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Artist.....: VA
Album......: Deck Wizards Enhanced Reality DJ Dede
Type.......: Compilation (Retail)
Genre......: Psychedelic
Style......: Psytrance
Label......: Psychic Deli Rec.
CatalogNr..: PDCD09
Url........: http://www.discogs.com/pcz/release/237271
Rel.date...: 16.12.2014
Str.date...: 00.00.1999
Source.....: CDDA
Grabber....: EAC 1.0 beta 3
Encoder....: FLAC 1.2.1 -8 -V
Quality....: VBR 841kbps / 44.1kHz / Stereo / Comp. Ratio: 59.7%
Tracks.....: 9
Size.......: 434.16 MB
Length.....: 65:12
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Tracklist
01. Slide & Marc van der Vlugt - Spontaneous Human Combustion (Burning Man
Mix) 07:12
02. Phoetus - Sparkling Soup (Unreleased Mix) 05:58
03. Absolum - Drumatrix 08:10
04. Cat On Mushroom - Expose 07:21
05. Infected Mushroom - Muddy Effect 07:12
06. Xerox - Tune In 06:33
07. Oforia - Aftershock 07:07
08. Talamasca - The Flow 07:10
09. X-Dream - Freak (Future Prophecy Remix) 08:29
Total Time: 65:12
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Release Notes
DJ Dede (MDMA) adds his name to a long and distinguished list of record
spinners, among whom we will name Mark Allen, Tsuyoshi Suzuki, Sid Shanti, Goa
Gil and Jean Borelli, as he was invited to mix one for this excellent series
of psychic compilations. And I am glad to say that he certainly rises for the
occasion and does more than just live up to the high standards set by his
predecessors, this is one of the best full on compilations I've heard in a
while. The track selection is great and the mixing is an artwork.
It starts of rather bluntly with two night tracks- Spontaneous Man, an
energetic number from Slide and Mark V.D.V that slides into Sparkling Soup by
Phoetus (an unreleased mix of a project including the man himself, the other
two versions can be found on the Sparkling Soup EP) which is full of scratches
and FX talk. The groove builds up with Absolum's Dramatrix - a brilliant piece
that combines samples from the movie Matrix, mutilated guitar like sounds and
a funky beat generated by a generous amount of percussion instruments. There's
no looking back from this point on and things get funkier in track 4- Expose
from Cat On Mushroom (a collaboration between Space Cat and Infected Mushroom)
which is a cute little number with nice beat breaks and well timed entrances
in the Infected tradition and sounds with a sense of humor (I especially like
the gargling sound from min.4.18). Muddy Effect by Infected Mushroom starts
with a cool little melody and gradually develops into the darkest track I've
heard from Infected up till now, although it is still unmistakably "Infected",
full of little developing melodies and groove build ups, the overall feel is
spookier than their usual optimistic releases. I like it a lot.
Tune In from (T6) introduces the characteristic Xerox bass line into the
overall groove, and is a very energetic piece, one of the highlights of
Xerox's own solo album (Freestyle) that came out earlier this year. It
gradually slides into a somehow familiar melody in the form of After Shock
from Oforia- a morning track with a great driving beat and a melody that
reminds me of another Oforia release (The Morning Song from Off The Ground)
but works great here. The Flow from Talamasca is the Goaish track of this CD-
a mildly eastern tune on top of funky beat and nice build-ups. The ride ends
with Future Prophecy's remix to X Dream's Freak (taken from their CD-
Shadows)- a proven party highlight with its massive entrances, guitar riffs
and machine gun drum section.
Another full on compilation full of party anthems? No, this CD flows from
track to track brilliantly because the track progression is logical and the
mixing is superb. Some of the tracks are mixed while they are still in full
swing and done very smoothly, others were mixed in the quiet zones and create
real mixing drama and are always on the nose. Not difficult to make a perfect
mix in the studio you say? Maybe, but you still have to know what you're doing
and choose the right tracks for the job. DJ Dede proves with this CD that he
has both the taste and the skills and can play a rocking set.
____________________________________________________ Psychedelic Cyber Zone __
est. 2001