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I'm looking forward to getting that soon Is that album as wussy as it seems?

Is the cover representative of the music?

Not knowing how tracks are made I can only comment on what I hear & how they make me feel. Sometimes I'm wide of the mark

Various Artists Opus Iridium Suntrip Records 2CD 2008 Tracklist Uptempo 1.1 E-Mantra - Voyager II (10:25) 1.2 Shakta - Ten Times Around The Sun (6:32) 1.3 Filteria - Birds Lingua Franca (9:32) 1.4 Artifact303 - Feelings (9:24) 1.5 Ajna - The Art Of Happiness (9:12) 1.6 Radical Distortion - The Dreamer (7:37) 1.7 Afgin - From The Heart (Tribute To Wonderboy) (10:17) 1.8 Ethereal - Moondawn (11:02) Downtempo 2.1 Mindsphere - Frozen Sleep (8:03) 2.2 Solar Fields - Confusion Illusion (Remix) (7:27) 2.3 Electrypnose - ChillinBerlin (10:59) 2.4 E-Mantra Secret - Prophecy (7:12) 2.5 Aes Dana - Lysistrata (7:57) 2.6 Asura - Altered State (7:26) 2.7 SiebZehn - Bongalore And Beyond (8:11) 2.8 Astral Waves - Contemplation (9:36) 2.9 Ra - Road To Shiraz (6:06) Suntrip Records the newschool Goa label that never seems to disappoint are trying to treat us with their 10th release. A 2CD compilation showcasing Suntrip’s sound today. The 1st CD has a variety of big names in the newschool Goa scene presenting their upbeat work & the second has a some of today’s best ambient produces offering their goodies. With such mouth watering prospects expectations were pretty high & I wasn’t let down. There is a lot of really good music on this 2CD & even the less good tracks would probably be standouts on other compilations. I suppose ambient fans would listen to the downbeat CD first & trance fans would listen to the upbeat CD first. Having listen to both a variety of times in both orders I can say I prefer to listen to the upbeat CD first, let it blow the shit out of my brain & then let the ambient tracks seep into my mind that’s now been cracked open & take me away into a soothing journey through inner spaces. Upbeat 1. E-Mantra – Voyager II The compilation starts at full throttle with Mantra – Voyager II, it’s well structured & has nice psychedelic sounds all over the place with a rather spacey atmosphere. It has good build ups & nice breaks but while this is a good track for me it’s lacking some spark to make it amazing. It’s interesting throughout with a lot of variety in the music but I just don’t feel wowed when listening to it. So close but just falls short. 2. Shakta – Ten Times Around The Sun Shakta impresses me more with the track 10 times around the sun which to me has an old Astral Projection feel to it with emotional melodies that manage to get into the gut & churn it around. Once again I feel a very spacey atmosphere but this one is in a more bright & bubbly way, just a shame it’s so short. 3. Filteria – Birds Lingua Franca Getting even better here with what Filteria offers us. Filteria is one of those artists that just seems to get better & better over time. This is quite possibly the best I have heard from him, it’s got loads of energy, subtle percussion under the main beat & is just dripping with psychedelic madness. Add to that wonderfully evolving melodies & you have one jaw droppingly good track. 4. Artifact303 – Feelings This track is another mind blowing one. It really has the feel of the good old days of Goa, it manages to reach into your stomach & twist into a knot while simultaneously spitting acid ridden serotonin into your brain. Simple yet affective melodies, a nice punchy beat and spacey ambient atmospheres. Stunning track a very welcome return to the roots of Goa with a nice modern touch. 5. Ajna - The Art of Happiness This track I find to be much more acidic than the others. The melodies are sharp & cut through the air like a knife then stick in my brain then they flit about just causing havoc. After they have knocked everything down inside my head there is a mix of sonic cascades, little trippy sounds & soft vocal samples that sound like nothing on a casual listen but that really send my brain into hyperspace when giving this the attention it deserves. 6. Radical Distortion - The Dreamer This is another track that puts me in mind of Astral Projection from their Trust in Trance, Dancing Galaxy days. The melodies are very similar & the samples used also make me think of AP. A bright spacey atmosphere with energy & feeling but nothing particularly original until the last couple of minutes when they manage to fuse that Astral sound with more modern ideas adding a nice twist. 7. Afgin - From The Heart (Tribute to Wonderboy) A beautiful melody starts the track followed by some long drawn out synths adding a great atmosphere that is never broken through the track. The atmosphere feels like it’s taking me away through the stars & all the other elements are just viewed from this journey. The synths the energetic beat that drives the movement faster & even the LSD sample don’t affect the journey like atmosphere I get from only really top class trance tracks, of which this is one. An emotional ride through the deepest inner mind & the outer reaches of the galaxy that just keeps getting better & better, the melodic twist around the 6 minute mark is intensely powerful & it continues to evolve in an awe inspiring way. The best track on the Uptempo side for me, it’s the sort of track that gets inside your head & lays little eggs of joy that hatch later unexpectedly when you suddenly remember how good it is & your friends have no idea why you are suddenly smiling far too much. 8. Ethereal – Moondawn Another track that feels like it’s straight out of the 90’s but been polished up to today’s production standards. It has a very glossy feel on top of it’s galactic atmospheres. It’s big, dreamy & slick like travelling through a trippy hyperspace tunnel with the walls whistling by like light in the darkness of consciousness. Beyond those walls is something I cannot comprehend but that is hinted at by the music that emanates from there. In tracks like this I always like the vocal samples as they give me a feeling of radio waves racing through space for all eternity & when I hear them it could be millions of years after they were said & an incalculable distance from where they originated and the sample in this track gives me the exact same notion. An all round great track to end on. This is a damn good compilation & really gives me hope that there is life in the scene and not just life but hard hitting psychedelic madness inducing life that will make your mind just trip away merrily while the body moves itself in trance. 6 of the 8 tracks on this CD are worth the money alone & having 6 of them along with 2 pretty great tracks makes for one worth while purchase. But then there is even more. Downbeat 1. Mindsphere – Frozen Sleep We kick off the downbeat CD with a slow journey through a cold dreamlike atmosphere. Long drones & cold slick melodies float around in the first half to be accompanied in the second by a deep rumbling bass that gives room for the percussion to come in. There is no BPM listing on the back of the CD so I was expecting it to be beatless all the way through. Although slow they are quite obviously there. A nice track, it feels like I’m walking through fog listening to this. 2. Solar Fields – Confusion Illusion (Remix) A very nice remix of the classic Confusion Illusion by Solar Fields. I loved the original on Blue Moon Station but for me this remix is even better. It’s very rare that I prefer a remix to the original but from this I get a more spacey, trippy feeling. The steps up in intensity seem more pronounced as they seem to come out of nowhere & over all it arrests my attention a whole lot more. A great remix of a great track. 3. Electrypnose – ChillinBerlin Electrypnose follows on from his Subliminal Melancholies album here with a cold glitchy track with an undertone of melodic solitude. There are scratchy beats twisting basslines & slick spacey sounds that cut through the atmosphere like a hot knife through snow. I quite like Electrypnose’s style but for me there is always something missing that makes it not great. When listening to the Subliminal Melancholies album I am entertained but never wowed. This track though shows potential that his sound is getting more emotional or at least more in tune with my taste as the final part of the track is great. Very impressive. 4. E-Mantra – Secret Prophecy While E-Mantra’s upbeat track fell just a little short of wowing me, his downbeat track manages to knock my socks off. The piano melody in the middle is sublimely cold & melancholy wrapped up in a big bundle of spacey ambient. The atmosphere gets wider & wider until finally I feel like the openness is almost oppressive. It always stays on the light side though, never crossing over into dark. 5. Aes Dana – Lysistrata This is the best track on the album & the best track I’ve ever heard from Aes Dana. It starts of cold with a droning atmosphere, the air crackles in a creepy way & then the synths come in with the steady 4-4 beat. The real beauty of this track though is the vocal/melody. I’m not sure what it is, some kind of synth but it puts me in mind of lost souls desperately crying out to the intruder that has stepped into the ocean of lost souls & trying desperately to scramble up & escape the tedium of the nether world that tortures them eternally. It’s beautiful in a really depressing way. Such emotion was an extremely pleasant surprise. Great Track. 6. Asura – Altered State This is a typical Asura 4-4 track. “Like trance on horse tranquilizers” is a wonderful way to describe it. I think whoever spawned the phrase was trying to be negative but I think it perfectly sums up Asura’s style & I love this style. It’s definitely an Asura track but it’s also like nothing I’ve heard from him before. The sounds are more Earthy & the melody curiously ethnic yet not like his Lost Eden album. Like mix of all Asura’s styles over the years in one track. Well structured & psychedelic enough to get lost in. Pass the ketamine. 7. SiebZehn - Bongalore And Beyond While the last few tracks have sounded very much like Ultimae (no bad thing I know) this track takes a much more old school ambient Goa route. The melodies, the beats & the whole feeling of this track makes me feel like I could be listening to the second CD of an old Spirit Zone compilation or the relaxed side of Total Eclipse’s Violent Relaxation. As old school as it is though it still has a modern touch allowing it to sound fresh & significant in today’s market. 8. Astral Waves – Contemplation This is a strange track & sounds rather strange following on from Bongalore And Beyond as it’s much much darker. It starts off with dark slave labour like sounds. I’m put in mind of Orcs from The Lord of the Rings movies being forced to build some dark evil structure. However as the track goes on it gets lighter & more natural sounding. In such contrast to the beginning I’m sure I can hear the sound of children playing in the background. The melody is bright & it really gives you something to think about, dark oppressiveness to bright hope in just a few minutes. 9. Ra – Road To Shiraz Ra finishes us off with another super relaxed track. There’s soft background percussion & a pronounced flute melody replaced later on by some Spanish guitar. There are great vocal chants subtle enough to not get annoying, they sit under the melodies perfectly and just add to the atmosphere rather than distract from it. A nice way to round of the compilation although I’m curious as to how this would sound without the flute or guitar as it could be a very interesting piece of pure ambient without those melodies. This downbeat CD is just as strong as the upbeat one if not stronger. For me this CD was more instantly gratifying than the first CD but it has stayed great & hasn’t got boring after a lot (& I mean a lot) of listens. I still can’t get over how good the Aes Dana track is. I would pay the money for that track alone but it’s surrounded by 8 other top quality tracks trippy enough for long summer afternoons, early morning sessions or deep meditation. So, 2 journeys for the price of 1 & what journeys they are. The first CD takes me acing through the universe & through other dimensions cracking my head open as it does & the second CD seeps into my the unprotected mind & oozes psychedelic soothing goodness. I am very happy with this release. Thank you Suntrip Records.

Enya - May It Be

I still enjoy the first one so I'm quite looking forward to this

Try 4 or 5 But as I said, I don't really care if nobody wants it.

There are so many. The best thing about long journey tracks from the old goa days is that they seemed to slowly build & build until they had you drooling in your lap. Favourite is Phreaky - Over The Moon

Pre-Ordered this. Ultimae is still (& hopefully always will be) a record label that needs no samples for me to buy from.

Enya! I used to trip fiercely to Enya

I think he's blaming people without anything to say, saying nothing over & over

My Favourite Compilations Best PsyDub Butterfly Dawn (LSD) 1 Nada - Earthgarden (6:20) 2 Mantra Man - Shivai (4:43) 3 Nada - Raja Mati (7:05) 4 Loop Guru - Climax (Youth & Humph's Remix) (8:41) 5 Tripswitch - Exiled (7:40) 6 Nada - Manakhana (7:47) 7 J.Viewz - Into The Mood (5:45) 8 Adham Shaikh - Somptin Hapnin (East Shore Mix) (9:44) 9 Prometheus - Sweet Tooth (6:37) 10 Tripswitch - Silver (8:42) Best Space Ambient Collection 1 : Opening (Databloem) 1 The Circular Ruins - Aperture: A Lesson In Cosmology (15:24) 2 Mutagene - A Borrowed Skin (16:45) 3 Spheroid - Imbedded Neptune (14:52) 4 Kwook - Kwookyworld (15:23) 5 The Civilized Electrons - Encounter (In An Unexplored Nebula) (15:12) Best Goa Order Odonata - The Technical Use Of Sound In Magick (Dragonfly Records) 01. 09'12" Kaaya : Circular Sanctuary 02. 08'17" Tripster : Skitsophrenik 03. 09'45" Phreaky : Over The Moon 04. 08'38" Witchcraft : Witchcraft Magic 05. 06'27" Zodiac Youth : Atoms (Angel Fish Rmx) 06. 07'05" Nucleus : Superluminal 07. 08'13" Mandra Gora : Wicked Warp 08. 07'02" Menlo Park : Paste Best warm ambient Oxycanta (Ultimae) 01. Ghostfriend - Moist 02. Solar Fields – Detection (Partially Detected) 03. Between Interval - Aerolith 04. Aes Dana – Mineral Lights (Submerge Edit) 05. Cell – Floatation Retention 06. Asura – Galaxies Part 1 07. Sync24 - Source 08. Hybrid Leisureland – Trampoline Hotel 09. Subgardens – Listen To The Flowers Grow (Aes Dana Remix) 10. Omnimotion – Magic Tree Best Trippy Journey The Mystery Of The Yeti Part 2 (TIP.World) 01. Process - Under Mount Kailash 16:45 02. Hallucinogen - The Herb Garden 14:37 03. Total Eclipse - Freefalling Upwards 15:21 04. Doof - High On Mount Kailash 13:26 Best Progressive Third Flight - Slipstream (Flying Rhino Records) 1 Atmos - Klein Aber Doctor (9:25) 2 Slide - Confusional State (7:35) 3 Stoop & Fidget - Mudless (10:49) 4 Kopfuss Resonator - Holy Water (8:51) 5 Venom - Try It (7:46) 6 Dragon - Freak The Greek (8:06) 7 Bus - Something's Always Out There (8:47) 8 Blue Planet Corporation - Micromega (6:56) 9 O.J. Project - Tribal Chord Projection (8:43) Best Dark Goa Black Rhino (Flying Rhino Records) 1 Slinky Wizard - Sacred Fist (8:28) 2 Slide - Saturnalia (7:44) 3 Twisted Travellers - Strange Creatures (7:57) 4 Slinky Wizard - Fist Full Of Mutants (11:15) 5 Alienated - Not For Children (8:31) 6 Darshan - Black Magic (9:23) 7 Planet Slink - Suffocate Bullet (6:48) 8 Space Tribe - Ultraviolet Catastrophe (11:44)

Solar Fields - Air Song Carbon Based Lifeforms - Mos6581 Jairamji - Temple Never seem to get bored of these

I actually find it hard to dislike shpongle. I can understand that people don't love it, taste is taste & all but there's not much to hate. It's well made, uses pleasant sounds & is really really trippy. I like

I want to know if anyone ate it & how it tasted?

Start dating some girl from the late 80's?

Edible packaging

How does this sound?

changed everything I could (ie not topic title) I listened to this on Bose headphones & found very few production problems, no static at all

Land of the Tranquil my friend, take to horse tranquilizers, smoke some dope get high on DMT or just lie back & let music be your substance free drug. Here we have 3 hours 24 minutes & 24 seconds of tranquilizing music to soothe stressed minds & tight muscles. Turn off the lights, lie back, take a deep breath and relax. Tracklist 1. Waki - Hanshin Kousoku 2. Mutagene - Mad Sushi 3. Off The Sky - Undercurrent 4. Psychetropic - China Radio Sunshine 5. Lufth - Methane On Mars 6. Off The Sky - At The Foot Of The Eastern Elevator 7. Robert Davies - Ambrosia - Tapestry 8. Lammergeyer - The Blue Path 9. Jason Corder & Opium - Dancing Bugs 10. Lammergeyer - Gyre 11. Robert Davies - Rose Petals Dripping Wet 12. The Circular Ruins - Chasing Shadows 13. Nunc Stans - Plane of Similitude 14. Danny Kreutzfeld - Modes 15. The Circular Ruins - Doon Hill 16. Saul Stokes - Vast 17. Spielerei - Radiate 18. Amir Baghiri & The Wee Bandits - Clear Blue Sea 19. Speroid - Imbedded Neptune 20. Mathias Grassow & Thomas Weiss - Circles 21. Amir Baghiri - Halley 22. Subradial - Part 6 23. The Circular Ruins - A Little Different From Reality 24. Danny Kreutzfeld - Summit 25. The Circular Ruins - Echoes From Stone Part 1 26. Spielerei & Manatcoup - Followind 27. The Circular Ruins - The Space Between 28. Robert Davies - Enigmatic Somnolence 29. Cymphonic - Creatura Aeterna 30. The Circular Ruins - Interior Distance 31. Cymphonic - Scimerian Silence 32. The Circular Ruins - Calibration 33. False Mirror - Caught In A Spray Of Time each section should be Glitch Earth Melodic Drone Space Drone Dark Click for Link

The Circular Ruins - Degrees of Seperation

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