nCo Posted February 3, 2001 Share Posted February 3, 2001 Best chill / ambient in years... Everything Asura does is out of this world. Their track on otherwise so shitty Clubber compilation stands out too. Get the fahrenheit compilation from infinium records too, got lots of asura tracks on it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mars Posted February 4, 2001 Author Share Posted February 4, 2001 Asura - Code Eternity Artist: Asura Title: Code Eternity Label: Infinium Date: 2000 Track listing: 01. 10'18" Like A Summer Day 02. 10'07" Trinity 03. 10'24" Simply Blue 04. 08'07" Phoenix 05. 09'26" Code Eternity 06. 04'27" Territories Part One 07. 09'12" XP Continuum Review: -THIS is Ambient- I have tons of Ambient at home, and honestly this is one of the best ones. The style is not pure chill (with waterfalls or butterfly flutterings , this is what you can hear during a party's warm-up, when there is slow rhythm, but its still not time to dance, but Listen. On the first Three tracks, you have slow rhythm, ambient background, simple instruments on the front, surrounding hypnotic acid loops. The 4th is total ambient in some parts...relax...and powerful & kicking in some parts. ok. The 5th track gives a lot of energy thru lots of hypnotic distorted layers above lots of other smooth layers & cool kick. Territories is pure ambient with voices & flows...mmmh XP Continuum is another cool track..it makes me think about a heart that beats in a dream. What we got here is a nice nice nice album. 9/10 for Ambient lovers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Shakrademia Posted February 5, 2001 Share Posted February 5, 2001 The best Chill Ambiendelica stuff I've ever heard. The guys of Asura reached to melange the best in New Age, World Music, Ambient and Psychedelic trance... in a chilly and dreamy way which can't let anyone indifferent. Simply the ambient album of 2000! 9/10 (sure 10/10 for the 2nd!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Abra Nika Posted February 5, 2001 Share Posted February 5, 2001 Just two words: DEEP and BEAUTIFUL! 10/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paddohead Posted February 7, 2001 Share Posted February 7, 2001 Great!! 9.5/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freak51 Posted February 22, 2001 Share Posted February 22, 2001 After the reviews above, I was expecting more. It's good ambient stuff for trance fans. It creates a lego-vibe out of trance blocks. It doesn't build a new world of chillspace, like the Amaruvision release. 7/10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kelpo Posted February 26, 2001 Share Posted February 26, 2001 Simply the best ambiendelica stuff EVER MADE. 10/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Munky Business Corperation 2001 Posted March 16, 2001 Share Posted March 16, 2001 I agree with Freak51, it is good but not (yet) upthere with the SHPONGLES. However, these French guys sure got potential. Their next album will be released somewhere in april 2001 so hope they progress and craft their compositions a bit more varied but consistent. Track 1 for example is so much better and varied than the rest of the compositions. Furthermore, bring in more French flavour i.e. weirdness as it all sounds a bit ordinary, especially for ambient cause there are no rules, so don't play by them, Asura boys. 8/10 nevertheless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jajolek Posted April 2, 2001 Share Posted April 2, 2001 The deepest and sadest album I have listened to in 2000. Very good work. i can't hardlay wait for the second. 9/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bomble Posted April 15, 2001 Share Posted April 15, 2001 No doubting that this is very good - emotionally charged and enjoyable.... but it isn't as amazing in my view as some people have suggested. I agree with Freak 51 in that the tunes are built in a fairly simple manner 'lego-like' - I feel like I am waiting for the good bits in the tunes more than I really should be..... There are many many influences here that show through - it isn't ground breaking, but it is worthwhile. Many of the beats sound like early Transwave and Total Eclipse sounds (maybe it's just the French way ?), and Code eternity has a melody that is straight from Banco de Gaia's 'Last Train to Lhasa'. Highlights for me are tracks 4, 5 and 7. 7.5/10 bomble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest eworld Posted June 6, 2001 Share Posted June 6, 2001 A new edition of this album, with the same traxxs, is available. More luminous, as nice as the first one, for a good medicine for the mind. Buy, buy, buy it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bulkdump Posted June 18, 2001 Share Posted June 18, 2001 Unbelievable... it's a pure "chef d'oeuvre". Awesome, unforgettable, fantastic. I can't explain with words what I feel since i discovered these guys. Although it's not really inovative, it's really beautiful, and that's what I expect when i listen to a composition. My best ones: Trinity. Very oriental trax, which kick ass really, and Code Eternity, a pure trambient Anthem that reminds me Banco de Gaia as you said, Bomble. 15/10, if you like the NICE, not the TECHNICAL PERFECTION Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sysweed Posted July 7, 2001 Share Posted July 7, 2001 This is one of the best albums I've heard, even better than Shpongle! Lots of nice melodies and oriental voices with a heavy kickdrum like in Trinity, which is probably the best one here, followed by Phoenix and Code Eternity, but all really good! Relaxing but still powerful... 9/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest aphtal Posted July 10, 2001 Share Posted July 10, 2001 Definitly one of the best ambient album of all times. I won't say that it's better than Shpongle, but probably as good as this monument. 9,5/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Astralogic Posted July 16, 2001 Share Posted July 16, 2001 Sorry, but it's not difficult to be better than Shpongle. I don't understand this addiction with shpongle, whom the second album is worst than the first. Of course, Asura is far, far better than Shpongle, and probably better than everything that went out for a long time in ambient. The first trax really kicks ass, the second is a well thought mix between oriental and trancey vibes, the third makes you deeply fall into tb303 waves, Phoenix is a good compromise between low beat and spacy cords and flutes, Code Eternity is unforgettable, the 6th is very sad and extremly nice (who is shouting?), and seventh shows us another dimension of the band, in a trip hop way well balanced. Something more to say? Clap, clap, clap. 10/10 and forget Shpongle definitly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Zoltar Posted August 4, 2001 Share Posted August 4, 2001 Just got the second edition (2001, Infinium Records) for a ridiculous price. I'm listening to it for the first time right now... My God this is good. Really relaxing, great stuff. I want more, 50 Asura CD's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jonnnnnnnnnnnnnny Posted August 7, 2001 Share Posted August 7, 2001 This stuff is really good compared to most of the ambient/chill stuff out there. I really didn't expect something like this. It is not better then Shpongle in my opinion, but it is very beautiful at many times. Still, if you guys think this is great, wait till you here Amethystium. That stuff is amazing. I got it new for only 10$ at www.mp3.com/amethystium =At that same website there is also an extrememly controversal comedy cd called, Freedom Of Speech. For that, you have to go www.mp3.com and then type in, Freedom of Speech in the rectangle search box. Anyway, sorry for getting off subject. Great album Asura! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Music From God Posted August 8, 2001 Share Posted August 8, 2001 I think that the world of Ambient has found its new God... Buy it, even if you're deaf. Don't listen to. Feel it... Prodigious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Cocco Posted August 13, 2001 Share Posted August 13, 2001 Alright, I listed and "felt" this album more carefully. This is truly magnificant! No BS. This is very deep and beautiful. This is NOT dub-atmosphere-slow-minimal-bull shit. This is really cool, beautiful sounding, with excellent rhythm that really moves you. The reason people compare this to Shpongle is because both Asura and Shpongle are at the highest level of this type of music. Shpongle might be better for tripping, and Shpongle has some awesome tracks regardless, but I can not compare this with Shpongle as if one is better than the other. They are both totally different. They are both totally original. Enough said. Asura gives us seven tracks, but seven excellent and/or awesome tracks. You can really tell they put alot of time in and didn't just take an idea and loop it this way and that. I don't reccomend you sample these on MP3'S, cause mp3's are compressed. As you know most compression loses some or alot of quality, hence ruining the music. I trusted my instinct and bought this without hesitaion and it is worth it. Seven tracks? I'll take quality over quantity anyday. This is some awesome stuff that deserves to be in every ambient/chill/trance lovers collection, period. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest I love you Asura Posted August 16, 2001 Share Posted August 16, 2001 About mp3, I went listened on mp3.com. And I listened To Totem. I can say you that even in the mp3 format, this piece is a tidal wave. This is NOT ambient, this is Trance, the real trance, not psyche, ultra melodic, ultra full on, ultra sensitive, ultra beautiful. In my opinion, this traxx has the potential to be a world hit. And they are nevertheless so-called an ambient group... Now I understand why Music from God fell in love with us: They are huge because they are surprising, because they are different, because they dare where noone dare to, and I think that it is only the beginning... Asura should be followed closely, I think that we risk to have surprises in the years which come. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SHAKE Posted September 3, 2001 Share Posted September 3, 2001 Very good album, good mixes of genres. 9/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest faroutwohman Posted October 1, 2001 Share Posted October 1, 2001 Whats up with the sample In track "simply blue" can this guy understand english? It's just a sample of a police radio........ i don't get it..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chunder Posted October 2, 2001 Share Posted October 2, 2001 sorry but.....i can't stand music like this which simply slows a trance 4/4 beat down to half-speed and thinks it's proper ambient/chill music,which seems to be the case here.if you are going to produce downtempo stuff then please use some polyrhythms of some kind,otherwise it just sounds naff[the synths are ok though].i can't think of any occasion when i would choose this over say,shpongle[since they were mentioned above],except when maybe on heavy tranquilisers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mihai[at]dumitru[dot]ro Posted October 10, 2001 Share Posted October 10, 2001 Oh My fucking GOD !!!! .. this is musik ! Sometime there is a moment as you`re waking .. and you become aware of the real world around you .. but you`re still dreaming .. because you are in Territories Part One .. m|ck_eyi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Zeus Posted October 22, 2001 Share Posted October 22, 2001 It WOULD be good if it didn't such stupid samples... first one is some guy talking about Iran... and track 3 has some fucking police scanner recording. Asura your FRENCH don't but in english samples you can't understand!!! lameos... 6/10 for the melodies -.01/10 for the ridiculous samples. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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