Mike D Posted May 20, 2002 Share Posted May 20, 2002 Elysium - Monzoon Artist: Elysium Title: Monzoon Label: BNE Date: 1996 Track listing: 01. 11'28" Master Of The Rainforest 02. 11'10" Monzoon 03. 09'32" Illusive World 04. 10'53" Elysium 05. 08'55" Subconsciousness 06. 09'07" Interpretation Of Dreams 07. 10'25" Aliens Review: What a shocker of a day I have had, gor caught running a red light $200, locked my keys in the car in a 1 hout park bay and got a $50 fine. Thenn I go to Sanity Music and found this for $18 Aussie!! Well, this track has some songs already released by I have never heard anything much from Elysium, and this is a wicked addition to my old school section. I am going to go through it track by track so if you already own some songs, then skip to ones you don't have hehe. The first track opens with very psychadelic and airy sounds. A nice melody flows with some nice tribal type drums. Acidic effect bounce around. It really does sound like an alien world. Then a more full on melody kicks in, along with a nice beat and some funky cymbals. There is also a nice ethnic type voice. I could imagine this being form some strange alien world, like some of the Star Wars planets. The next song again start with strange ambient sounds, then in comes the congo drums, a wicked beat and funky elector melodies, and again the aliens fly in and out, with their wierd effectsa nad languages. Elysiusm seems to have an a mazing knack for wicke meldoies. Track three, starts of with a liquidy acid effect, and then a a nice calm beat, with chilled out melodies. This is a nice song to relax to, or dance slowly in the darkness of a strange alien forest. The fourth track starts with a funky little ethinig type melody, and again the acid like effect sneak in from behind, with a groovy bass line. The beginning mel,ody stays the whole way through, with other effects coming in. The fifht track is a dancefloor stormer, fast beats, vey much bassed aeround the acid sounds, it brings memories of Doof - Let's Turn On and others from that era. The next track is a lot slower, a lot more ambient in a way, kinda like Astral Projection - Ambience. It has some ehtnic voices and drums. Very bouncy and happy. The last track is another slow, but very uplifitng and happy tack. NOT CHEEZEY at all, just very aliens sounding. I love this cd, I can see it being a favourtie of mine over time. I guess most people have thes track son his other albums, but for thos who don't, this seems to have a lot of his classics, and some others not on his albums. Very fun, very old school alien sounds, and it has made my year I think, a great find for a great price. Thankyou for this Elysium, and I look forward to your next release, though I already have a copy of the demo, I for sure will be buying a copy of the official release. Hopefully I'll be able to scan and send a copy of the cover in. 10/10 for a wicked album from the good old days, when I was 16 going wild and having a great life! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest master_kush[at]gmx[dot]net Posted May 22, 2002 Share Posted May 22, 2002 Definitely a great album from the past that still sounds as exciting as the day it was released. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest shalom_eno[at]hotmail[dot]com Posted May 22, 2002 Share Posted May 22, 2002 amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shahar@isratrance Posted May 22, 2002 Share Posted May 22, 2002 Where did you dig that one from??? Excellent release, as I'm a big Elysium fan I have it of course, though I had most of the tracks on the Nova Zembla release. I love it- it's really great, and I just listened to it not long ago to find I still enjoy it much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freak51 Posted May 23, 2002 Share Posted May 23, 2002 Those were the days, these were the sounds. Listening to this is like going through old photos for me. Was I really that young? A lot of miles since then ... I wouldn't buy it now, but I'd listen to a friend's copy over Sunday morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeathPosture Posted May 23, 2002 Share Posted May 23, 2002 Ahh.... Nice one... Kristian did a really good job on this one... Cheers! 7/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chaitu/Purple Passion Posted May 23, 2002 Share Posted May 23, 2002 Beautiful ethnic ambient CD from one of the early masters. An absolute must for a heavy night after a party or ethnic chilling accompaniment out in the nature. I love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Journey Man Project Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 Ok I originally typed this in the reviews seciotn, but I have fixed typing errors an re-posted here cos thisis awesome!! 1. 11'28" Master Of The Rainforest 2. 11'10" Monzoon 3. 09'32" Illusive World 4. 10'53" Elysium 5. 08'55" Subconsciousness 6. 09'07" Interpretation Of Dreams 7. 10'25" Aliens Well, this track has some songs already released by I have never heard anything much from Elysium, and this is a wicked addition to my old school section. I am going to go through it track by track so if you already own some songs, then skip to ones you don't have hehe. The first track opens with very psychedelic and airy sounds. A nice melody flows with some nice tribal type drums. Acidic effects bounce around. It really does sound like an alien world. Then a more full on melody kicks in, along with a nice beat and some funky cymbals. There is also a nice ethnic type voice. I could imagine this being form some strange alien world, like some of the Star Wars planets. The next song again start with strange ambient sounds, then in comes the conga drums, a wicked beat and funky elector melodies, and again the aliens fly in and out, with their weird effects and languages. Elysium seems to have an amazing knack for wicked melodies. Track three, starts of with a liquid acid effect, and then a nice calm beat, with chilled out melodies. This is a nice song to relax to, or dance slowly in the darkness of a strange alien forest. The fourth track starts with a funky little ethnic type melody, and again the acid like effect sneak in from behind, with a groovy bass line. The beginning melody stays the whole way through, with other effects coming in. The fifth track is a dance floor stormer, fast beats, very much based around the acid sounds; it brings memories of Doof - Let's Turn On and others from that era. The next track is a lot slower, a lot more ambient in a way, kind of like Astral Projection - Ambience. It has some ethnic voices and drums. Very bouncy and happy. The last track is another slow, but very uplifting and happy tack. NOT CHEEZEY at all, just very aliens sounding. I love this cd; I can see it being a favorite of mine over time. I guess most people have these track on his other albums, but for those who don't, this seems to have a lot of his classics, and some others not on his albums. Very fun, very old school alien sounds and it has made my year I think, a great find for a great price. Thank you for this Elysium, and I look forward to your next release, though I already have a copy of the demo, I for sure will be buying a copy of the official release. Hopefully I'll be able to scan and send a copy of the cover in. 10/10 for a wicked album from the good old days, when I was 16 going wild and having a great life! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Time_Trap Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 nice album indeed :} 8/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormion Posted September 14, 2005 Share Posted September 14, 2005 Yep, nice one, definately the best from E.P. It's a dance album but perfect for chilling than dancing. The best tracks are 1-4 and especially monzoon and master of the rainforest. 7/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traveller Posted September 20, 2005 Share Posted September 20, 2005 me thinks the cover is a cheap rip off the music however isn't a rip off.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Journey Man Project Posted September 20, 2005 Share Posted September 20, 2005 Well of course anything that may damage Simon P is an issue for you hey? And can you remove it now? Some people have dial up still and such a big image means they'll avoid this review... after this section is about the music not about the cover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qa2pir Posted November 26, 2005 Share Posted November 26, 2005 Listening now. Sounds good so far! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrik_vision Posted November 28, 2005 Share Posted November 28, 2005 me thinks the cover is a cheap rip off the music however isn't a rip off.. 340713[/snapback] Well in that case, almost all of the albums back then are a cheap rip off of eachother. And well said "The Journey Man" Very nice album indeed, one that doesnt sound like no other. Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qa2pir Posted November 29, 2005 Share Posted November 29, 2005 This is a good album! Distinctive sound, although rougher than i expected and less dreamy. However, nice soundscapes and the last track "Aliens" is an absolute climax, a truly original and very good track. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abasio Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 Got this recently & I'd have to day it is a very good album. My favourite track is Interpertation of dreams but they are all good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trance2MoveU Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Artist: Elysium Title: Monzoon Label: YoYo Records Date: 1996 01. 11'28" Master Of The Rainforest02. 11'10" Monzoon03. 09'32" Illusive World04. 10'53" Elysium05. 08'55" Subconsciousness06. 09'07" Interpretation Of Dreams07. 10'25" Aliens "It's human nature to fear...the unusual." Elysium is Dane Kristian Thinning and he is the go to guy for tribal goa trance. Dance for the Celestial Beings was his debut and one of the classic albums that should be owned. His second was a mini album entitled Master of the Rainforest which included the monster track of the same name. This was released the next year and took tracks from both and made it into a compilation. Good to have if you weren't fortunate to get a hold of the first two (like me). Then in 2005 Avatar Records gave it the re-release treatment with a special 2nd disc of unreleased tracks. If that wasn't enough, a few years ago he gave away a lot of his old tunes on Ektoplazm under the album title Works. Did I mention he also gave away wav remasters of the biggest tracks from one of his other projects Sheyba? Dude is a giver. This tribal goa trance is delicious. I don't know if he'll see any of the cash from it, but I'm buying the Avatar reissue. Least I can do. Mdk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abasio Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Brilliant album. Interpretation of Dreams and Aliens are the perfect mix of goa and downtempo. Elysium's goa was like the last track on a lot of goa albums, a full album of what I always liked best was such a treat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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