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Sattel Battle - SoundsCool [Gi'iwa]
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Elad
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Posted : Mar 14, 2007 03:55
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thanx all for the support 
im realy happy to see good response 
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muhroom magazine wrote:
Also known as TSAbeat and a highly appreciated multi-facetted ex-metal guitarist, Sattle Battle bestows his debut album upon us. As described in the promo sheet, it's pure Funk. Originally from Israel, he sounds as if he comes from the far North, his productions are all infused with a broad grin and a funkiness only known to me from Finnish producers. A seemingly skippy bubble bass tows one along melodious avenues that are innovative and therefore never sound commercial, not least of all due to the high doses that this music deserves. As is so often the case, I can only recommend listening up, and allowing the positive vibes to retune you. Perfectly suited for Gi'iwa Records in Australia. More of this please!!!
(Ilse)
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http://www.saikosounds.com/english/show_artist.asp?artist_id=4508
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MASSACRE
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Posted : Mar 15, 2007 11:40
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Hey mate great album Moran just game me a copy from you(thx man).
Big massive psy funk crazy lovely funny album. Just great, I can say that its one of the most original albums and thats what is important!!! bring it on Tzeb and all the best-
Crazy Ducks
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DeathPosture
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Posted : Mar 22, 2007 01:48
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Sattel Battle – Sounds Cool
Cover: http://tinyurl.com/2l3joj
Artist: Sattel Battle (Israel)
Title: Sounds Cool
Format: CD (jewel case)
Label: Gi'iwa Productions (Australia)
Cat. #: GPCD 003
Distribution: Arabesque
Date: January 2007
Track listing:
01. 05’40” Sounds Cool
02. 04’47” Dosomethingwithyourlife
03. 04’59” Rabel Rebel
04. 05’18” Sratim Metzuyarim
05. 05’07” Work In Space
06. 05’22” Hey Hop
07. 05’13” Gnat Whore
08. 04’41” Strangless
09. 05’09” Homegrown
10. 05’32” 2 Step Chase
11. 06’16” Fuck It
12. 06’14” 24 Shots
13. 06’40” Sky Divers + hidden after 4 minutes of silence: 04’34” Untitled Track (Big Bang)
Stream: http://tinyurl.com/2ola8n (all tracks!)
Review:
Glow stick repellent
Last year saw the resurrection of Australia’s Gi’iwa Production which finally surfaced again after a lengthy hiatus with their enthralling, genrebending Musica Discordia compilation. One of the most important compilations of 2006.
Elad Weinberg from Israel (Tsabeat) catapulted into the scene with his infectious, suomi-saundi track Dotman off the legendary debut Gi’iwa release Schizm released back in 2004. Since then his only Sattel Battle output were the two wacked-out gems on last year’s Musica Discordia + a bunch of releases under his darkpsy moniker Tsabeat. I’ve always preferred his wackier, more uplifting Sattel Battle style and ever since I found out about this debut album I’ve been excited…
Let me take you thru the tracks…
#01: Sounds Cool [138 BPM]
The opening track is a smooth little groover – rich in laidback, electro-jazzy flavour… Uplifting synth melodies are paired with both string-arrangements and harmonic, enchanting atmospheres… It’s some kind of weird mixture of bubblegum hentai-pop and edgy electronica. Lush, but not a stand-out..
#02: Dosomethingwithyourlife [140 BPM]
How many times have your parents/girl- or boyfriend uttered this line to you? Yeah, I thought so – same here. The actual choon opens with an echoing sample about quantum mysticism which resonates throughout the track “We are here to infiltrate space with ideas and mansions of thought. We are here to make something of this life!” Oh yeah, this is where the fun begins! As from out of nowhere the track explodes into a frantic, pounding piece of nocturnal trance… Ripping, shredding psytrance with one well-thought-out passage after another… The old-school acid-lines pay homage to the 303-tracks of the past in the best way imaginable. Fantastic track!
#03: Rabel Rebel [146 BPM]
And here’s the Bowie tribute… As the many tributes before it, this track hails relentless, in-your-face punk rock… In Sattel Battle’s version that’s done with analogue synths, hardcore guitar riffs and old-school computer game samples… That may sound cheesy on paper, but Elad has managed to piece it all together in a way that I cannot help but adore… Rock on! Great!
#04: Sratim Metzuyarim [145 BPM]
“Ladies and gentlemen, we interrupt this program to bring you important news!” The unpronounceable next opus marks a return to the fluffier, more wacky bubblegum pseudo-pop style - similar to that of the title track… Complete with a ton of whistles, bells and so on. The level of experimentation is still pretty high and psychedelia is lurking just below the surface making this track an interesting experience…
#05: Work In Space [145 BPM]
Another musical u-turn here, as Elad fuses breaks, space-jazz, old-school Amiga music and of course psychedelic trance… The Finnish/Australian style is similar to the style he first introduced us to on the Schizm complation 3 years ago… Deeply experimental, but it works and never gets pretentious… Dancing to it though, is a challenge.
#06: Hey Hop [149 BPM]
“You are now beginning a Grand Circle tour of Tomorrowland aboard the Peep-Peep, the first system of its kind in the world”. And now it’s time for some patented Sattel Battle dementia. This is a sonic whirlwind of unprecedented proportions… Tripped out samples, tweaked rhythms, beats, breakz and a ton of other crazy FX… All stirred well in this amazing tour de force of perverted muzak… Phat digital entertainment at its most non-linear.
#07: Gnat Whore [150 BPM]
The next track quickly picks up the pace – it is teeth-grinding tech-trance from the start, and the high-pitched, full-on industrial-slash-gabba’esque style continues all the way through… Fast, raw and totally psychedelic hybrid-trance which will grab you by the gonads and keep you at the edge of sanity… Phew, what a rush! I’m totally digging it!
#08: Strangless [150 BPM]
Next up is a more ethereal piece of experimental sauna-trance… A groovy, yet pounding rhythm section lays the basis for some seriously fast-paced psychedelia… The ethnic world-music is blatantly kliché, but it makes perfect sense in this equation… The same is true with the unexpected tribal bits, the cheesy jazz-pop and the tons of other nifty little detours… On the verge of being a little too random, but it still has great qualities.
#09: Homegrown [149 BPM]
Ah, the joys of quality homegrown… This is another melting pot frenzy consisting of bizarre tricks, demented turns and an endless amount of electronic farts + digital burps… The old weirdness-meter has been cranked up to maximum volume and this is where it starts to get too damn weird for my taste… Holy shit!
#10: 2 Step Chase [150 BPM]
The demented antix continue unhindered on the next piece of sonic suomistyge… Highly experiMENTAL stuff that morphs from one musical reference point to the direct opposite – and back again, merging all kinds of freaky FX… Not as wacko as the previous track, and as such I prefer this… The most obvious shroom companion thus far. Wikkid!
#11: Fuck It [148 BPM]
“This is the sound that blows your mind!” Yeah, fuck it! Time to get down to the nitty-gritty and space out to a totally wobbly, yet dreamy track… This is dirty, funk-ridden eleKtroniKa with a grotesque, carnival-theme running throughout … Extremely fast-paced, though keeping a consistent pace and flow… And totally danceable too for the experienced trance-dancer. Quite thrilling… I like it!
#12: 24 Shots [144 BPM]
Next up is a yet another hybrid. This time Elad pours an inhumane amount of electro into the mix, leaving us with a bubbly, playful piece of wobbly trance… Tight percussion, subtle bass and rich instrumentation in the strangest of ways… Eerie, maximal trance which is bound to turn a few heads in either disgust or utter ecstacy. Yikes!
#13: Sky Divers [138 BPM]
The last ‘real’ track is Sky Divers which is a pretty nasty combination of evil downbeat and ethereal weirdo-trance…That’s meant as a compliment, mind you. Again the experimentation level is very high and it all ends in total bliss there towards the end. Brilliant.
+ hidden after 4 minutes of silence
# 04’34” Untitled Track (Big Bang)
The bonus track cracks me up every single time. This is so unbelievably grotesque that I don’t even know where to begin. Imagine a barn-dance where someone spiked the lemonade with DMT. Imagine Pikachu playing at this gig. His own remix of The Specials’ Ghost Town which he did on his Amiga 500 after a 3 week acid binge. That’s exactly how this track sounds. Genious.
Another fine Gi’iwa release draws to a close after the dramatic, side-splittingly funny bonus track. I like most of the stuff here – Elad manages to walk the tightrope between sheer excellence and bizarro-schranz like few others. A couple of the tracks didn’t agree with me, but they were scarce and more than outnumbered by the many brilliant tracks. Versatility is also a keyword here, as Elad ensures maximum attention from the listeners by never taking the easy way out or retorting to predictability. The sheer, eclectic force of this album makes it an a very interesting acquaintance alone – and the many stand-out tracks makes it even more kick-ass. The lush, urban artwork by Jason Hueman & T-Bone is the icing on the cake.
To sum up: A very fine debut album by Elad. Eclectic as always from Gi’iwa Production – and with enough depth to keep open-minded fans of versatile trance entertained for a long time… Picky neo full-on purists need to look elsewhere though… This is glowstick repellent. The rest of us will treasure this for a long time. Enjoy!
Favourites: 2(!!), 3, 6(!), 7(!), 10, 11, 12 + the hidden track (!!)
DeathPosture
External links:
Gi’iwa Productions: http://www.giiwa.com
Sattel Battle: http://www.myspace.com/sattelbattle
Discogs: http://www.discogs.com/release/879531
Saiko Sounds: http://tinyurl.com/38emw9
Beatspace: http://tinyurl.com/2urzdu
Wirikuta: http://tinyurl.com/334kn3
Psyshop: http://tinyurl.com/2phg4o
PsyBuy: http://tinyurl.com/32y53a
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Drosophila
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Posted : Mar 27, 2007 15:41
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Fantastic album tsabeat! Im very impressed of all the stuff and ideas that has gone into this one CD, hats off! Its cramped but pleasant!
This is an instant classic for me 
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Elad
Tsabeat/Sattel Battle
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Posted : Apr 6, 2007 07:58
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thanx death posture for deep review 
also thanx to yaron and drosophila for good words 
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damien - psyreviews.net wrote:
http://psyreviews.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=395&Itemid=46
Welp, this is certainly the goods. Sattel Battle’s sound is frenetic, pacey, mayhem-trance with more disparate influences than I can even begin to count.
There’s oldskool goa, Brazilian samba, Jazz, Funk, HipHop, Turntablism… all of it packed up into this far-reaching psychedelia that’s nothing short of delightful.
Strangless is massive, Rabel Rabel is tricky picky skippy, Homegrown and 2 Step Chase take the sonic piss, and Stratim Metzuyarim takes shimmering, kaleidoscopic trance to the next level. Sky Divers is a beautiful bit of trance, and once you think it’s closed the album in style there’s a glorious closing track that sounds like Madness doing a psychedelic polka in the lounge bar of the Holiday Inn somewhere on Mars. Well, you had to ask me.
It may be a bit much in high doses to warrant spendig that much time with it, but the intricacy, the passion, the quirk and the sheer volume of ideas make this a pretty awesome little album.
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thanx damien!
www.sattelbattle.com
http://yoavweinberg.weebly.com/ |
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darkgnome
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Posted : Apr 7, 2007 07:02
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Indeed a nice album
We need more stuff like this and more labels like Gi'iwa!! Kimi-tachi wa keikoku sareta! |
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kobi_palombo
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Posted : Apr 7, 2007 16:28
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big bag bigabobooo big bag 
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Psyco Zaika
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Posted : May 7, 2007 08:08
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A-Holes
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Posted : May 7, 2007 12:35
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Yo buddy indeed great great album
my favs are : Ghat Whore , Rabel Rabel And Sounds Cool.... great music buddy... keep going the funny work |
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chischis
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Posted : May 16, 2007 17:16
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This is the kind of album that shows there is still life and creativity left in the psytrance genre. Work In Space is amazing... |
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THE-ORACLE
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Posted : May 20, 2007 00:34
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Listening to this album right now ON LOOOOOP!
Great ORIGINAL album with QUALITY sound!
Love it! Good work TSABEAT a.k.a SATTLE BATTLE!
Bzzzzzzzzzzzzz......... |
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franny
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Posted : May 26, 2007 08:06
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awesome cd, great work , very psychedleic, one of the best release of the year for sure .
grab an original copy for sure....definitely a collectors item!!
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Fragletrollet
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Posted : May 26, 2007 20:11
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Shmerling
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Posted : May 27, 2007 03:16
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Sratim Metzuyarim got the best melodies ever, with beautiful harmony...
gr8 album, keep up the good work... I'm going to lead you, kicking and screaming, giggling and laughing, into the
future. I'm going to relax you, I'm going to get you! |
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mk47
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Posted : May 27, 2007 10:11
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yeah great great album , happy for gi`wa and tsabeat it sold out completely .. more please .. psytrance needs it
oh yeah .. bonus track fukin roxx !!
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