Guest Gustav Posted December 20, 2000 Share Posted December 20, 2000 V/A - Tribute / Astral Way Artist: Various Title: Tribute / Astral Way Label: Blue Room Date: 1995 Track listing: 01. Tribute 02. Astral Way Review: Tribute is one of the best etnica tracks for sure, although it's really old. Those etnica-typical basses builds a great beat and the melodies are really really awesome! If you haven't got this track yet, which you should as it appears on many compilations, get it right away. Astral way is very different from the first track; harder, darker, less melodic, but oh so good. Exactly when is this release really from? On the cover it says 1995, but on the blue room website it says april 1996. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sysweed Posted January 31, 2001 Share Posted January 31, 2001 Tribute is another one of those 1995 Goa classics - nice build-up and melodies! It's actually nr. 4 on my top ten list currently! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest a1adam[at]yahoo[dot]com Posted February 25, 2001 Share Posted February 25, 2001 Yes, "Tribute" remains, five years down the line, a unique slab of circular, spirally trance somehow protected from the passsage of time. The ideas in this piece of music have not really been ripped off by lesser mortals, making it still sounding fresh and different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dr G Posted November 24, 2002 Share Posted November 24, 2002 This is Goa at its absolute best, it is hard to imagine a better ep. Both tracks are notable for having a very subtle rhythm section that maintains a regular beat, but somehow shifts subtly so that the beat does not become boring or predictable. This is especially the case with "Tribute" during which the beat is often implicit, and then brings the roof down when it kicks in. The bass line in this track is particularly hypnotic and addictive because it is quite subtle and difficult to get a grip on. Fantastic stuff, rates with "Triptonite" as amongst the best early tracks of the scene. Unfortunately, I don't think that Etnica have managed to maintain this level of inspiration (which is not to say that I think they should be making exactly the same kind of music). 10/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Davidtolsn Posted December 5, 2002 Share Posted December 5, 2002 Astral Way is fucking intense. that song is addictive. everything you'd want from an etnica track. 10/10 for that one. tribute, on the other hand, is still good but not as good as most of the etnica stuff, i think. not enough variation for me. it gets 8/10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avogadro Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 ETNICA / Astral Way = the best Goa song forever ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kreation7 Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 why is this listed as various artists...it's an Etnica 12"! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptn Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Pure quality & great ideas + tons of energy + sentimental value = Tribute More than 17 years have past and this one is still my no. 1 psy/goa trance track of all time. Go Etnica! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the goa constrictor Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 why is this listed as various artists...it's an Etnica 12"! seriously. can we get an edit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotwang Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 can we get an edit? Done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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