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a-haha, cool info on the Subaru My middle name is Dove .. Or pigeon, as in Norwegian, 'Due' is the name for them both. So hello, my name is *Name* Due *Surname*

^Does it stink(?), get it, feet .'

^One of the few psytrance albums with Alex Grey art Classic stuff

So why do Pleiadians use the Subaru logo? Because of the stars I presum, and maybe some sentimental values to the car ?

Whats the matter bwhale, did you wake up with three dicks in your mouth this morning?

^so beautiful in art np.

Therefore you are not -

YES PLEASE!! * Hi frix, I really like your work, good choice of colours. But I would suggest you make the center diffrently, let it fade more. The CPC album is very beautiful, and as one can see it has an eye on it hidden in the background, and also it has many different variations in waves, not only like frix above made So here is my question to the ones owning the original album, how is it made, is it with that rough texture thing where you can change angel and a different pattern emerges, or what?

Ok, then I think you should listen to Psykovsky - Compos Mentis

Free the mushies so people will make more strange mosakk!! Yamabikay is Japanese, these days he (one former member) makes pretty decent techno house stuff. I used to think that Japanese artists would be freaky people making more experimental music allà Suomi/Oozie (hence my love towards Yamabikaya). But I was dissepointed as I didn't find many sounds that was like my fantasy about Japanese music. Later when I started to enjoy darker elements like the sounds from Russia, I discovered this album, and it's really good. So, I got nothing to add to this thread, just wanted to mention this.

Oh MAN, thats one of the most awesome album artworks I've seen, and from this day on I have to agree with Oopie on 'want to listen'.

Yes, I would recomend Infected Mushroom - Nothing Comes Easy, Small Moves and Intelligate. :posford:

Ooh man, yesterday I recieved a beautiful looking gift from Lost Theory Records! It really made me smile, because it felt like the real thing. Beautiful colours and the music inside sounds wicked!! I haven't really heard it yet but the cover art alone made me feel very positive. Tell me this is not beautiful, eh ps. Last track by Furious is stomping at 178 BPM lol *album includes names like Alien Mental, Zik, Scope, Makadam to mention some.. ..

So I was just curious for the fun of it. Why isn't my nick sprayed in Orange like Traveller, Lemmiwinks, Insejn etc. What does one have to do to get this ultimate pie honor? Have 20 000 posts? *insert something something*

^Thats fairly fair indeed nothing to fear. So, I'm very curious about bwhale liking my drone suggestion or not.

Can't drop an example, but when there is different versions of an album, the track lenghts might varie, so ..

I got to mention that this album was released in March, and the Chaos Opera album was released in May. But still ... .. I would also like to mention that although I've compared this and PoF's Chaos Opera album a lot in my review, it should be mentioned that the overall sound image is extremely similar (track 4 to 9). What separates them is the fact that the Chaos Opera album has more classical elements in it, different and maybe more emotional leads, a story feel and more of a full-packed and busy sound image. While this Skulls & Bones album has a more open space to its tracks with a steadier techno vibe going on in its Full-On realm. Also according to my knowledge, Skulls & Bones is a collection of single tracks that were supposed to be scattered on compilations here and there but went into one album to form Skulls & Bones instead.

So here we go, another album promising full power without a shower that’s supposed to be sleek and pretty damn naughty. The artwork done by Meskalart is Skulls & Bones in front of some kind of mechanical device of propulsion, sort of animalistic in rawness that I guess suits the music inside. Wilfried, the musical artist behind Phonic Request was born in France in the year 1977. As a teenager his love of Rock’n’Roll rapidly led him to play the guitar. He trained day and night and his hard work began to pay off as his skills grew. He then ventured out to play in an Acid-Jazz band which played with the other side of sound but music. In his own research of novelty, he put aside the guitar and started to tweak sounds on computers and came to the conclusion that he wanted to produce Electronic music instead of plinging the guitar. He has now been composing trance oriented tracks since the year 2004, so now in 2009 an experienced composer by the name Wilfried Decaesteker is more than ready to show us the extent of his talents in sonic alchemy by delivering his second album Skulls & Bones, which is released on the Portuguese based label Hypergate Records. Phonic Request, as his project has been named, constantly chases the hard pumping effects and wild side of the psychedelic dance floor. Phonic Request – Skulls & Bones (Hypergate Records) 2009 (HGRCD005) 1. Phonic Request - Organic Function (6:33) 2. Phonic Request - Broken Machine (7:17) 3. Phonic Request - Strange Ghost (6:46) 4. Phonic Request - Crach Bug (Remix) (7:10) 5. Phonic Request Feat. Principles Of Flight - Skulls & Bones (9:50) 6. Phonic Request - Stress (7:28) 7. Phonic Request Feat. Jaws Underground - Inside You (6:48) 8. Phonic Request - Mentally Disturbed (6:50) 9. Phonic Request Feat. Electrocult - What Do You Want (8:06) After playing his album a few times I have a feeling of stress and conferment. The first three tracks all have this ultra fast chainsaw effect thing that runs through the tracks producing these scratching annoyances. They all got a super sweet production on their good measure side and the sound effects sounds as crystal clear as one would expect out of a full powered Full-On dance floor album anno 2009. The best tracks in my opinion are the ones that seem to have more of a story to them, the ones that offer interesting ideas and evolution in sound. And this is where my conspiracy theories get their wonk on - the album title is Skulls & Bones after all, so why not conspire to conspire a little. So what I know is that Phonic Request cooperated with Principle of Flight on their debut album Night Time Lullabies, I know they’re probably very good friends that hang out in the studio smoking grass and tweaking noises together. Hell, I’m even sure they listen to each other’s raw materials for inputs and ideas! And of course, I know perfectly well that Principle of Flight joined forces with Phonic Request on this very album. Actually, they joined forces on two tracks, the fourth and fifth as Crash Bug (Remix) and the title track are tracks credited to them both. So here goes, either Wilfried aka Phonic Request is Principle of Flight, or he’s copying them, or maybe vice versa for all I know. I mean, every single track starting at number 4 and ending at number 9 bear strong resemblances to Principle of Flight’s latest album Chaos Opera, which makes it sound like a rip-off, with the exception of the seventh track that only has some miner indications of plagiarism. And this is sort of curious since the only indication of originality in Skulls & Bones then stand from their usage of fucked-up Chemical Crew E-Tard chainsaw scratches in the very first three tracks, which turns out, is not so original after all. So what’s good about the album then? Well the production is top notch, that’s for sure. And the mastering that’s been done by Johannes Regnier aka Silicon Sound is crystal clear down to the crome surface of a skeletal core. The effects used have some impressive turns and tweaks to bend your sanity, but it sort of feels like they have no purpose except to mess up your mind and sound stressfully cool on a packed dance floor. Ok, so maybe I got this all wrong, but nonetheless it’s my distinct impression about the album and I did hear the Chaos Opera album first and it’s better, much better. Speaking of Chaos Opera, the fifth track (together with Principle of Flight) sounds likes a piece that was supposed to be included on the Chaos Opera album but unfortunately didn’t make the cut. So Phonic Request decided to put it on his own album instead, and since it was the best input on the album he also decided to make the following tracks sound like its’ crunching landscape. All in all, this is an album with a fuck-you vibe that drives a full throttle, which in my personal opinion stresses more then it pleases a sinister grind. Favorite Tracks: 4, 5(!), 8, 9 Where to buy and other links: Phonic Homepage: http://www.phonicrequest.com Phonic MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/phonicrequest Discogs: http://www.discogs.com/artist/Phonic+Request Hypergate Records: http://www.hypergate-records.com Hypergate MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/hypergatelabel Discogs: http://www.discogs.com/label/Hypergate+Records MeskalART: http://www.myspace.com/meskalart Psyshop.com: http://www.psyshop.com/shop/CDs/hgr/hgr1cd005.html Saikosounds: http://www.saikosounds.com/english/display...ase.asp?id=7933 Beatspace: http://www.beatspace.com/dettagli/dettaglio.asp?id=4921 Play.com: http://www.play.com/Music/CD/4-/9493827/Sk...es/Product.html Juno.co.uk: http://www.juno.co.uk/ppps/products/353325-01.htm Wirikuta.at: http://www.wirikuta.at/web66/product_detai...owDetail=220747 More Reviews: http://www.myspace.com/psytonesmusic

I loved it, its very beautiful

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Get FastTracker II some old moduls and Midi's and your off making pre-2000 tracks.

^Because of your question I added a few lines to my review! Hi Longman, I defiantly love his first album Life is Nice the most. It doesn't matter if it was a million times less advanced with the same melody key throughout the album. It just managed to catch me more. The second one I never connected to. It bored me too much and to be honest, I never got to listen to it more than a few times. I think this third release is pretty good and has major improvements from the first and second, but what is loved from the first is sort of missing, so it can best be compared to his second album. So if the second album is in your love drawer (Tatsu loves it!!), this one will please you huge time. It's defiently better then Step InA Rasta Step. The good and very exiting news for people like us is this:

Kukan Dub Lagan – New Life New Vision (MikelaBella Records) 2009 (MBCD003) 01. Colazione Dalla Nonna (2:44) 02. La Vita (6:20) 03. Zingari Vibes (5:01) 04. Psychedelic Funk-O-Delic (5:08) 05. The Re-Turn of the Master (7:00) 06. Funk Me (5:34) 07. Volcano Session (6:22) 08. SunSet With MikelaBella (4:27) 09. Scratch (7:27) 10. New Life New Vision (7:15) 11. L´illusione del Capitano (4:55) 12. Special Hidden Track: SunRise With MikelaBella (5:55) Kukan Dub Lagan throughout his three full albums and compilation outputs has always made cartoonish PsyDub Reggae tunes from a childish and funny heart. His debut album Life is Nice really caught my attention and love because of this peculiar approach and I experienced his debut under a couple of mushroom trips that had an ability to create a very comfortable and colored scenario with green lime tones and fun beats to cheer up the strange mood. And since Life is Nice shined happiness is bliss and ignorance is a gift, I could not help to feel a certain sense of respect for his contribution to the PsyDub marked. I got to say that Life is Nice was like a fresh seed when it was released in 2004 by Candyflip Records. And that’s for sure a very special value on its own. Itay Berger is emotionally and technically evolving as his years pass by, making his sound become more mature and full of life. His debut Life is Nice was highly loved by many for its good and unique Reggae vibes as it had a touch that bled pure heart and warm sunshine with a Corona with lime in its hand. Its beautiful charm inside childish behavior was not only praised and adored by reviewers, but it was also the target of heavy critique. People felt it was too simple, easy and amateurish. It just wasn’t complicated enough for some listeners craving for mental meltdowns and blissful complexity. The years passed and finally Itay released his follow-up Step InA Rasta Step which showcased an improvement in production and sound. Itay has now returned with a new and heavenly improved Kukan sound that refuses to put aside the cartoonish citrus vision that makes Kukan Dub Lagan’s music sound as special as it does. Instead he has taken the sound he’s famous for and boosted it with a huge assembly of details, effects and acoustic instruments. To lay it down plain and simple, Itay’s acoustics has had a facelift worthy of a grown and responsible man with a good heart. Let me try to take you through the tracks: The intro (T1) starts out very mysteriously with cute frequencies where his beloved daughter adds greeting words through a telephone in echo to her mother. Very cute and charming with a pleasant and fun filled reggae walk to let us know what’s to be expected. La Vita (T2) shows some good drum work in all variations but has a slow walk that feels a tad too gloomy. The Zingari Vibes (T3) has a funny intro in Mexico! Hey hop let’s blop while the radio noise takes in the vibe, and you can for sure hear that Kukan’s production skills has been raised to the rooftop since his debut release. The bass and effects really smoothens the high. But the vibe feels tired, even though some joker bleeps and brass instruments try to lighten the mood. In the Psychedelic Funk-O-Delic track (T4), the skittering effects places a strange carpet on the floor and the sounds portray them self in different altitudes, which feels impressive in the precision. The Rastafarian is waking up a bit now to some morning guitars that shines on through the thick smoke floating beautifully inside the room as the Re-Turn of the Master (T5) introduces heavier strokes for different folks. Bass almost pulls you out the door to greet a wide open world of shimmering smiles. But for some reason it’s hard to get out the door because you’re moving so slowly. Got to pack it up and pick it up soon. An organ plays to Funk Me (T6), and effects bounce from side to side on the wall. Still moving slow, oh man I’m so stoned. Piano tingles away while the heavy trumpets puff the Funk. In Volcano Session (T7), Kukan Dub Lagan puts some hot weight on the bass, like it’s going into a D’n’B/BigBeat session or something, but it doesn’t go there, only hints. Some chimers and breathing effects are added while introducing some long awaited tempo to the dead stoned Rastafarian trying to step out of the house. Awakening now, high sun on the sky is down? Some fresh breezes from the window make the blood flow faster. Oh yeah, heavy dub, man, heavy. The walk-flow is steady and sturdy with confidence while disturbing yet gentle effects sharpen your senses. Flamenco guitars shines - bassline still sturdy and firm, very nice, this puts the mind at trance and entertains the smile with blow horns in shine. In SunSet With MikelaBella (T8), we get a return of the phone from the intro. So who are we calling this time, aliens from outer galactic paradises? ‘Waiting...Waiting....’ Smooth strings take place and we get some bamboo play. Again more guitars as the album seem packed with instruments hiding in the corners and flashing you with its presence - lots of instruments in this album. Bass dubs the realm and we’re back to the typical Kukan vibe, sort of strange and simple, yet nice and chilled. Since the track is a short one I can only assume by its feeling and time that it’s a paused track, sort of let’s roll another spliff, mon. In Scratch (T9) some space noise with soul enters and the bass farts in a safety mode and lifts the tempo which makes us feel fine! Enjoy the farts, they make you feel lighter inside. Some eerie effects that make the head dizzy scratches the mind. Eventually it gets some funk on but still sort of softly disturbs. Too bad the fart was the only good thing in this track… Comforted dub realms enterers the space with the baby girl trying to speak while drums grooves the groove in the title track, New Life New Vision (T10). This is more of the typical reggae dub mood with some dreamy pianos floating by its side - Very standard but also nice and comfortable. Static noise floats L’illusione del Capitano ashore (T11). Again some heavy dub slides. Sluggish is the mood and heavy is the weight. Some lightheaded weird strings play silently by its side to lime the lager but I’m still sitting with a feeling of lust, lust for something extra, a story or a higher evolution. I feel sad that my Rastafarian never reached his goal to go out the door, because it looks like that last roll made him crash on the couch. Special Hidden Track (T12) is a counter to the eight track, hence the name SunRise with MikelaBella. It’s properly a good morning track for Itay’s daughter and it puts a smile on a morning face, I can imagine. It’s not so hidden as it is more of a bonus track which contains a Mexican guitar in my Rastafarian morning dream sleeping on the sofa. There are some awkward feelings, strange sound and morning mood - Kukan mood. Then the step drops some plings and plongs to end the call from a new life, and a new vision. Recommendation: There are absolutely no doubt, Itay Berger has upgraded his skills in sound and production to a respected level. It’s actually quite impressive as there are so many nicely layered parts with computer noises to acoustic instruments wrapped in organic paper and smoked in a weird but nice fashion. For the doubters of Kukan's complexity in sound and production, he is now proving his worth in making something utterly professional and charming. For some his previous outputs became albums hard to connect to because of their personal feel and vibration which for some can remain a problem. As with Bluetech’s latest output The Divine Invasion, Kukan simply reflects his soul when making music. So if you don’t fancy his sound and don’t really care about his improvement in complexity and detail because the overall feel is not for you, then you’re excused and may leave the table - Because what comes from within is nicely portrayed in Itay’s musical art. That said, in New Life New Vision you can really feel and hear that his journey is settling in, what comes in the fourth and fifth round is hard to predict, but it can only become finer. As all outputs by Kukan, this album seems very personal and a sort of a special tribute to his family, especially his daughter who has properly joined in to help her father make sounds and dances. Itay with his Kukan Dub Lagan project manages to make Electronic Reggae PsyDub in his own fashion and you will recognize the Kukan vibe from far away and he succeeds in doing so with a certain sense of style and pride. This is undoubtedly oldskoolish in smell yet totally new in context and look. He makes his Reggae dub unique and very different from his peers inside the Electronic scene. It’s a million times more complicated than his debut and a notable upgrade from his second album. Something worth mentioning is the mastering which is respectfully done by Jeff Lipton who also did a superb job on the ‘Easy Star All-Stars – Radiodread’ album (The group who made a dub version of Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd, or Dub Side of the Moon as they named it). When it comes to my own personal complaints, I feel that the overall feel of the album is of lack of that sunny and dreamy sound which I initially fell in love with. It tends to walk to slow with a tad gloomy feel and doesn’t really excite my pants as much as I wanted it too. It sort of feels to tired, which properly reflects the exhausting but joyful job of being a proud new parent. Also the overall variation is something I feel his albums from Life is Nice to this one has always been lacking. It comes off as sounding maybe a bit boring and similer as it progresses to it's end. But of course, an album like this can only grow on you with it's massive charm. When speaking of the albums progression and story, I think he should have built the album differently. Maybe started it with stoned tired vibes and let it evolve into something more awake and energetic. Like setting the mood to another stage and freeing the soul instead of slow walking it back into sleep. I’m not a good criticizer, so I don’t want to tell the man how to do his job. But for me this and his last output didn’t catch me on the personal plane so much. But you know the old saying, taste is like the ass, it’s separated in two and in most cases it stinks (hehe). Kukan Dub Lagan has like mentioned many times before improved his sound and quality. Each release raising the bar from the last one, an evolution we all can respect and enjoy. As for his creativity I got to admit that his third release seems to have combined all of Itay’s experiences and wisdom to create a sound that sounds nothing like someone else, and for that I tip my beanie in awe and respect. I think that Itay with his own evolution of life is trying to progress each step further and further without losing what makes him, him. Kukan’s unique psychedelic dub sound gives a lot of pleasure and amusement to the ones who are willing to join his journey in sonic visions. In my personal taste so far, I love his first album because of nostalgic memories and it's power to be something very new and different, I didn't really like his second album although it had it's moments, and I find this third to be much bettter then the second but still in lack of something to make me love it. Let me finish off my long and maybe defused review by telling you a secret. –Itay is now working on a remix album to Kukan Dub Lagan's debut, Life Is Nice. Let’s see what will come out of that!! Have fun because life is nice and enjoy your visions - Rasta Steppa .:: Key Words: Electronic Reggae PsyDub Favorite Tracks: 1(!), 4, 7 Where to buy and other links: Itay's homepage: http://www.kukantaiko.com KukanSpace: http://www.myspace.com/kukandublagan Discogs: http://www.discogs.com/artist/Kukan+Dub+Lagan MikelaBella: http://www.discogs.com/label/MikelaBella+Records Psyshop.com: http://www.psyshop.com/shop/CDs/mlb/mlb1cd003.html Beatport: https://www.beatport.com/en-US/html/content...mp;a486-index=2 Play.com: http://www.play.com/Search.aspx?searchtype....x=0&go.y=0 Juno.co.uk: http://www.juno.co.uk/ppps/products/357283-01.htm More Reviews: http://www.myspace.com/psytonesmusic

The question remains, will reger'o'san be joining the fest?