shahar@isratrance Posted November 5, 2000 Posted November 5, 2000 BLT - Presence Artist: BLT Title: Presence Label: HOM-Mega Date: 2000 Track listing: 01. 07'51" BLT 02. 09'05" Gravy For The Brain (Down To Earth Mix) 03. 08'46" Pinkster 99' 04. 11'47" Golden Slumbers (Feat DJ Nadi) 05. 07'14" Beat Manifesto (Feat Psycraft) 06. 09'10" Space Boogie (Feat DJ Nadi) 07. 09'43" Clear Vision (Original Edit) 08. 08'55" Presence Review: It's been a long time since I got to listen to an artist album that sounds so together, concept And construction-wise, and sound-wise. BLT succeeds in delivering music that is both intelligent and emotional, electronic dance music that appeals to mind and heart, trance that manages to be psychedelic, technoidic, melodic, and above all groovy as it gets. Don't get it wrong, it's not an easy CD, it's not one of those CDs that catches on immediately. Yuli writes the kind of tracks that you can listen to five times and say to yourself: "so?", and then at the sixth time, while you're at your table doing something else altogether with the music at the background, you'll find yourself stopping everything and thinking: "What the hell is that? Where did this come from?". The CD has a lot of space, with all the power and complexity, the music remains open. It seems that the power in BLT's music is in what's not in it. In the spaces between the sounds. It's the kind of music that leaves us listeners with a lot of space to work our imagination, to navigate the brain, leaving us feeling that we actually take part in this creation. This CD is a masterpiece, starting from the thundery dramatic and very atmospheric opening of BLT (T1), through the hysterical groove of Gravy for the Brain (T2, the original on Alchemic Anacdote) And Space Boogie (T6, Feat DJ Nadi and a voice from the past...), the hard minimal psychedelia of Beat Manifesto (Feat Psycraft), the almost scary strength of Clear Vision (T7), the 12 minutes full on full power experience of Golden Slumbers (T4, Feat DJ Nadi again), and ending with the light atmospheric happiness of Pinkster 99' (my favorite here!) and Presence. And finally a word about the sound- immense, clean and crisp clear- a joy! I LOVE THIS CD! Best artist album of the year 2000 so far (and we're nearing it's end)- run and get it! Now! Quote
Guest psytrancer Posted November 5, 2000 Posted November 5, 2000 bit wishy washy for the first four or five tracks... but according to the review I will get it soon... it has a nice feel to it though well produced and thoughtfully arranged. More soon... Quote
Guest [Anonymous] Posted November 6, 2000 Posted November 6, 2000 a killer ?? never . this is boring crap . i dont like this shit at all . every track sounds the same . 3/10 Quote
Guest trancegroover Posted November 7, 2000 Posted November 7, 2000 Brilliant stuff, highly recommended for trancers evolve intelligent-wise! Groovy baby!!! Grat construction, great story telling- could be more technoish. Keep it up BLT!!! Quote
Guest TRISTAN Posted November 7, 2000 Posted November 7, 2000 BLT has really improved since the last cd! BUT IT STILL SUCKS AS HELL! bland and uninteresting... Disappears among other releases which are more "programming" than "music composing" 5.5/10 Quote
Guest goa[at]c4[dot]com Posted November 8, 2000 Posted November 8, 2000 Well, I guess just like India, you either love or hate BLT- hehehe- judging from the reviews here, anyway. I love it! I just got the CD and listened to it only a few times, but already fell in love. Great layering, sick patterns, and the volume and percision of the sounds. Highly recommended. My favorites so far- Space Boogie (go Robert go!), BLT, Beat Manifesto. Bom Shankar! Quote
Guest thirdeye[at]netvision.net[dot]il Posted November 12, 2000 Posted November 12, 2000 BLT's second release, "Presence", is by far a more mature, complex and consistent creation than it's predecessor. It is not your typically "floor stomper" cd, but has it's moments. Personally i Love it and recommend to hear it at home with a good joint. Quote
Guest fp[at]7net.co[dot]il Posted November 15, 2000 Posted November 15, 2000 I think BLT' release very good album is far from the first one and more mature , personally I love it Quote
Guest [Anonymous] Posted November 21, 2000 Posted November 21, 2000 BLT made a good work in this cd,i really liked it...I don´t think it´s boring... Beat Manifesto, Space Boogie, Pinkster 99 are the best tracks.Keep the good workin,BLT!! If you liked it,buy the Voojoo Rituals compilation too... Quote
Guest Goa Spirit Posted November 28, 2000 Posted November 28, 2000 The Israeli sound at its best, BLT is amazing... My favorite track is definetely Space Boogie.. The two Dj Nadi tracks are out of this world.. man this guy makes some serious music.. go buy it now!!! Quote
Guest Baboon Posted November 28, 2000 Posted November 28, 2000 In my opinion it takes a being that has been listening to elektronik music for a while, to realy understand this cd, that it is´nt just some boring slow ambient cd... if you realy know good psy music, you must like this. I agree with the top, this is a total master piece, but you have to listen to it... from the begining to the end, and let your self float with the vibes, to truly see the beauty in this album. Man, that sure as hell sounded poetic... but it´s the truth... get this !! Quote
Guest ChrisdeeACiD Posted January 19, 2001 Posted January 19, 2001 Very nice album.... I thought it would have been better considering to all these great reviews above but yet it works fine. The three first tracks doesn´t do it for me. Kinda minimalistic and they never get anywhere. The same thing all the way. Space Boogie and Clear Vision are definetly the stompers here with great basslines and nice bassdrumms. Not as melodic as I had expected. Quote
Guest manicmagicmmushroomman[at]hotmai Posted February 2, 2001 Posted February 2, 2001 Nice too hear Israeli trance just lacks any form of cheese at all. This is really pushing the boundary back and I like it. Bass is what really sticks in my head. Definatly got a twisted feel to me, but not really scary. Beggining of the album could so easily have been very cheesey, but somehow manages to avoid it, and is therefore amazing. Would have liked to have heard some harder stuff, but still a solid 7/10 Quote
Guest astralmoveo[at]centrum[dot]cz Posted April 24, 2001 Posted April 24, 2001 BLT Presence - it´s really beautiful and full of psy energy album. This is great example for another psychedelic period. Quote
Guest [Anonymous] Posted April 25, 2001 Posted April 25, 2001 Its a good alb~um, although it wont get you jumping on parties due to its softness. Very calm psychedelic musics. 6/10 Quote
Tlacactoc Posted May 18, 2001 Posted May 18, 2001 Wow... Just for well trained ears, dont expect anything, just follow it, try to understand it, and the magic of this rusian geek will appear... open ur ears and mind. Quote
freak51 Posted July 4, 2001 Posted July 4, 2001 Nice trancey influences but not too cheesy; I hope the Israliens keep on evolving. Good enough to borrow, at the very least. 6.5/10. Quote
Guest FelipeLemosBrasil Posted June 23, 2002 Posted June 23, 2002 This cd RULES EXTREMELY!!! Yuli is a great composer, every track is a history, his style is original, the production and equalization is perfect, this is a new sound... Hom-mega is the best, 100% high quality. Best tracks: Space Boogie (a true classic), Presence, BLT, Beat Manifesto... 9/10 Quote
Guest Alien Posted August 27, 2002 Posted August 27, 2002 This album is still fresh after all this time. Althought the cover is a little chessy. I love the Led Zeppelin sample space boogie. If you see it buy it. rating very good. 7.5/10 Quote
Riton Posted February 9, 2009 Posted February 9, 2009 Haven't listened to it in a while... definitely very enjoyable! haha first reply in what, 6 years? Quote
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