abasio

I got this one today Very nice as you'd expect from Ishq. A few tracks I didn't already have. I received these 2 a few days ago Both stunning dark ambient albums from False Mirror I have this Winging its way to me now My bird got me this for Christmas, very nice and inspired me to get the box set above. Steve Roach is an awesome artist but his catalogue is too big for me to complete Speaking of huge Catalogues... Mathias Grassow is a great artist but it's hard to know where to start with such a huge amount he's put out. I have Insights & Inner Path, both stunning and leave me wanting more. Awesome comp, my first psy CD ever

Artist: Androcell Title: Entheomythic Label: Celestial Dragon Records Released: 10 December 2010 Style: Psychill Tracklist 1 Endless Wonder (6:46) 2 Mysterious Union (7:36) 3 Desert Nomad (8:20) 4 Ganja Baba (8:12) 5 Night Sorceress (9:14) 6 Synchromystic (7:36) 7 Higher Circuit Experience (7:31) 8 Full Sail (7:25) 9 Dub Gardens (9:12) Celestial Dragon Records finish an average year somewhat on a high note. Tyler Smith makes some wonderful music as Androcell and it has a very recognisable psychill feel to all of it. Whereas most artists have grown away from this sound into more ambient or IDM styles, Androcell has stayed true to the psychill sound while still progressing his sound. I am sure that some people will complain that this is just more of the same but it is good more of the same but at the same time you can definitely hear progression in his sound. The melodies have grown into a more organic, less plasticky feel and there seems to be nicer bass in the album. Some of the samples sound a little bit too much like Shpongle samples though and for me this is a bit of a disappointment. I have always thought that Simon Posford, as good as he is at making music, has terrible taste in samples. For Androcell to start using similar samples is a little bit scary and I hope he doesn't continue down the bad sample ridden route in the future. As it stands now, they are a minor blip in what are otherwise good tracks. There are definitely some wow moments in here too, especially in the second half of the album which is, in my opinion, better than the first half. The weird cut up vocals in the Night Sorceress create a nice atmosphere, very shamanic: mysterious and ethereal. Synchromystic has some excellent synth work which is subtle but adds a really nice layer to the track taking it from good to great. The slower tracks towards the end are also very much to my liking. I'd like to see what he could do if he focused on a more ambient style for a whole album or at least a full album at this kind of tempo. So all in all a good album, it doesn't blow me away like Efflorescence did even though the music here is probably a little better: it is just the timing of the release.

It might be sad that you chose such an awful CD to review first in 2011 but if it's any consolation, I really enjoyed the rant especially the pictures that went with it.

The Winterhouse - Lost

Robert Davies - Pond

offthesky - Fluorescence

Markus Guentner - Doppelgaenger

That was released in 2000 Do you mean you saw it in 2010? http-~~-//www.youtube.com/watch?v=0P_Fy_dVTbs

Yeah, it didn't record very well due to being played load in the first place. Still if you listen to it through good speakers/headphones it doesn't clip. Thinking of redoing it though but I'll have to listen more to see if it's worth my while.

Solar Fields - Staring Into The Nothingness

All of these are included in my best of 2010 mix. 2010 as seen by Abasio Tracklist 1. Green Nuns - Tribal Nunions 2. David Abrgel ft. Synesthesia - Liquid 3. Kaya Project - Calico Stomp (Gaudi Remix) 4. Enichkin - Visions 5. Androcell - Night Sorceress 6. Kaya Project - Dust Devil (Liquid Stranger's "Cortex Vortex" mix) 7. Good Rester - Dark 8. Alexander Daf - One Point One 9. Aligning Minds - Tee-Child 10. Electrypnose - Out There 11. Chi-a.d - Lost Island 12. Makyo - Like a Breath Stolen by the Wind 13. Ishq - Vidya 14. Suns Of Arqa - Goltriage 15. Electrypnose - A Wasp At The Fairies 16. Solar Fields - Unite 17. Distant System - Pupillary Response 18. Scann-Tec - Aviator 19. Asura - Regenesis 20. Carbon Based Lifeforms - Init 21. Solar Fields - Staring Into The Nothingness

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlEkvbRmfrA&feature=related

Kaya Project - Dust Devil (Liquid Stranger's "Cortex Vortex" mix)

His old stuff yes! His more recent output I am not too convinced about. Violent Relaxation is pure awesome sauce np/ a mix I just made of my favourite downbeat tracks of 2010 1. Green Nuns - Tribal Nunions 2. David Abrgel ft. Synesthesia - Liquid 3. Kaya Project - Calico Stomp (Gaudi Remix) 4. Enichkin - Visions 5. Androcell - Night Sorceress 6. Kaya Project - Dust Devil (Liquid Stranger's "Cortex Vortex" mix) 7. Good Rester - Dark 8. Alexander Daf - One Point One 9. Aligning Minds - Tee-Child 10. Electrypnose - Out There 11. Chi-a.d - Lost Island 12. Makyo - Like a Breath Stolen by the Wind 13. Ishq - Vidya 14. Suns Of Arqa - Goltriage 15. Electrypnose - A Wasp At The Fairies 16. Solar Fields - Unite 17. Distant System - Pupillary Response 18. Scann-Tec - Aviator 19. Asura - Regenesis 20. Carbon Based Lifeforms - Init 21. Solar Fields - Staring Into The Nothingness

Artist: Total Eclipse Title: Violent Relaxation Label: Blue Room Released, Substance, Phonokol, Avatar Released: 24 June 1996 Style: Goa Trance, Goambient Tracklist 1.1 Virtual Terminal Energised 7:19 1.2 Area 51 7:36 1.3 The Furnace 9:01 1.4 Teknophobia 8:14 1.5 Chaotic Circus 7:46 1.6 Absolute Zero 7:43 1.7 Pulsar Glitch 7:41 1.8 Space Clinic 7:27 1.9 Blue Galaxie 8:19 2.1 Espanolizer 9:22 2.2 The Pendulum 9:33 2.3 Black Body Radiation 8:21 2.4 Diamond Ring Effect 10:01 2.5 Time Drops 7:31 2.6 51 Pegasus 8:12 2.7 Gravity Mirage 9:40 Total Eclipse used to be good, damn good in fact before he took the route that so many others took and diluted his music into something no longer worth buying. But back in 1996 when Goa was at it's peak (music wise) and Total Eclipse was still in ascendance he released this 2 disc masterpiece. Titled Violent Relaxation as the the first CD is trance whereas the second CD is more chilled. In this the last track of the first CD, Blue Galaxie, could be on the second disc as it is also a very chilled track but I guess Total Eclipse was going with the trend of finishing a Goa album that was fullon (not the genre) all the way through with a chilled number in order to bring the listener down. The first CD contains some classic tracks like Area 51, Absolute Zero and Space Clinic but all tracks ooze class, drip psychedlica and are driven by hypnotic rhythms and entrancing beats. Basically it is everything that epitomizes the era of Goa trance but doesn't have any gimmick that stands out, very few samples and all tracks are extremely consistent. In this way I can always pick up this album and play it and have it stay fresh. If you miss the old sound at the same time as having listened to your old albums too much then this disc is something you should definitely have a go at listening to. The second CD is what I usually listen to nowadays though, it is goa trance slowed down to comedown levels. I always liked the last track of many of the goa albums around this time and I remember wishing that more artists would release a full album in this style. I have played sets in chillout rooms that are purely based on the final tracks of these albums. CD2 is pure class, it has all the sounds that made Goa great but with much more gentle caressing beats to sooth the mind rather than rip it apart. My favourites here are the Pendulum for the first chillout track I heard with such great acidic but soft synths, Black Body Radiation for its lush bassline and Diamond Ring Effect for its intense melodies but like the first CD, all tracks are great and it's a wonderful album to listen to. For best results listen to both discs back to back. Have the first CD rip your head apart and then allow the second to massage it back to health. This album is a pure synergic album as the music sounds a hell of a lot better when you listen to it as a whole than if you skip through tracks. It is still very much available to buy, even the Blue Room version is not so expensive but the re-releases on Substance and Avatar are very reasonable. Get it not just for a piece of history but also for a great piece of music.

While I don't hold IFO as quite the best album ever I know what you mean. For me, the following releases are the best i have heard in the respective genres. New Age Enigma - Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi! 90s "Rave Comedown" Ambient Global Comunication - 76 14 Natural Ambient Ishq - Orchid Ethnic Jairamji - Kindred Spirits Dark Ambient Robert Rich & B. Lustmord - Stalker Melodic IDM Secede - Tryshasla World Shulman - Endless Rhythms of the Beatless Heart Chillout Solar Fields - Leaving Home Dub Techno Steve Hillage + Evan Marc - Dreamtime Submersible Space Ambient Tetsu Inoue - Ambiant Otaku Drone Ambient The Winterhouse - Sanctuary It's all very subjective I know, you can find my views on these albums here

One of the worst movies I have ever seen. My GF usually hates Sci-Fi but for some reason she really wanted to see this, I went along after telling her she will hate it and it'll put her off good Sci-Fif movies. I was proved right in a far too convincing manner. The camera work is awful, why they need to have both the "real" footage alongside the movie footage with 2 people saying the same thing at the same time is beyond me. It is not clever just fucking annoying. At one point they had the screen split in 4, a usual 2 way spilt showing inside and outside a house but decided they should do it with the "real" and movie footage too. Worst scene in movie history for me. Also the "real" footage is so fake, why would you need to different actresses to play the role of one real person and still expect people to believe it's real. Stupid stupid film makers. Add on to that the plot is incredibly weak and the truths incredibly lame. The aliens at one point posses the body of one of the characters and speaks to the people. The say "We are......" and the end of that sentence is the most obvious thing you can think of. The whole movie is a bad adaptation of Erich von Däniken insightful books but the movie fails on every level. This is number 3 in my all time worst movies list.

Total Eclipse - Violent Relaxation

Nice one, cheers!

Are you this artist or just take the name as a nickname?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yPBTCD8ZZE&feature=related

I like this album a lot. Very serene How is this one in comparison?

My Top 10 Chillout tracks 1. Solar Fields - Staring Into The Nothingness http-~~-//www.youtube.com/watch?v=_S7pfGun0QI 2. Carbon Based Lifeforms - Init http-~~-//www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-Od4Bff8MM 3. Asura - Regenesis 4. David Abrgel - Liquid 5. Kaya Project - Dust Devil (Liquid Stranger's "Cortex Vortex" Mix) 6. Enichkin - Visions 7. Kaya Project - Calico Stomp (Gaudi Rmx) 8. Solar Fields - Unite 9. Electrypnose - A Wasp At The Fairies 10. Androcell - Night Sorceress So far of course, I haven't heard that much unfortunately

Nice threadromancy Draeke Happy New Year

Chillout 1. Carbon Based Lifeforms - Interloper 2. David Abrgel - Reverse Universe 3. Enichkin's Guide To Musical Dimensions Of Space And Time 4. Kaya Project - Desert Phase 5. Electrypnose - Sweet Sadness Ambient 1. Solar Fields - Altered: Second Movements 2. The Winterhouse - Sanctuary 3. Nunc Stans - We Leave Without Speaking 4. The Circular Ruins - Invisible Cities 5. Ishq - Sama