is still unique - a high quality production that doesnt gets in the way of the deep psychedelic vibe.
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a3k
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Posted : Jun 26, 2009 00:37
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this is great music for the night period!
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mk47
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Posted : Jun 26, 2009 08:32
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nice , a return to the roots , love this gritty heavy darker sound from zenon , good intelligent music all round .
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Minimal Monster
Minimal Monster
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Posted : Jun 26, 2009 15:57
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Great review Lara, enjoying read it.
"I also find fascinating the fact that in most of the track the themes of the tracks are expressed by sound effects rather then leads or pads, as is usually the case, and even though most tracks don’t use any melodies, it is clear and easy to explain what they are about. This makes the compositions interesting. " - You damn right, i also thinks like that !
all in all very very nice compilation, dark and deep like i like! my fav tracks are Autonomech - Bit generation with the groovy kick+Bass combo and the jazzy riffs, Tetrameth Rmx, Grouch tune which is deep and dark just how i want it to be and Tristan Boyle with an extraordinary sound quality and arangments !!!
thanks guys for great Night Time music
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onionbrain
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Posted : Jun 27, 2009 18:42
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thank you zenon for another amazing release!
lots of good minimal trance tracks! |
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Djones
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Posted : Jul 3, 2009 14:44
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Not the best compilation by Zenon.
Shadow FX's track sounds pretty much like a copy of one of his previous tracks, just a little different.
But anyway I'm still liking it 100 %!!! better than the rest of the copy/paste Progressive stuff. |
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phasetech
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Posted : Jul 3, 2009 18:26
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