DeathPosture

So basically you're reviewing the not-suited-for-release mp3 rip you've downloaded? The whole album is being re-mastered right now so the release date has been pushed back again (yes, it's annoying as hell, but there's not much we can do about that...) I'll have a full review up, once the retail version is released... ;o) /DP

The search is fine if you know how to use it... The advanced options is often the way to go if you search of a specific post or thread...

Very well said Mylo! Yeah... Animal was good and Storm had it's moments, but from there it went seriously downhill for Skazi...

I agree... You're not psytrance fans if you don't know Chemical Crew! Come on - please! What the hell are you all doing on Psynews anyway? SKAZI is my personal hero! He's done as much for psytrance as NSync has for grindcore! You better recognize! Skazi RULES... It's one pure KILLER after the other... And it owns all your so-called psytrance Hallucinogen and whatnot! Best lable definitely! Big up yourself! /DP

Shulman – Random Thoughts Hi-res cover: front + back Artist: Shulman (Israel) Title: Random Thoughts Format: CD Label: AlephZero (Israel) Cat. #: AlephZ05 Date: February 2006 Track listing: 01. 11’10” Shulman - OMG 02. 06’35” Bluetech & Shulman – Midnight Bloom 03. 07’35” Shulman – Zero Degrees 04. 09’32” Sub6 feat. Michele Adamson – Ra He’ya (Shulman Remix) 05. 07’58” Entheogenic – Spaced (Shulman Remix) 06. 07’06” Omar Faruk Tekbilek & Steve Shehan – Ya Bouy (Shulman Remix) 07. 07’40” Shulman – Look Honey It’s The Vitties!!! 08. 08’42” Shulman feat. Lee Triffon – I Dive 09. 06’21” Shulman – Staring At The Abyss .m3u-playlist: http://tinyurl.com/mo334 (all tracks!) Review: Shulman re-animated… Ever since the release of the debut album Soundscapes And Modern Tales in 2002, the Shulman project (Yaniv Shulman & Omri Harpaz) has been a fav’e of mine… The follow-up In Search Of A Meaningful Moment was almost as good and ever since I’ve followed everything coming out of the Shulman/AlephZero labs in Israel… Yaniv Shulman and his mates have yet to let me down with their hi-quality phat productions… Now it’s time for the third album which seems to have a couple of familiar tracks… Let’s find out what that’s all about… Let me take you thru the tracks… #01: Shulman – OMG Oh… my … god! Well I’ll be damned if this isn’t the best damn Shulman track I’ve heard in ages… What we get here is floating chill-scapes seasoned with native chanting, Shponglesque sequencing and one trippy melody after the other… The long, floating organic pads are trademark Shulman and they represent everything I love about their sound… This is exactly why I’ll never get tired of psychedelic chill-out… Stellar track! #02: Bluetech & Shulman – Midnight Bloom Next up is another collaboration between Shulman and US-based producer Evan Bluetech who recently released his third album Sines And Singularities on AlephZero… And the melancholy Bluetech touch really shines thru on this track – with the added ethnic mysticism courtesy of Shulman… A pretty nice tune, but it doesn’t have quite the same momentum as the previous one did… #03: Shulman – Zero Degrees This is pure Shulman now – and on this track there are actually a lot of parallels to the aforementioned Bluetech… The intro is cold, static, numb and totally depressing, but eventually the track evolves into a much warmer, joyous downbeat excursion… Floating ambient with some refined rhythms and harmonic synths… A story telling track if there ever was one… The level of emotions in this one is simply impressive… A brilliant track! #04: Sub6 feat. Michele Adamson – Ra He’ya (Shulman Remix) “Bad, bad, bad, bad… Ra He’ya! How do you like it? Yeah! Take all the clothes off. I know you like it! … It goes something like this: Bad, bad, bad, bad boy, go to my room and twiddle your thumbs 'til I come. Don't have to think. Ohh, let's make some noise. I'll let you bring all your toys.” This track was first released in 2004 by HOMmega on the Sub6 CDM Ra He’ya and then again in 2005 by Nice Dreams Music on the Multiple Organisms compilation… Truth being, it was one of my fav’e remixes of the CDM, and when it’s stuff this good, I don’t mind owning it on CD again… This downbeat version is very different from the original and Michele Adamson’s + the dude’s vocals are filtered and vocoded almost beyond recognition… It’s still a great fucking tune… Sexy as hell too! #05: Entheogenic – Spaced (Shulman Remix) “And then I promise you you’ll dream a different story altogether…The imagination, the inside of our heads really is the most vast frontier!” This track was released on the Entheogenic album Dialogue Of The Speakers released by Chillcode Records in 2005 and with its deep, playful percussion and soothing atmosphere it was one of the many excellent tracks off that album… And yes, it’s still a brilliant track… Magical even! #06: Omar Faruk Tekbilek & Steve Shehan – Ya Bouy (Shulman Remix) This track was released back in 2004 on the AlephZero compilation Natural Born Chillers. Here’s my review from back then: AFAIK Turkish ney master Mr. Tekbilek is pretty well-know in the Arab world-music scene and has had tracks featured on well-known ambient compilations like Buddha Bar and Back To Mine… And now, here’s a Shulman remix – and what a track! This is ambient world music with thick, thick Eastern influences and an overall phat ethnic groove… Reminds me of Asura or Kaya Project at times… Very good! According to Shulman, the instrument played here is some kind of Turkish wind instrument similar to the Indian shenhai… Amazing track! #07: Shulman – Look Honey It’s The Vitties!!! And here’s the odd-ball track of the album… Both the title and the actually music, is far off the beaten path… The IDM intro with irregular beats must have the highest BPM rate ever in a Shulman track, and the rich jazzy influences are destined to crack a lot of smiles… Saxophone pads and Elvis-samples… What more could you wish for? A funny, yet totally mature downbeat tune… Sweet! #08: Shulman feat. Lee Triffon – I Dive “I dive in the ocean. What an emotion. I dive in the ocean. I see the man wanders all alone. You’re my inspiration. I dive in the ocean. You are everything I need. You are my creation. You are everything I need.” On this epic track Shulman is joined by singer Lee Triffon who has a gorgeous voice… Musically this is floating, melodic ambient with subtle percussion and the emphasis on the angelic vocals… Brilliant, soothing and totally relaxing music that you even your mother or grumpy neighbours will like… Pure Shulman magic! #09: Shulman – Staring At The Abyss To finish things off we get a virtually beatless ambient piece… So yeah, we’re reeeeeeally chilling out now although the track does have peak moments with more action… The liquid-link is evident and generally this is another one of those journey tracks that Shulman does so well… A sweet, relaxing tune, but not as captivating as some of the previous tracks… Still a nice way to finish the album though… ;o) After the release of this third album, people were quick to condemn it because of the three previously released tracks… And in all fairness, I think everyone would have preferred all exclusive material… But when stuff this good is ‘re-cycled’ I can’t really get worked-up… All three tracks are wonderful and they deserve their place besides the new Shulman tunes that we also get here… The new tunes seem more diverse musically than what we heard on the first two albums, but they are all very good and very Shulmanny! And when it all boils down to the most important factor, the music, I think most people would agree that this is a VERY fine collection of downbeat tunes… The quality level is impressive as always and I even like this better than the Bluetech album… I’m not sure how well I like the androgynous person of the cover, but hey, the fish rocks! To conclude, this is a wonderful album that’s almost as good as the previous two… My respect and admiration for Shulman is greater than ever and I’ll recommend this album to all fans of eclectic, diverse, well-produced, psychedelic downbeat music… Enjoy! Favourites: 1(!!), 3(!), 4(!), 5(!), 6(!), 7, 8(!) DeathPosture External links: Shulman: http://www.shulman.info AlephZero E-Flyer: http://www.aleph-zero.info/ShulmanFlyer.htm Discogs: http://www.discogs.com/release/630496 Saiko Sounds: http://tinyurl.com/ngkk9 Amboworld: http://tinyurl.com/qcew4 Beatspace: http://tinyurl.com/oysdm Psyshop: http://tinyurl.com/nv7yq Ultimae: http://tinyurl.com/pushk Wakyo: http://tinyurl.com/nnuby Chaos: http://tinyurl.com/ruhxe Ajuca: http://tinyurl.com/n9ath Juno: http://tinyurl.com/q558c

Removed: V/A - Folded View (Creamcrop 2001) VG (Very Good) - Never been played http://www.discogs.com/release/130079 Absolum - Wild (TIP.World 2001) VG (Very Good) - Never been played http://www.discogs.com/release/35825

Nicey nice! I've been looking for a reasonable priced copy of this for five years... How much did you fork up for it?

Discogs is still very shaky... Took me forever to submit a CD right now... * V/A - The Ayahuaska Experience (Trancelucent Productions 2006) http://www.discogs.com/release/643771 I also received a bunch of rock maxies today: * Puddle Of Mudd - Away From Me * Puddle Of Mudd - Control * Puddle Of Mudd - Come Clean * Bush - The People That We Love * Bush - Greedy Fly * Bush - Swallowed * Faith No More - I Started A Joke (dupe) * Faith No More - A Small Victory * Faith No More - Epic * Faith No More - I'm Easy/Be Agressive ^ Half of 'em are not on Discogs, but I can't be bothered adding them with the site's current state... Later! /DP

PM sent regarding these ^

Auch - that's gotta hurt? Did it just happen before you snapped your avatar photo? Dude, you should do promotion on Isratrance... You'd fit right in! You got me! You feel feelings on your stomach all the time? Dude, you crack me up... Keep it up! /DP

I'd say even better, though it was a good while since I last heard anything of Das Signal... I paid $27 for it... Maybe a bit steep, but I wanted it bad... And hey, you should add those CDs to Discogs... Could be very interesting! /DP

Finally Discogs is working again... Here's what I got today: * V/A - Order Odonata Vol. 5 (Dragonfly 2000) replacement copy http://www.discogs.com/release/34821 * Fünf D - No Promises (Spirit Zone 2002) http://www.discogs.com/release/31738 * SBK - Hertzattacke (Spirit Zone 2002) http://www.discogs.com/release/66789 * V/A - Play Loud (Blue Room Released/Wax Magazine) cover mount http://www.discogs.com/release/369113 /DP

Yeah, nowadays it's only rock... I have a recidency @ the biggest rock joint in Aalborg... Beat-mixing is not really an issue with this music, so I do it very rarely...

I only DJ rock/metal/indie and similar... Beatmixing is not important in that...

Yeah, too sketchy... And if it's really autographed, why not use 5 seconds to take a picture of the signature with a digicam?

42 and counting...

Decoy – Not Responding To Light Hi-res cover: front + back Artist: Decoy (Australia) Title: Not Responding To Light Format: CD (jewel case) Label: Dance N Dust (Israel) Cat. #: DNDCD06 Distribution: Arabesque Date: 13 February 2006 Track listing: 01. 07’05” The Ride 02. 09’55” Milkiness Of Infancy 03. 06’42” Snakey Wave 04. 10’10” Pio Pio 05. 07’15” The Feral Kid 06. 09’16” Akoha 07. 07’23” Playing 4 Time 08. 08’11” Rainwashed 09. 01’46” Afro Ken 10. 08’22” Ornette’s Nest .m3u-playlist: http://tinyurl.com/qjukp (all tracks!) Review: Progressive mardi gras… The Aussie duo Decoy (Ian Chaplin & Philip Rex) used to make a living playing jazz and they’ve now successfully crossed over into progressive trance. I’ve only heard a handful of tracks from them, and especially their most experimental stuff has been very interesting… And judging by the long list of supporting musicians on this album, we’re in for something quite different here… And by that I mean real music, played by real people with real instruments… Sweet! Let me take you thru the tracks… #01: The Ride The opening track is a slow-burning, afternoon venture into funky electro-groove… The live percussion is rich and the spoken vocals by Jeff Norris have stamina… It reminds me of a progged-up version of a Tristan… There’s nothing too complicated going on here, it’s just pure, edgy progressive trance with a fair bit of psy chunked in during the final run-down… Very tasty! #02: Milkiness Of Infancy The next track takes us further into cross-over territory… This is like a big melting pot of jazzy twirls mixed with ethno world beats and lush, plush progressive trance… Piano, didgeridoo and some hot vocal and throat noises by Mia Salsjo…. It’s like Kaya Project meets Tegma, and oh my, that’s a nice combo for sure… My only gripe is that this track runs for a little too long… It could easily have been slashed by a couple of minutes to avoid boredom… #03: Snakey Wave But do not despair, track #3 is here! And this is where it gets really interesting for me… This is definitely the tranciest tune thus far, and besides some thick morning psytrance influences we’re also exposed to a heavy dose of percussion trickery and some trademark Aussie phat reverbs… FREq meets Protoculture meets Antix meets Mr. Peculiar meets Kenny G… Yeah something like that... With a live rhythm section and a real trippy saxophone! Pretty damn nice! #04: Pio Pio And if the guys hadn’t crossed over yet, they sure do now… This is the oddball tune off the album which features the distinct Marcello Salvo vocals… Anyway, the basis for this track is a deep, rolling progressive morning tune… Packed to the rim with uplifting melodies and rich, groovy percussion – and of course the South American singing/chanting…Whatever it is, it sure is very different, and I nearly dropped my jaw the first time I listened to it… But after a while I got completely sucked in… I’m loving every second of this ethno-lush, Juno Reactor’esque bundle of joy… A stand-out track if there ever was one! #05: The Feral Kid The next track goes even deeper… This is ripe, tech-trance with enough phat progressive elements to satisfy both minimalists and progressive trancers… It’s kinda minimal but still has lush parts… A very mature and edgy track… Would be the perfect first track in an edgy, darkish progressive set – and in the same notion, I think this works less good for home-listening… But I’m not complaining, this is a pretty neat underground track… #06: Akoha Whereas the previous track was underground, this is way above the ground… Epic, uplifting and maybe not unlike 12 Moons, Gaudium or Antix… A little clubby and maybe even a little commercial – and in that regard, it reminds me of the Decoy on the recent Plusquam compilation Kodama… It’s not bad, but it’s just too silky-smooth for my taste… #07: Playing 4 Time “Time does not belong to you. It spreads itself like air…” This track pretty much stays in the same clubby lane as the previous one – though with a distinct harder edge… And edge is just what tickles my nuts, so I appreciate this cross-over track a great deal more… There’s a great deal of instrumentation going on here, and I can vividly visualize the guys jamming with their mates in their studio… The AOL-txt-language title doesn’t do the track justice… It’s actually pretty neat, and works better for sofa trancing than trancefloor dancing… #08: Rainwashed Another highly uplifting, melodic piece of epic morning trance with deep progressive roots… The intro seems to sample some Badalamenti melodies or something similar… Whatever it is, it sure is trippy… Floating, melodic and epic trance with a distinct fusion-jazz touch to it… Unique yes, but I tend to like the previous track over this one… #09: Afro Ken This track is a short transition/intro track which features some hardcore live percussion – possibly by Afro Ken!? Deep, hypnotizing, tribal stuff… Very nice – but I’d have preferred it to be a more integrated part of the last track… #10: Ornette’s Nest The final track is a good example of what Decoy does best: The fusion of rich progressive trance with an array of diverse music influences… Piano-riffs and jazzy saxophones are not exactly what we’re used to hearing in progressive trance, but it works like a charm here… The framework is distinct, reverb-soaked Aussie proggy pads… Guaranteed to throw a bunch of hands in the air and get some asses wiggling… Funky, groovy and totally sexy! A brilliant way to end the album! So, what are we dealing with here? I’ll tell you what… Build around a framework of lush progressive trance; this is an eclectic, unique album of rich, diverse musical influences… Ian and Philip’s jazz-background shines thru in a number of tracks, but we’re also witness to dub, ethnic world music, morning-, club- and tech-trance here… Not to mention the frequent usage of live instrumentation… Something that’s getting rare within our scene! And when it’s done as good as on this album it makes me smile… Sure there are a couple of tracks here that is a little too clubby for my tastes, but they are easily outweighed by the many great tracks… The cover art it absolutely pants, but the music more than makes up for that… So, to conclude I’ll recommend this to fans of diverse progressive trance – which crosses well into other genres… Also the broad spectre of real instruments should draw some attention – it’s not up to par with Juno Reactor, but who knows what the future might bring? I for one was positively surprised by this debut album… It’s lovely! … Enjoy! Favourites: 1, 3(!), 4(!), 5, 7, 10(!) DeathPosture External links: Dance N Dust Records: http://www.dance-n-dust.com Discogs: http://www.discogs.com/release/623913 TranceShop: http://tinyurl.com/ocwe6 Psyshop: http://tinyurl.com/ngqz5 Wakyo: http://tinyurl.com/qckux Saiko: http://tinyurl.com/rumva Chaos: http://tinyurl.com/pvyfg Ajuca: http://tinyurl.com/rnd7z Juno: http://tinyurl.com/pysjf

That was a little harsh wasn't it Tox? Why don't you just post the pictures in the party threads?

Sorry for going off-topic btw...

Which reminds me... Pavel sent me some funny party pictures this morning... To which I could only reply: /DP

I think it would be easier for future referencing to just put them in the appropriate party thread... If there was one of course...

Yeah, I was wondering about that too... Especially since the "toxic pictogram" from Irritant is on the cover... And Irritant was released in 2002!? Strange... Anyway, kudos to anyone who digs up a tracklist...

Well, well, well... Another best of... But hey, it's X-Dream, and some of their older releases are getting harder and harder to track down, so I guess this would be an interesting introduction... Too bad there's no track list available... I'd like to see what they've chucked together... I have all the albums myself, but I'm pretty sure I'll be getting this one too... ;o)

From Taika-Kim: (for free!!! Thanx a bunch buddy! Instant karma *will* get you!) * Psy-Vision (Psy-Harmonics 1996) VHS http://www.discogs.com/release/219873 /DP

Oh yes! Very similar stuff indeed... Same goes for Something For The Weekend and yeah, pretty much everything released on UK labels around that time... Sexy beach house!