Guest rx7style Posted November 22, 2001 Share Posted November 22, 2001 Space Safari - Soul Artist: Space Safari Title: Soul Label: Free Form Date: 2001 Track listing: 01. 08'07" Space Ship 02. 09'53" GHS 03. 08'20" Smoke 04. 07'15" Stomper 05. 06'54" Soul 06. 08'07" Be Alright 07. 06'44" Sunday Nights 08. 06'57" Dip Down 09. 09'08" Esther Alien Review: New album from Space Safari -- first impression is that it's a solid release, keeping with the melodic/progressive trance style that Space Safari has always created. First track Space Ship is slower and more ambient, lots of reverb with a female voice saying "Space Ship" here and there, and some nice synth melodies. Nice solid bassline with fat beats: good intro to the album. GHS starts off with some cool atmospheric effects, then immediately into a bouncy beat with some synthesized bass-guitar plucks, and again some beautiful melodies. Slow building track with lots of stereo separation effects that make the sound whirl around your head. There's also some cool drum effects in this track that stand out, but other than that this track doesn't go very far -- just nice to listen to. My second impression is that this album relaxes the listener, and hypnotizes them slowly but surely. I like it! Smoke has more guitar plucks in it, with focus on drums/percussion, very funky. Again, very relaxing with deep, slower beats. Stomper is a bit faster, with bouncy beats, an octave jump bassline, but I lost interest in this track by the time it got to the synthesized animal sounds. Even at the end of this track, it still sounded like it was building up! I don't like Soul at all, there's a nasty sample of a guy saying "Soul, get on sound..." over and over again. I just don't like the sample, and there aren't many layers in this track so it seems too simple. Sunday Nights starts off kind of house-y sounding, with some funky synths, builds the layers slow, then a female sample saying "She was November" keeps repeating... I don't like it -- the bassline stays exactly the same for the whole track which easily makes this track the least productive of the album. Dip Down is funky, with more voice samples again, but it's done well -- nice effects, smooth and silky transitions. Very relaxing. The last track, Esther Alien, is probably one of the best on this album, as it varies all the way through. Very melodic ambient, with some nice electric-piano playing some FUNKY tunes! Very good! I like this album... very down-tempo, relaxing and enjoyable. Some tracks are a little boring, but it's very musical -- I'm a sucker for nice melodies. 7.5/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest opul Posted November 22, 2001 Share Posted November 22, 2001 If you did enjoy Space Safari's first album and if you do NOT like anything house related, stay far far away from this release... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest [Anonymous] Posted November 22, 2001 Share Posted November 22, 2001 This album is minimal progressive psychedelic house. You really have to listen to see if you like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest arne (brauereipferd[at]hotmail[d Posted November 25, 2001 Share Posted November 25, 2001 rx7style review pretty much hits the point. I would even say 9,5/10 because Space Safari already got my ass moving several time on the dancefloor with their new tracks. A main advantage of this album is, that it sound different than other nowaday releases. BUT: If you only like it the hard and minimal way this might not be your cup of tea. People who like to try new stuff, enjoy melodies and a fluffy groove once in a while go for it :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest no[at]spam[dot]net Posted January 1, 2002 Share Posted January 1, 2002 I love it!!! - before i listen goa style, progressive house was the best for me. so.. both in one album... GIVE ME MORE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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