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I gave Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi a try here

Enigma Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi! Tracklisting 1 Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi! (1:57) 2 Morphing Thru Time (5:47) 3 Third Of It's Kind (0:19) 4 Beyond The Invisible (5:00) 5 Why!… (4:59) 6 Shadows In Silence (4:21) 7 The Child In Us (5:06) 8 T.N.T. For The Brain (4:26) 9 Almost Full Moon (3:26) 10 The Roundabout (3:38) 11 Prism Of Life (4:55) 12 Odyssey Of The Mind (1:40) Enigma might seem a little mainstream for many people's tastes. He had a track in an advert right? His first album was a big hit & his second had a famous famous track used on a car advert but this album I have never heard anything about, which I find very strange because it is definately Michael Cretu's finest work. It's a real journey of an album, in parts it's quite lethargic & in other places it's quite upbeat. A lot of the tracks have a dark melancholic edge & all are very atmospheric. Lets take a look! 1 Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi! A short atmospheric opener. Beeps in the background & astronaught type mutterings make it sound like a message into outerspace Things are changing, but nothing changes, yet still there are changes. Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi 2 Morphing Thru Time The beat comes in, in this track. It's very slow & lethargic. Gregorian (sounding) chants give a very trippy earthy atmosphere, whereas the vocals make it sound like the track is flying through fog. Great stuff. 3 Third Of It's Kind A 19 second track, more of a transmission. 4 Beyond The Invisible A Slow tribal beat & dreamy female vocals set an ethereal atmosphere which is then imposed upon by a powerful male vocal. The vocal sounds good though & it adds ummph! to the atmosphere. 5 Why!… The lyrics are a bit cheesy but the beats & music are good & the powerful chorus carries on the ummph! from the last track. Once again the vocals (sound not meaning) add to the atmosphere rather than detract from it as do the very faint trippy chants in the background. 6 Shadows In Silence The pace has increased now & this one has a nice melody, no lyrics & very minimal use of vocals. The one vocal is a very long drawn out cry. It sounds very dark & melancholic. I like it a lot, it's dreamy. 7 The Child In Us This is my favourite Enigma track to date. Female tribal chanting sandwiches more gregorian sounding chants which then leads into english lyrics. It all creates another melancholic sound that makes me want to fly away & makes me feel like I can. The beats have quickened again & are more complex here. I love it! 8 T.N.T. For The Brain This follows on very well from the previous track. Tribal beats, a nice simple melody & a dark sounding voice half sings Smell your skin, feel your breath. you on my side, I couldn't resist. I hope I'll understand someday, what's the meaning of this crazy game. It is real& Pure... T.N.T. for the brain. The rest of the lyrics in this are kind of muffled as are the male vocal here which is more explosive in the chorus. 9 Almost Full Moon Another melancholic monster. Like track 6 the chants are very long & drawn out cries but these sound more twisted & almost painful (like they are in pain, not painful on your ears). The track has nice beats & a melody that manage to make the track sound both quick & slow at the same time. 10 The Roundabout Thi strack makes me imagine a shaman stood at the top of a small mountain, surrounded by fog trying to shout a message to the spirits beyond the veil of mist. A great chant, the synths & some very very faint spacey noises create that atmosphere. 11 Prism Of Life This track slows theh pace down for the finale. We start with a beautiful sounding voice saying I am hunted by the future, will the future be my past? Or is time a fade out picture of my everlasting cast? Loving is fazing, love is moving to the rhythm of your sight& we get closer to the crossing point of life. This leads into a very slow chant which conjures images for me of memories of another time, long ago in another life 12 Odyssey Of The Mind A spacey outro sums up the album & takes the message away into outer space This is a great album to have in my chill collection. It's trippy & dreamy & completely different from all my other albums. Some people might be put off by the lyrics but the are usually so unclear that they do not becoming annoying after repeated listens. And I usually hate lyrics. Favourites #2 #6 #7! #9 #10 #11 Giveit a try. You might like it!

Entheogenic - Entheogenic

Enigma - Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi np The Child in Us

Sorry I didn't quite realise how long that was. If you didn't read it just check out Ultimae Records Liquid Sound Design & Dakini Records

Save The Robot - Battle of The Mind

Various - Schlabbaduerst 006 because it was so scratched my CD player wouldn't play it I was so looking forward to listening to that one too.

WTF? Whoever buys that has more money than sense.

Let's see then. I'd recommend Bluetech - Elementary Particles / Prima Materia Various - Natural Born Chillers Shulman - In Search Of A Meaningful Moment From Aleph Zero. Deep sounds. The bluetech album has fantastic soundscapes and Natural Born Chillers will sit well with non psy friends too. From Dakini Records I would say get the Sky Dancing series Various - Sky Dancing: Nada Masala Vol. 1 Various - Sky Dancing: Nada Masala Vol. 2 Various - Sky Dancing: Nada Masala Vol. 3 also Makyo - Yakshini, Shringara, Vismaya & most recently Swara Mandala and Adham Shaikh - Fusion and Puff Dragon - Sazanami which is my personal favourite. These are all quite ethnic but it sounds like real ethnic not the pretentious ethnic crap you often hear in chillout these days. Check out Androcell's albums Emotivision & Efflorescence for nice clean dubby sounds. There are lots of albums on Liquid Sound Design which have beautiful psychadelic dub. The best ones are Celtic Cross - Hicksville Dub Trees - Nature Never Did Betray The Heart That Loved Her Various - Butterfly Dawn Various - A New Chapter In Dub Vol. 2 (The Secret Language Of Ordinary Objects) Tripswitch - Circuit Breaker Abakus - That Much Closer To The Sun these are all albums I just listen to again & again. Fantastic sounds suits every mood I get into. For music that is closer to real ambient try Ultimae records. Highlights include The Fahrenheit Project series one, two, three, four & five. Part 6 will be released soon too Solar Fields' albums are amazing too. Very soft & trippy, spacey feelings. Reflective Frequencies Blue Moon Station Extended Leaving Home Carbon Based Lifeforms - Hydroponic Garden H.U.V.A. Network - Distances Various - Albedo Various - Oxycanta are other highlights from Ultimae. It's a great label If you want more varied upbeat chill then look at Twisted's sister label Backroom beats Backroom Beats 1 & Backroom Beats 2 are very varied & interesting in style. Hi-Fi Companions - Swingers In Paradise is very jazzy. VERY jazzy. It includes a track called Skyclad which I highly recommend, it sounds beautiful & melodious. also try Flexitones - Joyrider for beats. It's a very cool album & another one that has been well recieved by non-psy folk. These are the best labels I know for chill music but also check out for ethnic Asura - Lost Eden Angel Tears - Way of the Mystic Angel Tears - The Dreaming Gaudi - Bass, Sweat & Tears Entheogenic - Entheogenic Entheogenic - Spontaneous Illumination For melancholic chill try M-Sphere - Electronic Relaxation Amethystium - Odonata Amethystium - Aphelion Amethystium - Evermind Synaesthesia - Ephemeral Synaesthesia - Desideratum Synaesthesia - Embody on the IDM side go for Kettel - My Dogan & Secede - Tryshasla which both have beautiful melodies & cool beats. Finally you can't go wrong with the chill out CD on Total Eclipse - Violent Relaxation which sounds just like total eclipse's early work in downtempo form. & Union Jack - There Will Be No Armageddon has some trance tracks on it but also some magical chill. Happy Chilling!

Solar Fields - Blue Moon Station

The Future Sound of Ambient II np Union Jack - Water Drums

Couldn't download it. Probably my shit computer

It's very good from what I've heard so far (still on the 1st CD) Highlights so far have been William Orbit's Strange Cargo - Million Town FSOL - Lifeforms Intermix - Solar Temple Karma Del La Luna - Travel Without Moving

That's it. Just stick any old porn pic on the cover & then they could release it now & those people would buy it just for the cover

Marvin the Paranoid Android? Could be.

Wow! Saiko Sounds have already replied to my e-mail & are sending a replacement disc. Speedy. I like!

But some people care more about the pretty pictures so Twisted are probably looking at how to sell as many as possible & make more money so they can stay afloat.

The Future Sound of Ambient I

That's a nice looking collection of tunes. Shame it's turned into Typhoon season here I would have liked taht at the beach.

Solar fields has some great track names too Swimming with Stones Overlapping Particles Breathing Neutron Empire Blue Moon Station Air Song A place to Think also make me think spacey!!

Cheers mate!! I think I might order that soon!

I agree with Radi. Trust in Trance 2 is definately worth checking out (& Trust in Trance 1) all the tracks are by the same guys anyway & there are some Gems on them. Especially 2 I really liked in the mix too, it's very well arranged & does flow nicely. One of the best remix albums I've heard & much better than TEN!

Yeah, this one's on my wantlist! Is it easy to find?

Didn't think anyone was interested. I will try!