Genres : Elec
Styles
: Goa Trance, Club/Dance
Labels
: Perfecto (4), Perfecto Fluoro (3), Kinetic (2)
The alias of performer Martin Freeland, Goa trance artist
Man with No Name first
attracted notice with a series of well-received
singles which included "Sugar Buzz" and
"Teleport." Signed to Paul Oakenfold's Perfecto
label, he released his full-length debut
Floor Essence in 1995. Earth Moving the Sun followed
three years later. -- Jason
Ankeny
Similar Artists: Juno Reactor, ATB, Josh Wink
Performed Songs By: Martin Freeland
1995
Floor-Essence
Perfecto
1998
Earth Moving the Sun
Kinetic
1996
Teleport/Sugar Rush
Perfecto Fluor
s
1998
Floor-Essence (Mixes)
Perfecto
s
1998
Paint a Picture/Floor-Essence
Perfecto Fluor
s
1998
Vavoom! [UK #2]
Perfecto
s
1998
Vavoom! [UK #1]
Perfecto
s
1998
Vavoom! [US]
Kinetic
s
1998
Vavoom! [Germany]
East West
s
1998
The First Day (Horizon)
Perfecto Fluor
s
CM
Dream Universal [UK] (1998)
Remixing
Elevate Featuring...
Next Life (1998)
Remixing
Quietman
Sleeper (1998)
Remixing
Storm
Storm [UK] (1998)
Remixing
Three Drives on a Vinyl
Greece 2000 [UK] (1998)
Remixing
Various
Artists
Concept in Dance, Vol. 1 (1994)
Group, Mixing
Various
Artists
Concept in Dance, Vol. 2 (1995)
Various
Artists
Platipus Records, Vol. 4 (1998)
Remixing
Martin Freeland
Genres
Rock
Instruments
Producer
ðÏÑ×ÉÌÓÑ ÎÁ:
Paul Oakenfold
Resident: Two Years of Oakenfold...
(1999)
Publishing
Various
Artists
Dragonfly Project, Vol. 2: Trance (1993)
Engineer
Various
Artists
Concept in Dance, Vol. 1 (1994)
Composer, Producer
Various
Artists
Concept in Dance, Vol. 2 (1995)
Producer
Various
Artists
Platipus Records: Ultimate Dream...
(1996)
Producer
Various
Artists
Perfection: Perfecto Compilation (1996)
Producer
Martin Freeland aka Man With No Name (by Jungle Jim)
Long time fans of Man With No Name may have been surprised at
how long it took for the second album to come out. When it finally
did, in June 1998, many will certainly have been disconcerted by the
presence of vocal tracks. I asked Martin (Man With No Name)
Freeland to explain this behaviour.
"I don't have any problems with making tracks with vocals on, I don't
think vocals in themselves are an offence, but I do have a problem
with making albums with tracks that are incompatible. I would have
been happy to make the vocal tracks as a different act. Personally I
don't feel they're compatible with the sort of music that I'm into
making as 'Man with no name".
"The vocal tracks on this particular album are mainly due to record
company pressure. The problem stems from getting involved with a
major label. Major labels are basically interested in unit sales,
regardless of the kind of music that they're selling, whereas
independent labels are set up because somebody likes music.
"What happens (with a major) when you sign the dotted line, you find
that the goal posts move as you go through the deal. You start off
with a situation where you're going to do an album in your style,
because that's what you got signed for, then at some point during
the proceedings, the men in suits on the sixth floor decide that
instrumental music doesn't sell, etc, what we need is radio, bla bla
..Then they start to put pressure on the A&R guy to put pressure on
you to do something other than what you'd normally do.
"Although I had artistic control over the music, I don't have control
over the spend. The implication is, if you don't bend to the way that
we feel you should be presented they won't work your album - they
won't invest money in it - and therefore it will sink without trace.
"I actually finished an album in January 1997, which was an
instrumental album, and had I been on an independent, would have
been the album. Eighteen months later the album has actually come
out with tracks that feature vocals.
"You're not in a situation where you're able to go elsewhere because
you sign an exclusive agreement as an artist with that label. The
complication is that although Paul Oakenfold signed me to Perfecto
Records, ultimately that label was part of the East West branch of
Warner Brothers, therefore, all but the A&R was East West - a
corporate machine interested in selling large quantities of records.
"Another problem with that set up is that they tend to go for the
domestic market before the rest of the world. Previously I've always
sold as many records in other countries, particularly Scandinavia,
Israel, Germany, France as I have in the UK. With the way majors
are set up, if they don't break you big in the domestic market, they
don't bother at all with the international market. I probably won't sell
as many records abroad with a major as I would have done with an
independent.
"Having delivered what they asked me to do, they still didn't work the
record, so I've ended up in exactly the same position, only
unfortunately eighteen months later than I needed to. If I'd have
been doing things the way I was three or four years ago, I would
probably be starting the third album after that - on my forth album by
now.
"It's an experience I've had that I've learned from. I sometimes think
I should have known better because I've been doing this for a long
time. At the time it seemed like the ideal thing to do.
"Paul (Oakenfold) is a great guy, [hear hear!] he's totally into music.
He has the independent records attitude, he wants to sell music that
he's into. East West couldn't give a shit if I turned country and
western as long as it sold lots of units. I firmly believe that if you're
really into music you should only ever do what you really want to do, if
you try to make music that is just what other people want it won't
come out right.
"I have to look forward now rather than back. If I keep looking back
at what didn't work I could get really upset about it, because I know
for a fact that I could have done as well on a small label - with the
exception of profile.
"I have to say that over the last two years in the mainstream market
the Man With No Name ident has grown, but that's largely to do with
Paul Oakenfold more than a record label because the press side of
things at East West was abysmal.
"There was nobody in the press department who had the slightest
idea what trance music was, or the slightest interest in what it was.
(Actually there was one girl who was quite OK, but she left about six
weeks later.) You're talking to people who are into Simply Red and
you're trying to explain about underground trance and they're not
really getting the point.
"Although I've had higher chart positions with the singles, it didn't
transfer into massive album sales. Vavoom charted at forty three in
the top sixty which wouldn't have happened with an independent.
Basically the records were sold in shops that return to the chart
rather than shops that don't return to the chart, you don't see Blue
Room or Dragonfly records in the top sixty, although they probably
sell as many.
"I know that I sold more of the first album on Concept In Dance in
the UK than I did on Perfecto in the UK. That is pretty dreadful,
bearing in mind that my profile is much higher, it's the second album
and you've got a corporate machine behind it rather than an
independent label.
"Fortunately for me, internationally there are people out there who
are looking for my music. I think in the fullness of time, it will pick
up
to where it should have been. The album selling was what I can only
describe as absolutely dreadful and a disgrace, to me and Paul and
the people in the club promotions department who have worked the
singles really hard.
"Taking it outside of the trance scene, I would say that if you asked
a dozen people at a dozen people at a house night-club, say Cream
for example, to name one trance artist , they would all say Man With
No Name, so it's good that it's crossed the boundary. The strange
thing is that I don't think the vocal tracks had anything to do with
that."
In my opinion, tracks like Teleport and Floor Essence were in fact responsible
for
the crossing of boundaries. Martin agreed:
"The thing with Floor Essence is that it's not actually a Trance track,
it's a House track and the funny thing is that the House press
always write things like 'the best Goa Trance track ever, Floor
Essence', and it ain't a Goa Trance track, it's a House track."
Is Martin still totally committed to Trance?
"In my experience, every time I introduce someone with any kind of
musicality about them to the trance scene they go 'Wow, I can't
believe that the vibe could be as good as this, I've never experienced
something as good as this.'
"But getting people to go to a party for the first time is like pulling
teeth, because they think they know what they're going to get and 'I
don't like dance music, I don't like techno, bla bla bla ..' and then
they go 'why didn't you make me come before, this isn't techno, this
is really good.'
"I've been partying for seven years, and I've never had anybody
come out of a party yet who's gone ' oh no, that's not for me,' they
always go 'when's the next one?'"
I suggested that the name 'Trance' could be a problem.
"We never did come up with a good name. 'Goa Trance' is the kiss
of death, if it's got the word Goa in it, then it's 'put it in the bargain
bin', it conjures up this idea of cheap squiggly noises.
"'Psychedelic Trance' kind of implies that you need to take LSD. Lets
face it, the vast majority of the people in the world are never ever
going to experiment with LSD and that probably puts them off even
checking it out. I know for a fact that you don't need to take any kind
of substance to enjoy the music.
"'Trance' itself implies that you just go off into a trance, but you don't,
you just get lost in the music.
"All the other names have been nicked. You can't call it techno
because that implies a certain style of music. We need to come up
with something else. It's not so much trance as hypnotic music."
Martin is now a free agent:
"At this moment, I've had the letter which says that regretfully, they
are not going to exercise their option, I am now free to offer my
recording services to whoever I want, so that's precisely what I'm
going to do.
"Another thing that 's annoying me is that there are compilation
companies asking to put my tracks out on their compilations, and
East West won't allow them to do it, for their own personal reasons, I
don't know what they are, but I can't see any justification for saying
we don't want to make money. They're not doing me any good, and
they're not doing themselves any good."
So independent labels take note, Man With No Name is now a man
with no contract - presumably not for long!
Man With No Name : Earth Moving The Sun (Perfecto/Warner)
Track listing (3984-22975-2):
1.Vavoom!
2.Serotonin Sunrise (MVO mix)
3.Camouflage
4.Own The World
5.The First Day (Horizon)
6.Treacle
7.Possessed
8.Parallel Universe
9.Spagettification
10.Tarantula
11.The Breech
Comments:
Released: 6/98
What we think of it...
Sun Aug 23 20:00:56 GMT 1998
Martin Freeland's second album is certainly
competent but oh so unadventurous. Classic,
rather blippy MWNN sounds with a sprinkling
of new ideas. The only track that stands out
to me is "Possessed", a full-on danceathon.
Conversely "Seratonin Sunrise" and "The First
Day" with their vocals are a big turn-off,
despite their nice blend of power and lightness.
And these 2 minute 'interstitial' tracks -
WHY? Rather like the recent Genetic album I get
the feeling that it's too little and much
too late. Reinvent yourself in '99, please.
Jason C @ TRiP
Mon Aug 24 13:30:32 GMT 1998
Well well. I still admire MWNN despite his
not-so-good album this time. I've changed my
mind so I like his previous album better.
I have a different version of this album, I guess it's
from Japan or something... My MWNN's EMtS
Track Listing: 1. Possessed 2. Mainframe 3.
Camouflage 4. Seratonin Sunrise 5. Under the
Influence 6. Treacle 7. Tarantula 8. Horizon
9. Spaghettification 10. Own the World 11.
Vavoom! And my album's cover has a white
background. -M-
mikkoj77@hotmail.com
Mon Aug 24 13:35:47 GMT 1998
Pop Trance. Think Elvis.
dmtooner@goavibe.com
Tue Aug 25 03:25:26 GMT 1998
I got the Japanese version. OWN THE WORLD
and UNDER THE INFLUENCE rescue
this album from being a complete mistake.
Nothing sounds new, Marting keeps repeating
his formula but (its hard to accept it) it
doesn´t work. SERATONIN SUNRISE really stinks!
WHY MARTIN?
rondon@netservice.com.mx
Thu Aug 27 13:37:16 GMT 1998
The album has the classic MWNN sound. For
me the best tracks are "Possesed",
"Tarantula" and "Own the world".But the track
of "Seratonin sunrise" is a complete piece of
shit... The guy on this track tries to sing
like the one of Underworld`s "Born slippy":
Absolutely horrible... Please Martin don`t
do that again... DJ GUY ROBERT
guynou@df1.telmex.net.mx
Sat Aug 29 09:12:07 GMT 1998
Brilliant Records.Great Goa trance as usual.
antoon.bax@wxs.nl
Sat Aug 29 14:58:20 GMT 1998
This is bad, MWNN is just forfilling his contract
from what I know(I'm not 100% sure) Don't
waste your time, with labels that dictate
an artists music.
ruth@labyrinth.net.au
Fri Sep 4 07:00:23 GMT 1998
shit, you can do better then this Martin
J T
Sat Sep 5 11:30:25 GMT 1998
My opinion...MWNN i like it but WITHOUT sing!!!!!!!
GOALANDER
squick@enternet.gr
Sun Sep 6 15:59:45 GMT 1998
Yeah......old formula, crap vocaltrancebeatpseudohop,
and what's up with short liuttle
numbers like spaghettification......well it's
obvious that Martin is after the greenmail since
he's hooked up with Paul "Money Bags" Oakenfold,
and tracks like "The First Day" are
aimed more at the mainstrem clubs like Cream
and shit....this isn't underground of cutting
edge stuff....it's houseclub-but-today-we-have-a-trance-pop-hour
kinda stuff......although
this album is 3 years behind and everything,
I have to say that "Possessed" is a kickass
track, even considering the slight cheese
factor that is audible in all of his tracks.......96 is
no longer cutting edge Martin....think 2002,
forget Perfecto and the dineros, and use your
talent to please the crowd who really do give
a shit!!!!!Peace....nothing personal!!!
gamymede@hotmail.com
Sat Sep 12 15:10:03 GMT 1998
I think Oakenfold (president of Perfecto)
and MWNN are trying to market trance as the
global dance language to older clubbers of
the aced house generation. Of course, that
involves artistic compromise. The album is
formulaic; but we don't care because Vavoom!
Own the World, Treacle, and Possessed all
kick!
pcarvey@math.luc.edu
Sun Sep 13 06:38:16 GMT 1998
I hated his last album Moment of Truth. This
album is a little bit late in coming. I would have
raved about this if it had been released during
the 1996's but now mmm, pretty sad.
Nonetheless despite the missing adventure
or story of each track the sound and synths
are arressting. Possessed, Own the World all
appeal in the MWNN fashion of yesteryear
but none of the tracks match the intensity
of Teleport(My favorite MWNN track). 7/10
mrsyed@flash.net
Tue Sep 15 07:35:14 GMT 1998
Another disappointing album from Mr. John
Doe... The problem is the overall feel, on which
this album lacks majorly. But, on the other
hand, its a great improvement from MWNN's last
album, which was absolutely shite. I also
have the Japanese version. The two tracks that
are actually really good, are Possessed and
Tarantula. But does he have to SING? Own
The World is also competent.
range5@hotmail.com
Sat Sep 19 21:45:19 GMT 1998
Told ya! Whenever you sign to a major label,
expect your music to have it's balls turned
inside out, and hung to dry! Martin Freeland's
EARTH MOVING THE SUN was the best
effort from a respected underground psychedelic
trance artist going overground and
crossing over. Cheers to Martin for the fat
contract, but jeers to all of us who still REFUSE
to let go of "Moment of Truth", and all the
early tracks from TIP's YELLOW compilation!!!
No good tracks at all, and a waste of my time.
___________________Derek
Jordan________________________
jordand@mscd.edu
Mon Sep 21 16:03:07 GMT 1998
MWNN can do better than this!!!!
the_grunk@hotmail.com
Thu Sep 24 18:00:04 GMT 1998
Is it necessary that your ears bleed from
so many fucked up sounds that don't make sense
to be groundbreaking these days? So it sounds
a little dated. A good melody is still needed
and there are several of them on this CD.
I'd rather have this than that Matsuri shit any
day! How about some loyalty!
attix@hotmail.com
Wed Sep 30 21:48:31 GMT 1998
I must say that this is one of my best albums
I have ever bought!, Seratonin Sunrise is so
cool!, it's a micture of GoaTrance and SynthPop
from the 80's!,.. and I think there's no
single bad tune on the album!
cyanid@swipnet.se
Tue Oct 6 20:50:27 GMT 1998
Do not listen to those guys up there.You are
still doing greate jobe.YOU STILL OWN THE
WORLD. This is better album then the last
one.Keep doing the tunes like PARALLEL
UNIVERSE,TARANTULA,THE BREECH,OWN THE WORLD.
BIG HI FROM DJ AKI & DJ
FILIP( INTELLECT,BGD)
FILIPNIKOLAEVIC@YAHOO.COM
Sat Oct 10 11:13:25 GMT 1998
online for trance. only TRANCE !!! ICQ: 19937698
Anon
Mon Oct 12 16:31:16 GMT 1998
This is shit!!!! except for tarantula....
serotonin sunrise is the worst fucking shit I`ve heard in
a long long time... my advice.... don´t by
this... better go for some israeli stuff like MFG...
petter.h@swipnet.se
Wed Oct 14 15:09:09 GMT 1998
My opinion....oj oj oj vilken cd (sweden)Tarantula
Tarantula Tarantula Tarantula Tarantula
Tarantula Tarantula Tarantula Tarantula Tarantula
Tarantula Tarantula Tarantula Tarantula
Tarantula Tarantula Tarantula
alenb@hotmail.com
Sat Oct 24 16:10:05 GMT 1998
MWNN with another fine album. I really can`t
understand, why most of you are so in rage
against "EMTS"?? Vavoom! is a great opener,
"The first day", "Possessed" ... sounds
good. Martin rules!
andy.h@net-con.net
Sun Oct 25 19:11:38 GMT 1998
Well, I´ve got the European version and it
is excellent. MWNN is not afraid to do something
new in trance music like in ”The first day”
where he experiments with vocals. It turns out to
be a great song and it is one of my favorites.
Mayby it´s not that Goaish for some of you
but it´s a damn good trance record for me.
oberheim@home.se
Wed Oct 28 17:25:07 GMT 1998
This album is pure shite. Really wouldn't
have played any of these tunes in 95. MWNN can
make wicked tunes but unfortunately there
is none on this pop faff. Sorry Martin it's
attrocious.
mwnn2@cam.ac.uk
Sat Oct 31 05:16:20 GMT 1998
My opinion...Well...Bom Shancar! I'm from
Russia! It's all very nice, I think.
ufolog@aha.ru
Fri Nov 6 16:37:14 GMT 1998
Own The Worl & Possessed Just 2 tracks,
which is good! Lunar Cycle - Rulez
star289@pol.ru
Mon Nov 9 22:41:53 GMT 1998
The difference between moment of truth and
this album: Soul! I was not dissapointed
though, because I expected the decadence of
a static style and sound. For us, the freaky
seachers of sounds that will alter our present
state of mind, this album will lack on the
depth and the power. If you are in a club
and the music is secondary to the superficial
social interactions of materialists then MWNN
is in business. Sorry Martin "The Chesse" is
getting close and you are liking the taste
of it.
cybsouth@gate.net
Tue Nov 10 15:41:15 GMT 1998
There can be no doubting that Earth Moving
the Sun may sound dated but there are still
some fantastic trax on the album (except for
the cheese vocals i have to say spoil the
effort) Yeah Martin Freeland may be following
contractual duties with Oakie and so on but
whats wrong with trance having melody dammit!
chemikal@space.net.au
Fri Nov 20 01:48:32 GMT 1998
Waste of money. Mildly psychedelic clubtrance.
Mr Freeland is surely capable of doing
better tunes, I know it. "Mainframe" is ok
in the morning and "Possessed" in a houseclub,
but that's it.
sulavasynapsi@yahoo.com
Wed Nov 25 19:04:20 GMT 1998
After finding back to those two MWNN albums
after a while, I actually like them both.
Forget everything about any of them being
shite, cause MWNN RULES! Although I
actually now think that Moment Of Truth is
a real classic, EMTS shows Freelands potential.
An album concisting of tracks like Possessed,
Tarantula, Own The World, mOMENT Of
Truth, Subterfuge, Azymuth ++ would be a real
good one! Don't you agree? Please, make
some cool stuff for a '99 album!!!!!! *StrangePork*
range5@online.no
Mon Nov 30 02:41:28 GMT 1998
You OWN THE WORLD Martin !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Pushkin
Mon Nov 30 02:44:45 GMT 1998
//// * * -
MWNN
Wed Dec 2 07:12:42 GMT 1998
I liked the first album when it came out around
2½ year ago, and maybe I would have liked
this as well back, but now I? I don't think
so. Not that I don't like melodic stuff, but this is
using the exact same samples, ideas and melodies
as two or three years ago. It might do
well on top20 though, esp. the horrible HORRIBLE
H O R R I B L E Seratonin Sunrise with
Underworld style vocals and stuff :-( boom
~ Lasse
egens@post5.tele.dk
Thu Dec 10 15:49:26 GMT 1998
I couldn´t listen to the album before buying,
and now I regret having bought it (??my
english´s strange, isn´t it??). Vocals like
this... in the foreground with >the music< in the
background(!)-> unbelievable! But at least
the rest is fine, like MwnN has to be... Mmmh...
Don´t buy it before listening to it!
f.l.o@t-online.de
Thu Dec 10 21:55:02 GMT 1998
Really dissapointed with most of what MWNN
does on Oakenfolds label, commercial
sounds and dissapointing from someone with
much talent. Hey martin its not about the
money......own the world and posessed stand
out
will
Thu Dec 10 22:48:43 GMT 1998
The music is not only to sell like some people
would like to be but to hear too.Paul
Oakenfold is just trying another manouver
to survive the Trance crisis and take over the big
audience of popular music listeners.The tracks
Possessed and Own The World, the only
ones to the dance floors.
jbras@geocities.com
Sun Dec 13 14:53:49 GMT 1998
Satan vilken skit.......don´t buy it folks!!!!.......besviken
som faaaaan / Fredrik S *Solna
(sweden)
none
Sun Jan 10 00:15:12 GMT 1999
Prograss & Blue
Thu Jan 14 12:10:29
GMT 1999
WANT TO HEAR
IT H AVENT HEARD IT YET :0( 19 YEAR OLD SWEDISH
BOY
MR_XSTHLM@HOTMAIL.COM
Mon Jan 18 00:04:05
GMT 1999
My opinion...COMERCIAL
SHIT!!!
afasfaf@HOTMAIL.com
Tue Jan 19 01:12:26
GMT 1999
Hello Martin!
Your album is for sure a good album, but yes i have to agree with
someone, the
underworld vocals isn't good in the trance world you and I are
living in. U
should try ahead with the Lunar Cycle style and stay in the hard
goatrance world!
instead of moving into the dark pop & house world. i dont want
to go to my
local disco and hear you instead of spacefrog. mwnn is for ravers,
not popballs..
*G* well im off! bye.. Mikkel Calum / DK
liquidmoons@usa.net
Sat Feb 20 03:29:16
GMT 1999
possessed is
a good song but the others.....:-(
psychoz@freemail.org.mk
Sat Feb 27 05:55:51
GMT 1999
I guess the
majority of you have not come acros the interview that MF did
recently, where
he expressed his disillusionment with big labels. As anyone who
KNOWS knows,
Perfecto is a subsidiary of Warner, and yes, that's all Warner
cares about
is money. It has NOTHING to do with Paul Oakenfold. So quit
jumping all
over his back. On the other hand, I have to agree with most people, I
found EMTS quite
boring and doesn't even come close to the complexity of
MOT. Personally,
I hate the singing and the Lunar Cycle 12" is my all time
favourite MWNN
track. If anyone cares, I'll e-mail the interview if you can't find it
on the NET.
Martin is currently a free agent, so for all of you pissheads that
haven't got
anything better to do than bitch, get off your asses and start your
own label to
sign him if you really care to do anything more than criticize him
and think you
can offer better!
lassigue@hotmail.com
Tue Apr 13 07:56:00
GMT 1999
It`s ok.....BUT
YOU CAN DO BETTER THEN THAT MARTIN.... PARALLEL
UNIVERSE RULES....see
you Martin at the ATOMIC party in AAlborg,Dk
12/5-1999 I´ve
newer seen you LIVE OHM NAMA SHIVAYA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
demon_aselius@hotmail.com
Thu Apr 22 13:13:02
GMT 1999
I just HAVE
to say that the Goa track that allways has been my favourite is
SUGAR RUSH!!!!!!
there is NO better song than that!!!!!!! I LOVE U MARTIN
BECAUSE OF THAT
SONG!!!!!!!!!!
badboyrune
Thu Apr 22 18:35:58
GMT 1999
I LOVE MARTIN
BECAUSE OF THE SOOONG SUUUGAR RUUUUSH!!!!!
best ever made!!!!!!
can´t understand what kind of equipment he uses
badboyrune
Fri Apr 23 14:18:27
GMT 1999
FIRST ALBUM
- Best track:"Evolution" SECOND ALBUM - Best Track: "The
Breech" BEST
SINGLES: "Lunar Cycle", "Teleport", "Floor Essence (BLACK
LIGHT MIX)".
Martin is the best trance producer from the UK, but his old tracks
were harder
and better (with more acid-sounds!!!!!). dj ARIES 71
pdonini@rtk.ch
Sun May 9 17:14:16
GMT 1999
Some great kicking
tracks on this album..Own the World, Tarantula, Possessed.
May be not as
good as his classic cut Floor Essence...but still great kicking
techno! NEURO
TUNNEL IS STILL HIS BEST...MORE STUFF LIKE THAT
PLEASE MARTIN...and
your own web site would be cool too so we can find out
about live sets,
DJ sets etc. Respect!
darren.ruffles@virgin.net
Tue May 18 08:46:45
GMT 1999
Man, this album
I don't like... Too commercial, I mean .. singing on a trance
album??.. bah
MWNN was one of the first good trance acts... but now :(
örebroare
Wed Jun 9 21:20:14
GMT 1999
Bom Bule Shankar
!!! Its all a bit comercial , so I dont realy like it !!! But Ive got a
better thing
to do right now ... And this thing is...106.8(Moscow)-Children of
Underground!!!
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ïèøèòå plzzz.
Respect to Martin !!! Bom !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ñåé÷àñ:01:18
am. íî÷ü ñ 9 íà 10(June) èþíÿ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ultro@mail.cnt.ru
Thu Jul 1 23:45:35
GMT 1999
I need help
about the music (vinyl) that i´m gonna by. can any body help me?
sorry my inglish.
My name is Filipe and i´m from Lisbon.
x_quadrom@hotmail.com
Fri Jul 9 10:34:41
GMT 1999
Tastes differ...
Íî ìíå íðàâèòñÿ. Îñîáåííî Possessed, Tarantula &
The Breech.
Anyway go on, keep up the good work!
denis@ussinc.msk.ru
Fri Jul 16 23:29:35
GMT 1999
Although not
Martin's greatest moment, but this CD pritty nice. Classic MWNN
style, "parallel
universe", "tracle", and "vavoom"(dispite the commertialness) are
my favorit tracks.
(Own The world and Serotonin Sunrise are pritty lame) It
seems Martin
makes it a habit to not put his best work in his albums, because
his best work
is never represented in his albums(with the exception of "sugar
rush"), tracks
like "teleport", "Retox", and not to forget his excellent remixes like
"The sleeper"
and "Greece 2000". All and all, I hope the next one's better, but if
you like MWNN,
you'll enjoy this one also.
Uri@ICQ#16257103
Thu Aug 5 16:31:34
GMT 1999
What the hell
means Bom Skankar ???
Ubik
Mon Oct 11 11:50:31
GMT 1999
Martin sänaste
skiva är ett mästervärk Vavoom! Serotonin Sunrise, Own The
Worldär helt
otroligt bra. Att ha med vokalister är genialt. Alla ni som klagar
borde inte lysna
på MWNN för detta är hans sanna jag och jag hoppas han
fortsätter i
samma stil. Förästen är det någon som vet något om hans
senaste skiva
eller om han kommer till sverige om någon vet kan dom väll maila
mig.
Over_lord_@hotmail.com
Sun Nov 14 19:38:57
GMT 1999
My opinion...
I am doing a science project on speggetification if anyone knows
anything about
it contact me.
jonorato@lcc.net
Tue Jan 4 07:45:27
GMT 2000
I really like
Martin Freeland, but this is just terrible, too much record company
pressure or
something, but i really dislike this, however i stand by MWNN, i know
the next will
be bad ass, just wait and see...
SuttoXXX@aol.com
Wed Jan 12 22:03:24
GMT 2000
I think that
MWNN rules, the first album was great, tracks like Floor essence
and sugar rush
are what got me in to trance in the first place. The new album is
great Own the
world, Vavoom, Possessed, The Breech and of course
SERATONIN SUNRISE.
There I like it and I don't care what anyone else
thinks. To all
those who dissmiss this track just cos it has singing on it...Stop
taking youselfes
so damned seriously and experiment a little. The base line is
increadible,
the leads ditto and the vocals (while admittedly a rubbish talking
underworld wannabe
dunderhied)rocks ass!!!! Your all just being
snobby......STOP
IT and leave poor Martin alone!!
MMAGarnett@rhosalun.freeserve.co.uk
Wed Jan 19 23:50:42
GMT 2000
"Earth moving
the sun" is great,the singing is great too. To all you people
outhere,don't
bark about the singing! This is NOT music for sissy-girls
acid@.hopp.com
Sat Apr 1 15:47:35
GMT 2000
Once again,
MWNN has created a GREAT album of even GREATER
Psychedelic
Trance! A better takeoff than Own the World is impossible to find!
Vavoom! is also
a really great track! The singing on some of the tracks sounds
like shit, so
my advice is to drop vocals. :)
cryo666@yahoo.com
Mon Apr 3 08:44:56
GMT 2000
I think Martin
went wrong way. This album is too trancy. And MWNN wrote only
psychedelic
music. I hope your next album would be better
goa_2000@mail.ru
Tue Apr 4 11:07:25
GMT 2000
Hmmm ... In
another review I wrote that MWNN turns whatever he touches into
gold (that is,
remixing other projects). But it seems like his own stuff leaves a lot
to be desired.
I don't think there should ever be pop-style singing in
techno/trance/goa
music. Period. But some people can improve themselves if
they try hard
enough. The first step is to listen to your own heart - like every
underground
techno artist does. To sell yourself out to a commercial label is
creative suicide.
(Look what's happened to Aphex Twin!!) Listen to your own
heart, MWNN.
There you will find the potential for truly groundbreaking,
beautiful trance.
Remember this philosophy: MUSIC FROM THE HEART, NOT
FOR THE BUCK.
Good luck in future endeavors, Martin.
JohnSpurling2@yahoo.com
Tue Apr 18 23:35:44
GMT 2000
Leave the politics
behind and listen to the god damn music. The first time I
heard the CD
I must admit I nearly cried when I heard "Seratonin Sunrise" with
the Chemical
Brother style lyrics, but now I must admit to it as being one of my
favourite tunes;
the underlying bassline is so cool (the MVO mix being much
better than
the original). The vocals in "The First Day" are very bad and remind
me of the Petshop
Boys, despite the decent tune. The short tracks are also
pointless. However,
Martin still manages to retain his own melodic sound and all
the other tracks
are really rather good (as are "Mainframe and "Under the
Influence" on
the Japanese version which I have heard as mp3s). Especially
good tunes:
"Vavoom!" and "Own the World". Come on you guys is the sound
really that
much more commercial than his earlier tracks? Simply NO. Too much
goa trance these
days has no melody whatsoever. "Lunar Cycle", "Sugar Rush"
and "Teleportation"
were the tunes that got me into trance back in 95-96 and
he remains my
favourite artist to this day. All in all if you like it trippy and really
psychedelic
stick to your Israeli trance and people like the Green Nuns...if you
want a bit of
"much-harder-than-commercial-trance" and a feel good melody,
then MWNN is
the guy!!! Hopefully the next album is out soon (minus the
cheesy vocals
please). PS/Martin if you read this please play at Megadog in
Manchester again
you kicked arse last time you were there or...how do you find
out where you
play live??
fray_bentos@hotmail.com
Sun Jun 11 14:17:23
GMT 2000
:o/
Beats207@mail.ru
Mon Jun 19 12:24:49
GMT 2000
Why do everyone
hate seratonin sunrise? I think it's the best track on the disc.
Try to open
your mind a little bit. I know that the vocals sound like born slippy
but who cares?
The track is great. I highly recommend that you listen to it also
when your stoned
(it's really fuckin great then)
Anon
Sat Jul 8 23:57:02
GMT 2000
Haven´t had
the pleasure to hear this album yet...(Thou I don´t know I I´ll bother
after these
rather noughty rewiews)...I want to know if MWNN wrote the song
"Azymyth"...If
he did...that´s my kind of music...i want more of that...If he
didn´t...mail
me the real artist...:)
jaketsnake@hotmail.com
Fri Jul 21 12:57:05
GMT 2000
Hmmm, I haven't
really been a historical follower of any specific artist. What I do
know is that
when listening to this album "Vavoom", "Own the World" and
"Possessed"
kicks butt. Even "Seratonin Sunrise" has it's place and time.
Inspiration
is the only thing that counts.
cloaked.alien@scarab-corpse.com
Wed Aug 16 18:21:24
GMT 2000
bah...lets review
this from an unbiased stand point. of course hardcore goa
heads aren't
going to like it. the more blippy and underground and
"psychadelic"
the better...anyting else is crap, right? I'm so sick of
pigeonholding
trainspotters with bad attitudes. This was an excellent album,
perhaps not
groundbreaking but certainly not horrid. Get off the fucking high
horse mates.
moses_malone@excite.com
Fri Aug 25 14:57:50
GMT 2000
You know this
CD has been sitting in the rack for over a year now since I
bought because
I was extremely disappointed with it! But I just put it in the CD
player yesterday
and have to say one thing! While still not excited about the
album, OWN THE
WORLD is a fuckin awesome track!!! Didn't realize how great
it was! maybe
because I was down on the CD already at the time! I've always
been a MWNN
fan, but anyone know why he hasn't come out with a new album
yet? or has
he?
cangel@msn.com
Mon Sep 4 10:00:37
GMT 2000
It's a good
album but it could be much better!+
manwithaname@goatrance.com