"Mixed very competently by a limey DJ who knows his stuff."

Philip's Trance Takes: Paul Oakenfold, Matthew DJ Grim, & Avalon

Paul Oakenfold mixes
A Voyage Into Trance
(Hypnotic/Dragonfly)

If you're not spending over 80% of your waking hours listening to psychedelic trance, but would like to own some of the good stuff, then this is the CD for you. It's got some of the biggest and best names, including Prana, Slinky Wizard, Hallucinogen, plus a bunch of Dragonfly's finest. Put it on, turn it up loud – very loud – and get on with your life. You'll end up understanding why 80% is the absolute minimum you should spend listening to this stuff... O yeah and perhaps I should mention, it's all mixed very competently by a limey DJ who knows his stuff.

Matthew DJ Grim
Hypnotic Journey
(Hypnotic)

O dear. This is one that you really can judge by the cover: the guy looks like he can't work out whether he's Johnny Rotten or Hari-bloody-Krishna, and the music he's chosen is much the same. With the exception of a couple of tracks – notably Astralasia's "Special World" – the music is tepid and/or weak. Each track seems to start off with some promise and then fades into mush. Don't bother.

Avalon
Dutch

This tape rocks!! Full-power psychedelic trance from the Bay Area's best trance DJ – put in the tape and you'll be blasted by Cosmosis's "Kinda-Weird" and it just gets better from there! Available from dutch@thump-radio.com –Philip Rowntree (who also sells this tape next to Mars at Telegraph & Channing in Berkeley, CA)

 

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