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Shaolin Wooden Men - The Hungry Forest

 

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Artist: Shaolin Wooden Men

Title: The Hungry Forest

Label: Psy-Harmonics

Date: 1996

 

Track listing:

 

01. 08'02" We Are Sound

02. 13'29" Are You Ready To Go?

03. 06'01" Rainy Taxi

04. 05'14" Um ... Er?!??!

05. 04'59" Rickshaw

06. 08'54" Baba Louie

07. 09'07" The Hungry Forest

08. 07'57" Windscreen Wiper

09. 03'53" The Forest Has A Mouth

 

Review:

 

Another barrier-braking release from Psy-Harmonics. First I wasn't sure what

the hell this was and didn't like it, but gradually I've become to like it.

It's still psychedelic trance, but quite different. The main difference is the

type of sounds used, but also how they are used. There's no acid or anything

like that. All the sounds are quite clear and clean. SWM use a lot of

something that sounds like a sinewave generator with an analogic knob changing

the frequency, which they then rotate to good effect. The other sounds are

also very original.

Their melodies are also different and usually consist of weird sounds at

different at different pitches. Though loops are used a lot and this is pretty

repetitive, it's not boring because the sounds and the music in general allow

a lot of space for imagination. Overall the album has a sense of spaciness and

calm, despite the normal bmps and stomping kick drum. That's perhaps what I

found strange in the beginning, the calmness of it. No uplifts, no violent

sounds, few melodies and spacious sounds.

It's hard to specify any favourite tracks, beacuse they all have something

special and all have very original and good ideas, but 2 and 7 I tend to

listen most to. 9 is an ambient track. There are no bad tracks. I still have

to say that generally I like the usual psy-trance styles more, but it's very

refreshing to hear something that's not done by the usual formulae and is

still good. 7,5/10

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Guest Goa Sage

One of the worst Psytrance albums I've ever purchased. Do I have to say more?

OK, there is at least ONE decent track - "Rainy Taxi", but overall it's awful

and boring.

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Guest janr[at]adam.com[dot]au

Excellent. I will love it forever. If you ever got out of the city for a while,

alone in the forest, this is the atmosphere of this album. Such good sounds,

it almost haunts you, but satisfies you at the same time. Don't expect a

psy-trance album, or many killer 'tunes'. Not tearing up the dance floor, but

reflecting on life.. It's all about sound and atmosphere.

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This is a cool album. It's not the best I've heard but it's quite a different sound from most other psy trance I have. A lot of it is very monotonous & repetitive and it leaves you with a very wide open feeling.

I have all the Shaolin Wooden Men albums & this is my favourite.

Favourite tracks are Are You Ready To Go?, Rainy Taxi & The Hungry Forest.

Check it out!

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