Children Posted January 18, 2000 Share Posted January 18, 2000 Hallucinogen - The Lone Deranger Artist: Hallucinogen Title: The Lone Deranger Label: Twisted Date: 1997 Track listing: 01. 07'17" Demention 02. 06'22" Shakey Shaker 03. 08'36" Trancespotter 04. 07'32" Horrorgram 05. 06'47" Snarling (Rmx) 06. 08'47" Gamma Goblins Part 2 07. 07'33" Deranger 08. 06'40" Jiggle Of The Sphinx Review: The second Hallucinogen's album, and another GREAT album :-) It's possible you don't like it so much at the beginning, because Simon has slightly changed his style in this album, but after 5 listens you'll see that you will also LOVE this album if you loved the first one :-) Best Tracks are 1,2,3 and 7 (my favorite : Shakey Shaker !!!) Rating : 8.5/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anoebis Posted January 24, 2000 Share Posted January 24, 2000 Real trippy album, but not as good as the first one... He became more psychedelic and those tracks are not all dance-tracks...!! But I think there are two killers on it, 7 And really 8!! Jiggle With The Sphinx is FANTASTIC!!! SPecially the last 2 minutes... Bom Shankar "The Belgian GOA-Alien..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest zenit74[at]hotmail[dot]com Posted January 25, 2000 Share Posted January 25, 2000 Is the best album of the 97's goa or psy album's, Simon really knew what he was doing and he did it well, the effect's in Deranger are out space, 9.5 of a 10. Zenit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ubik Posted January 26, 2000 Share Posted January 26, 2000 Another very good album from Simon I like it less than Twisted, but it's still very good. My favorite is Gamma Goblins Part 2, and I don't like at all Jiggle of the Sphynx, because there is some kind of celtic melody at the end Don't like celtic stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tequila Posted January 29, 2000 Share Posted January 29, 2000 A really great album of Simon Postford. Full of melodies, with an appreciating complexity.Not as good as Twisted but excellent althought. The best track is Shakey Shaker. Waiting for the next CD of Hallucinogen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Infected Max Posted February 1, 2000 Share Posted February 1, 2000 Next Cd of Simon should be disappointing...(I heard that nobody liked his new music at South Africa 2000). This one is good..but can't be compared with Twisted...Twisted was raw..this one is too clinical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mindbender Posted February 7, 2000 Share Posted February 7, 2000 I don't understand why so many people consider this to be worse than Twisted. This is absolutely brilliant! It's different from Twisted, but in a positive way. It's good that artists develop their style in general and this one of the cases where I'm happier to get something new rather than another Twisted. On the whole this is more deranged and slightly more trippy and psychedelic than Twisted. This has also slighlty fewer sounds and melodies layered on top of each other on. Like Twisted, this is very emotional and very visual at the same time. Take the 'drops And bubbles'-sound in Gamma Goblins Pt2 for example. All that I can say is WHOAAaaahhh! Combine this with the brilliant melodies that vary from mean and insane to uplifting bliss. Add a nice groove and there you go! Every track is excellent! I find this also danceable. I'm wasting my words again, as this is one of those you just have to hear. 10/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest vm[at]alphatrance[dot]org Posted February 8, 2000 Share Posted February 8, 2000 "The Lone Deranger" has always been riding somewhat in the shadow of "Twisted". So, as I expected, most of the reviews here compare this album to that 1995 classic, which is really too fuckin' bad, cause "The Lone Deranger" is an awesome album in its own right. Its concept is very different from that of "Twisted" and yet its effect is just as powerful and enjoyable. It's dark and groovy, totally out-of-this-world psychedelic and incredibly fun to trip to. The range of emotions that this album produces is incredible - from silly laughter to jaw-clenching fury bordering on insanity. It is also more mature than "Twisted", sort of like "Magical Mystery Tour" compared to "Yellow Submarine" (and I'm not sure if this is a really good comparison, but please bear with me.) Overall rating: solid 10/10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ChrisdeeACiD Posted February 9, 2000 Share Posted February 9, 2000 Good album with some highlights. I have never heard anything like "Shakey Shaker". This track has gotta be the best one by Simon! I sort of sounds like a dramatic Opera?? hmm.. Anyway. Deranger it self is very good. How does he manage to create these sounds!? Just listen to the change at 5:05...absolutely fantastic! Tancespotter is another good example. 8/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest d.mcnair[at]dailyrecord.co[dot]u Posted February 11, 2000 Share Posted February 11, 2000 One of the best moments on this for me is Jiggle of the Sphynx where he samples fiddle playing. Let's see more Celtic crossover stuff like this cos I think that it's really fresh and suits the vibe to a tee. I played it at a Celtic-World music crossover club in Edinburgh and the place just went banannas! I salute you Simon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest goatrancer Posted February 13, 2000 Share Posted February 13, 2000 yes twisted records second best album they have released shpongle is the best!!! anyway this album contains loads of very good traxs this was the first release from twisted records and its not dissapointing first time i listened to this cd i did not think that it was any good you have to listen it five times then its really cool!!! best traxs:shakey shaker,deranger,jiggle of the sphinx, my rating 8/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Antic Posted February 15, 2000 Share Posted February 15, 2000 And finally I bought it (7/02/2000 - it's Poland, so I can consider myself lucky I found it somewhere)! After hearing "Trancespotter", "Deranger" and "Jiggle of The Sphinx" I had a very big expectations about this CD and it didn't disapointed me - I was hoping for high-quality psy-trance and Simon Posford delivered what I wanted! People who own (or heard) his first masterpiece - TWISTED - may be a little bit dissapointed, because it's different - less melodic, less catchy. The Lone Deranger is dark, noisy, trippy and hounting. And if first LP could be easily called "goa trance", then this one just doesn't fit this category. It's pure psy-trance how it should be made!!! There's lot of well-known Simon's studio trickery (like famous cross between 3/4 and 4/4 beat), but it doesn't sound to me like repeating himself - that is his style and his own, unique, techniques and - because I'm trying to do psy-trance music myself - I admire his musical skills and technical perfecti! on. Album starts with "Demention" (it's a state of insanity I think) and it's pretty ...insane. Tribal drums in background and that psychedelic melody with acid swirls behind it. Veeeery good one. Then "Snakey Shaker" hits you with groovy bass and twisting acid - this tune is one of it's kind. I have never heard something like it - it has this orchestral feeling I just can't desribe. That is the kind of song either you will love or you will hate - I love it! "Trancespotter" is a well-known track (released back in 1996) and it's still great, especially after it speeds up at the middle. Then is "Horrorgram" - one of the best here. Starts with 3/4 beat and then, as allways with Simon, changes to plain 4/4 full-on stomper and when the melody comes in you think you're in heaven. And you're wrong - heaven begins right after the melody, when an acid(?) comes in. Where the hell is he taking his samples from? This one is very spooky and, at once, irresistibly groovy! Right after is "Snarl! ing (Rmx)". I haven't heard the original but this remix is very psychedelic and full of strnge sounds. It lacks some energy, but overall is a very good track. "Gamma Goblins part 2" is a continuation of well known tune (from TIP Phosphoresscent) and is, again, more psychedelic than the original. This one has it's moments of bliss (second half of the track, after "water"), but I prefer the first part. Finally we come to the title track "Deranger" which is still super, even if it's old. Those acid-melodies, those voices, this energy - I still have no words!!! "Jiggle of The Sphinx" is sadly the last track, but what a track it is! First time I heard it I thought it was stupid, but now I think it's one of Simon's best works. Very groovy, full of great drum loops and ofcourse THE MELODY! The idea of combining celtic music and electronic beat is just insane, but Simon (and Dick Trevor from Green Nuns) knows how to make everyone else insane with his music. The CD I have is beautifully GOLD and all tracks are perfectly mixed together in one, unforgetable journey. Listen to it in one go - don't skip the tracks because every one here is essential and creates the mood of the whole CD. I give it 10/10! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kvin2000 Posted February 15, 2000 Share Posted February 15, 2000 Amazing.One of my favorites. Snakey Shaker is one of the best tracks ever produced and all the others are great too. A "must have" album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest "getafix's" Posted March 14, 2000 Share Posted March 14, 2000 delightfully EVIL stuff. yes, i think it's excellent evil psychedelic trance. scary stuff, with names like horrorgram, snarling, demention. sounds like a horror-movie soundtrack, hahaha. boohoohoohaahaaya! oh and jiggle of the sphinx puts the squeeze down - i love it!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest [Anonymous] Posted March 30, 2000 Share Posted March 30, 2000 100 OUT OF 10. YOU EVEN DON'T HAVE A SYSTEM TO MEASURE IT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freak51 Posted April 3, 2000 Share Posted April 3, 2000 Not bad, but nowhere near as mind-buggering as Twisted. I still listen to Twisted; I don't even know where I've filed this one. Mr. Posford seems to be migrating more towards the Shpongle-land chill-room, and don't get me wrong, the Shpongle efforts are amaaaazing in that direction. Still, it'd be nice to have him back freaking out the locals on the trancefloor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AtomikElf Posted April 15, 2000 Share Posted April 15, 2000 brilliant and ENERGETIC!!! this album grooves you and moves you, it's unsane!! i don't see why "twisted" is better - i think they're perfectly on a par....i mean, imagine simon p. came out with this cd FIRST!!! it's a friggin masterpiece, created by a sonic genius....end of story. it's FULL of psychedelic sound, i mean - he really packs it in there ;-) my fave is trancespotter - i absolutely am in love with that song...with the groovy little elf on lsd jabbering in the background there (see, never give an elf lsd - he just jabbers and laughs in this unintelligible triplanguage)oh, back to the song - it wipes out the dance floor - it takes control one time big time!!! lovely stuff. this cd is pure excellence - there's not one bad song (not even nearly bad). it does play with your emotions/mind/thoughts tho - all the way thru (what do u expect hehehe)- extatic, lost, freaked out, extremely joyous, mentally hollow, squished out love juice, etc etc - but it's designed that! way - with the last two songs - you can't help but feel overly joyous!!!! this is beyond a rating - it's off the scale, but if i have to....10/10!! it's one hellavu ride hehehe!! have fun, boys and girls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karcarman Posted April 17, 2000 Share Posted April 17, 2000 Brillant ! Hallucinogen's new style is amazing... Simon, you're now one of my favorite ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Goa Sage Posted May 26, 2000 Share Posted May 26, 2000 Yiiihaaa! What an incredible sequel to Posford's debut album "Twisted"...it's even better! Creepy, spooky sounds and intelligent melodies... While "Twisted" sounded like what I'd like to call "Acid Party Goa", this is a more mellow Psytrance style... This CD contains the best Hallucinogen track ever..."Snakey Shaker"! Oriental melodies and groovy acid lines!! Other great tracks are: the remixes of "Snarling Black Mabel" and "Gamma Goblins" (cool intro with psychotic "killer clown" melodies), "Deranger" and the Celtic party stomper "Jiggle Of The Sphinx"! What a bomb... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jsbedard Posted June 26, 2000 Share Posted June 26, 2000 PURE QUALITY. Simon posford's best goa project. Personally i prefer it to Twisted. It's more powerfull, tribal and kicking. Lot of new sounds with a very original concept. True artists changes in theirs musics, it's evolution...10/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest clark_303 Posted July 19, 2000 Share Posted July 19, 2000 Yes, this is a better album than Twisted although there aren't any absolutely perfect tracks here(like LSD). All of the songs are at least very good and my favorites are Shakey Shaker, Deranger and Jiggle of the Sphinx. Twisted wasn't as sophisticated as this album and that makes this one better. -Clark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Oggi Posted August 8, 2000 Share Posted August 8, 2000 Aaargh... This is the stuff!!! Everytime I listen to it I find something new, and it gives me such a vibe. Perfect, 10/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dead74 Posted August 22, 2000 Share Posted August 22, 2000 Let's face it, this one is not as twisted as "Twisted," but it's still one of the essential albums. Compared to "Twisted," Hallucinogen lost some of the power behind his tracks, but he still retains his genius. I think of Hallucinogen sort of like Miles Davis...the things he thinks up is just so innovative and creative. This album has two really sick tracks that makes this album worth getting. "Shakey Shaker" and "Deranger" Don't get me wrong, all the tracks on this album is really good except for the last one.(I'm just not fond of the Irish violins, but if you like it it's all good.) I would give this album a solid 8/10, and much much respect and thanx to Hallucinogen! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chis[at]matrik.ndo.co[dot]uk Posted August 25, 2000 Share Posted August 25, 2000 Very strange - I can't really stand the celtic style, but put Posford's magic behind it and it just kicks serious arse. And then how about the truely UNSANE, evil giggles and laughter and "that" melody at the start of Gamma Goblins? IMHO this is a MUCH better version than the original, which was a serious floor-worrier in the first place! A shame then that Lone Deranger as a whole doesn't get any more evil than this; I wish it would. It's also a shame that Simon didn't put some chords behind the Horrorgram melody to change with it, because that would've sounded fantastic - specially if he were to change key further in. As is however, 'gram is also a great track - it, along with Sphinx and Goblins are the standouds for me on this album. Overall though, it just doesn't quite live up to the standard set by Twisted, where there wasn't a single track that _didn't_ stand out. It's very close; both albums are fantastic, and no unsane man should be without either. Essential. 10/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sysweed Posted October 13, 2000 Share Posted October 13, 2000 Posford has done it again; produced an weird, psychedelic and melodious album that is very nicely produced. My two favourites are Shakey Shaker and Gamma Goblins, part 2. The latter is a completely insane version of the famous horror melody. Score: 9.1/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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