Jon Cocco

I own Technologic but not this. To some degree this artist was already pursuing this more repeticious direction and style when he began the Technologic debut. My problem with Technologic was that it was generally more repetitive than necessary I felt. It had some great Goa/Psy melodies however and people remember that. I also remember how repetitive and far from great many tracks were on the album to me. With exception to the raging, well constructed climactic super song of Up Days, few to no tracks came to the awesome intensity and Goa-driven power. But the artist had an interesting style and Goa doesn't often mix with the darkness so I gave Technologic a shot and liked some of it. Several of his songs intrigued me enough to check out his follow up work. Psyring Test is more for those into Techno and maybe Tech-Trance. It's lacking in Goa melodies but it isn't going for that. I don't care for his harder, techno approach and sound. The last three tracks are much slower and different from earlier ones. They're chill, downtempo, and repetitive! Although the last one has an emotive tone which is cool. Look, Toi Doi gets so freekin repetitive at times. He waits through one too many loops at times to further develop the track or add more layers. The short opening track intro is intriguing. But most tracks that follow are not my style or taste. I favor his more involved debut over this and wish he developed it into something massive. It was more "out there" and melodic and he could have lost the Goa melodies and pursued something more dynamic and masterful than this rather progressive psy-techno release in my opinon. There's more repetition here than before and little (occasinally good) melody work compared to the highlights on Technologic. It would be interesting to see this artist step out of the techno sound and make something more ambitious and complex than fans have ever imagined... in the form of strong, storming, melody driven and driving psytrance with Goa melodies with stronger melody structure, buildups, climax, atmosphere, and soundscapes than ever before. But that's a dream. That is not that. Many tracks are so repetitive and harsh here I feel like banging my head against the wall. They're not enjoyable to me. In conclusion, if a great techno, trance, Tech-Trance or electronica album comes along and I feel that it's truly great I'll write so. I don't like this album but ther are some catchy melodic parts. If only this artist would build the song upon those melodic parts as opposed to haviing them take place few and far between the repetitive, chomping, techno/metal sound. I personally find his music too repetitive overall. He creates some really nice sound textures and grooves at times and I'd love to see him capitialize on keeping more dynamic listeners engaged by incorporating his talent and skills into more dynamic work. This isn't so dynamic, in my opinon. Interesting cover and introduction however, but they're supposed to be. Samples: http://www.saikosounds.com/english/display...ase.asp?id=4990

And more superb, impressive downtempo tracks like Perce Oreille. It's just such a great song. Tracks like Neverending Story and Tripad on the Subliminal Melancholies album were top notch, excellent too. When it comes to dark psytrance... some really engaging, driving, leading melodies cutting though all the cool stylish edit/mixing and melodic bits and supporting melodies.

ETNICA - PLASTIC EP BLUE ROOM RECORDS 1996 Track list: 01. 09'49" Plastic - A- 02. 08'57" Vimana - A 03. 08'10" Floating Universe - A Somewhere after Etnica's awesome Alien Protein album and before Pleiadian's groundbreaking I.F.O. album, the group released this 3-track EP album with excellent new work. This work is in the style of Alien Protein and the closest thing released by Etnica/Pleadians to I.F.O. before I.F.O., and here it is! People don't hear about EP's too often for some reason. In my history I questioned buying totally unrelated EP albums because they'd likely be a sample from the main album to come. It's ashamed so many Goa enthusiasts didn't hear these super songs considering they did not release on any main Etnica, Crop Circles, or Pleiadian album! Plastic is GREAT Goa and very dance friendly. The melodies are strong, engaging, focused, and fluid throughout. As one would imagine from the artists of Pleiadians, a more free spirited melody cuts in and catches up with the beat, moving around, within, and soon without it's own existence to its liking as if it has a mind of its own. And the melodies keep on piling up, they all seem to flow and greatly compliment. As I've said in the past, it isn't how many melodies you have but how you use them! The voice sample is interesting and intriguing. It's generally thoughtful and aware sounding and placed few and far between segments of sound, never overdone or irritating. This is a groovy, smooth, great Goa-Trance song. Vimana is one of the best tracks Etnica has ever released. There's numerous versions, so it gets a little confusing which is which at times. I have Etnica's best work around this and I don't get impressed easily. With Vimana, I'm impressed. Their sound was so infectious and engaging! Naturally I was impressed with Starship 101, Mystical Appearance In Goa, Moon Influence, Z-Plane Sunrise, Be On Go, and Baraka, among other remixes. Vimana is one of the best Goa songs I have ever heard. It's superb. Floating Universe is an exceptional piece of music that again, shows us why Etnica/Pleiadians are pioneers and some of the most INFECTIOUS producers of electronic music -- let alone music, period. In conclusion, Plastic is a superb EP. Vimana is one of the best Goa songs you will ever hear in your life. This old school sound was so delectably catchy! This rare compilation showcases three CLASSIC Goa tracks beyond most peoples expectations. Basically the Pleiadians made a short album right around the time they began, or were at work on I.F.O. and Vimana is really in that I.F.O.-esque style too. Enjoy it. This is awesome!!!! A

Synaesthesia - Ephemeral 1997 Ephemeral and the Desideratum are Synaesthesia's best albums to date. Talk about setting the mood. Damn. And Yes. Synaesthesia prove once again with this follow up to double CD Desideratum that they are no fluke. This is strong, moody, sometimes powerful, and creative, dark and light ambient combined and influenced with and by Trance and Down-Tempo. There are strong beats and kicks at times similar but different in style to Asura's wonderful Code Eternity album. The music can be very upbeat and inspiratinal sounding and it generally falls somewhere in the middle of light and darkness which I find intriguing. There are some very dreamy tracks. The best track on this album is Intelligence Dream, in my opinion. It's excellent, on another level compared to others. It's so well crafted with rich soundscapes, crisp sounds, melodies, mood and rhythms produced. It's sad yet beautiful, tragic yet moving... with tribal beats and voice particles. Other tracks that instantly stand out to me as being both gripping and memorable are Naked Sun and Descartes. I heard this album before and remember enjoying the entire thing but unfortunately I need to listen to the other tracks to now in order to produce new acclaim or feedback. Those who generally enjoyed Delerium's excellent Semantic Spaces album should have this album. It's one of the finest in its class of darker Ambient or Ambient period!

I agree. Although Electrypnose managed to release two main albums in 2006, I found the Down-Tempo-esque (Subliminimal Melancholies) superior to the Dark Psytrance Le Tireur de Ficelles, which was above average too and could've been alot more intriguing, powerful, layered (it isn't the layers but what you do with them!), and interesting than many tracks were but still. Then there's this other album I just found released in May 2007 starring Electrypnose here: http://www.psyshop.com/shop/CDs/kbr/kbr1cd003.html The last two Electrypnose tracks on that comp of sorts link above... I don't like how he changes his style up so much without a strong, powerful leading melody (or melodies) streaking across all of the zippy, twist, pop, special effects and stylish mixing. The song sounds like all style and little substance regardless of the samples length. You can generally get an impression from the style. And now this one being discussed in this thread.. http://www.psyshop.com/shop/CDs/dps/dps2cd021.html From what I've heard so far (via Where Do We Go? album samples at the link above) I like or find interesting tracks 1, 2, 3, 14, 15. Track 2 is groovy but I don't care for ther "E, E, E, Electro" sample. It's cheesy IMO. But I currently do not care for track 12 and a handful of others. Track 12 for starters has this harsh psy-hardcore sound. It's just very rough and unpleasent to listen to. It doesn't intrigue me mentally or appeal to my ears or taste. I like when this artist builds strong developed melody structures with feeling, ambient, atmosphere, etc. Regardless, QUALITY over QUANTITY often takes place less when so much is produced in such a short period of time. The excellent and superb songs generally become fewer and further between when too much is produced because there's often rushing. This can happen to any artist fast if they get caught up in the moment due to success as if they'll be producing or somewhat famous in what they do forever. It's the great, excellent, and seriously amazing work that people remember you for, not how many albums and/or singles you release each year. Just look at S.U.N. Project for example. They released albums nearly back-to-back if I recall correctly for some time and the releases gradually became more rehashed and uninspired until it was more or less filler garbage. They didn't wait until they had a masterpiece, they (SUN Project that was once great in psytrance for psy with guitars) just kept on producing and producing like New-school Etnica and now Talamasca until the spirit and sound that had made their music so awesome was and is now lost. The cover isn't bad it's nothing great. Whatever. I've seen worse. Naturally it's the music that counts but a cool cover is always nice.

Really? I didn't know they were working again, no sarcasm intended. I revived this thread because the topic meaning the new Mos album was Drive at the time, an album I've wanted to be available for a practical price for years. Glad to see peoples positive reactions.

ETNICA - NITROX 2001 SPIRIT ZONE RECORDS Track list: 01. 07'39" I Am The Shadow Of Myself - B- 02. 06'17" Technoshit - B- 03. 07'06" Robot Rebellion (Live Mix) - C 04. 07'40" Nitrox - B- 05. 08'37" Small Doses - B 06. 06'39" Sambadrome - C+ 07. 05'27" Vega - B 08. 08'31" The Beast Man - A- 09. 06'42" Ritual Plants - A- 10. 07'46" Triptonite (Playa Rmx) - A- I initially refused to buy Nitrox because half the reviews said it was basically terrible. I curiously listened to the first several sample tracks on Saikosounds during 2001-2003. Based on the samples at the time, Nitrox sounded to me like Etnica sold out to make cheap filler techno. The reviews on this site had confirmed it and I left it alone for some time. To be accurate Nitrox was and is absolutely nothing like their earlier stuff. But I loved old-school Pleiadians. I was less familiar with Etnica at the time. But soon I'd own theirt Alien Protein and Equator album that I also first heard in 2004. Over time I returned to Saikosounds and listened to the samples on Nitrox. All of them. I found several real stand out songs towards the end that got my attention. One day I decided to order the album. My intuition told me this would be the most disappointing Etnica album that I'd buy since each release seemed to be further away from what I liked after 1999's Equator which I recently just wrote a review for on here. I think many people were disappointed with Nitrox because techno, trance, and tech-trance in general seems totally a step backwards for such impressive, innovative artists as Etnica to go near. I can understand that and believe me, from Juggeling Alchemists, Alien Protein, and Equator I both enjoy and graded Nitrox the least high. I like it the least of the four but more objectively, consider it the most mixed due to their choice to pursue a genre that would have been worth pursuing maybe had they raised the bar on what's been done. They didn't. That said, Nitrox isn't entirely a bad album let alone half of one. If you look at it for what it is, these guys decided to pursue the psy/tech-trance and seldom but existent techno side (more like psy-techno but it isn't that psychedelic) and do something different relative to their past works. The first six tracks are clearly not going for that melodic Goa or even straight up Psy-Trance style with exception to Small Doses as the latter. They even call their second track TECHNO SHIT(!) Seriously, can it get any more obvious? Sure they were trying something new or paying homage or whatever. It doens't matter now. Etnica was producing amazing Goa-Trance for their time when Prodigy was big in Techno via 1995 and yet Nitrox released in 2001 so theoretically the idea of Etnica releasing anything related to Techno or Tech-Trance makes them a bit late. The point is they tried something more minimal and in the tech/trance realm and it's nothing great. Several tracks are pretty cool for what they are before the solid chill ending. No more. No less. I agree that the realm of techno, trance, or techn-trance doesn't seem anywhere near as interesting or deep for Etnica to explore relative to their previous work. It makes a real fan wonder actually, what happened?! Naturally if you were initially expecting their awesome older style, you'll be very disappointed with the opening track being the first in this sound... but the minimal, bangy sound kind of has a groovy feel to it; I like its opening too. While tracks 1 and 4 are more minimal, I think they're pretty good for what they are. The squeeky melody work and several supporting sounds on track 1 are pretty cool and it's very danceable. If you listen to the style throughout the first six or so tracks you can compare and select the more fresh and catchy songs. On the other hand I'd say Robot Rebellion (Live Mix) along with Technoshit is not good, (although I prefer the latter especially at 1:18 forward) regardless if they were paying homage or not. On the other hand I actually like the self titled Nitrox track. It has a pretty good beat and melody/sound work however considering it's supposed to be minimal. And track 5, Small Doses is good!, probably the first real Psy-Trance track on the album. I really like the buildup, peek, and release into the attractive, driving tech-trance rhythm and main melody in Small Doses compiled to a relentless hard beat. The sample is pretty cool too. Again you have to look at this for what it is or you may hate it judging from their earlier work in comparison. In conclusion, Etnica brings two styles together on this album, and keeps them separated. The group seems to have split their old fans in half due to a different, more minimal and tech-trance style for the first 6/10 tracks. This controversial approach shows tracks that lack virtually everything (but the artists themselves) that made their earlier work so superb and therefore loved. If you're a fan of Etnica's earlier Goa-Trance and can accept that 6/10 songs here can be categorized around techn-trance you'll likely enjoy this more than those expecting Etnica's old style which this is everything but, until the end in a sense. People generally seem to really appreciate the last 3-4 tracks on Nitrox and I do too. Actually I would love and have loved an entire album in this great chill style. Who wouldn't? But it is what it is. Greatness is left as a good bye to their old fans if even that wasn't the goal or intention before Etnica decided to move on to the more common, mainstream realm of Full On and whatever Electronica they're producing now days. I never bought an album past Nitrox in 2001 because the samples for their new stuff turned me off with each new album they've released to date. Regardless of their reasoning for Nitrox, I think it's a fairly admirable attempt at trying something different while not leaving their fans lifeless because of the last several tracks. I see why many old fan' reactions were mixed to say the least. Nitrox is nothing what I expected either coming from the artists behind Pleiadians, Crop Circles... I mean these guys crafted some excellent tracks. If you look at this without the high expectations of Alien Protein and knowing this is a completely different style, you may enjoy some of the techno and trance songs. Regardless, Etnica's strength in creating solid chill tracks are proven again on the back-end of Nitrox. They're the jewel in the crown. Vega is good. Beast Man is great, there's something beautiful about it. Ritual Plants is excellent. And Triptonight (Playa Rmx) is very good, maybe great but not even they can top the original. The more intense psy/techno work isn't entirely bad although I greatly prefer their Goa and chill work over them doing Techno, Tech-Trance, or Full On anyday. If you can look at Nitrox like two separate albums placed together, one experimental and one chill follow-up (which in both senses it kind of is to Etnica) you may enjoy this alot more because you aren't comparing so much. Regardless, people remember the end should they make it that far, and the end to this album is very memorable. Favorite tracks: 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10 B

ETNICA - ALIEN PROTEIN 1996 BLUE ROOM RECORDS Track list: 01. 08'36" Screaming Butterfly - A- 02. 07'48" Chakra Active 8 - B+ 03. 08'37" Party Droid - B+ 04. 08'56" Z Plane Sunrise - A- / A 05. 08'41" Microdrive - B+ 06. 08'43" Starship 101 - A 07. 07'05" Deep East - A- 08. 09'06" Trip Tonite - A- / A Etnica made two Goa-Trance albums. This is their second and it's arguably their best. Production and mastering exceed underrated 1995's gem "Juggeling Alchemists of the Black Light." You can actually here the more complex style developing in this one before their next massive project, Pleiadian's I.F.O., which is on the top 5 greatest albums in Goa-Trance, my opinion. If you read throughout the reviews here you'll notice a consistency of great ones. This is no doubt a great album. All tracks sound complete, full of character and personality. It's generally less involved and layered than the massive project soon to come but for 1996 this broke new ground. Initially I didn't like this album so much. I think it's because I've been spoiled with old-school Pleiadians and Crop Circles work. In 1996 however, a time before those, you had Astral Projections Trust In Trance, Transwave's Helium and Phototropic, MFG's The Prophecy, Cosmosis's Cosmology, and too few others considered classics. I actually enjoyed all of those more than this but of the hundreds of Psy/Goa released that year this is very close to the top, and not just in 1996 either. Finding weaknesses on this album this great is like comparing apples to oranges in a sense. We all have our favorite tracks but unlike so many albums in and around 1996, few albums have such strong work and tracks throughout. Is Chakra Active 8 the weakest track on the album? I don't know. Fewer people seem to list Chakra Active 8 and Microdrive in their favorites. That said, both are very well done regardless. I want to mention Deep East, the big chill track before last because this hasn't gotten the attention it deserves. It's clearly the slowest thing here, much more so than Trip Tonight. It takes several minutes for the beat alone to arrive and here it stands in an album comprised of great dancing tunes... I believe less people were patient giving Deep East the credit it deserves. It's a great, if not excellent Downtempo/Ambient Goa track which gets better as it progresses. I think it's one of Etnica's top most under appreciated tunes. I agree Starship 101 and Z Plane Sunrise are without a doubt classic Goa-Trance songs. Personally I find Starship 101 stronger, just awesome how the hynotic rhythms stream together as so many delicious particles enunciate it in glory. Both are excellent. I also think the opening track is great but Z Plane Sunrise is the first track to arrest my attention. Party Druid is fun, one of the better ones for dancing at a party. Microdrive I don't consider excellent but it's very good. Without a specific, repeating leading melody however it wouldn't last very long. I can't find a track here which comes close to the emotive feel and tone achieved through Moon Influence on Etnica's "Juggeling Alchemists..." debut. That said, the last two tracks here are very moving and mentally, even intellectually stimulating. Etnica could make an entire album in this more chill Goa-Trance Goa style and I would have bought it immediately. The last two tracks together have great strength in the more emotive, atmosphere, soundscape, and melody department. And they have beats. In conclusion, Juggeling Alchemists and Alien Protein are both terrific albums in Goa-Trance. In retrospect I don't know my reaction to this had I heard it in 1996. I didn't hear Alien Protein until 2004 so it's hard for me to not judge aspects of it biasly because I've heard Pleiadians and so much since. It's like going back from an up-to-date Mac or Apple to recognize the quality gameplay within a graphically outdated, classic game like Final Fantasy VII. Some things will always be beautiful however. Eventually everything gets old and dated including our cool selves and time. I'm aware of the general old-school sound and I know and love the great music. Like many of you I not only hear but enjoy the awesome work through the now dated production and mastering. To be honest, the mastering and production's held up extremely well by todays standards when you realize 1996. It's definitely a step up from their debut in that department. Musically, Alien Protein is excellent. Several super songs are present. None are below good and great. Etnica's last two chill tracks are excellent. Alien Protein is a Goa-Trance classic. Favorite Tracks: 1, 4, 6, 7, 8. A- Samples: http://www.saikosounds.com/english/display...ase.asp?id=2806

ETNICA - JUGGLING ALCHEMIST 1995 HIGH SOCIETY RECORDS Track listing: 01. 09'04" The Gili's Voyage - B 02. 07'45" Infinite Dream - A- 03. 08'23" Vicky's Dream - B+ 04. 09'09" The Gili's Voyage (Ketu Rmx) - A- 05. 07'16" Moon Influence - A 06. 08'06" Spheric Concept - B+ / A- 07. 11'07" Mystical Appearance In Goa - A Wow. Juggeling Alchemists Under the Black Light is indeed one of the best, most underrated Goa-Trance albums. As far as Etnica's Goa style is concerned, it's Juggeling Alchemists and Alien Protein. Alien Protein is the Etnica album people raved about for so many years. Personally I think more people would rave about this one if they heard it. Unfortunately Juggeling Alchemists hasn't been available to order or buy for nearly a decade unless you manage to find some other way, or pay a fortune via Ebay or Discogs whenever it pops up. So why the few reviews and attention? For starters "Juggeling Alchemists..." is only arguably the most sought after album in Goa-Trance history next to Dimension 5's debut which isn't anymore relative to its 2007 Re-release. Very few albums come this close to the desire to obtain a copy as this and at onefor a very long time, Dimension 5's debut. This album makes me want to put 1996's Alien Protein in right after, and so I did and just wrote a review for that too. I think its difficult to pin point flaws because of the mastering or producton on either Juggeling or Alien. Both did come out some time ago so production and mastering clearly is in their time. You'll even notice an improvement with Alien over Juggeling but let's discuss Juggeling. This is an album from 1995 and the music itself is excellent. Why was this this thing kept from being re-released. There's always reasons but wow they should have re-released this one. This for me is one of the best albums of 1995 after Hallucinogen's Twisted. Twisted (read my long awaited review on Twisted now up as well!) released in a year when Juno Reactor released Beyond the Infinite. Dimension 5 released their hugely underrated debut. The Infinity Project released "Feeling Weird," and very few other great Goa albums not mentioned here. What I like most about this album isn't the obvious that it has that classic, old-school sound. No. It's several songs that are musically so excellent by todays Goa-Trance standards, you must hear them for yourself. I generally love the more serious, driving and "moody" melodies throughout. Example? Moon Influence. I love this song. I can name several others too but Moon Influence is currently my favorite along with Mystical Appearance In Goa which just gets better the more it progresses. Never on this album do the melodies get cheesy or happy in a sense, but if driving, motivating, aggressive, and inspirational sounding melodies within melodies and great leading melodies combined is your cup of tea... they never seem to get sad either. Juggeling Alchemists is provocative in out time now. Initially I didn't care the opening track with exception to a melody. Certain tracks took a little longer, over time for me to enjoy them more. Once I awakened to this album, it became one of my favorites in electronica. Etnica was once amazing. This album is the birth of Pleiadians - I.F.O. in a sense because it's the beginnning of Etnica. It's interesting to see where and how they began. The work here is vivid, deep, groovy, soundscapes seem deeply present with the rhythm. After the slower opening track, well... and a great however gentle leading melody, the album becomes more energetic, melody structured, and driving. It slows down a bit with another solid but slower third track before really lifting off never to look back. Strong emotion and melodies are carried throughout these waves of sound. Stand out leading melodies are present, rapped in twisting supporting melodies, effects, and whatever else the Etnica guys could come up with to fuse this classic style that so few people have heard! I was expecting something more quiet and slow actually. Don't let the 2-3 Goa-influenced Chill or Down-Tempo driven tracks fool you into thinking this is less driving or isn't Goa. This is an album well beyond its time. For our time NOW the overall album is superb, a classic in electronica and Psy/Goa Trance. Favorite Songs: 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 A-

GAMMA 1993 1. 10:36 Attuale - B 2. 20:04 Katanga - B- 3. 21:27 Spirituale - B+ 4. 10:29 Speltrum - B / B+ 5. 13:16 Intelletuale - B Welcome to the rarest album ever made. So rare I have the songs and I'm not even allowed to listen to them. I'm just kidding. This is an extremely distinct album for extremely distinct tastes. For 1993 reviewing this isn't easy. Back then I don't even think I was listening to The Prodigy. This seems to be a more progressive (gradually add layer after layer) melodic sound, from what [but not from where] Goa would later blossem and evolve well beyond. I became aware of an album called Zen Paradox thanks to astro on here. I really liked that album but it quenched my old-school thirst at the time. I didn't bother to cycle back through all the 1990-1994 review section threads on rare albums I may have missed. I definitely missed this one. It's good overall with a handful of slower, less alterated and psychedelic Goa melodies. It's slower and takes time to build. Some tracks pick up within several minutes and others take a while but there's something likeable about the overall style and sound if you can get around the several longer tracks which seem to over stay their welcome; they lack evolution and development (building more than what's been built) into their second half. Katanga, the opening song is very distinct and friendly to my ears. I've never heard anything like this. The rhythm can be so simplistic and yet trance inducing. A melody arrives and a hard, jumping kick/beat that compliments. Certain sounds are added, and more, and more. They just keep piling on, slowly and gradually like building stories in a building that honestly, isn't tall. I actually enjoy this so far. Some sounds are subtracted until what existed before seems to take place again. The listener is provoked to maintain the state they're. I like how the track begins and continues because a seemingly continuous amount of sounds are added which puts its development in motion to the listener. The beat becomes harder and my attention is tapped more once the kickdrum enters. The sounds are generally catchy. The song is repetitive to a degree or takes time to develop and change. Katanga on the other hand was different. Initially I liked the tribal drums but the song almost lost me due to its repetition but something almost always seem to happen that pulls me back into it. I slipped in and out of it several times and had difficulty enjoying close attention from around 7:00 to 13:15, (yes, thirteen minutes into the twenty minute track) when suddanly a previous pleasent melody arrived over the other sounds. Not many sounds seem to be added and removed as the track progresses and few minipulations, alterations, and echoes seem to be taking place here. It's very old school. Spirituale is more interesting. I like how it builds with the drum combos to the sustained melody. A certain feeling is projected through the music; it's more thoughtful and evocative. There's something nice about the overall song. The beat seems to harden and voice samples are interesting. I like it. The song introduces new melodies in the middle and end it seems and enough it added, subtracted, changed up, and mixed to hold my attention throughout. This is one of, if not the best song on the album, in my opinion. Speltrum is much shorter than the last two tracks but still lengthy. Again it has a strong, gradual development and build up. This reminds me of the opening song in certain concepts, not in sound per say. For example, I like how how catchy hard and soft... beats, drums, pleasent melodies and ambient layers slowly piled up. It isn't alot but for 1993 is good, the song too. It gets a bit repetitive into the second half but its melodies and rhythm... there's something very pleasent about the overall sound created here. Intelletuale is an ambient/chill version of the more jumpy, dancy opening. It's pretty good although they seem to have literally took the opening song Attuale and slowed it down. Nonetheless it's interesting to hear and compare the two. Eventually it does get a bit tiresome. Textures repeat and the song becomes repetitive, but it's a fresh approach speed-wise compared to the other tracks. This is one of the first goa-ambient-esque tracks ever made it seems in a sense and potentially unintended due to the slow speed. In conclusion, I am looking and attempting to score this album for what it was in 1993, which is very difficult to do. This was before the debut's of Hallucinogen, Astral Projection, Transwave, Juno Reactor, X-Dream, and even the now known titled "Down-Tempo" genre. I don't even know if labels called certain albums Goa-anything back then! On Gamma, I generally find the shorter tracks more enjoyable with exception to the third one because they know when to end. The third one could have been more solid with some smart editing work but it is what it is. Fans of the most early days digital old-school days of Goa or what contributed to leading up to Goatrance may find something interesting in this rare album. Zen Paradox is another oldest of the old-school Goa-esque albums that I recommend over this one. Nonetheless, it's still interesting and for 1993 I have a feeling several tracks would have sounded impressive. Looking back over the early 1990's however, I'd take Juno Reactors Transmissions, Delerium, Astralasia, Zen Paradox's Eternal Brainwave, SFX, and several other releases over this one. Gamma is nonetheless one of the better, more underrated albums of its era to say the least. B ... (For 1993...(Now days it hasn't held up so well but it's still interesting to see part of where Goa concepts and sounds began)

I know right.

I wonder what became of the review thread for this one. I can't find it on here. Their page on Psyshop's been sitting in my bookmarks since 2002. The damn thing hasn't been available to order or buy anywhere. I found it on amazon.co.uk I found it! See the first link below. It's expensive too I think. How many dollars is £10.23 anyway? One £ = ? http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B...5720&sr=1-1 Samples: http://www.psyshop.com/shop/CDs/gtn/gtn1cd103.html http://www.saikosounds.com/english/display...ase.asp?id=2548 I've wanted this album for years.

I know what you mean. Actually ROM was the only track I considered great since I got this album back in 2002. I didn't "get into" many of the tracks and felt like I was missing something... and so I never wrote a review for years on this one. It would have been far less positive actually. Knowing that this same artist is behind Dimension 5 and that's being re-released soon, finally, I took Ra out from the collection and listened over and over again in different environments until the dots starting connecting. I don't love the album. It's not in my top 20 let alone 30-40 Goa-Trance favorites, and several tracks I don't care for to date. "Getting" and "getting into" an album after never having gotten it or into it before is such a perspective change. This happened to me as well with "Pleiadians - Family of Light" because I was so in love with the complex I.F.O. sound from the debut that I needed years of not hearing I.F.O. to actually pick up F.O.L. one day and overall, appreciate it. Actually it sounded different from how I compartmentalized it... better, more fluid and enjoyable, and still far from perfect.

Thanks for the clarification. You know what. "Series" was one of my favorite restaurants. I must have been thinking of food at the time.

SHPONGLE - NOTHING LASTS... BUT NOTHING IS LOST 2005 TWISTED RECORDS Track list: 1. Botanical Dimensions (4:37) ... B- 2. Outer Shpongolia ... (2:33) B 3. Levitation Nation (3:40) ... B 4. Periscopes of Consciousness (1:54) ... B 5. Schmaltz Herring (2:21) ... B 6. Nothing Lasts (4:28) ... B+ 7. Schnitzl'd in the Negev (4:18) ... B 8. ...But Nothing is Lost (4:39) ... B+ 9. When Shall I Be Free? (4:37) ... B+ 10. The Stamen of the Shaman (4:11) ... B+ 11. Circuits of the Imagination (3:12) ... B 12. Linguistic Mystic (1:36) ... B+ 13. Mentalism (2:54) ... B+ 14. Invocation (2:40) ... B / B+ 15. Molecular Superstructure (4:47) ... B / B+ 16. Turn Up the Silence (3:22) ... B+ 17. Exhalation (2:16) ... B 18. Connoisseur of Hallucination (3:31) ... B / B+ 19. The Nebbish Route (3:36) ... B / B+ 20. Falling Awake (1:50) ... B - Nothing Lasts because we all die and leave before us everything we were ever attached to as human beings. - Nothing Is Lost because we are everything and connected as one in spirit. That is what the meaning of the album title seems to be. This album rocks. What were you several very disappointed people here expecting, cocaine? As for the talk of The Matrix movies on pages 4 and 5... OF COURSE the original was the best one and I don't think that's a good analogy because Shpongle 2 was great while Matrix Reloaded... Read my reviews on the sequels here and focus on the point of this thread. If you must write me NOT on this thread obviously. http://www.epinions.com/content_99999125124 http://www.epinions.com/content_117776879236 I really like this album. It's soft, hard, light, dark, aggressive, wild, imaginative, ethnic-influenced, spontaneous, beautiful, occasionally motive and moody, and fun. It's filled with groovy, danceable rhythms and melodies. In some ways I think this release is great. Sure they used some classic tracks, ideas, and concepts from the first two. And I suppose there are parts that feel more like transitions than anything else apart from the stronger tunes and tracks. Expectations with Shpongle are in music are like expectations with the third part of a film in a big budget, so far great trilogy. So many people throughout the world know of Shpongle. It has quite a cult following to say the least. Everyone is expecting the next level but in some ways this psuhed that level without raising us up to the next one in a sense. Nothing Lasts isn't groundbreaking like the first. It doesn't push the limits and introduce as much as I felt the strong follow-up did either. Unlike the second it isn't as focused on creating a handful of strong tracks. Rather this third album breaks the world up into 20 tracks. I will admit that with each time the general song really changes up we're often already wisked to the next track. In other words, the songs are less epic and complex due to the production choice made to split everything up into more tracks, one continuous mix. Naturally this creates one giant flowing track in a sense but some may argue this. I can't say I love or hate the idea. It's a different approach. That's all. And part of me prefers the way it was before because the fewer tracks generally had more depth. However this album lets you experience more aspects and places I feel, if even in smaller quantity. For instance, songs like "When Shall I Be Free" are great. They introduce something new. They're complete sounding at the length they are. The same goes for a handful of other tracks songs here which can easily stand on their own. Personally I find the album's best to listen to straight through. It's really superb in spots and soon after we reach one of these parts it generally lasts shorter that on previous Sphongle albums because fewer tracks were often greater tracks and longer unlike here. Nonetheless, this is still a Shpongle album and it blows away almost every Down-Tempo release from its year In conclusion, this is one of the best albums from 2005. An observation is that a handful of what takes place here has been done before. It isn't new. However it is integrated into new and generally creatively crafted work that does at times involve new ideas and elements in the Shpongle Universe. A gripe is that some tracks seem to have easily been a conclusion or introduction to the one before or after it. It appears possible that the artists may have split up a longer track two or so times in order to create more tracks and sell more copies. That's a theory of course, however one that doesn't seem impossible to me at certain times here. Relative to the score below. It is very difficult to individually rate each track because so many correlate so well into the next, they're often supported by the track before and after them. In that sense many tracks are good but as a whole, the way it's put together I think this is a great album. Not spectacular. Favorite tracks: 2, 9, 10... and the more aggressive, harder beat driven tracks in the middle for starters. I prefer to hear the album straight through. There's a handful of excellent moments. B+

TRIPSWITCH - CIRCUIT BREAKER Liquid Sound Design Records 2005 1. Exiled (Manta Mix) (9:10) - B+ 2. Shamanic Tea (7:06) - B- 3. Indigo (8:39) - B 4. Roll Your Own (6:39) - B- 5. Tachyon (2:37) - B 6. Cartwheel (6:04) - B 7. Silver (Robot Baby Mix) (8:06) - B- 8. Tomahna (5:33) - C+ 9. Viscous (7:14) - B- 10. Deer Park (10:21) - B+ This is one of the most beautiful, underrated, albums from 2006. Tracks have a strong emotional core to them. Great rhythms and melodies stand out along with occasionally frequent ethnic singing. Exiled (Mantra Mix) is a very strong chill opening with the tribal drums, ethereal ambient, melodies, and female voice work really captivating the listener throughout. There is so much emotion and passion put into creating this song. It's very inviting to the rest of the album. This is a great track. Shamanic - has beautiful melodies in the first half and this is where the track shines brightest. I don't care for the second half, the singing, or the higher pitched drum hits. I preferred the gentle singing in the first song too. The female singing here does nothing for me. It seems more could have been done with the music. Nothing here is bad. It just isn't my cup of tea and I find it a bit lacking, less moving and complex than the opening track. Indigo - This is a return to strong, waving, beautiful sound, ambient, and voice work. The skipping female voices are more catchy like but unlike the [style] of the first track. This is currently the most energetic song on the album. The melodies are so warm and present. I really like the rhythm, speed, and especially the beat. This is a very good if not great song. Roll Your Own is slower like the first track but without the trible drums as involved. Again the female voice work is very soothing as it hums across the waving tunes and wind. This is a peaceful track and a nice change one to add next to the previous more energetic one. As it progresses the pretty bell sound and charm begins to wear off but it's definitey well done for what it is. although it may sound too happy for some people if that makes sense. You decide. Tachyon is the only track that begins with a voice sample from K-Pax. The voice sample and the track combined is very interesting. The arriving melodies are subtle and fantasy like, almost celestial. This ambient track is too short! It could have lifted off into such greatness, complex and powerful. It starts off so well. There's little weight or depth as it moves to a close at the speed of a general song intermission. It sounds really nice in the moment for what it is, a very short ambient track. The beginning really had my attention. I wish they did more with this one. It's like a beautiful trail that leads nowhere in a sense. Cartwheel has the stronger beats concept of Indigo mixed in the with more gentle but not slow melody concept of Shamanic. It's more up-to-speed with tracks like Indigo and generally motivating sounding. I like the fast beats and skipping background voices but the tunes aren't as engaging to me. They're still pretty good though. This is one of the better songs here. Silver (Robot Baby Mix) is more of a breather. The altered childs vocals are interesting and catchy. The melodies stand out less than the previous track. I enjoyed this song the I heard it in the background until I was paying close attention. It's gentle and calm. Towards the last third it develops a techno edge to the Ambient and Down-Tempo fusion. This part improves my attention for sure. Maybe some additional strong melodies wouldn't have hurt but they're some nicely crafted ones here. The song does wear thin during the last minute or two however as not much is developed now into the more energetic beat. It's a farly good song. Tomahna is another song that has a harder beat here as Indigo did, but they're less fast and engaging. They're very repetitive actually. Same for the melodies once they arrive. Sure their nice but we expect that by the 8th track. The whole track is generally redundant and less interesting the more it progresses. I don't like it. Viscous on the other hand is more to my liking unlike the previous two tracks. The children-like voice work is interesting and I like how things progress. An interesting ambient transition floats across the beginning of the second third and a techno-esque beat moves closer, the volume raising until more hits, hi hats, melodies, and a subtle tune that almost sounds like an opera singer skipping the same note join in. Yes the beat is repetitive but the combination is good and stops at around 6:00 before changing up a third time. It's a pretty good song, if even neither one of the three parts hits greatness. Deer Park is a beautiful closing to a strong opening. I wish there were one or two more tracks at the level of Exiled and this one. The album reaches a very emotional, sad yet beautiful and touching level with these tracks. It reminds me like the end of Gladiator when Maximus dies and joins his wife and child in Heaven. The first half is soft and gentle with female vocals like something out of a Lisa Gerrard track from the Man On Fire film. The second third begins the buildup. You can hear and feel it. It's so patient and moving. The beat enter and gradually gains strength with supporting beats and layers as it moves forward. The catchy tune plays to the skipping voice and more appealing melody work arrives. Things start to fade and at 8:31 the music and beat returns more strong than ever before with a combination of good melodies, skipping voices, bouncing psy sounds, and more. This is a wonderful song. Favorite tracks 1, 3, 5, 6, 10. B SAMPLES BELOW: People into good chill, downtempo, and ambient should have the samples available asap after a review. http://www.saikosounds.com/english/display...ase.asp?id=4687

shit. double post.

Knock it off Mars. It isn't healthy for a human to have so many orgasims! I need my energy for the party!

One of my favorite Full On Psytrance albums... Lemurians: Secret Message http://www.saikosounds.com/english/display...ase.asp?id=3923 http://www.psyshop.com/shop/CDs/sst/sst1cd018.html And check out Astrix too. They've made several great Full On songs. http://www.psyshop.com/shop/CDs/hom/hom1cd027.html http://www.psyshop.com/shop/CDs/hom/hom1cd037.html Another one that got positive reception here was 1200 Micrograms - The Time Machine which I own and overall, I like. http://www.saikosounds.com/english/display...ase.asp?id=4446 For Dark Full On Psy-Trance I just bought Penta - Horn Please and really like it. See the reviews in the 2007 section for details. For what is is, it's one of the years best albums. http://www.saikosounds.com/english/display...ase.asp?id=6443 Also, if you like Dark Full On I also recommend checking out Space Monkey - Psychotic Episode. It's fast, generally intense, and loaded with cool sounds and change ups, things being added and removed. All the sounds around the kickdrum and atmosphere create melodies in a sense along with some real melodies. It's cool the way they produced it, more musical than almost all of todays dark Full On psy with exception to Penta maybe. http://www.saikosounds.com/english/display...ase.asp?id=3861 I generally like Full On albums that have big, powerful beats, and fresh, blazing crispy sounds, special fx, and melodies... attention to mixing and good production, and an energetic, often adrenaline pumping and fun feel and sound thoughout. If any of these helped, don't hesitate to voice your feedback on our feedback. Since when was Fractal Glider - Parasite Full On? Although very danceable I thought this was not Full On which is generally not this psychedelic and though out. This is more Goa influenced Psy-Trance I always thought. It's an extremely cool album regardless so if its Full On than I suppose it's one of my favorite Full On's for sure. I own it! :posford:

TALAMASCA - OBSESSIVE DREAM 2007 They should have put a penis on the cover. That would have been more appropriate. No seriously. It's a pretty bad cover and this is a very disappointing album. It's difficult to accept that this is the same artist who helmed such quality albums as Beyond the Mask, Musica Divinorum, and Zodiac. I loved Beyond the Mask, liked Musica Divinorum, and found several very good tracks on an otherwise fairly good or decent Zodiac. I won't even highlight those because I don't want peoples minds to unintentionally associate such quality in comparison to this. Part of me actually feels annoyed for even mentioning those albums in this thread. It's like putting a dirty shoe lace in your fresh glass of water. This artist began going downhill faster with 2004's Made In Trance album which so lacked creativity and greatess in relation to the others. It was very average Full On for the most part. The track Spiritual Renewal is OKAY, one of the better on the album but he's crafted such better stronger works in the past. Supernatural is tolerable too I suppose. Party Generation is one of the most sell-out, mainstream wanna-be tracks I've ever heard from Talamasca. We might as well listen to Scooter instead. Atleast he's made some pretty good tracks voice work and singing to get the crowd going when it comes to HAPPY HARDCORE. Talamasca: Where are the great songs? Even on 2004's Made In Trance album there were 2 or 3 good, engaging songs. There are no kickass songs on this album. This is the weakest main album by Talamasca to date. Why am I wasting my time here? I already wasted my time writing the above. I do NOT recommend this album even to Talamasca fans of the albums mentioned above. I've heard worse but this a very weak and dull release. It's unfortunate for all of those people who enjoyed his earlier work and were looking forward to the next. Talamasca made himself a name by producing good Psytrance music with a unique, driving, melodic, and edgy sound and style that does not seem existent here. Now he's corrupting his name with generic, by-the-numbers Full On. I've heard good Full On like Astrix, Lemaurians, 1200 Micrograms, and many others. So I'm not bashing Full On. I'm comparing this to the general good and great stuff on the same market. This is not good. Talamasca to me isn't even a shadow of his former self. And unless the next album is a smashingly well done, powerful and infectious release. Well I hope he loves this CD and feels passionate about every track here. He made the bed. He can sleep in it forever if he chooses to, or break out of his square box and get creative and fun and dynamic again, on more than one or two decent tracks.

RA - TO SIRIUS 2001 NOVA TEKK RECORDS 01. Prologue 02. Astral Flight 03. Universal Key 04. Beyond Control 05. Initiated 06. Sign Of Life 07. ROM 08. Paradox 09. Sirius 10. Epilogue This released in 2001 when many Goa-Trance labels and artists flipped to more mainstream Full On or stopped producing Goa-Trance until Suntrip. This album is fucking great!! "if you're work is great, it will be remembered. And the greater it, is the more praise you'll receive. This is what you're putting out to the Universe anyway. The Universe knows everything." 1. Prologue is a creative and intriguing intro to start the path. It's Eastern-Indian influence correlates perfectly what is about to follow as the listener enters the world of To Series in his/her body and mind as guided by the spirit of RA. B+ 2. Astral Flight is great, boosted early on, and stays strong throughout. I love the opening take off sound fx, the choir-esque hymns (add character and feels!!!), the melodic elements, rich Goa textures, accents, etc., etc. I can't believe I once gave this a B+. It's just so fucking good sounding!!! A- / A 3. Universal Key is more traveling and lengthy. It has solid melody/sound work and memorable samples. The song follows one set path throughout. Sometimes I think it could have been catchier in some way, but that's probably because I'm so attached to Astral Flight. Other times I like thing song ALOT-- just as it is. The song has character. It develops and evolves. I occasionally find it a little longer than it needs to be (less spicy/gripping than tracks 2, 4), but still isn't too soft. Great track! A- 4. Beyond Control has a strong, sustained melody (synth flute) that sounds like opera-esque female hymns and carries the vehicle. The melody/sound work is tasty and the song is fairly psychedelic. Catchy voice samples too. Another great, distinct, unique and CATCHY song!!! My God this album's great so far! A- 5. Initiated starts well. The intro is intriguing, unique. The song is harder hitting, more psychedelic than previous numbers. Some listeners will like that. The whispers add character. However the melodies aren't that memorable, at least not in the first third. They become a little catchier at 4:25, and the ambient notes support them. By then I've lost some interest though. The contemplative melody from 7:03 to close is pretty good, but by then the song's nearly over. Still the track's fairly good I think, just nothing great as a whole. It lacks memorable melodies IMO, and has some interesting aspects too. B- 6. Sign of Life has a beautiful, uplifting (ambient) melody in its opening that soon leaves. Despite a few nice tunes, the uptempo approach (as a whole) sounds less lively and memorable, as though it's missing vibrancy, signs of life. Things pick up at 3:06, but the middle third grows repetitive and the arguably tinny synths don't help. 5:20 has a catchy synth. There's more arrangement at 6:10 and the key changes are nice. I like the uplifting feel. I simply wish the song didn't feel so minor compared to tracks 2, 3 & 4 (so far) and made me care. I wish it had deeper harmonies, sound/melody work, and FEELS. Ambient notes are nicely used, but here's an example-- unlike tracks 2, 3 & 4 (so far) where the sum of its parts are stronger than the whole. B- 7. R.O.M. is the best thing to come along since chocolate. No really. R.O.M. is a masterpiece. The song builds up to a wildly infectious, climactic sound in its first few minutes. It's amazing. I have never heard a track like this. The synth lead is exceptional, and it's supported by some of the most complimentary sounds and effects to ever grace electronic music / Goa Trance. R.O.M. makes my TOP 10 Goa songs of all time (list) and is my favorite [uptempo] RA track to date. R.O.M. is a definitive Goa Trance song. that recurrently sounds "almost too good for words" in my opinion. You don't have to wait for the last third of the song for something captivating to happen, because it happens more than once throughout! It's rare that my review of a song is little more than praise but what else can I say? R.O.M. is imaginative, magnetic, evolved, darkly edgy, magical, mysterious, and quite frankly, groundbreaking. It's one of the best, most memorable songs I have ever heard in my life. A 8. Paradox begins with a hard beat and basically no intro. This is one of the more aggressive dance songs on the album mainly due to the hard kick drum. Unfortunately, this harder PSY-influenced number lacks what made previous numbers so special with exception to Tracks 4+5. Sometimes I like the samples about a guy having the best job in the universe. Other times I find them repetitive, distracting, and bland. Aside from the characteristic voice samples that have grown on me (to be fair), the synth work is pretty good. It's simply not that memorable. Some Eqyption influenced transitions and/or sounds compliment. The song develops nicely thanks to a catchy tune (and increasing energy) in the second and third act. To be honest, I expected more after hearing tracks 2, 3, 4 and 7. Still this is an enjoyable track, more or less. It offers solid old-schooll variety to this cutting edge debut and some engaging sound/melody work to boot. Good track. B 09. Sirius is a big boost back up to greatness. This is a mid-tempo Goa-Chill number. that's intriguing, floating, and tasty as it moves along like an alien vehicle scouting out a vast planet. I love the rhythm, slowed down (but not too slow) beat, and the overall approach, music throughout. The synth work is strong and gripping. Excellent track! A 10. Epilogue is pretty good. It's short.. a nice closing that could have been the previous track. It seems ethnic/tribal influenced. Comparing with the previous number, it's pretty weak and forgettable. The melody work, while "nice" sounding, isn't that gripping or memorable. The flute is nice, but the whole does not seem to equel the sum of its parts. Unfortunately the album's closing isn't as strong as the opening, though the previous main (longer) track was very memorable. Regardless of your though to this "epilogue" it's too a strong and beautiful, occasionally magical album. B+ Conclusion A few less strong tracks aside, this is an excellent album. Great intro (track one) aside, songs 2, 3, 4, are strong Goa-Trance numbers. They're packed with good/great work. Beyond Control gets a bit repetitive in the final third, as does Signs of Life in the middle, and Epilogue isn't that strong. In other words, the album dips in the second half around some of its best work: R.O.M. and Sirius. That said, there's so much beauty, passion, thought, and creativity here that I highly recommend "To Sirius" to electronica fans. The album is generally more traveling and harmonious than many (more high octane dance among other) goatrance albums, and that is one of its most beautiful strengths. The intro is creative and develops a solid entrance; it's conscious and appreciative. Lars W. Lind who collaborated on tracks 1, 2, 5, and 7 is worth noting for his great work here along with Christer of course! I read in the inside flip that Charlie Clarke wrote tracks 6 and 8. While neither one is below average, tracks 6 and 8 are the numbers I like the least, along with the last nice but almost a bit too gentle transient closing. The track in between numbers 6 and 8, R.O.M. is exceptional. I appreciate this album more today. The "feeling" throughout this album is very postive, motivating, warm, and driving. Well done guys! You have produced something very positive for many to appreciate, share, enjoy, and be thankful for. You have added light to our world with your creative release that is not only fun, but positive, inspirational, thoughtful, and imaginative! Well done, and thank you again for an awesome, inspiriting, passionate, imaginative, and visionary (with conscous/aware samples, aspects, and intentions that our energy body/mid is exposed to, planting seeds for more wholesome consciousness) album!!! Favorites: 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 9. A-

Cow Hypnosis by Dark Force is loaded with them. It's hilarious. It's on this comp below. I'm not impressed with the overall comp though if you decide to get it. I was given a promo for free at a Trance Party. The track is pretty good for South Park samples although many are altered as you'd probably imagine. http://www.psyshop.com/shop/CDs/geo/geo1cd009.html

Of course, because a half baked album will be something I regret hearing. A forgettable album. RA is name recognition from GOA and along with Suntrip' track record I think something very special may be coming. Patience my momma told me. I only have one momma.

Funny Filipe, Your Mad Scientist track was the last one I uploaded to my iTunes so... every time I hear new samples from other stuff they upload above it. Then I delete them and the Mad Scientist track starts playing. Because of this I must have heard this thing over a dozen extra times and I just let it pay. I think it's great. I love the melodies. They're comfortable and engaging. The opening pulls me in and I have to hear the whole song. So when are you releasing this thing? Any ideas? I want to hear the whole thing! Let's go! :clapping:

Thanks nervgaz for posting about this. Okay I am one of the people who really liked his debut. It was interesting and creative... very musical and orchestral, sometimes emotive. A handful of parts involving solid musical combinations and build-ups I couldn't see coming and that is another reason I enjoyed the debut. The tracks developed, often into something better. There was a memorable or two climax sound explosion. But some tracks weren't so good. The debut was far from a great album but the artist had some great ideas and work sprinkled throughout. And so I bought it and actually found it more original than Sundances other more popular Nystagmus release. I had wondered if Planum was producing a follow-up earlier in the year. Based on samples... - The follow-up sounds interesting and very musical too. Those who liked the debut should enjoy this. The opening song starts out like a ballet, so soft and pretty. The listener has no idea what's coming. I like the outro too. It's like a fairytale tune playing along then *whoosh* right into a psy, more energetic and involved version it goes. And the development has just begun. - He's going to turn off many hardcore psyrance listeners with stuff like track 4, "Living On My Own feat Freddy Mercury." Initially I liked the meloncholy and even the arguably cheesy voice work but eventually when a second less altered voice appeard, I found it extremely irritating. The track completely fell apart for me. I can't get into psytrance with singing unless it's a beautiful female voice to carry the track as Talpa so successfully did in his "The Moon" song on the "Art of Being Non" album. My advice to artists who include voice work outside of brief voice samples is don't do it unless it's excellent and compliments you. At least this is one track out of 10. I hope Planum has some great dance songs on here loaded with energy, melodies, and creativity. I'd like to know this is a step up from his previous album in the overall production (but that's expected), more so in the ingenuity, creativity, buildup, sound/melody structure, development, and combinbinations. Oh and excellent driving, storming, musical rhythms. Intensity. This is something that is awesome when done well. See Infected Mushrooms first three albums for non-stop details. Not to copy them but get inspired with what I feel Planum could definitely use more of (stronger driving rhythms, aggression, intensity) and stengthening these elements in his creative way. Tracks I most like based on samples so far: 1, 2, 7, 10. Parts of tracks 5, 6 , 8, and 9 sound cool too.