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Yellow Magnetic Star - Son Of The Light

 

Artist: Yellow Magnetic Star

Title: Son Of The Light

Label: Resonoise

Date: 2001

 

Track listing:

 

01. 05'16" Cosmic Dust (Ambient Version)

02. 07'48" Riding The Light

03. 08'31" Buddha Raga

04. 11'55" Journey To Hunabku

05. 06'27" Echos Of Life

06. 07'44" As The Galactic Spectrum

07. 09'33" Return Of Pacal Votan

08. 10'48" Cosmic Dust

 

Review:

 

It's difficult to make up my mind whether this is chill out or not,

because sometimes it sounds a little like melodic Goa, and then some tracks are

more chill out. Well, I'd still put this under chill out, since most of the

tracks are in that mould. This one is written by one guy, and I've never heard

of him before, but he delivers a great kinda chill album here in the Shpongle

mould. Starts off with Cosmic Dust, an ambient track with a girl humming a

little tune, coupled with great strings. Next up is Riding the Light which

sounds more goa like, it has a beat, and some acid sounds, there's also a

sitar in this one, which sounds pretty cool too. Next is another ambient like

track, with chanting from Gyoto Monks and Tibetan Nuns (or so is says in the

booklet). Reminds me of Shpongle and Celtic Cross. Then it's on to track 4,

the longest one, this has a guitar and a flute in it, and it does have a beat,

albeit very slowly. There's great work on melodies in this whole album and

that's great. I also think track 4 is the best of this cd. On to trac!

k 5: Sounds more Goa like, begins with weird vocoder effects and is one of the

more faster tracks. This is again very melodic, with some female voice again

en some nice strings. The occasional flute comes in. Overall, very melodic

piece of work and very reminiscent of Shpongle. Track 6 starts with a great

string, and really has a 'space' flavour around it. This one really suits the

cover best. It also has a quite normal beat, and sounds more Goa like again.

This one has a guitar in it again and sounds pretty good. Great work on the

strings here! Track 7: Starts with a basswave and some great strings and a

choir. Not bad, this. It also has a beat, and is about the fastest track on

this album. Track 8 is just like track 1, only longer, and has a beat in it.

Again, a real emphasis on melody here and this whole album has that melodic

flavour. There's absolutely no darkness or minimalism to be found here. I can

tell you this, if you like Shpongle or Celtic Cross, this album will su!

it you right. I give this 8,5/10 because it's been a while since I heard an

album like this. This album has a great 'spirit' so to speak, so if any of you

feel like trancing on a lot of good sounds an melodies, give this one a try. I

enjoyed it from beginning to end, and never got bored with it...!! Oh yeah,

the name of the guy that did it all is: Titin Moraga, and I've never heard of

him before, but at psyshop they said he was involved in theatre or something.

Ah, well, this album is just good, so grab it while it's still available!

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Guest soumyeah

super solid all around. down to mid tempo in the same general vein of

shpongle.. i.e. downtempo music with passion, power. often more than found in

the most full on blitzkriegs. eight point seven of ten for the rightbrained

among you.

 

this one you should buy.

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Guest iNFiNiTi500

It may have a shponglism feel to it it is not yet up to those impossible weird

standards, don't expect samba and opera on this one, although the rest is

there. Yellow Magnetic Star is exactly the ambient that I like: well built-up

songs with head and tail instead of eternal soundscapes, no Aphex Twin

ugliness and moreover it is really melodic and even psychedelic with lots of

back-to-the-India-roots sitars and stuff, a rarity these days. Thank God, no

sign of the Minimal or Dark 'Highway to Hell' inhere. Probably the 2nd best

ambient stuff released this year: 8.5/10.

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Guest cyberbaba[at]genie[dot]de

This album is really fantastic. Such beautiful intelligent sound is really rare

today... Buy this or you will miss something!!

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This CD is something magical... The whole CD should be listened to in order.

This stuff is just totally chilled out and relaxed. The production is quite

complex and has some nice vocals on this CD. Also this CD is not competely

ambient there is some sort of kickdrum in track 2 etc. But a very good output

from this artists.

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Guest Skaha

This is brilliant - very acoustic and musical (real sitar!) but with just

enough electronic psy Goa elements

to tweak your imagination - not so trippy and into the

wierd alternate universes as Shpongle but more in the

clear, transcendental vein of psy ambient - the work on

the melodies is breath-taking.

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Guest flurofrog[at]hotmail[dot]com

Woow!! This album is luscious, rich and enchanting. I listened to it 4 times

in a row when I got it home it was so yummy. It's as if Shpongle decided to

get together and make 4 on the floor style morning trance. Do you like the

sounds of crickets chirping in the forest and gurgling water noises all

blended in with drifting acoustic melodies? This is not your psy-tech zombie

music but neither does it lack beat - great dirt stomping tunes for that

sleepy sun rise set.

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This is a divine album with many beautiful stretches on its lush colourful

morning landscape. I have had this for a month now, and just picked up the new

Shpongle yesterday. This album is far smoother as a journey and not so

overloaded with sounds and fx as Shpngl but it definitely holds a similar

ethnic vein within its plastic cover. My highlight is track 5.... amazing

vocals and nice groovy bass. Infact the bass lines are what keeps the energy

up on much of this record. The production is very up-front and clear... a very

good thing. 9-10.

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Wow, what a fanstastic album. A very recent discovery for me and i am totally

addicted. The production is fanstastic, with the melodies absolutely

beautifull. This music is also very involving, a great change from most

ambient-dub 'wallpaper' music releases these days. Has to be one of the best

ambient albums i have ever heard, right up there with Shpongle.

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Guest Cosmic dust like oxygen headrush

This album is very nice, like acidhive above said it has great spirit, it's

positive but not cheese. Trancy ambient with ethnic influences, yumyum!

Favourites: 1,2,3,4,5,7,8 so I give it a 9+/10. Keep the spirit alive Titin!

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Guest psycosmo

2001 seems to have been quite a year for psytrance. This music takes me to

another world, especially tracks 2,3,8, but the whole CD is one amazing

journey and each track is its own place. This is good stuff to play for people

who aren't really into psychedelic or electronic music, a real statement of

its power as music

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very underestimated artist IMO. This is one of the best psy albums I have!!

It's some very mellow psy, which turns to chill-out at times, but incredibly

trippy, with loads of oriental influences. All tracks are very well built,

melodies have a nice progression. Best tracks: Buddha Raga (BTW don't let the

title fool you, it isn't reggae at all, not even dub!!) and Journey To Hunabku

which kinda reminds me of TIP - Mystical Experiences. 10/10 oh and also I

don't think this should be compared to Shpongle, I find it's quite different

from the Shpongle style, so don't think it's some sort of bad imitation or

anything.

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