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The Electric Oceans one was great Not Cohen, I would guess a Japanese guy with a dictionary but no English ability Skazi

Snails pace indeed 1993 V/A - Project II Trance (Dragonfly Records) 1994 Global Communication - 76 14 (Dedicated) 1995 The Infinity Project - Mystical Experiences (Blue Room) 1996 Mystery Of The Yeti - The Mystery Of The Yeti (TIP) 1997 KoxBox - Dragon Tales (Blue Room) 1998 Celtic Cross - Hicksville (LSD) 1999 Blue Planet Corporation - Blue Planet (Flying Rhino) 2000 Dub Trees - Nature Never Did Betray The Heart That Loved Her (LSD) 2001 V/A - Twelve (TIP.World) 2002 Ishq - Orchid (Dakini) 2003 V/A - Butterfly Dawn (LSD) 2004 Abakus - That Much Closer To The Sun (LSD) 2005 Solar Fields - Leaving Home / Extended (Ultimae) 2006 Jikkenteki - The Long Walk Home (Par-2) 2007 Sienis - From A Nutter Perspective (Gi'iwa) 2008 (so far) Jikkenteki - Flights Of Infinity (Par-2)

Best Trips for me were always long ones (ambient albums) MOTY 1 & 2 TIP - Mystical Experiences Solar Fields - Extended Secede - Tryshasla Ishq - Orchid Shpongle - Are You Shpongled? are among the albums that have sent me deeper into the mysteries of my own mind

I am so glad I got this, it's so good! Gi'iwa is definitely on my watch list. Their output is not so high so I'm sure they will keep the quality up Highly recommended along with the Sattel Battle album

Shame this thread died, it could be like a mini review thread np This album is like ambient Jazz. At times it can be grating and annoying but in the right mood it's like background music in some seedy alien club with 4D sofas and multidimensional decadence :drama:

Still no news on this? I'm really anticipated this eagerly

Chris Thompson - The Three Elements A Jazz club in N dimensional space (where N does not equal 3)

Just ordered this Should be winging it's way to me know :posford:

Kettel - Kroost Kids

foaming at the mouth for this one

go on then

It's better than Whisper Me Wishes but I'm not sure how it'll compare to the fantastic My Dogan until a long while after

Exactly, I thought Stryder was meant to sound like the guy in the lord of the rings with the same name. Said (St - rider) but your Japanese Katakana says Su-to-ri-daa (to as in Top & ri as in read) how do you pronounce the name?

Most artist names are shit. Shpongle The Orb The Beatles :wank: Carbon Based Lifeforms yet somehow they work

The scene is so small that any venture is a risk, especially with CD sales as low as they are (so I've heard) 1000 would be quite a big deal if it was quick right? Even for quality music

Professor Trance - Medicine Trance

My favourite psychedelic chill albums of all time The Infinity Project - Mystical Experiences (Blue Room 1995) My first psychedelic chill love, very spacey & soooo trippy. Mystery Of The Yeti - The Mystery of the Yeti (TIP 1996) A very spiritual journey through spacey inner minds Enigma - Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi! (Charisma 1996) Enigma's best, very trippy in a really earthy way Shpongle - Are You Shpongled? (Twisted 1998) Seminal psychill album & rightly so. Very....err twisted The Mystery of the Yeti 2 (Tip.World 1999) A great continuation of the journey Matt Coldrick - Music For A Busy Head (Absolute Ambient.com 2001) So warm & inviting ambient Ishq - Orchid (Dakini 2002) Natural ambient at it's best, great 2CD from Dakini Jairamji - Kindred Spirits (Dakini 2003) Lush ethnic album Carbon Based Lifeforms - Hydroponic Garden (Ultimae 2003) Spacey urban ambient Butterfly Dawn (Liquid Sound Design 2003) Such a beautiful warm compilation of psydub Abakus - That Much Closer to the Sun (LSD 2004) The best summer album ever Solar Fields - Leaving Home (Ultimae 2005) An almost perfect album including Air Song, the best electronic track ever. Solar Fields - Extended (Ultimae 2005) A more ambient journey including Air Song (8am Version) every bit as good as the original Secede - Tryshasla (Sending Orbs 2005) Amazing journey into the after life Matt Coldrick & Matt Hillier - Elemental Journey (Absolute Ambient.com 2005) An ambient album mixing all the elements of nature with electronica Tripswitch - Circuit Breaker (Liquid Sound Design 2005) An album I just listened to again & again & again without getting bored Carbon Based Lifeforms - World of Sleepers (Ultimae 2006) Spacey & earthy at the same time Rena Jones - Driftwood (Native State Records 2006) A great album perfect at sunset on a summer's day Jikkenteki - The Long Walk Home (Par-2 Productions 2006) CD1 is the best pure psychill I've heard Cymphonic - Strataradialis (Databloem 2007) Very nice darkish ambient Spielerei & Mantacoup - Cold War (Silentes 2007) Like nuclear winter in music Colourform - Visions of Surya (Virtual Musical Reality 2008) Such bright colourful alien ambient Distant System - Spiral Empire (Celestial Dragon 2008) Amazing spacey trance on ketamine

I Awake The Core Ultimae Records May 2008 Tracklist 1. Complete Garden (Eternal Forest Edit) (5:13) 2. Constellation Of The Heart (Native Edit) (4:14) 3. Neveritized (5:13) 4. New Time Nomads (Bass Edit) (5:40) 5. Reclaim (4:47) 6. Leaving The Known (6:17) Featuring - Planet Boelex 7. Unleashed (5:17) 8. Rebreath (4:21) 9. Journey (4:52) 10. Inferno (4:41) Featuring - Krister Linder 11. Reflecting Impulses (5:29) 12. One (5:22) 13. Untitled (Bonus Track) (6:18) The debut album (on CD) by Swedish Downbeat producer Thomas Huttenlocher was not exactly on my list of eagerly anticipated albums as I had never really heard much from I Awake. The digital only EP released in 2007 passed me by as I knew I would never be able to give it the time & attention it deserved but as the Ultimae whore that I am, I bought it straight away knowing that a disappointing Ultimae album would still be pretty damn good. I was more impressed with this than I thought I’d be when I truly focused on it. The level of production is sublime & there are many subtle, intricate sounds that keep the mind occupied when listening to it. After many listens it would not rate among my favourite Ultimae releases however it is a fine addition to the catalogue. The style is quite different from most of what I’ve heard before, it’s more glitchy in places, warmer in places than most other Ultimae releases but it still has that Ultimae stamp of spacey goodness. 1. Complete Garden (Eternal Forest Edit) This is a nice start to the album, as the title suggests it has a very natural feel to it. Sounds of the forest, birds calling, frogs croaking & rain falling are all over a deep bass drone. The slow introduction of a beat sounds almost ritualistic & I get a shaman of the forest kind of vibe to it. 2. Constellation of the Hearth (Native Edit) More movement in the next track beginning with what to my ear sounds like Native American pipe & very well used it is too. The effect gives me a feeling of flying over beautiful green nature & the soft beats seem to push my higher & further. Lots of psychedelic sounds whoosh by as I fly, it’s a really nice track. 3. Neveritized A lush female vocal chants out in a language I can’t make out, twisted male vocals seem to oscillate out of the air at points. These too I can make out what they are saying & this gives a much more ethereal feel than if I could. The noises in the background are verging on eerie & they create a mysterious atmosphere that the evolution of the beats into a slow break beat sound pushes into a feeling of heavenly promise. 4. New Time Nomads (Bass Edit) What sounds like the same voice sings out again but with a varying degree of tone & punch going from a soft wail to a shrill jab of a shriek. The shriek wins out in the end before the bass covers everything & the focus is shifted more onto the guitar like sounds & glitchy weirdness so that when the voice comes back in it feels less shrill but just as punchy. The track breaks down & is very minimal for a few minutes before coming back in with a steady yet glitchy beat in the final third. Lacks some of the feeling of the opening 3 tracks but would be great in an atmospheric/glitch set. 5. Reclaim We pick up the pace a little with a steady 4-4 beat that gets my head bouncing a little bit. The sub beats are delicately placed and done so very well so that they ripple up & down at times like water in the park in another dimension. The sounds surrounding the guitar are very trippy & other worldly whereas the guitar sounds themselves add a very earthy feel to the music. It’s a nice mix of sounds creating a nice bouncy track. 6. Leaving the Known (Ft. Planet Boelex) Another beat orientated track with much heavier beats that seem to crack through the music’s edges & pierce the listener. The music behind the beats (as they are very much the forefront of the track) is very spacey & without the beats would be a very nice piece of space ambient. As it is though it sounds even better for when the beats leave & a ghostly voice enters, I am left anticipating the beats return & the slow teases only increase my anticipation. When they do kick back in then it sounds very natural and welcome. Very good track. 7. Unleashed The beat returns to a more chilled level at the start of this track and a sunny guitar plays an audible melody that sounds like daybreak. A very light mood sounding like it belongs on a Kuba album. No hint of melancholy or darkness, this is all light and seems quite a contrast, which I like. It’s music for summers at the beach. Lots of light little sounds click & pop in the background. The beats become a little more upbeat & the energy created is very nice. 8. Rebreath After that sunny interlude the storm clouds seem to have gathered overhead with this darker offering. The intro is long and when the beat does come in it is accompanied by whispers, bells tolling in the distance & dark rushes of wind. Another great contrast. 9. Journey Like a combination of the last two tracks, Journey is a bubbly track with elements of light & dark in it. I especially like the beats that seem to trip along in a way that drags my mind into the music, be massaged by the light trippy melody & then be sliced open as the slow irregular yet heavy beat kicks in. Rushing sounds & dabs of colour all over the canvas of sound make way for an almost vocal, one that is hard to discern if it’s a voice or an instrument. A bit short to be called a journey, it would have been nice to see this track evolve a bit further. 10. Inferno (Ft. Krister Lidner) This track puts me in mind of Enigma, similar in style to his 3rd album without quite managing to accomplish the atmosphere as well. Still, the vocal seems to be crying out from some forgotten world, filled with a light pain & sadness. The beats are intricate and the whole atmosphere seems ethnic without going into any cliché. A very enjoyable track. 11. Reflecting Impulses I’m put in mind of a pond or a lake with this softer track. The glitchy sounds appear in my mind as dragonflies flitting over the surface of the water, the light clicks being the ripples in the water as the dragonflies make contact. The dark synth sounds feel like an encroaching cloud of grey & black ready to rain down on the scene & scatter everything. 12. One One sounds like the end of a summer day’s toil. Imagine standing on the edge of a pier back to the beach looking out over the ocean at sunset. The day’s work is done & the evening beckons yet is still light enough to fill you with a feeling of summer & warmth. It’s like the 2nd part to Unleashed as it stands in contrast to the feeling of the other tracks but still manages to fit in snugly to the album. Very nice music indeed & I’d like to hear it at the end of a summer chill set. The 6 minutes of silence I find totally unnecessary & just a bother to fast forward through. 13. Untitled The hidden (if you can really call it hidden track) is very nice. Funky beats & a melody that seems to fall gracefully around my ears. The beats become more glitchy but never annoyingly so, staying at a level becoming a chill out album. The atmosphere is one of funky solitude and it’s another track that gets me nodding my head in appreciation. A great way to end of the album but I am left wondering again why the need to make it a “hidden” track, why not just include it on the track list & take out the 6 minutes of silence? As with most Ultimae releases this did not exactly blow me away on the first listen. In fact every time I listened to it while doing something else like reading or using the internet I struggled to appreciate it. When I spent time to focus on it though I noticed all its intricacies & many of the tracks took me away into the outer limits & some took me into me inner reaches. The contrast in styles between the tracks makes it a very enjoyable listen but it does not flow into a journey like many other Ultimae albums. That’s not a criticism as this album serves a different purpose & pleases a different mood to say, Solar Fields & CBL albums. Definitely worth getting.

Maybe if anyone here knew who you were and was aware of your tastes in music then this comment in the original review thread might have been understandable. There was probably no need to open another thread though & as for all we know you could be a big britney fan your comment is all but useful

Is this any good?

Suntrip Records vs Par-2 Productions A mix featuring the 2 best newschool goa labels of this age. 1. Ka-Sol - The Light 2. Prosect - Dr Ivan & The Mad Peyote 3. Filteria - The Snuggling Snail 4. Jikkenteki - The End of the End 5. Afgin - From The Heart (Tribute to Wonderboy) 6. Keiretsu Versus Soliptic - Ripples (Imprint of Creation Mix) 7. Dimension 5 - Deep Space 5D 8. Jikkenteki - Stepping Forward 9. Red Gravity - Momentary 29 10. Siebzehn - Bongalore & Beyond 11. Jikkenteki - Ambiguity 12. Khetzal - Avasari 13. Anjin - Nesta's Soft Escape 14. Goasia - Pray For Rain 128 1:56:06 Radio Mixed (pretty badly) Link

Jikkenteki - Ambiguity