Guest Mindbender Posted April 13, 2000 Share Posted April 13, 2000 Spiral Active Project - Spiral Active Project Artist: Spiral Active Project Title: Spiral Active Project Label: Krembo Date: 1999 Track listing: 01. 08'30" Yakov Biton And Har-Ell Prussky : Resistance Is Futile 02. 07'24" Yakov Biton And Bansi : Space Jam 03. 07'15" Yakov Biton And Simon Posford : Sykov Megalitic 04. 07'07" Yakov Biton And Jazz : Grand Lioen 05. 07'23" Yakov Biton And Riktam And Bansi : Subshaker 06. 09'00" Yakov Biton And Riktam And Bansi : Crow (Rmx) 07. 08'27" Yakov Biton And Gidi Raz : Ghost Buster 08. 08'14" Yakov Biton And Har-Ell Prussky : Burning Light 09. 07'16" Yakov Biton And DJ Goblin : Grounded Review: An awesome album. I went to a shop, picked this up as I wanted to listen to something new and fell instantly in love. Never heard of the name Spiral Active Project or Yakov Biton before, but he certainly rocks! (If you know more about him, mail me please). Lots of famous people visiting on this record, but I would guess that most of the sound is by Yakov Biton, because the style is generally the same.This is very hard, quite dark and definetly psychedelic. I think this album has probably the best groove of any album that I know, made with great basslines (not complex but efficient in their cruel simplicity, Subshaker is the best example) and a hard pounding kickdrum, with other drums and percussion joining in time to time. Groove alone does not make any track good, but that's not problem. This album does not concentrate on the melodies really, but more on the textures and shapes of crazy sounds, which are plenty and just mindblowing. Most of the sounds are distorted and hard, but there are some nice clear and softer sounds as well, giving a good balance. There are some really nice melodies here too, but usually the sound with what the melody is made takes your concentration more than the actual melody. This is why I initially thought this as minimalistic, but with such an ever-evolving wall of sound, I don't think is really minimalistic at all anymore. The production is also top-notch. This album is very good to be listened through in its entirety, even for several times over and over again. When it starts, I'm always like "oh my God, this is sooo good". Surprise! The next two tracks are even better! Then the album explodes open with Grand Lioen! Awesome! My favourite track here is Subshaker, a real stormer, so I guess I don't have to say more about it. The rest of the tracks are also great. Ghost Buster is the only one with a typical Israeli melody at one point. Grounded is my other favourite and the lightest track on the album, but still quite hard. It's very spaced out. Haven't seen it, but I would think that any track on this album would make the dance floor go completely nuts. Though this is definetly different, I recommend this highly if you like stuff like IM: The Gathering or SST: Digital Dance of Shiva. 9/10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kvin2000 Posted April 13, 2000 Share Posted April 13, 2000 MIND BLOWING STAFF from Yacov Biton. One of my favorite albums of all time (I consider it one of my top 5). Harsh sounds, complex layering and very kicking base lines make this album so great. This guy is really talented (by the way the best track in my opinion on th Spacecat album - Invaion - was co-written with Simon P. and...Yacov Biton). get it right a way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freak51 Posted June 6, 2000 Share Posted June 6, 2000 Ehh. 7/10. It's definitely a nice departure for Krembo, much more complex than their usual releases. However, it all kind of sounds the same, and several tracks are just really repetitive. I get the sense that it's building towards something, building and building but it never really figures out what. Nice German-style spooky mood though, and this would be splendid with something melodic overlaid. However, this is way better as a complete record than as a a source of individual tracks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest carsten Posted November 15, 2001 Share Posted November 15, 2001 That's very,very good dance music with deep bass and nice melodies! :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PsybiaS Posted January 19, 2002 Share Posted January 19, 2002 you can find many styles on this cd it was a very good idea from yakov....from mexico the psychedelic crew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Setsuko Posted March 5, 2002 Share Posted March 5, 2002 I was looking in the vinyl section of a local store looking for some psytrance ... the only LP i found there was Koxbox' 'Dragon tales' (very well hidden) ... and this time my eye catched the Krembo label , but i certainly didn't know about this Spiral Active Project ... i listened to it in the store and my first impression was ... WOW , this is very good ! ... and it still is ... but the LP is missing some tracks compared with the cd tracklist . I only have track 2,3,4,5,6,7 and 9 ... my favourites are 2,3,5 and 9 ... i realy like the 'fifth element' sample in Grounded and the incredible melody ... imo one of Krembo's best releases . i give this a 7,5-8/10 (eight would be too much and 7,5 a bit to little) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest [Anonymous] Posted May 26, 2002 Share Posted May 26, 2002 very nicely put toether and great bass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seraph Posted March 7, 2006 Share Posted March 7, 2006 Ummm, I am pleasantly surprised by this album. Yakov Biton gathered very good musicians for this very good dark psychedelic album. As people say, it has deep bass line, and tracks do sound a little bit the same but it is good nevertheless cause it is doing its purpose, it puts you in trance. My favourites : RESISTANCE IS FUTILE, PSYKOV MEGALITHIC, CROW, GHOST BUSTER, GROUNDED....7.5/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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