FUNPSYDISCOTEKNIMAL !! This is the
only way to describe the sound coming from this next Fabula Records
release its funky, its fresh, and it is a perfect blend of styles
to fulfill just about any musical conoisseurs palate. DJ
Loopus gives us something the scene has been craving and does
with the perfect dose.
The brainchild of dance music veteran Loopus in Fabula, Fabula
Records has burst onto the global dance scene with a new and pioneering
angle all its own. Delving into reaches of music previously untouched
by most of today's psychedelic electronic producers, Fabula aims
to offer the world community a fresh new sound and alternative.
Their latest compilation, "Ultrapop 2" is the fruit of their dilligent
labor and creativity, and what a juicy, ripe piece of fruit it is!
Handpicking talent from Scandinavia to America to New Zealand, the
audio alchemists of "Ultrapop 2" draw influences from a spectrum
of genres, packing all the sexy dance flavors of jazz, swing, blues,
funk, motown and so much more into cutting edge 21st century psy-trance...
and the result is impressive, refreshing, and, in a nutshell, just
what the world psy-trance scene needs! These artists have proved
themselves already in the dancefloor and studio, and the sum of
this album is even greater than the parts... check out "Ultrapop
2" and hear for yourself what fresh perspectives and creative innovation
Fabula Records is bringing to the table.
Track By Track:
Tom
Cosm- Swagger
This glitch-tastic breakselectro track by one of New Zealand's up-and-coming
finest, Tom Cosm, makes you feel like a kid again! From the lo-fi
retro video gamey melodies to the Frankenstein of a rhythm and beat
carefully stitched together from a cornucopia of unique synth squelches
and samples, this one will put a sway in your step. Tom meshes together
the best sounds of the past and present here.
Vishnudata
& Dr.Nipert
- We Are Family
Classically trained Finnish artist Vishnudata teams up with Kiwa's
side project to parent a tribal housey stomper that's very heavy
on the psychedelic tip. These guys had a contest to see how many
different sounds they could throw at you in this one... with a raw
dirty bass undercurrent and 80's synth waves that are a blast from
the past, "Family" scores high on the danceability charts.
Kiwa
- Get Wet
Finnish style-blenders Kiwa shaowcase "Get Wet" next. Aptly named,
this one is a sweat breaker! The tempo gets kicked up a subtle notch
and elements of tribal house, progressive and psychedelic trance
get mixed together to bake a musical space cake that inspires obtuse
physical and mental convolutions on the dancefloor. Once again Kiwa
rocks this one with their signature style displayed quite nicely
here.
Loopus
In Fabula - Fat Ladies Bingo (Itaytaiko
Thin Rmx)
By now Loopus in Fabula should need no introduction. "Fat Ladies
Bingo" is the title track from their upcoming album, and if this
remix is any example, it'll be one worth getting! This is one smooth
sloping track of upwards building energy... thick bass more felt
than heard, sexy synth substrata, and airy mood inspiring zips,
pads, tweets and samples, all to a tribal stomping dance beat.
Krumelur
- Pigg
For those who like their dance music mean, nasty, gritty and horny,
Swedish artist Krumelur has one for you... "Pigg" offers us a four-on-the-floor
rocker with pumping synth wave currents, filtered congas ping-ponging
about the soundscape, and inimically alien reverbes soundsheets
layering the background. This track is born to be enjoyed outdoors,
at night... or in your neighborhood haunted house.
Ocelot
- Supercool
Ocelot is one of the most widely known American acts right now,
and rightly deserved... this track is the latest of an impressive
discography of genre-bending tracks which focus on quality over
quantity and are as much psychological as musical. Between the dissonant
cascading synth melodies to the warped bells, "Supercool" plays
your synapses like a violin, carefully orchestrated for maximum
mental effect.
Loopus
and Mauxuam -
Civic Tv
Loopus and Breakbeat/IDM/visual artist Mauxuam butt heads in "Civic
TV", and what an outcome! Bouncy, low-grav bassbreaks and a constantly
pupating precussion section could easily be enough to keep your
body shaking, so much that the psycho-experimental synthwave subtleties,
disco soundwork, and anomalous melodies are the succulent syrup
on this psychedelic sundae of sound.
Tom
Cosm - Psycurious
In a name, "Psycurious" is somewhat of an understatement, for this
track has long since come out of the psychedelic dance music closet!
Tom Cosm has a definite knack for packing in a profusion of sound
into just a few minutes, and this one is no different... jazzy,
masterfully tweaked with precision, with a highly uptempo beat,
each of the hundreds of unexampled sonds do their part to propel
you across the dancefloor.
Paul
Kearney - Too Weird To Be True
Australian multi-instrumentalist Paul Kearney's latest is up next.
"Wierd is a veritable schizophrenia of sound, whose colors and aspects
change faster thant he faces of a Rubik's Cube, keeping your ears
on their toes. A jazzy, grinding bassline and a highly twisted,
elastic rhythm synth keep things contiguous. A catchy, eclectic
offering of dance grooves made to make you smile and nod.
Loopus
In Fabula - Radio Exp
Loopus serves up a second helping of psychedelic dance anthem goodness...
A hybridization of guitar licks and bass are a tribute to the gods
of rock all set to an echoy tribal dance beat amongst an alien environment
of synth warbles and audio mating calls. A great track to be experienced
indoors or out, "Radio is chock full of kaleidoscopic soundscapes
to add sexy spice to any playlist.
Talpa
- Miss Ivon
Serbian artist Talpa is known across Europe and aboard for his tracks
and sets which assimilate apects of amny genres into one, and "Miss
Ivon" is no different... soundling like a sort of big beat jazz
ensemble performed by robots from outer space with a back-to-back
pairing of Havana cuban and gothic organ noises, the soundtrack
is set for the ensuing landding pad laser and phaser shootout that
is this eclectic track. :)
