Guest AtomicCow Posted August 7, 2001 Share Posted August 7, 2001 V/A - Made On Earth Artist: Various Title: Made On Earth Label: Blue Room Date: 1997 Track listing: CD 1 01. 09'43" Saafi Brothers And Groove Titan : Occidental Sadhu 02. 07'56" O-Men : Funfar 03. 12'19" Planet BEN : Ant Invasion 04. 09'37" X-Dream : Freak 05. 07'50" Typhoon : Portnawack 06. 08'49" Apollo 3D : Nature Song CD 2 01. 06'46" Juno Reactor : Laughing Gas (On The Other Side Mix) 02. 07'58" Noosphere : Noos-Sleap 03. 09'08" Sandman : Spawn 04. 06'58" The Antidote : Auscultation 05. 08'29" Cwithe : Memory Leak 06. 08'01" Total Eclipse : Untitled Review: This was the first Goa cd I ever bought and I got it in Best Buy (one of the few goa cd's that somehow made their way there). Most of the tracks were released on other compilations/albums. This compilation definitely has an outdoor feel with tracks that stand out from the usual goa sound (not always with good results). It's not that they are experimental or breakbeatish...they are just different. Few party stompers here, mostly morning stuff with liquid sounds although some tracks are very spooky. My favorites: Ant Invasion (track 3, CD 1) which has some of the greatest percussion ever, slowly developing into sinister melodies. Totally mindbending. Nature Song (track 6, CD 1) is a relaxed bubbly track with a bit of soft 303-like sounds, beatiful. Laughing Gas (track 1, CD 2) is very smooth and has nice melodies. Noos-Leap (track 2, CD 2) is very liquid flowing right through your head. Spawn (track 3, CD 2) is very dark and has a great interplay of bass and lead lines with twisted maniacal laughter samples. The other tracks have some nice ideas here and there but don't grab me. You think "Yeah that's some nice noodling there...great sounds...that melody sounds kinda weird...I can't take it anymore" My biggest complaint is that they could have crammed in another 5 tracks. If you don't have the great tracks mentioned above and Freak (or the X-Dream lovers will shout at me) or you enjoy little explored corners of psychedlic trance then you should consider getting this especially since it should be very easy to track down. 8/10 on some days 5/10 on others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freak51 Posted August 10, 2001 Share Posted August 10, 2001 Listen a few times if necessary to Occidental Sadhu until it grabs you. This is, for my money, one of the best Saafi Brothers tracks ever - one of the best tracks ever, full stop. Ant Invasion is nice but definitely aging. Freak is an all-time classic. Noosleap is also worth having. Most of the rest is disposable. 6/10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest phase418[at]hotmail[dot]com Posted August 10, 2001 Share Posted August 10, 2001 This is the disc that got me into goa also! I bought it a mall CD shop. I thought to myself "It's 1998, almost a new melinium...and SOMEBODY..SOMEWHERE ..has to be making some PSYCHEDELIC...LSD fueled electronic music." I had bought Moby, Orbital, and even Paul Oakenfold at the recomendation of shop clerks and "ravers"...but was deeply dissapointed within a few minuites of each disc. I was specifically searching for the anwser - some kind of music I hoped was out there...I could hear it in my head...but noboody in my "Jungle and breakbeat" town knew where I could find it. Then I saw "Made on Earth" while searching through a crummy techno section of a pop CD store. On the cover there was an orange sticker that said "Goa Trance!" and it caught my interest. I knew that Goa wa sosmewhere in india, and I liked the sound of "trance" techno. I looked at the back cover, and the song names sounded "spiritual". I had a strong feelign about it, so I bought it. i took it home, that Friday night...and played it. I fell in love halfway through the first track. I remember thinking...."this is so 3-D ...so complex and evolving sounds.....FUCK YES! I found the music frequency I have been dreaming of!" . And ever since, I have had the deep pleasure of listening to 3-d audio holographic soundscapes made by people who dare to think, live, and dream on the cutting edge of explored human consciousness. thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garraeth Posted August 10, 2001 Share Posted August 10, 2001 Cool story. That's sorta how it happened w/ me too It was a total ephipiany! [thinking to myself] "OMGosh! This music is IT!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BlueSpectralMonkey Posted December 26, 2001 Share Posted December 26, 2001 and its too bad it took me a couple more years to figure out how good it really was, and this album catapulted me into the musical universe that now nearly rules my hearing. i agree about the best saafi track ever. the others are all well aged and still can rock a party if played at the right time and mixes well.... buy it used or download it if youre done getting all the new releases and into the older stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seraph Posted March 7, 2006 Share Posted March 7, 2006 Welcome to the weird world of goa trance...this how this compilation sounds like...this short compilation is filled with weird psy classics : ANT INVASION, FREAK, LAUGHING GAS, NOOS-LEAP, SPAWN, OSCULTATION and some pretty spiritual goa stuff : OCCIDENTAL SADHU, PORTNAWACK, UNTITLED...All in all, very good compilation of old school goodies...8/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fosku Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 Ant Invasion is not ageing. Well it's ageing like good wine One of the best tracks ever! The compilation is mediocre, three great tracks (Ant Invasion, Occidental Sadhu, Freak) and the rest are mediocre or bad. But the cd case is great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seraph Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 The compilation is mediocre, three great tracks (Ant Invasion, Occidental Sadhu, Freak) and the rest are mediocre or bad. 498721[/snapback] Come on, it is not THAT bad... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penzoline Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 What's interesting about this release is that it has two suomi-producers from Finland. Apollo 3D and Omen. Great tracks too! I wish this compilation would have focused more heavily on that suomi-goa sound rather than just put a bunch of different sounding tracks in a box and call it a day. The biggest problem with this compilation is, that soundwise, it's just all over the place. Medicore comp I agree, unfortunately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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