bomble Posted November 16, 2000 Share Posted November 16, 2000 Dub Trees - Nature Never Did Betray The Heart That Loved Her Artist: Dub Trees Title: Nature Never Did Betray The Heart That Loved Her Label: Dragonfly Date: 2000 Track listing: 01. 10'37" Buffalo 02. 02'29" Cobalt Waterfall 03. 05'33" A Way Of Being Free 04. 13'27" Butterfly Trilogy (Parts 1,2,3) 05. 02'35" La Rosa (Live While You Live) 06. 07'11" Orpheus 07. 08'01" Magnetica 08. 07'13" Dreamlab 09. 05'14" Concrete Tourist 10. 04'02" Freaks Of Nature 11. 06'08" Return Of The Native Review: This is a thrilling chillout album. It represents several years of collaboration and tweaking and it works wonderfully.The album opens with a gentle delicacy that really gets the mind watering, and continues through many avenues of dub and hypnotic rythms. It is somewhat less Posfordised than Celtic Cross in that only Magnetica has his unmistakeable signature stamped on it. In fact it would seem that this really is Youth's baby, and a beauty it is too. Greg Hunter adds an enormous amount to the production quality of this album - coming from the Orb, Subsurfing (- GET Frozen Ants or forever be sorry!!) and most recently Alien Soap Opera. His particular flavour shows through especially in Concrete Tourist- a dub lined groover, and Return of the Native - a tribal/hispanic treat. Each tune has a definite flavour, and I admit that they are not so immediately earcatching as, say, Shpongle, but there's plenty there to involve even the most discerning ambient lover. Not every tune stands out enough to be heard in the best chillout mixes but overall a superb quality. Don't expect Shpongle or Celtic Cross - but do enjoy ! 8/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Psylent Buddhi Posted January 13, 2001 Share Posted January 13, 2001 A masterpiece! To me, this IS indeed up there with the Shpongle and Celtic Cross albums! Incredibly floaty, spaced out sounds and nice rhythms. Plenty of weirdness and moments of sheer beauty! Marvellous! Simply unbelievable, and yet the unbelievable is playing on my stereo right now... Plur - Psylent Buddhi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sunsquid Posted January 25, 2001 Share Posted January 25, 2001 I really like this! Lovely music! Earcandy! I really, really like the track that Simon Posford did. But I can't explain my feelings better than Psylent already has, so I'll just end this by rating it. 10/10! No doubt about it! Plur! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest iNFiNiTi500 Posted January 27, 2001 Share Posted January 27, 2001 If the new album of the ORB (-Cydonia-) would be half as good as this, they would be back on top like 10 years ago. In fact, this is the best album that the ORB has never released. This "MORE BASS THAN SPACE" dubbed ambient is definately the best chillout stuff released this year. Full credits to the production team as the sound is crystal clear, to the musicians (real drums, bass, flutes e.g.) as the soundscapes are overwhelmingly beatiful and to Dragonfly for releasing their best album since 1995's Mystical Experience of The Infinity Project. 9.5/10! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest iNFiNiTi500 Posted February 5, 2001 Share Posted February 5, 2001 Sorry, for not having the facts right. I saw The Infinity Project listed as Dragonfly artists on their website so I thought their albums had been released on Dragonfly too. But the rhetoric stays the same: EXCELLENT ALBUM... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bomble Posted February 13, 2001 Author Share Posted February 13, 2001 I think I should reiterate that most of the production of this album was in the capable hands of Greg Hunter, who also produced the best Orb tunes ...... the link is not as surpsising as Infiniti500 may have thought Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeto Posted February 18, 2001 Share Posted February 18, 2001 What an album... Some really nice sounds in this album. Very well produced... I didnt expect it to be so good. Boms.. keep the good work. btw who is this artist ? his name ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Epic Automata Posted February 20, 2001 Share Posted February 20, 2001 I wish I knew this was Orb-ish before I bought it. If I wanted to listen to what might as well be the Orb again, I wouldn't have throw away the few Orb albums I once owned. 5/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vOrTeXdReAm Posted February 20, 2001 Share Posted February 20, 2001 Incredible! I didn't expect this album to be be THIS good!? It is one of the best ambient/dub albums I own! Only "The Mystery Of The Yeti Part 2" and "Shpongle - Are You SHpongled?" are THIS good! Unbelievable! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest [Anonymous] Posted February 23, 2001 Share Posted February 23, 2001 This is incredible! A++ chillout material. This is much better than some of the reviews make it out to be. Deliciate, hypoinotic, groovy, good samples and production...and wicked dub-a-dub-dub basslines. I like this BETTER than Hicksville or Yeti. Some of these tracks desreve to go on the best chillout comps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mr_Charity Posted March 1, 2001 Share Posted March 1, 2001 After hearing the final store copy of the ORB's CYDONIA I can safely say that this beats the godfathers of ambient dub hands down. Well worth your money and time if U are into Psychedelic ambient. 9/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest slinker Posted March 22, 2001 Share Posted March 22, 2001 i didnt even know this existed and i bought it solely on the recommendations above..and i can truly say im not dissapointed!...floaty spacey trance with serious dub roots..kinda like the `Yeti` albums but slightly more minimal..but very beautiful and expertly handcrafted to delirious perfection...if you like ambient youd be mad to miss out! 9.5/10 =^,^= Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEoMaNTiK Posted April 13, 2001 Share Posted April 13, 2001 What an amazing piece of work this is - it has quality written all over it from start to finish.. don't live without this one! 10/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freak51 Posted April 19, 2001 Share Posted April 19, 2001 Magical. 10/10. This is on par with Shpongle. Just buy it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ehsanur Posted May 24, 2001 Share Posted May 24, 2001 Fantastic.........Really eclectic dub/ambient/trip hop somewhere in Shpongle-land. I really like the use of acoustic/string instruments here. As a bass player I could play the basslines on my bass. The best ambient release of 2000. 10/10 Pure delightment. Peace out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest clark_303 Posted June 24, 2001 Share Posted June 24, 2001 Very Orbish indeed but the basslines are more dominating which is good because it makes a certain groove, especially on Butterfly Trilogy that is a really beautiful journey through space and time. Not as easy to love as Shpongle but deeper and has more sounds and nice little details put there(more sampler, less synths). Pretty progressive stuff too, I mean in the progressive rock style, not some progressive trance...Highlights are Butterfly Trilogy, Magnetica(very touching melodies, I wonder whether they're by Youth or Simon Posford), Concrete Tourist(that huge bass is so funky) and well, all the songs are great...Get it. A great dubby journey. -Clargoa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest phase418[at]hotmail[dot]com Posted August 2, 2001 Share Posted August 2, 2001 this is fantastic! A very tasteful, dreamy chillout journey with no bad tracks! this is absolutely top notch, super good stuff. beautiful textures, quiet samples, and silky sexy 3 dimensional sounds and soundpictures. Better than than Saffi Bros. "Mystic Cigarettes" but not quite as good as "Are you Shpongled?". Absolutely BUY IT! 9.5/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traveller Posted October 3, 2001 Share Posted October 3, 2001 I didn't know a cd that can compete with shpongles production exists.. i have heard a few track now and this is sweet sweet sweet.. u just gotta give the songs a little time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rx7style Posted October 22, 2001 Share Posted October 22, 2001 I don't think this competes with anything except it's own issues. First off, the quality of this album isn't great. I listened to this album on my Grado SR325 headphones, along with my Odyssey Stratos amp, Alchemist CD transport, DAC, and Anthem Pre2L. All I could hear were over-distorted basslines and samples, with hiss all the way through the tracks. What the hell? It was very annoying and certainly didn't compliment the music. I also thought that this CD had much less direction than other good productions, as the tracks don't seem to follow any logical path... no ebb and flow. All in all, this album was very dissapointing. Be wary of all the great reviews above -- although technically this album is complex, it's just not that musical. 5/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jay or Silent Bob Posted November 3, 2001 Share Posted November 3, 2001 maybe it´s a bit shpongelish because it´s Celtic Cross (Simon + a few others) and one guy from the Orb that stand´s behind the name Dub Trees just a guess... Booong! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PKS Posted November 16, 2001 Share Posted November 16, 2001 One of the best albums of 2000! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freak51 Posted February 27, 2002 Share Posted February 27, 2002 I've just dusted this off and am playing it at work. I stand by my 10/10, almost a year later. This is the good stuff. It ought to be in RED, if Celtic Cross/Hicksville is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest davidtolsn Posted March 3, 2002 Share Posted March 3, 2002 not comparable to shpongle, imo. this is DUB. meaning the predominant sound i hear is those characteristic low basslines, which for me get old after a while. nevertheless, good to chill to... 8/10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dlatin23[at]yahoo[dot]com Posted March 3, 2002 Share Posted March 3, 2002 love this cd, listened to it incessantly. unfortunately, it, with most of my other cds, was stolen out of my car while in New Orleans for Mardi Gras a few weeks back. Looking to replace it but dragonfly records(where I bought it the first time) has none available. Does anyone want to be a saint an burn a copy and send it to me? I'm in the states. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest funkedelifusion Posted March 5, 2002 Share Posted March 5, 2002 pure harmony and peacefull enlightment....youth has done it again....buy it now... Excellent chill out with a travelling touch in them... 9/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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