Various Artists: Return to the Source

Return to the Source is a club founded by Chris Decker, after a party in Amsterdam on New Years Eve in 1992, which he called Return to the Source. Drawn to London, a regular club night soon evolved, incorporating the spiritual rituals that Chris had experienced from his travelling. Dj's Mark Allen and Tsuyoshi Suzuki became involved and Return to the Source quickly flourished. In 1995, the dream of a club/party all-night dance ritual based not on profit but on spirituality, pagan values and positive energy became reality, as Return to the Source moved to Brixton, where it is growing and blossoming. The Source is our tribal roots, our oneness with humanity.... says Chris Decker. Return to the Source is about every level of the party providing a vehicle for positive energy and bringing back elements of our power that we've lost. There's no gurus, no gods : its the god within. You can laugh at this, you can call it all a load of Goa'n bollocks, but the truth is the Return to the Source is an amazing experience and one hell of a party.

Return to the Source: Deep Trance & Ritual Beats

Return to the Source

Track Listing:

Disc One:
  1. The Holy Ghost : The Phaser
  2. Doof : We Are Free
  3. Hallucinogen : Spike
  4. Juno Reactor : Feel the Universe - Otto Edit
  5. Psychaos : Soundbeams
  6. Total Eclipse : Le Lotus Bleu - Dragon's Breath Mix
  7. Medicine Drum : Wizards Brew
  8. Source Experience : Cortex
  9. Mindfield : Odyssey of the Mind
  10. Technossomy : Timepiece - Hienous Frank's Edit
  11. Prana : Dervish - Spiral Mix
Disc Two:
  1. Cat Von Trapp : Buffalo Returning
  2. Outer Active : Ghost of 1000 Rabbis
  3. Tribal Drift : Transmutation
  4. Medicine Drum : Water
  5. Solar Quest : Dubblet
  6. Neera : Sacred
  7. Mindfield : Infobahn
  8. Ingredient X : Cyclone 7
  9. Another Green World : On Lydia's Sixth Moon
  10. Rhythm of Space : Yggsdrasil

Two discs worth of glorious trance. The first disc reflects the harder trance played in the main room at RTTS gigs. Banging psychedelia, the highlights being Prana (Tsuyoshi Suzuki), Mindfield, Hallucinogen and Medicine Drum. A 12" is also available with these tracks on them. The second disc reflects the ambient music played in the chill out room by the likes of DJ Chrisbo. Accompanied by a 73 page booklet about RTTS and the artists and DJ's - my only gripe is the rather naff cardboard case!

Return to the Source: The Chakra Journey

Return to the Source 2

Track Listing:

Disc One:
  1. Medicine Drum : Ulhuru
  2. Mammal : Tanuga - Born From the Body
  3. Doof : H2Om
  4. Prana : Plexus Prominence
  5. The Green Nuns of the Revolution : Plexus Fire
  6. Transwave : Anahata
  7. Cosmosis : Telekinetic
  8. Outer Active : Aesophagus Fables
  9. Universal Sound : Third I
  10. Mindfield : Cosmic Courier
Disc Two:
  1. AZukx : Earth Chakra
  2. Astralasia : Tantric Afterglow
  3. Avatara : Shaddah El Chai
  4. Freak-Quency Generator : Plexus Energy Flow
  5. Rhythm Of Space : Celeste
  6. Cat Von Trapp : The Green Ray
  7. Cortex : Clairaudiance
  8. Another Green World : Triple Vision
  9. Gagarin : Sowuz
  10. Sundog : 7 Minutes to Midnight
  11. Youth : Ketcher - Sahasrara Landscape Mix

The end of the year is upon us. The closing hours of 1995 and 4500 primed, joyous New Year's Eve revellers witness an ectastic Brixton Academy, as Return to the Source launches its Chakra Journey. A 75 page booklet accompanying this double cd compilation guides you on a journey of that night.....the Sushumna Ritual Dance Company......the 7 Chakra's......the Artists......a night of sheer euphoria that I will never forget. An excellent follow up to the first RTTS compilation. Again, the first disc is the hard trance disc, with some real gems here. I was a bit disappointed with the ambient disc however. Both Azukx and Astralasia, a couple of my favourite bands, produced no more than ambient ramblings .However, the naff cardboard box has been replaced by a gloss cardboard box - a small colourful improvement on the packaging!

Return to the Source: Sacred Sites

Sacred Sites

Track Listing:

Disc One:
  1. ManMadeMan : Kill of Shining Beings
  2. Insectoid : Tribedelic Nomads
  3. Joujouka : Ama no Kawa
  4. Quirk : Energy Transition
  5. Parasonix : Flight of the Pteradactyl
  6. Medicine Drum : Supernature
  7. Anubis : Rites of Ra
  8. Laughing Buddha : Tapu
  9. Buzzcraft : Llias
  10. Masa : Dawn of Man
Disc Two:
  1. Ceiba : Sky Spirit
  2. Tribal Drift : Disciplinic Flow
  3. Cat Von Trapp : Reaper Girl
  4. U.V.W : Hypnofly
  5. Tripitaka : Mootawinjee
  6. AZukx : Newgrange
  7. Astralasia : Every Mother's Son
  8. Yokota : Time Gate
  9. Youth : Freefall
  10. Universal Sound : Stone Henge
  11. Star Children : Sacred Reunion

The third compilation in the series, and is probably the weakest.

Other Info:

Also available is the recent Return to the Source compilation, titled Shamanic Trance - Dada Funk Mix' by Tsuyoshi Suzuki

New Return to the Source compilation out (7.97), titled Sacred Sites, featuring Medicine Drum, Astralasia, Tribal Drift, Kat Von Trapp and Youth.

For further information on Return to the Source see the Official RTTS Web Site, or contact:

Snail-Mail: Return to the Source, PO BOX 4532, London SW2 2XT

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