Lemmiwinks Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 1. Fight or Die (Highko RMX) 2. Travel In Reverse 3. Crossing the Dateline 4. Motzetz Kus 5. Escalation 6. Calm Down 7. Level 25 8. BBQ With Mackles 9. 2 Headed Man 10. Not a Puppet Here comes another release from the new dark trance label Noise Poison (created by Highko and Naked Tourist). Basically you have 2 artists: Highko and Cosmo. They made a collaboration album under the name Highcosmos, then Cosmo released his solo project and now Highko released his own. So try not to get lost in all the "highs" and "comsos" lol This album is for me the culminating point of russian dark metallic trance. It contains some tracks made just by Highko and others as collaborations between him and Kindzadza (Fight or Die and Motzetz Kus and 2 Headed Man), Fullmoon F (BBQ With Mackies) and Alien Metal (Not a Puppet). Which is odd cause although other artists are involved, all the tracks sound the same!! They basically use all the "typical" russian trance ingredients but they're used a bit too often for my taste, giving it a kindof of "over the top" feeling. So basically Highko throws the same bag of tricks in your face over and over again in EACH track!! BUT I can understand why these tracks have the potential of ripping the dancefloor apart. All those breaks will certainly make anyone dancing go mad. So not really any use in making a track by track review since they all sound the same, I'll just say that personally I have mixed feelings about this album. Each track taken individually is for sure a killer but having 10 tracks sounding the same just becomes boring. And I would've gone for more organic sounds and less "screechy" sounds... 7,5/10 for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ov3rdos3 Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 1. Fight or Die (Highko RMX) 2. Travel In Reverse 3. Crossing the Dateline 4. Motzetz Kus 5. Escalation 6. Calm Down 7. Level 25 8. BBQ With Mackles 9. Not A Puppet Here comes another release from the new dark trance label Noise Poison. Basically you have 2 artists: Highko and Cosmo. They made a collaboration album under the name Highcosmos, then Highko released his own album and Cosmo will soon release his own as well. So try not to get lost in all the "highs" and "comsos" lol This album is for me the culminating point of russian dark metallic trance. It contains some tracks made just by Highko and others as collaborations between him and Kindzadza (Fight or Die and Motzetz Kus), Fullmoon F (BBQ With Mackies) and Alien Metal (Not a Puppet). Which is odd cause although other artists are involved, all the tracks sound the same!! They basically use all the "typical" russian trance ingredients but they're used a bit too often for my taste, giving it a kindof of "over the top" feeling. So basically Highko throws the same bag of tricks in your face over and over again in EACH track!! BUT I can understand why these tracks have the potential of ripping the dancefloor apart. All those breaks will certainly make anyone dancing go mad. So not really any use in making a track by track review since they all sound the same, I'll just say that personally I have mixed feelings about this album. Each track taken individually is for sure a killer but having 9 tracks sounding the same just becomes boring. And I would've gone for more organic sounds and less "screechy" sounds... 7,5/10 for me 571569[/snapback] As an album, im not sure its something i would sit and listen to from start to finish. Too similar as you mention, but regardless of that, for mixing etc, there are some insane tunes on this album. BBQ with Mackles being the highlight tune of the album for me. Really well produced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemmiwinks Posted July 20, 2006 Author Share Posted July 20, 2006 ah yes I agree that BBQ With Mackies is the standout of this album (killer name too, I can just imagine in which situation the artists made the track ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ov3rdos3 Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 Another great dark psy tune ive been listening to fairly often. Barak - Insane Tenticle It has sound samples from the video game "Day of the Tenticle". Really good tune. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supergroover Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 i havent heard the album yet.. but i can imagine what it sounds like since i recently heard a highko liveset.. that was very psychedelic but indeed way too does he use the same tricks.. and its way too fast to keep dancing. Will check the album out for sure.. But i doubt it will get on my shopping list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeller Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 Very good indeed but all the tracks have the same sound indeed.. but very nice trance.. my favorite style of psytrance btw cosmo allready released an albim this year (Gravity) and motzetz kus is highko vs metallaxis nit highko vs kindzadza.. some sites say it is highko vs kindzada but on noise poison site and some others it stands it is metallaxis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeller Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 i havent heard the album yet.. but i can imagine what it sounds like since i recently heard a highko liveset.. that was very psychedelic but indeed way too does he use the same tricks.. and its way too fast to keep dancing. Will check the album out for sure.. But i doubt it will get on my shopping list. 571809[/snapback] if it's too fast then you are too old Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alleycat Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 Love BBQ with Mackies, but I think my favorite is the rmx of Kindzadza-FIght or Die. I love when a remix keeps the feel of the original song, even better if it adds to it, as this does. Its always a bummer to hear what is supposed to be a remix and you cant tell how its supposed to be a remix. Thanks Highko, for keeping true to Leo's vision! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yossi126 Posted August 24, 2006 Share Posted August 24, 2006 HAHA Motzetz Kus in Hebrew is - pussy sucking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ov3rdos3 Posted August 24, 2006 Share Posted August 24, 2006 2 Headed man is brilliant. really well produced and it changes often enough for it not to be boring. The best tune on the album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glyphcult Posted August 24, 2006 Share Posted August 24, 2006 well, I Love this album Highko rules from beginning to end even if he is using the same trick!!! One of the best psytrance producer around!!! ...Fuck this is crazy, insane, tense fast & hard the kind of stuff I do love!! Fasten your seat belt cos' it will kick some arss definitely!!! my fav since a long time!!! And for a long time too!!! and yeaaaahhhh BBQ with makies whaooooo!! never heard a track like that b4 in psychedelic trance!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sawfly Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 Very good stuff actually. Took me a while to digest this one. A solid 4/5 from me :clapping: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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