Ott - Blumenkraft

[traveller]

Ott - Blumenkraft

 

 

Artist: Ott

Title: Blumenkraft

Label: Twisted

Date: 2003

 

Track listing:

 

01. Jacks Cheese And Bread Snack

02. Sommer Settler

03. Splitting An Atom

04. Escape From Tulse Hell

05. Cley Hill

06. Billy The Kid Strikes Again

07. A Load Up At Nunnie Catch

08. Spannered In Pilton

09. Smoked Glass And Chrome

 

Review:

 

Review of the preview and other notes: I got a chance to be part of the inner

Twisted circle (I became Shpongled)and so four (or was it five) days ago I

received this album?s promo by mail. What is to follow is my personal view of

this album, sort of like a window into my mind. What is to follow is what my

mind thinks and possibly doesn?t think about it. My preview might be very

confusing and from time to time seem like random nonsense, what really isn?t

such a big suprise (for me anyways). What ever view you get or don?t get from

my review(s), you should definetly not ignore for it being that I happen to be

always right. If you don?t feel like reading a highly detailed epic freestyle

review now would be a good time to scroll down to my mini- & art reviews. Now

that I?ve got nothing else to say, I?m going to begin my ?preview?. But before

we begin: Before I began to listen to this album I felt it necessary to be on

the right mood. As it?s that this album happens to be very British there were

certain acts to perform before the playtime was upon. So, after my homemade

English breakfast (sausage roasted so brown that it really didn?t look like a

sausage any longer, 3 stripes of bacon, two eggs with yolk in half liquid

form, toast, various flavours of marmelade, good load of white beans in tomato

sauce (thrown into the skillet after everything else was done), glass of

squeesed orange juice with a little sugar on top and finally a huge cup of

black coffee) I felt it was the time. Almost there: It was Saturday morning

and I was alone. I opened the cd case and took the cd out. The artwork seemed

nice. On the front cover there were three futuristic looking dumbbells (which

I could no doubt easily lift) and a Blumenkraft(?), this cute robot thingy

that has a red flower on its right hand. The flower really stands out since

it?s so red and everything else is pretty much blue, white, gray and black.

Other artwork is not included, so I can?t really talk/write about it. I?m

quite sure it?s just as nice though. I think it?s all made by the infamous

Calx. For some odd reason the cover reminds me of those not too fluffy Sony

Aibo robot dog thingies. Something was missing. I went outside to smoke a

Marlborough light and that?s when it hit me. Tea! I definetly needed tea for

this Odyssey. Tea was more than necessary. So tea it was. Tea with a few

slices of citrus thrown in, not forgetting two full teaspoons of sugar.

Finally I inserted the cd into my hifi system, closed the curtains cause the

sun was shining way too bright and was ready to begin. Preview thingy:

Obviously my hopes were sort of high. Just before hitting the play button on

my remote control I took an eye of the cd case. The first track?s name was

?Jack?s Cheese And Bread Snack?. It was according to the info I?ve got written

and produced by the one and only, Ott himself. It was a magical moment, I hit

the play button, and so it began. The beginning seemed something that I really

didn?t see coming. It?s like a beginning of a story. To me it sounds like a

guy, or maybe a girl, I?m not quite sure, perhaps it?s the Blumenkraft

(=Flower Craft?) leaving a crappy sounding trance or house party. He opens the

door, shuts it, walks across a sand road. Opens his truck?s door, starts up

the engine and starts moving. The evil 4x4 is now definetly left behind. Very

symbolic if you ask me. At that point. What point? The point when that car

starts moving a semi aggressive bass synth makes a little noise, just enough

to make people aware that it?s there. Soon it dissapears. The story has begun.

Bleeps, beeps, a growly synth, a heavenly synth and something else are all

preparing a way. A way for? I don?t know, but I?m quite sure we will see soon.

Somewhere around 2:20 quiet drums do a little work. Getting a little louder,

performing the paradox of fading. Something is on the background. That

something slightly reminds me of that epic Shpongle track on their latest

album. Not sure of the name though, I think it?s ?Around the World in Tea

Daze?. Magic is definetly in the air. At the edge of 04:00 we get a computer

like female voice. She says ?One.. all composite phenomena are impermanent..

two.. all contaminated things and events are unsatisfactory.. three.. all

phenomena are empty and selfless.. and four.. nirvana is true peace?. That?s

when we get right down to business. What suprises me is that I?m not bored. It

just so happens to be that I usually find the so called intro(e?)s kind a

boring and usually just skip them. Right after the word ?peace? we get a

really soft bassline played by Daz. A millisecond later we are also given a

interesting beat manipulated by Ott and a nicey rising and downing

high-pitched synth. They create a pattern. Very smooth! Very elegant! Very

British! We go pretty much like this until 05:10. That?s when we get some

stronger beat manipulation. Something like 30 seconds after that we get a

guitar played by Steve Hunt. Not a strong one (volume wise) but still. Then

some bigger variation on the beat, some tribal chants and something. 06:05 we

take a step step into dubbier direction. Guitar is doing a reggae pattern.

It?s also doing a solo. Drums are just fantastic. If you are a ghost now would

definetly be a good time to drift around the room manouvering vortexes and

cortexes. Just before 08:00 there?s a small chill part. The sample represented

before is repeated. But wait! It didn?t go the same way. This time we are not

given a bassline, but a flocking manipulated beat. Ten seconds or so after

typing that the bassline enters accompanied by a new synth. Trancey synth. Not

trance trance, but trance feeling like. Bleeps. I love that ?tkrrrrr?

instrument which name I cannot remember. You know, the one that can be heard

in the beginning of Infected Mushroom?s ?Bust A Move?. Nice hidden effect at

09:51. Something to be proud of. Tiny circles. I wish I wasn?t writing this

review at the moment so I could enjoy even more, not having to think. 10:40

the guitar returns. It?s very.. indian. 11:00 the track is getting closer to

its end. Doh! I?m smart. I mean you can hear it, the way everything dissapears

and is faded away. Some distant chants and growly synths are pretty much all

that is left. While ?waiting? for the end I take a glimpse at the cd case.

Next up is ?Somersettler?, which some might remember from the ?Backroom Beats?

compilation. It?s mixed in with a angel like wind. Also some grasshoppers can

be heard in the foreground. There?s no hearable change. Also this one is 100%

written by Ott himself. At the track transformation point we are given weird

speech like noise. Soon that rub-a-dub monster will hit us. At 01:00 you can

already sense that it?s upon you. Just after 01:05 we are back in business.

Nice echo effects are represented. Soon a ?16th century pirate ship? like

melody is mixed in. At 02:00 there?s a lot going on! We have nice echo

effects, a bassline and loads of synths. Disturbation, good disturbation. Beat

keeps on being dubby. Bassline does the same. The foreground is not left

empty. In it the effects play around, but it?s not too crowded. A little after

03:00 we get one of those indian like guitars. Dub, dub, dub. The track keeps

on being massive. A flute? 4:21 bassline gets some serious variation, it sort

of becomes a deep growling synth. Weird voices, bleeping effects, time to dub

again. I?ve heard this track like atleast 20 times but still keep on

discovering new things in it. It?s very layered. We have that bassline layer.

On top of that there?s the beat layer. Then there are the various synth

layers. As a cherry on top we have that ?manipulation of effects? layer.

Distant, approacing, ending, slowly fading away. And so it all ends in a

demonic wind, time to: ?Splitting an atom?, again 100% by Ott. Once again

mixed, yet suprising start. No introes. Ott guides as straight to the beat.

Very 80?s beginning. It sounds like 100 000 people were saying ?tbshb? in a

bassy voice at the same time. 00:40 we get a bassline and a much stronger

beat. Once again, somehow reminds me of that epic Shpongle track. You?ll see

once you hear it. 01:20 we get vocals which are sang by Michelle and/or Cassie

(the info given to me isn?t 100% accurate). Beautiful is the word! I don?t

know why, but I?m seeing a picture in my mind. A picture of? Well, don?t know

why but I?m seeing the Eiffel tower swinging at the rhythm of the music. Looks

kind a groovy if you ask me. 02:00 we get to the ethnic chanting. African? I

think so. Doesn?t make a difference, it?s just great! 02:45 back to the

Shpongle land. Just before and right after 03:00 we get truly awesome

manipulation. Followed by even cooler.. what ever the word is.. Then it?s time

to Michelle and/or Cassie to do some work. Very, extremly Shpongled. Very

Posfordish! This heavenly track in interrupted by a break at 04:00. Vocals get

us back on track. I wish I could just keep my eyes closed and float. Opera

kind of lyrics. Were they like that before? Chanting returns. It?s like

Michelle and/or Cassie are communicating or atleast trying to communicate with

the chanter. 05:00 and the rest can?t be talked about for it would be a crime

since words can?t describe what?s going on. One word to sum it up:

inexpressable. Next up is ?Escape From Tulse Hell?, which again some of us

might have already heard for it was released on ?Mana Medicine? a year or so

back. The beginning is mystical and once again, mixed in with a wind effect.

Then that ?Hi I?m weird!? beat plus weirdness combination beginns. Getting

dubbier. At 01:02 the dub incarnates. Dub beat follows a little later on.

Dubby synths. Now absolutely nothing is missing. It?s all there. A Dorset of

Dubbation. Another ?1600th pirate? like melody. I wish I could be there. Some

old peg legged red bearded guy playing the melody with a mouth harmonica.

YARRRRRR! Com? ere ol chap! Oh well. 03:03 dub-a-dub is back. Once again,

there?s not much to say since there?s just too much to say. Correct me if I?m

wrong, but the track isn?t 100% the same than the released version on Mana

Medicine. I?m doing some moves. Ah I forgot to tell you, if it matters.. I?m

lying on my bed, feeling quite comfortable. I?m sort of flying at the moment,

somehow feeling very british. 04:50 we go into a little edgyer, frolicsome,

electronic so to speak of, direction. Bleeps! Manipulation is once again, just

out of this world! The way that guitar hits us at 05:30, SHIT! That?s frisky!

Thought it was going to end but still keeps on going at 06:12. Right on. Right

on. It?s about to end, slowly fades away. Leaves me.. touched. After a short

cigarette break it?s time for ?Cley Hill?, which in my opinion sort of starts

up the second part of this album. We get all sort of stuff right at the very

beginning. Followed by.. ooops too much happened. ?Traveller hits skip button

right back to beginning of track 5.? Okay at the beginning we get a repeative

bassline that grows stronger (volume vice). 00:37 we get salsa influences, a

beat, church like organ makes a short appearance and best of all we get a

flute that could very well be played by the Grandmaster Flash of Trance, Raja

Ram himself. Very hypnotic. Needless to say, perfect. Oh my fucking god! The

manipulation is very Posfordish. Only he, and well.. now Ott can come up with

such ideas (and Mozart ofcourse). At 01:30 the organ does a melody. The beat

is ?too? slow, gets faster. Then the flute answers the organ. The beautiful

flute! Is it Raja? Tell me, please! I guess it doesn?t matter, it?s just

perfect! For me the word Shpongle pretty much represents perfection and at the

very moment I can?t really think of any other words. Are you trying to

hypnotise us, the listeners? Mission accomplished! 02:44 there?s a tiny break

followed by a tempo change and cosmic manipulation. Still remaining latino the

track pretty much goes out of this world. The flute returns, once again, as a

incarnation of perfection. Manipulation goes bleeps and beeps! Right after

04:00 the track is on the verge of total collaption. Get?s even deeper about

10 seconds later. There are some vocals. Point of no return passed a long time

ago. Collaption! No, latino influences return accompanied by a tribal chant

and a strong bass. Beat ofcourse can also be heard. Children?s voices. I love

it when they do so. 05:03 I don?t know what the hell that is but it?s... like

the best thing I?ve ever heard. Also happens to be the most hypnotic thing

I?ve ever came across. The way that guitar imitates it a little later. Even

the pitched beat. YESS! Flute, effects, bassline, beat, it?s all there, but

will be gone soon. Congratulations Ott. This is in my opinion.. perfection!

Yet it gets even more perfect with that spacey synth. It?s about to end After

a track like that.. I don?t know what to say. Now it?s ?Billy The Kid Strikes

Again? written and produced by Ott and Daz. According to the info I?ve been

given ?Daz playes loads of synths? on this track. Also the guitar and the bass

are apparently played by this mystery man. So, let?s begin. The beginning is

quite weird as it sounds like it doesn?t belong to this album. We have weird

synth, beeps and at 00:38 the bass/beat combo hits us. The track seems very

straight forward. Very fresh! Nice echoed pad follows soon. This is trancey. I

find it awesome. Nice aperative in the middle of the Ott land. Very

breakbeatish. I don?t know who made that synth at 01:58 but it sure is

original! Just a little later we get a old school goa upper. You?d better hear

it, cause it happens to fit this track really well. This track is made in that

?Eat Static/Ozric Tentacles? way. Not 100% sure though, I?m not too familiar

with them. The guitar came a long somewhere around 03:15. Didn?t see it

coming. Really wasn?t expecting for such a change. It?s very.. solo like. It?s

apparently playing a solo. 04:20 Heavy Metal dub? Sort of anyways. This track

sure is different to everything else on this album this far. It?s not a good

or a bad thing. It?s just as great. Actually perfect decision to place here

cause after track 5.. yu know. Erpland. I don?t know why that word is on my

tongue. The build up on this track is very catchy. Hard to describe cause in a

way not so much is going on, yet so much is happening every given second.

Patterns, I hope that?s not a curse word, not ment to be insulting. Junglish

ending is upon us. Loads of drums are doing stuff, 05:30 there?s a super cool

effect. Some string instruments are thrown in. Goa uplifter keeps on making

its work. Catchy! What is to come now? Hold on.. ?A Load Up At Nunney Catch?,

appears to be mixed in in a very fresh way. Looking forward to hear what

direction we are about to go now. Are there any more doors to enter? Daz is

the guitarist here too. 00:27 We get a very straight forward bassline/beat

combo. Guitar. I wonder what?s going on with the Flower craft. I think I heard

it on the background! Oh, the bassline is very deep. Just noticed it. Wah Wah

guitar. We have a solid bpm? 4x4? Sort of, yes, but in that very special

Shpongle way. Shpongle way? In the way that it isn?t repeative. A wise man

once said that 4x4 makes your nose bleed. This piece of 4x4 isn?t doing so,

for like I said, it?s made in that very special way, I hope you know what I

mean. Besides.. manipulation begins. 02:30 latino feeling is back. And gone.

Some serious work done to the drums at 02:50, the production is flawless.

Something is trying to get that dub feelin? lone gone back. No, not coming,

yet anyways. Bassline is very static. Drums too are very static. 03:25 salsa

tries to kick in but dissapears. Manipulation at 04:04 is very complete.

Latino, guitar, psychedelic? Yes, very! That guitar is somehow very distant.

Bassline every now and then varies. Not strongly, but still.. 04:58 a little

pirate athmosphere, sorry.. more like Indian actually is thrown in. 05:25 it?s

time to show of with the studio skilz. Not overdone though. Just... flawless,

perfect, entarntaining. Static is still the word. WOWOWWOW! That effect..

UUUH! Trancey? Trance trance.. yes sort of. This track could very well be

played in a trance party. Looks like that 4x4 isn?t going anywhere. It?s

welcome though, so.. ?Spannered In Pilton? 100% Ott touch here. The beginning

of the 3rd part of the album if you ask me. The beginning of the track is very

?rock song? like. You know, it all starts up with a bassline. Soon some

hi-hats join in. What?s next? Ofcourse the beat? Yep! But as this isn?t a rock

song, we also get some effects, and a little before 00:50 funky guitar. 01:00

we get some Shpongle touch. Melody, which once again in my opinion is a little

pirate like. Reggae pads can be heard on the background. Very massive. Effects

and manipulation are doing all the serious work untill 02:14. That?s when the

flute hits us. It?s very welcome! And ofcourse, beautiful. 02:45 we are flown

into a new direction. I have never ever heard anything like this before. Small

break after 03:00, then some serious break beat studio work. Bleeps!

Harmonica? Ott is good at creating melodies! They are so, nonconventional.

Something really unexpected in general. Something our small scene is desperate

to get more. Something our beloved hungers. New influences! Bongo drums are

heard at 04:40, and they definetly are not ment to be hidden. 05:20 a totally

new part beginns. There?s a vocal sample that goes something like this ?Praise

praise praise.. this is good fortune.. No it doesn?t make that.. ??? ..wait

any longer? it blends to the track. Breakbeats a little before 06:00. More

vocal samples.. too disturbed to understand though. Kind a difficult to write

high details. A voice sample ends the journey. The voice is very manipulated,

disturbed and in a way extremly scary. British? Nope, not this time.. ?Smoked

Glass and Chrome?. These days it?s a trend to make the last track in a chill

album a boring soundscape one. Thank ?insert your favourite supreme being

here? Ott didn?t go that way. The beginning reminds me of that McGuiver tv

show, not music wise, but.. 01:20 we get the bass and the beat combo.

Different to anything represented before. The tempo is really slow on this

one, doesn?t bother the force though for it remains strong. 01:50 it?s time

for Michelle and/or Cassie to chant something alien. Is it Marsian? What ever

it?s.. it?s not a manmade language, perhaps a message from the skygods? Huge

euphoria feeling! My toes are tickling. I?m now sort of swimming in the air.

The track is definetly a step back to the chiller sound. It?s in a way very

simple. Patterned. Sort of looped. We have that chant part, the uplifting

chant part, the part before those chants, and the part after them.. it does a

few spins until the break which is located a little after 04:00. 04:40 we

start the process of building. Very alien! I guess it?s just my imagination,

but I almost heard a flute behind the beauty.. somewhere deep inside the

track. Next to that alien inner core, under all those layers. Might have been

telepoported from another planet? This is definetly one of those ?don?t think,

just keep your eyes closed? tracks. Michelle?s and/or Cassie?s voices are very

manipulated and like I said.. alien. 07:46 the track is close to it?s end, the

journey is about to end. Already slowly fading away. I will never experience

it again, for everytime it just so appears to be different. Everything good

comes to an end and so after 72 minutes and 40 seconds it was over. I?m

stunned and touched! So what is this album? I tell you what it?s. First of all

it?s very british. It?s probably more british than Queen Elisabeth the second

herself. It?s also very, extremly psychedelic, innovative and unique journey

into sound. More than that it?s one of those things that should be required

for all of us humans, and maybe also other mammals to experience. It in a way

makes us more complete. Through its magic it shows, that just maybe there?s a

small britton inside us all. What this album isn?t? This isn?t one of those

albums that you listen through, and then become so pissed that you bought in

the first place. It isn?t one of those albums which magic wears out. It?s not

a Shpongle album. It should not be compared to Shpongle. I know I?ve used the

S word quite a few times in my ?review?, but there?s a reason to it! It being

that I can?t think of anything else that comes even close. If this album would

have been released before the Shpongle albums people would definetly compare

Shpongle albums to it. But it should not be compared to anything, for like I

said, it is very unique. It?s an album that in my opinion deservers 10 from

scale of 4 to 10. I could go on and on with the superlatives, but am not going

to do so. I?ve got nothing else to say, but thank you Ott for this

magnificent, splendid experience. Actually I do have one more thing on my

mind. If I was to someday find myself in a situation where the small grey

creatures would destroy our planet unless I, the chosen one, would play them

one cd to show, that we, the humans can create highly sofisticated art and

therefore deserve to live, I could very well play this album to them. So, get

it or any given day our beloved planet might be blasted into pieces! The Mini

Review: T1. After a long intro we are represented very alien like dubbish

track. T2. The alien athmosphere is now gone. Now we are flown into dubbier

pirate like space. T3. This might be the most Shpongle like track on the

album. One of my favorites at the moment. T4. Here we have very massive

dubbish another pirate like track. T5. Strong latino influences here. One of

my favorites again. T6. This track stands out for it?s very different compared

to anything else on this album. T7. This track is very trancey. 4x4 can be

found here. T8. Shpongled, yes! My favourite? Yes! T9. This is closest to the

track 1 I guess. I love it! The Art Review: Do you want to make a trip into

space, but don?t happen to be a millionare or an astronaut? Do you want to

travell faster than light among the stars? Interested in visiting the

restaurant at the end of the universe? Curious to go to places man has never

been before? 42 still puzzling you? Don?t happen to live in the 2500?s? Not

interested in taking certain substances? No worries mate! Ott along with Daz,

Steve Hunt, Michelle and Cassie made it all available for you. Best of all

it?s for sale for less than twenty bucks! All you gotta do is close your eyes

and listen! PS: Thank you Ott

[freak51]

One thing Traveller nailed for sure, it is a very British sounding release. I

haven't fully dug it as deeply as Traveller above, but I'd bet that the

"Blumenkraft" reference is from "Ewige Blumenkraft", the Masonic motto about

getting on with their Great Work; i.e., the transformation of the World of Man

for the betterment of Mankind in this lifetime.

[Guest MG]

What a long review! Great album from Ott, a bit Sphongly, of course, situation

not helped by using the same singer. In comparison to the recent remix album,

It will be interesting to see if this holds up well, as that one now bores me

despite it's initial aural elated impact. I hope it mainatins my interest. I

am one of those infuriating, annoying people who measure everything similar to

this against Shpongle's debut (especially the opening track). I Also recently

heard the nu Younger Bro album - maybe Simon needs a break? beautiful opening

mood of the 1st track spoilt by cheesy segue & stupid cartoon samples - don't

get me wrong... YB album has some beautiful new sounds explored with some

autotune-like effect on vocals, he does try at least something new, it's just

that the structure has become a tad unsurprising - The 3rd Shpongle album, in

light of this may yet prove interesting. The point of this digression is that

maybe this twisted thing is starting to implode a bit? that prime may be now

past?

[Lemmiwinks]

First of all, from the little german I know, "blumenkraft" is German for

"Flower Power" which I suppose was intended as a wink to the 60s psychedellia.

As for the album... well... it's not as good as I expected it to be. Some

parts sound like... Hallucinogen - In Dub (and like MG here, I found that In

Dub got old fast, in spite of it sounding outstanding on the first few

listens, so having something that sounds similar isn't really a good thing

IMO) and other parts have too much arabic/ oriental influences than I'd like

to hear. Well, it's not bad bad, but OTT made hiself such a reputation of

"everything he touches turns into gold" that I can't help feeling dissapointed

by his first album. 7/10

[Lemmiwinks]

"What ever view you get or don?t get from my review(s), you should definetly

not ignore for it being that I happen to be always right" well well well...

aren't we a little pretentious today, Traveller?

[robbierabbit]

Uh, I'm glad the reviews are up again.

 

One thing: those "alien sounds" traveller mentions in Smoked Glass and Chrome are Hindi--an Indian language.

 

The main verse is from a Bollywood song:

 

Ao huzoor tumko sitaron mein le chaloon

Dil jhoom jaye aise baharon mein le chaloon

 

Translation (I've changed the syntax to make it sound better in English):

 

Come with me into the stars, sir

Come with me into winds where your heart will dance

 

The Phoolon ki mala (garland) bits are from a shloka (prayer)--it was used in Are You Shpongled? as well.

[Snapinho]

I've always been convinced that while Blumenkraft does indeed mean Flower Power in German, its derived from RA Wilsons 'Illuminati Trilogy' in which 'ewige Slangenkraft und ewige Blumenkraft' were the main slogans for the evil Illuminati. Correct me if I'm wrong... maybe it's just as cheesy as a hippie-saying...

[Drosophila]

Uh, I'm glad the reviews are up again.

 

One thing: those "alien sounds" traveller mentions in Smoked Glass and Chrome are Hindi--an Indian language.

 

The main verse is from a Bollywood song:

 

Ao huzoor tumko sitaron mein le chaloon

Dil jhoom jaye aise baharon mein le chaloon

 

Translation (I've changed the syntax to make it sound better in English):

 

Come with me into the stars, sir

Come with me into winds where your heart will dance

 

The Phoolon ki mala (garland) bits are from a shloka (prayer)--it was used in Are You Shpongled? as well.

487571[/snapback]

Nice with some translation here!!!

 

I just love that bollywood theme! I hear from one of my friends, who took this cd and played it when he was on the Andeman Islands (India), that they really loved this Tune!!! The original song is very famous in India!

[Drosophila]

hmm dobble post sorry

[robbierabbit]

Nice with some translation here!!!

 

I just love that bollywood theme! I hear from one of my friends, who took this cd and played it when he was on the Andeman Islands (India), that they really loved this Tune!!! The original song is very famous in India!

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Tell me about it. For a long time I was worried that some Bollywood fellow would hear Ott's album and sue him for using that sample. But then I learned it's on a Spectrasonics compilation, so it's probably licensed.

[Drosophila]

Tell me about it. For a long time I was worried that some Bollywood fellow would hear Ott's album and sue him for using that sample. But then I learned it's on a Spectrasonics compilation, so it's probably licensed.

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Lets hope so... It would be a shame if he got sued...! Ahh they could'nt do that, even they have to love what he did to it

[sherlockalien]

so yeah.. after I dont know how long, ott still rocks, 10/10

 

gonna be nice hearing his live in sonica in july.. hopefully he has some new material ready

[Shaft]

so yeah.. after I dont know how long, ott still rocks, 10/10

 

gonna be nice hearing his live in sonica in july.. hopefully he has some new material ready

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Knowing Twisted, it'll be several years until they actually release Ott 2.

 

As for this album, it's really well put together, although some of the tracks sound a little samey - but I'm still impressed with the majority of his work (and I'm not bored with In Dub yet as I only recently purchased it!!) - this deserves a 9/10.

[Charlie]

10/10. Same goes for Hallucinogen In Dub.

 

Nuff said.

[Drosophila]

10/10. Same goes for Hallucinogen In Dub.

 

Nuff said.

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YES

[Ov3rdos3]

YES

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Its excellent. 9/10 for me. Only because I found Sasha - airdrawndagger a little bit better imo.

[kabamaru]

still the best electronic dub album released

[agia_igoumeni]

still the best electronic dub album released

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it is in deed one of the nicest album evah released,but i dont think its the best electronic dub,dont forget LSD and uncle youth

[robbierabbit]

The only thing Ott's work has in common with Dub are the rhythmic reverb-phased organ stabs.

[Drosophila]

Its excellent. 9/10 for me. Only because I found Sasha - airdrawndagger a little bit better imo.

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hmm never heard this album I might have to give it a listen!

 

The only thing Ott's work has in common with Dub are the rhythmic reverb-phased organ stabs.

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Well I am not an expert so to say in dub, but one of my friends is, he hasnt listen to anything but dub for ages and he calles this dub! And yes there is a lot more than just the reverbs that makes this dub, all the use of tape delays, reggae themes and shit, a hole lot more IMO! but eh who cares? All that matters is that its great music !

[abasio]

I like this more now than when I first listened to it.

The first few times I listened to it, I was a little dissapointed and got bored. It then sat on my shelf for a while and when I got it out again last year it was just fantastic. Definately recommend giving this one some time if you didn't like it straight away.

[Sawfly]

A masterpiece, not a single boring moment on the whole album imo. I actually got alot of my friends listening to Ott back then, all they knew was Hallucinogen In Dub and all it took was alot of 2C-E to get them understand this beautiful record

[yerg]

Massive, maaaasssiiive, maaaannnn!! :posford:

 

A kind of an album that you listen from start to finish and then you push play button and listen from start to finish and then you push play button and listen from start to finish and then you push play button and listen from start to finish and then you push play button and listen from start to finish and then you push play button and listen

 

10/10

and 100/10 for Smoked Glass and Chrome

[Uth]

Is anybody else addicted to listening to "Jack's Cheese and Bread Snack"? The track is just a masterpiece....

[PlutoDelic]

im addicted too, it's actually the only track that has a Buddhism inspiration side, the other are mostly on Hindu cultures, though all of them are not good but PERFECT

 

sir Ott melted for me Psychedelia with Dub, you have to be a very heavy weight ignorant not to notice that this guy is absolutely perfect on production, he has a mastering that sounds good even in cheap 96kbps previews on the net, yet he's a genius in composing, nobody studied rhythm like him, it's so bad that there are rare artists with this kind of style...

 

i personally love every track on this album, actually i love every track he made, though Jack's Cheese and Bread Snack and Smoked Glass and Chrome are above unique.

 

i love also his more uptempo based dub, tracks like Billy the kid strikes back, Rogue Bagel and especially Ground Luminocity

 

10/10 definitely

 

ps, rumors spreaded around say he's up for a new album, though i've heard the same about Gargoyles (or maybe Umberloid)...Ott's projects, all i can say is CANT WAIT