John 00 Fleming - Psy Trance Euphoria Mixed By John 00 Fleming (39 tracks) +Album Reviews

Not a Psy-Trance guy, but this is Brilliant

V-Jay | California, USA | 03/22/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I have to say that I'm your typical trance listener (Tiesto, Armin Van Buuren, Ferry Corsten, Above & Beyond, Paul Van Dyk, Markus Schulz, Aly & Fila)....

So when I first heard John '00' Fleming at a club last year, I was incredibly surprised. His style is one of the best I have ever witnessed. His style of trance is a lot faster, more aggressive, and incredibly different from the sounds of the DJs I listed above.... Is he any better? No, that's just a matter of opinion.... but I have to rank J00F within the upper echelon of DJs...

Psy-Trance Euphoria is an amazing 3 Disc mix that grabs you and doesn't let go...

The 1st disc, "The Morning Mix" is a slower mix (it's still psytrance)

The 2nd disc, "The Full On Mix" is what you'd likely expect from psytrance

and the 3rd disc, "John '00' Fleming & The Digital Blonde Present... 00.db - 'Heaven & Hell'" is what a disc spanning the many works of J00F and the Digital Blonde....

I would have to say that I am completely enjoying this album, and would put it right next to my current favorite of 2008, Aly & Fila's "Tranceworld 2" album (which you should also pick up)

Grab a copy of this cd and enjoy the ride.... if you like Trance, you won't be disappointed....

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No beating around the bush, straight to it!

Deniz Kunter | Melbourne, Australia | 07/24/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is an excellent cd. We all only love the music that goes off at raves after 1am, and this is what this cd is. It has some pine chilling tracks that makes your hair stand on end. It's not hard psy-trance, more like the trance Armin Van Burren will rip out in the wee hours of the morning. Pump it loud people!"

J00F is now in my 5

G. Morse | 05/20/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I happened across this album when I was listening to a Christopher Lawrence album and absolutely loved two of the tracks, both by a guy named John 00 Fleming. I decided I'd give this CD a try, and my curiosity was rewarded with three discs of the most amazing music I have heard in a long time. I was really into trance about a decade ago, but slowly fell away and moved to progressive house, house, and some of the more mainstream trance. This album reminded me of why I fell in love with electronic music in the first place.

The first disc is called the morning mix, but don't let the name fool you. You'll be glued to your headphones for the full 75 minutes. Perhaps they call it the morning mix because it's a good substitute for a cup of coffee in the AM. The tracks by Nyquist, Mixed Emotions, and Ace Ventura are particularly breathtaking.

Without taking a thing away from the first disc, the second is far better. It starts with two tracks by Egg and Human Blue that set the stage for the rest of the disc. The trippy trance on display on this disc is otherworldly. The track by MFG is astonishing in its energy and enthusiasm, and the two tracks by Wizzy Noise are so great that I am buying their most recent album without a second thought. After all, I found J00F that way, why mess with a good thing?

That brings us to the third disc. It's a disc full of music made by J00F and The Digital Blonde (with the exception of a couple tracks that are remixed by them). I have always been of the mind that such discs are typically good, but cannot compete with a mixed set of the best tracks from other artists. My views on that subject have since changed. As much as the second disc blew away the first, the third blew away the second. J00F obviously has a solid handle on how to make incredible trance that massages the subconscious and puts your mind into the kind of state that gave the genre its name. After ten minutes of typing and retyping, I simply could not come up with words to justly describe the track Worlds of Space. I will leave it to you to try and see if you can describe it after hearing it. Orba is another fantastic track that shows a complete mastery of music that J00F flaunts track after track. The only chink in the armor that this disc displays is the remix of Fused. This track is one that led me to J00F and is on Christopher Lawrence's Gatecrasher album. There it exists in its original, and more superior form. But this one small flaw is really minor.

This is just one man's opinion. Take from it what you will."

Psy trance with regular trance undertones

Paulbyl | Cleveland, OH USA | 09/09/2008

(4 out of 5 stars)

"I have been a trance music fan no different from many others I suppose, starting with the likes of Oakenfold, Kimball Collins, Paul Van Dyk, etc in the mid 90s. When I arrived in Japan in 2003 I was able to go to some of the raves they have in the mountains to see the biggest names in psy-trance, including Infected Mushroom, Hallucinogen/Shpongle, Xerox and Illumination, Raja Jam, X-Dream, show boat Skazi, Astrix, Talamasca, etc. Basically, my interest in trance music went from Regular Trance to Psy Trance over a period of 12 years. When I bought this 3 CD set I thought, great, I can learn about some Psy trance artists I am not familiar with. Well, that is not what this 3 CD set is about (although many of the artists are not even on the Psy-trance radar). As the liner notes state, this 3 CD set is John Fleming's view of the Psy trance scene over the past 15 or so years, a regular trance to psy trance journey not much different than many of us have taken. He says this 3 CD set also reflects his own personal tastes. I was going to give this 3 stars, but changed my mind after reading John's story in the liner notes. I will give it 4. The reasons? I think he does a good job of creating a Psy-trance sound that has a lot of regular trance undertones. I think this has two effects: 1) it is a great way for you regular trance listeners (Oakey et al) to dip your feet into the Psy-trance bath and see if you're ready for the plunge; 2) it is a great way for you Psy-trance listeners (Astrix et al) to reminisce your roots of regular trance music, assuming you took the same journey as John Fleming or myself. One objection that I have is that all of the CDs lack richness or depth in sound that I am used to with for example Astrix's amazing Artcore CD, or Zen Mechanics' recently released Holy Cities CD. Think of it in this way. Some cameras can take a picture of a mountain and stream scenery and capture layers and layers of colors and depth and texture for your eyes to relish. And then some cameras that take that same picture of the same scenery look like a flat single layer on a piece of cardboard, i.e. no depth or richness. That is how I felt listening to this 3 CD set, flat with no clear crisp distinction between sounds tones beats bass or treble, even with the benefit of Bose stereo and headset. Also, perhaps a bit picky but the 3rd CD has too many ghost or Halloween type sounds in it. This may just be a trend in the Psy-trance scene because Astrix does it quite a bit in his most recent CD. Another objection is that this 3CD set does not capture the bass and high speed that I am used to in my Psy trance tastes, although, again, John explains in his liner notes that the intention of the CD is to expose the listener to different sub genres of Psy trance, which I think he does pretty well. But if you like that mind-thumping hyper sound, this 3CD set ain't for you. Just look at the labels of the CDs. All the CDs are pretty good for Psy trance introduction. But what I enjoy most about the 3rd CD is that it has so many background sounds that come from the Oakey or Paul Van Dyk genre, it is simply amazing to hear these sounds blended into the background of a Psy-trance sound in the foreground. That is what makes this 3CD set stand out. If nothing else, this 3CD set really does combine a main stream trance DJ John Fleming sound with a variety of Psy-trance sub genre sounds. So, buy this if you are a regular Oakey or Van Dyk listener that wants a rather modest introduction to Psy-trance (albeit with a rather flat sound lacking any texture) or if you are already a Psy-trance listener buy this CD to listen to some 4 star Psy-trance with regular trance undertones. If you want to dive into Psy-trance, I recommend you start Astral Projection, Infected Mushroom, or Astrix. You may have to get the music from other than Amazon, since Amazon has very few Psy trance offerings.

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