Guest Ubik Posted March 2, 2000 Posted March 2, 2000 MFG - Project Genesis Artist: MFG Title: Project Genesis Label: Phonokol Date: 1998 Track listing: 01. 00'41" Intro 02. 07'30" Intelligent Machine 03. 07'34" Project Genesis 04. 08'08" Open Mind 05. 08'12" Why? 06. 08'27" Voices 07. 07'41" Sunshine 08. 08'02" On Mars 09. 07'42" The Creation 10. 09'29" Metamorphosis Review: Lots of people think this is the worst MFG album, but I don't agree. This album is less good than New Kind of World, but better than The Prophecy in my opinion. The sound is darker and muddier than in previous album and the production is better.It is full of strong bass lines. The only thing that is not good is that the tracks are not enough varied. The highlights in this album are Metarmophosis, which is very original, Why ? and On Mars. 7.5/10 Quote
Guest Tequila Posted March 2, 2000 Posted March 2, 2000 That's right, we see in this album how skilled is now the group MFG.Nevertheless, I keep on thinking that this their worst one.Some trax are a little boring and we often have to jump to other tracks if we don't want to fall asleep.OK, I'm probably exagerating a little, because this albums remains a good one, and the track "Why?" is excellent, but buy the other ones from MFG before this one.6.5/10 Quote
Guest ChrisdeeACiD Posted March 17, 2000 Posted March 17, 2000 Why? changed my Life. The best track by MFG. It's worth getting for that track only but there are several other tracks that're good. "The Creation" gets 2:nd place tight followed by "Intelligent Machine" and the slower one "Metamorphosis" which is perfect for being a bit slow (I mostly don't like the slower ones). "On Mars" is another piece of beauty.Really great album. The 2:nd best by MFG. 7.5/10 Quote
Guest Kilian_303[at]hotmail[dot]com Posted March 18, 2000 Posted March 18, 2000 Another great album by MFG. The style on this album is diffrent from the other MFG releases. It´s more dark and the melodies are almost gone. It´s more suitable for the dancefloor now. A great new direction for MFG! There are no bad tracks on it but my favourites are Intelligent machine and On mars. Full on non-fluffy! My rating: 9/10 Quote
Children Posted March 28, 2000 Posted March 28, 2000 Well I also think that's their worst album ... I can't say it's really bad, but I don't have favourites on it ... however I don't think there's really Bad Tracks, but most of them are a little annoying ... Rating : 5/10 Quote
maxijazz Posted May 17, 2000 Posted May 17, 2000 Well this album is great. Can´t understand how u ppl dislike (rating - 5/10 sux ) MFG for presidents! Track number three, Project Genesis is like the best song ever..and then we have Metamorphosis and Voices.. phew.. rating - 10/10 Quote
Guest Skytrancer Posted May 31, 2000 Posted May 31, 2000 Some people think this is very bad album, I disagree! The sounds are completely different compared to the stuff of the PROPHECY and NEW KIND OF WORLD. But, it's harder and I love it! There are melodies, great sonds! It achieve perfection, a masterpiece! You must have it in your collect! So I give it 9/10! Quote
Guest Ehsanur Posted May 31, 2000 Posted May 31, 2000 "Why?" is one of the strongest and most powerful songs I've heard from the Goa-scene. Its so heavy melodic psychedelic...---israeli psytrance at its best! Apart from that,the songs are quite good, however not the best songs from from the guys with message from God. "A new kind of World" is better and "Prophecy" is less good. other than that I like Intelligent Machine,On Mars, and Project Genesis. I have always liked MFG/Passenger,I think they are FAT! 7,99999999999 /10 Ehsantrium Quote
Guest Magic Plant Posted June 23, 2000 Posted June 23, 2000 As usual, MFG produces something very good. Why? is excellent, one of the best goa songs that I have heard! I like how it builds up and around two minutes I feel like I'm flying over the dance floor. The build up then continues with these wonderful noices between intervals and with the climax starting at 6:20 and continuing to the end of the song. This one is very good to play loud in the car too! |-) Quote
Guest ir0nm0nk3y Posted July 27, 2000 Posted July 27, 2000 Deep, dark, hard trance. Good samples. Intelligent Machine, Project Genesis, Why?, Sunshine and Metamorphosis. I like this one just as much if not more than the others. Get it. 8/10. Quote
Guest Gustav Posted July 27, 2000 Posted July 27, 2000 I got so disappointed after buying this record. Is this really MFG, what had happened to the dynamic duo? After having seen the progressions from their first album to the second, my expectations were rather detailed about this one. I put it on my bookshelf to collect dust. By some reason I started listening to it again some weeks later, and this time without demands. Wow! This time it felt so alien, so complex, so damn intelligent! Now I consider it as one of my absolutely best albums, particulary because of its original style. On this album they've introduced a lot of more alienated wobbling sounds And harder drums. There's no classic once-a-track israeli melodies, but a lot more layers of melodies, noises And effects. This is something way beyond most of the standard stuff released during the years. Even the punkrockers in the city, for whom I played a couple of tracks seemed to like it. Atleast they stomped in unison. So learn from the punkrockers and go stomp to this you too! (9+/10) Quote
Guest Goa Sage Posted August 20, 2000 Posted August 20, 2000 Perhaps one of my best albums ever. This one will always be special for me, 'cause it was my first album (I had only purchased compilations before). This alien ambience sends shivers down my spine every single time I listen to it. Many people don't understand this album the first time they hear it - and neither did I - but after a while, you will be amazed by the complex structure in the tracks and the extraterrestrial soundscape. It's a shame that many people are so harsh critic. Listen to it again and you will find new sounds, where you least expect them. You will discern melodies and patterns and soon you'll be trippin' on Mars... My favourites are "Why?", "Intelligent Machine", "Voices", "Open Mind", "On Mars", "Project Genesis", "Metamorphosis", "Sunshine" and "The Creation". Oops, that's all the tracks! Then you should probably understand how great this album is. Buy it now! Quote
Guest ... Posted August 24, 2000 Posted August 24, 2000 Why? and Intelligent Machine are two awesome tracks, overall I don't think this album is TOO great. I think it's worth 7 out of 10, though. Quote
Guest aricz Posted October 30, 2000 Posted October 30, 2000 nice dark and "metallic" (? hehe) album. been listening to this album for years and i never get bored with intelligent machine (just listen to the takeoff at 5:17) and why? (those voices, woah). 7/10 hm, did i write the review above? Quote
Guest [Anonymous] Posted February 16, 2001 Posted February 16, 2001 this Album rockes just like all the others!!. Rock on MFG!! Rating: 10/10, a must buy! Astral Projection, MFG, & California Sunshine forever baby!! Quote
Jon Cocco Posted May 18, 2001 Posted May 18, 2001 Project Genesis is IMO MFG's best album to date. Numerous listeners also consider their previous album, New Kind of World to be their best album, and for me NKoW lacks the darker, surrealistic, nighttime mayhem that IS Project Genesis in spades despite several songs on New Kind of World being better than a few on Project Genesis and vice-versa. I love the conceptual cyber-GOA approach on Project Genesis and find both this and NKoW substantially better than their 1996 debut, The Prophecy-- yet even that was a solid debut with great work! Few will disagree that Project Genesis is darker, more intense. When it comes to Cyber / Cyborg / Cybernetic (futuristic / machines) influence relative to electronic music > Goa Trance however, Project Genesis is cybernetic gold. Constructive Criticisms I thought Voices was a bit of a let down after such stellar songs (2, 3, 4) leading up to it, though it's not bad, just less of a stand out IMO. Then there's the album's cover which looks like a cheap rip-off of the movie Independence Day. MFG's first two covers are excellent, imaginative, and visionary-- so complimentary. What happened with this one is anyone's guess! Conclusion: The cybernetic/Sci-Fi influence goes from good > great > to excellent/superb, starting with Intelligent Machine and the self-titled Project Genesis, then peeking with gems like WHY? which is one of the best things I've ever heard in Goa Trance! I get such strong visions with this album compared to New Kind of World and The Prophecy. Project Genesis is loaded with hard hitting tracks that beautifully blend darkly infectious and fun, dance-friendly Goa with Psytrance, coupled great bass lines, synths, atmosphere, climaxes, and complexity. The cybernetic style is refreshing, catchy, and engaging. Each song has character, is well defined, and develops throughout. Project Genesis is is a terrific concept album and my favourite album by MFG. I love it! HIGHLIGHTS: INTELLIGENT MACHINE, PROJECT GENESIS, OPEN MIND, WHY, SUNSHINE, ON MARS, THE CREATION, METAMORPHOSIS (All except for Intro and Voices) 9 / 10 Quote
Guest stelium[at]infonie[dot]fr Posted July 5, 2001 Posted July 5, 2001 Bad album??? NO!!..it's a violent album ,more nervous than Newkind ofworld & propHECy...favourites tracks : WHY? , PROJECT GENESIS , ON MARS ,INTELLIGENTmacHINE__ [stelium] Quote
Guest Quetzalgoatl Posted July 9, 2001 Posted July 9, 2001 The true sound of goa!!! Love it, especially tracks 2,4&6 Quote
Guest GOD Posted July 14, 2001 Posted July 14, 2001 I think this is great! worst album is THE PROPHECY that album SUCKS. I am sooooo tired of Astral Projackoff sound !!! The prophecy should have Astral's name on it because it sounds like he wrote it. These new albums are the True evolving sound of MFG. Things Change, and for MFG they change and become better! Only greedy fools try and duplicate past acts of success............and in my book MFG's first album was just a learning experience of music creation... so he created something that was basic. He made it for the Astral crowd because that's what they wanted to hear. Nowadays he makes it for himself. And it sounds MUCH better than it did before. Now He has his own Identity and sound. And people should respect it even if they don't like it. Godspeed MFG Quote
Guest ORTNIAMXI Posted July 18, 2001 Posted July 18, 2001 Oh my god INTRO is the best goa/psy trance track EVER!!!!!!! Those 41 seconds changed my LIFE! It's amazing what MFG has come up with in the track INTRO. I'm just amazed... it's incredible INTRO IS THE MOTHER GOD. I fucking love it. INTRO makes this album priceless! The rest of the tracks suck dick though... oh well I LOVE THIS ALBUM! 3724/10! Quote
Guest sunconscious Posted July 27, 2001 Posted July 27, 2001 you all can go to hell and die. this album is great, my favorite MFG. there is one thing wrong with it. it sounds like you are listening thru a wall. if only they made it sound clearer and more up-to-date! I LOVE SUNSHINE! i think this is the best track... you gotta listen to it carefully... listen to all the shit that is goin on... its NOT random... everything is there for a purpose and this is a very complex song. truly awesome!!! Quote
Guest Swede Indeed Posted August 10, 2001 Posted August 10, 2001 I have tried and tried to understand this record but no, I can't see why some people give this 9/10 or 10/10. This is not good. Ok if it's the first goa album you buy but anyway...Intelligent machines is ok. Project Genesis is very ok, 9/10 for this track, sooo fat and evil sounding. But I don't understand why Why? is so popular. It's boring but not as boring as the rest of the tracks. They actually suck a little with their long build-ups without any breakdowns. And the synths are to hard too be soft and too soft to be hard if you see what I mean. Metamorphosis is quite ok too but my raitings stay at a 6/10, mostly for the Project Genesis track. Otherwise it had been a 4/10. The Prophecy, 9/10 is alot better and A new kind of world, 8/10 is also superior. Even The Message,8/10 beats this. Quote
Guest jsb Posted September 19, 2001 Posted September 19, 2001 Excellent album from MFG, not as good as New Kind of Word, but 10 times better than the old tracker sounding "Prophecy" and the minimalist "Message". Tracks on this album are kicking, fat, with excellent backgrounded melodies. 8/10 Quote
Guest [Anonymous] Posted December 19, 2001 Posted December 19, 2001 wow thes is dark psytrance 100/10 Quote
seraph Posted January 22, 2002 Posted January 22, 2002 This might be MFG most solid and hard album up to date. Incredible atrmospheres, pumping bass, loads of melodies. TOTALLY CYBER ! This one is for sure the music for aliens or cyberdised humans. very effective, dark, pumping goa trance ! Best on album : INTELLIGENT MACHINE, PROJECT GENESIS, WHY ?, SUNSHINE, ON MARS, METAMORPHOSIS... 10/10 Quote
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