VA - Psychedelic Krembo (Selected Tunes Part 2) (1997) [Krembo Records]

One of the best serials of Goa-Trance compilations ever released. Mindbending, definitely a must have if you're an odlschool Goa-Trance lover.

The second part of this serial is also more Goa-Trance oriented, just like the first part. With bands like Xerox & Freemean, P.Cok, Lestat (Talamasca), Oforia, Nada, this one is a winner in my book as well as the first one ;).

We begin our journey with Xerox & Freeman's (Doron Kosovski & Moshe Kenan) Cellurian. This track has a remix that achived a lot more fame than the orginal, but as the starting point in the second part, I guess I could call it a nice oldschool ice breaker. The second one is from the duo Adula & Lestat (Adi Hamami & Cedric Dassulle), and definitely deserves a place in the hall of fame in Goa-Trance history ;). Fast, energetic and full of melodies, this track won my heart from the start :D. The next one is Gravity Waves by Xerox. Xerox's style has always been more psychedelic than melodic, except for a few tracks written allongside Illumination (Amir Dvir), which have prooved that Xerox has a softer side, but this one is not one of them (LOL :D). Gravity Waves is one of the tracks that you play when you are feeling opressed and angry. Hard distorted meloies, acidy psy effects, groovy baseline. This track will send you packing on the next train to Goa (LOL :D). The Fourth track is by the threesome P. Cok (Dedi Cohen, Yehuda Cohen & Ziv Matushka), which achived great fame with their dancefloor killer Double Dooper, released on VA - Full On vol.2. This Is Not A Game is lot less tensed than Double Dooper, but a good track nevertheless, although if you have ever heard Double Dooper, you'll probably dismiss everything else this trio has ever composed ;). Next is Enertopia's At The Movies (Emiliano Solazzi Griminger). Actually, I never did like Enertopia's style, but since taste is a subjective thig (some like their lemon juice with sugar, others don't), I'll just say that this track is a nice filler in this compilation ;). Adula & Mitzimotu - What is our next track. I would have to say that this track is probably the only one on this CD that is a total miss :S. It's kinda silly and with no construction whatsoever. I can't imagine why Zoo-B (the owner of Krembo Records) would release a track a track like this :S. The seventh track on the compilation is from a legend in the scene, Oforia (Ofer Dikovsky). Just like his other tracks, Arcadia is simple in nature, but very powerfull at the same time. The typical Oforia style is written all over this one ;). After this track, there is stylebreaker. Nada are Gidi Raz (the owner of Hovek Olam Records) & Koby Levi, and these two have prepared a special breakbeat surprise for us ;). Break Beat SCientists starts off as a breakbeat track, but quickly changes it's rhythm into a more trancy one :D. Twirling melodies, laser kicks, acidic 303's… what more do you want :D. The last track is by Enertopia, but as i stated prevously, Enertopia is not my cup of tea, so the same comment goes for this one, all in all, a nice filler.

Tracklist:

01. Xerox & Freeman - Cellurian
02. Adula & Lestat - Invaders
03. Xerox - Gravity Waves
04. P. Cok - This Is Not A Game
05. Enertopia - At The Movies
06. Adula & Mitzimotu - What
07. Oforia - Arcadia
08. Nada - Break Beat Scientists
09. Enertopia - Into The Energy Field