Hydroponic – Aquabatics (Nano) 4.5/5 Posted in Reviews 2004 by psyreviews - April 21, 2004 This blows me away, make no mistake. Regan and Chesh from Cape Town, SA have produced an utter belter, that takes everything and fuses it into a fresh and distinctive sound, and it’s f*ing excellent. Bumping Sky kicks off with an easy groove, with loads of melodies and antimelodies before it explodes into a wonderful run at around the five minute mark. I dare you not to dance to it! A Place Like This has a wonderful intro, breaking into a nice, spacious run. Their phrasing is first-class on this, the sounds are varied and clean, and it’s literally made for that kinda beer-in-hand slomo easy-dancing that I find I keep slipping into (probably from learning to dance to the Happy Mondays and The Fall, but that’s another story. And a f*ing boring one at that.) Pull The String stands out with its sheer number of sounds all melded together to hang in perfectly, Creating Life works like progressive trance (spacious and dreamy) but with the energy of fullon (dance, ya fuckers!) Do You Believe’s midrange really does bring it to life, and it escalates and explodes but without every going to far over the top. Electric Lady is harder-edged, and the bmp’s are upped, but it still maintains one helluva wonderful groove. It’s huge and just gets bigger and bigger (as the actress said t