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· Digweed, John - Transitions Vol. 4
· Radikal Techno
· Smith, Christian & John Selway - Fast Connection / Redeye
· Sasha - The emFire Collection: Mixed, Unmixed & Remixed
· Govia, Mirco de - Iconic Path
· Atomic Hooligan - Sex, Drugs & Blah Blah Blah
· Ott - Skylon
· Pendulum - In Silico
· Club Europa
· Renaissance: The Masters Series Part 10 (Mixed by Dave Seaman)

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 [found-18] ben parris - from rave to the grave (matmos rmxs)
 hola!
 I didn't realize it, but...
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 AARRRRR, Matey!
ReviewsYeah, I know. Usually it's talk of my nation's holiday that begins these July review recaps, but apparently showing such extreme patriotism is somewhat taboo in the eyes of our European counterparts. Go figure. Besides, since I'm currently stuck wearing an eye-patch due to an occular injury, I feel more pirate than Canadian for some reason. Maybe if I got an eye-patch with a maple leaf on it...?

Anyhow, just a couple reviews to talk about here. The big one obviously is John Digweed's latest entry into his Transitions series, this being fourth. If he keeps it going, chances are we'll end up reviewing the sixth as well to maintain our coincidental even-number coverage. Also, a Random Review gave us yet another release from the early 90s, this one titled Radikal Techno. Talk about a name that would have the Detroit purists balking, eh?

no need for scissors
too radikal










John Digweed - Transitions Vol. 4

Radikal Techno

Posted by sykonee on Tuesday, July 01 @ 17:23:00 UTC (13 reads)
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 Retro: A tad late.
ReviewsAh, yes. The Late Re-Cap. Remember when it wasn't uncommon to have these done two, three, even FOUR days after the fact? Back then, I blame the, er, extra party indulgences, but with extra responsibilities in the Real World comes extra commitment to keeping things smooth running here. Still, we do have to go on vacation occasionally.

In the meantime, the first half of June has seen a higher yield of reviews from us than we typically see at this time of the year. J' checked out a single from house veterans Christian Smith and John Selway, as well as the long-awaited sophomore effort from trance producer Mirco de Govia Iconic Path. And I had a listen to breaks act Atomic Hooligan's Drugs, Sex & Blah Blah Blah, plus Sasha's 'kind-of album' The emFire Collection. Clicky below to check them out.


sexy drugs
iconic path










Atomic Hooligan - Drugs, Sex & Blah Blah Blah

Mirco de Govia - Iconic Path

emFire collection
fast-eye










Sasha - The emFire Collection: Mixed, Unmixed, and Remixed

Christian Smith & John Selway - Fast Connection / Redeye

Posted by sykonee on Tuesday, June 17 @ 19:32:31 UTC (32 reads)
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 Into summer we stretch.
ReviewsThings continue to steadily chug along here at TranceCritic, with a few albums and a pair of compilations offered up in this end-of-month update. J' has a look at superstar act Pendulum's follow-up to the commercial smash Hold Your Color, In Silico. Meanwhile, I check out a couple of albums from earlier in the year: Ott's Skylon and Sander van Doorn's Supernaturalistic. Also, J' scoped out Dave Seaman's latest DJ mix to the Masters Series from Renaissance. Notwithstanding (huh?), a Random Review yielded an old collection of euro-dance titled Club Europa... hmm, I wonder if this is make-up for skipping out on our Marchly euro-quota? Anyhow, links to 'em all below.


skylon
in silico










Ott - Skylon

Pendulum - In Silico

supernatchalle
europa










Sander van Doorn - Supernaturalistic

Club Europa

master10












Renaissance: The Masters Series Part 10 (Mixed by Dave Seaman)

Posted by sykonee on Sunday, June 01 @ 21:35:32 UTC (72 reads)
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 Finally, a big recap!
ReviewsI'll be the first to admit our output thus far in the year of 2008 has been rather sluggish compared to prior months. Fortunately, with the onset of May comes two things: more free time, and more major releases. Let's have a gander at some of them, eh?


I'm going a bit out of our usual order here, in that I'll tackle our single compilation and single single first. J' carries on our house coverage, with the tenth double-discer from Ministry Of Sound sub-label Housexy and a digital release by Nicole Moudaber. Clicky below to check 'em.

Indecent Girl
how sexy










Nicole Moudaber - Boxer Girl / Indecent Exposure

Housexy 10



Alright. Albums. Yeah, we got a few albums here. For our somewhat obscure offerings, I checked out some spacey psychedelia in Distant System's Spiral Empire and some groovy psychedelia in Flowjob's Zentertainment. Also, our Random Reviews finally makes a return, the pick being the self-titled System 7 debut, an album from the group's pre-psychedelia days. And finally, Armin van Buuren's new album Imagine is given the once-over by Alexander (I'm pretty sure this album is completely non-psychedelic).

use your imagination
it’s full of stars










Armin van Buuren - Imagine

Distant System - Spiral Empire

zen tv
system seven










Flowjob - Zentertainment

System 7 - System 7

Posted by sykonee on Friday, May 16 @ 00:15:28 UTC (70 reads)
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 HouseCritic?
ReviewsThey say house music is back. Far be it from us to believe what they say, but they may just be right. Only a pair of reviews to talk about here, and both are pretty much on a house tip. Hercules & Love Affair bring the disco and funk with their self-titled debut, while Moby takes us back to the streets of New York with his newest titled Last Night. Interestingly, this is the first Moby album to make it into our archives. Nice of him to go back to his EDM roots to give us this opportunity to review something new from him, eh?


hercules, hercules, hercules...
model night










Hercules & Love Affair - Hercules And Love Affair

Moby - Last Night

Posted by sykonee on Thursday, May 01 @ 08:41:37 UTC (124 reads)
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 Just go for it!
ReviewsGo for what? Oh, I don't know. It was something I heard just as I started to write this, and plunked it in. These intros don't always have to witty, do they? But hey, at least we're back in action here at good ol' TranceCriticDotComSlash.

The beginning of April has seen a smattering of reviews as spring gets under way. J' looks at the debut album Filmtales from television soundtracker Paul Leonard-Morgan; Will has his hand at Steve Bug's entry into the Fabric series; and I checked out a single from Aussie house producer Dirty South. Clicky on the pretty covers below to scope 'em out.

from juno
I see you










Dirty South featuring Rudy - Let It Go

Fabric 37: Steve Bug

filmtales











Paul Leonard-Morgan - Filmtales

Posted by sykonee on Tuesday, April 15 @ 17:06:59 UTC (157 reads)
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 April Fool's? What's that?
ReviewsNothing for you here. We'll be back shortly. No, really!
Posted by sykonee on Tuesday, April 01 @ 11:12:45 UTC (148 reads)
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 Spring is back, and so is trance.
ReviewsIt wasn't intentional on our part, honest. Yet we only recently realized that, aside from the odd psy album, our front page has been decidedly lacking in trance reviews for a while now. For a website called TranceCritic, that's quite shocking. Sure, we cover all aspects of electronic music, but when you are the #1 returned search result for 'trance music reviews' in Google, you probably should throw a bone to the genre more often.

So now we end the drought this month, with a whole bunch of trance reviewed. Some is from familiar names like Markus Schulz (in his latest DJ mix Amsterdam 08) and Leon Bolier with Mike Shiver (in a double-disc titled Trance Mission). Others may not be quite so readily apparent, as they aren't from producers you'd associate with trance. Alexander has amusingly referred to the singles from Riley Reinhold and Pig & Dan as 'closet trance.' Although I wouldn't deem that a genre-proper, you'll have to click the reviews for them to find out what he's talking about.

Oh, and we also have a house single from Moodymann reviewed for you too. Enjoy!

moodymann
piggy danny










Moodymann - Technologystolemyvinyle

Pig & Dan - Deliverance

shining eyes











Riley Reinhold - Lights In My Eyes Remixe

Markus Schulz - Amsterdam 08

trance mission











Trance Mission - Mixed By Leon Bolier & Mike Shiver

Posted by sykonee on Tuesday, March 18 @ 03:21:41 UTC (135 reads)
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 Spring hath arrived early-ith.
ReviewsIt's pretty clear, isn't it. Oh, not the weather, although it is. I mean commenting on the weather itself. It's the simplest of ice-breakers, and usually only utilized when there ain't nothing else much to comment on. Well, I s'pose I could talk sports, but how many of our fellow readers care about hockey and basketball? Not many, I'd wager (maybe J' should write one of these up, eh?). Politics then? Ooh, touchy subject, even if you don't care about the American primaries (down with Carol James!). And music itself is forthcoming anyway, so let's end this preamble and get to it.

Two singles here. Eric Prydz offers up his latest Pryda release in the form of Europa, while Martin Wheeler offers up his latest Vector Lovers release. On the album front, we dip our toes into something the indie kids are all ah-gah-gah over with Hot Chip's recent album Made In The Dark, and J' scoped out Joey Negro's contribution to new the Lust: Art & Soul series. Links below.

hot chip
joey negro










Hot Chip - Made In the Dark

Joey Negro - Lust: Art & Soul

pryda
vector lovers










Pryda - Europa / Odyssey

Vector Lovers - Lateshift / Babette

Posted by sykonee on Sunday, March 02 @ 14:29:39 UTC (162 reads)
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 The Winter Slog Continues
ReviewsYou can never count on this time of the year for big releases. Oh, for sure sometimes a big single is released around now, though hardly a predicted one; rather, one of those super-underground hits that suddenly makes its presence felt at Winter Music Conference, and is jumped upon by every band-wagon DJ within earshot. Do we have such a release reviewed here? Perhaps...

Still, in honor of the American political primaries, we've decided to pull our own version of flip-flop for the opening half of February, and take a gander at a bunch of singles, leaving the compilations to the side for the time being. Alexander gets one from Donnacha Costello, thyself has a look at a collaboration between The Hacker and Eric Borgo, and J' scopes out a debut from RJ Productions.

black bag
zone










Donnacha Costello - Black Bag Job

The Hacker & Eric Borgo - Zone

rawr











RJ Productions - 526


As ever dutiful though, we still have a pair of albums, albeit somewhat older. Fluke's spiritual second-act -2 Bit Pie- fell into the hands of J' recently, while I dipped back into the prog psy waters with Ace Ventura's debut. Clicky for the reads below.

pie
baby birth










2 Bit Pie - 2 Pie Island

Ace Ventura - Rebirth

Posted by sykonee on Saturday, February 16 @ 10:34:06 UTC (167 reads)
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Latest Reviews

· Digweed, John - Transitions Vol. 4
· Radikal Techno
· Smith, Christian & John Selway - Fast Connection / Redeye
· Sasha - The emFire Collection: Mixed, Unmixed & Remixed
· Govia, Mirco de - Iconic Path
· Atomic Hooligan - Sex, Drugs & Blah Blah Blah
· Ott - Skylon
· Pendulum - In Silico
· Club Europa
· Renaissance: The Masters Series Part 10 (Mixed by Dave Seaman)

Recent Forum Activity


 Made Event presents ARMIN VAN BUUREN @ McCarren Pool, July 5
 Favourite trance mix album of all time?
 An odd week of club-hopping.
 [found-18] ben parris - from rave to the grave (matmos rmxs)
 hola!
 I didn't realize it, but...
 Euro 2008
 Atomic Hooligan's Label: "Botchit & Scarper"
 Above & Beyond 'Anjunabeats 100' CD/DVD: West Coast Bus

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