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Riktam & Bansi - "Bassmaster Zorro EP" (Iboga rec. june 09)
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aden
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Artist : Riktam & Bansi
Title : Bassmaster Zorro
Label : Iboga records
Format : Digital EP
Release date : june 09
Trackist:
Riktam & Bansi : Bassmaster Zorro (original mix)
Riktam & Bansi : Bassmaster Zorro (Jerome Isma-ae rmx)
Riktam & Bansi : Bassmaster Zorro (Lenny Ibizarre rmx)
Shajahan Matkin & Josef Quinteros, better known as Riktam and Bansi, are the successful and internationally acclaimed team of DJ/producers who, with a few others, ruled the full-on Trance floors for almost a decade in the late nineties and early naughties under the alias of GMS (Growling Mad Scientists). Their releases on Hadshot, TIP, the late Spirit Zone, and their own Spun records, to name but a few, sold more than 200 000 CDs, and this is no mean feat. Like many fellow psytrance labelled projects, they have recently jumped on the tech/prog wagon, taking the advantage of their glory to make hay while the progressive sun shines.
Plastik Park and Sprout have demonstrated a certain commercial flair by releasing a fair amount of the output from the Ibiza outfit (which has included a xerox copy – without the illumination – of a Deadmau5 hit), as they instantly scored in the Beatport charts. Now it’s Iboga’s turn to release the duo’s work in this package that integrates a string of expert remixers, a couple of weeks before another of their tracks features in an anticipated compilation signed by Ace Ventura.
Bassmaster Zorro (original mix)
No doubt the alumini of Tri-Ball university have developped an expertise for galloping bassline and pumping rhythms, and your expectations in that department will be entirely satisfied. Having said that, the main interest of the track lies in both breaks, almost identical, which offer a classic yet very efficient build-up and crowd-pleasing climaxes that will meet the demand of hands-in-the-air frenzy. A furtive shimmering melodic pad later chimes in to add a whimsical open air feel.
Riktam & Bansi : Bassmaster Zorro (Jerome Isma-ae rmx)
The internationally acclaimed DJ and much in-demand Munich-based Progressive-House producer Jerome Isma-ae has now clocked up less original releases than remixed tracks, signed at cream of the crop progressive labels. This should give an idea of how much his rmx craft is sought-after. He is now almost a regular at Iboga, having signed two very good remixes of Freq and Liquid soul. This new remix is very close in spirit to the hit he signed for the Danish imprint last autumn, and also remains faithful to Riktam & Bansi blueprint. It departs only in its accentuation of the kick/bass combo with rolls and tight clicky beats sprinkled over a brief riff, and he tempers the rhythmic assault with a zest of airy pad. Don’t expect a renewed sound palette, as it’s another trademark rmx from the Isma-ae sound factory, but the product is another perfectly engineered dancefloor tool.
Riktam & Bansi : Bassmaster Zorro (Lenny Ibizarre rmx)
Aside from his quality ambient music production, the Ibiza lounge regular Lenny Ibizarre has made successful appearances next to Iboga head honcho Emok, with whom he’s co-written a couple of nice track/rmx on the still fresh-from-the-oven Maelstrom album. Ibizarre injects a truer progressive approach, with a nice undulating bassline, and opens out upon loftier horizons with the arpeggio of the melodic pad. It is a clubbier rendition, hence smoother edged, notably in the breaks, but it definitely has elegance.
Bottom line
This is a fine package with reliable tools tested and approved on & by the dancefloor. The first two numbers will definitely thrive on the summer open air dance floors, while Ibizarre will light up interiors, and the crowds will be satisfied to the bones, even if genuine inventors or experimentators may grumble about originality in the seminal piece. My preference goes to the Isma-ae rmx.
Aden
Related links :
http://www.iboga.dk
http://www.myspace.com/ibogarecords
http://www.myspace.com/riktamandbansi
http://www.myspace.com/jeromejeeproductions
http://www.myspace.com/ibizarre
  http://myspace.com/adenbeatersweet
http://www.flow-records.com |
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diveland4
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Posted : Jun 22, 2009 20:24
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ok its innovation |
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Posted : Jun 22, 2009 20:34
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Actually, it's fucking brilliant music.
Specially the remixes.
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Bakke
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Posted : Jun 22, 2009 22:36
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a3k
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Posted : Jun 22, 2009 23:22
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honestly the remix by isma-ae is the one i liked most 
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Posted : Jun 23, 2009 00:17
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On 2009-06-22 23:22, a3k wrote:
honestly the remix by isma-ae is the one i liked most
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Glen.C (Iboga Rec)
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Pavel
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Posted : Jun 23, 2009 08:06
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At first when I've heard about Banzi & Riktam going minimal I thought hmmm, and than I heard some of their material and I was hooked.
I vote for this as the come back of the year.
Didn't like the remixes much but the original is really really fat.
GMS on Iboga who would've guess it?
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Kitnam
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Posted : Jun 23, 2009 12:35
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very high level of soundquality again. still contains a lot of "classical" trance-production from my point of view. I would love to see riktam & bansi going a step more ahead, they have the potential to create something outstanding and individual.
from the beatport-preview i prefer the original i think, but still not sure about getting it or not, doesn catch me like the plastik park one.
- just my honest 2 cents.
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Gui Milani
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Posted : Jun 23, 2009 16:59
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I really liked this EP, specially the remixes...
My favourite is (of course) Jerome Isma-Ae remix but I am suspect ´cause imo he´s together with Daniel Portman and Duca the best producer of Progressive in the World.
Congratulations for GMS for producing good music and please, avoid to produce full No, people cant listen that anymore! 
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Nectarios
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Posted : Jun 23, 2009 19:50
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On 2009-06-22 20:24, diveland4 wrote:
ok its innovation
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Actually its not, its the general stuff you hear in prog releases with a lot of the techno odd clicky, rim shot, white noise shots.
Maybe some of the trance people that have not been following the prog, tech stuff, think its innovation, but just like the GMS formulaic trance tunes, with the chewed up and ready to digest, trance music, that is actually a hands-in-the-air-cheese-fest, there are all the cliches in these tunes as well.
Having said all that, I much prefer the new RB outfit, to the GMS project...without saying that these tunes are something special, they just don't suck major balls, unlike the GMS tunes of the last few years.
Riktam and Bansi are a big draw for any label, but there are much better artists releasing on Iboga and especially Plastik Park.
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Tasos_NOtrea
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Posted : Jun 23, 2009 20:18
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On 2009-06-22 20:24, diveland4 wrote:
ok its innovation
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Actually its not, its the general stuff you hear in prog releases with a lot of the techno odd clicky, rim shot, white noise shots.
Maybe some of the trance people that have not been following the prog, tech stuff, think its innovation, but just like the GMS formulaic trance tunes, with the chewed up and ready to digest, trance music, that is actually a hands-in-the-air-cheese-fest, there are all the cliches in these tunes as well.
Having said all that, I much prefer the new RB outfit, to the GMS project...without saying that these tunes are something special, they just don't suck major balls, unlike the GMS tunes of the last few years.
Riktam and Bansi are a big draw for any label, but there are much better artists releasing on Iboga and especially Plastik Park.
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Totally agreed here.Espesually all this thing with clicky rim shots and this white noise overuse and rolling techy basslines that the most progressive trance artists and not only ,introduced to their music and the most of you think that this is new, a new era and blah blah.. The same thing that happened with uk progressive house/trance in the beginning of 2000..The most psy people were blaming this style because it was supposed to be cheesy and commercial and some years after you were all addicted on it having the illusion that you were listening something new while this music style has almost been gone from the rest electronic scene.. The same is happening with the minimal "dubfire" techno style now which is its end also.. So stop call all this similar stuff new and innovative just because you are listening it for first time.
Back to the topic now I think Lenny Ibizarre is the winner,deeper,groovier and more brainy sounds than the original.Of course I prefer Riktam and Bansi in this sound than the regular crappy GMS stuff ,the original track have a nice bassline but I don't like this "Ibiza" feeling on it.
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Nectarios
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Posted : Jun 23, 2009 20:23
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The Lenny mix is my favourite as well and it is the only one I would actually dance to.
The Ibiza sound has been played to death. It was fun in the beggining of this millenium, but speaking for my self, I am bored to death with it.
Some promoters speak about the Ibiza sound, as a positive argument, to promote whatever release they are promoting...but or me its an alarm about the actual music, sounding average...at best.
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Yidam
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Posted : Jun 23, 2009 21:37
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Only heard the original... not groundbreaking or anything but I think these guys have finally found the correct niche to be in... idea wise they'll finally be challenged to keep up with the rest of the pack in this new game.
Production quality is top notch as always. |
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Posted : Jun 24, 2009 15:23
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could easily named "chicks and sniffs" and imho they dont fit to iboga, i thought iboga was more into more serious music like behind blue eyes, flowjob etc, music to travel not just sound to fit your D&G ..2c
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