Sticking with a futuristic vibe with Wizzy Noise,
but this is firmly of the Bladerunner school of sci-fi visionary-isms.
And apologies for this review coming out late - we missed this by a few
weeks, and as it came out at the same time as and was eclipsed by X Dream's
Irritant, you may well have missed it as well. Wizzy Noise's take on the
techno-trance fusion is miles apart from the competition, with a rhythm
section that's more Richie Hawtin and Jeff Mills than anything else. The
album has a paranoid, close and cinematic feel to it, and all the way
there's an evident love for what they are doing and a distinct vibrancy
of trying something new. Painful Memory is the clear standout, a dynamic
and wide-scoped techno trance hybrid with all the right elements, taking
you off into a distant and wonderful techno-utopia. It's high-impact stuff,
and a little intense and too-epic all in one go, but damn good music and
very different to anything else you'll hear.
Damion Brown (PsyReviews : www.psyreviews.com)
I think it is an excellently produced album, with a huge sound throughout.
Although I do not often play much of the fast and darker tracks these
days, I am still very impressed by their use of warm sub-bass and percussion.
Tracks 1, 5 and 7 particularly grabbed me.
Mark Allen
What I liked a lot about this album is that first as a concept it feels
original. That clinic futuristic feel is a something that nobody has done
before in the trance scene.
Secondly it is an album that takes the listener into a journey from dark
to light. The progressive passage from one mind state to another has been
properly adjusted too so the trip feels and actually is psychedelic. Without
dead moments or out of concept tracks. Even the monkey track fits well
the concept. My overall estimation is that this is the best psychedelic
album ever emerged from planet Greece. Nicely produced with some interested
ideas explored. Balancing with great style between commercial and forward
thinking music it certainly doesn't feel like a rip-off. We should be
proud for these guys.
Sequential X (Chaishop –www.chaishop.com)
Always innovative and on the cutting edge of music, sit back with “Cyclotron”
and let the Wizzys’ take you on their most phenomenal voyage yet.
The title track is first up and no time is wasted as the panic-stricken
vocal sample is crushed by the pounding combined forces of thunderous
bass line and busy percussion, those of a faint heart better step aside
because this rolling soundscape takes no prisoners- killer! Don’t
even think about trying to claw back your sanity as we’re treated
to more of the same in the shape of “Radius” “Oxidizer”
and the deep almost industrial “Velocity Engine”. By track
5 “Tau Ceti” you’re well and truly lost in the darkest
corner of your mind, and we’re only half way through the album.!
But the best is yet to come as “Technophobia” lines up nicely
for the cream of this masterpiece, “Painful Memory” which
gets us rolling down an avenue of breath taking proportions. The deep,
driving “Tribal Dawn”, with its smart percussion and pulsating
bass, satisfyingly sets you up for all-out free party euphoria in the
form of “Unfulfilled Desires”, my words are failing me now
as this is rocking my world- unparalleled brilliance and tune of the album-
imense! “Exodus” finishes off this absolute triumph for Wizzys’-
buy it now !
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