As usual lately, the promo text for this one raves on about it like it’s the best release in some time. The compilation has an objective behind it, raising consciousness on the subject of animals in captivity. A nice concept, but the inside of the album also refers to veganism, something which I am opposed to. Anyway, let’s not get that in the way of the music, since that is what we’re going to be dealing with.
It all starts off with Kluster, and that one is definitely my favourite track on the album. It’s slower, creaking, crackling and has a great 8-bit rendered drum sample which gives the song its character. Track 2 is a different affair, spewing acid and synthfarts all over the place, still with a slower pace. It’s nothing remarkable, but not a bad track altogether. Track 3 takes it a bit up again and gets us thinking it’s 1997 all over again. Good stuff! I like the bassline in this one as well. Ka-Sol comes up next and it’s the usual stuff if you’ve heard their previous tracks. I think it’s an ok track, it sets a darker mood with a nice wobbly bassline and ominous synths. Coffin Kick by Procs is a whole different ballgame. This is bad. There’s no other word for it. Noise with beat. And at least noise music is hard and blows you away. This is just something in between psy and noise and it never touches either really well. To top it the whole thing sounds like an anxiety attack. It annoys me. Skip. Taigan Sun with Barbro starts and fortunately this is better again. More like track 3 actually. Unfortunately it gets worse and worse until the end, again sounding very nerving and unsettling. Attoya's Paradise Found (T7) has an ominous feeling too, but at least he does it in the right way. A good one. Traskel is similar and there's nothing much to add here, except that it sounds like ghosts lost in the endless woods. That’s what it makes me feel like anyway. Zoon comes up with another forest track, and this one is more like Ka-Sol’s style. The last track starts off dark and ominous again (most of the tracks sound this way, so you could say it's the theme for this compilation) and it’s a very busy track. It’s got sounds flying all over the place and again it gets to be very nervous during half way and to the end. Another no go for me. |
