Guest Deku81 Posted May 2, 2000 Share Posted May 2, 2000 Rip Van Hippy - Waking Up Is Hard To Do Artist: Rip Van Hippy Title: Waking Up Is Hard To Do Label: Psy-Harmonics Date: 1997 Track listing: 01. 05'25" Eventually 02. 05'46" No Beginning, No End 03. 06'31" Surf Mars 04. 06'53" I Couldn't Talk 05. 05'53" Dumbeka 06. 05'29" How Hip Is A Computer 07. 05'59" Oops, Wrong Comet 08. 06'39" Dude Descending A Staricase 09. 06'04" Diabet 10. 06'42" Wake Up And Start Dreaming Review: This is too weird for me. Blips and blops in a pattern that I don't like. For me this is just a bunch of sounds mixed together in a strange way. There are so many different sounds and noises in every track that it is annoying. The melodies never go on for a long time, they're cut off after 30 seconds or so all the time. Some sounds are cool though, but most are not. I never really liked Psy Harmonics stuff and this is no exception. Some songs that are listenable like #2,#3, and #10 but the rest I can't stand. Typical Psy Harmonics release that may be good if you're high or anything but not my cup o tea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Cnt97 Posted May 2, 2000 Share Posted May 2, 2000 Great stuff from Psy-Harmonics! Weirdness! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest step_beyond[at]yahoo[dot]com Posted May 16, 2000 Share Posted May 16, 2000 This LP is from 1997 and is still 100% fresh unlike many other trance releases..one of my favourite albums..I consider it a landmark cd that has influenced many artists-Rip van Hippy's music is at the forefront of electronic psychedelia !!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nervo_servo[at]hotmail[dot]com Posted November 16, 2000 Share Posted November 16, 2000 GREAT....................... AMAZING...................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest memetical Posted November 30, 2000 Share Posted November 30, 2000 Absolutely lovely. Listened to this one every day for quite a while (ahem, SOBER, deku81 ...). Only stuff that touches this is PelinPala on Demon Tea. I wonder if PelinPala is a RVH tribute band ... The Rip Van Hippy follow-up album is pretty good ... mostly at the end ... but it definitely doesn't rock like this one. Oh, and to those who can't dig this (namely mister first post up there), throw away the fucking GMS + Space Tribe + Minimal Teutonic Fuckface Polka and learn to rock properly, this CD is all class. Tips: pick up: all Texas Faggott, Free As + Edges R Fun, Odd Harmonic, PelinPala, Soul Oddity, and Mouse on Mars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kauha[at]hotmail[dot]com Posted February 21, 2001 Share Posted February 21, 2001 i think it´s a great album! one of the most innovative and free albums i know of. and i defenitely agree that the mister on the top row should concider taking a few more drops of acid. i also think that there has been lot´s of good album s after this one wich are ass free and innovative like somebody mentioned here : keeps on korf, PelinPala on demon Tea, ju ju Space jazz on matsuri, texas faggot on psy harmonics all these sounds are fresh and very very difrent from your avarage psy-trance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest trjisk Posted November 15, 2001 Share Posted November 15, 2001 this is a great album imo, just don't listen to it expecting pounding dancefloor material, this stuff is more chilled out, FULL of atmosphere, lots of indian influences but not in the same way that's been done so many times before - it's a little more twisted here =) yep it's definitly the goods. On another subject, I'd just like to voice my approval for memetical's taste (a few posts up from this), mouse on mars indeed make some great tunes. In fact I might compare some of their stuff to this rip stuff, the atmosphere is similar even thought the styles are completely different. I'm particularly thinking of the "Iaora Tahiti" album. Some of you out there might really like this album I think, even though it's not trance... (No, I am not from mouse on mars or their record company!=) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest [Anonymous] Posted November 27, 2001 Share Posted November 27, 2001 TOTALLY ROCKING STUFF!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest galacta Posted March 7, 2002 Share Posted March 7, 2002 nice album!! 2 play on a peacelovin', sunny day! nice sound, but not so dance-friendly, i couldn't talk is a fantastic track! surf mars too!! -peace- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest [Anonymous] Posted May 15, 2002 Share Posted May 15, 2002 An exellent album altogether, much better than "When Bernie was a tree" If I have to name one track that really stands out, it definetly is "How hip is a Computer?" ...kickass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procs Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 one of the best albums ever!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agia_igoumeni Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 one of the best albums ever!!!! 497865[/snapback] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qa2pir Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 Very funky stuff. Weird atmosphere. "No Beginning, No End", "I Couldn't Talk" and "Diabet" are so excellent. He uses samples and cuts things up but it's still psytrance and can be very emotional, but most of all atmospheric and funky. 8/10 (some tracks are not equally superb to those above mentioned, but all are of high standard) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeathPosture Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 +1 This album is a rare treat. It really trancends time. Sounds as fresh now as it did back then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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