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All Planet Core Productions main-label releases listed, rated, and short-reviewed
https://thehardcoreoverdogs.blogspot.com/2024/06/all-planet-core-productions-main-label.html
Note:
The rating means "compared to other PCP releases".
So if a record has "only" 49 or 31 percent here, this does not mean it's bad; compared with other Hardcore or Techno they would be 88 or 94 or higher; the percentage just "seems lower" for the sake of rating these PCP records, and to have a bit of comparison with the other releases.
So please do not misunderstand the ratings - all records are even better then they seem.
Tranceform
TF 101 - Dark Hero – Volume One
"tranceform" was marketed as being the sub for "trance" music, but imho, the releases are far away from typical trance.
this release is more like trance-infused dark pcp-style techno. and we like it that way.
42 / 100
TF 102 - KS Project (2) – Volume Two
as the name says, a follow up to the first release, by the same producers.
both releases are stylistically very similar, and that ain't a bad thing this time!
42 / 100
TF 103 - 3 from io - ffm ep
Apparently members of the FFM shadow orchestra were involved in this EP.
This is one of the most remarkable releases on all of PCP, imho.
Not "Hardcore", but going more into the direction of "Trance" - but 'FFM Shadow' style Trance.
Surreal, twisted, extraterrestrial... fulfilling a deep cosmic longing.
99 / 100
TF 104 - Craig Tayaffo – Reduction
another aka of marc. and the track name, "Reduction (Back For Acid-The Expanded 0,25 Hrs Mix)", says it all:
this is an actual acid techno track running for a quarter hour!
hypnotic, club-ready, pearly!
66 / 100
TF 105 - 69 Juice - System of love
Another alias of the FFM Shadow Orchestra on Tranceform.
Even though both tracks are listed as being edits / mixes of each other, they sound quite distinct.
one is filled with beautiful, sweet piano sounds, the other with celestial swirling of synth sounds.
and both have a very exotic, almost oriental feel.
Once more: "FFM Shadow Trance" at it's best!
99 / 100
Narcotic Network Recordings
distinctive, special, highly sought after.
This releases fuses electro and lory d-esque sounds with miro's trademark darkness. It encompasses some of the best and most idiosyncratic melodies he ever created. Go get it!
97 / 100
NNR 02 - Destination - Nowhere
Preliminary names of the tracks of this 2 tracker release were 'the trip" and "the theme".
So both are connected - yet both tracks are worlds apart the trip is a very experimental, non sequitur electro-affair. And "the theme", now turned into "destination - nowhere", is one of the most fascinating compositions in the history of music.
No beats, vocals, anything, just a movie-score like world of utter heartbreak and melancholy.
99 / 100 ("Nowhere" is perfect!)
NNR 03 - The Mover - Countdown Trax
Don't expect any "standard" mover fare here - this is a true blue electro release. It has a more vast, dense soundscape to it than earlier mover outings. exquisite and recommended.
94 / 100
Future World
World 1 - The Overlord - Digital Orgasm
The first release of the Future World label, which features exclusively output by Miro.
Master of the universe is one of the most extraordinary tracks I ever heard; it is outside of any genre, elements of techno, hardcore, doomcore, but more like a hymn for the intronization of a new intergalactic emperor.
The flipside is an orgasmic workout for outer space dancefloors.
92 / 100
World 2 - The Overlord – Move My Bod-E
"move my bod-e" is a secret favorite for many fans, but I actually prefer "future of the world".
an over 9 minute long tour de force, that makes me feel as i'm forced to march through a desert on an alien world; while "miro-esque" cascades of sounds invade the track now and then, and cause you to speed up.
81 / 100
World 3 - The Overlord – Kill
the tracks from world 1 and 2 got a lot of praise, yet I feel this third, final release of the label remains a little bit under-rated.
it has two absolutely fantastic tracks: "countdown 2017" is one of the most infernal techno tracks in history; while avoiding most of the usual "hardcore" elements, it drowns everything in a cascade of drums and distorted synths.
"kill" is a doomcore track, but a very reserved, serene one; yet it creates a wonderful atmosphere filled with powerful emotions.
95 / 100
100% Acidiferous
100% Acidiferous – Tank / 303 State
the very first release on 100% Acidiferous - apparently a label solely dedicated to the output of Fernando Sanchez and Patrick Vuillaume, also known as 303 nation.
"tank" is a cult classic by now - a hypnotic acidcore track enforced by what seems to be a splintered, broken arpeggio.
303 state invokes 808 state, but not exactly in the sound of 808 state: another acid smasher
87 / 100
101% Acidiferous – Droid Sector / Annihilate
"Annihilate" proves that acid does not need a 303, or even a bassline.
Droid Sector is a powerful, hard-hitting acidcore track - or maybe even "acidterror".
77 / 100
102% Acidiferous – Worldisorder / Nu Horizons
"worldisorder" is the track to go to, here.
acid-techno-hardcore-mayhem that keeps on growing and building and becoming more unsettling and disordered as it goes on.
"Nu Horizons" is an almost trancey subdued little acid track with a great ambience.
81 / 100
103% Acidiferous – Alarm / Warning
Droid Sector is a powerful, hard-hitting acidcore track - or maybe even "acidterror".
77 / 100
102% Acidiferous – Worldisorder / Nu Horizons
"worldisorder" is the track to go to, here.
acid-techno-hardcore-mayhem that keeps on growing and building and becoming more unsettling and disordered as it goes on.
"Nu Horizons" is an almost trancey subdued little acid track with a great ambience.
81 / 100
103% Acidiferous – Alarm / Warning
Be alarmed! the A side track has frequencies and acid bleeps that surely will warp your mind a bit.
while "warning" is a double speed acidcore track underscored with squealing, haunted 303s.
73 / 100
Elastic
Elastic 1 - Two Tonys – Best Bitch EP
one of the most cult releases of PCP. and one of the most baffling ones at that, too!
which style is this? parts of dancefloor-house, but also hardcore sounds, at lower speed, and then the vocals...
must be heard at least once by any PCP fan!
52 / 100
Elastic 2 - SexDrive Entertainment - Check The Flow
another "house-gabber" anthem... interesting... and cool.
don't ask too many question about this type of music... just go... well.. you know... "with the flow"!
33 / 100
Elastic 3 - MC 2 Long & DJ Full Nuts – Dog Face Bitch
obviously the best artist name combination ever...or not?
judging by the sound, attitude, and lyrics, this could be some kind of answer to 20 fingers classic "short short man".
it has PCP's later trademark MCing (think tracks like "kings are coming" or "are you with me"...), but this time not in gabber setting, more like a hard "club hit" again.
57 / 100
E 4 - Barracuda - Braineaters
I assume that even a lot of PCP die-hards more or less ignored Elastic records; it's a very obscure sub-label for PCP.
yet this release alone would make it worth it; a mover style track in 4 mixes that are only in subtle ways different from each other.
a drum, a chorus, some fx... what more do you need?
this is the stuff of futuristic dreams.
and you better take care... because "their brains go *pop*!"
99 / 100
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