Guy Cohen Posted September 30, 2006 Share Posted September 30, 2006 Eskimo - Balloonatic Part 2 (Phantasm Records) 1) READY TO ROCK 144 And..we're off! A trademark, patented Eskimo spooky harp riff kicks things off as a dirty ass melody spirals up to meet the kick on the bassline, building & building around weaving synths, spiked electronic breakbeats and clattering percussion "I-am-ready-to-ROCK!! as the Beastie boys say... 2) MY KIND OF MUSIC 145 A skewered indian vocal melody, gated beyond recognition ushers in a tough, bass driven 303 workout, with huge rises that wash over a typically - for Eskimo - spiky yet catchy melody. "We have no choice but to keep moving"... 3) ARE YOU SERIOUS? 146 Things are starting to get serious now as an absolute classic slice of Eskimo hits the airwaves, RU Serious? is a masterclass in mutation, injecting the spirit of psychedelia into a re-construction of a hard house classic from back in the day, a genre busting floor filler equally at home on the beaches of Brazil or the main room at the Ministry Of Sound.. 4) ESCAPE THE UK 145 staying on the hard dance tip, "Escape" is a hard as f*ck metallic stomper... Swarming synths rise and fall and dissolve from the fiercest melodies in to the sweetest pads and back within the space of a few seconds... With a huge, building rise punctuated by the kind of off-footing bleeps & ticks that Eskimo has made his own, this is what the most adventurous of dj's out there will use to conquer the floor... 5) SEX-A-HOLIC 143 A bittersweet, hallucinogenic backwards refrain heralds the arrival of a rock solid kick & bass combination before a robotised yet soulful vocal bursts out of the speakers.. and then things really hot up and the track burns its way through a series of crescendos and breaks like a hot knife thru butter... No-one else out there is marrying styles together as successfully as this, while still managing to fill the floor with frenzied dancers.. THIS IS THE REAL DEAL! 6) STAY WHERE YOU ARE! 144 An achingly beautiful yet tense melody opens this stormer before the beats kick in & all hell breaks loose, featuring a mutoid gunslinger cut up rock 'n' roll guitar break, this is the sound you would get if you threw Altern 8, the KLF and AC/DC into a blender with about 4 grams of speed.. 7) CARNIVALIUM 146 Carnival music for the hallucination generation - a spellbinding concoction that somehow splices balls to the wall distorted acid riffs with good time Mexican fiesta music so skillfully that you cant see the join, only revel in the unique surging, powerhouse hybrid that it creates. On an album as good as this its almost impossible to say that any one track stands head and shoulders above the others but this one of a kind masterpiece certainly achieves it.. 8) HAPPY LEPSIA RMX 145 The Pixel original classic of last year burned itself into the consciousness of the party massive, and this Eskimo take on things unbelievably wrings even more energy out of this powerhouse tune, dirtying it up and making the vocal rant even more venomous. The sound of civilization breaking down... and nobody cares... A protest song for the 21st century 9) RADIO SUCKS 148 Warm, evolving strings, sweet but with a menacing edge preface another slice of Eskimo mayhem. A breakneck rocker that, in typically perverse Eskimo style speeds & slows by turns, sometimes sounding as if its grinding to a halt before shaking itself off and making a dash for the stratosphere, while giving voice to yet another vicious rant about the "chart-topping, teeny bopping horse shit on the radio".. 10) TIME TO GET SERIOUS 145 Almost impossibly, the album goes out on a high, as Time to get Serious, with 8 bit classic Streetfighter 2 soundbites puncturing its every turn takes the listener on an amphetamine rush of a journey.. Think of watching Apocalypse Now! on mescalin, in a sports bar owned by Hunter S. Thompson, downing rounds of tequila slammers with yer mates to get an idea of the feel of this monster evocation of the joys of arcade gaming... FINAL ROUND! http://www.psyshop.com/shop/CDs/ptm/ptm1cd159.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest antic Posted September 30, 2006 Share Posted September 30, 2006 anyone else has the impression it's a promo text, just paragraphed to describe individual tracks? and how come his english got so good all of a sudden? I can't understand half of the words he used... besides, the review seems too positive for this site, considering the general consensus amongst forumers regarding Eskimo's work, so it should be removed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrozenRealm Posted October 1, 2006 Share Posted October 1, 2006 Yeah, candyraverglowstickhorror it is.... stay away from this piece of plastic if you care about keeping the scene a bit intelligent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abasio Posted October 1, 2006 Share Posted October 1, 2006 "Almost impossibly, the album goes out on a high" this sounds like the album was so crap that it is impossible to believe that the last track couldn't be shit. At least to me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pr0fane Posted October 1, 2006 Share Posted October 1, 2006 Full on meets hardtrance... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrozenRealm Posted November 25, 2006 Share Posted November 25, 2006 Yes... boooooring under-mediocre full on not worth listening too at all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jikkenteki Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 does anybody ACTUALLY know how this album is? 649788[/snapback] I own it and, at the risk of ruining whatever little reputation I may have here, I will admit I actually rather enjoy it. Then again I seem to enjoy a lot of music that somehow isn't cool to enjoy so I guess all you can do is listen with an open mind and decide for yourself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEMO.BOFH Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 I own it and, at the risk of ruining whatever little reputation I may have here, I will admit I actually rather enjoy it. Then again I seem to enjoy a lot of music that somehow isn't cool to enjoy so I guess all you can do is listen with an open mind and decide for yourself. 651323[/snapback] I didnt enjoy it because I think its good, but I am amazed by the production of this album though Good work... but definetly not my cup o tea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goa Bill Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 I didnt enjoy it because I think its good, but I am amazed by the production of this album though Good work... but definetly not my cup o tea 651346[/snapback] Yes, the kid has some nice sounds, gotta give him that much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traveller Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 anyone else has the impression it's a promo text, just paragraphed to describe individual tracks? and how come his english got so good all of a sudden? I can't understand half of the words he used... Yes, GC didn't write it, that much is for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neilz Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 puke 651490[/snapback] Jesus you're right. The first track sounds like one of those awful generic pop-trance tracks that started getting into the british charts around 8 years ago. Yuk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adakt Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 shity full on, generic trance, wuteva. well produced album, to me this is blastin musik, it can make me dance anyday. awesome talent, fun album, bunch of tracks are dancefloor material. eskimo blastz dancefloors all ova!! peace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sideffect... Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 he has talent, if you listen to the album you notice that but it's not my style, I believe when he's older one day he will suprise me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adakt Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 yea! the kid keeps gettin better every year so he will probably impress U. and uhh gutty is it? the fact that something is not "your style" and that YOU dont like it, doesnt mean it SUCKS! and that it deserves to be called SHIT, cuzzzzzz u kno the guy is big, people do pay to see him and people really! fuckin dance at his parties, so maybe HE doesnt suck, but anyway i respect ur opinion, u dont like it thats fine, have it ur way, i dont give. and im not 12, im 20. being 12 has nothing to do with havin bad taste on music, when i was 12 and i listened to mozart and learned about classical music, how being called 12 can be offensive to me?... what did u hear when u were 12? huh?..... peace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moodswing Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 I listen to uk psychedelic trance like Aphid Moon, Prometheus, EVP, Error Corrective...Still, I find this album very enjoyable...There is certain amount of energy that pumps me up every time...And "Time to get serious" is one of my all-time favourites... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ov3rdos3 Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 The R U Serious track is pretty cool. Probably coz I liked the old original hardhouse version years ago. The rest of the album is utter tripe though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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