mars Posted September 24, 2001 Author Share Posted September 24, 2001 The Antidote - Antidotcom Artist: The Antidote Title: Antidotcom Label: Solstice Date: 2001 Track listing: 01. 07'54" Geometric 02. 08'04" Altiplanos 03. 08'10" Forbidden Planet 04. 07'21" Have A Drink 05. 07'47" Narco Airlines 06. 07'42" Antidotcom 07. 08'26" Balearic 08. 09'14" Transylvania 09. 07'29" We Come In Peace Review: Serge / Total Eclipse and his girlfriend didn't stay idle in Ibiza: in this hard moment for psychedelia, they prepared one of those albums that stay in people's memories. let's go: Geometric (1) uses the sounds that you liked in TE tracks, except that there are less melodies. after 3 minutes there is a high rate of psychedelic sounds. Then this psy-sequence remains and is melted with the rest of the music. At 6', there's another big rise of psychedelia! It's excellent, it's a killer, you have to listen to it! Altiplanos (2) has also those oldschool little twisted melodies everywhere over a big fat rhythmic. there are a few breaks but it remains the same all along. Yet it's still very good. Forbidden Planet (3) has this kind of different 'breakbeat' rhythmic GMS use all the time. Over that, there are several loops with small strange and amazing sounds that make you think about an ambulance siren...some sounds come over the others just before a psychedelic melody comes at 5' and makes you happy! Nevertheless it is a repetitive psychedelic track: it's only made of small changes all along the track while the ambulance passes! Have a Drink (4) has an enormous bassline and seems very flat at first, but some fat psysounds come after 3'...at 3'30 there is a break and the track degenerates from there : a little swwet melody...you want to dance...the rhythmic becomes more and more present...you start to move...the psysounds come back and climb into psychedelia several times, while the tiny melody comes back too! this track is like a fight of Good vs Evil. Narco Airlines (5) is very linear. the bassline rolls over and over, and that's all. There are cool breaks mixed with a few psy, but that's not that amazing. At 5' it becomes better, with a typical TE melody. Antidotcom (6) is based on the same model as the others : good rhythmic, small twisted repetitive melodies coming and quitting all the time. However this track is good and makes you move for sure! Balearic (7) also reminds me of the golden age of TE int he begining..this is a pleasant trip thru acid-treated sounds...at 3'30 there is only a light layer of cool sounds above the kick...just when needed (5') there is a psychedelic rise, just as if the cool sounds had degenerated all of a sudden...then it becomes very light again...and at 7'+ there is a big psychedelic moment that will make you all dance like hell ! wow! Just at the end it still manages to get higher out of psysounds. This track is full of surprises! Transylvania (7) is a big fast-trip into Serge's inimitable sounds. It's had to describe but it follow the same recipe as the other tracks. there are mainly 2 layers: the rhythmic one and the melodies all ove the track. It could be a morning song and make you smile a lot. We Came in peace (8) is very calm with sounds that trigger your brain sometimes...a bit like Deedrah does sometimes. This track seems to have been put there to make you calm down and appreciate the end of the album. Globally this album has no defect. It's really good and up-to-date as it mixes oldschool psychedelic melodies with the modern -more agressive- mood. This album is for sure a big hit of 2001...Yet there is one issue : it's really hard to find..I had to order it at Saikosounds (Hong Kong)! I hope it will be correctly distributed in the world very soon...or maybe it'll become one of those mystic killer albums that only a happy-few have. Someone told me Atomic would redistribute it. I Really hope for that, for you !!! 9/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Submitter Posted September 24, 2001 Share Posted September 24, 2001 I just downloaded this album and I found nothing special about it. Its very outdated boring sound througout the album. If ur into oldschool this stuff is for u, but if ur a progresser thats into new evolved sounds,ideas and atmospheres AVOID THIS ONE...... 2/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DJ TV Posted September 24, 2001 Share Posted September 24, 2001 Great album-I love it. Not only for dance but for listening at home as well.In this time of psycore madness(that i love as well)is this a album full of positive no cheese feelings. Excelent 910 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeto Posted September 24, 2001 Share Posted September 24, 2001 I heard Sunrise from Antidote... Is this in the same style? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest -- ? -- Posted September 25, 2001 Share Posted September 25, 2001 extremly different from old antidote tracks like 'kicking test', 'sunrise'...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tequila Posted September 28, 2001 Share Posted September 28, 2001 one of the very best album of year 2001 (with son kite: perspectives of).The antidote (serge souque) took his time to give us the best of his talent: a whole album of 9 psychedelic powerful psytrance tracks.The antidote succeed in doing what many groups fail to do these days, combining old schoold sounds constantly moving from a speaker to the other, nice effects that damages your brain with a hard kick, a heavy bassline and a lot of variation in each track.In the end, each time you play this album, you just get up from your chair and begin to dance alone in your room.The typical antidote's sounds is innimitable and gives a lot of freshness to this major release.even if each tack is a killer, I particularly enjoy Have a Drink and Balearic.definitly worth buying.10/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Xymaths Posted October 6, 2001 Share Posted October 6, 2001 For all those kids who downloaded this onto their Acorn computers at least take the chance to listen to this at 650mbs of sound. This cd has to be one of the best releases of 2001. Loic hasnt spent the last 10 years listening and making cheese you know!!10/10-just listen to track 3 on a very accurate pair of speakers (mirage prefered) with an Arcam amp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahoney Posted October 9, 2001 Share Posted October 9, 2001 Geometric is amazing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest - ? - Posted October 21, 2001 Share Posted October 21, 2001 after a few more listenings......... IT'S REALLY GREAT !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rudi Posted October 27, 2001 Share Posted October 27, 2001 Ummmm, xymaths@paradise.net.nz?the Antidote is Serge and not Loïc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest [Anonymous] Posted November 28, 2001 Share Posted November 28, 2001 very boring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AtomicCow Posted December 8, 2001 Share Posted December 8, 2001 Very smooth sounds, clear acid lines, rhythms that are easy on your head but move your feet, melodies and crystal clear production. Good stuff. Nothing crazy but definetely refreshing. All tracks are good even though they are not too memorable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest [Anonymous] Posted January 24, 2002 Share Posted January 24, 2002 indcreible antidote is one of my favourites 10710 without doubt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest [Anonymous] Posted February 14, 2002 Share Posted February 14, 2002 Is this guy listening to any other music than trance?? Wheres the energy?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest freelemonade[at]hotmail[dot]com Posted February 26, 2002 Share Posted February 26, 2002 How someone can say that this albun is bad??????????Serge is really great, some tracks are so good.If you don't like it i thnik you should stop listening psy trance and come back to this good old rock and roll!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest freelemonade[at]hotmail[dot]com Posted March 1, 2002 Share Posted March 1, 2002 How can someone say that this album is bad??? This is one of the greatest psy trance LP that was ever made. If you don't like it i think you just have to come back to this good old rock and roll and stop raving!!!!!Where is the energy?? Just listened to it and you will know!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
War Master Posted June 23, 2002 Share Posted June 23, 2002 For me...a boring album. Where is the energy y magic of the classic Total Eclipse albums? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rx7style Posted December 2, 2002 Share Posted December 2, 2002 "Antidotcom" is fantastic! I like that fluxuating tone used throughout the track -- it's hypnotic, and makes it the standout of the album IMHO. A good start, but with more experience this group can do much better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pandemonium Posted November 17, 2007 Share Posted November 17, 2007 Just picked this one up last night. I can definetly hear the older sound here. It sounds good, and it's exactly what I was expecting for an album from 2001. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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