freak51 Posted May 1, 2000 Share Posted May 1, 2000 LSG - The Black Album Artist: LSG Title: The Black Album Label: Black Series Date: 1998 Track listing: 01. 02'16" The Train Of Thought V0.9 02. 06'58" The Train Of Thought V1.1 03. 08'25" Go Fishing 04. 09'21" Cellular 05. 07'43" The Blaxone 06. 07'40" Rotation 07. 07'00" 88 08. 06'04" Freakz 09. 07'14" Hellfire 10. 09'28" Deep Blue Review: First things first. That bassline that runs through most of the record features the most gorgeously warm mushroomy-good organic kick-drum. The sound waves are anything but square here. From start to finish the whole record just washes right over you. Minimal sounds starting off more techno than trance (after the first ambient 2 minutes) that sloooooowly morph, as if over inverted time-lapse photography. It takes 256 beats for some sounds to be born, grow and fade out peacefully or flower into something totally other. Yet the whole thing is groovy and danceable, if only in a hip-swaying, head-bobbing 135 BPM fashion. Everything is all mixed together exquisitely so the track separation seems kind of arbitrary here. Still, nice of him not to make one gigantic 70 minute track. Anyway, the further into the album you get, the more psychedelic the noises become. This is what I had in mind when picturing how Goa trance could merge back in with the techno it schismed off of in the 90s, since both genres have both evolved since (like a 7 year macrocosm of a proper Goa track) and both have spawned some spectacular sounds. I can't believe I found this by accident for 15 bucks Canadian! Total score! Bag this today if you can find it. LSG can scarcely contain his love for all of us! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest flaux[at]finsvcs[dot]com Posted May 25, 2000 Share Posted May 25, 2000 I am quite surprised to see this album within a GOA web site. Regardless, I've been a huge Lieb fan for years and once again he has proven to the world that he can enter and dominate any form of trance music. This is an ambient masterpiece which truly knows how to penetrate the mind and really open up all your senses. Its a fantastic album with some very emotionally melodic sounds. Absolutely incredible from Lieb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chis[at]matrik.ndo.co[dot]uk Posted June 27, 2000 Share Posted June 27, 2000 This is dark trance, coming from an artist often labelled along with more mainstream acts (sadly). Again dark, throbbing, but also completely welcoming. Collected Works as a whole did more for me - I prefer an uplifting melody to a harsh bassline. Black was therefore a big suprise to me as you can imagine - but I loved it. It's intelligent minimalism and Big Blue is the perfect finale, especially as it suddenly gives out at the ninth minute just to leave the ebb of the pad sounds. Fecking love it... 9/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubensis Posted January 8, 2003 Share Posted January 8, 2003 Honestly, this is one of the most psychedelic *albums* I have ever heard! It's not pay-trance, but it's way more psychedelic than most psy releases. Every sound is perfectly placed, this thing is wonderfully produced. All the sound have the perfect reverb, etc. I feel like I'm in another world when I listen to this. Freak51 gave a perfect review. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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