Cinos Posted February 22, 2005 Share Posted February 22, 2005 Planet B.E.N. - Ant Invasion I feel this deserves a topic of it's own... Ant Invasion is by far one of the most visual tracks ever! I can almost see the ants marching forth to the beat of ant war-drums and later some sort of blowing instrument, all so very insectiodically hostile. Too bad the rest of the stuff on Trippy Future Garden isn't as good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manuser Posted February 22, 2005 Share Posted February 22, 2005 Planet B.E.N. - Ant Invasion I feel this deserves a topic of it's own... Ant Invasion is by far one of the most visual tracks ever! I can almost see the ants marching forth to the beat of ant war-drums and later some sort of blowing instrument, all so very insectiodically hostile. Too bad the rest of the stuff on Trippy Future Garden isn't as good. 221770[/snapback] That track was a excellent track at that time, even if I prefer the tracks Welcome to the future, and above all the last one Trippy future garden, for their complexity, their entrancing side! But yes Ant Invasion is a mix between minimal and old school goa, the whole album is important, i think this is the album which converted me into more minimal psy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Cocco Posted February 22, 2005 Share Posted February 22, 2005 Planet B.E.N. - Ant Invasion. Too bad the rest of the stuff on Trippy Future Garden isn't as good. 221770[/snapback] I totally agree with both those things. I was expecting so much more with this album, wondering where all the great tracks were that people had talked about. When I heard Ant Invasion, I figured that its tracks like this one that made Planet B.E.N. more known, but by that point I was almost totally turned-off. I felt that this track had the most character; it was unquestionably the most interesting and fun, and my favorite song on the album. The last one is just too long and plain repetitive and boring for me. (22 minutes) Overall a decent album I find it now, with one really good or great track. It was probably great or one of the best in its time however. I suppose that because this came out in 1995 I think, thats one of the reasons why some people love it so much, the several hundred people in the entire world who heard it back then ... when there was little else, this was quite innovative and creative, but unlike the Hallucinogen, AP, Pleadian, Cosmosis albums, this has got that really "outdated" feel and sound to it. Too bad he doesn't produce great psytrance anymore. I think the side-project, Vacuum Tub was his last kickass, well done album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rain Posted February 22, 2005 Share Posted February 22, 2005 Well it is definitly the best track on planets ben trippy future garden... there are only 2 tracks that have a real climax at the end this one é trippy future garden has got one too but not that strong... This release you like it or you don't, it's very typical & unique... no dancefloor killers but great for homelistening... Indeed creepy psy creatures crawling from everywhere and considering it's from 1996 and sounds very initlligent... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukiro Posted February 22, 2005 Share Posted February 22, 2005 I find this album to be totally amazing, all the way through. It's not for every mood and it's not the most hectic album ever, but oh man... there's some SERIOUS psychedelia going on in there! It's a bit of an acquired taste and I won't try to talk any of you into liking it, but there are some of us who really appreciate the whole thing. Too bad he never reached that same depth later on. His latest album ("Full On") sounds like a joke compared to Trippy Future Garden. Oh, and I have it on both CD and vinyl ofcourse =) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rain Posted February 22, 2005 Share Posted February 22, 2005 True planet bens following releases are nothing like 'trippy future garden'... that for my considaretion one of the most psychedelic albums released... I've heard some tracks of his latest album 'fullon' and it is exactly a joke... I stopped listening after tracks 2 cause I don't care Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeathPosture Posted February 22, 2005 Share Posted February 22, 2005 Ant Invasion is an incredible track... As a stroke of luck, my local music pusher had the album back in 1999 when I started collecting seriously - and now it's virtually impossible to find... Anyway, AI is a smashing track... A journey really... That rhythm section still sends shivers down my spine everytime I listen to it... Brilliant stuff! DP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seraph Posted February 22, 2005 Share Posted February 22, 2005 Yeah, Ant Invasion is great but I more prefer Trippy Future Garden! So much layers and stuff going on, it is like he used 50 chanells for this track...Amazing...But I quite liked Screwdriver, very goaish... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qa2pir Posted April 10, 2005 Share Posted April 10, 2005 Is there anyway to even download the album? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anoebis Posted April 10, 2005 Share Posted April 10, 2005 Check ebay once in a while, it's available sometimes Also, Non Sense from Planet ben is probably as good as Ant Invasion imo... Also feels like some insect park with all the little bugs crawling around you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lumpi Posted April 10, 2005 Share Posted April 10, 2005 Is there anyway to even download the album? 242593[/snapback] You will get it for free if you buy his album "Test". click here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindtwister Posted April 10, 2005 Share Posted April 10, 2005 I think the whole album is a masterpeice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fosku Posted April 12, 2005 Share Posted April 12, 2005 Ant Invasion is really awesome, the name describes it really good. Trippy Future Garden is one of the best tracks ever, it's beyond words... Two absolute masterpieces! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrome Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 I can almost see the ants marching forth to the beat of ant war-drums and later some sort of blowing instrument, all so very insectiodically hostile. 221770[/snapback] I'll try to re-listen to it from that view , but I didn't like it too much so far. To me "Questionmark" is better, for instance (can say nothing about the other tracks on "Trippy Future Garden")... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basilisk Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 I am currently writing a feature on Ant Invasion and happened to stumble across this amusing piece of news: http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9...;show_article=1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sideffect... Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 Well it is definitly the best track on planets ben trippy future garden... there are only 2 tracks that have a real climax at the end this one é trippy future garden has got one too but not that strong... This release you like it or you don't, it's very typical & unique... no dancefloor killers but great for homelistening... Indeed creepy psy creatures crawling from everywhere and considering it's from 1996 and sounds very initlligent... +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeller Posted May 19, 2008 Share Posted May 19, 2008 Planet B.E.N. - Ant Invasion I feel this deserves a topic of it's own... Ant Invasion is by far one of the most visual tracks ever! I can almost see the ants marching forth to the beat of ant war-drums and later some sort of blowing instrument, all so very insectiodically hostile. Too bad the rest of the stuff on Trippy Future Garden isn't as good. So true, but even if Ant Invasion is the best track of the album, the other are great too but hard to get into Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormion Posted May 19, 2008 Share Posted May 19, 2008 Since we are on subject can someone names the tracks of this video: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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