Tromesa - Pseudomental

[Guest [Anonymous]]

This album is very good. It has a very dark progressive feel to it. My

favorite tracks are Beton Band and the always Owig Weg. I find this album hard

to listen to from start to finish, it just gets boring after four or five

tracks. Nevertheless 8/10.

[Guest Andy]

Well its not as good as i thought it would be... I expected too much after the

great Owig Weg singel...But it still have some good trax.. but some are too

experimental

[Guest Mescalinium]

This is one of my favorite albums of late. Owig Weg was already a great

single, but the real highlights (for me at least) are the more experimental

outings, particularly beton band with the great horn samples and muchomory

with its jazzy drumline. The whole thing has a very groovy vibe if a bit

harsh-sounding at times. Excellent work as always from Spiral Trax. Check

out some other singles by Bigwigs and Praecox, since they are made up of

members from Tromesa. 8/10

[Guest Pit-UFO]

Tromesa - Pseudomental

 

 

Artist: Tromesa

Title: Pseudomental

Label: Spiral Trax

Date: 2001

 

Track listing:

 

01. 07'39" Beton Band

02. 07'58" Papierowe Sny

03. 07'54" Muchomory

04. 06'59" Raymond

05. 07'37" Owig-Weg

06. 07'33" Odwrot Treciego

07. 07'45" Brama

08. 07'24" Granula Masy

09. 07'17" Grousa Machina

 

Review:

 

From Poland comes Tromesa with a very serious album. a

release that goes forward with style combining minimal

techno and space jazz with progressive scandosaundz.

When I say serious I mean, no fluffy stuff, no hands

in the air explosions, funny samples, dreamy moments

etc. This one is really dark, hypnotic, experimental

and sometimes even scary (take the techno oriented

Odwrot Treciego for an example). The best tracks are

the danceable Granula Masy, Beton Band with its

electric impulses & the groovy Owig-Weg. A good album

to travel at night in quirky landscapes. 8/10.

[Guest ir0nm0nk3y]

I love this album. Raymond, Owig-weg and Brama standout for me but, the whole

disc is good. It is hard, dark, strong energy. Pop this in for full on night

time psytrance. 9/10

[freak51]

Not bad, but I prefer a rounder sound. This outfit has lots of talent; the

next one should be a killer once they find their sound. 7.5/10

[Guest Dandoo Forest]

AMAZING , OUTSTANDING , A BLAST , GENIUS

[Guest MG]

Better than S-Range, which I bought at the same time.

I love this album, probably the best spiral trax album

yet. I don't know it that well, but I know it rocks.

I played it at a house party last weekend to a positive response. To Freak 51,

they've found their sound, in fact, they know exactly what they want, being

the Big Wigs, Praecox, Zenglodon & Tromesa. They are capable of many different

sounds & guises, God bless 'em

[Guest a_ozi]

Yes this is great stuff. I even wonder if they could have taken the jazz

influences further... but not to detract from the album... especially Bet on

Band, Much omory, O wig Weg and Grouse Machine. The percussion is fresh and

its both minimal and maximal. There are so many similar sounding styles that

it is positive to hear some quirky different soundscapes. 85.

[Guest Antic]

Definite BUY recomendation! One of the best (if not the best) minimal releases

so far. Frankly, it gives "minimal-trance" a new meaning, since it's not only

hard banging over steady 4/4 kick. It blends some jazz and funky stuff, lots

of live-like instruments and great drums work. Most of the tracks are dark,

but not harsh. What is also important, they have clear buildups, direction and

certain flow unlike many other tech-trance releases nowadays. Tracks are

various, with many fresh ideas and samples. For me the most funny thing is to

hear a spoken samples (and the track's titles) in my own language Oh, and

if somebody is intersted then I'll try to translate the track titles to

english: 1. Concrete Band, 2. Paper Dreams, 3. Mushrooms, 4. Raymond*, 5.

Owig-weg*, 6. The Third's Turnback (? or something like this - when somebody

turns back on you...), 7. The Gate, 8. (I don't even know how to understand

this in polish , 9. Grousa Machina*. The track titles with * don't mean

nothing in polish... I'll give this one strong 8/10 (and I don't like most

minimal stuff...)

[Guest Antic]

To Freak51 (and others interested) - they've found their sound long time ago

...and now decided to try something else. They already released two great

albums ("Pasma Czasu" and "Gdyby...") but theye were only available in Poland.

The music there was typical for it's time - melodic and arabian/indian

influenced (first album) and very psychedelic, hard and fast with lots of acid

tweaks (second one). Some of the tracks from this album you can find on

audiogalaxy, but I'd rather like Dreddy & Magnes to put good-quality mp3's of

it on their site (www.tromesa.com.pl). Maybe someday they will - I mean their

old stuff (especially "Gdyby...") is really worth getting! Sorry for this

off-topic message

[Guest Pied Piper Paul]

Why does everybody think that minimal is the way forwards ? this cd Im sorry is

really bland-there is nothing on this cd that is stimulating, dancy, trippy or

hypnotic with the exception of track 5. Id really spend your money on

something else unless minimal is your thing and even then I dont rank it s

good minimal

[Guest Goa Spirit]

Didn't like all the tracks here, but there is definitely one standout... OWig

Weg... very very nice track... love the way this one is produced... a nice

drum in the back, like most minimal tracks, however this one is coupled with a

very pleasing groove..... i love the way they keep on changing the groove once

every 4 or 5 loops.,.. sounds like a big vehicle changing gears.... very

interesting track this... usually i don't like most minimal artists , but once

in a while they really catch my fancy.. eg- son kite, intact instinct -sfb,

dimo etc.. this album doesn't take me there in most tracks, but owig weg is

one of those minimal gems.. and considering how simple the audio programming

for this track is, i am really impressed... i would give ow a 9 while the rest

gets a 6... peace

[Guest duff99[at]wp[dot]pl]

Tromesa my love . I love all stuff made by those guys [Arabskie Noce (Arabian

Nights) was first goa tune i had in my collection and i loved it [10/10 ].

Pasma Czasu LP rulez. Great 'ol-skool psy)). Pseudomental is really good

[8/10] but IMHO not the best Dreddy can do. Tracks are very similiar [anyways

Owig-Weg rule]. P.S. Greetz to all trance freaks all over the world. P.S2.

Pozdroffienia dla goa-maniakuff z polandowa P.S.3 check out my tunes in

contest - ] Injection [

[Guest bug[at]bugbread[dot]com]

I hate minimal with a passion, yet I love this album. The sounds really draw

you into it, and the jazz sections are pure genius. I could never dance to

this, but it's awesome in a darkened room.

[Guest Jason - Los Angeles, CA]

A friend recommended this album to me after I listened to it a couple times in

his store and wasn't impressed. He told me that if I just take the chance and

really listen to it, I would really love Tromesa. I took the chance and

cranked it in my car as loud as it would go. This CD almost blew out my

speakers. My whole car was rattling. Not trying to brag or anything, but I

think my car stereo can take a lot. I have to say this is the only CD that I

was reluctant to crank, because I thought it was going to f... up my speakers.

Everytime I listen to this album, I like it more and more. Thanks to Wyse at

Interspace, I am a fan and hope to see them live one day. Tromesa.

[Guest strife[at]bezeqint[dot]net]

NEAT.

Tromesa certainly does something for me in terms of music. hits me like no

others do really, it has some sort of weird vibe going on that i pick up on

and relate to often. though i dont think thats their intention....ive read

numerous interviews with them saying not much about it. other than "its just

what we do".....which is good. no use over analyzing it.

anyway, tromesa's music makes me think how large and complex i am in comparison

with the molecules and subatomic particles whose physical properties dictate

nature of life in the universe

this is most definitely existential muzik.

Abstract expressionism. in Art we have painters such as Mondrian who's core aim

is to escape completly from the "naturalist" world. Look at the sleeve work,

confield in particular, then look at some early 20th century abstract art.

when Listening to Confield ,if you allow yourself to slip into deeper

concentration, seemingly naturalist sounds are revealed as totally synthetic

noises that are totally engineered from simple electronic fuzz.

Tromesa, keep on that great awesome job.

[Guest goastomp9]

this is one of the strangest psy trance albums i've ever encountered... track 3

is incredible and track 5 just gives me chills...i'm always looking for

something new or interesting and this album just did it for me...10/10

[Guest Defbydelta...]

Tromesa Is very good. Pseudomental is a very good production. if u dont have it

BY it NOW!

or download it fuck it just get it...

7/10

[Guest Psychedelic AllabertA]

This is certailny some new innovative stuff... I'd like to highlight one track

especially. Muchomory - I haven't heard such a track in a long long time...

It's so ingeniously constructed, fully, completely T-W-I-S-T-E-D and original!

One of the best tracks I have ever heard!!! Papierowe Sny is also great...

Very dark and twisted, like I'm in some dark bush full of bats and mushrooms

Owig Weg is great as well, but the rest of the tracks seem to be somewhat dry,

synthetic-sounding, to use that expression they aren't as "juicy" as the above

mentioned ones... But, they are well made too. I like this Tromesa album.

Greetz to the Polish psy trancers, u make us proud!!!

Muchomory: 100/10 , the album as a whole 7/10...

[seraph]

HUH....well... this album becomes boring after a while...it is very

experimental and quality but it looses somewhere....some good mixes and

choices of sounds but it really gets a bit too much at the times...too many

doof, doof, doof, for nothing actually...yes, there is talent, but it is not

well put together...Best tracks are : MUCHOMORY, OWIG - WEG, GRANULA

MASY...6/10

[Guest timothy yarret]

very weird and very cool, my favourites being beton band and owig

weg.some of the stuff is not necessarily danceable, just intelligent trance to

be listened to at home with a pipe and slippers though the afore mentioned

tunes would have me wiggling like a manmade mad man if i heard them on

soundsystem

[Guest the dank man]

OH, IT'S SO GOOD! From 260 or so albums I have, this is definitely in top 5

[Guest pacman[at]adder.net[dot]pl]

The best track from Tromesa called "Migot Komorek" is released only on EP

before LP "Pseudomental". Im thinkin' is the best song and i dont know why

Tromesa not released on LP. Try them! 10/10!

[Guest piokorot[at]poczta.onet[dot]pl]

TROMESA RULEZ

if anybody would like to hear the sounds of tromesa, u can download it from me

in dc, i got pasma czasu (the best, better than pseudomental), gdyby and

pseudomental. you can listen to few tracks and then buy those albums,

and i can assure you-- YOU WONT REGRET IT!!!!

email me if you cant find the tracks elswhere.

remember about one thing: only cd's can give you the best quality , mp3 are

rather poor substitute.