Hard NRGとAcidの曲を作ってるフィンランドのTyranoid & Strongstreamというユニットは「Filth God」の新曲できました。すごくダークでハードなボカルの曲だと思ってダウンロードが無料ですから本当におすすめです。サイトでほかの曲もすごいかっこいいです。
Up on Tyranoid & Strongstream’s site now is a ferocious bootleg of Panzer AG’s Filth God, which really does a great job of moving the track into acid electronic territory. Dark, hard and aggressive, it might not be the kind of NRG that I often listen to, but you can’t beat a bit of raw power now and then – especially when done this well.
The full releases aren’t until September, but Hybridize have come up with some preview CDs that contain some definite future classics. Maybe you can make out the track titles from the photo above – Sam One’s hard trance stormer The Future and the absolutely fantastic Extinguish by Nomic.
Other releases so far are Substanced – Geneva / DJ Air – Alone With Me (Swoosh vs Carbon Based Remix), and also Epyx & Cyrez – Polyhedra 08 / Substanced & Sam One & Horzi – Lionheart. All are available for a mere 6 euros – highly highly recommended.
If that wasn’t enough, one more Nomic-only CD is still (soon) to come, featuring Nomic – The Last Breath / Nomic – Falling Star 08.
I’m off to Dance or Die vs Hell’s Gate tonight, but thought I’d post up a few things before my pre-event nap.
If you happen to live in Finland, Italy or the UK, then don’t go anywhere during November/December – it seems that Guld might be on his way. I was recently reading the flyer for August’s NRGetic Romancer, and it mentions that he’s planning a trip to the three countries. Recently the subject has cropped up again (although the list seemed to have been reduced to Finland/Italy only), and so even if details are a bit sketchy at the moment, he’ll definitely be on the way to Europe at the end of the year. Why Italy though, I’m not too sure…how much of a scene is there, I wonder?
As soon as anything more concrete is announced it’ll be up on here faster than you can say ‘hoover’ – if you haven’t seen him play live yet it really is worth doing whatever you can to get to one of these events…his mixing style is very much Proteus with a Japanese edge, I’d say.
Of course, he’s also playing on Sunday in Shibuya, which I’ll also be wandering along to.
Hard TranceとFreeformの曲をリリースさせるフィンランドのHybridizeというレーブルできました！ 参加してるアーティストはEpyx & CyrezやSubstancedやSam Oneなど。初めてのリリースは九月ですが、もうすぐFINRGのページでプロモCDも買えます。
Here’s some very big news – FINRG is soon to launch a sub label fusing the Hard Trance/Freeform styles, featuring artists of the calibre of Epyx & Cyrez, Substanced, Sam One, and many more. An excellent move, the label will allow the Finnish sound to branch off into new territory while also maintaining the original Finrg style. Although the first releases aren’t until September (via FINRG digital and other online music spots), there’s soon to be a Promo CD release on the Finrg site – I can confidently say that these tracks are absolute blinders, and a really exciting addition to the scene. More news to come before too long.
Slightly late with this news, but EE have recently announced another mammoth batch of releases to keep us all busy well into summer. First up is Lost Soul’s debut album, Human Being – I’m really a fan of Dark Angel and Bad Influence, but wasn’t too keen on Nightmare or his London Helsinki Underground remix, so I was wondering which Lost Soul would make an appearance here. The answer, as it turns out, is neither. At least from the samples I’ve heard, there’s a bigger trancecore/hard trance influence than was apparent in the older tracks, and it really sounds promising. Three cheers also for the nutty amens on What The…(Intro), which brought back some fond memories…good old jungle, eh? Finally, I’m sure you’ll agree that the cover artwork is fantastic, as it is on Firefly’s new release. Which leads us nicely on to….
My mp3 player recently survived a deep-sea adventure in the washing machine, so I’ve once again been able to while away the hours on the train by checking out some new (and not-so-new) mixes. I thought it might be worth collecting them all together in one post – and if anyone happens to know of any other ‘must-listens’, maybe you could add a comment? There seems to be a lot of freeform/NRG mixes around at the moment, so maybe this kind of round-up could become a regular thing (or as regular as my slack updating will allow, anyway).
The first mix is Android Lime’s Alien Autopsy Promo, which Guld recommended to me a while ago, and it’s easy to see why – this one’s dark and thumping all the way, and heavily weighted towards Adam Lab 4/DJ X/Proteus-style tracks. Anyway, it progresses really well, and takes a welcome turn for the more melodic towards the end of the mix – a nice touch, I reckon.
The next mix is Sam One’s FINNISH 2008 HARDTRANCE SET (click ‘Kuuntele’ to download). I’ve heard a few of Sami’s tunes on the Finrg Forum, but didn’t realise he’d already got enough for a solo artist mix like this. Even more surprising was the high standard of all the tunes – his melodies are really great in an uplifting-trance-but-still-NRG style.
Here’s a mix I should have posted earlier – DJ Yousuke’s set from this month’s NRGetic Romancer. Definitely one of his best so far; how he gets so much variety into a set, while making it flow so well, I’ll never know.
DJ Rx recently posted up the Rx vs Alek Szahala live set from last year’s Hakkapelitta Tour, and it’s a stormer, as you’d expect. In my too-picky opinion, the set doesn’t flow as well as it might have done with a few different track choices, but then that’s not the point of ‘vs’ sets, is it? Instead, this is a showcase of some of the best tunes that the two of them have to offer, and so you simply must give this one a listen.
Another that I forgot to mention is Girdler Synthetic’s recently posted Energize freeform mix. Some classic oldies on this one are mixed up with newer tunes from Alek Szahala, Epyx & Cyrez, A.M.S etc – well worth checking out, the combinations are very original. The opening few tracks are great choices, too.
(click for tracklists)
I’ve been a bit lax when it comes to keeping track of what the Lab 4 guys have been up to lately, I must admit, but Guld recently brought my attention to this tune, calling it his ‘tune of the year’, no less. A ferocious fusion of Industrial and NRG, from the preview on DJ X’s MySpace page it sounds like it could really marry the styles of the two producers perfectly. It’s NRG, and so the bpm’s a bit lower than I might like, but this appeals to me a lot more than some of Proteus’ recent solo tunes.
Talking of fusion tracks, it might be worth taking a look at DJ X and Dirty Secret’s electronic/guitar experiment, Overlords of the Underground. Their World on Fire track is a real thumper, and one of the best uses of guitars/electronica I’ve heard since Voodoo People.
After the blinding Hellfire remixes that resulted from the last competition, it’s great to see another one getting under way – and even greater to see which tune has been chosen. Code of Silence is definitely one of my favourite recent Finrg releases, and there’s plenty of potential there for changing the feel of the tune (going even more trancy, or harder, or something else entirely…). If you’re a budding producer, get yourself over to the Finrg forum topic to download the .rar.
If you haven’t already noticed, over at Finrg a new batch of T-shirts/sweatshirts have hit the online shelves. A lot more colourful than the typical Finrg offerings, the Rx and Swoosh shirts in particular are pretty adventurous designs (in a good way, mind) – although having said that, my favourite might be the classic Epyx & Cyrez logo on a black shirt.
Head this way to have a look at them all.
今日Alchemiistというフィンランドのアーティストはかっこいい曲できました。Finrgフォラムで「日本の曲から霊感を受けた」と言いまして、Betwixt & Betweenな感じと思います。メロディーはフィンランドっぽいところがありますから、ちょっと新しいジャンルみたいですね。
Alchemiist has posted up a new track today, Winds of Yesterday – and apart from being a really nice tune, it’s interesting for the fact the he was very much inspired by Japanese tracks/Betwixt & Between. For a first attempt at this sort of thing it’s a really nice effort, and as the melody still has something of the Alchemiist/Substanced/Epyx & Cyrez feel about it, the tune sounds very fresh in an almost-a-new-subgenre kind of way. Looking forward to hearing a few more Japanese-influenced tracks in the future, it’s a promising start.