PKS Posted May 2, 2002 Share Posted May 2, 2002 Makyo - Rasa Bhava Artist: Makyo Title: Rasa Bhava Label: Entropica Date: 1995 Track listing: 01. Dakini (Sky Dancer) 02. Salasvati 03. Devabandha (Tantric Laswell Mix) 04. Iruka 05. Tarab 06. Mahakala 07. Devabandha (Second Coming) 08. A Piece Of Forgotten Song Drifting Across The Water Review: Gio Makyo became very popular last year, when people finally got their eyes up for this great japanese musician. But he has bin making music for many years now. This is his first of four albums under the name Makyo! Back in 1995, he made this album together with Ikeda. As usual this album has a really nice cover art made by Keiku. Of all the four albums, this is one of my favourites. Makyo has got an unic style that I have never heard from any other artists. That´s probably what makes him so good. First track starts with a male voice talking something about free enterprise. Then some special chilling rhythms and floating sounds comes in. A beautiful female voice starts singing. You know the typical singing you find in every Makyo release. Really beautiful. It`s hard to find as good psyambient as this! A very dubby track with a lot of deep bass. I will never get tired of listening to this! Track 2 has a nice melodic bass and a very japanese feeling. Nice track with a lot of nice drums, some guitar and beautiful sounds. Track 3 is probably one of the best songs Makyo ever have made! It starts with some very nice sitar, then we get a fantastic composition of drums, floating sounds and a female voice, before a deep dubby rhythm comes a long with a wonderful melody. So nice it almoust makes me cry! It`s difficult to describe how nice this is. Fire up an incense, look up to the stars and chill out to this one! Track 4 is total relaxing psyambient. We get some weird sounds and some piano. Very mystical vibe. After a few minutes, a guitar comes in, played by Kamigashima. Track 5 is an other masterpiece! Makyo is so talented! Very etnic vibe, with some cool bonga drums, wired sounds, a bit female voice and besides all this, a beautiful melody. Brilliant! Track 6 takes us back to total ambience. Just beautiful floating sounds all the way. Track 7 is a slower version of track 3. Not worse, not better, just the same high level of quality. Last track on this strong album is a romantic summer psyambient song. You can hear the waves from the sea hitting the beach, and it just makes you want to go swimming or just relax outside. A nice finish on one of the best albums in my record collection! 10/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shahar@isratrance Posted May 2, 2002 Share Posted May 2, 2002 Excellent as all other stuff made by Gio (who lives in Japan, but is not Japanese). As with all his other releases I highly recommend this, the years didn't hurt it one bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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