VOYAGER レコード& CD

Review: DJ Trace's DSCI4 dropped the eight-track Spy Technologies X Sampler compilation last year, gathering together label classics, giving them a remaster and a digital release for the first time ever. Now this 12" cherry picks the strongest cuts and gets them back out there into the physical realm, focusing on Trace's own work and collaborations with his co-conspirators. The Concord Dawn remix of 'Mutationz' is a hyphy kick-off to the A-side before the dark n' deadly 'Move' link up with Ryme Tyme. Trace and Voyager turn up the pressure with the Reese attack of 'Sniper' and then it's Nico who joins the boss for a cooler, deadlier crusher called 'Replicants'.

Review: Tenth studio album by the Australian progressive metal band Voyager, released via Season Of Mist. Limited to just 300 copies on a blue gatefold double record, the album is the band's most ambitious and diverse work to date, featuring guest appearances from Devin Townsend, Anneke van Giersbergen, and Plini. The album showcases the band's signature blend of melodic hooks, technical riffs, synth-pop elements, and orchestral breakdowns, all overarched by a string of epic and gushing-emotional themes. There's even a sick acid 303/rock fusion track on there, 'Dreamer'.