Guest Ubik Posted February 22, 2000 Share Posted February 22, 2000 <span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>Shakta - Silicon Trip</span> Artist: Shakta Title: Silicon Trip Label: Dragonfly Date: 1997 Track listing: 01. 04'58" The Neuromancer 02. 07'16" Lepton Head Part 3 03. 07'28" Silicon Trip 04. 05'07" Ion Tribe 05. 07'49" Spiritual Beings In Physical Bodies 06. 06'29" Temporal Shift 07. 08'03" Shakti Shakta 08. 06'00" Inner Polarity 09. 07'05" Loopmutant 10. 07'12" Earthrise Review: What a great debut album ! Hard, pumping, goa until the last track, which is ambient, and all the way very good ! What more can I say ? The Neuromancer begins pretty fast, is good till 2/3 of the song, then everything stops and it becomes very good till the end ! Lepton Head Part 3 has a very nice melody. The 5th track is the best, with an unforgottable melody that appears in the middle of the song and stays till the end. Temporal Shift is a very fast track, not very rich, but it doesn't matter ! Only last track is a little less good, maybe because it's ambient. 9/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tequila Posted February 22, 2000 Share Posted February 22, 2000 That's an album!!Shakta offers us an album full of excellent tracks.It's fast, pumping, exploding goatrance!Clearly a really great album.The track "spiritual beings in physical bodies" is the best track ever made.Spiritual Beings in Physical Bodies Spiritual Peings in Physical Bodies Spiritual Beings in Physical Bodies.....BUY IT 9/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest per_werner[at]hotmail[dot]com Posted February 29, 2000 Share Posted February 29, 2000 WE ARE SPIRITUAL BEINGS IN PHYSICAL BODIES... and some of us are Loopmutants back here in sothern Sweden! U R GREAT!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gardar[at]wineasy[dot]se Posted March 14, 2000 Share Posted March 14, 2000 I first discovered shakta on the goa spirit 2 compilation with songs like micronesia! And when I heard this album I got even more satisfied! Spiritual beings in physical bodies is just one awesome song. Highly recommended! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AtomikElf Posted March 22, 2000 Share Posted March 22, 2000 very good album. i thoroughly enjoyed it, and recommend it to anyone.7.5/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freak51 Posted March 31, 2000 Share Posted March 31, 2000 "That computer thinks!" "But weeee're the ones in control: that's the WHOLE POINT!" Heh heh heh. Dark and menacing; luvverly release. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tb[at]biogate[dot]com Posted April 12, 2000 Share Posted April 12, 2000 A very good album, pretty dark, but what a debut! Like almost all Dragonfly releases this is great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mindbender Posted April 19, 2000 Share Posted April 19, 2000 Yes it is pumping and yes it has good melodies, BUT something here does not work that well for me. Ok, it's good, no doubt, but nothing mindblasting. I think that part of the reason is that it never surprises me. Almost all the melodies are in some way 'obvious' (best example is Lepton Head). The melodies are also over used, staying the same for several minutes just in one track. I think this would have been also better with more background sounds building the landscape. However, the melodies are quite good (despite being 'obvious') and I like the strong groove. My favourite tracks are 1 (should be longer), 5 and 7, and there aren't really any bad tracks, but I would consider the others around average, just slighlty better. 6,5/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Children Posted June 23, 2000 Share Posted June 23, 2000 GOOD album ! Not as good as I was hoping after reading the reviews above, but still good ! Best Tracks here are Tracks 2&5 ! BUT I think there are 3 not so good Tracks : Track 1 (because too short), 4&6 ! Don?t really like Track 10 too ... But I like this Shakta album MUCH MORE than The Enlightened Ape ! Rating : 7/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest X - Dreamer in NYC Posted August 17, 2000 Share Posted August 17, 2000 This album is awsome. It is a little short and I noticed that with a lot of Dragonfly artist. I don't know maybe its just me maybe I'm just fucked up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gollum[at]nybro[dot]dk Posted September 13, 2000 Share Posted September 13, 2000 This Album is a onewayticket to wonderland... 10/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Isra-Alien Posted October 12, 2000 Share Posted October 12, 2000 Well? I've to admit, it was kinda disappointment to me. The bassline is way to strong, and I got bored from the melodies after the third listen? But, and it's a great but, some of the tracks (Lepton Head, Spiritual Beings, Shakti-Shakta) worst buying it. 7.5/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest itsi_bitsi[at]goatrance[dot]com Posted January 22, 2001 Share Posted January 22, 2001 One of the best psytrance albums i've heard. I don't own the cd, but i've heard it a couple of times and its not bad at all. It's morelike excellent! I'd give it 9/10 if I had the cd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AlexG Posted February 12, 2001 Share Posted February 12, 2001 one of the classics. seb taylor has a very unique style, and even thought it's not my favorite style, it has this special charm that i can never resist. "spiritual beings ...." is one of my favorite tracks of all time, i'll never stop liking it, but overall i like "the enlightened ape" album better: a lot more mature, with very interesting composition. but have you guys heard the latest singles shakta is putting out? its kicking!!! cant wait for the new album, 8/10 here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest eden.solaris Posted March 17, 2001 Share Posted March 17, 2001 I REALLY can't understand why everyone thinks this album is so great. Some songs are good (especially Lepton Head Part III - OK, the melody is a bit repetitive, but it's SO GOOD!!!). Can't understand why you're all so excited about Spiritual Beigns in Physical Bodies... All fat eats and almost no melody. If that's what you want, listen to some good club music and stop calling it Goa!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest goapsytrance[at]hotmail[dot]com Posted April 8, 2001 Share Posted April 8, 2001 I also think that everybody is a bit too high on this album. Don't get me wrong, it's definitely GOOD, and has a strong groove and great melodies, BUT, as others have said, the melodies are overused and there's not enough shit happening in the background. Thus, it gets kinda boring. Nonetheless, there are some EXCELLENT tracks on this album, foremost among them being Spiritual Beings in Physical Bodies. 7/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest itsi_bitsi[at]Goatrance[dot]com Posted May 17, 2001 Share Posted May 17, 2001 pretty good album I have to say.... 7/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest itsi_bitsi[at]goatrance[dot]com Posted May 17, 2001 Share Posted May 17, 2001 Lepton head & Temporal Shift rocks!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted June 12, 2001 Share Posted June 12, 2001 Great album, I realise I only bought reference releases by chance when I discovered the Psy scene. Best tracks : 4,5,6,8 and 10, the ambient version of Micronesia. 8/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Goa Tacks Posted July 6, 2001 Share Posted July 6, 2001 If you wanna know so called "goa" or old-school goa trance, this is it! 9/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freak51 Posted July 19, 2001 Share Posted July 19, 2001 'Silicon Trip' as a track still sounds amazing, years later. And even though the melodies are unsurprising, they are in no way cheesy - furhtermore, the harmonies in 'Temporal Shift' still howl for blood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Y Posted August 8, 2001 Share Posted August 8, 2001 #1! $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ 9/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cybergirl[at]thevortex[dot]com Posted August 20, 2001 Share Posted August 20, 2001 This CD gets a little bit boring because all the tracks are more or less the same style, but anyway, it still rocks, and I would definitely recommend it, especially to all the '96 GOA fans out there. You just have to listen Silicon Trip or Spiritual Beings in Physical Bodies; Lepton Head Part III and The Neuromancer are pretty smooth as well. Temporal Shift has some good parts. 9/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest faroutwohman Posted October 4, 2001 Share Posted October 4, 2001 The bass line is quite stong... don't listen to it in the shower.. it's all you'll hear. But it got some great melodies. Can't go wrong with this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mergi Posted October 17, 2001 Share Posted October 17, 2001 A real nice psychedelic venture into one of Shaktas most extraordinary albums... The CD starts psy with 'the neuromancer', which is just great. The track starts with ambient sequence but will go over into more psychedlic tunes. Lepton Head part 3 is really funky, indeed, goatrance vibe runnin' hot. Silicon Trip is more an effectful track, lot's of noise, cool ambient part on the latter part of the track. Ion Tribe delivers a more beat pumpin' sound accompanied by some nice psychedelic frequencies. Spiritual beings in physical bodies is a very good track, this is more trance ambient sort of, melodic. Temporal shift goes back to more psy, got some very nice twisted sounds. Shakti Shakta is a slow mover, ambient. Inner Polarity is probably the best track from this CD, like Temporal shift, this one has lot's of twisted sounds, but it goes a little beyond that. Melodic and psy, it has a little of everything. Loopmutant is another slow mover, a little dark to the sound. Earthrise is a weird one, in the beginning or at least for 4 minutes this track feels slow and melodic, but it kicks of with a steady beat at around 4 minutes into the track, and now it feels faster going. Still melodic throughout the whole track, with an undertone of goa inspired sequences. This album comes fully packed with psychedelic effects, and melodic frequencies. 8/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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