max Posted July 1, 2001 Share Posted July 1, 2001 V/A - Chillosophy Artist: Various Title: Chillosophy Label: Digital Structures Date: 2001 Track listing: 01. 08'57" Ooze : Quintessence 02. 08'11" Healer : Aqua Sleeping 03. 05'21" Electrostatic : Duality (Fingertwister Rmx) 04. 08'49" Son Kite : Aiwana (Downbeat Mix) 05. 06'42" Karl Axel Bissler : Laid Back 06. 05'27" Fingertwister : Mason Groove 07. 07'56" Pope Of Gegga : Breath Taker 08. 05'16" Aztech : DeathWish 09. 05'00" Fiasko : X-Moll 10. 07'20" DPOD : Nomeda 11. 08'41" Karl Axel Bissler : Floating Castles Review: Surprising release from Digital Structure. The design of the cover looks like a New Age album cover..very funky. As usually with that label the packaging is really well done and unusual. Now let's check what's inside. Don't expect slow Son Kite or slow downtempo swedish trance. It's a completly new style of music. And some tracks have (like the cover) a taste of New Age. Especially Healer - Aqua Sleeping...the name says it all, very relaxing. Some tracks are really close to Trip-Hop with singings and lo-fi beats (track 3 especially). And the rest is a mix between drum 'n bass, techno and experimental stuff. Sometime too much experimental according to me... and some are really too repetitive to be enjoyed. For instance Pope Of Gegga track...which is the same pattern over and over. But i like this compilation because this is a new kind of trance. And if you are curious check Aiwana and Quintessence made by Son Kite guys + some people...both tracks are really great especially Aiwana. 8/10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest [Anonymous] Posted July 1, 2001 Share Posted July 1, 2001 Its a great chilld comp from digital, some of the trax might be a little to electric to me, but overall i love it.. 8/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest [Anonymous] Posted July 4, 2001 Share Posted July 4, 2001 do you like x-moll by fiasko? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest [Anonymous] Posted July 5, 2001 Share Posted July 5, 2001 i think it's nice compilation maybe some of the tracks are to boring. i like Fiasko completly different as others - very new and excentric. 6/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest [Anonymous] Posted July 5, 2001 Share Posted July 5, 2001 Heh, hm Let's think who ask this question "do you like x-moll by fiasko?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaySatanicHippie Posted July 5, 2001 Share Posted July 5, 2001 Actually, "fiasko" is the only track I really dislike, its doesnt fit on the CD at all, it completely breaks the flow. That happens when you let Bigwigs make chill-out, its not really chill-out. The annoyance factor is around 10/10 on that one, and its not very innovative at that. Anyways, I like the rest of the CD, especially the KAB tracks and the Fingertwister remix. Son Kite sounds good, too, but they could have left out those voices. Ooze is another favourite, and Healer is typical Healer, very New_Age. Except "Fiasko" I like every track, a very good Chill-out compilation, not too psychedelic, but very cool. Oh yeah, and the coolest Cover in Ages, as usual with DS, even though this tops all the other ones. Even my mom loved the cover, and that says something. 8.5/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mystic fractals Posted July 9, 2001 Share Posted July 9, 2001 i think chillout it's not really chillout. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest psychedelic explorator Posted July 11, 2001 Share Posted July 11, 2001 i thing it's good but not so good it should be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest space acid innovation Posted July 11, 2001 Share Posted July 11, 2001 chillout is chillout and and that says something.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shahar@isratrance Posted August 3, 2001 Share Posted August 3, 2001 A first chill out compilation from Digital Structures with the deserving name Chillosophy. They stand up to the expectations, and my expectations from these people are high after releasing two of the best artists albums in 2001. The chill starts with two tracks of the Kites themselves, each on his own, in a very very relaxed atmosphere. Seb as Ooze opens with Quintessence (which also opens the Ooze album released in Spirit Zone- another quality chill journey), a soft ambientish track in a dubby atmosphere with a traveling story inside. Very vivid and lively sound, painting a world around you. The ending pianos lead well to Aqua Sleeping from the other Son Kite half, an almost loungy track, with a lot of moving piano lines, charming, but at times too much. At some moments, especially the last 3 min., honey drips out of the speakers. Then starts the vocal section, first with Duality (T3) that thickens the atmosphere from the first note, and introduces rougher sounds. A more rhythmic track, dubby lines and caressing female singing. Very nice. A smooth move to Son Kite with a vocal downbeat mix to the closing track of their album. Starting and ending with a heartbeat, this is a completely different interpretation to the sweeping tribal morning frenzy of the original- "mass emotion of the beat"- fascinationg tale with amazing sounds giving me goose bumps, and great vocals- one of the highlights of this journey. Than it's Karl-Axel Bissler, with the first of his two tracks here- Laid Back (T5) is a hypnotic funky yet mechanic piece, with a lot of hissing hi-hats and a dark-big-city-pub-give-me-another-drink atmosphere. If you wanna clap your hands- clap your hands. The cut to Mason Groove (T6) is a bit sudden, a spacey-dubby piece that doesn't really talk to me, and frankly I would skip it. Breath Taker (T7) on the other hand I really like- a deep funky technoish tune, hypnotizing and penetrating. Another real favorite. Aztech follows with Death Wish (T8 ), a scratchy-catchy drum'n'space tune opening up with airy moving sounds. A Polish guy hits us next with the amazing X-Moll (T9), dirty hissing jazzy sounds, cigarette smoke and alcohol fumes, and a lot of funk, topped with some psychedelia- delicious! D.P.O.D change direction to the more relaxed and spacey realms, typical of them, but topped with some weirdo jazzy sounds connecting well with the flow. Ending is Bissler again, with Floating Castles- another hypnotizing hallucinative minimal and monotonic track- I love good things made of less. I would love to hear more from this guy. Bottom Line: A very diverse trip through chilling realms (maybe too diverse)- an interesting journey from soft airy ambientish soundscapes to jumpy funky beats, ending in a mysterious note- excellent CD to wake up with! Highly recommended (and amazing cover!!!). Favorites: 1, 4(!), 5, 7, 8, 9(!), 10, 11(!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Infected_CrusadeR Posted September 14, 2001 Share Posted September 14, 2001 Healer - Aqua Sleeping is so incredible.. like i've listend to it milion of times, and i just can't get enough of it.. thoug i agree with what Max said.. a bit tooo experimental, i wish all the tracks were like first and second 9/10. ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PRAGmatic Posted February 11, 2002 Share Posted February 11, 2002 VERY NICE WORK ! ! ! ! ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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