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Ah, but that was a collaboration with ishq a very ambient artist so it might not have been to your liking or what you were expecting. I'm sure his solo stuff will be more upbeat!

some new news Shulman- Endless Rhythms of the Beatless Heart- new album- out Oct. 15th! (about time ) At long last it is here- Shulman's much awaited fourth album- "Endless Rhythms of the Beatless Heart"! After establishing themselves as a leading group in the downtempo electronica world and defying genre definitions, the Shulman duo take the next step and deliver an album, which we at Aleph Zero feel we can honestly say is going to revolutionize the electronic music world. "Endless Rhythms of the Beatless Heart" offers a combination of electronic and acoustic music that creates something never before heard. Using their unrivaled mastery of sonic manipulation and hosting an impressive cast of highly skilled musicians, playing a vast array of musical instruments from east and west, Shulman manage to construct a musical journey the likes of you've never encountered before. With this album Shulman once again succeed in building a musical bridge between East and West, Classic and Contemporary, Past and Future. Blending revolutionary hi-tech sounds, classical Indian, Arab & Greek music, Contemporary Jazz and much more, they weave a complex and detailed musical pattern that rests upon the world around us and adds to it an infinite depth and a magical halo.

Received this in the post today. Sounds very good so far

Tower records of all places about the GF thing. Just how hot are you?

Right you were! Yes the good Lord was very kind to me this weekend, not only giving me a nice weekend in every way but also plopping this little beauty in my post box and allowing the fed ex man bring me

M-Sphere - Electronic Relaxation

For me 1. Hi-Fi Companions - Spaceships 2. Eat Static - The Tenth Planet 3. Shulman - Instability 4. Cosmosis - Afterglow 5. The Infinity Project - Noises in the Darkness (dub) 6. Eat Static - Area 51 7. Entheogenic - Astral Cave 8. Hi-Fi Companions - Skyclad 9. Binah - Crescent Suns 10. Eat Static - De-Classified 11. Tripswitch - Indigo 12. Eat Static - Invasion 13. Shulman - Small Grey Creatures 14. Eat Static - UFO over Trenchtown 15. Asura - Celestial Tendencies 16. Solar Fields - Cocoon Moon (Glastonbury Festival 2005 Mix) 17. Papa Legba - Night Surf 18. Carbon Based Lifeforms - Gryning 19. Total Eclipse - Freefalling Upwards 20. Total Eclipse/The Infinity Project/Hallucinogen - A Welcome to All Extraterrestrials 21. The Infinity Project - The Answer 22. The Circular Ruins - Aperture : A Lesson In Cosmology 23. Asura - Galaxies (Part 1 & 2)

Artist: Asura Title: Life2 Label: Ultimae Released : July 2007 Tracklist 1 Golgotha (6:12) 2 Back To Light (7:16) 3 Galaxies Part One (Album Edit) (8:15) 4 Celestial Tendencies (9:07) 5 The Prophecy (7:28) 6 Five Lines (9:32) 7 Life² (7:49) 8 Galaxies Part Two (10:34) 9 Butterfly FX (6:27) 10 La Chanson De Carla (4:56) I built this album up in my mind for months prior to the release so there was a high chance of me being disappointed by this release. I am a big fan of Ultimae Records & Asura, Asura had also been touting this one & I was very excited. Amazingly this not only lived up to my expectations but surpassed them by quite a distance. I was prepared for this to be good but I was prepared for it to be this good! Easily my favourite release by Asura so far. The whole album has a vast spacey feel to it and although all the tracks are very different from each other they all form part of an album that takes you high out of this world. 1 Golgotha A soft dreamy opening with a lush drone & a drawn out ethnic melody leads into a heavy tribal beat. The melody continues & evolves then around the 3 and a half minute mark a long synth gives this track a vast feel. I feel like this track belongs in the sound track to some epic. I feel as if I'm stood on a hill watching an army charge towards me but safe in the knowledge that I can't be hurt. The melody changes from flute to voice almost noticeably. Great start. 2 Back To Light This track is more upbeat with a steady plodding beat, glitchy background noises & lots of ambient noises floating around. It all seems rather random for a while but it falls away & kicks back in with drive and purpose. By the time the ambience comes & pushes it forwards it's sounding like another biggie. A tiny melody comes in briefly here and there and slightly distracts from the rest of the track & I could do without it but it's small and not too distracting. 3 Galaxies Part One (Album Edit) I heard this 1st on Oxycanta released last year. It manages to have an extremely celestial yet earthy feel to it. The vocal wail is powerful & I feel like I am lying in a field late one summer night looking up at the stars & dreaming of floating among them. Very soft slow beats in the background seem to add to the wide open feel of this track as it takes us high into the sky. 4 Celestial Tendencies A disjointed start with lots of background noises under what sound like a fiddle playing. It all stops once the beat kicks in & it's a big Bom Bom Bom beat. The ambient noises collect themselves into something meaningful, a slow plodding trip around the solar system. Things pick up even more in the latter part of the track when the beat leaves & the ambience picks up, the fiddle comes back & everything whooshes about. The beat comes back & it feels like it's pushing me through the cosmos. 5 The Prophecy A long slow ambient intro builds suspense somehow for the rest of the track. Without using any beats it builds the intensity bit by bit until the track feels so dense. It all falls away in an instant & is minimal again for a while. A very recognisable (yet I can't put my finger quite on where it is from) ethnic vocal enters before some soft flute. The intensity seems to have built up again without me noticing into a thick muggy night time sky. One of the heaviest beatless tracks I've heard in some time. 6 Five Lines A drop in intensity some trippy beats joined occasionally by some really wet beats. When the base 1st sounds I can also hear some spacey fluttering in the background. It puts me in mind of standing on some alien cliff top watching a storm in the distance. A curious far away violence with no immediate danger to me. Until it starts moving this way being pushed by the beats. Suddenly it's upon me & I am drenched in a sonic downpour 7 Life² The title track is a bit of a beast with those big plodding beats that sound like they are on horse tranqualisers. The introduction gives the track a lift of energy and although the beat stays strong it doesn't seem quite as oppressive as when it first came in. The rest of the track has really nice celestial sounds & although a good track I think I'd prefer it with a softer beat. 8 Galaxies Part Two Ever since Asura said this alum was going to have Galaxies Part One & Galaxies Part Two I have been really looking forward to this track. I have not been disappointed. From the vocal sample of life on mars to the utter floatiness of the track it's just dreamy celestial goodness. The beats are laid back and reserved so fit the feel of the track perfectly. It's the longest track on the album weighing in at 10:34 but it evolves well & stays interesting throughout. A very good second part to a great track in galaxies 9 Butterfly FX Getting into the tail end of the album now & this track sees us back in heavy territory. The beats are powerful & the sounds are tight yet vast at the same time and lots of energy. It gives the track a close dense feeling like a black hole. Some nice ethnic melodies give this a nice Eastern space vibe. 10 La Chanson De Carla Love this track! A Beautiful melody & gorgeous vocal. It seems lovely & lonely. It reminds me of nostalgia for an old girlfriends I mistakenly left behind on my journey in life & is now lost to me forever. At the same time it keeps up the celestial atmosphere of the rest of the album & is a great and to a great album Wow, what a great CD. A fantastic journey through space with a lot of variety between the tracks. Some of the track have beats that are a little heavier than would be ideal for me but that is a minor complaint and doesn't detract too much from the greatness of this album. One of my favourite albums this year. If I could sum it up with a list of adjectives I would call it Vast, Majestic, Epic, Wide, Tight, Dense & overall celestial! If you liked Asura's first album I'm sure you're going to love this! Favourites 1!,2,3,4,5,6,8!,10!

Western Rebel Alliance - Slewake Underwater city

Cool, glad you liked it

Eat Static - Prepare your Spirit I'm sure everyone knows the style but it's sci-fi music! Really conjures up images of alien worlds, spaceships of the imagination, dark subtle undertones of x-file-ness Fantastic stuff

It's summer now & all the beach bars are pumping out hip hop Getting flying rhino playing makes me feel even more summery

Eat Static - Prepare Your Spirit On the moon of a huge planet, like jupiter or saturn watching the planet rising

Check Suns of Arqa Deep Forest Jairamji Kaya Project also Dakini Records

ordered Evan Marc - Emotional Ecology bluetech's new album

These are the only 2 I don't have. They are in good company for the best though

In my latest saiko order was Spielerei & Mantacoup - Wichman And Other Pieces The Circular Ruins - Empathy Test The Circular Ruins - Realm Of Possibility The circular ruins are

I'd say that Asura - Life2 is a contender

Tributaries was great

Why not if they are good headphones? I don't go for advertising but I don't go for negative advertising either. You must get some pleasant looks from the Oojisan

I want to buy some huge kick ass speakers but there really is no point in the place I live. The walls are thin & although I'm in the corner I still have people living above me. Don't want to piss off my neighbours. I settled for some mid range surround sound cinema system so even when it's on not too loud it still sounds nice