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Bus Morebusinesslinkyouthere Sub 2005 Tracklist 1. Disco Suns 2. Take a Walk With Me 3. Outta Their Loco Vulcan Heads 4. Plastico 5. Bambi and Thumper 6. Bus L'Ouverture 7. Return of the Fist 8. Attitude Jets 9. Depth Charger 1st I'll just take a minute to express my surprise at the lack of responses to this thread. Have you guys been hiding under a rock? How can so many people have missed this masterpiece from one of the best in the scene? Gus Till, who was a member of the infamous band Slinky Wizard who released a string of amazing tracks from 1994 - 2001 but who never brought out a full length album. Of all the members Adam Boyd, Dominic Lamb, George Barker, Gus Till, Ronnie Biggs, Simon Posford, James Monro, Dick Trevor, Matt Evans, and Jules Evans, I'd haveto say Gus Till was my favourite. The subtlety he manages to squeeze into music is fantastic. His music has not always been something I can listen to at anytime as when I give it casual listens I miss most of what he's done. But given time (& headphones) his music paints the most fabulous soundscapes I've ever heard (Notice that Simon Posford's name was also included above ) So Bus's first album is definitely Gus's work. There is a lot of variation in this ranging from what I was expecting to very easily accessible stuff. Let's check it out. 1. Disco Suns A really dreamy intro sets me in a spring mood right from the get go. It takes a few minutes for the beat to kick in but when it does we are treated to a hard kicking beat that manages to be subtle enough to not dominate proceedings. As usual from Gus Till there is a lot of psychedelic sounds used all around but there is also hints of melody that I never really heard in his previous (Bus) work. Smooth as silk is how I'd describe this track. Not sure about the disco feel hinted by the title but the melody really reminds me of Suns 2. Take A Walk With Me A little more energy here. The pace seems to have quickened. After the opening sample It's a whole different way of life, it's a whole different way of living, but more than that it's a whole different of thinking… some radio-ish voices merge in & the beat kicks off. More than that though is all the sounds used & the way the sample is twisted really add to the energy. The beat kicks & trips and there is so many "Gus" sounds all over the background. Lots of subtle synth works with a few hints of melody here & there. Very nice track. 3. Outta There Loco Vulcan Heads On the surface this is a more minimal track with no melodies 6 seemingly less sounds but focus on it & it's rather more subtle flavours & there is a lot more than on first inspection. Dark ambient sounds rush through the background & there is an interestingly slow bassline. All in all this is like how Brian Eno described ambient, it is as ignorable as it is engaging. 4. Plastice The intro is a collection of twisted vocal samples, looks they are sped up rewound & turned inside out. A heavy kick comes in and some dull metallic synth sounds. These blend into what in my mind sounds like some dark twisted creature's attempt at civilised communication but fucking it all up. The female vocal sample is really weird & it repeats along with some melodic bleeps & other weird sounds in a kind of rhythmical way. The twisted troll sounds come back & overall I get quite a dark feeling from this track. 5. Bambi & Thumper A much funkier track here, I can hear this being played on dancefloors in cheesy clubs everywhere & the e'd up kiddie dancers not noticing anything different. Don't get me wrong, it's not a cheesy track. There are a lot of cheesy elements in it but we are dealing with Gus Till here. The man is a master & he easily has the skills to make a track that's easily accessible to people outside the scene but deep, engaging & psychedelic enough to appeal to fans of his too. Great track! Really funky & the poppish female vocals are ethereal (enough) to not ruin it but add a sexy feel. 6. Bus L'Overture (Gus Till Conducts the Concrete Unlimited Orchestra) As you can imagine from the track title & note this is an orchestral track. Gus Till actually conducting the CUO & mixing it with his progressive stylings. Quite an interesting fusion of sounds. The classical string instruments mix surprisingly well with the trance beat & there is even quite military sounding beats in there. The samples & electronic bits add a surreal atmosphere to the track leaving my jaw hanging open. Love this track 7. Return of the Fist Lots of effects in this one, they remind me of the Pioneer CDJ effects like Phaser & Flanger. All very sci-fi & incredibly weird (in a good way). Much more maximal in your face Bus than anything I've heard previously under this name. A mad crazy mess of sounds all over the place. Think of the Slinky Wizard tracks Fist Full of Mutants & Sacred Fist on Black Rhino & you'll get where the track title came from. Very much in that style, dark crazy stuff 8. Attitude Jets Lots of Jet type sounds from the opening sound of the rotor engine starting up to the whooshes throughout. Once again this reminds me more of Bus's older work. On the surface there seems to be not much to it, but dive deeper into the music & you'll find that there is a hell of a lot going on. He merges the sounds together nicely with the beat sounding like it's walking through a swamp at high speed & the acidic stabs coming out of the night sky as the beat runs off. The bass, the acid, the beats, groans & engine sounds all create a little world for you to explore. I imagine I'm outside at night in a forest clearing, planes rush over head & back again as if searching for something, occasionally coming closer & then rushing off again. Great track, needs focus or you'll miss it. 9. Depth Charger This is a Bus remix of a Slinky Wizard track. I've never heard the original so I can not compare it. This is a nice little journey though. Some melodic sounds, some darker sounds mixed in. A nice beat that makes me want to move a little bit but not too much. There are vocal samples expertly inserted so as not to distract your attention but more divert it slightly into another direction. There is funkiness, ambience, rhythm darkness all in one tight little package. A really nice track to round off the album, the long drawn out ambient synths in the background make me just want to fly away. A great album the by Gus Till, he's managed to make a progressive album that is interesting, varied & very very good. I'm not usually a big fan of prog but there is definitely something about this album that makes it stand out from the crowd of identikit prog by numbers that has been released over the years. Each track is definitely Gus Till but each one is different enough to make it a really interesting album. All tracks are between good & fantastic. I don't think this album has had the recognition it deserves but comes with my full recommendation.

Solar Fields - Air Song (8am Version)

We've lost the name lads! What is referred to as psy-trance is no longer even close to what we remembered. The music is still there we just need a new name for it! How about Sai-Trance Also Sai in Japanese means Rhino

The Joseph Nothing track was my favourite on that comp. Thanks

If it sounds scary then don't do it

False Mirror - Plato's Last Dream Sitting by the side of a river at night, wrapped up in a blanket to warm myself from the cold biting wind.

that depends how heavily you're trippin' sometimes when you turn the CD off the music just wont go away

The only thing I have from Planet Mu is The Cosmic Forces Of Mu, which left me cold. is this a typical sound from Planet Mu?

Yeah, subtle beats over the ambient trance ones although I'm sure whatever he brings us will be top drawer!

I was flying, very slowly flying, high in the sky!

I put this on my wishlist at saiko, is it any good?

Any more news? Anything? Come on Aes Dana! Dazzle us

I finally got some stuff from DataObscura (the CDr wing of Databloem, must admit I don't see much difference in CDs & professional quality CDrs direct from the label) From The Circular Ruins (of whom I am trying to get the complete discography, as you can guess I hold this guy (the head of Databloem records) in very high esteem) I got Conjunction & Land of the Blind as well as a collaboration with Off the Sky, We All Fall Down Also got Kwook's album Unidentified Feathered Object & last years Chronostatic Scenes by False Mirror as usual with these guys I am very impressed.

1. Solar Fields - Air Song 2. Rena Jones - Aurora Borealis 3. Evan Bartholomew - Soft Spots In The Tyranny Of Matter 4. The Circular Ruins - Standing in violent Golds 5. Kwook - 30 Times the Speed of Light 6. False Mirror - The Tower of Deception 7. Krill.Minima - Nautica 8. Krill.Minima - Surface From The Groundless Oceans 9. Pan Electric - A Moment of Grace 10. Cymphonic - Gracilis

Did you? I've yet to receive mine

A ghost mix? Now there's an idea! But what other tracks would you recommend? I'm at the moment trying to compile a new wet mix! Water is my favourite sound & when it's done well in music it's just heavenly

Shit, really? I bought 2 copies, stupidly gave one to my girlfriend instead of selling it

So when can I finally get my hands on this. I've been eagerly awaiting it for far too long! *continues to wait*

A few more that are close to perfect in my ears are Sienis - From A Nutter Perspective (Gi'iwa Productions 2007) The craziness level is perfect! The basslines make my mind & body want to rise up & the energy is fantastic. Best album from 2007 & maybe one of my favourites ever. Nothing is perfect but this comes close. Solar Fields - EarthShine (Ultimae Records 2007) Purely flawless production. Trance with a lot of ambience, how trance should be. It's easy to get lost in this album. The only flaw is that it's not gapless like his downbeat albums. Solar Fields please make more trance (and ambient too ) Cymphonic - Strataradialis (Databloem 2007) This continues to grow on me. Every time I hear it I notice something new. The music is so descriptive it's brilliant. The only flaw is that it's not longer

Woot!!! This is class & needs more attention

The Circular Ruins - The Abyss of Proof In a basement, with water dripping slowly down the walls and off the ceiling. With decaying things shoved roughly in the corner & with the fear of the return of the basements owner. Well, I don't think I'd want to be there but this would accompany a movie with a plot like that very nicely

Nice idea, I'd like to here this 1. Astral Projection - Still Dreaming (Anything Can Happen 2. Astral Projection - Ambient Galaxy (Disco Valley Mix) 3. Cosmosis - Afterglow 4. The Infinity Project - Noises From The Darkness (Dub) 5. Infected Mushroom - Dancing With Kadafi 6. X-Dream - Time Beginns Tomorrow (Orbit Fly) 7. Jaia - After the Rain 8. Blue Planet Corporation - Arcana

People have different tastes. Just because something is called a masterpiece by everyone else, it doesn't mean you are going to like it. Take Hallucinogen - The Lone Deranger. I really don't get it but everyone else seems to come instantly whenever it's mentioned. You're not a retard for not liking something. I was very fond of the Sattel Battle album though, must resist temptation to brand you retarded

The Circular Ruins - Land of the Blind