Penzoline

Never heard of him before. Will check out that EP.

It's just taste then. I have listened this multiple times already and taken it in for what it also simply is. I've previously heard Visions Of The Past multiple times and it did the same things this album also mostly does. It got tiresome, I heard it already. The 4 tracks I mentioned are excellent though. But sure, it adds to the disappointment the knowledge that E-Mantra can do a darker style that fits his sound signature more imho and didn't still do it. Luckily there is something different in the works, but that's still probably a way off for 2012. As for the sunshine comment, it doesn't make anything instantly bad that it's sunshine, it just has tendency way to make stuff sound boring and formulaic. And by no means is this album the typical fluff, but it's much less aggressive than what he can make in comparison to other works made by him. As for the darker stuff in general, it sounds refreshing and thinks outside the box much more. I'm just finding the light-hearted emo-tinted stuff more and more boring these days. I've heard too much of it from new school, it just isn't exciting as it's been done. It's time for something else; it doesn't even have to be dark to be exciting.

I might be in the minority here, I don't know, but to put it short; this album was disappointing, to me. It's not bad music by any means and it's mostly on the same level as all else of E-Mantra production-wise, even surpassing the older material most often, but I found myself looking for something more as a whole, disregarding those small things that improved. My expectations were elsewhere. In Arcana, the melodies(which I went on to call soundflows because there never was a melody that carried a track) went much deeper, we're generally more aggressive, dark and laid off on the joyous 'emotion' aside from the last 3 tracks, which from the last two still had deeper story to them. The whole sound felt new, fresh and felt like it was aiming to achieve out-there-like atmospheres and soundscapes. The sound was so rich, it did manage to make me feel those things. And the way he played around with sounds was something else. On Pathfinder the whole tone is much more emotion-sided, more uplifting and floating. I'm finding the mellow-emotional E-Mantra generally quite stoic and a tad shallow. There can be qualities to counter that and a perfect example is Distant Signals. It's groovy throughout while a track like Metamorphic Resonance just is. The other notable tracks for me were Afterglow, superB melodies and a climax; Valley of the kings for the nice nitzho-touch; and Approaching Nibiru remix for the softly-groovy dark atmosphere. I could go further on them but I'm trying to keep this one shorter, just going to say that those tracks do hit the sweet spots. Really well done tracks. Good stuff! But on the downside, all else I found rather disappointing whilst having a few cool moments. The ambient pieces are very nice but why not just make another ambient album? Just didn't really want those here, personally. Now don't take this as pure appraisal towards Arcana as it might seem, I did have my gripes with it, namely the repetition, that doesn't as much of an issue here, the tracks differ from each others quite a bit, but I didn't look for another style to fix the problems. I was, personally, looking for Arcana 2.0 that fixes a lot of things and tries to push the sound even further of what had been heard. Ragnarok from VA - Spiritual Rising felt like a step towards that and Perihelion on Erta Alé just blew me the fuck away. It was super groovy, spiritual and immensely deep. After those tracks I had no doubts, but then the samples hit me and I was in a small shock. Then again, it is Suntrip and what they release is what they want to release and E-Mantra makes what he wants to make. Respect to them for what they want to do, but I just see potential for something greater in this sound signature. I actually wonder how we went from Voyager II to this. Pathfinder has it's good moments and it has moments that left me craving for something else. Maybe it's a slow grower, maybe not. We'll see. Sigh, I was going to say just a couple of words but I've written too many reviews for that to happen, apparently.

Holy cow those samples drench acid farts! Sounds pretty good actually. Fixed the title typo.

And boy those finals. Who would have thought those two would end up there and leenock actually pulling through. Most awesome MLG since providence a year ago.

I didn't know that. Gonna check them out!

Can anyone ask him for the footy?

Yeah, I'm just saying it's a little sad. This stuff is very good.

Hey I didn't do that, I think last thing I copied was a music file so maybe thats why New one for new post: Product: Ultra Fractal 4 Animation Edition;

Certainly the best release by UAF yet. I also think this could be CD worthy. 7/10 are great at least, Crossing Mind, Ezcape, Celestial Intelligence, Lunar Dawn, Ephedra, Nolax, Toi Doi from which Ezcape is like a track straight from 96 Destination Goa compilation and Toï Doï is just sick with the monk chant. Mastering is still not up to par imo. Pretty Quiet and undynamic aside from tracks that seem to have better dynamics from production(Speculating only). I realize with free releases it's hard to get proper mastering but still something I want to mention everytime I hear it because great music deserves the best there is.

Name of the game is to post the thing you have in your "copy" right now via copy paste or ctrl+v. Just do it. Though posting passwords or personal information is not probably a smart idea. mine: Apparenlty I had nothing in my ctrl+v? Odd.

Checking it out! Two tracks in so far but damn this is already looking like much of an improvement over the last one. Ezcape is pure old school production!

Thank god, my eyes were bleeding. It's still no blue darkness but an improvement nonetheless.

You are crazy. Also we have a thread for this already http://www.psynews.org/forums/index.php?/topic/61638-desktop-picture-thread/ Merging in a bit.

Foobar2000 aka the one and only software for playing music files. It only does everything. But let's get back on topic.

Nice track. Bassline is great!

Just crossfade it, problem solved.

Revisiting some Filipe's work lately and this is definitely a release that has been carved into my mind. I used to listen to this a lot while while doing whatever. Great, fun sounds, melodies and atmospheres. The negatives are still regarding repetition, though I've found myself more accepteful toward it. For others it may be worse, though. Half of this album is a good amount to digest at a time, because of it and also because it's uptempo from beginning to end with the exception of two interludes and an outro. 2008 wasn't too too long ago, but so far, it has aged quite nicely. Very unique sound. The track Pandemonium!, which was also on Human Hyperactivation, is still a complete blast to listen to by the way. Classic track imo. Also lol at my old post. I'll let it be just for the sake of it.

Goddammit, dimensional, I will never get this release because of the cover.. http://www.arabesquedistribution.com/index.php?option=com_artistavenue&task=singleCd&id=2754&Itemid=99999999

I feel bad about not noticing this thread! This album is the classic unofficial Untold Stories 2004-2007 Live version with half different tracks, a fact that alone makes this special. The unofficial release is certainly superior aside from the hideous mastering, just with Astral Planes remix alone, but the tracks on this live version are still some of filipe's best work which I feel like makes it an essential in any physical collection with post 2000 goa.

I don't think there's any story-telling depth either, but I highly doubt it was the aim. It sounds raw, dancy and fun, which is where I make the connection to the 2006/2007 sounds. The "cheese" on this album hits the right notes to my ears which I'm super glad about. DNA Blocking Agents is the only track that does it wrong. In relation to what's mostly being released currently, this is a new and an exciting twist. This album just does whatever the hell it pleases and really enjoy how it goes about it.

Ah some insight. It truly is a travesty how those problems affect free releases since there is also great music available for free.

??? I think we have a misunderstanding here. I said the volume levels are louder for a chance, which is good, unlike other free releases where the volume is a lot lower compared to most other releases for some reason.

I know youtube can lower quality of sound but I'm not so sure on volume levels? Anyhoo, good to know.

Metapsychical? 2007? Goa Syndrome? I don't want to sound like a hyperbole but hell, some of those melodies and rawness is back. This is why I never got bored of Human Hyperactivation and Mindsphere. That 2007 sound is present here. Only one track I really dislike from my 2.5 plays of the album. Mastering compared to Spiritual Rising is much better, then again, the Zed Reactor on that album also sounded better than the rest - I guess if this is mastered by Zed himself, he only has ear for his own production. It doesn't work for others.