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O.O.O.D - Free Range Label: Organic Records (UK) Catalog Number: ORGCD012 Format: CD Country: UK Released: 2006 Style: Psychedelic Dance Music / Trance Credits: Artwork By - Vladimir Kush Engineer: Colin Bennun Mastered By: Colin Bennun (tracks: 7) , Duncan Morrison (tracks: 1 to 6, 8 to 13) Mixed By: O.O.O.D. Producer, Written By: O.O.O.D. Website: http://www.myspace.com/oood Get it here (And listen to Samples) here: SaikoSounds PsyShop Tracklist: 1 Welcome (0:27) 2 Free Range (9:17) 3 Smoke A Lot (Ricochet Mix) (8:42) Guitar - Stephen Callaghan* 4 The Humming (8:23) 5 Solar Way (7:37) Vocals - Claire Champion , Sophie Lamb , Yasuko Potier 6 ... But Handy! (0:16) 7 Oh My (Good Golly Me) (8:09) 8 Marijuajuana (8:09) 9 Rock My Soul (Joker vs. Operator Mix) (9:08) 10 Blue Seal (8:58) 11 It Isn't Just You... (0:55) 12 Eye Of The Beholder (8:26) Producer, Engineer - Ott 13 We Love You (0:53) Written By, Performer - Claire Champion , Yasuko Potier That’s right O.O.O.D has just released an Album called Free Range on Organic Records, about 3 weeks ago. Where I come from, I wasn’t really impressed with the Voice Of Cod album at first, and had to give a lot of listens before I really got into it. Now however, it is one of my favorite albums (How things can change eh?). So, with this in my mind, I was pretty skeptic, but yet very excited about the release, as I have been a major fan of O.O.O.D since their release on Cabbaged Records (CLICKY) Then, the big day, I have it! So, I turn on the mixer, Turn on my Genelec monitors, and put the music on….. From here, I have to go through the tracks. I will however skip the “Intro Tracks” as they are a cool supplement that doesn’t need reviewing (IMO). Free Range Okey, this track starts of with a really funky guitar riff that, and it makes you think “where the hell is this going?!”, and that’s good, because youre in for a treat! The loop gets faster, and BANG, the track starts! Again, I was baffled at the intro to the track leading to what it lead to (Didn’t see that one coming haha). The bassline is kind of Full On’ish, but it doesn’t matter, it is what it is building up to that matters here. At this point, let me add that I am not a very big fan of Electric guitar riffs in tracks, and I think SUN Project and the likes really destroyed that for me! However, for this track, it really fits, as it doesn’t get over the top with it. The track evolves into something that I would call good psychedelic trance/dance music. Nice gated Choirs, and a super sleek lead evolve, and track goes on building. At this point, I am pretty convinced already that I am going to like the rest, but I still have that weird feeling about the record! Smoke a Lot This track again begins with something that wont give you any hint whatsoever what the track is going to end like. A very nice dub! The 4/4 Bassdrum gets added, the dubloop goes away, and ahhh there, the bassline. Again, it’s a pretty fullon’ish bassline, but not your conventional full on one! So the track is evolving slowly, some samples, and the dub comes back, and it all sounds very like this track could be remixed and made a dub chill track by OTT one day! Now, the track doesn’t stay dub though after the break, it goes into some mad acidlike line, the sound on my system sounds so crisp and fresh, and I was moving in my chair while listening to it, this track gets me going! Anymore spoilers I wont give away though, you'll have to listen to this masterpiece yourself! The Humming The next track starts very basic, just with a bassdrum, some gated pads, and an acidline that just mumbles in the background. Sounds pretty harmless, but yet, very promising… something is cooking here! Right when I had that though, a bassline gets added to the track. Very unconventional bass line for being trance (the better, and all imo of course!). This track is very techno! I would even go as far as calling this Techno, or TechTrance. Weird sounds and percussions get added as we go along. The DRIVE of the track though is FANTASTIC. Don’t be fooled though, there are many more things happening to this track as it builds! Break time… Nice paddy breakdown here. There is very little to the break at first, but then it builds, and the filtered bass drum comes back. The drive of the track is evolving now, and a chopped up voice sample seems to become the main theme of the track, and a very subtle acid line is mumbling as well. Its like the witches kettle that just boils and boils, waiting to explode…. The track really gets to me, as I love techie sounds (especially from the older days) and this is pretty spot on to my taste! The buildup however doesn’t promise you too much, as it really reaches climax towards the end! Solar Sway Another Techie Track? Stay tuned! The Intro is basically beats, samples… in general a very nice way of building up a track. Bassline, pads and Percussion become one! Lets add some Gated Choirs to that as well, and we have ourselves a trance going! So, no techie here, no sir! This reminds me a lot of old school trance, but with a nicer bassline and a pinch of Psychedelia added to it! As the previous tracks, this track is also a real builder! It gets more and more pleasant as you go, and I seemed to wander off in my thoughts for a while… I was in trance! Here I am, not even halfway through the album, and I am totally surprised by the fresh sound, the innovation, the variation, the TRANCE! Okey, lets move forward to Oh My (Oh, and the intro track there is very funny, no spoilers though, listen for yourself! Oh My (Good Golly Me) This sounds Techie again, Bassdrum, Hihats, a bassy sound coming in every now and then. Short break (Very) and Bang, Bass line and hard kicking bass drum! Very weird sounds in this track. The bass line not being a very standard one for being Trance either. Again, Kudos for this! The main sample comes in at a very low pitch, which then gets pitched and pitched and pitched and pitched, suddenly break… ahhh I see the psychedelic side of the track! Without this sample, this track would have been pure Techno (And what a good Techno Track it would have been as well). Perfect mix of Techno and Trance here. The twisting of the voice sample is very funny, and fits very well! Again, O.O.O.D really works on the Buildup of the track, which hasn’t failed so far this album! What I really love about this track is the monotone but yet driving bass line! (its simplicity at its best!) Did we reach the middle yet?! Oh n0es, I need to slow this album down, I don’t want it to end… lets smoke some… Marijuajuana Prescriptions, and a Pack of Marihuana please?! All I can say, I want to be in the shop where he does all that shopping’s for just 2.15 (Listen to the track, and you will know what I am talking about here). Whoever claims that O.O.O.D don’t have humor, is totally wrong! I mean, I was thinking that now the rest of the album would follow the same theme, but here we got one hell of a change in Style. A very funky slap bass is the main drive of this track. Add the samples that they have used, and you have the perfect... haha I don’t have a genre for this track. Can I call it Funky Comedy Trance?! This track is very hard to describe, it has to be heard! Funk to the max though. Batman anyone? Well, if you can find out where the Wayne Manor is, O.O.O.D would like to know! Rock My Soul (Joker vs. Operator Mix) This track, really made me laugh out loud when I heard the intro. Its so brilliant! (big kudos for making me laugh!). Not really, its not over yet! So Rock My Soul begins like a comedy, and it makes you wonder what the track really will lead you to. I now am convinced, that I can not predict O.O.O.D! Again, very funky intro (I mean, if you can actually concentrate on the music, not the voice sample!) Oouuuuuhhhhh… bye! And here we hear the first track that seems to be at a bit slower pace. Very funky bass line here as well! Funky guitar samples, and super nice percussion! Some might think that this track is progressive, some might think that its psychedelic and some might even say that its just TRANCE. I am for all of them. This is a perfect example on how you can make a track sound very many styles at once, yet not let it sound cheesy! The evolving bass line together with all the atmospheric and gated pads, make this a perfect roundup, and once again, totally nothing like any of the other tracks. (Damn, can it be more varied?!) Anyways, a perfect break down of the track, and the building up even trancier (and I was amazed how the track evolved after that intro haha) Blue Seal At this point of the CD, I really don’t want it to end, as it has overwhelmed me, so I thought I would pause it for a while. However, I couldn’t stop listening so just after 2 seconds, I was at it again! Again here is a very nice sounding bass line. not at all your conventional sounding one. The sound of it, the way its programmed, everything is just pure funk. This track is similar to the previous one. Very atmospheric and very trancey! (Hang on a moment! I forgot to take my insuline because I am too much into listening! Haha) Right from the beginning of the track it sounds promising and let me tell you, it frikkin delivers, and keeps its promise. Did we find a common ground on the album finally?! Was this as good as it gets? Well, lets listen to the final track of the album, which was co-produced with OTT. Now, when I saw that, I was actually thinking it was going to be down tempo… but oh was I wrong…. Eye Of The Beholder It starts off like it could become a nice ambienty track, but then you get to hear the Bass line, and you think differently. This track is trance right at the start, and not just ANY trance! You can really hear that there is going to be a lot of happenings here. Perfectly engineered and very smart buildup here! The acid line that comes in, in the very beginning of the track sounds very promising. Ohhh and the sampled woman’s (or a man’s?) voice just makes me think of old Eat Static. Percussion wise, its perfect as well, not too much, not too less, just perfect! (Geddit?!). The track as any trance track has a nice breakdown, which is very well placed. It just blops and blepps around, and then AeOhEhAh Twisted voice sample and Wham Bam into role again! This chopped, twisted voice sample is what makes the track greater than what it already was….. However, emotionally, this track is almost impossible for me to describe (Except for that it gives me goose bumps every time I hear it haha), so you will have to hear this track for yourself. If you are going to listen to it at home however, make sure that you don’t get disturbed, it needs ATTENTION! Right at the end of the track, it is so trancey, so atmospheric, that you just go nuts, and want be dancing on that dance floor at 9am, sweating, hallucinating, smiling, playing with the other dancers… fanhalufuckingtastic track!! Here is where my first complaint about the album comes though. (After a gig in Bristol, I briefly talked to Colin, and he told me that my tracks were way too long) well here is one for you, THIS TRACK NEEDS TO BE LONGER! So, roundup?! Well, there is nothing left to say, I am pretty much speechless at this moment, and I will have to let it sink for a while, and hope that I don’t kill the magic by listening to this CD until I get bored of it (Well, I doubt it will happen) I will give extra kudos for the innovation, the variation, and really capturing Psychedelic trance in a very different way than any other artist has done in a very long time. Eat Static are the only ones that really have made me love an entire album completely… and now O.O.O.D made it as well! 11/10 (The extra point coming from my closing comments above) Hope you all enjoy it as much as I am! Nemo DX Zimmer And that was my LAST message!

the only midikeyboard for me is Novation Remote 25 SL. http://www.novationmusic.com/product.asp?i...&bArchive=False and a picture of the monster. I can warmly recommend it, and so can Shaft, and about 5 of my other music friends And also, here is a review that might give you an idea: http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/feb06/arti...nremote25sl.htm Happy hunting! Nemo

i dont agree, you can do many cool things when you put the bass on top/under the bassdrum, its just a matter of equing. Why limit yourself?

Jazz Juice - Too Horny Very nice Lo Fi

Some electronica by Jeff Samuel... edit. nah, changed that very fast, was more in the mood for: Jaydee - Plastic Dreams (LOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG Version) Fucking hell that track pwns!

It all depends what I write, how I write my basslines... sometimes its just a BxbxBxbxBxbxBxbx (Where B is bassdrum and b basssound), and on top I can write another bass sound coming in every 16th note, but more sharp, or more subby... its hard to say really

I can understand, just give us the link to the thread, and I will get my bulgarian friend to translate it.. hes right here next to me

Radi, I would like to see a link to that forum, and hear the track that you mastered.

And meregue too!

Oh... so we are talig about that they are both trancey! ohhhhh now I get it... still dont get the comparison... sorry you lost me radi

But how can one compare the 2?

Jamiroquai

dumber yes, i have seen it happen many times.... talented maybe not, but losing it, and making generic sounds, to please a crowd yes. someone CAN lose his talent though, I have seen that happen as well... one of swedens most promising artists out there (Dj Dash) totally lost his talent over drugs... so, it can happen, and it doesnt even have to do with drugs. Plus, there are people, they will never learn anything new.. they just stangnate, and produce the same sounds all over and over again!

here we go again....

i dont know what this is about, but I guess its about something that has to do with oldschool and goa... and also maybe chill and psy?......

and there is a special version for stupid people, its called a Re-Card

sorry, didnt find words

I think he meant that the poster was not the only one listening to oldschool at the moment... but indeet he was ze only... Im listening to this: THATS some oldschool dub right there!

not even close to old school.....

Boards of Canada

No Reger, you are far from that criteria of person.... And I would actually mention your name when referring to you, because you wouldnt take it as hard as the person(s) at hand!

No, just a pic of me, but in the style of your pics, that would be awsome to have

yah right

and that coming from the most polite person on the forum