Setsuko Posted November 5, 2004 Posted November 5, 2004 he he... it's nu-jazz or lounge or even french house if you want ... it's not at all psychedelic . but extremely smooth and stylish :-) Merv Peppler is goooood ... Quote
Mr. G Posted November 8, 2004 Posted November 8, 2004 Well here I go : Absolum - Inside the Sphere : It's very hard to name an album that has no bad tracks on it.. and this surely hasn't.. definately my favourite Xerox & Illumination - Temporary Insanity : After seeing them live, I had to get their album and yes I recomend it to everyone Son Kite - Colour : Blew me away to... Atmos - 2nd Brigade Andromeda - Temptations Chill: Abakus - That Much Closer To The Sun Yeah and I'm wating for my new Suria cd to arrive, I'm very interested in it.. And maybe the Vibe Tribe album will be a special one to.. Quote
Slyde Posted November 8, 2004 Posted November 8, 2004 Juno Reactor - Labyrinth :: Absolutley an AMAZING album. Best of 2004 EASILY. Infected Mushroom - IM The Supervisor Abakus - Closer To The Sun Sadly, haven't gotten a chance to collect alot of good goa/psy over the best year. Those are the two best in my opinion. Quote
shaman of sound Posted November 8, 2004 Posted November 8, 2004 Electric univeres- cosmic expirience Jono Reactor- labirynth Analog pussy- trance n' roll thats all at the moment! Quote
Towelie Posted November 9, 2004 Posted November 9, 2004 I think the hi-fi companions was quite dissapointment.. it has few nice tracks but they should have used alot more time on it.. sounds somehow unfinsihed.. the flexitones album is lot better Quote
traveller Posted November 9, 2004 Posted November 9, 2004 Prometheus - Robot-O-Chan Son Kite - Colours X.Dream - We Interface Lunaspice - Reflexions Haldolium - Vanity And Happiness Emou - Apres Midi ... ... ... and the misted muppet is by far the most over rated Quote
Slyde Posted November 9, 2004 Posted November 9, 2004 Prometheus - Robot-O-ChanI totally forgot that was released in 2004. Great album! Quote
pedro Posted November 9, 2004 Posted November 9, 2004 The Good (i) Release that has tickled my beard the most - Funf D : Angelheart. What a quality CD! (ii) Best 'debut' full length CD - Talpa: Art of Being Non. (iii) Progressive CD that made these old knee caps move the most - Haldolium: Haldolium. (iv) Compilation of the year - JP Noir. More stuff from Japan please (Phi was good too!). (iv) Winner of the "I know it is not a gem, but I listen to it more often than is good for me" winner - Lani: Our Way to the Sun. Simply delightful light stuff. The Not Good (i) Most over-rated cane-shaking rubbish - the Misguided Muppets. Uninteresting full-on. I suppose some people might even call this a 'concept' CD (and the cover is so 'wicked' - it is so 'dungeons and dragons'). Oh well. The Muppets are young. Maybe they will improve. (ii) Most over-rated chill-out: Abakus: That Much Closer to the Sun. Worse than even OTT: Blumenkraft. Pedro Quote
pedro Posted November 9, 2004 Posted November 9, 2004 Oh dear...this old memory of mine. I should have added Rinkadink's Rabbit album as my joint (no pun intended) favourite for best 'debut'. Pedro Quote
Slyde Posted November 9, 2004 Posted November 9, 2004 Most over-rated chill-out: Abakus: That Much Closer to the Sun. Worse than even OTT: Blumenkraft.Damn. I really enjoyed both of those. Quote
healium Posted November 11, 2004 Posted November 11, 2004 Ahhh you're nut's man! "Blumenkraft" is incredible!! Abakus though, gentle friendly music, nothing really more... Pedro - my sentiments exactly about Misted Muppet.. Wasn't it great on the first couple listens though? Quote
khogg Posted November 11, 2004 Posted November 11, 2004 Ahhh you're nut's man! "Blumenkraft" is incredible!! Abakus though, gentle friendly music, nothing really more... 201911[/snapback] True and... True. Quote
traveller Posted November 11, 2004 Posted November 11, 2004 i don't think much of the abukas album either.. Quote
sherlockalien Posted November 11, 2004 Posted November 11, 2004 abukas? lol man, those albuns were great.. Blumenkraft amazing (but it was 2003 btw.. and you see how much it still is in people's minds), and abakus, very gentle, summer music.. high quality so which chill out did you like, pedro? Quote
Alek Posted November 11, 2004 Posted November 11, 2004 Liked Abakus very much! But didn't like Blumenkraft, except for one track. Quote
pedro Posted November 12, 2004 Posted November 12, 2004 I have to confess to being a bit grumpy when it comes to ambient trance. It seems to me that too often these CDs are a bit bereft of musical ideas. In some of the worst cases, they are little better than glorified muzak. Unfortunately there is no single recent ambient trance CD I can heartily recommend. On the contrary, I am on the lookout for suggestions... In the past, the two ambient trance CDs which impressed me the most (at the time they came out; they have both become somewhat dated) were Saafi Brorthers: Mystic Cigarettes (!!) and Saafi Brothers: Midnight's Children. released in 1997 and 2000, respectively. Unfortunately, Saafi Brothers' last offering, Liquid Beach, did not excite me as much. Pedro Quote
dee#2 Posted November 20, 2004 Posted November 20, 2004 misted puppets hehe, i didnt like it at all, it just seems that i already heard it before, im with pedro, it is highly overated, some concepts are so good but then it fails to deliver..... i liked, void, rinkadink (i only would wanted it to have 10 more tracks, i think it was just perfect,,,), freq, beat bizarre (the first 2 tracks are very very delightful), and scatterbrain... Quote
traveller Posted November 20, 2004 Posted November 20, 2004 I have to confess to being a bit grumpy when it comes to ambient trance. It seems to me that too often these CDs are a bit bereft of musical ideas. In some of the worst cases, they are little better than glorified muzak. Unfortunately there is no single recent ambient trance CD I can heartily recommend. On the contrary, I am on the lookout for suggestions... In the past, the two ambient trance CDs which impressed me the most (at the time they came out; they have both become somewhat dated) were Saafi Brorthers: Mystic Cigarettes (!!) and Saafi Brothers: Midnight's Children. released in 1997 and 2000, respectively. Unfortunately, Saafi Brothers' last offering, Liquid Beach, did not excite me as much. Pedro 202035[/snapback] Did you hear Emou - Apres Midi? Quote
Gutty Posted December 7, 2004 Posted December 7, 2004 Pedro: you found Blumentkraft dissapointing? Were you even listening??? It´s one of my all time favourite chill out albums. You need to clean out your ears old man Quote
Ale Posted December 7, 2004 Posted December 7, 2004 RINKADINK IS SO BOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNGGGGGGGG Quote
pedro Posted December 7, 2004 Posted December 7, 2004 You need to clean out your ears old man 204955[/snapback] Blumenkraft is certainly above average as far as chill out is concerned (is this damning it with faint praise?). The problem I have is that I find a lot of ambient psy trance quite 'unintelligent' and not very compelling. Maybe it is okay to listen to while I do my cooking or cut my toenails. But if I am going to sit down, have a smoke and listen. Well...I do get bored. Take a track like Somersetter. It has a decent crazy dub feeling to it. But it is really not that special. I have so many more interesting dub stuff around - classic dub, modern dub, minimal dub techno. And I prefer it. Maybe I am just old-fashioned. Nevertheless, I hate to be so negative. I will just have to allocate more time in the next few months to listening to more ambient psy trance. I will then be able to give positive recommendations regarding ambient psy. Pedro Quote
seraph Posted December 8, 2004 Posted December 8, 2004 Here is my definite list since it is end of the year : JUNO REACTOR - LABYRINTH TALPA - THE ART OF BEING NON SPACE CAT - MECHANICAL DREAM WIZZY NOISE - STEREO ELECTRIC SYN SUN - SYMPHONIC ADVENTURES ELECTRIC UNIVERSE - COSMIC EXPERIMENT SURIA - LOGICAL EVOLUTION MIRACULIX - THE ARRIVAL PROMETHEUS - ROBOT.O.CHAN. HUMAN BLUE - ELECTROLUX ASTRIX - ARTCORE AES DANA - MEMORY SHELL H.U.V.A. NETWORK - DISTANCES I still haven't heard YPSILON 5 and FILTERIA album and since they are mostly goa trance, I am sure they would be my favourite ones...Can't wait to get them! Quote
Redeemer Posted December 8, 2004 Posted December 8, 2004 I can think of only two albums I can really get excited about from this year: Filteria - Sky Input Juno Reactor - Labyrinth Filteria shows that it's still very possible to make fresh sounding, intense, melodic goatrance and Juno shows how to blend different musical styles for amazing results (IM & X-Dream take notes coz your attempts sucked). Then there has been lot of proggy stuff that I can't get excited about but is still good/ok/nice/pleasant listen: 12 Moons - Solid State Andromeda - Temptations FREq - Strange Attractors Kooler - Open Son Kite - Colours The Higher Human Form - Neurohighways And some other stuff worth mentioning: Four Carry Nuts - Mechanical Age Fünf D - Angelheart Jupiter 8000 - Twisted Bliss Quote
Chrome Posted December 8, 2004 Posted December 8, 2004 Actually, while hunting for older stuff I didn't hear much released this year. Among those the only two albums were worth listening: Four Carry Nuts "Mechanical age" and Prometheus "Robot'o'chan" Special prize goes to: Sub6 "Who needs love songs" for just two tracks "Blox loggers" and "Buttersonic" (others were just OK). Electric Universe, Jupiter 8000, Astrix, Analog Pussy, Wizzy Noise, Psycraft, Lemurians, Rinkadink, Xerox and Illumnation, and some others mentioned above were nothing so special for me. I even find some of them boring. Quote
dee Posted December 9, 2004 Posted December 9, 2004 im just being courious,,, but why you think rinkadink is boring?? it really intrigue me.. Quote
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