(Psychedelic) VA - First Flight - 8th Flight (Flying Rhino Records) - 1996-2001, MP3 (tracks), 320 kbps

VA - First Flight
#777Жанр: Psy Trance / GOA Trance
Год выпуска диска: 1996
Производитель диска: UK
Каталог: AFRCD1
Аудио кодек: MP3
Тип рипа: tracks
Продолжительность: 01:12:53 min
Трэклист:
01. Slinky Wizard - Lunar Juice (Hallucinogen Moon Strudel Remix) (08:15)
02. Pleiadians - Zeta Reticuli (Lazy Spiral Remix) (11:18)
03. Slinky Nuns - Shitty Stick (Better Than A Poke In The Eye With A) (07:51)
04. Hallucinogen - Trancespotter (09:06)
05. Sheyba - Trance Africa Express (09:26)
06. Slinky Wizard - Funkus Munkus (08:41)
07. Technossomy - Indiginus (08:59)
08. X-Dream - Create Your Own Happiness (09:18)
Доп. информация: Review:
Just how good can a compilation get?!? In my ears this still is the best old school compilation. Just check out the tracklist: X-Dream, Pleiadians, Slinky Wizard, Hallucinogen, Sheyba, Technossomy... THE acts that defined an entire era and music style! There isn't a single tune here which I wouldn't rank as marvellous. Trying to explain the level of excellence of these tracks would be as pointless and redundant as pointing out the most valuable Faberge egg... It is almost impossible to chose an all time fave' from the extensive Flying Rhino Records catalogue, but force me to it, and this is my pick! Eight classics delivered by eight genre defining acts, accompanied by a trippy as hell cover art, add the hisotrical importance of this release and there you have it: 5/5. No questions asked. I can hardly think of a better overview of the initial, goanish sound of this influental, now defunct label.

VA - Second Flight - Turbulence
#777Жанр: Psy Trance / GOA Trance / Progressive Trance
Год выпуска диска: 1998
Производитель диска: UK
Каталог: AFRCD11
Аудио кодек: MP3
Тип рипа: tracks
Продолжительность: 01:19:34 min
Трэклист:
01. Bumbling Loons - Rumbling Toon (09:12)
02. Freak Disciple - Freedom Engine (07:34)
03. Byte 1 - Byte 1 (07:41)
04. Slinky Wizard - Fridgefull Of Mutants (Remix) (09:14)
05. Alienated - Injection (10:13)
06. Jammy Wizard - AngstRom Dispidooshan (09:45)
07. Sharas - Granulated Rock (09:08)
08. Darshan - The Beast (10:08)
09. Deflo - Implacable (06:41)
Доп. информация: Review:
Flying Rhino Records making history.
Tracks by Bumbling Loons, Slinky Wizard, Byte 1, the fantastic one time collaboration between two pioneers Graham Wood and Xavier Morel, and Jammy Wizard deliver tunes way ahead of the times, which would almost single handedly earn this label its reputation as the ultimate psychedelic trance power house.
Slick, sharp, minimal, with the microscopic lens focused on a tiny universe of details rather than synth heavy old school leads.
Basically, this is where it all started, and even if it didn't, then nobody noticed the whole minimal progressive sound until certain artists off the Flying Rhino roster brought it to the psy trance realm. Back in its day, "Second flight: Turbulence" was as fresh as a bottle of freezin' cold Sprite found in the middle of the Sahara desert prior to dehydrateing.
Not everything is memorable, but overall this is a classic compilation, mainly due to its historical vaue. For reference only, Deflo, Sharas and Alienated deliver three numbers where the randomized noise factor is just blown out of proportion. Loud, undeveloped and uninteresting, they should serve (if nothing else) as sonic intervals during which you should be recovering from the aforementioned gems!

VA - Third Flight - Slipstream
#777Жанр: Psy Trance / GOA Trance / Progressive Trance
Год выпуска диска: 1998
Производитель диска: UK
Каталог: AFRCD14
Аудио кодек: MP3
Тип рипа: tracks
Продолжительность: 01:17:00 min
Трэклист:
01. Atmos - Klein Aber Doctor (09:26)
02. Slide - Confusional State (07:35)
03. Stoop & Fidget - Mudless (10:49)
04. Kopfuss Resonator - Holy Water (08:51)
05. Venom - Try It (07:46)
06. Dragon - Freak The Greek (08:06)
07. Bus - Something's Always Out There (08:48)
08. Blue Planet Corporation - Micromega (06:56)
09. O.J. Project - Tribal Chord Projection (08:43)
Доп. информация: Review:
One of the first releases by the legendary Flying Rhino Records to have been heavily invaded by the houseish influences, thus starting the whole progressive psy thing. The simple yet effective structures and rhythmic patterns, the replacement of complex melody work with constant groove and underlying sense of concord, the dispatch of climactic explosions getting substitued in favor of steady and worked out in detail sound layers, all of these should be more than a reason enough to despise this release with a vengance.
But I don't. I cannot help myself, this is simply marvellous music. All the tracks have a certain appeal to them, be it the slick production, the ease with which they make me move, or the smooth paces at which they crawl and a latent larger than life attitude they pack.
Atmos delivering what is possibly his greatest tune ever, Klein Aber Doctor, Stoop & Fidget (James Monro and Gus Till) killing it with my favorite proggy tune of all times, Mudless, two classics dropped by Blue Planet Corporation and Bus, and to conclude, Pete Martin of the UX fame brings forth a really seductive number, Confusional State, with an honest and benevolent attempt to bring a wide smile to one's face. This whole compilation does, make me smile that is. A journey which has stood the test of time, while remaining an important historical document. Not really for old school purists, but anybody interested in the onward march of psy trance music back in the day should most definitely check this one out.

VA - Fourth Flight - Velocity
#777Жанр: Psy Trance / Techno / Progressive Trance
Год выпуска диска: 1999
Производитель диска: UK
Каталог: AFRCD16
Аудио кодек: MP3
Тип рипа: tracks
Продолжительность: 01:18:14 min
Трэклист:
01. Sleeper - Severe Clear (06:55)
02. Atmos - Bad 2 The Bone (09:50)
03. Slinky Wizard - Hit And Run (09:24)
04. Stoop & Fidget - Hardware (08:50)
05. Bumbling Loons - Onhcet (08:13)
06. K.U.R.O. - Freexone (09:28)
07. Venom vs Bus - Bugged (08:12)
08. Astronomikx - After Life (08:31)
09. Bus - Bullet (08:50)
Доп. информация: Review:
A compilation which I never liked straight from the first listening!
Despite being on Flying Rhino in my opinion this compilation is very bad. Suffice to say that there are tracks which definitely do not fall in the Psy-Goa genre being either Techno or Progressive tracks.
Release starts with “Sleeper”, a very laid back Progressive trance track AND NOT the kind of Progressive Goa that appeared in 1999. It’s just a simple, progressive tune without any psychedelic influence and honestly don’t know why it was put here. Next comes another exclusive track by Atmos. Once again
this is progressive but it’s that wicked stuff for which Atmos became famous in 1999. Not bad if you ask me, but if you want to taste the true Atmos sound of 1999 then listen to his track “Drums Don’t Stop” available elsewhere.
Legendary act Slinky Wizard are responsible for track 3. “Hit And Run” is another Progressive-Goa track which has had some remixes on some other compilations. I don’t like this original, I much prefer the version which appeared on the CD “Behind The Scenes” on Atomic Records in 2001.
Stoop & Fidget provide us another nine-minute long progressive cut sampling a phone’s answering machine. Again, “Hardware” is a track which goes nowhere.
Tracks 5, 6 and 7 are the worst part of this compilation. “Onhcet” (rumoured to be Techno in reverse) is in fact a Techno track. A long, dark, repetitive track which I never digested. Similarly track 7 despite being from K.U.R.O. has nothing to do with Goa – it’s again a long boring, repetitive and minimal Techno track. Track 7, “Bugged” is another Techno influenced track with some heavy fat bass and rather unclean sound.
The only track I ever liked form this release is “Astronomikx”. A dark, mid-tempo psychedelic cut with a minimal melody haunting it occasionally. To my luck this track
appears also on the compilation “Goa-Head 8” so I was quite happy to trade off “Velocity” one day.
Compilation rounds-off with the eclectic producer “Bus”. Here is another minimal-progressive-psychedelic track, the typical style for which this artist became famous in 1999, kinda similar to Atmos’.
Sorry, but even after allowing for the fact that this release came out when the true Goa era was over it’s still too bad. In 1999 the Goa scene was undergoing a big
change with Progressive-psychedelic taking over but there are loads of much better compilations which are still progressive influenced from the same time! Just try the fifth part of this series and compare!

VA - Fifth Flight - Maelstrom
#777Жанр: Psy Trance / Progressive Trance
Год выпуска диска: 1999
Производитель диска: UK
Каталог: AFRCD18
Аудио кодек: MP3
Тип рипа: tracks
Продолжительность: 01:14:30 min
Трэклист:
01. Purple Buddah - Remote (07:58)
02. Slinky Wizard - Laminator X (08:42)
03. Tristan v A Green Nun - Babel Fish (09:42)
04. Darshan - Phased Transition (08:15)
05. Cass & Slide - Mephisto's Child (Stoop & Fidget Remix) (08:47)
06. ManMadeMan - Halt Production (06:36)
07. K.U.R.O. - Ghost (08:14)
08. Bamboo Forest - Wave Table (07:59)
09. Death Snare Pussies - Pussy Whipped (08:17)

VA - Sixth Flight - Nightvision
#777Жанр: Psy Trance / GOA Trance / Progressive Trance
Год выпуска диска: 2000
Производитель диска: UK
Каталог: AFRCD22
Аудио кодек: MP3
Тип рипа: tracks
Продолжительность: 01:12:04 min
Трэклист:
01. Unknown Controllers - Unknown Control (09:30)
02. S-Range - Kym (07:38)
03. ManMadeMan - Masher (07:52)
04. Bamboo Forest - Own Way (08:34)
05. 4D - Sonic Behaviour 2 (10:28)
06. Dragon - Fuse (08:51)
07. Bumbling Loons - Omen (11:16)
08. Bus - Finissimo (07:55)
Доп. информация: Release Notes:
The new flying Rhino Compilation contains material from S-Range, Unknown Controllers, Bus and more..

VA - Seventh Flight - Elevation
#777Жанр: Psy Trance / GOA Trance
Год выпуска диска: 2000
Производитель диска: UK
Каталог: AFRCD25
Аудио кодек: MP3
Тип рипа: tracks
Продолжительность: 01:14:53 min
Трэклист:
01. Tristan & Si Wild - They're After Us! (08:10)
02. Bamboo Forest - Toast (08:26)
03. Planet B.E.N. - Schleiffer (08:42)
04. Dragon - Porn Again (08:08)
05. Son Kite - Youngel (09:33)
06. Word Of Mouth - Fresh Perspective (07:14)
07. Biodagradable - Ayakhustyx (09:56)
08. Marcus C. Maichel & DJ Sancar - Ox (Remix) (07:16)
09. S-Range - Free Upgrade (07:29)
Доп. информация: Review:
This is an solid release from the Rhino crew in the newer psy-styles. Some is more minimal/progressive and some is more in the full on catagory. From me however what really matters are two tracks. While I have mixed feelings on the minimal trend, I do admit that when its done right it can be very good, and Son Kite does it up very right on Youngel. Deep and tribal to the core, this monster is for me so good that I have a hard time even really listening to other Son Kite track. On the completely different side of the spectrum, Biodegradable's Ayakhustyx is a full on-ish beast that I absolutely love. Imagine full on robot burps and yelling and you will have a good idea what's going on (think PsySex's Experimental Procedure stripped down and a bit harder). Great stuff. And as if these two tracks weren't reason enough to buy it, the other 7 tracks are pretty good too. Well worth the money for the range of tracks you get.

VA - 8th Flight - Gravitation
#777Жанр: Psy Trance / Progressive Trance
Год выпуска диска: 2001
Производитель диска: UK
Каталог: AFRCD32
Аудио кодек: MP3
Тип рипа: tracks
Продолжительность: 01:12:34 min
Трэклист:
01. Blue Planet Corporation - Entropie (09:45)
02. Igneous Sauria - Square Vacuum (08:06)
03. Great Leap Forward - White Whales (07:44)
04. Planet B.E.N. - Space.Com (06:24)
05. ManMadeMan - Do Anything (07:10)
06. Interface - Audiobaseone (09:17)
07. Wizzy Noise - System Fault (07:34)
08. Killer Hertz - The Rains (07:49)
09. Biodagradable - Velvet Swamp (08:46)
Доп. информация: Release Notes:
The 8th part of the Flight series is a real hit.
Psytrance at its best.