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My favourite in the 20 new Tracks : Spiralix Other recommendations : Guajibo, JVR, Ping, Tripoholic, Superlative Encore And you ?

The review ... tonight ! )

Yes the other ones will be added asap

Very strange, there's 1 ambient track on the 83 currently participating ... come on ambient producers ;-)

Very strange, there's 1 ambient track on the 83 currently participating ... come on ambient producers ;-)

Strumpling ? Anything to say here ? ;o)

U like Electronic ? Nice ;-) Mine (no Posford stuff nor TIP) are : -Astral Projection : Electronic -Astral Projection : Ambient galaxy (Disco Valley Mix) -Infected Mushroom : The Missed Symphony -Jörg On Mushroom : The Messenger -Total Eclipse : Nakano Ghost

Are there some people here who are progressively downloading & listening to all the Tracks from the contest ? If so, could you mail me at children01@free.fr ? Cause we're projecting to have a reduced jury as well as the global jury composed of all visitors that will vote.

Parasite, 13 Skulls & Unusual Suspects are really fresh IMHO, they really make me think psytrance is going to be better & better this year, after few years of "not that good stuff" (1999-2000). Wait & see, but don't loose faith ;-)

"Inscape : Sedom" & "Pleiadians : Time Dilation" directly come to my mind :-)

Hehe same for me Mad, with Electronic High 2 ;-)

It's based on a Track from Amygdala, but NASA is a friend of him who remixed his Track. So that's based on Amygala first work, but that's not made by Amygdala :-)

I would say Fractal Glider

For me that's Sneila, Masada, Sienis, Chiron, Amygdala, Roomush

Yes, and as long as 2 Tracks have not been name by exactly the same guys, they can participate :-)

But Another World is 2nd imho )

For me that's Dancing Galaxy

Don't worry, Valerio received the master ;-) I also received a virus, from Inpsyde Media ... in fact some viruses are programmed to be sent by people you're used to correspond with in order for you to open the attached files ... that's why I never open attached files, except when I'm sure they were really sent by their "supposed" sender ;-)

Can't believe it ! Sooo many good Tracks are incoming on the contest !!! I just hear a remix from Amygdala Synaptic Misfire, a new Track from Amygdala, an Hallucinogenic Track from Roomush, a melodic one from Portamento, another from Yakir Ben Tov, one from Indidginus and they are all very interesting (only heard them for the moment) ! I even have one HUGE favourite now : "Sneila : Flying Objects Always Reach The Ground" !!! Suuuch a good melodic Track !!!!!! More Pleiadians than Astral Projection one.

Uuurgh ! Maybe you could send us the interview for the "interviews" section ? ;-) Cause he's damn hard to interview !

MK : Yes of course :-)

As you probably noticed I don't remove unuseful reviews anymore since 3 months, as more than 100 are written each day (too hard for me particularly with the current system of non-dynamic review pages) As a result ... there are looooots of reviews that have absolutely NOTHING to do here ! Such as people talking to each other, talking of sthing else than the release they sould review, saying 3 words, or even commenting the reviews from some other people !!! For example Here is what has been written today on the "Alienated Buddha" album review after my review post, what's all that crap ??? : Wednesday, February 13, 2002 That review is too LONG Anonymous Wednesday, February 13, 2002 Yeah I can't read reviews that long. Under 100 words please. Anonymous Wednesday, February 13, 2002 One problem with the reviews section here is that you cannot format your review to make it into neat paragraphs. It is very difficult to read a huge block of text. anonymous Wednesday, February 13, 2002 I personally never read the descriptions of every single track... When I open a page, I want to see quickly if something is good or not. P.s. you can describe an album well in only few sentences... Not that i'm flaming someone, it's just what I like. Wednesday, February 13, 2002 too long for this fast days

Heeeeelp :-)

Alienated Buddha - Inpsyde Artist: Alienated Buddha Title: Inpsyde Label: Out Of Orion Date: 2002 Track listing: 01. 08'05" Skeleton 02. 08'49" Starfog 03. 08'53" Profanation 04. 09'41" Fire In The Sky 05. 07'46" The Graveyard 06. 06'17" Chakra Inside 07. 07'28" Inner Universe 08. 06'35" Empty Image 09. 07'50" Subsphera Review: Psychedelic, minimal, melodic, hypnotic, experimental ?Emany adjectives could qualify this album as Tracks use elements of various styles ?ETrack 1 starts with strange distorted noises and then calms down, preparing you to the Alienated Buddha (a spanish group but you're really strong if you guess that through the album cause it's far to be spanish-influenced) experience :-) A kinda original bass then appears, with nice percussions in background, sounds slightly jazzy by moments ?Ethe kick is not very present along the Track, but the snares are. Then all slowly builds around that snares and bass ambience, and very nice tribal drums suddenly increase the Track rhythm, to lead to the melody till the end of the Track. Overall a cool intro Track. Track 2 alternates, at the beginning, the pitch of a quick bass, with few samples in backgorund, and a spanish computerized voice. A heavy kick then starts, with a strange sound stereo distorted effect. A soft background melody leads to a break, during which the artist prepares your ears to the next step with few psychedelic samples, that go increasing in BPM. The 3rd part of the Track changes the pitch of the bass (a more high-pitched one), and is very fast. 2 melodies then work together while a high-pitched recurrent sample fixes the tempo and make the whole thing pretty hypnotic. Don't expect to some old-school melodic stuff, the melodies are very simple, and are absolutely the main part of the Tracks. Track 3 starts much more low-pitched fast bass, with high-pitched sample effects. You then hear a " car starter " sample, and then a " child crying " repetitive sample over the background effects. Some claps & a fat bass then lead to a very fast & psychedelic distorted guitar sound. The claps then start again, more intensively, and a kinda " old-school " melody (more Pleiadians then Astral Projection though) makes the whole thing very psychedelic for few seconds. All then becomes more quiet, and various psychedelic samples continue. A final melody, less fast, ends the Track. Interesting. Track 4 starts quite slowly compared to the previous one, as the intro lasts around 2 minutes. You hear a bass, a background kick, sometimes a melody, then a very high-pitched melody. That's pretty strange, psychedelic and minimal at the same time. A long drum break then lets a melody initialize the build up of the second part of the Track. This one is a little faster, but you can still hear mainly bass & weird samples, the kick still being not loud. I can't say I love this Track. It's original, but sometimes too weird for me. The last 3 minutes are very crazy. Track 5 begins with a fast loud kick and few samples progressively building the Track ambience the artist wants you to land on. A fast melody appears in background, still with this heavy kick. Actually the bass & kick are fast, but the melody is much lower & not too present in the Track, a quite "minimal" one. The 2nd part, starting after a break, is more melodic but still weird & distorted. In fact the whole CD uses a lot distortions & fast bass. Track 6 starts with no kick during the first 2 minutes, only a soft bass & melody. Then the kick appears, with a very fast melody, which lasts for least 1/3 of the Track. Nice, but ?Enothing to compare with Track 7 ! This Track is by far the best one here IMHO. One of my current favourites : it starts with snares & claps then a kick and a strange background ambience. A melody & a bass progressively hypnotize you, then a second bass, louder, appears. A melody then lasts for few seconds till a break, in which you only hear the second bass and a new kick. A very strange stereo voice effect prepares a melody that goes increasing while a new bass starts in backgorund. All stops, the melody is still present, the bass didn't completely disappear, then a very strange voice effect lead you to a very " russian " nice melody. Very entertaining, and crazy samples going with it. The melody lasts for a while, then its pitch increases. A second low-pitched instument then plays this same melody. Then you have a kinda " infected " ambience, with 3 nice soft melodies closing the Track. That's very nice. This Track deserves at least a 8/10, maybe even 9 for its originality. Trust me, when you'll hear the melody you will think about it even 1 hour after having listened to it ) Track 8 is much darker then the other ones during the first 1/3, then goes a little more psychedelic & hypnotic. But, globally, I don't find it that special, except in the last part, which uses a beautiful melody effect. Track 9 uses very high-pitched samples at the beginning, with no bass nor kick. The kick appears after mor ethan 1 minute, & the first melody after 2 minutes. But the Track is too high-pitched for my taste. The kind of Track that would make your ears suffer a lot at a party. Overall, this album is very original, mostly psychedelic & hypnotic, often weird, and contains some good Tracks (Track 7 being the absolute highlight), and some average ones. But, if you like weird & psychedelic sounds you won't be disappointed. Rating : 6/10

Well I think minimal lovers are more than you can imagine here ... anyway, if people who give their opinion are more into psychedelic / melodic stuff, then the other ones should give their opinion too ... I don't think giving genres to these Tracks is a good idea, because in the current system people are forced to download all the Tracks, even the ones they would not have dloaded if they knew they are "melodic" or "minimal" trance ... and might like them ...