Guest Deku81 Posted February 26, 2000 Share Posted February 26, 2000 Son Kite - Minilogue Artist: Son Kite Title: Minilogue Label: Nova Tekk Date: 1999 Track listing: 01. 09'12" Deuce 02. 10'03" Imprint 03. 09'13" Back Beyond Rotation 04. 10'13" Levitate 05. 10'28" Fungi Funk 06. 08'41" Openfaced 07. 07'06" Phony Phonic Review: This is minimalistic dark progressive psy trance and it's so good. Perfect music for the dancefloor! I heard them live so I know what I'm talking about . Even though it's minimalistic with not a great number of sounds, I discover some new things every time I listen to it that I haven't noticed before. This is what makes it so good. It never gets boring and these experimentals with different sounds is so fascinating. If you like the normal "goa" sound, you may not like this because it's very different from that, but it's so excellent!!! Every time I hear Imprint and Fungi Funk I get goose bumps .. Sweden is really making a progress on the trance scene so be on the watch for more swedish stuff in the future ). If I haven't made it clear in this review I say it now.. I LOVE THIS ALBUM ! Rating 8/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest a_ozi Posted February 27, 2000 Share Posted February 27, 2000 actually called MINILOGUE, this is a fine, fine release that i wouldn't play @ night... not quite stomping or layered ehh?nough. Any other time though, its 9 10nths perfection. All good trax...An artist to look out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anoebis Posted April 20, 2000 Share Posted April 20, 2000 I've just heard this album at a friend and I can only say this is simply boring Techno!!! This has nothing to do with Goa-TRANCE anymore... I even don't think this music is Psychedelic... So simply not my cup of tea!! I guess this is a good album if you like the minimalistic Techno, but I hate it!! Bom Shankar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest toxomniac[at]hotmail[dot]com Posted May 2, 2000 Share Posted May 2, 2000 Hi everyone! just wanted to say that this album is an exquisite example of progression in trance music!! Although people like Anoebis@goatrance.com have there feet stuck in the mud of conservatism(full on melodic goatrance) I must ask him to get aquainted to other kinds of music before speaking of minimal techno!!!???? go get everything with Son Kite! it's brilliant!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Cnt97 Posted May 12, 2000 Share Posted May 12, 2000 Superb album! 9 out of 10! It's more minimalistic progressive psytrance... (yea, still psytrance). VERY VERY VERY well produced. QUALITY everywhere on this album... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Acidhive Posted May 20, 2000 Share Posted May 20, 2000 Son Kite know what minimalism is all about. All tracks are great, though for me the stand out is Fungi Funk. Their singles are also great. For example: Knob Adjustment and the remix of that particular track!! Bass like you wouldn't believe!! Get this. 8/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tequila Posted June 3, 2000 Share Posted June 3, 2000 At the beginning, I really thought I wouldn't like minimalistic trance.But when I listened to Minilogue, I immediatly found that great.Why? The reason is clear, it's powerful!!It gives me such an energy!Of course, it's impressively repetitive, but the bassline is great, and all this stuff sounds "professional", the (inexistent?) melodies sounds clear, everything is clear and well made, GOOD WORK.High quality and highly powerful trance.But remember that the melodies are rare. 6/10 (a good 6) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Scott.Kanov[at]v2music[dot]com Posted June 14, 2000 Share Posted June 14, 2000 I think it was Miles Davis who once remarked that with music, it wasn't the notes you played that were important but the notes you DIDN'T play. For him, the spaces between the sounds were what separated good compositions from great ones. It may be a bold call comparing Son Kite with Miles Davis, but I will -- "Minilogue" proves that Son Kite are expertly marching the trail that Miles carved. "Minilogue" doesn't hurl melodies and hum-a-long tunes at the listener. Then again, it wasn't meant to. The repitition, the pounding four-four beats, the sweeping, bending basslines, and the gaps between them all -- THIS is what induces the trance. It's a shame that this style of music has taken on the name "minimalist," when in reality there is so much there. Maybe, you just have to remember that the sound of silence is still a sound, after all. I think Miles would have loved this one. A brilliant release...9/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest masada[at]trance[dot]net Posted August 8, 2000 Share Posted August 8, 2000 Son Kite are the kings. A track like Openfaced is unbeliveable. Some tracks aren't as good as others, but still they kick ass. Awesome, minimalistic production. Progressive production. Damn, can't get any better. 10/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Holy Mushroom Posted August 18, 2000 Share Posted August 18, 2000 The ones that calles this "minimal techno" should reconsider it very carefully!! This is Progressive Trance at it's best!!! The track "Fungi Funk" is one of the best tracks I've ever heard!! Everytime I hear it I get goose bumps and I can manage to sit still!! Don't listen to the negative people in here!! BUY IT OR YOU'LL MISS SOMETHING!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mikrozomme[at]bgvirtual[dot]zzn[ Posted October 5, 2000 Share Posted October 5, 2000 I like minimalistic stuff.But that's not my album.There is not a strong bassline that kicks you in the air.Only constantly repeating sounds,that didn't do a lot for me.And the tracks are too long and boring.4/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest F-AcTivE Posted October 7, 2000 Share Posted October 7, 2000 Son Kite ..from Malmö/sweden! This music is perfect for the dancefloor. It makes u kick KICK KICK ! I think this is progressive hardtrance ..with some tribal sounds. If u are looking for melodies , don't look here! This is minimalistic dark progressive psy trance and it's so good. Perfect music for the dancefloor! This album contains very good tracks. But i really missed "Knob Adjustment" and "recieve". "Openfaced" is fantastic! one of the best progressive tracks i've heard. I really love "Levitate" for chillin...it's very soft and cool ..with a nice rythm. If u want a perfect party album ..BUY THIS ! and dance all night long. i give this album: 8/10 , i want a SOn Kite LIVE album , Son Kite is much better LIVE ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest [Anonymous] Posted October 18, 2000 Share Posted October 18, 2000 It's not true microzomme that Son Kite has no strong basslines. I thought that at first, too, but than i heard it on a PHAT soundsystem, and the basslines that sound weak on your carradio become massive bodyshakers that make the floor vibrate and your bones shake. Whenever the bass kicks in like in Openfaced for example the whole floor feels like an earthquake, its not thumping, but its vibrating and shaking. This album, 9.5/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Goa Spirit Posted November 1, 2000 Share Posted November 1, 2000 Son Kite, the music that takes you into the sky, like a kite. Great album loaded with dancefloor killers, hear atleast one of the songs from this album at most parties. and who said ther are no hard basslines in this album? hear it at a party where the sound is good, the bass is what i like about their music... the bass and the anticipation they make the listener feel before it comes pumping in.. Almost a remake of the Israeli formula... i am really beginning to enjoy the minimalistic wave... way to go guys and keep producing music... BOM! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest setorsetor[at]hotmail[dot]com Posted December 7, 2000 Share Posted December 7, 2000 Well, I've only heard Fungi Funk and Back Beyond Rotation...I'd say Fungi Funk is one of the most interesting and fucking cool songs I've heard lately....and as for the real debate this album has set forward, well, i guess the grade it deserves is the number of reviews it gets, good or bad....it raises opinions, and thats what music is for. I completely agree with tramser and Scott.Kanov, though. We shouldnt get too attached to melodic trance, because its really one side if the same coin. I dont know how you can call Son Kite minimalistic... they use the same 4/4 rhythm every single trance artist uses, only differently. This is about feelings, rhythm, grooves....and Son Kite really get there, whether you like it or not. Quality is undeniable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Cpt_Shiner Posted January 23, 2001 Share Posted January 23, 2001 sooo monotone... makes me wanna become a banker... ive tried to listen with an open mind, but its just so lifeless and flat... must be cos im an aussie... where are other ppl here from? cos its well produced for what it is... review... 5/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freak51 Posted March 5, 2001 Share Posted March 5, 2001 This is like the finest-prepared, spiciest Swedish cuisine: exquisitely done, but why bother? I found this too repetitive and boring. Also, they seem to rely too heavily on the old naive SUN Project percussion of boom-tsiss x 4 in an exact split of the bar. This bothers me after about 30 seconds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freak51 Posted March 8, 2001 Share Posted March 8, 2001 Tracks 3 is beyond sick (I don't know if I would want to subject people to more than about 4 minutes of it though - High Weirdness), and track 4 is eeeeexxxcellent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kriz Posted March 13, 2001 Share Posted March 13, 2001 This IS a good album, no doubt. its psychedelic and minimalistic (great!), ill give it 8/10 (or something like that, recomended!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Zoltar Posted March 14, 2001 Share Posted March 14, 2001 Now for the Son Kite album, at first I hated this music direction... It's not easy to follow and understand all those weird and talented artists. I listened to Minilogue for 10-15 times and I see something bright. Low progressions and minimalistic beats, this CD is a smooth techno/trance trip - nothing to do with the psychedelic movement. Tracks 3,4 and 7 are good. I give: 7.5/10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tequila Posted April 28, 2001 Share Posted April 28, 2001 I wrote above that I like it well and gave this album a 6/10.But I was wrong, this album deserves a nice 10/10, and with no hesitation.So if you don't like it, please relisten to it, again, again, again and again, and one day, you'll understand why many people love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest [Anonymous] Posted March 1, 2002 Share Posted March 1, 2002 No need to say more than: GREAT album, perhaps the best I know at this time. Best tracks: back beyond rotation (I love the going back and forward knarz-effect) and openfaced (it's so emotional that it sometimes really KILLS me!) I even have to stop myself from listening minilogue to often, cause I don't want it to get boring... but I guess it never will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manuser Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 Just WOW! Seriously, yesterday without seeking it, I came across the whole album on youtube and I forgot how good it was. This is a masterpiece, can't believe i'ven't listened to it for something like 10 years! Unique style, unique album: 9/10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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