Slip Friction - Crazy / Cheap Emotions - B.T.G.
Mondo Records
Catalogue Number: MND013
Something a little bit different from the guys at Mondo this time, an EP featuring two different
production aliases, although both stem from the Cern team according to the promo sheet. Both
sides differ quite significantly in style so let's give them a whirl.
Slip Friction - Crazy
This begins with a tough pounding kick and almost tech style percussion and clap which drops
away to a mad dark twisted synth line at around the 45 second mark which acts as the bassline.
The percussion builds and layers of echoing synths come in at the end of each phrase before a
massive crash and the bassline begins to filter and distort before the beats kick back in again.
A lush arpeggiating synth line comes in over the mad synths to begin to build the tune before
stabbing synth chords really begin to lift the tune. Certainly this is not your average trance
tune and I can see this not appealing to some people but I love it with it's dark twisted sound
and uplifting mid section.
Cheap Emotions - Battle Trance Galaxia
This begins with a weird looped almost sci-fi effect before a tough pounding kick drum comes in
to really get the tnue started. Again tough percussion make this a full-on trancer right from
the word go before a driving bassline joins the fun. A short drop at around the 2 minute mark
again with a strange looped vocal snippet and then off we go as the tough beats and acidy synth
lines work really well. The snippets of 'sound system' and then these resonate and slow down
to the breakdown. Haunting layers of pads and strings give this an epic feel before the main
synth riff filters in from the background, the snares roll and the synths filter in and out in
an almost hard trance style before the beats kick back in hard. A full-on trancer in an almost
K90 style which again makes this something a little bit from the normal trance tracks.
Overall then another quality release from the Mondo stable. I've played both sides on my RiseFM
and ETN shows with some good reactions. As expected not everyone gets the dark twisted sounds of
Crazy but on the other hand, everyone agrees that Battle Trance Galaxia is absolute quality.
Nice to see some labels taking a little gamble and putting out something a little different.
Check this one out as you might just love it.
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Review by Yaz
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