Guest Stathis_gti Posted February 10, 2000 Posted February 10, 2000 Battle Of The Future Buddhas - Twin Sharkfins Artist: Battle Of The Future Buddhas Title: Twin Sharkfins Label: BooM! Date: 1998 Track listing: 01. 02'10" Outro (Lost And Never To Be Found Mix) 02. 08'05" Life In The Trenches Of Hyperspace 03. 08'29" Tigerhill 04. 09'00" Neuroglider 05. 08'00" Leave The World Behind 06. 09'16" Transpartamental 07. 08'09" The Other Way Around 08. 10'27" Lord Of The Dance 09. 07'16" Marsmellow (Miditation Mix) Review: Fantastic!!!Battle of the future buddhas is a Scandinavian group and this is their first album.One of the kind...a killer!!!When i first heard this cd i was shocked.I wasn't expected something so good and something so diferent.Now, after 2 years, i still believe that this album deserves a place next to AstralProjection's-Trust in trance, in other words a place to the best psychedelic album released ever.Starting from the beginning,outro is preparing you of what is going to happen next, with a small introduction (2.10).Then the war begins!Alien melodies, distorted samples, funky beats, and 142+bpm kicking till the last track.All the tracks are above great including the last track which is ambient...10/10! Quote
Anoebis Posted February 11, 2000 Posted February 11, 2000 This album rulezzzz!!! I bought it 2 days ago and it's already in my TOP-3!!! Really wonderfull!! It's hard, it's extremely psychedelic and very melodic (altough the most souns are pretty dark...) And there are also 3 (=>3,5,6)songs that are really hypnotic, when you hear those you just fly into another dimension, you don't feel yourself on earth anymore!!! Best songs: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7&9! Lord of the dance is "only" mediocre!! For that boy from Sweden, just buy this album on the site of Boom! Records! Bom Shankar Quote
Guest Jax Posted February 14, 2000 Posted February 14, 2000 I agree with Anoebis : This album is a killer! It's very hard and psychedelic. When I'm hearing it I going into deep trance and it's a good feeling. I think all track are brilliant especially 3,4,5,6! 10/10 Quote
Children Posted March 22, 2000 Posted March 22, 2000 I was expecting for something better by reading the reviews above ... I can't say that's a bad album, but I don't like the style ... I find melodies really strange by moments ... but that's quality sounds, so I advice you to listen to it before buying it ... the Tracks I like are Tracks 3 and 9, and I find Tracks 4,5,7 too repetitive ... I received this album from BooM! Records at the same time than Quadra : Digital Stimulant, and was expecting to listen to a good Twin Sharkfins and a bad Quadra album (cause I didn't know Quadra) ... the fact is that I find Quadra album a MUCH BETTER full-on psychedelic album than Twin Sharkfins :-) Rating : 4.5/10 Quote
Guest d.mcnair[at]dailyrecord.co[dot]u Posted April 3, 2000 Posted April 3, 2000 I bought this album expecting something really good but after a few listens decided that it was a bit too strange, repetitive and strangely noisy for my ears but each to their own I guess. The last track was quite good though. 3/10 Quote
Guest rox Posted April 26, 2000 Posted April 26, 2000 Realy minblowing ! Incredible psy noizes , which my mind like very much ! Amazing melodies ! All tracks is the best ! But more than others i like Neuroglider - flight into the gardens of cyberspace !!! 100/10 Quote
mars Posted May 25, 2000 Posted May 25, 2000 Beware: if you dont like twistednoizycrackingwobbling sounds, don't go further. If your ears can stand the run and if you brain is prepared for it, ok....else...don't even think about it! It's very very psychedelic everywhere. Whatever can be the focus you want to have while listening to this record, sound is everywhere...you can't escape it. By the way, the tracks are quite all the same, but it's not especially boring. Boom strikes here. 7.5/10. Quote
Guest DarkSeed909[at]hotmail[dot]com Posted November 4, 2000 Posted November 4, 2000 Well, I finally picked up this album after the rave reviews over it. I put it in my prized stereo system for a listen, and it wasn't that great. When I listen to psy-trance, I listen for musicality as well as quality, and this just makes any system sound BAD! Sure it's psychedelic, and hard, and dark, etc... but as for musicality, I think the artist has lost something. You can still have psychedelic trance without sounding WEIRD, like this albums does. If you like weird, almost experiemental stuff, this is for you. 3/10 Quote
Guest nvt Posted November 28, 2000 Posted November 28, 2000 Twin Sharkfins is energetic, hard and quite melodious at times. There are many good tracks, but the peak is reached in the middle of the album with Tigerhill (One of the greatest goa songs I've heard! The real name is Neuroglider, but there was a mixup) and Leave The World Behind. I also like Transportamental especially. The last song sounds like a mix between goa, new instrumental and ambient and has very nice melodies. Quote
Guest Slidingtrancer Posted February 5, 2001 Posted February 5, 2001 Really scandosound but feels like it's going nowhere most of the time. Song 6 and 8 go somewhere and then you see what they are capable of. Very strange album, weak and strong at the same time. The producing is terrible, it sounds a bit like 22100 on Winamp. The sound is just too wide and lacks really strong basslines or an otherwise positive side. Really weird producing style. Apart from the producing the songs variate from appalling to uplifting. I'd give a 5/10 . Don't expect this to be in my favourites. Just buy Wizzy Noise or Quadra! Quote
Guest Acidhive Posted February 24, 2001 Posted February 24, 2001 This album is a brainwasher for sure...! I recently got this and only listened tot it once in its entirety, but I don't need any more listens to tell me this is great!! Alien melodies, pounding kickdrums!! Yes, this is very very psychedelic and it rocks! All tracks are great, from the dark intro called Outro (witty isn't it?) it progresses into the pounding track 2 ... goes on and on until track 9 which is a dark sounding ambient like track. This one is great. 8,5/10 from me here Quote
Guest slinker Posted March 22, 2001 Posted March 22, 2001 Very psychodelic music to the max..great samples, haunting melodies and completely fresh sounding. A definate buy is there ever was one! 9/10 havent really got any favorites all tracks are equally different and great in their own sense =^,^= Quote
Guest Psyphon[at]chaosexistence[dot]or Posted March 29, 2001 Posted March 29, 2001 Great album.. Fast, Furious and Wicked trance... The whole album is amazing from start to finish... And i like how the first track is called "Outro" Perfect name for a track, it's like the calm before the storm... Great work guys :-) And if you want to hear another great track for these guys check out "Adrenachrome" on BooM!'s Psychoactive Scandosounds 2... Awesome track... 10/10 Don't pass this album up!!!! Quote
Guest eden.solaris Posted April 11, 2001 Posted April 11, 2001 Very hard and strange album... I can understand why the advices are so splitted up on this page ranging form great to annoying. Some sounds are the wierdest I've ever heard, along with Pleiadians. In fact, sometimes you get the feeling they're not even comming from your speakers!!! I guess it's a question of taste. If you're more into cheezy israelian trance... then run away and never come back!!!! (just kidding) but there are good chances you'll never like this, but if wierd and hard is what you want, then this is the one for you!!! And also I must say: some albums need more listening to to like them. I didn't like botfb either at first, but after a few listens I find it's great!!! 8/10 (or 3/10 if you're into cheezy stuff) Quote
Guest davidtolsn Posted May 3, 2001 Posted May 3, 2001 hmm... pretty good. for background music, at least. i find that it's so repetitive and unengaging that it doesn't hold my attention. i especially like track 8, though. 5/10 Quote
Guest rx7style Posted May 21, 2001 Posted May 21, 2001 I can't believe I wasted money on this album. All of these people that seemingly had good taste in music must have gone looney. This is just discordent noise. No wonder it isn't listed as a "classic". The melodies they try and spew out through your sound system is HORRIBLE to listen to! It's feels like I'm listening to bag-pipes that are out of tune! I give it a 1/10 because at least they have the words "Future Buddahs" in the title. Quote
Guest g1981c Posted June 17, 2001 Posted June 17, 2001 once you get used to it, it's like astral projection only faster and less commercial 10/10 Quote
Guest Quetzalgoatl Posted July 27, 2001 Posted July 27, 2001 I'm into the cheese and although this is not cheezy, I still like it a lot. It certainly needs a few listenings. Very good melodies that are not-ennoyingly repetitive (a bit). If I should have to compare it to another artist it would be Tim Schuldt. 'The Other Way Around' reminds me of Tim Schuldts 'Animatronic'. Anyway tracks 4,5,6,7 and 8 are the best tracks on this album. Quote
spacemonkey Posted October 22, 2001 Posted October 22, 2001 You could call, at least some of the tracks, psychedelic industrial, but that term would lack the speed and full-on power of the insane, dark melodies. It's does however give an indication, of the hard and darkside of this music, which is over-all there. The songs are packed with sreechy sounds, and it's a full-on noisyness that gives the songs the extra power. This album just simply rocks, and it's one of the few good dark-melody releases that i know of. For one into dark heavy shit, just run and buy if you can still find it, for any-one who doesn't love this: you are missing out on one hell of a dark-speedfilled-pumping-blasting-thundering release!!!!!!! 10/10 Quote
Guest kadafi Posted December 25, 2001 Posted December 25, 2001 Waaaaw...This really is SOMETHING ELSE!!! But I do admitt it took some time to grow on me: the production seemed very bad to me, but now I think it works perfectly along with this hypnotising noisy atmosphere...Overall I wouldn't advise this album to anyone who's searching for 'beauty' at all...but it surely is fast, pounding, crazy, dark & exactly the oppisite of cheezy! If you are searching for real MENTAL TRANCE, this is it!TRANCETRANCEDANCEDANCETRANCE!My favorites are Transportamental (10/10)and tracks 5,3,4,7... 9/10 for an innovation like this! Quote
Guest funkytrance Posted April 24, 2002 Posted April 24, 2002 From 1/10 to 10/10...... I have listened to most of the tracks, and i ADORED ! Of course i can understand the people who didn't like it, because of the rough aspect of certain sounds, but it's clear that this band has done Its sound, whithout caring about any trend. They didn't try to please, they create their own Trip, their own Happiness..... Excellent! I give it a 10/10 with no hesitation. Quote
seraph Posted June 13, 2002 Posted June 13, 2002 AMAZING album...! This is real journey into chaos and psychedelic dementia....This is easily one of the most psychedelic albums ever...Melodies are simply stunning and other songs have strange construction of psychedelic and minimal at the same time...Such a strange, perfect album...Brilliant ! All songs are stunning but the best are : TIGERHILL ( ! ), NEUROGLIDER, LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND ( ! ), TRANCEPORTAMENTAL, THE OTHER WAY AROUND, LORD OF THE DANCE....10/10 Quote
Guest earthborn44[at]hotmail[dot]com Posted August 5, 2002 Posted August 5, 2002 Truly goa style, trascendental melodies, total mainstream of astral voyages, sounds, coming out of the loud speaker, going very deply into your brain. Quote
Guest Blue Penguin Posted August 28, 2002 Posted August 28, 2002 they have a quite unique style : dark, with strange sounds and melodies, and i like this style :-) i give it a 7/10 Quote
Manuser Posted June 26, 2005 Posted June 26, 2005 Battle of the future Buddhas - Twin sharkfins (BooM! records, 1998) 1 - Outro (Lost And Never To Be Found Mix) - 02'10" 2 - Life In The Trenches Of Hyperspace - 08'05" 3 - Tigerhill - 08'29" 4 - Neuroglider - 09'00" 5 - Leave The World Behind - 08'00" 6 - Tranceportamental - 09'16" 7 - The Other Way Around - 08'09" 8 - Lord Of The Dance - 10'27" 9 - Marsmellow (Miditation Mix) - 07'16" Dark classic from the swedish band. First of all it was made in 1998 and i think it was one of the most innovative psy i heard at that time, at 1st listen i was amazed and shocked by this evil music, dark and melodic at the same time, weird and twisted as possible. If some melodies sound wrong it's perfectly normal and intentional! Tranceportamental, Tigerhill are spectacular, and Leave the world behind is sensational! Those tracks are in the same style, twisted with unpredictable melodies. Neuroglider is amazing in another way, softer, more hypnotic and tribal, less melodic, i like it a lot. Lord of the dance is the most intense psytrance track i have ever heard, it makes me perspire so much the climax is incredible, too bad the production is bad, it makes ur ears suffer. Battle of the future Buddhas is one of those artists who you immediatly recognize their sound, and this is one of the most psychedelic trance ever made! Psychedelic Weird Enthusiastic Unpredictable 8/10. Quote
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