DJ Sangeet DJ Sangeet (Spirit Zone)

Sangeet is one of the best-established DJ names on the German psy circuit, and while the collaborative work I know him from has been top notch, this is severely lacking. Breath Of Light opens things up and it’s like wandering into a dodgy neighbourhood. It’s linear stuff that doesn’t go anywhere, and at ten minutes plus it’s too much. Energizes lacks subtlety but it’s a nicely produced and – as the name suggests – energetic little number, with nice leadlines. Astrobar is an electro-tinged number which isn’t bad until you notice that the bassline is almost entirely lifted from Frankie Goes To Hollywood, and over which a few splurgey noises able about like bored pensioners waiting for the shops to open. Automatic holds together well, there’s not a busting lot happening but it works, and fits nicely in the mix. Substance is trance by numbers. You can almost feel what it’s going to do next, and though the hats, synths and progression is in the right place it’s been done before. The melody is cheesy and dominates the rest of the track, leaving an awkward feel which would most likely empty the dancefloor of all but the most fucked party people. Now & Then features a bassline and two melodies, none of which is in key with anything else. If they were all shifting, the effect would be psychedelic in the extreme but, alas, as they are static and dull, untouched by the fair hand of knob-twiddling or effects, they rather suck ass.  Gansehaut is the obligatory downtempo outro but at this point it’s difficult to be bothered. This is a hugely disappointing release, bordering on an insult to the intelligence. It’s flat, linear and with nothing memorable except it’s complete lack of memorableness. Spirit Zone are normally a wonderfully consistent label, so I don’t know what happened here.