Bahamut Posted March 26, 2005 Posted March 26, 2005 1 Dissolving The Code (7:28) 2 Evolution (11:38) 3 Impulse (10:07) 4 Neurotropic (6:23) 5 Mindheart Infusion (12:20) 6 Sense (7:57) 7 Neural Connection (12:07) 8 In The Marrow (5:15) Because I've been raving about this quite often, I decided it deserves a place in the review section: The electronic music of the future is here! On Blood Machine, the skilled and talented Roach and Unis combine beautiful soundscapes with complex "fractal rhythms". The result is a truly breathtaking, fascinating and psychedelic journey through a futuristic soundworld. Perfect for chilling with headphones. The compositions evolve slowly and subtlely and manage to hold your interest for most of the time (except for some long fade outs). The sounds are fresh and deep and the rhythms.. well, they are unlike anything you've heard before. They consist of multiple layers of (sometimes very fast paced) original electronic percussion sounds... this truly unique stuff. Production quality is awesome as well. Blood Machine is far ahead of anything that tries to create a deep/floating/spacy atmosphere by combining textures and rhythms - from other Ambient/Chillout to Drum 'n Bass to IDM - it all sounds dated and primitive compared to this. A masterpiece. 10/10 Favorite tracks: 1,2,5,6 Quote
ukiro Posted October 14, 2005 Posted October 14, 2005 I agree - 10/10. This so endlessly amazing. It never leaves my MP3 player, I want to have access to this at all times. Also recommended is Steve's solo album "Core" which is very much in the same vein, and another solid 10/10. Quote
seraph Posted October 15, 2005 Posted October 15, 2005 Fantastic ! One of the better experimental ambient albums I've heard...wonderful collaboration. Pure 10/10 Quote
Bahamut Posted October 15, 2005 Author Posted October 15, 2005 Cool! Track 6 is so special and beautiful... Boards of Canada and the like could only dream about making music like this.. IMO. Some of their solo efforts are more or less in the same style, but I haven't heard any that's on the same level as this one. They sound a bit weaker and less cohesive to me. Let's hope they will team up again sometime, to create some of the best original electronic music on earth. Quote
Sawfly Posted November 8, 2005 Posted November 8, 2005 Indeed a wonderful album 11/10 I also enjoy Vir Unis - The Drift Inside and Steve Roach - Magnificent Void from their solo-careers. Quote
qa2pir Posted December 21, 2005 Posted December 21, 2005 Indeed a beautiful album. One of the most visual musical works i've ever heard, and the drums are very special, floating and dreamy but still an energetic counterpart to the rest. It makes me feel like driving around in a half-broken space ship. Quote
Cinos Posted December 21, 2005 Posted December 21, 2005 I've grown bored of it myself. Meh, what to do? Very nice at first, yes, but didn't have much lasting appeal. Quote
Sawfly Posted December 22, 2005 Posted December 22, 2005 Huh? I've been listening to this like a madman lately and it seems very unlikely that I'd ever get bored with this beauty Quote
Ov3rdos3 Posted December 22, 2005 Posted December 22, 2005 Huh? I've been listening to this like a madman lately and it seems very unlikely that I'd ever get bored with this beauty 402692[/snapback] Where can i purchase this album from? any uk sites maybe? Quote
ukiro Posted December 22, 2005 Posted December 22, 2005 Where can i purchase this album from? any uk sites maybe? 402696[/snapback] Not UK but at least on the right side of the pond: http://www.groove.nl/. They have it in stock for £11.49 - big and reliable site, despite its horrible design. Did a quick search on amazon uk and hmv, but neither had it. Quote
Guest Astro Cortex Posted December 22, 2005 Posted December 22, 2005 Huh? I've been listening to this like a madman lately and it seems very unlikely that I'd ever get bored with this beauty 402692[/snapback] same here Quote
Dajek Posted December 22, 2005 Posted December 22, 2005 This requires a very special mood... Just listened this as a background while sitting in front of the computer and I find it painfully boring. Gotta try it while relaxing or somehting. Quote
Time_Trap Posted December 22, 2005 Posted December 22, 2005 Where can i purchase this album from? any uk sites maybe? 402696[/snapback] I think you can also get it directly from here for just 12$.. : http://www.steveroach.com/store/store.php [search using "Blood Machine" as keyword in Title search] there you can also download 1 track for free. Quote
Cinos Posted December 22, 2005 Posted December 22, 2005 Hurry up, Roaches site is having a clearout sale of at least that item. Meaning it's soon not avaible. Quote
Guest Astro Cortex Posted December 22, 2005 Posted December 22, 2005 It's also available here: http://www.atmoworks.com/ Quote
Bahamut Posted December 22, 2005 Author Posted December 22, 2005 If this is boring then what ambient isn't... This one will stand the test of time, for me at least. Especially the first 2 tracks, loud and with heavy bass, man it's such a rush... ambient with energy! Most artists from the psy ambient scene could not produce anything remotely like this, unless it was all on sample cd's Quote
Time_Trap Posted December 22, 2005 Posted December 22, 2005 yes, agree with bahamut, Dajek i had sort of the same reactions/feelings when starting to get into ambient music... Quote
Dajek Posted December 23, 2005 Posted December 23, 2005 Yeah, I'll give this more listens for sure. Quote
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