Guest Carahana Posted September 22, 2000 Share Posted September 22, 2000 Space Cat - Shapes Of Sound Artist: Space Cat Title: Shapes Of Sound Label: BNE Date: 2000 Track listing: 01. 09'17" Snorkelblaster 02. 08'23" Space Cat (Club Mix) 03. 08'12" The Game 04. 08'13" Mind Shocker 05. 08'33" Predator 06. 09'11" C4 07. 07'80" Rewind 08. 07'24" Deep Rising Review: Finally! The new album from Avi Algranati sees the light of day and at last we get to hear his killer shapes of sound.The delay was supposedly due to the fact that he didn't like the cover art, well he now has himself on the cover so i doubt he's complaining too much:)Anyways, now getting into the music. All tracks are produced by Avi himself except 'snorkelblaster' which is Avi And Rajaram And Riktam and all are mixed into each other like the old album.Its a pity that 2 tracks were already released on compilations, snorkelblaster on the new TIP and deep rising on UFS 2. Anyways never mind.Snorkelblaster is a great track..not as explosive as the GMS remix..but all the old space cat sounds are there. Track 2, the clubmix of 'space cat' is wonderful, the first few minutes leave u wondering why its the remix and then suddenly that familiar melody crawls in and winds away till the end..great! Track 3 , 'the gate' and its getting a darker atmosphere now...nice but nothing too special.Track 4..and its 'mindshocker'..my favourite here! I love how the atomsphere/mood is darkish but there is always the wonderful vibe and feeling going down the track..dark but uplifting..characteristic of Avi's work. Track 5 'Predator'...beautiful sound games..a kinda happy track..not what the name implies..but full of breaks and surprises..nice one, my second favourite! Track 6 'C 4' which is the most talked about track on the album..it is amazing..a psychedelic pre-dawn track.'Rewind' the next track is another gem..nice 'tweaking sounds'..kinda groovy..just rewind your mind!.and finally there is 'deep rising'..wonderful for those spacy morning times..beautiful melody that moves the mind and the body. On the whole, a wonderful creation, great arrangement of tracks and nice mixing as always with Avi:) Dark acid music it is, but the happy moments are there..dive into this one, dissect it and appreciate!boms!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest psytrancer Posted September 22, 2000 Share Posted September 22, 2000 Seems like I ordered this years ago and today there it was - just what my hangover needed, twisted pumping funk! Snorkelblaster is typically Space Cat - baby alligators, trippy percussive sounds, swirling, bubbling and fast, hard synths....with some Infected style voices chucked into the mix for fun! A storming opener which increases your anticipation of what is to come. The track Space Cat really defines the artist. That twisting sound you know so well from Beam Me Up returns and holds it's own again, challenging you not to become hooked once more. This remix is so clean, well produced and intelligently layered you have to admire the shapes Avi creates. The Gate has a majestic quality - sweeping synths glide past otherworld frogs, slowly suggesting the glory that is achieved in the second half of the track. This album feels like Beam Me Up, but smoother - more mature, all those freaky, popping noises are there but this time tempered by presenting them with deeper, wider landscapes. Mind Shaker has proper Beam Me Up 'farting' sounds, not unlike Kreak...this track has an obligatory sample from The Matrix !!!!!! ALL MUSIC PRODUCERS - Enough is enough with The Matrix samples!!! This is a good track, but I don't think it fulfills its early promise of mind shaking and ball grabbing. Now we reach a real peak in this excellent album - Predator. This a very danceable tune, peppered with minimalistic acid explosions leading to magnificent 'acid trombones' sliding all over your mind. Followed by more acid probing, twisting, prodding your psyche. The prey has no chance here, never did. After a brief percussive respite, there is more, different acid resonating and driving you through to the other the side......aaaaaaaaaargh my head's gonna pop! C4 seems like more of a 'club' tune - not so mad now but still a really good track - laid back but still going for it. Aaah - trance! Rewind has such a great head nodding synth, the usual croaking frogs (Avi you should be Space Frog not Space Cat!). This great track is a little reminiscent of Darshan's Spectra CD but much funkier and easier to love. The last track is not a predictable slow number but a storming journey. Deep Rising has BIG Gary Numan Synths. Pumping whilst gliding, like an eagle's heart...swooping and soaring between psychedelic valleys full of chirping, clicking, tripping THINGS!! A great album then, only let down by the dodgy cover. I don't think it is dark - nor happy - just funky and cool and trippy. 8.75/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TRISTAN Posted September 22, 2000 Share Posted September 22, 2000 hehehe What can i say... THIS ALBUM IS PURE CRAP!!! Avi`s never gonna achive something like the original Space Cat (which used to be, my fav night track), Kreak, Cat On Mushroom or Funky (meaning - the first album)... This album is sometimes too clubby, sometimes empty, sometimes just sounds to fill the empty spaces... Snorkelblaster, Space Cat (Club Mix)and Deep Rising are really shitty. nevermind, I personally didn`t like it. AVI - Wake Up making money isn`t everything! i wouldn`t consider this album as a sequel to Beam Me Up... too commercial for me.. please forgive me 2.5/10 (just for the nice Mind Shocker) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mascok Posted September 22, 2000 Share Posted September 22, 2000 good review tristan, i'm with you. i didnt like it at all 2/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dreamer Posted September 23, 2000 Share Posted September 23, 2000 I like it alot! All tracks were party killers here in Israel so it brings many good memories.. the only track I didn't like is track 7. totally different style than the others, but the rest are brilliant. especialy tracks 3,4,5 and 6!! I'll give it 8/10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Geomantic Posted September 24, 2000 Share Posted September 24, 2000 Avi Algranati is a good man and good artist (djing must!!!!!! improve) but this albut is not Avi Algranati i think its only about money. a album was made in short time and it sound like this THIS IS NOT PSY TRANCE!!! sorry Avi P.S. i'll keep come to u'r partys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shahar@isratrance Posted September 24, 2000 Share Posted September 24, 2000 TRISTAN And Mascok - I think you`re right in THAT matter. The new album is rather boring compared to the previous one, which was innovative. I must admite - it`s the nitzhonot of the psytrance scene. Still, Avi is a matured artist, who gained respect. Maybe he _did_ this cd for the money, but we don`t have to love it do we? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mars Posted September 25, 2000 Share Posted September 25, 2000 The music itself is good, i agree with the guys on the top, but...This album has THE big illness of the year 2000: It is all the same after the second track. too bad. 5.5/10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeto Posted September 25, 2000 Share Posted September 25, 2000 I agree with carahana... I heard this album.. I mean its like Spacey Morning times... I expected much more..some tracks kinda boring...the old album was a classic... but this one is nice too... maybe his other work will be better... It is not so much clubby... nice melodies... etc... i would give it 7/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Infected Max Posted September 26, 2000 Share Posted September 26, 2000 Not so bad than i expected reading those reviews....60% of the CD is crap but Mindshocker saves the CD... Predator also is not bad. I guess Mascok gave 2/10 because it's Avi..and from Avi we expect a lot.. 5/10 for me...no....4/10 because of the cover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mrsyed Posted October 6, 2000 Share Posted October 6, 2000 I think Avi has done a good job on this one. IMO Avi, has great production skills but being a great producer does not mean you can write and compose a really original track. His other asset is that he really brings the greatest out of collaborations, Beam me up album was a testament to that. All the best tracks were from collaborations from Simon to Offer on the penultimate track. Most of his single tracks rely on one melody and just build up. On Shapes of sound he plays it a bit better, he relies more on percussion so that the one note of melody he plays or builds toward the end does not get overused. This is the best thing he could do to overcome his shortcomings. Mindshocker is a simple track but it's so energetic and builds in the right places. It's half the greatness of Beam me up, but that it itself puts it above a lot of the other releases. 7/10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Children Posted October 8, 2000 Share Posted October 8, 2000 Good Album ! Don't understand what's so bad with this album ? that's not "Beam Me Up", that's simply different ! Like we can't compare "Classical Mushroom" And "The Gathering", we can't compare this album and his previous one ? the style is different ? personally I also like this style ? OK the sound quality of some Tracks is really not great when you listen to this album with headphones (like the beginning of Track 2 ... ARRRGHHH) ? BUT most the Tracks here are pretty good ! Mind Shocker well suits its name for me And I also like Tracks 1,3,5&8 (I'm sure Tracks 1&4 are PERFECT for dancing ? we really recognize Riktam's touch in Track 1) ? NO Track 8 doesn't sound cheesy (don't understand this new fashion people seem to have saying all new Israeli stuff is cheesy stuff) ! This album is a 90% Avi only album, his previous one was a work with different artists on nearly ALL the Tracks ! That's why this album Tracks are similar And sound different compared to the ones of "Beam Me Up" ! Rating : 7/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Carahana Posted October 10, 2000 Share Posted October 10, 2000 Its a really good album, not as great as 'beam me up'..but still..it is one of the best releases of the year. And i dont understand why ppl say Avi released this to make money , well isn't it the aim of all artist/musicians to SELL a lot of albums and increase their audience worldwide? Or to sell a few records to be called undeground artists? Keep the faith Avi.!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basilisk Posted October 12, 2000 Share Posted October 12, 2000 Safe and conservative, taking no risks. Avi has much more talent than he shows on this album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Acidhive Posted December 9, 2000 Share Posted December 9, 2000 In spite of what most people say here, I think this is a pretty good album. It might not rock the world or something, but this is certainly not bad! Starts off with Snorkelblaster, and from there on it's all pretty dark and quirky sounding music. This actually reminded me a bit of Hux-Flux (although not as wacky) All tracks are good, the best IMO being: Deep Rising. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Goa Spirit Posted December 12, 2000 Share Posted December 12, 2000 o.k heres another supporter of avi.. personallly i really liked this album.. mind shocker has all the makings of being a cult classic.. i actually liked track 8, thought it was funky rather than cheesy.. and my personal opinion is that this album is better than beam me up.. because this has more cohesion.. beam me up for me was too much like a comp/... after all we have erez and simon on the same album :-)... i'm sorry but i don't think avi has sold his soul to the devil of the commercial trance world.. i would recommend this to anyone and everyone.. after all if you don't have mind shocker you don't have nothing :-) bom! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest spaced brat Posted February 7, 2001 Share Posted February 7, 2001 sounded too clean to me .i like it a bit dirtier,if you know wot i mean....and the last track sucked. most of the cd seemed to be remixes of one idea -snorkelblaster, with many variations on that.disappointing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stephen216[at]yahoo[dot]com Posted March 1, 2001 Share Posted March 1, 2001 Nice album !! Reminds me of Jaia meets Tim Shuldt-cystal clear production, seemless melodies, nice stomp and every song is a a dance floor killer-I hate Israelli cheese so this is one that defies all the stereotypes about Israelli trance. Should be on the label 3dVision.Nice one Avi!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Vir2alExp Posted April 3, 2001 Share Posted April 3, 2001 I was fond of the first album, but this is not my style. for me there's not enough Acid sounds and its not dark enough, but don't get me wrong cus' the album is OK but not the best, Fav' tracks is Predator, Snorkel Blaster, MInd shocker Rating 7/10.(i agree with Spaced Brat It's to clean! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tatsu Posted April 30, 2001 Share Posted April 30, 2001 I don't understand what people in their reviews are bitchin' about. This album is just great!!! Especially tracks nr. 6 and 7 are killers, but the others are also good. I heard nearly every song on this album at parties and they really rock the house. A must have!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rx7style Posted June 2, 2001 Share Posted June 2, 2001 Oh man! I finally got this album! WOW!!! It's just what I was looking for. Great effects, sounds, rhythms, and yes, MELODIES! I LIKE MELODIES! Very good mastering of this album: quality is high, very nicely compiled. Definately get this album! Original stuff... to the guy who said every track after Snorkel Blaster sounds the same is an idiot. BUY BUY BUY! 9.5/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest [Anonymous] Posted June 18, 2001 Share Posted June 18, 2001 yes. if u like melodies, melodic goa...it's a great album.8/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest [Anonymous] Posted July 3, 2001 Share Posted July 3, 2001 Very bad CD ! 1/10....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest [Anonymous] Posted August 9, 2001 Share Posted August 9, 2001 " It's just what I was looking for. Great effects, sounds, rhythms, and yes, MELODIES! I LIKE MELODIES! Very good mastering of this album: quality is high" I second every word pal.. Good job avi.. 8.8/10 Just one more thing.. Track 4 is The Gate and not the Game but we can surely excuse 'em. [Rewind is cheesy indeed.. oh well.. 1 of 8..] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest djcpr[at]hotmail[dot]com Posted August 29, 2001 Share Posted August 29, 2001 Do you like psytrance or do you think you like electronic dance music. This album is a very good representation of progressive electronic dance musice right now. Much more progressive than the tracks Oakenfold, Sasha, or Dickweed play. So if you want to hear interesting sound mixed in dark and progressive manner then this album should fill your cup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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