Digitalis - The 3rd State

[freak51]

This is very nice record, mainly for tracks 1, 4, 6, 8. And yes, Seb Taylor is

not only Shakta and Digitalis but Somaton. He's nothing if not busy!

[Guest Globalsteez]

Digitalis - The 3rd State

 

 

Artist: Digitalis

Title: The 3rd State

Label: Matsuri

Date: 1998

 

Track listing:

 

01. 06'43" Mutagen

02. 06'20" Slotek

03. 06'57" What Else You Got?

04. 06'14" Osho Drums

05. 05'58" Figments Of Reality (Funkopath Rmx)

06. 07'03" Telepresence

07. 06'08" Sound Junkie

08. 05'35" Dr Sembei

09. 05'35" The Improbable Voyage

 

Review:

 

If someone was to ask me what might be a good example of Psychedelic dance

music that never really had any of the obvious signatures or characteristics

of original Goa Trance music, then I might suggest something like this album

to them. The Matsuri label (before the millenium was out) released some of the

most mind expanding (both chilled out And banging) boundary pushing psy-trance

scene related music to ever grace or blow a speaker. Since then, they've been

having a wee bit of a rest it would seem. I think that Digitalis might well be

the same guy (Seb Taylor) who fronts Shakta ('Silicon Trip'/'Enlightened Ape')

though for my money you would never guess this to be the case as it sounds

nothing like Shakta and is a far more involving and creative piece of music.

It might even at times suit the term 'Psychedelic-Break-Trance' as it does

certainly exhibit all of these qualities...and then some. Unless you haven't

already guessed, I've actually been a big fan of this since it c!

ame out and only just realised it hadn't even been reviewed yet!

Shockaroonie!!! What else can I say to describe the actual album? Apart from

its' general funky tastefullness and excellent sample use..nothing else

matters...just find it And buy it. The thing is there's so much going on but

it always holds itself together and never loses the groove. For me the feeling

is tasty and crispy class right from its' start until its' finished. An

excerise in funkin' groovy, well paced and highly tweaked acid funkouts with

elements of rattling And regimental tranceular power breakage thrown in for

good measure. Whoops!! My favourite tracks would have to be 1,2,3,6,7,8 And 9.

A much overlooked classic then in my books, and as the good old Blue Room

might say...PLAY LOUD!!!! 9/10

[Basilisk]

I was never into this quite as much as I was into some of the other psybreaks out there... Osho Drums became a favourite over time however.

[Guest zaoi]

Nahh... if you want the most tasteful breaktrance then see if you can hunt up

Metal Spark's masterpiece LP "Corrosive". even though its a couple of years

old it sounds open and fresher than a lot of current releases. The Digitalis

lp is pretty good in its own way, but for some reason i keep finding something

better to play.

[Guest memetical]

Aaaahh ... "slotek" ... one of the best tracks ever. Even has a chorus!

 

The chorus' sounds are so deep and incredible ... keeps me rewinding over and

over to those parts. Forgot the name of the other Digitalis track that also

uses those sounds.

[Guest Ubik]

Cool psychedelic breakbeat ! Very good production. I love the samples,

especially in tracks 1 and 5 (Diissttoorrttiioonn of rreeaalliittyy). Cover

art rocks, too ! My favourite here is Dr Sembei, which is more ambient.

1,2,5,6 follow right after. Overall 7.5/10

[bomble]

What a bargain ! Due to Matsuri's departure, Chaosunlimited.co.uk 'gave' this

to me for £3 ( less than $5) ..... what a treat. It was about the only Matsuri

released album that I missed during their heyday, and though it's 3 years

after it reached the shelves, it's a good one to be sure ! Even at full price,

this is good back-catalogue stuff.

 

bomble

[Guest jumeredith[at]ikon[dot]com]

this album seems to combine the best of all genres of electronica. beats are

fucking awesome on this one. beautiful and psychedelic leads. get this album.

[Guest rx7style]

Fuckin' awesome. That's all I have to say... funky, hard, and phat beats

dominate, with kick-ass rhythms, and great 3D effects. I really like the

Digitalis style, and it's extremely psychedelic... no minimal here, and it's

eerily melodic in a darker sense. Every track moves nicely, nothing gets

boring as there are breaks all over the place that spice it up. The only

downside about this is that Seb Taylor could easily have released this album

under the name "Shakta" as the sounds are very similar, but the style is

slightly different and as I said, funkier with "Digitalis". A great

psychedelic release none-the-less, so buy it. 8.5/10

[seraph]

Great album. It is cute, jumpy, breakbeat trance album at it's best. 10/10

[Guest spacemonkey - 604]

great stuff, mayby not tottaly psy breakbeat, but i don't think it was the

meaning of the album, it's more like psy-trance mixed with lots of breaks AND

steady beats and drums to give the twirling screeks and bleeps a little extra.

It's overwhelming and really psychedlic, and when listened to when a bit tired

way to much for me, because you have the intense and compicated breaks and all

the little sounds flying and shooting by.

This album had lot's of energy and just keeps on rocking and shaking until you

stereo will scream for a little rest

[Guest Davidtolsn]

this sounds like it was made in the early 90's. all that experimental "techno"

shit that came out. the beats aren't hard enough and the sound effects are

just bleeps and computer noises. i would not call it goa or psy. track 2 is

listenable but it's not even worth downloading on mp3. this is one of those

cds you'll listen to once and then put it away and forget you have it. 2.5/10

[Guest Rx7style]

Well I've had this for several years now and I listen to it all the time.

Better than a lot of shit that's coming out these days... to each their own.

[abasio]

A really great album

Every track is very good but Figments of Reality is AMAZING!!!