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V.A. - Relax Mode (Blue Tunes, 2008)
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Voice of All
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Posted : Nov 23, 2008 22:17:32
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Hi there! We are about to reveal the truth about one of the releases by mighty studio Blue Tunes Records. The label specialize in mostly progressive sound and ususally present nice fat clubby beats to its listeners. It was started back in 2006 by two brothers Sirko & Stephan Wotanowski who are also known as Monatgu & Golkanda (as djs) and Symphonix and True Lies (as two bands of different styles - prumping psyprogressive and electro/house respectively). They are also are hosts of very respective festival Tshitraka Project and we can tell much more good things about them...
V.A. - Relax Mode compiled by Symphonix
01 Lauge & Baba Gnohm - The Perfect Stranger
02 Forest Effect - Unconscious Reality
03 Erot - Lonely On A Friday Night
04 Koan feat. Krusseldorf - Rainfall
05 Symphonix - Drops In Your Eyes
06 Koan - The Last Samurai
07 Erot - Scent Of A Girl
08 Kanc Cover feat. Koan - Cosmic Spores
09 N.O.K. - Le Roi Est Mord, Vive Le Roi
...but lets turn to the release itself. It is made of rather unusual material for this label and has not much original name. It contents realy relaxing music that you may call generally chill-out. You should mind that it has light scent of dub and breaks within. It is not the first expirience of the label in the style alike. This february compilation "Slow Motion" hit the table so "Relax Mode" continuing this good tendency.
CD starts with nice tune from Lauge & Baba Gnohm. They present here good evening track with touching minimal melodó and interesting surrounding. Its rather quiet piece of relaxing music which is perfect start for release like this. 8/10. Next one is Unconscious Reality by newcomer Forest Effect. Track starts with atmospheric noises and continues with speech sample. Not so impressive from the beginning it turns to breaks-based chill-out with sad melody played with strings. It has good synnergy with the first track but not so attractive. 7/10. Erot is the next project that appears. Lonely On A Friday Night is dusk and melancholy ambient that includes rather nice repetitive melody move but lañks somthing that can give it completness and own shram. In spite of being in good connection with previous track it is more dull and faded then others. 6/10. Then we have a very top creation of colloboration of Koan and Krusseldorf. It has all the might that needed to let it be considered as one of the best traks on the release. It has hard deep beat engine and very cool melody that comes out wave after wave from the very beginning till the end. Rainfall has enough changes and development in it to prove its high mark: 10/10.
Then label's owners themselves comes with relaxed piece of music. Drops In Your Eyes is slow and solid track with huge speech sample. Seductive leisured melody starts from the beginning and then starts nice bassline. Personally I think that the second use of the sample is not necessary. All other features are cool so it is nice one: 8/10. Next one is Koan's solo track The Last Samurai and i have to say that in my eyes it is the best track of whole release. It has great melody that untwists and changes nicely. Its also has nice environment and impressive mood. Calm and sad but realy great. 10/10. Erot returns with second try on this cd. This track is more melodic and diverse then his previous. Here we have good beatbase and gentle surrounding sounds but it still needs to be improved with some details that i cant realy figure out. Something that will bring it to the new level. 7/10. Kanc Cover and Koan again are responsible for the eighth part of the release. Amorphous introduction lasts rather long time and takes almost half of a track but it did the thing: when the melody and very unusual beat comes out you have your feelings tuned well. Teasing and disquieted motif made by very special synth goes down to nowhere at the end of the track. This can be more sturated with action - too much ambient itself but the stuff that we have here is very good and track has it deserved mark 8/10. The last one is N.O.K. with bit mainstream but good enogh track with breaks and interrupted female voice sample. It is short sketch which is nice final for the release like this. 8/10
All in all this cd has very nice taste and definitely positive impression. It has pair of realy mighty pieces and all the rest of high quality level sounds. Here you'll face that type of mood that i used to call evening music. Its nice to be heard somewhere at the beach in the early night or right before the sunset. Trañks mostly have melancholy scent and features indistinct dub- and breaks-oriented chill with large ambient inserts.
8/10
Best tracks are:
Koan - The Last Samurai
Koan feat. Krusseldorf - Rainfall
Lauge & Baba Gnohm - The Perfect Stranger
Where to buy:
http://www.psyshop.com/shop/CDs/btr/btr1cd020.html
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Voice of All
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Posted : Nov 24, 2008 21:43
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sorry fiends - "Monatgu & Golkanda" you should read as "Montagu & Golkonda" naturally 
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