Label – Tribal Vision http://www.tribalvision.cz/
Release Date – 05 Aug 2006
Format – CD
Style – Progressive House/Trance/Electro
Tracklist -
01. Rai – Inspiration (9:16)
02. Fitalic – Manufactured Miracles (9:08)
03. Ryan Halifax – Give And Get (7:57)
04. Tegma – 50.000 Watts (7:53)
05. Sonify – Groove Seductive (9:29)
06. Greed vs. Sonic Cube – Divine (7:48)
07. Brisker & Magitman – Strike Back (7:56)
08. Solead – Lay Down (8:37)
09. Vibrasphere – Floating Free (8:08)
Here we are with Czech progressive label Tribal Vision’s 10th cd release. Tribal Vision Records formed in the beginning of 2004 has come a long way since its establishment by DJ Slater And DJ Schwa. Tribal Vision has craved a niche for itself in a comparatively short span of time introducing a new sound to the psychedelic spectrum with their unique crossover between different progressive styles (house, trance and electro!!). After the massive success of Lime Light released last year I cant wait to hear what the dancefloors have in stock. Just one thing before getting to the review, “Dont attempt to put these tracks into strict progressive genres, some call it house and some call it trance, make up your own mind.”
And bang we have Czech artist “Roman Rai” opening the compilation without wasting any time on Intros, who needs them anyways, “Inspiration” has a really sweet clubby summer groove with that “Ohh yeah” vibe, there couldnt have been a better opening. Next we have “Fitalic” who has released tracks on top progressive labels like Bedrock, Plastik Park, Iboga and Plusquam, “Manufactured Miracles” is all about Inca gatherings, bouncey basslines and excellent percussion along with some humming female vocals bits, this might be a preview to what we can expect from Robin’s upcomming album on TV. I dont quite remember hearing any of German artist “Ryan Halifax’s” earlier works but Iam digging “Give And Get” for its disco reincarnation, retro pads and solid house grooves. Notching the tempo a lil’ higher the Swedish progressive duo Omar and Jason with their project “Tegma” who recently launched their 3rd solo album on Tribal Vision give us 50,000 Watts of Funky-Tribal-Electro-Progressive-Psychedelic House, A pure 132 BPM dancefloor ruckus, I smell loads of cheese in here but none of the cheap cheddar type only imported avant garde Blue.
Andy from Israel with his project Sonify needs to get special attention, I have personaly been following his works with great intrest and trust me things have just got better by the quintal, no wonder we have jokes saying he is the next Simon Posford!!, “Groove Seductive” is full of electronic twirls and swirls, phat electro house at its creative best. Digging further Progressive House manufactures Greed and Sonic Cube give us a straight up Electro-House tune that would go down well on the dancefloors but I fail to see anything different here as compared to their earlier works, moreover the vocals get too cheesy for my taste. “Brisker & Magitman” who are the Israeli psytrance duo Elec3 show us their latest progressive avatar that has generated loads of buzz among the progressive circles, although i think the track suffers the Dnox and Beckers hangover which iam getting pretty bored of. Travelling South towards the end of our journey we are greeted by “Solead” a genetically modified progressive offspring to its psytrance parents “Triptych and Motion”, “Lay Down” has a heavy progressive-electro atmosphere that turns extremely psychedelic after around 4 minutes with its long break clocking nearly a minute. Good things always come to an end, The last track from progessive trance biggies Vibrasphere treats ones senses to a beautiful and epic piece of melodic proggy trance with a hypnotic bassline that just sucks me into the Vibrasphere black hole, remove the male vocals and we have pure Gold.
The compilation’s one sweet monster, thumbs up to Slater. Iam sure a lot of effort and planning has been put into releasing Lime Light 2. LL2 is surely gonna pull different EDM crowds into the moshfloor with its crystal clear production standards, uplifting grooves and quality packaging. Dont skip this one!
Favourites – 1,3,4,5,8
