Bamboo Forest - XPlorer

[Guest rx7style]

Bamboo Forest - XPlorer

 

 

Artist: Bamboo Forest

Title: XPlorer

Label: Dragonfly

Date: 2000

 

Track listing:

 

01. Vekto

02. XPlorer

 

Review:

 

Another great release from these psychedelic Francophone_s 8^) I absolutely

love the style of Bamboo Forest, and always buy their releases as they

integrate so well into any psytrance set, are guaranteed to rock the dance

floor, and crack a big smile on your face! Vekto takes a little while to

really get going, as the beginning is dark and atmospheric, and then after a

minute the nice fat beats come in. From there on in, it's a roller coaster of

mind bending effects, syncopated rhythms, and great sonic manipulation.

Crunchy sounds similar to GMS [and like in Shakta _ Kick The Baby], but not

overdone like GMS. There's never really any breaks, but you get a kick drum,

some high-hat, bass line and beats in a few places, then the kick ass crazy,

dark melodic crunchy sounds start whirling around again and the track ends

with some nice darker atmospheric sounds. Great variation in this track... a

joy to listen to, 9.5/10. Xplorer starts off sounding like old-school

atmospheric goa intros used to, and wastes no time getting to the

nitty-gritty. Very melodic again, but in a darker sense which I absolutely

love. More phasor effects, very innovative and unique -- sounds that I don't

really hear with many other artists... similar to a Digitalis/Shakta style,

but not so full-on. Around the middle of the track, there's lots of bleeps and

computer noises, tastefully and musically inserted, that add to the craziness

of the track. A big break in the middle leads into more hard bass line and

then the track really kicks into that crunchy Bamboo Forest style, with dark

melodies. Mmmmmm, so very very very good, 9.5/10. Another classic release in

my opinion, combining the best of so many sub-genres of psytrance into one

harmonious blend. Well done Bamboo Forest.

[Guest Mugufu]

Sick tracks. =)