Psychedelically Yours 3 – Parvati

These compilations have been setting the standard in freaky nighttime trance, and if you know the first two then chances are you’ll know what to expect here. Jahbo opens with Audiodidakt, which has a low-end funk betraying the flying, panning noises over the top. Phonic Request vs Akhoa’s Early Reflections is killer, and made me grin with delight at hearing it. It has a great stop-start to it, that’ll have people caught with two left feet, and the (frequent) bassline changes are spot on. The power here is in the way it holds and then releases the energy, and with the unshakeable sense of humour over the top… very, very impressive. Fix The Fluff from Insane Behavior is a gem as well, right from the start is throws up energy at you and it’s just on fire, with great balance between the sounds and topend sawcuts that just make you want to be stomping on the springy forest floor. Ohmgnome steps up with the delightfully-named Step Away From The Dwarf, and it’s a whirlwind that picks you up by the short and curlies, trims the back sack and crack, then thunks you back on the dancefloor with nothing but an intimate breeze for company. The sound of the next track’s name gives a good idea of what it’s like: “Lunatic Asylum by Naked Tourist”. It’s mental, the sounds get so incredibly bendy at the midsection that I had to check whether I’d used normal teabags or “special” ones. But it was normal ones – nothing stronger than TyPhoo was consumed, but fck me if it didn’t get me going all wibbly. This is a fing belter, the cockney sample muttering about chemicals is absurdly brilliant, the breakdown thereafter is even better, and the final run will have tears streaming down your cheeks. Wizard Lizard from Irrael is a new name on me, but on the strength of Dumping Physical Memory, there’s much more to come. It’s messy, it’s hard, it gets bigger and bigger and bigger… with perfectly-placed peaks and a shifting carpet underneath it all. Every vicar’s favourite, Kindzadza, pops up with Back To The Future, characterised by this huge, infectious topend that’s quite unlike anything else… a bit squeaky maybe but balanced perfectly against the lower frequencies. The sheer fuckedupness of the groove on Indian act Irie/Spiralz’s Baloo is enough to make you reach for the valium or, depending on your inclination, the crystal meth / DMT crossover your uncle has been developing in the back of his shed. Quantize from outer space melts into crazy layering, together forming a tune which should carry a health warning from how it makes you want to eat acid, mushrooms, iboga, toilet cleaner, anything. And if you think you’re in for a final track mellowout, forget it: Snake It Easy from Para Halu is a torrential, pounding beast that isn’t going to take no for an answer. Psychedelically Yours 3 is fast, pounding, breakneck and steeped in liquid lysergia. Which is exactly the way it should be.