Psychedelically Yours Vol 2 Parvati Records

review by damion "So, you like it hard?" Thus began my legendary schmooze at psytrance pub The Stomp & Wiggle last weekend. Needless to say, she hospitalised me, but as I explained to the doctors after they removed the stiletto heel from my rectum, I was referring to the style of psytrance proffered upon compilations such as this. Kindzadza's Can You Feel It is a straight in, no-nonsense slab of psychedelia - pacey, eerie - more like a psychiatric episode than a tune. Holding the tension nicely up to the break, it unleashes its full power on you with an effect not unlike Donkey Kong freebasing speed. XXX from Nexus is a much smoother affair; with what would appear to be porn samples littered about the pace (psyreviews has no idea what porn is of course, right girls, okay) and makes a nice transition from 'normal' fullon into darker territories. GOW's The Clit Commander is built round a wonderfully cheeky sample, not something you'd play the vicar, but it rips the floor to shreds and no mistake. Toxic's Violent thunks right in, building up some incredible layers. The break's a wonderful one, with lots of false starts, a melody that has to be heard to be believed, and the drop is like waking up realising someone's giving you a blowjob. Para Halu's Da Killah has echoes of aphex twin's didgeridoo at the bottom end; the tune's sparse and cinematic, escalating nicely into a comedy nervous-breakdown breakdown. It makes you think its gone away, then it comes back, then it goes away, and then it comes back. Not unlike a veneral disease. Jahbo's Morphadelic is dark with a very danceable groove, brooding like a sixteen year-old in a nirvana jumper who's been sent to his room. As for Insane Behaviour's Wrong Doze, the first rule of project mayhem is that you don't ask any questions. Not that this evil, disgraceful tune would even grace you with an answer if you did. Finally, All Your Base R Belong To Us from GOW is spacey off the scale, great layering and good production but doesn't quite hit the spot you want it to. All in all, there's moments of sheer genius on this, but within its style there's more satisfying albums about to be hunted for. 6