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Goa Bill

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  1. They are not great musicians but atleast they got a sense of humour.
  2. I never heard it and for some reason i don't even wanna try.
  3. The first Double Dragon was a classic and still is. One of the finest moments of 2000. Along with Headcleaner, Cryptic Crunch and The Great Unknown. The albums that put the final nails on the Goa coffin and paved a way for new sonic experimentations.
  4. There's no Tiesto here. And btw it's a free forum, you don't see me asking people to stop posting review of Dark Noise albums, that have nothing to do with Psy or Goa or Music generally. IMO
  5. Ok, those are really weird act/track names: http://www.discogs.com/artist/Electro+Anal+Kink Electro Anal Kink - Pray For Herpes http://www.discogs.com/release/640975 Extreme Hair Stench - Marianne Rosenburg David Gilden - Are You A Factory Worker Or Are Those Resin Stains Under Your Fingertips Infant Erection & Ninth Massacre - Taste Anal Honey Smell & Quim - Honey, I Buttfucked The Dog http://www.discogs.com/artist/Shit+Organ http://www.discogs.com/release/312690 Werewolf Jerusalem - God Has Shot Himself Awefull Records http://www.discogs.com/label/Awefull+Records Get A Job Records http://www.discogs.com/label/Get+A+Job+Records Discuss?
  6. Your choice. You can live in the past but a lot of ppl here like to be exposed to new directions you see? That's where reviews about different sides of electronic music become handy. And if this review passed on Isratrance there's no reason why it wouldn't fit in here. Or do you have a problem with it?
  7. Educating the people that stuck 10 years ago.
  8. Planning to make a killar purchase on psyshop when the new Sensient is released. It will include the first Antix, the last Ticon, Ott's Blumenkraft (bout the time) and def something else too.
  9. 1. All That Makes Us Human Continues (8:15) 2. Dynamic Symmetry (11:23) 3. The Internal Locus (10:27) 4. 1.618 (11:34) 5. See You On The Other Side (14:23) 6. The Antikythera Mechanism (10:06) 7. Good Morning Kaia (8:11) BT is the artist name of Brian Wayne Transeau, one of the most influential electronic musicians in the 90's. A man who almost single-handedly defined epic trance together with Sasha in the beginning of the 90's stood in the middle of 00's with a big dilemma. He had a choice to release another crowd pleasing pop candy album like his previous "Emotional Technology" album or to continue exploring the uncharted water and to experiment with his amazing technological and musical skills. Something that he started not long ago with highly acclaimed soundtrack for the movie "Monster". Lucky for us and probably for him too, he decided to experiment. This is BT's 5th studio album and once again after many years he starts something totally different and dare i say the G word, groundbreaking. What we have here is 7 tracks on the Audio CD and 7 tracks on the DVD that contain some of the most mindboggling sonic experiments that interlace with complex musical structures. Some of it may sound very weird for somebody who is used to the western 4/4 time signature, but i assure you that in the end it worths the effort. It wil be highly unjust and perhaps even boring to review the tracks one by one because the tracks themselves are built from little tracks and some tracks have the same theme but with different variation. This whole album is a journey, a journey by a classically trained musician that utilizes the modern technologies and plays with them with the joy of a little kid that got a new toy. Some parts are very minimal and might challenge your patience, some parts are too maximal and might force you to lower the volume. The CD was mixed on 5.1 setup and the original mix can be heard if you play the DVD version on a DTS compatible system. The DVD contains the videos for all the tracks and although they can be skipped some of them are really good and worth checking. The CD is mixed in Stereo and is compatible with the regular Audio systems. I can easily write thousands of words on that album but it won't matter a bit. My only problem with this release is the fact that the tracks are not mixed continously. But that's really negligible. Summary: Modern Classic that sets new technological and musical standards, but maybe a bit too weird for many. Grade: 9.8/10
  10. And the award for the "hypocrite of the year" goes to....
  11. 1. Astrix - Just in Time 2. Freq - The Moon & The Earth 3. Earsugar - Stay 4. Vibrasphere - Thermal Twist 5. X-Noize - Let Yourself Go (Ticon Remix) 6. Ace Ventura & Intelabeam - The Jhon 7. Emok VS NDSA - Harbour Candy 8. D-Nox & Beckers - Naked Punch 9. Wrecked Machines feat. V.O.R. - Subtle Flavour A somewhat different approach by the Israeli leading Full On label Hommega Productions is here on my CD player for a review. Some of the top names in the Progressive Trance scene on a Hommega compilation? When i first heard about it a few months ago i was rubbing my eyes as well, but it's real, and it's not bad at all. Compiled by the trustworthy Yoni Oshrat aka Ace Ventura/Schatsi who until very recent months was on the Hommega artists roster with his PsySex project, his long years collaboration with DJ Goblin. But his musical taste changed a lot since then and now he is signed to the Danish Iboga Records and releases more European Progressive oriented tunes. So what's on the CD behind the witty cover? Let's see. The first track by one of the well known Israeli producers, Astrix, is much calmer than what we are used to hear from him. I was kinda expecting something similar to his old classic "First" tune under the "Private Taste" guise with Lior Miller, Ido Ophir & Kobi Avraham, but to be honest i was a bit dissapointed although this track had a really nice and mellow atmosphere with Avi's superb production it doesn't really lift off. The melodies here sound just effortless and bland. Freq's The Moon & The Earth is destined to be a big hit in the dancefloors. It has a really epic hook and overall bigger than life vibe. A sure morning hit that will raise many hands and chillums in the air. Earsugar are the already very well known Swiss producer Nicola Capobianco aka Liquid Soul and his buddy Martin Knecht. It's another highly Goa influenced tune by Capo. The samples and the leads easily take me a decade back. Another sure hit here. Vibrasphere are one of my favorite Swedish acts. Together with Son Kite and Ticon they never seize to surprise me with their massive morning pounders that always have the distinct Vibrasphere blissful melodies. Thermal Twist is one of the highlights of the compilations mostly due to the ever-relevant 303 line that just hits all my sensitive spots. Ticon are next with the almost impossible task to be a worthy follow up to the marvellous Vibrasphere tune. Their remix to the Israeli Full-On duo X-Noize almost stands in the competition. It sounds like they had too many spins of Trentmoller's Remix of Coincidance by Mathias Schaffhauser. No doubt a wicked electro/psy crossover by the Swedish masters. All the right ingridients (Giorgio Moroder bassline and seriously filtered vocals) are here. Ace Ventura, the guy behind the compilation and his good friend Danny Keinan aka Intelabeam are next with The Jhon. It's their second collaboration, the first was on last years' Posse compilation on Domo Records. This tune is a typical Ace Ventura pounder with a fierce rhythm section. Very cool morning tune indeed. Emok of the Phony Orphants fame teams up here with the Ticon boys under their NDSA alias for the following tune. This one features vocals by Filip of Ticon and it really reminds me the wicked Tim Healy tunes that he released few years ago. Very nice Electro/House effort by these guys. I can see it fits very well in the more mainstream dancefloors. D-Nox and Beckers are here as well. The guys must be everywhere since their "Swithc" mega hit from last year. Their Electro-Trance fusion made them very popular worldwide and when you'll hear their Naked Punch tune you'll understand why. Definetely not their best effort yet and doesn't come close to Switch or You're a Star but very cool as well. A proper DJ tool here. To close the compilation we have a surprising offer from Wrecked Machines that i usually know by his too generic full-on tunes. Here he teams up with Marcello Vor and they present a very pleasant Electroish tune. Quite far from WM's usual brainless full on grinders. On any other compilation this would be amongst the highlights, but here it's easily outshined by the rest. Conclusion: If you love the Digital Structures/Iboga/Plusquam style, this one is a must. I am guessing that if Ace wouldn't gather them together for Hommega they could've been easily found on any of the aforementioned labels. Some really good tracks and very few averages. Highlights: 2!,3!!, 4!!, 5!, 7! Grade: 9/10
  12. Yea, how this track got on a spliff records compilation i got no idea...
  13. Yep, could be easily posted on Isratrance's new "Whiners" section. Fucking yea.
  14. I think he's also married to Raja Ram's daughter. Or am i wrong?
  15. I've been abstaining from getting much Psy Trance releases lately and i am really glad i did it. There were few albums that were too hyped here or isratrance and i've unfortunatelly checked are: Ka-Sol (probably the winner in the "non-sense psy trance" category this year) Protocutlure (the winner in the fastest decline from being a big promise to being the biggest cheese connoisseur) And there were lots of really bad albums that i've had the fortune of forgetting.
  16. Is this a review or the official promo text? If it's the latter i believe it could be done better without the typos.
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