Guest bobo Posted December 5, 2001 Share Posted December 5, 2001 A masterpeace of the PsyCeltic kind. Excellent production. If you like those "forgotten" celtic sounds and Simon, you'll just love this one. A must. I give it 9/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest C.O.R.X. Posted December 15, 2001 Share Posted December 15, 2001 Superb !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabauk Posted January 21, 2002 Share Posted January 21, 2002 All good tracks except #6 and #8. You'll like it if you're a shpongle fan. It's a bit short though, less than an hour... but there's this nice guitar... 7 out of 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest _|reflekshun:::... Posted January 29, 2002 Share Posted January 29, 2002 Pure Mastery in production of beautiful music, Simon doesn't dissapoint, this is one of the most healing albums he's been a part of for sure. That's how i would summarise this album - it heals better than any other. For me almost all tracks are memorable, i remember their beautiful melodies and warm basslines, really sends you away - not like shpongle brings you to an alternate dimension, but rather to a different time and place in our current dimension. Very kewl 9.5/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caveman Posted January 30, 2002 Share Posted January 30, 2002 the masterminds made the massteralbum!big chilling tunes to sarp your brain....Excellent 9/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Cybel Posted February 7, 2002 Share Posted February 7, 2002 One Of my favorite Ambient CD's personal Favs are: Hicksville, Jade Garden, Khatmandu and Darshannon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest [Anonymous] Posted March 17, 2002 Share Posted March 17, 2002 umm...what kan we say here: firsth of all, sausages and campfire. Guitar lovely, very nice one actually...start plan your little vacation while listening Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Psychodelic Minius Posted April 12, 2002 Share Posted April 12, 2002 so it deoden't compare to shpongle but this is....this is like a dream in the morning for me, a dream in the afternoon when i'm not sleeping...this is superb album..i love celtic influences and those guitars...best songs is: "Hicksville" "louden" "Darshanon"rating:9/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest [Anonymous] Posted April 12, 2002 Share Posted April 12, 2002 this release is absolutely marking in the scene. the start of L.S.D. records ( dragonfly`s ambient label) - check all the other releases - not like most ambient cds !!!!!!! superb writing and sounds. very special !!!! 10/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AsmoroD Posted June 19, 2002 Share Posted June 19, 2002 This album is absolutely great but too short... The tracks are well composed and my head feels like a freesbee when I'm on Hicksville !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lauri Posted July 1, 2002 Share Posted July 1, 2002 quite a nice album you`ve got here, organic and warm...much better than the shpongle 2nd album that everybody waz raving about Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest salton[at]goatrance[dot]com Posted August 5, 2002 Share Posted August 5, 2002 Superb... Track 4 - Stunning, pure emotion, pure sound A most have CD. Bom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abasio Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 Great album. Very chilled with nice influences. The only problem is that it's a little short & there has never been any kind of follow up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sawfly Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 Very good album for sure, Louden being perhaps the best track here and the last track being fucking horrible shit And I can't understand people who say this is not psychedelic music Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dajek Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 I've heard a lot people bashing the last track. I personally find it very special, but I can see how people can not like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abasio Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 Track List 1 Hicksville (7:35) 2 Stargate Avalon (1:32) 3 Jade Garden (7:38) 4 Shwazz (8:59) 5 Fifth Level (4:36) 6 Khatmandu (7:43) 7 Mundis Imaginalus (7:50) 8 Louden (3:22) 9 Darshannon (6:10) Simon Posford & Youth. Sounds like shpongle might have sounded if there was no Raja Ram. I actually prefer this to Shpongle, it has more staying power. 1 Hicksville Like psychedelic hick music it really is. Country bumpkin guitar & all those country elements I usually hate but masterfully produced into a great psychedelic track. 2 Stargate Avalon This track is noisy. No tune, no beat just lots of noises. It's short it's filler. 3 Jade Garden I stumbled upon the philosopher's stone. I had the veil of illusion pulled back & was confronted by the many levels of energy & many realms of consciousness which are available to men. I opened a pandora box of multiple realities. The intro sets a trippy atmosphere continued by the music. It reminds me of a UFO sighting, Roswell or something. 4 Shwazz A very soft 'background if you let it' track. This is one of those tracks which can be amazing if you focus on it but if your attention is diverted then it hardly registers. It has very slow beats, cool background noises & some really nice soft guitars. 5 Fifth Level Another very soft trippy track. A lack of beats & strong slow synths give a very wide open space feeling. Towards the end it reminds me of an indian reservation mixed with x-file sci fi. 6 Khatmandu I really like the guitar in this track, a nice melody. This starts beatless but a slow lethargic beat comes in during the 2nd half of the track. 7 Mundis Imaginalus Sounds like a hick sat on the front porch looking out at his enchanted swamp & playing a song on his guitar as a tribute to his lost youth. Quite a melancholic melody, some beats come in, very big but very soft. Magic. 8 Louden Another very nice guitar melody but the track is far too short. It could be much longer, excellent music. Some violin comes intowards the end teasing you but the track then just stops. 9 Darshannon I like this track. It is quite good but I just don't know what it's doing on this album. It's a fast dancefloor track, not chilled at all like the rest of the album. Can be quite shock if you are in a nicely chilled out mind set & this suddenly comes on So all in all there is great great music here. I think though that track 2 should be omitted completely & the last track should have been released on an up tempo celtic cross album (which could have been quite cool) & they should have been replaced by tracks more in line with the feeling of the other tracks. Favourites #1,3,5,6,7,8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eshanti Brahman Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 Shpongled in a far away gaellic/celtic dreamland or simply in Ireland? Well then Celtic Cross is the right thing for you. It`s been years that I haven't listened to "Celtic Cross" and I really dont understand why because it is a gem. The album has such a strong,single concept and the concept is carried out in a great manner...It is rather psychedelic and interlaced with some melodies that I find Posford has a natural craving for.... This piece of celtic psyambient proves for the umptheenth time that Posford (+Youth)? can be so diverse in concept while still based on the solid now-immortal Shpongled fundamentals. Best tracks: 1,6 and 7. Track 5 is a small psychedelic treasure....soaked with emotions. Rating: 8,5/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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