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Artist: Cujorius One Date: 2011-03-28 By: GagaISM 1) I would first of all thank you for taking your time to do this interview. It's been rather silent in the Cujo-camp for a while now (your last release was the “Cat In Bag, Bag In River” ep on soundmute from 2008) so this is a great opportunity to let your followers know what's going on + giving the ignorant a little history lesson. Let's start at the very beginning. How did you get involved in the world of electronic music and what motivated you to start producing on your own? Actually the London.Paris.Hangover.New York and Sunday To Fuck Up Your Monday, albums were released after the Cat In Bag, Bag in River EP. But unfortunately those two albums have missed the ears of many listeners. They have only been made available online so far, and promotion hasn't been too good and hasn't worked as supposed, so I meet a lot of people who ask me why it's been so quiet, but usually it's because they actually missed this supposedly double album release. which was released as two separate albums instead. But the Cujo Camp is quiet, things have been very hectic lately, and my day day job has taken more or less all my time. I still work with sounds and study sound, but it's like I don't feel like making any progressive, trance, techno sounds lately. They are still in my head, all the ideas, but my heart just doesn't follow when I produce it for more than 15 minutes lately. That's usually because I have thousands of other sound ideas in my head, that needs to be made for my day job, which is Computer Game and Film Sound Design. But to get back to the question: I got involved in the world of electronic music back in the beginning of the 90's. Being a metal fan back then as a kid, I started listening to Techno on MTV and at the few radio shows I could find. Being brought up in a non-Techno family in the 90's made it very difficult to get hold of any electronic music at all. So for a long period, i said i didn't like techno. the usual "it's the same over and over again" explanation of why, when people asked, but i actually kind of liked this whole electronic sound. When I got a little older, around 14 years old, I heard some Prodigy tracks on MTV, and that was like a kick into the world of electronic music, because that was a band I knew I could go to the local shop and buy. Before that I just didn't feel like asking for Techno in a shop, because in my experience when people asked for an introduction to something specific in a shop, they never got exactly what they wanted, so I wanted to find the style I wanted to listen to by myself. With those first Prodigy record purchases in 94-96, I found a record shop named Candy Records, in Copenhagen, which is now closed and another record shop has taken over. They sold Prodigy lp's, and I bought all the copies I could find. I started going to the shop every day after school- just looking at records, listening to records and buying some. Then one day, finding some old Koxbox releases there, I asked if I could listen to them, and the guy behind the counter, by the name of Peter, answered "yes of course. this was our first 12" release". The guy was Peter Candy himself, from Koxbox- and we started talking a lot, became quite good friends and starting hanging out as well. The years following: around 97/98 - I started producing music with some very simple tools like Rebirth, Fruity Loops, Fast Tracker etc. on PC and Amiga 500. Peter who had at that time just left Koxbox. started to visit my parents house and made some small tracks with me. I was 16-17, and Peter was 38-39, so it was quite a big change for me in my way of listening to electronic music. since I could see on his way of working and how he approached different issues, that I had been fighting with to learn. Then Peter and I drifted slightly apart. We both had things to do and we didn't hang out for a while. I started buying synths, a new computer, new equipment, starting from scratch. I didn't anybody who could teach me Midi, synths or anything back then - So I just bought the gear and got started. It was great, but a sloooow process. But who said that Rome was built in one day right? The first couple of tracks I made with my new equipment, which I consider being my first real tracks (though a lot of people disagree with that), because they heard earlier work of mine - where very twisted, and very poorly produced in terms of sound quality. But they contained many many nice sounds, which I enjoyed making. Back then I had: Access Virus B Clavia Nord Rack II (which I still have) Roland JP8000 - and a mackie mixer with a bunch of effects, reverb and so on. Later I bought an Akai s2000 sampler, Korg Z1, Korg Ms2000, Jomox Xbase, Emu E5000 sampler and a few other things. Some of which I still have, some which I have sold again. I switched the small Mackie Mixer with a fat ass StudioMaster p7 40 channel mixer. Working with that equipment was just fantastic. Sold the mixer and a few other things later, so now I run a minor setup, but with more quality parts, and a lot of audio programming instead of actual synthesis. From the beginning of the new millennium, with my first releases the “Insane Dreamer” EP and “Buffalo Killer” track on Leviathan records in 2001, I have gotten more and more into just sound, instead of music only. My passion for making a “sound", instead of a musical piece got bigger and bigger, and I started making sounds, which I later made music of, instead of making music and then creating the parts for it on the go. I developed a passion for weird setups. microphones and home made parts that I could just twist the most weird sounds out of. I still do that today. So from a little teenager doing sounds in the end of the 90's to now beginning of the 10's, I have come a pretty long way I’d say. - questions one ADD: my latest release is "EVI LL FUCK YOU UP" on soundmute records. 2010. 2) It's obvious that Peter Candy, with all his knowledge, must have had quite an influence on your early music career. But the music you have ended up creating (even in those early days) didn't sound much like Koxbox. Did you already have a clear vision of style and sound at that point? I became a big fan of Koxbox, and who doesn't love hanging out with the band they are a fan of? Peter helped me turn my interest in electronic music into something serious - that made my teenage head go "I wanna do that too" mindset. I didn't want to sound like Koxbox at all though. I was just inspired by sounds, the way of music, and the creative process. I loved listening to Koxbox, but I was way more interested in making that kick-drum snap! Which is still my main goal - all this beat making. 3) I remember discovering your music through the Tenka tracks you made together with Jesper 'Espark' Eskildsen back in 2002. It seemed at that point that a lot of people started disowning traditional Goa-Trance in favor of this new minimal style. Did you realize that you had become a key-player in new wave of Trance music totally different to what had been released before? That's true. in 2001 to 2003, Minimal Progressive was a really big thing, and Iboga was really kicking through in the international scene. I, and we, had no idea that the Tenka tracks we did would have such a big impact on the progressive scene. I still meet people today, who don't know who's behind Tenka, and when they find out they shake my hand. It's a really great, and still rather weird experience. But they are good tracks, that we are very proud of. It's just that we didn't quite get that it was "that" good back then, or people liked it "that" much. 4) You had a lot of tracks released on Compilations in those early years of the millennium and even worked for Leviathan Recordings at one point. Did you consciously work towards the creation of a full-length album or did you just happen to get signed unto Tim Larner's Zenon Records by chance? Yes. A deal was made with Leviathan to release an album, but they failed because of a lot of private business and the whole scene was going down on pirated copies of music and all that stuff. It was a big crisis. So Novatekk took over Leviathan, which was great and I helped them out doing a few things, and sorted out the money situation. I had them sign the old act from Moses (Bufo), and some other guys. they released a track of mine on Pulse (Draw The Dot). But something went wrong because of some discussions with Novatekk, as a label, and their at that time A&R TomTron. He was a nice guy, but we just didn't agree on everything and I was kicked out of Novatekk, who then one week later was declared bankrupt. That might be the explanation for them throwing people out and having such a short temper. But they where cool guys apart from that situation, and I was at that time also not too good with communication when i got angry. So we where all equally good when it came to saying stupid things to each other. I'm sorry about what happened back then I worked with Tim Larner before he released anything. We where trying to get him signed on Leviathan. We used to send tracks back and fourth back then and became quite close friends. Leviathan was dropped, and Tim released some tracks on a few labels, and started up Zenon. I released some tracks on Zenon and we made a deal to release "Creating A Second Sun" album on Zenon in 2004, and it was put out in 2005. Which in my perspective is a really good album, which I'm very satisfied with. I still listen to it once in a while. So Tim and I go way back. 5) Your sound had at this point become more complicated and techno-like compared to those early Tenka tracks. Was this a natural progression and consequence of your constantly evolving skills? It's a combination. Back then I really liked the track's of Adam Beyer, X-Dream, and many different Industrial acts, like NIN, DIVE and Dirk Ivens and things like that. I started listening to Noise like Einstürzende Neubaten and Sudcliffe Jugend. I didn't quite understand it, and perhaps didn't even like what they did, but they inspired me into doing my own noise, and when I did, I really liked "noise". I liked my own noise because I knew what was behind it. Since then i started to really get a different feeling on Noise acts. And my skills where constantly getting better. 6) I remember that you once said that you weren't to keen on "The Art of Mindfucking" when it was released. Did that have that something to do with this experimentation with a sharper and more gritty sound? Yea. When I was producing the last track, I was sitting in my studio thinking "thank god it's over soon". Sent it to the label and just thought "I like it, but now I want to do something different". Then after some time, I got more and more keen on it, and more and more people started booking me for live gigs because of that album. So I brought it back up a little later and listened to it again and started to enjoy it more and more. I guess I just remembered what I felt when I produced it. 7) Let's take a little trip back in time again. From what's been documented through compilations like Ayahuasca's Daneism comp and Leviathan's Undefined Emotional Frequencies and danish label's like Creamcrop and Iboga it seems like there was quite a lot going on in Denmark back then. How tight was the community and did you hang out with all these people? Well, the community was quite odd because Iboga where the first guys to put something out and have a little studio working together to make tracks. Creamcrop was different, because of their style, but was still one of the front figures on the morning scene here. Not everybody knew everybody and not everybody wanted to know everybody. It's not that the scene was snobbish or anything, but there was of course a naturally occurring hierarchy, which made small guys not meet big guys, and vise versa. But once I started having gigs, and met people around the world, it started to become more fun to play. I would play gigs where I always knew someone from somewhere 8) One thing some of you had in common back then was the minimalist approach to Trance. Do you think one could argue that there was a distinct danish sound at that point? A style consciously or unconsciously influenced by each other like with the early Goa scene? Definitely not consciously. I think the Danish mentality just for a time was focused on the same level of sound and style. It was the only thing around and the parties where like that. No wonder it went straight from that to basically Full-on stuff. Which in the beginning was horrible(!!!). When they started to get a better feel on the style, quality and so on, the Full-on stuff got way way better. And then it was OK again. My only problem, of course, was that Progressive, Minimal and Tech was basically completely forgotten. 9) What did you remember as the most defining or popular tracks of the minimal wave both nationally and internationally? Nationally there where all the older Iboga tracks, that really shook the world back then. Internationally the mid-euro guys like XV Kilist, Paste and Yumade etc really set a high standard. particularly Yumade, who were one of the key inspirations to making nice kick-drum's out of weird things. Zerotonine where pretty inspiring to the scene as well. In Denmark, the scene sort of split into two - and me myself was a pretty big part of it, but the guys from Genetic Spin, all the Ayahuasca guys, Frogacult, where all good. 10) Do you think that the listeners of Trance music tends to be a little less loyal towards the styles of yesterday compared to fans of House and Techno music? Not at all. I think people don't generally listen to the music of yesterday, but when they do they remember it. New people to the scene, usually don't dig older music unless it's what they became introduced to in the first place. Of course there is situations where it's not the case, but I think it's generally like that. 11) That tends to be the case yes. Do you still attend Trance parties around the world and here in Denmark? Sometimes yes. Usually only when I'm going because of a gig. Unfortunately. But when I'm out playing and have free time to walk around the party and have fun, I still do 12) We're, as you said, all shaped by the music we grow up with. If you should name some of the releases that really changed your perception of Trance music which ones would they be? Koxbox - Forever after Transwave - Phototropic Front 242 - Front By Front Miranda - phenomena Xenomorph - Cassandra's Nightmare Brighton Trash Department - Devil's Dyke EP Paps - Vibes From The Other Side 13) This leaves us at the end of one road and at the beginning of another one. Do you think there's a chance that you'll make another Cujorius One album at some point? For sure. I'll be working on a bunch in the future Plenty of ideas. I just need time and focus to produce them I can't wait for that to happen. Thanks a lot for the interview Cujo. It's been a pleasure doing this interview and I hope the good people hanging out at Psynews.org will enjoy it as well.

Here's the latest that I've gotten over some time

Hello there Though I must ask, what is mosbunal?

V/A - Erta Alé Cronomi Records 2011 1. NK-47 - Snufkin Is Gone 3:56 2. Subra - Nervous Machine 7:04 3. Portamento - An Expert On Humans 8:54 4. M-Run feat. DJ Inada - Kapala 10:59 5. Lapsus - Holocron 8:21 6. M-Run - Goat Man 10:40 7. GoaMech - Synthesized Not Yet 11:25 8. E-Mantra - Perihelion 8:46 9. New Born - We Are Nothing But Dust 7:42 Why? I just did my first listen and as everyone knows if you are quickly enthused about something and talk about it, it's going to sound like you are hyperbolic about it. You usually seem simply over-enthused and think it is the greatest thing in the world and later it turns out how it is not this, but then there's a thing called an experience. You can't relive something 100% accurately and if that something is so good that it completely engulfs you, it is worth sharing and this is why I am writing this now. When? This compilation is something special. It is the culmination of neo-goatrance. Suntrip gave it a new life, metaphysical continued it, phototropic picked off where metaphysical left. Kagdila also has been along on the ride and then new labels like Dimensional and Lookinglook that are starting to release new goatrance. And with all of this DAT Records has been able to release unreleased old goatrance for the pure old schoolers. Cronomi on the other hand has successfully made something that has been left alone for so long. Their compilations Freshly Cut Tomato and People Walk Funny gave a glimpse of the darker, purely psychedelic side of modern goatrance, then they released Artha which is generally considered somewhat of a hallucinogen right now with his completely different take on neogoa. Then there was a darker compilation from Suntrip called Temple Of Chaos that also successfully sparked some darker goatrance though not completely. So, up until now, most of what has been released has been danceable, trippy at times, ultra-melodic and brighter, uplifting goatrance mostly which some like to call fluffy goatrance. Where? All of this has been leading to this point in time where a new evolution has come across. Right here, right now. This compilation is raving psychedelic goatrance. I could say it's dark neogoa, but this is not how I honestly feel about it. It is different than simply dark. While I was listening to this, tons and tons of emotions were sparked. I felt shocked, joyous, happy, full of inspiration and energy. I was traveling through Motherships, Space, Alien Cities, Area 51 type twisted research facilities. I was in utter disbelief at times at what was I witnessing. The ride it gave me was wondrous, magical, almost enlightening. What this is, is 100% true soul successor to what once made goatrance so amazing in the 90s. Yes, eastern melodies and trippy fun grooves came from there as well, but the darker side, up until now, has mostly been untouched. The richness of this compilation is palpable in this aspect. Think of Cydonia or X-Dream with their dark and aggressive tracks modernized. The soul and direction is what they had. The quality of the tracks is utterly astounding. The sounds, melodies, leads, atmospheres, basslines, details are all immensely rich, psychedelic, twisted and the production is huge. The mastering here I cannot for the life of me ever begin to complain about. And a tiny thing that also completely shocked me that I find worth sharing were the samples. The samples used are freaking AMAZING. Ridiculous. Full review Please use samples provided in links to buy it to get a better idea along with my words. CLICK FOR SAMPLES NK-47 - Snufkin Is Gone NK-47 starts this wicked, twisted compilation with a considerably long intro. Usually intro's are around 1-2 minutes but here we approach a whopping 3.57! I very often think intros are really good and too short for what they offer. They always seem to have a strong, strong storytelling aspect to them and this is no different. An echoing caveish noise with water moving through in a river, organs arrive that make the mood absolutely sinister. Samples arrive "oh god, so alone" and a answer to that. Then sounds that remind of harmonica arrives that just further make the atmosphere twisted and spoooky. Some swirling effects and sparkles fly around in the atmosphere. "You delivering his package isn't that weird?" "It's not weird at all". Bassline is is dim, crystalic melodies move around and then it comes to a twisted chilling end. I Personally love this. It creates such an immense atmosphere, so much storytelling. I enjoy this so much I'd love a whole album with a style like this. And it is weird to think this is made by a guy who made just simply melodic neogoa ala UAF style. Subra - Nervous Machine Subra aka Mike A aka Cronomi's owner is back again and boy am I glad. He has that superB unique sound signature in whatever he touches. It's completely unique too as the kind of sound did not exist in the 90s at least as far as I know. Acid leads, sinister atmosphere, some chordish sounds lift this track off, big pumping bassline arrives, sparkles floating around like glowing flies. "The nervous system is a complex network of nerve cells and nerve fibers spread throughout the body." triggers the track forward at a steady speed. Constant acid lead, lots of different dark, twisted layers, some samples continue to push this track steadily. 3:37 takes a small break and makes you float around peacefully, the sample arrives yet again and then bassline comes back. Acid once again knobbed to hell and back, literally. This is so sinister and dark. A twisted melody arrives at 5:14. 6:34 the melody disappears and we float again towards the end. Trippy, pumping, drilling track. This is why I want a full length from Subra. Portamento - An Expert On Humans Next up comes a new track from Portamento. His sound has generally been a tad darker than others but I have had no real opinion on him yet. Again the track is greeted with a lengthy intro. Some scary sounds are heard in the background whilst walking towards a lost temple in the middle of a dense jungle. Something like dubstep reminiscent sounds come up at 0:40. 0:55 introduces these metallic alien growls, actually a really fitting and funny, though it doesn't really break any atmosphere, sample from Futurama arrives. It's as if the temple was in fact modern and alien on the inside as the jungly feel is a little lost by now. 2:26 acid farts! Young lady I'm an expert on humans (Referring to the male character 'fry' as a lady). 2:38 nasty growly acid farts prowl through like a strong current. Absolutely magnificent acid leads arrive at 3:08, atmospheric alien pads as well. 3:32 makes gives another tasty acid lead, melody starts growing at 3:50 and then when it finally arrives at 3:58 we are on for a ride. Absolutely mad twisted psychedelia atmosphere! 4:51 break time, we get a small rest before the re-incarnation of atmosphere and sample use again "is there a human doctor around" 5:34 growling acid that seems confined wanting to break out continues the ride. Acid lines and farts come back once again and it never stops being tasty. A melody arrives and starts to evolve around 7:32 where it just keeps messing with your head with all the sounds just flying everywhere. Powerful balls to the walls track. Re-reading what I wrote I think acid fart sounds so wrong when I refer to it being as tasty as well, but what can you do. It literally is acid farting by the way it sounds. Oh well. M-Run feat. DJ Inada - Kapala Here comes a debut from M-run with the help of DJ Inada. Track feels already like a heavy spaceship floating through space, some bouncing effects arrive, tiny star-like sparkles in the background. A BIG bouncing bassline arrives and the spaceship just turned on it's engines. Tasty acid bounces and - what is this; pleadian-esque synths? It can't be! I am in love with these sounds! Some inwards synths, a completely spaced out melody arrives at 2:50ish. Metallic Pleiadian birds floating around and 3:17 HOLY SHIT BLASTOFF! This absolutely insane magnifico power so twisted and psychedelic. 3:47 some calmness and off again at 4:00 with even more power. Warp speed please! This is no ordinary spaceship this is a mothership that carries state of the art machinery. It calms a little to show there's so many simply cool layers and texturing on this track! Track picks off a little again and 5:11 again just simple rowling power with fan-tastic effects! 5:27 calmness, a great sample "mystical, spiritual... do I sound mystical or spiritual to you?" Bassline is back and we are on the road once again. Some tiny melodies again growing like unknown alien species. I find myself completely engulfed in the atmosphere. 7:32 Pumping power lift off once again. Just utter rollercoaster. Some more calmness to establish mood arrives as it was planned. We are arriving at our destination and 8:58 is just showing how sinister and alien the location is going to be. Some more madness ensues. Track slows down and leaves the listener wondering what would happen next. I really enjoy the fact this track takes constantly breaks, it bring a nice contrast to the production. Lapsus - Holocron "You will take us to the holocron!" Best sample ever? Maybe! It's fucking close if it's not though! It is SICKLY GOOD. The way it brings out such angry power coupled with the soundscape and editing. It makes my stomach turn just thinking how GOOD it is. This is lapsus, better known for his unique take on immensely aggressive goatrance. Baby of Filteria and Pleiadians if you could say that, at least the style reminds of such. The sound is absolutely unique though and this track is a complete and utter ride through dark sonic voyage of a futuristic location that houses a strong religion that is dedicated to gods of destruction. It's just simply sweeping through everything in its path with the rattling synths. A massive whirlwind, tornado, never stopping. The melodies are amazing and the bassline is so pumping and dark and the final melody at 6:50 is a complete head twister. This will rip through dancefloors no doubt. M-Run - Goat Man Here we have M-Run once again showing his talent. Bizarre alien sweeping, atmospheric futuristic halls. The doors are transparent and show captives but these aren't humans.. they're ALIENS! Sickly good bassline arrives at 1:10. We are walking through the halls of Area51 ala 2150. SuperB synths arrive. 2:00 sweeping acid leads. Twisted knobs turning 2:35 you just can't stop moving soon you will find something to run for... sample... 3:05 twisted mad psychedelia rip your head apart this synth work beats so many classics, fuck me it's so GOOD. This track makes me smile so much it's just so fucking good! The atmosphere is so perfect, the power is palpable - absolutely pure. The samples are so magnificent. This track actually brought tears to my eye. It's so fucking good. This is just so goddamn good. I love it from the bottom of my heart. I CANNOT stress this enough. PERFECTION. AND IT LAST ELEVEN FREAKING MINUTES!!! AND THEN THERE'S 7:18 THAT TRANSCENDS EVERY SPIRIT ON EARTH TO THE GARDEN OF EDEN WHERE EVERYONE GETS EVERYTHING THEY EVER WANTED AND THE WORLD BECOMES WHOLE. This is actually me being in ecstasy. How many tracks have done this to me? None. Ok, a couple have done things extreeeeeeemely similar(que Sky Technology - Reactor Of Life, Merr0w - Citrus Circus, Pleiadins - Maia.) but this just takes it one step further. M-Run have my babies. GoaMech - Synthesized Not Yet First things first. This name is badass. Goamech, it sounds like an epic destructive anime mech in the spirit of Gundams. Though that is to give more of the general idea, as I doubt many of you ever heard of Vanquish. Just dub this track on and you know what I mean by GoaMech sounding badass. Track starts with epic futuristic atmosphere with some nodding towards old school type of sound especially with those claps. Huge twisted maddening atmosphere and groovy melodies continue with twirling acid and other tiny layers that just add up to a big whole. At 8.45 comes a break where from at 8:55 we get such a twisted sinister melody that is just hampering all the good willed. The futurism and badassery is so apparent. This is pure psychedelia in goatrance clothes. E-Mantra - Perihelion Suddenly, gripping dense gloomy atmosphere fills every inch of the space. Star-like tiny details start floating and sweeping around. Bassline thumps a journey moving at a steady pace till 3:25 where a melody appears that intensifies the dark void of space. It is so deep that I would actually say it brings a layer of spirituality. 5:20 another melody much more sinister this time arrives. The track then continues the ride towards the end where a more hopeful melody sinks in for a small period and then echoiy empty sounds take us till the very end. Nothing overly major happens through this ride but what a ride it is. This track is all about pure atmosphere, groove and those it has, loads and loads. New Born - We Are Nothing But Dust Old school styled acid bassline with groovy tweaking is greeted. Growling metallic synths amidst the soundscape and the hihats arrive. Really cool echoing melodies continue and then comes a growing melody that is constantly upping the ante little by little. Break comes, twirly acid melodies everywhere. Then a soothing but trippy melody arrives and takes off at 3:55 where it shows a little bit of upliftingness. Additional joyous playful melody arrives at 4:35 which continues till the very end - leaving the compilation with more of a happy accomplished feeling rather than something sinister and dark. In my opinion this is a revolution when it comes to Goatrance. This experience I had was amazing and unique. In the bright sunshine filled scene, this acid drenched infested trip is like from another planet and, hopefully, changes things. Thank you to all of the artists who contributed and thanks to Cronomi for getting this released. And please, people, check it. I cannot stress this enough. Do it. Some label thoughts on this compilation. Where to get it and samples? http://beatspace.com/dettagli/dettaglio.aspx?id=6137 http://www.psyshop.com/shop/CDs/crm/crm1cd004.html http://www.goastore.ch/product_info.php?products_id=4324 http://www.saikosounds.com/english/display_release.asp?id=8713 Also you can private message DJ Inada aka HappyHorse if you want to order directly from the label and please do so as it 100% supports the label! http://www.psynews.org/forums/index.php?/user/4387-happyhorse/ Discogs Details http://www.discogs.com/Various-Erta-Al%C3%A9/release/2776370

This is mostly (90% of the time) true for me as well but this album did it the other way around to my surprise.

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I'm on the third track and it feels like these artist have gone to 1997 and actually gotten some useful information and implemented them wow.

I can't say or suggest much regarding this but I also think psybient is a big part of psychedelic trance. Now if only there was more goambient.

Radical Distortion – Psychedelic Dreams SUNTRIP RECORDS 2009 01. Psychedelic Dreams 7:16 02. Spacecraft 8:41 03. Amorphia 6:27 04. The Dreamer (Orient Mix) 7:37 05. Transparant Joint 7:14 06. The Other World 5:59 07. Communication (Rmx) 8:06 08. A New Home 6:16 09. Star Dance 6:52 10. Dying Earth 8:09 This is the first 100% goatrance album of Radical Distortion, a duo from Greece, an act that has been there almost from the very start of the neogoa movement. Their sound is heavily influenced from acts like MFG and Transwave as both acts have had this rattling sound to them, maybe transwave less as the style leans towards MFG's power and israeli theme, but just check out Transwave's track "MDMA" and you'll see what I mean. Radical Distortion have appeared on a lot of neogoa compilations, some noteworthy tracks are Journey Into Your Mind on VA - The Sitting Goddess, The Dreamer on VA - Opus Iridium and Communication! on VA - Apsara. They also have had a debut album released previously called Regenesis albeit that tended to be more full-onish rather than straight up goatrance, though it had a very good goatrance song called "Regenesis". They also had double album with Mendark, called Purple Energy, where they had 5 tracks from which 2 stood out quite a bit, "equilibrium" and "Inspiration." Looking at all of this history they have done a lot of hard work, considering they manage to keep the quality of their songs quite high overall which is no small feat. It was only a matter of time when they would be releasing a full album of goatrance and it finally happened in 2009 on Suntrip Records. I decided not to bother writing a full review as the tracks are, to a degree, a bit samey. I'd be repeating a lot, I hate doing that and most of this album can be summed up nicely because of this, but that's not to say it bears the negative of being too repetitious. Psychedelic Dreams At first I found this album, as a whole, weak because of the repetitious sound, I was skipping here and there not really feeling like listening the whole thing. Time passed and a few months back I started to re-listen these tracks and I found that hidden golden egg. The fact is, this style is fun and rich. There's a ton of rattling, which I love, buckets of acid, lots of great leads, solid to great groovy MFG styleish melodies mostly, okay samples, pumping fun goa basslines. Everything is superbly textured and the tones are just great! This isn't deep music, it doesn't tell a story nor does it try to tell much of a story, it establishes some sort of atmospheres but never goes to deep within them, but neither did MFG with the first two albums, if I was to compare. It is more trippy and danceable generally which makes it simply fun, a great listen. Time that passes is not boring with these tracks. The last three tracks are a little bit deeper than the rest as they seem more atmospheric and much less intense, especially the last track that is more of a downtempo style. Speaking of which, I found the last track to be quite amazing as the texturing Radical Distortion does is so rich that this slower ride let's us see all of it in more detail and lets is sink in a bit more. Overall the tracks on this album, even though carry a same style, are very different from each others, I don't find repetitious a problem at all on this album and that's not too often when tracks tend to sound too similar. If I had to complain, I'd say only Transparent Joint and the Communication remix are not as exciting or on-par with the rest quality and interesting-wise and the fact is, I don't think many can listen this from one end to the other as it is quite intense from start to finish. Simply put, this album is fun, trippy and psychedelic from beginning to the end. The production is fantastic and the texturing rich. Fantastic release from a hard working duo and one of neogoas best old school flavoured releases, definitely. Very happy with how this thing ended up sounding after the initial disappointment. Where to get it? http://www.psyshop.com/shop/CDs/sut/sut1cd016.html http://www.saikosounds.com/english/display_release.asp?id=8168 http://www.suntriprecords.com/shop/ http://www.goastore.ch/product_info.php?products_id=3415&osCsid=da8af7a579d9607f42c63f78d5180c34 http://www.beatspace.com/dettagli/dettaglio.asp?id=5243 http://www.neptunwave.de/product_info.php?cPath=62&products_id=920 http://www.play.com/Music/CD/-/8/33/-/11630683/Psychedelic-Dreams/Product.html?searchtype=genre http://www.powerplaydirect.co.uk/asp/itemdetails.asp?prodID=1965538&currsec=mu Bonus: An amazing unreleased track that was posted on Radical Distortions website for a short period of time.

Another one for the bad covers list. No taste at all.

I think one of you could write a review since it starting to look like opinions of it are rising as it's been released.

Yay

!? Is this happening?

Check it! It's a lil goay-junoreactory

I don't doubt that but there's a couple of others I need so that's why I'm going to use saiko. I was going to use beatspace but the VAT is a no-go. Damn tax.

Why is it not appearing on saiko? They say it arrived on the 16th but it has only said out of stock since.

I'm always waiting for new Filteria simply because it's Filteria, the artist that hooked me to goatrance. Same with Juno Reactor. Though I really wonder what the sound is gonna be like when a new one comes. I mean the changes with Gods And Monsters was starting to be quite radical. Also some others worth mentioning are Sky Technology, I mean if he can keep the quality up there with Reactor Of Life with a full album it's going to be huge. Amanians debut, though I have no idea if they are making one but after DNA I hope they are. Acid riddled dark goa is a little lacking. Agneton's 2nd for sure, too. Also it's a long long long way off but a 3rd Goasia.

E-Mantra - Praying Forest (neurosect Remix) Which tracks are you referring to?

killarghhhrhaggrghaghrghha But I do believe you missed the point of this thread since I don't think you made those songs they are playing, goacyborg.

Great track. Loving that bassline and absolutely spaced out atmosphere!

But stealing other cases only last oh so long. lol. I was kind of wondering if anyone actually ordered empty cases from somewhere though.

Anyone know any good protective plastic sleeves that go on top of jewel cases? Also has anyone here ordered clear jewel cases anywhere to replace broken ones?

A little sad Astral Plains isn't here as it is one of the nicest über-melodic stormers ever. Still, this is a great release!

I hope he will be able to produce same depth and atmosphere as he was able to do with Levitation Device. That would so nice.