Lemmiwinks Posted October 31, 2004 Share Posted October 31, 2004 1 Ritual Of Life (13:08) 2 Caravan Of Emotions (12:28) 3 L'esperanza (10:25) 4 Sleeping Invention (3:20) 5 Mellow Illusion (9:10) 6 Merry-Go-Round Somewhere (1:27) 7 An Accident In Paradise (6:24) 8 Drifting Like Whales In The Darkness (6:42) 9 Coda (1:23) 10 L'Esperanza (Single Edit) (3:45) 11 Ritual Of Life (The Tribal Acid Mix) (8:31) Ah here's another one of those albums who started it all... legend has it that the first time when Sven Vath went to Goa, he was surprised to see how much praise he got for his earlier stuff released in the 80s of which basically noone from the "civilized world" ever heard of and which were recorded in... 16 bits... I know a lot of you are gonna say that Sven Vath has nothing to do with psy but you're wrong... Sven, with his Eye Q records was one of THE founding figures of trance, (that is trance that was played in Goa BEFORE psytrance). He was one of the main inspirers for the hoard of psytrance producers from later on so for anyone interested in how it all started this album is a must have. Actually mine is a 93 reissue containing 2 bonus tracks (remixes of Esperanza and Ritual of Life ). If you can find it, I advise you buy this edition rather than the original 92 release because after all, you get more for your money since they're 2 new tracks on this one Actually this was a surprise for me, most of the tracks are beatless ambient: Caravan of Emotions if a wonderfull 12 minute track, it seems like it's the same synthline over and over again, but if you pay attention you realize that the beckground changes constantly... Coda and Sleeping Invention kindof feel like the same track split in two and has some medieval classic instrument playing (I believe that in English it's called a harpsichord)... now that's creativity for you Drifting like Whales in the Darkness is another beatless ambient track, this one's more on the dark side, with an interesting fast dripping sound coupled with slow synth progressions, it gives a spooky yet pleasant feeling, I'd like to here this one on acid Merry Go Round is, as the name suggests, a twisted beatless reinterpretation of the songs you hear at a caroussel... hehehe it must really freak you out when on acid... too bad it doesn't even lasts for 2 minutes Mellow Illusion is the one I like least, it's chill-out (this time with a beat), but it all sounds too conventional (but then again it was made in 92...) Now on to the higher tempo tracks: An Accident in Paradise is a bit repetitive but you can see in there where most early psytrance producers got their influences, the multilayered 303 bassline and sounds ahhhh.... it sounds a bit dated by today's standards but I think any oldschooler will appreciate it L'Esperanza is the title that made Svan Väth big, even if you don't know the track itself, you'll probably recognize the main theme from commercial and documentary background music. The single version has only the part with the main theme whereas the original version has a slower pace and gradually develops to that main theme which only comes in the end... with these 2 versions you can actually see how trance got divided into 2 groups: deep, long and complex trance on one hand and cheezy kiddy-appealing 3 minute tracks on the other. And comes my favorite Ritual of Life ah yes, here you can hear all the elements that made psytrance: 303 lines, multiple layers, a mystical atmosphere, oriental chants, djembés, tablas and even a didgeridoo. Yep, it's all in there and already in 1992!! I definatley recomend this to oldschoolers!! The Tribal Acid Mix sounds more "goaish" whereas the original version is more "tribalistic". They're both great!! Conclusion To think that music of this quality was being made in 1992!!! Definatley one for people interested in seeing how this whole goatrance thing started. And, since there are a lot of tracks with beatless ambient, if you're into that then I recomend it as well. 9/10 from me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kai-Q Posted October 31, 2004 Share Posted October 31, 2004 If someone want to knoe more about Sven Vath and Eye Q Records look here: http://www.eye-q-music.de/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seraph Posted November 1, 2004 Share Posted November 1, 2004 Pretty good album but I don't find it extraordinary or something. I still find something lacking in few songs. I really like Ritual of Life, L'Esperanza, An Accident In Paradise but the rest don't grab me so much. I expected better from the master, but it is stil from 1992 so it is not that dissapointing...7/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaxer Posted November 1, 2004 Share Posted November 1, 2004 If someone want to knoe more about Sven Vath and Eye Q Records look here: http://www.eye-q-music.de/ 200766[/snapback] http://www.tursa.franken.de/SvenVaeth_discog.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinos Posted November 16, 2004 Share Posted November 16, 2004 I've always been wondering why this album is much more psy than any of his other albums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezra Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 Here are some youtube links: An Accident in Paradise http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=6MwDRcmATUo Ritual of Life (Acid Tribal Mix) http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=-kYOdWH9kgE Ritual of Life (a different mix - 10 mins, slow building) http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=5vjyHAlXwNM L'Esperenza (not sure which version) http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=vmCog2PsL_I&...feature=related Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kai-Q Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 Here are some youtube links: An Accident in Paradise http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=6MwDRcmATUo Ritual of Life (Acid Tribal Mix) http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=-kYOdWH9kgE Ritual of Life (a different mix - 10 mins, slow building) http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=5vjyHAlXwNM L'Esperenza (not sure which version) http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=vmCog2PsL_I&...feature=related The first is the Original Mix, the third is also the Album Mix and the fourth Link is Hope will move Mountains Mix by Visions of Shiva aka Paul van Dyk and Cosmic Baby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEMO.BOFH Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 All of the old Sven stuff can be downloaded as high quality mp3s on Beatport now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Multi-Media Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 Have this as a Cd, but it get´s quite dated now....seems the long time appeal is not as good as certain other tech-trance stuff 7/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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