Guest Ktaadn Posted November 17, 2000 Share Posted November 17, 2000 Organic Noise - Vacuum Tube Artist: Organic Noise Title: Vacuum Tube Label: Liquid Audio Soundz Date: 2000 Track listing: 01. 07'01" Amplifier 02. 09'21" The Vacuum 03. 06'20" Acid Soul 04. 10'11" Polaris 05. 08'55" Power Supply 06. 09'03" Labyrinth Of Colors 07. 11'10" Spastic Elastic 08. 09'32" White Noise Review: I've spent 30 minutes, a cup of tea and 3 cigarettes trying to decide how to open this review. No words seem to say exactly what I mean, so let's just make it clear from the start -- this is a brilliant record. Ben Wierzoch (the wizard behind the legendary Planet BEN) and Jan Mueller have delivered something special. To say this record is dark, pumping psychedelic-trance is only partially accurate. Organic Noise also experiment with varying tempos and beats, like the near-jazzy shuffling rhythms and uber-funky bass wanderings of "Power Supply." The locomotive chug of "Acid Soul" is another highlight, with assorted blips and beeps coming from all sides. Many of the tracks deliver a slow, steady build, but we are fortunately spared the overused and abused "trance explosion" that many artists rely on. Where too many albums go heavy on 145 BPM, blow-the-dancers-heads-off style tracks, "Vacuum Tube" moves swiftly and confidently, proving that "progressive" and "psychedelic" are not mutually exclusive. If there is one weakness to the record, it's "Spastic Elastic." Three minutes of positively hypnotizing intro breaks down into an aimless, unworthy song. Unlucky. Regardless, Organic Noise come on strong with one of the bigger sounding records in ages...8.5/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mars Posted November 17, 2000 Share Posted November 17, 2000 Due to its authors, Vacuum Tube looks like a X-Dream production on some tracks (eg 1, 4, 5), and a Planet Ben Prod on some other tracks. Basically the tracks are good. I really like Amplifier with its powerful sounds all along. And the whole album is full of energy; don't expect multiple overlays or twisting sounds all along. That's more underlying, more mental indeed. The BIG problem is that nearly all the tracks were released before. So there is no mystery, even at the first listening. That's a brilliant record, ok, but it seems to be more a collection than a brand new production. So, 6.5/10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freak51 Posted November 23, 2000 Share Posted November 23, 2000 Niiiice record, minimal yet FAT OK I think I'm starting to get the criticism that many have for minimal trance: it does sound a lot like Spirallianz, the Future Prophecy 'Freak' release, some recent Darshan, etc. After an hour or two of this sound I might want to flee in terror. However, the tracks on this disc are some of the best I've heard in this style. Sometimes it sounds more Planet BEN, others more X-Dream. Some tracks (2, 5) one can hear both influences about equally. Either way, this is the good stuff. 8/10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest [Anonymous] Posted November 30, 2000 Share Posted November 30, 2000 Organic Noise album is damn good, gots to disagree wit Ktaadn `spastic elastic` is the shit. A total outdoor track. To better understand their noises it best be heard at a outdoor rave. Just like their name organic noise, noises best be heard out in nature. when u first listen to their tracks they dont click but as you keep listining to these tracks youll get sucked in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nervo_servo[at]hotmail[dot]com Posted December 6, 2000 Share Posted December 6, 2000 three of the songs released are preety old (acid soul,spastic elastic,labyrinth of colours)! the others are very good!worth buying!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ir0nm0nk3y Posted December 25, 2000 Share Posted December 25, 2000 Delicious low, dark, throbbing psytrance. Minimal.....perhaps. Not really hard; there doesn't seem to be any harsh edge to it but, don't mistake that for thinking it does not have the energy to blow you away. Its an even, slow, insidious trip that reminds me more of The Delta than anything else. Strong flowing tunes with the occasional overlay of other tempting noises. Very enjoyable. 8/10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest a_ozi Posted January 7, 2001 Share Posted January 7, 2001 A great album..... but "Polaris" was released on Pulse 7, and i already had 3 other songs so i could only give this album 4.5/10 as i have half the traks already. It would have been nice to at least get remixes or something a little different... as those 4 trax were released around 2 years ago. Anyway its a fresh fat sound thats worth hearing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jsbedard Posted February 15, 2001 Share Posted February 15, 2001 Excellent! A great job, sounds really fat, like COP, but more linear and progressive in the Planet BEN style. Very nices sounds. A must! 9/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Acidhive Posted February 16, 2001 Share Posted February 16, 2001 Well, you gotta like the squeaky dark style of Planet B.E.N. and X-Dream combined. I do, so this album is great IMO. Although I'm not so fond of the way they shorted that track Acid Soul, they made this version 3 minutes shorter than the original!! }:-( Well, nothing further to add than the fact that I like that track Polaris best!! That one is just sooo cool. Most people won't be charmed of the fact that most tracks on this one had already been released sometime before, this is mainly a collection. It seems they're working on a full cd again. Can't wait for that one. I'll just give this one 8/10... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dayer_technorulez[at]yahoo[dot]c Posted February 20, 2001 Share Posted February 20, 2001 i love it all... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AlexG Posted March 13, 2001 Share Posted March 13, 2001 great album...considering i only heard 1 track before, it doesn't matter for me that some have been already released, and they are all damn good. similar to c.o.p. (which is also jan's project), but darker, and with planet ben's squelchy influences. great stuff: heavy, powerful, hypnotic; perhaps best if heard outdoors...but any trance that is not best heard outdoors is not good trance, no? =) 8.5/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ShidapU Posted May 23, 2001 Share Posted May 23, 2001 This is not trance. this is minimal techno. and that is the truth. trance has melodies. this doesnt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Arthur Posted June 18, 2001 Share Posted June 18, 2001 Great album, unique sound , Super production Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SHIPADfuckU Posted June 28, 2001 Share Posted June 28, 2001 This album is magical, SPASTIC ELASTIC will aslways be an all time hit supperb quality psychedelia, ACID SOUL is also a classic , The Vacuum a very cool evolved in style track. 100/10 for all X-DREAM's and PLANET BEN's side projects Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TrippedOutGoaHippy Posted July 26, 2001 Share Posted July 26, 2001 the only good minimal! this and radio are JM masterpieces though other X-dream is great, these are classics! i hate minimal but this album is fucking awesome! i can't wait for a second cd, if there will ever be one, because Planet BEN sucks solo but with JM together they are hot! wow... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Cocco Posted December 19, 2001 Share Posted December 19, 2001 I think of all the powerful dark goatrance out there that is not minimal, and its sad that there is so few good ones. We got X-DREAM, Dark Soho, and several others, but the beautiful thing is the deep dark, and orginal melodies in Orgainic Noise! They are hypnotic and interesting! There is one track that does not climax ever, but the atmosphereic ambiance, visual sound FX, and psychedelic tides are enough to make you feel the story of the song. Its like riding in a boat down a dark tunnel to Hell! Its dark and evil and beautiful. I appreciate the fact that each track is very different. The music is powerful, dark, and stylish. It is not amazing, but people should not say that this is minimal because they don't like it. Believe me, this is NOT minimal! The truth is that this album is not as intricate and complex as Simon Postfords Hallucinogen, but who cares?! The track, "Labyrinth Of Colors " is a perfect example of the awesome, evil, and beautiful melody that I love so very much. This is true night goa and it is very well created! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest the dank man Posted December 23, 2001 Share Posted December 23, 2001 Powerful, one of the best. Very minimal, but very danceable. It definitely has the X-dream influence, more so than Delta's Scizoeffective. one of the best records in 2000. It's like a mixture of Spirallianz and Beat Bizarre, with just the right twist of X-dream's sharp octave-jumping high-frequency percs. personal favorites: 2,3,8. #8 is so good This is the kind of album which is responsible for me falling asleep at work. It's original and will no doubt be a classic album for 2000, like Radio for 1998. Thisw is the type of shit that takes psy-trance in new directions. So all of you tekno-haters like Shidapu above -- boring melodic trance is dead. This record is the future of goa trance -- 200 times more energy, 300 times more interesting and talented, pushing the limits. So accept it or go hang yourself on your interconnect cables now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rabbitakis[at]hotmail[dot]com Posted December 23, 2001 Share Posted December 23, 2001 SPASTIC ELASTIC _____ THE ____BEST____TRACK____ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Psychedelic AllabertA Posted January 27, 2002 Share Posted January 27, 2002 Well... Although it's called "organic noise", this one sounds extremely synthetic, kinda plastic and nylon-ish Amplifier is a powerful track, the rest is also listenable but not something I'd go crazy about... Rating: 6/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kiyan[at]goatrance[dot]com Posted February 3, 2002 Share Posted February 3, 2002 Got to disagree with 'the dank man' above. What do u call "boring melodic trance"? If whole genre is shit for u, then u know shit about music. This record has energy, but in different way then pure goa. U can't say that's far more energy, 'cause it's different kind of energy. However, the record is brilliant work done by Wierzoch and Mueller. U may not like it the first time, but laterz it will pull u into its versed vortex. Killer tracks: 1, 2,3 and 7. There is actually no bad track except track 5 which is just pointless beating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seraph Posted February 18, 2002 Share Posted February 18, 2002 Good album but nothing special actually...Both projects of X - DREAM and PLANET B.E.N. are better than this tempt to make very quality mixture...Better combination is FOOLS AND TOOLS that are just AMAZING !!!!!! This is a bit pretentious at the times and idiotic...Still SPASTIC ELASTIC is the best track here...Other good ones are POLARIS AND LABYRINTH OF COLOURS, Rest is less than average....6/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest [Anonymous] Posted February 23, 2002 Share Posted February 23, 2002 This is full-on mind bending tech-trance form the pioneers that are keep bringing us cutting edge music!!!!! 9/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest atanasg85[at]yahoo[dot]com Posted April 26, 2002 Share Posted April 26, 2002 Spastic Elastic is the most wonderful thing I've ever heard.The all compilation is BEAUTIFUL!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pamela Posted June 18, 2002 Share Posted June 18, 2002 I've had this album for a couple of years and every single time I play it I'm still amazed about something like this exists. It sounds new every time. Jan, you're such a genius, and you as well, Ben. I call this one of the scariest, creepiest, industrialist, trippiest, unexplained kind of music I've heard (besides anything by Spirallianz/X-Dream/The Delta). Polaris, Power Supply and Spastic Elastic are the best...the whole album is wonderful. Crazy sound effects! This kind of twisted music need no melodies. 10/10 from me, at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest h2o Posted July 6, 2002 Share Posted July 6, 2002 This is great Organic sound.Spastic Elastic-you must be a genious for make such a thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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