As well as being a SC forum Moderator Frequencee also has the distinction of being one of the first artists I reviewed when I moved this operation over to Soundclick over three years ago. State Of Mind (September 2003) was a track I heard slightly before I started to really get into the elctronica being made on this site, consequently I didn't think - looking back on that review - he got a fair deal. However, he showed me the error of my ways when he delivered the awesome Chemical (June 2004), Dropzone (April 2005) and Zero Gravity (August 2005) all of which show that this is one elctronica artist who knows exactly what he's doing and how to set about achieving it.

He's always tried to do things differently and in such a narrow field that is something noteworthy. As well as this admirable trait, Frequencee brings a very welcome high production value to anything he puts out, Imagine this if you will; intelligent electronica that has an overall sound that could level buildings. Welp, that's what Frequencee always brings to the table and his always danceable electronica even surmounts most of my old farty can't-stand-the-stuff moans and groans. All of these elements are present in Weather Storm including the noisiest backing track I have ever heard. Wait...? Noisy?? wtf would I want to listen to noise, you may ask. There's noise and then there's NOISE innit?? The kind of noise that this track pumps out is as much an essential part of the track as any of the cleaner sequences.

Weather Storm is considerably darker in tone than anything I have heard from this guy recently and is almost a venture into more experimental territory, while retaining Frequencee's trademark danceability. He's always got some lovely technical tricks going on, and the intro of this track is a classic example of how to set a track up. He says - on the song comments section - that this is 'something a little different' and I would have to nod my head about that. Taken on face value there isn't exactly much to grab hold without some sustained listening. Sure for a confirmed audiophile like myself, there are those little technical tricks to savour again and again, but for most people people it may be a bit too 'different'. Not that I, and the rest of Freq's listeners, are going to give a flying *** about it, we'll be too busy picking the bones out of this bad, bad boy...

Highly recommended electronica with brains AND brawn.

One of the first artists I reviewed on Soundclick when I started posting reviews on this site was the highly respected electronic dance artist. Although dance based electronica has never really been one of my favourite genres, Frequenc-Cee has always delivered that little bit extra I require to make the whole dish more appetising. Take, for example, Scratching (Oh Yeah) which I reviewed in August 2004. This signified, for me anyway, a significant step away from the fairly straightforward dance tracks he had been releasing prior to this. It still sits on my hard drive to this day and that's saying something, as does Chemical and Dropzone too. All tracks worthy of this consummate party animal.

No playlist is complete without at least ONE of those tracks IMO...

Frequen-Cee was also one of the first Soundclick electronica artists to find their own, individual voice as exemplified by any of the tracks mentioned. One of the very best thing about long term reviewing is that you get to watch artists fully develop into their own unique style, regardless of the genre they operate in. Freq obviously understands this because his tracks generally tend to fry the same electrodes every time maing him one of the most consistent electronica artists on this site. Zero Gravity bears the man's trademarks all the way though; wide open-big sky production, punchy effective sounds and an inspired use of vocal samples. This vocal sample could well be talking about the musical content of the track which (I quote) 'it's beautful, slides all over everything, it's like liquid'.

I am of the opinion that Freq should be casting his net into the commercial world because his tracks have all the hallmarks of being dance classics and Zero Gravity is no exception. Something you could listen to in a heaving dancefloor as easily as you could listen to just for the sheer feck of it. I found the drum treatments on this track to be outstanding, some of the best snarework I have heard this year - in any genre. Like the tracks I mentioned earlier, Zero Gravity is a keeper for me and a sure indication of the distance travelled since we first met back in the summer of 2003. Frequen-Cee is one of electronica's leading lights on Soundclick and tracks like this are only going to make more of an already enviable reputation.

Highly Recommended. Dance your socks off.

You know the best thing about Frequen-Cee? He doesn't mess about with titles it takes a week to type out! Short, sharp and well to the point is his usual style and there is not a lot wrong with that. Especially if the chemical you are about to imbibe is a heavy dose of Frequen-Cee; quality electronica that often reaches parts other artist can only wish to reach.



As a boron ray scoops out the succulent parts of your brain, you gather you are not in kansas anymore Toto. Whatever that means. Nope, instead you are in the Matrix-tinged vision of electronica that Frequen-Cee specialises in. Featuring one of the longest leadins I've ever heard, Chemical, is a tour de force; an elemental and as such irristable. When the track finally kicks in (at a lesuirely 2 minutes plus) it fair takes your breath away. It's not what I call a banging track, its a bit too cerebral for that, but it still nonetheless punches above its weight.



Another Frequen-Cee trademark is a mix that is exciting, fluid and as much part of the track as the music and in this respect, ol' Freq's excelled himself. Part of the attraction of this track for me is that living, breathing vibrant mix. Absolutely terrific. That's pretty much my opinion of this whole track. I've lived with this damn thing for a few days now and I have still to find something wrong with it and - believe me - I've been looking. That's with a track measuring a massive 7 minutes too...!!



Class electronica of the first order. One of Frequen-Cee's all time best I guarantee.

I always love reviewing people with creative minds. Frequen-Cee (Ross) is one of those people who have a very creative mind when it comes to music. This particular piece is no different. It’s somewhat unique from the typical Electronica music you would normally expect.



This song is just a tad over four minutes long. The composition leaves you thinking something like: “That’s quite mysterious!” And that it is. Right from the opening you get an eerie feeling with a deep sounding (what I consider) vocoder or vocal synth, with a lot of reverb applied to it. I love the speedy synth that sets the mood what’s to follow, the great percussion work in this tune. Nice Drum n Bass, in my opinion. The female voice sample (Enya like) sound great in this composition. Dim, yet effective.



Nice break at 1:55 … love that haunting sound, Frequen-Cee put into this piece… continuing with that rhythmic synth, leading into the next section. The beat kicks up a bit. Very nice production, no doubt!!! I love the ending! Just as mysterious as the tune started.



This is definitely a piece of music you would want to listen to. There’s not a whole lot of variation in the chord progression, but for the length of the tune as well as the type of the tune, everything seemed flowing nicely. Well structured and well mixed.

Looks like ol' Freq's got the long title bug at last, as well as a marked bent for the dark side as is evidenced by this dark, flowing melange of electronica. Although I prefer his more dancey side, I gotta admit to having a very soft spot for this adventurous musician; and on this track all his various aural tricks are deployed in a endlessly moving groove.



As you can imagine Psychosychosis is not a track to be taken lightly or listened to with the lights off. At only 4 minutes or so it's still a pugnacious wee beastie, it's tenor of menace coming mainly from the bass sweeps that virtually dominate the background to this eerie track. It's those same sweeps that hurtle you headlong through the track too, as pseudo choirs murmer sweet threats in your ears. The only relief from this aural attack of high anxiety comes when the DnB-ish drum track kicks your head off.



How fair is that?



Damn fair, as it happens, and a damn fine track from the maestro to boot. I'll certainly be hanging onto this one for a good while because it - to me - constitutes another really good track from this very competent electronic musican. My only gripe, and it is so insignificant I shame myself to mention it, I could have done with more of the drum track. It didn't quite kick my head off in the way described but damn, it should. An excellent example of what this artists is about and a sure fire favourite among the electronica crowd.



Dense, exciting and oh so disorienting....

I've always had a particular taste for FrequenCee - even before he attained the throne - and indeed have many of his tracks having babies and generally raising hell on my hard drive as I type. It's well known I have a particular leaning towards powerful, intelligent electronica and FreqenCee has delivered that and more in the short time I have known him. So anyone who is already a fan will no doubt have downloaded this immediately, so I address all my comments to people who may not know who FrequenCee is - other than the Sword Of Damocles for us forum dwellers anyway...



An aspect of FreqenCee's work that first attracted me - besides the (ahem) 'bangin' choonz' - was the depth and detail this guy got into mixes. Pull out any track on his site and you'll find that to be true - he's certainly the most consistent electronica artist I know at present. More Nasty Fun is exactly what it says; great fun, seamless execution and production values that are truly inspirational. If anyone out there is struggling with trying to define what exactly constitutes a GOOD electronica track, this is a very worthy manual of the art.



Spotless and a true state-of-the-genre kick in the face. With no 'ouch! You bastard!!'



Uh oh, I did it again, didn't I?? (gulp)

It’s July 1988 and we are in a car - 2am in the morning driving deep into the countryside. We're dressed in Fila trainers, lemon coloured 501 Jeans, duffer hooded tops and green puffer jackets (weird? Nope, it was cutting edge at the time). On the radio is a local Pirate station drifting aimlessly in and out, whilst “Little Fluffy clouds” by the Orb floats about the car attached to the pungent smell of smoke.



The co-pilot grasps a map on the back of the record shop flyer as we follow a convoy of other cars. We come to a stop and get out of the car in the arsehole of nowhere. Beyond a hill, the sky lights in strange colours and a large muffled “boom boom boom” sound engulfs the surrounding countryside. People dance and laugh as we climb the hill and as we come over the other side, a huge abandoned quarry is revealed - and in it: a thousand people dancing like buck edjits to a strange new sound accompanied by an array of strobe lights, fog horns, whistles and a huge sound system powered by two generators.



Welcome to the “Summer of Love” - let the raving begin. And we did; for 10 years.



That was it; a new culture was born and one that changed the face of music culture in Britain and around the word forever. Luckily for me I witnessed the birth of a new era and it has never, to this day, left me. That’s why after hearing the next artist many a memory came flooding back and believe me, there are many lost.



Frequen-Cee is an artist who still dabbles deep in those unmistakable sounds that emerged from that era, so when he put his track “Sonic Overdrive” up for review a great smile entered my dormant face. We kick off with a classic breakbeat and right away I am back in the day. This is a breakbeat that fuelled a million revellers to dance for 24hrs. The “drops” all happen perfectly and those unforgettable backdrops sounds jump at you. Up until the one-minute mark I am dancing like one ‘Liam from the Prodigy’ and those freaky vocal back drops jump in and out until the musical “handbrake” is applied at the 01:20 mark.



For the next minute or so, he fooks about with my head with a hoover from hell - yip that all time classic sound of the rave toon (see Roland Juno 106 hoover) and I know I am in for something here. Build after build its gets faster and more intense and I can only remember how this used to have the crowd screaming with anticipation. At 03:56 we get another little break as the sounds are phaser'd quite nicely, before we are off again swamped with a true rave induced fit!!!!



I can’t even comment on anything technical in this track, because I’m not even listening to the technical content! I think Frequen-Cee has been a clever chappy here and fed me one of my all time favourite sounding types of music - this really does take me back!

What can I say about this track accept it’s great - I just can’t get enough of it.


The drums could not get any better, this guy knows exactly what he’s doing when it comes to putting a track together. If you went down your local record shop they probably would not have a track this good in the entire shop, so if you like your music with a solid beat and top sounds then don’t miss out - try this out. I took this round to a friends place and never said where I got it from and they loved it, so I’m not the only one that thinks Frequen-Cee is a name to watch out for.


It’s amazing what great music soundclick has on it - and it’s legal and free. But maybe one day Frequen-Cee will make a bit of cash out of his stuff because he deserves it.

Since Frequen-cee is reviewing some music, I decided to listen to "State of Mind". As an electronica artist, I love me some synth. Let's see if it stacks up...



Holy sh*t...that's a tight opening beat. Real eerie synth part behind the near-military beat. I like this a bunch. One of the best beats I've heard in a while. There's a lot going on, but never once does it sound cluttered. Very good mixing job.



Beautiful vocalese, kinda reminds me of the end of Pink Floyd's 'Saucerful of Secrets' track. Back to the beat, this time with the vox



Hypnotic, eerie song. I'd buy this in a heartbeat. Make that a fibrillating heartbeat...it's the damned good.



Congratulations! You just made Winamp have an orgasm.

Rock & Roll I liked, really hefty beats, lots of rumbles and phat snares, lots of well executed if a little cliché samples. I would describe it as slowed down rave music; its short but its a good decision for a pure breaks tune. Sometimes it gets just a tad out of sync, but the rest makes up for it.



Big beat boutique returns..



Psychopath was brilliantly retro; it was mean, fast and had those really annoying, badly repeated synth lead noises you hear on those old dreamscape tapes (you all have one somewhere I bet!!). Did I like it or not you asking me - Yes I did. It was mental, had some really mad breaks and was very similar to some of the earlier Prodigy stuff - a bit too similar, in fact, to maybe Voodoo People but it has its merits.



Flyover (Make Some Noise) - Wow, I have seriously never heard a song that manages to cram in so many sounds at one time and not manage to make it sound too crowded out. Fast, again pretty mean on the synth front - I really liked this one. Only qualm: lose the 4/4 style hihats in the beginning of the song - the beat is just too fast for it to sound right. Loved the booming classic bass line.



Overall: I'm glad to hear that rave never truly died. With producers like you im looking forward to the revival in 1 years time. If you're a producer you know im right - rave IS coming back.

Having only just picked this up last night, I've pretty much had it - and a couple of other tracks - on a virtual loop all day. Not, as you know, my usual way of doing reviews but where needs must and all that old bollocks...

Having earned my daily crust for some years as a working rhythm guitarist, its an even bet that I am going to into rhythm - big time. In fact, it's not only a hobby its an enduring and growing passion as the years roll along. Obviously I tend more towards the natural sounds of world musical instruments but I am definitely not averse to a bit of electronic musical mayhem, especially the more esoteric DnB and breakbeats...

Sonic Overdrive cuts and jives, slices and dices with the very best of them. The opening few bars will instruct you on this perfectly well, especially the vocal cut ups that that introduce the body of the track. Better be well into DnB though because that is where this tracks roots draw water, and seeing as I do like the genre I accepted this like a long lost brother...

Almost.

Damn, just when we were doing soooo well too...

Having worked in sample based sequencing for many years now, I have been in and out of more musical 'syndromes' than you can shake a pointy stick at. In my opinion this track only suffers from one of these syndromes. I call it, for want of a better expression, the 'Acid syndrome'. It comes about because you are using a) Acid as the main sequencer, and Acid samples as your base material. When I was doing this, I found it VERY hard to 'speak' with my own musical voice, and the tracks always had a tendency to be a little too 'clever-clever'. I get a definite taste of that with this track but that is - in no way - a put down of the track. It fits it's genre like a tailor made suit and has all the right moves in all the right places. The only criticism is really a technical niggle, I can't find any problems with the musical style and delivery of this track. I'd definitely be checking up on further FreqenCee tracks just to see what else he is up to.

Yeah man, very nice touch having the beat banging and then the wooshy synth sounds all over it.
Nicely tweeked to.
Somehow the beat sounds very smooth while it's sorta bangin to.
Great exotic feel. hmmm
Got me all dreamy eemy.
Great drum programming/sounds.
the wobbly synth sounds cool to.
What? it's done allready! It sounds short while actually its 5 minutes.
Likey likey dude.

- Astrometric Atomotron



This is some damn quality sheeite!
Love the filters on this, its so sweepy and does a good job of putting one into a almost zombified uforia.
You own your own label?

- Indy



Wasn't too sure what to expect from the metallic intro... but at the 1 minute mark when those sweet tangerine-dreamy floating whooshes and the smooth pads arrived and then the break where that girly started her wailing the track really took off. Loverly! Yep..there could be an extended version in my book too. No complaints .... More of this.

- The Beatless