old vs new Koxbox

[visine]

Just listened to teir first Forever After album after a long time.

All I can say is WOW..yes after all this time this is still incredible stuff. New U-turn CD is much cleaner production wise, but musically speaking nowhere near Forever After. I've always adored Dragon Tales and Headlines EP which I think is their peak, but Forever After is a bona fide all time classic every Trance lover should have in his/her collection.

[qa2pir]

You should listen to U-Turn and hear how much work they put in on the buildups and everything, I think much more work than on their debut album.

[supergroover]

i think all albums rock. but old rocks more than new.

[Time_Trap]

i think all albums rock. but old rocks more than new.

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yes, old one has some different magic & was/is more special and unique

but the new one isn't bad at all..

[healium]

I didn't get into "Forever After" that much - sounds to me like a lot of other old-school goa...

 

Sort of like X-Dream's first album - "Trip to Tranceslvannia" - that one didn't impress me much either...

[traveller]

I don't like any of their albums

[visine]

You should listen to U-Turn and hear how much work they put in on the buildups and everything, I think much more work than on their debut album.

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you got to be kiddin' Listen to any track on Headlines EP...there is like a million unique buildups in every track. They have a spiral like structure totally unpredictable....and they said it themselves, cycles are boring. spirals are fun

[radi6404]

I think dragon tales is their best album, havn´t listened to the new album though, how is it, is it fullonish or oldschoolish? If it is oldschoolish i will give it a try, the stuff they produced has always had some magic, it gives me a quite impressive feeling which i can´t describe easily.

[Basilisk]

It will not satisfy the die-hard old school purist, but the new one is still interesting ear candy and good for the modern dance floor.

[visine]

It will not satisfy the die-hard old school purist, but the new one is still interesting ear candy and good for the modern dance floor.

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Agreed. By no means is the new one bad, but if you had your choice what would it be?

[Basilisk]

Forever After, of course... it was one of the very first trance CDs I ever purchased, and it suits a much wider contextual spectrum... just this summer I let it play out on an unreasonably loud system in the middle of the woods at a remote cabin in Northern Ontario in the heart of the night... sat back in the cedar-lined hot tub and gazed at the stars... imagine that, if you will. U-Turn would never achieve the same effect. It is designed with a specialized purpose in mind... but I do not spend very much time on the dance floor... hence U-Turn will not receive nearly as much play as the classic Forever After.

[radi6404]

Forever After, of course... it was one of the very first trance CDs I ever purchased, and it suits a much wider contextual spectrum... just this summer I let it play out on an unreasonably loud system in the middle of the woods at a remote cabin in Northern Ontario in the heart of the night... sat back in the cedar-lined hot tub and gazed at the stars... imagine that, if you will. U-Turn would never achieve the same effect. It is designed with a specialized purpose in mind... but I do not spend very much time on the dance floor... hence U-Turn will not receive nearly as much play as the classic Forever After.

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what a system, i am itnerested in very loud systems

[RTP]

Old Koxbox was great

 

new Koxbox ... mmmmmmmh ... I dunno too much of it to be honest, but mmmmmh ... on the first listen it's not as good as the older stuff.

[visine]

Forever After, of course... it was one of the very first trance CDs I ever purchased, and it suits a much wider contextual spectrum... just this summer I let it play out on an unreasonably loud system in the middle of the woods at a remote cabin in Northern Ontario in the heart of the night... sat back in the cedar-lined hot tub and gazed at the stars... imagine that, if you will. U-Turn would never achieve the same effect. It is designed with a specialized purpose in mind... but I do not spend very much time on the dance floor... hence U-Turn will not receive nearly as much play as the classic Forever After.

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yep, loks like he's also agreeing that cycles are boring and spirals are fun

[visine]

Forever After, of course... it was one of the very first trance CDs I ever purchased, and it suits a much wider contextual spectrum... just this summer I let it play out on an unreasonably loud system in the middle of the woods at a remote cabin in Northern Ontario in the heart of the night... sat back in the cedar-lined hot tub and gazed at the stars... imagine that, if you will. U-Turn would never achieve the same effect. It is designed with a specialized purpose in mind... but I do not spend very much time on the dance floor... hence U-Turn will not receive nearly as much play as the classic Forever After.

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yep, loks like he's also agreeing that cycles are boring and spirals are fun

[Goa Bill]

My favorite is The Great Unknown. The previous albums were interesting but a bit too random for me. I prefer the structures of TGU. The Saikopod album was nice as well and the last is a dancefloor killlar. For better and worse.

[Oopie]

I lick em all, I lick em good.

[radi6404]

My favorite is The Great Unknown. The previous albums were interesting but a bit too random for me. I prefer the structures of TGU. The Saikopod album was nice as well and the last is a dancefloor killlar. For better and worse.

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Is it really a dancefloor killargh, did koxbox jump also in the fullon bandwagon, in the rooling bassline bandwagon, unbelieavable

[abasio]

Is it really a dancefloor killargh, did koxbox jump also in the fullon bandwagon, in the rooling bassline bandwagon, unbelieavable

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Some of the new album is indeed quite fullon but I would not say that Koxbox has jumped on the fullon bandwagon because the full on tracks on U-Turn are really quite good. I liked them more than the more proggy tracks.

 

My favourite album is dragon tales followed by U-Turn

[Time_Trap]

Some of the new album is indeed quite fullon but I would not say that Koxbox has jumped on the fullon bandwagon because the full on tracks on U-Turn are really quite good. I liked them more than the more proggy tracks.

 

My favourite album is dragon tales followed by U-Turn 

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I didn't even hear any proggy tracks :S just technoid ones... I liked them..

[abasio]

I didn't even hear any proggy tracks :S just technoid ones... I liked them..

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Sorry, not proggy but more proggy sounding to me!

[phobium]

My vote is for old.

[Rupture]

My vote is for old.

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+1

[reger]

i think this phrase has never been more appropriate:

OLD!

[Guest Cosmogenesis]

Can't compare "Forever After" with the new koxbox stuff. The feeling isn't definitely the same... Sometimes, I doubt that their newest productions, as the last "U-Turn" album, contain some feelings inside...