Guest Deku81 Posted February 20, 2000 Share Posted February 20, 2000 Children Of Paradise - Urban Alien Artist: Children Of Paradise Title: Urban Alien Label: Nova Tekk Date: 1999 Track listing: 01. 08'36" Z's Y 02. 09'25" Alien Nation 2 03. 10'32" New Cop 04. 10'20" El Nino 05. 10'58" Bloodsuckers 06. 07'15" Alien Nation 1 07. 08'19" Fairy In The Dragonforest 08. 08'15" Concrete Canyon Review: This album is a killer. It's dark and mean through all tracks. It sounds alot like X-dream stuff, and that means it's good. There is no track that really stands out, it's just good quality all the way. Maybe Bloodsuckers and Alien Nation #2 are exceptional though. This album is a real stomper and thanks to that and the nice cover i find it very much worth the buy. And thank you Children Of Paradise. for leaving out the electric guitars that many psy trance artists use these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stathis_gti Posted February 20, 2000 Share Posted February 20, 2000 Not good enough.This album has x-dream sound, very dark .But something is wrong.I could say it is monotonus.Radio was much better.Best track is (4) El nino. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pit-UFO Posted February 21, 2000 Share Posted February 21, 2000 Its very dark, plastic and repetitive. Track 1,2 and specially 6 are really good. Not for the dancefloor or for small speakers, here it loud and melt your mind if you are really into X-DREAM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Andre_Buter[at]yahoo[dot]com Posted February 26, 2000 Share Posted February 26, 2000 Hi Guys!! Well, I've only recently listened to all tracks on this album, and I must say: CLASSIC PIECE of work! All tracks are really dark And moody, and full of bass! My personal favourites are: El Nino And Bloodsuckers, which is just soooo good! I can reccomend this to anyone who likes their goa dark and brooding. Nice One!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest fire\ Posted March 18, 2000 Share Posted March 18, 2000 This album is so good that i dont know what to say.. el nino and alien nation 2 is two of my favourites. I recomend you all to buy this its REALLY good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AtomikElf Posted March 23, 2000 Share Posted March 23, 2000 highly highly highly trippy album. very easy to get totally lost in here, ESPECIALLY when el nino comes in swing.......u'll end up throwing all your toys out the cot during this mindmelting escapade hehehehe. bloodsuckers is also an excellent track!!! lovely breakthrough-all-boundaries kinda song. or should i say smash-through-all-boundaries, or should i say trip-through-all-boundaries!!! generally pleasurable cd, and i recommend it. it does have a different sound, similar to x-dream (i don't think it's quite as good as x-dream.....what is???). i'm glad i bought it. 7/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AtomikElf Posted March 28, 2000 Share Posted March 28, 2000 ahh, very trippy album indeed. different sounds to what is going around these days - sortof x-dreamy, but "with a twist". dark, not too hard, FULL of surprises, flows nicely between songs, excellent porduction, and very cool cover. el nino - beware of this - it's highly trippy - my fav. on the cd. bloodsuckers is also excellent - just love the way it pushes and pushes and pushes until you're way beyond the next level - really really good stuff. fairy in a dragonforest is such a fitting name too hehehe - careful, u might get lost in there - nah, but it's a nice song!!! 7.5/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest X - Dreamer in NYC Posted April 12, 2000 Share Posted April 12, 2000 The first song is not so great but two through eight is unbelievable. We have to look at it this way there isn't a new X-dream album so we have to selltle for this. With these side projects we still get X-Dream sort of. 9/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GlobalSteez Posted April 18, 2000 Share Posted April 18, 2000 In an collective X-dream sense, so far X-Dream has the best sound overall, The Delta release the next best singles but this album is better than The Delta's...it's a simple system eh! Can we not just fast forward to the next X-Dream album guys? (but I'd rather wait for something mad special than it just be 'rushed' out..so to speak) 8.5/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jsbedard Posted May 9, 2000 Share Posted May 9, 2000 BORING CD. All i can say about the side projects of the guys of X-Dream is that they are very boring and uninteresting. Children Of Paradise is a repetitive album, always the same keyboard sound, some goods distortions but nothing more...very boring and bad feeling when listening to it. It's the same problem with Delta and Noosphere. Nothing here to see with the quality of X-Dream production. 4/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest a_ozi Posted May 29, 2000 Share Posted May 29, 2000 If u like that lumpy, thick, rolling bass, sqwuaky, fat, distorted sampling and can handle a little industrial clanging with some dark yet uplifting and non-cliche melodies sprinkled around the top..... give it a listen. For me its ok with 3 trax i like but i find the whole album a little monotonous with too much similarity in intensity throughout all the tracks. 1 album - 1 mood. 6/10 on a good day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lost in a concrete jungle Posted July 13, 2000 Share Posted July 13, 2000 Amazing CD. I'm really jaded now because of all the new stuff I'm hearing, but this restores my faith. Groovy, dark, melodic, uplifting and cerebral... and URBAN! You really feel the influence of the inner city in these tracks. More Franco-German collaborations please! X-Dream and Ganguru are like yin And yang... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest damoneves[at]hotmail[dot]com Posted July 18, 2000 Share Posted July 18, 2000 It amazes me that in all the reviews no-one has even mentioned New Cop - which i think is the best track here. You'll notice that everyone has differing opinions to their favourite tracks which means if you like x-dream you are sure to find a track that you love on this album Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Children Posted August 13, 2000 Share Posted August 13, 2000 GOOD album ! Yes this style is quite similar to the one of X-Dream, so I think it shows the quality of this album ... I don't think there's any Bad Track but don't really have favourites here ... Rating : 7/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest uforia.1[at]email[dot]com Posted August 14, 2000 Share Posted August 14, 2000 A damn good album, however, if you're looking for classic full-on melodic Goa, look elsewhere. If, however, you're looking for something a little different, give this a listen. This is hard stomping techno-psy trance at its finest. The only one that could be considered classic Goa would probably be "Fairy In The Dragonforest". The tracks are all constructed meticulously and intelligently, like only X-Dream know how to do. Most are really dark and heavy, a few are kinda funky, and all are very trippy. I couldn't possibly pick out a favourite track on here, however, I do have to give due mention to "El Nino", which seems to be the musical equivalent of a tropical storm or a hurricane. Alien Nation 1 sounds like an invasion from outerspace, with fire raining from the sky and then, the Earth retaliates, seeming to push back the invaders, but then the second attack wave comes... No, I'm not on drugs! My rating: 9/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest F-AcTivE Posted September 27, 2000 Share Posted September 27, 2000 This is nothing really special with this album.., but i really like this anyway .. the X-Dream boyz really knows how to create great electronic music for the dance floor , This is dark ,fast and heavy .. and the coolest track is in my opinion "Concrete Canyon" , "New Cop" and "Alien nation 1" is really great tracks toooo... , If u wanna kick on the dance floor all night ..buy this My rating right now: 7/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AlexG Posted September 30, 2000 Share Posted September 30, 2000 a really good cd. every track kicks ass! best ones are 1,4,5 in my opinion. it's not techno-trance; it's not melodic trance; it finds a stomping ground somewhere in the middle, with an open portal to another dimension =). stunning production, definately worthy of the x-dream name. 8/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest manicmagicmmushroomman[at]hotmai Posted February 2, 2001 Share Posted February 2, 2001 At a recent visit to Mindscapes in London, the played El Nino. Undoubted the high point of the night for me, and judging by the cheers that came from the throng of sweating twitching fluttering psychedelic beings surrounding me on the dance floor, everyone else thought so too. Seriously - the place went MENTAL. This is an amazing album, from the very top draw. But don't do this the injustice of playing this at anything other than maximum volume. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest smokeBuddha Posted February 8, 2001 Share Posted February 8, 2001 Only a couple things to say here. This albums kicks ass! Get it as soon as you can. Some of the wickedest stompers I've heard. And I've heard a lot! 10/10. A must-have! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honguito Posted February 10, 2001 Share Posted February 10, 2001 I think this one is almost as good as smokebuddha does.. Track 2, 4, 5, 6 are very nice! Rating: 9/10. Get this one right away! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest one way Posted May 22, 2001 Share Posted May 22, 2001 Masterpiece. The first time I heard COP was with their "Fairy in the Dragonforest" on a GOA-HEAD compil. I found this title amazing: dark, acid... crazy! The album is really hypnotic, particularly track 1 which composition I find very subtle and track 2. "Urban Alien" is unique, it has its own style musically (except when compared to Radio...) and also regarding its concept of the city. It's almost a kind of underground album and a very brilliant one! 9.5/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jsbedard Posted May 24, 2001 Share Posted May 24, 2001 1 Year after my review, my point of view have changed. I heard "El Nino" in a party and.. OH MY GOD, that is the most kicking-ass track i've never heard in a party. A big, fat and violent bassline with perfect distortionning synthlines. Great stuff that grows in you on each listens. 9/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest four4d[at]yahoo[dot]com Posted June 9, 2001 Share Posted June 9, 2001 Anyone ever noticed Concrete Canyon? Damn CC and Blood Sucker are the first track i heard from COP and let me tell you, i felt in love immediatly! Those Children are good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest psyentist Posted July 7, 2001 Share Posted July 7, 2001 i don't care too much for X-Dream as I do for other minimal groups, but i give them respect for their achievments, this is a repetitive and sometimes boring album, on the other hand when you are in the dark forest of hell in a locked away hole driven by the power of your experimental mind you can use some prolonged derranges in black vibrations, but not too long with this album, preffer some Delta, intact instinct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Cocco Posted July 12, 2001 Share Posted July 12, 2001 Agreed that X-Dream is awesome, but this side project is to repetitve and unevolving to be awesome. There is not enough varity of sounds in the tracks to keep interest. It isn't bad- but for an X-Dream album, it certaintly isn't good. If you liked the Delta, chances are you may take interest in this one, but in my opinion, the first time I heard Delta-Pop, it was a hell of lot more interesting then listening to this. Oh, and I hear X-Dreams coming out with ANOTHER DELTA cd!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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