Guest ake.storm[at]mbox200.swipnet[dot Posted January 29, 2001 Share Posted January 29, 2001 Sensphere - Typhoid / Disorder Artist: Sensphere Title: Typhoid / Disorder Label: Implant Date: 2000 Track listing: 01. Typhoid 02. Disorder Review: The second release from the swedish label Implant Recordings contains two excellent trax by Sensphere (Anders Hermansson). Both the tracks, "Typhoid" 9/10 and "Disorder" 8/10, are similar in style with aggressive dark atmosphere and pounding percussions. They´re very monotonous, almost grinding, but not boring at all in my opinion. I guess this release could really spoil some peoples mood on the dancefloor if played at the wrong time because the tracks are so dark and cold. Personally I think this 12" was one of the best releases of 2000, and if I ever get to hear this really loud I will dance my ass off and probably spit blood too :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mars Posted January 29, 2001 Share Posted January 29, 2001 S.A.M.E ! 9/10 overall. Watch the next releases of this little genius. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pit-UFO Posted January 29, 2001 Share Posted January 29, 2001 Disorder is really good. Go get it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest baltazar_dr[at]hotmail[dot]com Posted January 29, 2001 Share Posted January 29, 2001 Typhoid: This is not Goa, trance or psy this is pure techno. Boring, repetitive techno... 1/10 (1 for the rhythm). Disorder: Well, some filters accours here, but.. It's trance created by an amateur 3/10 (3 as a maybe). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukiro Posted January 29, 2001 Share Posted January 29, 2001 "this is pure techno"? Hahahaha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest transpappa Posted January 29, 2001 Share Posted January 29, 2001 Hey, Baltazar, I don´t know what you are comparing this single with, Astral Projection or maybe Man With No Name? But I suggest you guy buy some new music, it´s really alot of fun listening to newer stuff for a change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Charus Posted January 29, 2001 Share Posted January 29, 2001 Well Baltazaar i dont think u know what u are talking about, pure techno isnt this way at all!! This is minimal/progressive trance, although it aint good!! Its very cold and has no special feeling, just like Paps and Yumade!so i give this release 5/10!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Cnt97 Posted January 29, 2001 Share Posted January 29, 2001 I think these two tracks are perfect like they are. They are supposed to be repetitive and dark, cold sounding. Perfect for those "cold" outdoor parties, in the night .. It's a great EP from a "beginner" artist. You can't really hear that he's only using "one" synth (Clavia Nord Micro Modular). Although, I've heard other songs by him that pretty much sucks ass. "This is not Goa".. Haha, GOA died in 1997 or something like that. I dont CARE what it's called... as long as it is good music! Lot's of dark feelings in this one.. a MUST have for the REAL psytrancer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest col_klink3[at]hotmail[dot]com Posted January 30, 2001 Share Posted January 30, 2001 Lemme just say in defense of Sensesphere that even when we was unsigned and producing his "amateur" work - it was produced with an originality that captured a sound that a lot of "pros" at the time could only dream of capturing stuck in their (un)creative ruts... What's the difference between a "pro" and an "amateur" anyway? A couple thousand records sold and name recognition! Typhoid blew my mind the first time I heard it - Sensesphere developed _further_ along the lines he laid down when he was releasing with Ultrabeat - Haven't heard the other track yet (I heard typhoid through Sphere's Voltage compilation)... As a side note - I've only recently discovered this site - and in perusing the reviews I often come across a lot of derogatory comments regarding the new "minimal" wave in psy-trance... and I guess I thought that as part of a sub-culture that may be perhaps more open to change that we wouldn't be as susceptible to the conservatives afraid of change and only wishing to stick with the tried and true... Well - I guess it's a fact of life - every sector of society's gonna have that I suppose... Meanwhile I'll be listening to the best of the old psy-trance that so many people seem afraid of losing while I spice up my repertoire with an exciting sound that represents a needed change and breath of fresh air... Psy-trance (or minimal-psy or psy-tech or whatever!) has great specimens in all it's various incarnations - and I'll be there sampling the best of what this exciting musical genre and it's offshoots have to offer (and that definitely includes Sensesphere's Typhoid!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shahar@isratrance Posted January 30, 2001 Share Posted January 30, 2001 Brilliant mind wrecking and scratching stuff- no mercy night trance- only for those of you with solid brains that can take this assault. typhoid is one of the best tracks of 2000! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest goa[at]c4[dot]com Posted January 30, 2001 Share Posted January 30, 2001 Typhoid is insane! Swarms of flies on acid are upon you- beware!!! Bom Shankar! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ravemail10 Posted February 2, 2001 Share Posted February 2, 2001 I'm gonna have to play the role of the bitchy critic here :-) Hmm. Never heard disorder, but I did hear typhoid on a comp and I have heard his ultrabeat tracks and I don't understand what the fuss is about. It's not good at all. Maybe disorder is better. Typhoid is repetitive, empty, no twisting. It's just the same melody for 9 minutes. Ok, it's not just one melody, but the melodies are pretty lame. Besides, all minimal stuff is about the noises and there are no noises here, no nice bass. To summarize, the track is empty. All of its sections seem underworked. If this is the way it was supposed to be then I still don't like it, it's too empty to deliver a message. His earlier ultrabeat tracks were even worse, they were noise, not music. Just a whole bunch of sounds layered together. As an amateur producer I know how hard this is :-) but still... Dude, use your synth more. Sequencing the whole track isn't the way to go cause unless you use Cubase and a _LOT_ (10+) of synths noises must be played live. You need a different synth, something with more editing abilities. What you have is a nice all-in-one, but not too good on editing. A side synth + a Roland MC505 is nice, but the MC505 needs to be worked from scratch. One thing is true, it really doesn't matter how many synths you have. In the mean time I'll be waiting for this guy to learn his stuff cause he's got potential. Keep trying man, don't try to get in as little work as possible but keep going. I'm working on a track now to be called 'Alethia'(Latin for 'truth'), I've been at it for more than a month now and it's far from finished, I'm also just learning yet :-) Bom! - Raven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest smokeBuddha Posted February 9, 2001 Share Posted February 9, 2001 You guys are retarded...I've heard Typhoid and Disorder, and those tracks are great for tripping (ie, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE FOR!!). 9/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kapten Fruktkaka Posted May 5, 2001 Share Posted May 5, 2001 Gah... Well, having heard a GREAT "liveact" (well, he mixed his own tracks on cd...) of Sensphere's (at Planet Skåland! ) i bought the vinyl without really listening it through. Too bad. The music he played at the party was more melodic, and very dancable. Very hard and stomping, but as i remember it not very cold-and-dark, like the EP is unfortunally. It is simply much too repetetive, and the bassline is too simple to be enjoyable. It sounds alot like some '95 happy hardcore without melodies, but with a lot of very sharp 'twisted' sounds on top. I don't know if it works on the dancefloor really, but I don't think I would enjoy it. It sure doesn't work for home listening. Not psychedelic, just dark and hard. My generall impression is that the record label wanted some not so 'trancy' psytrance, since I know that the label founder doesn't like psytrance very much. But music is for the listener not for the composer right? Too bad, because I think Sensphere can do better than this. And he is better 'live'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest djhatti99[at]hotmail[dot]com Posted August 24, 2001 Share Posted August 24, 2001 Very very good, my best 12" buy of 2000. *mini-lol at the above ravemail-mc505 discussion* =) come play at docklands anders! =) now! =) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unit_ Posted September 9, 2001 Share Posted September 9, 2001 This is good stuff! Both tracks are good, but typhoid is the better one imo. I can understand that for some people the "melody" you hear in typhoid can be quite annoying, but to me it's the opposite. There's something there driving you mad on the dancefloor (and at home aswell, everytime I hear it I'd like to dance ). Disorder is a bit more psychedelic with a nice melody. I guess you can call it a little more uplifting than Typhoid atleast. Good track aswell! But to me, Typhoid is a killer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Psycobalt Posted September 17, 2001 Share Posted September 17, 2001 BaLTAZAR?????? PURE TECHNO???????? ahahaha!!!! ridiculous... typhoid is so amazing!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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