Guest Dreamer Posted July 15, 2001 Posted July 15, 2001 I like track 4 best.. as for the rest - need to dig in it more. Quote
danger Posted July 16, 2001 Author Posted July 16, 2001 Deviant Species - Quest For Balojax Artist: Deviant Species Title: Quest For Balojax Label: Ambivalent Date: 2001 Track listing: 01. 07'37" Balojax 02. 09'05" Druidic Endeavours 03. 08'50" The Forge 04. 08'59" Carrier 05. 09'20" Spiritual Beings In Fluoroshirts 06. 06'51" Locust 07. 08'33" Geb the Cackler 08. 08'53" I Squid Review: Second album from the guys live in England... Weird, night forest music with lotsa industrial touches made by bongraiders in a smokehazed studio. The mixing is crystalclear. Less melody in the tracks compare to the first album. Each track stand ont the dancefloor and on the brainfloor also. The Species did again something special )) Quote
Guest [Anonymous] Posted July 18, 2001 Posted July 18, 2001 This is a very hard, stomping nightime album. I love it! Very powerful. 06 Locust is a favourite so far. Quote
Guest [Anonymous] Posted July 25, 2001 Posted July 25, 2001 nicely done this album,better than the first one,the souns really matured 3,4,6 as best tracks;with 3 as my personal favourite keep up the good work! Quote
Guest shantidruid[at]yahoo[dot]co[dot] Posted September 1, 2001 Posted September 1, 2001 Good album - better than the first one, very psychedelic, but no cheesy touches, like the best from Cosmosis or Hallucinogen (without the naff samples that they love so much). Be good to hear it on a really big system outside. SOMEONE is still making good, intelligent music, without disappearing up their minimalistic arses. Quote
shahar@isratrance Posted September 25, 2001 Posted September 25, 2001 A surprise from this English-Bask duo- 2 levels above their first album, Hatch. I put this on the speakers in some friends' roof party- and everybody started asking questions. A lot of percussion doing overtime, raw sounds, fast, floor oriented, with a lot of psychedelic dripping sounds. It's starts with the relaxed groovy introish Balojax, a real nice entrance. Then things get hectic with the spooky entrance of Druidic Endeavours (T2)- a crazy nightmarish driving track with crazy and highly psychedelic percussion and sound games- definitely some crazy ritual is going on here. My favorite here. From here things start going faster. The Forge (T3) is "horse-ride-rhythm" track, these usually make me want to jump around. Some nice spooky sounds, cool percussion, but the track is just not interesting enough. Carrier (T4) is another favorite here, a fast powerful track with a happy driving bounce, toyish sounds, and a totally psychedelic atmosphere. Spiritual Being in Fluoroshirts (T5) is a cool minimal percussion & rhythm based track with dirty sound, and crazy flying psychotic sounds. Locust (T6) just doesn't do it for me. Geb the Cackler (T7) is a fast robotish happy naughty tune with nice old Goa touches- fun & funny. Only track I?ve heard ending with a build up! I Squid leads the way out with nice slow percussion work sketched with light psychedelic morning sounds. Bottom Line: Fast, bouncy, moving between the minimal and full sound, dark and light. Grows on you. Support the independent sound! Favorites: 1, 2(!), 4, 5, 7. Quote
Guest rx7style Posted October 18, 2001 Posted October 18, 2001 I found this album to be quite boring... I don't see how this could be considered full-on music at all, as there's too little going on in the tracks. Perhaps my opinion will change with more listens... Quote
Guest maskhout Posted December 23, 2001 Posted December 23, 2001 is that this album is one of the pearls of the year 2001. a good and subtile minimalistic tracks with some psychedelic dark sounds, i listened to it very well and..i just love it...buy it!! Quote
Guest [Anonymous] Posted February 4, 2002 Posted February 4, 2002 Kickass trance, MUCH betta than their first CD, still dark and deviant sounds, brilliant and perfect for tripping out. Quote
Guest the dank man Posted February 17, 2002 Posted February 17, 2002 very good minimal. Nothing too innovative; very similar to Neuromotor/Parasense/Wizzy Noise style mix. Night-time, full-on, yet foresty and very psychedelic. Quote
Guest aoz Posted March 16, 2002 Posted March 16, 2002 One of my favorite full-on cds... surprised i even listened to it after avoiding their first effort but musicians grow like anything else in life if fed the right breakfast cereal. My faves are 1,2,3,5,6... the crackling semi-tribal percussions and squelchy subtle synths are a key to the albums appeal... and having seen dancers reactions to this mixed into a set... well i can saftely trust my taste its good to see DS releasing it themselves also in an almost 'this sounds like that' age of trance. 8.5/10 Quote
bomble Posted April 10, 2002 Posted April 10, 2002 To notch - very powerful, very psychedelic and with all the right elements for a good stomp on the dancefloor Quote
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