- Sep 26, 2023
- 195 Posts
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Surprise, surprise. 
I am not a big fan of Iboga since they became more and more generic in the past few years. So I just listened to this release with half an ear but suddenly became impressed! Great DEKEL / SquareBass style here. Kind of original Isratrance but in a more serious way. No nitzhonot style or being too comical.
The SquareBass Style (pioneered by Art Of Trance/Union Jack around '93/94 and highlighted by LOUD and Captain Hook in the late 2000s) was nearly played to death in the late 2010s because of placing more and more cartoonish samples in productions. Even now, SquareBass is often used in (commercial) Psytrance releases. So did SQUID. But despite the little rant, this is a very good release because as said, it is not drifting into cartoon music or cheesy samples, it remains being serious and is just good isra-trance music.
Yes, DEKEL is the modern king of this style but SQUID could be his second in command.
My fave is 'One Family'
I am not a big fan of Iboga since they became more and more generic in the past few years. So I just listened to this release with half an ear but suddenly became impressed! Great DEKEL / SquareBass style here. Kind of original Isratrance but in a more serious way. No nitzhonot style or being too comical.
The SquareBass Style (pioneered by Art Of Trance/Union Jack around '93/94 and highlighted by LOUD and Captain Hook in the late 2000s) was nearly played to death in the late 2010s because of placing more and more cartoonish samples in productions. Even now, SquareBass is often used in (commercial) Psytrance releases. So did SQUID. But despite the little rant, this is a very good release because as said, it is not drifting into cartoon music or cheesy samples, it remains being serious and is just good isra-trance music.
Yes, DEKEL is the modern king of this style but SQUID could be his second in command.
My fave is 'One Family'