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I don't see any on either Gil's site or the Avatar site. What, if anything, have you heard?

Yeah, Avatar are great. Personally I mainly like them for all their Gil/ Nommos releases.

Every time I listen to this it's better than I remember. I should listen to it more often.

Is it good?

I got this in the post today. I like it.

:clapping: Love the track Otto. Totally ultrabornological.

It's better than I remember.

You can find a picture at http://www.oood.net/. Might not be what you're looking for though.

Sorry. Thanks.

Not a complaint about moderation, but a request for moderation: I wrote a review for a V/A earlier and have just noticed that the guidelines for reviews say that I should have put a slash between the V and A in the thread title. Can someone change it for me?

V/A - Raindrops in the Forest (PsyberTribe Records) Press Release: Tracks (click titles for Saiko Sounds sample): 1) Vegetal - Fast Food Issue 6:36 This being a Vegetal track, it inevitably opens with a bit of politics; mercifully, though, that's over after about 30 seconds and we're left with a very nice tune. The first half of the track is dominated by a melancholy string melody, but there's also some excellent tribal-sounding percussion going on in the background. Shortly after the four minute mark there is a moment of silence, after which the melody returns like a butterfly from a cocoon, having suddenly got a lot more interesting. 2) Phobosphere - Seperate Reality 7:24 Another excellent tune up next. This one starts with a bubbly synth noise, before introducing a very catchy glockenspiel melody. The middle section introduces another nice melody, this time on the flute, then returns to the original theme before ending with a lovely ambient soundscape. 3) Bubble Elevator - Big Bright Bubble 5:46 This track begins with a rather twee vocal sample which I find a bit grating, but after that it moves into similar territory to the previous two tracks: a very relaxed guitar line plays continuously in the background while a sequence of different themes are introduced over the top. I find it lacks the same je ne sais quoi that made the first two tracks so great, but there are enough surprises to keep it interesting. 4) Ovnimoon - Fab My Sun (Extended Mix) 7:38 Track four is much less organic and more synth-driven than what has come before. In fact this sounds a lot like it could have come straight off Autechre's Incunabula album, albeit a bit more upbeat. Many very nice noises to be heard here, and every time you think that the artist has thrown all of his ideas at you he comes up with something new. 5) Magman - Tjallberry (Phobosphere Remix) 6:31 This track, like the first two, is very much dominated by its main melody, although it has a more dubby style. There's not much else to say about it, except that it's great. 6) Unknown Cause - Utopian Landscapes 9:48 Track six has something of an epic feel to it. Again it begins with a very shanti speech sample which I find slightly naff, but that is more than forgiven when the actual melody kicks in. Like track two this is in ternary form: after the intro the main theme fades in gradually before the rest of the track is built up around it, then after around four minutes fades out to give way to a kind of aimless, meandering ambient section, before the main melody returns again. 7) Audiovoid - The Melting Woman 9:48 The Melting Woman has a very different style to everything which has come before. It is less melodic and more glitchy, with a lot of harsher, atonal noises like hisses and clicks, and some complicated IDM-style rhythms. Much less relaxing than previous tracks, but much more trippy. It ought to sound out of place on this album, but somehow it doesn't. 8) Audiopathik - Sour Soul Syrup 8:38 Yes, that Audiopathik - the one who makes some of the least chilled, most dischordant, blood-pressurising darkpsy around. I was surprised to see his name appear on a downtempo compilation, and even more suprised to find that his track sounds like - well, exactly like all his other tracks. Only slower. It's even got the sampled screams and heavy breathing, and the same sequence of agonising key changes. It's an interesting and original idea, but in my opinion it doesn't really work as chillout. Maybe some people will like it though. Overall: I can't recommend this enough. It has a more pop music feel to it than most psy-chill, since most of the tracks are driven by catchy hooks, but it manages to do so without sacrificing depth. And there's not a single track here that feels lazy or acts as filler; every track has interesting ideas and stands out in its own right. 8.5/10 Favourite Tracks: 1(!), 2(!), 4,5,6

Damn, I hadn't noticed but you're right.

Cool. That's quite alright.

It used to be the case (and still is the case in old threads) that when the forum couldn't display an image for some reason the post containing it would have the words "user posted image", which one could right-click and select "view image" so one's browser would go to the image URL. Nowadays if the forum can't display an image it gives no indication that there's supposed to be an image there, and if I suspect that there is I have to open a reply page and copy the image URL from the quoted text into the address bar if I want to see it.

Orbital - Nothing Left (Tsunami One Rmx) Ditto

Orbital - Bigpipe Style Not listened to this in years. Man is it awesome.

Is it possible to bring back the old "user posted image" thing?