buzzman Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 so far we only had 1 artist that promoted himself via a fake account, and I think you know who that was Who did that? what artist? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caffein:me Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 Im' still crying blood, because my lack of funds Gotta wait for next month... WANT IT SO BADLY ;( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erezblm Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 only after the 3rd or 4th listen i understood how much this album is fantastic. such a magical sound. its just getting better and better each listen i give it. Transcendent is amazing, so nice to listen. also Other Self is great, im in love with it. the intro it very weird. weird and stupid i guess. but somehow i like hearing it... maybe just to remmember how weird that voice is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pariksit Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 altough im not even finished listening to it, some quick thoughts. I think its a wonderful release, perhaps a bit dull at starters, but then it gets realy good. 6 and 7 are realy blissful, complex tracks. Its been a while that a song (in this case two!) could carry me away like that just from listening to it once. This is pure emotion and bliss running from top to bottom! i just cant wait to listen to this album again and again, I feels very deep, complex but also superb balanced. great job :clapping: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tessemi Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 Just "bought" this from the internet It sounded fantastic. I can feel this will grow on me. I'll probably listen to it in the train like I always do when an album needs to gain my full attention And when I have the money I'll buy it again Promise! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helios909 (rx7style) Posted May 23, 2008 Share Posted May 23, 2008 B E A U T I F U L ! ! ! I will write a review after more listens, but this is what I like to hear. The sound has evolved since the last release, but the nuances of the "old" sound are still there. Masterful production, liquid smooth delivery, and musically phrased. What else could you ask for? Sure, I liked some tracks more than others, but there isn't a poor track on this album. I just let the journey happen, and I wasn't disappointed. Thank you for blessing us with your gift!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frozen dream Posted May 23, 2008 Author Share Posted May 23, 2008 Who did that? what artist? lost buddha? or somebody from metapsychic i think balloon_fight, but i can't remember what it was all about again... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longloststar Posted May 23, 2008 Share Posted May 23, 2008 Wonderful review, Jon Cocco, and some nice insights in the concluding paragraph. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kathmandu Posted May 23, 2008 Share Posted May 23, 2008 i don't really like new school goa(except for khetzal) compared to old school. but this album is tops. have been listening to it again and again at different times in the last few days. those crystalline psychedelic visions. and colourful petals and feathers falling. i can imagine having emotional and blissful moments on the dancefloor, dancing to this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helios909 (rx7style) Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 Yes this album is something special indeed. I put the lights out, the headphones on, laid back in my chair and closed my eyes; the precise requirements for slipping into a sensational listening experience unique to 9th. What a wonderful feeling to be taken away through a portal to goa, a wonderful blend of sounds that at no time are unwanted, your every minds desire sated in the form of music. You know those gum commercials where they show you this ridiculous scenario of experiencing the feeling of "what it's like to chew this gum!" Well, the previous statement is my experience of 9th in a start to finish listen akin to the commercials. An intense and overwhelmingly plush sensation of happiness. I mean, isn't that what this is all about? If you feel the connection between certain music and your being, mind you not everyone will have the same connection, that allows me to express my appreciation for the album and rate it highly. This is one of those albums; for me. I don't even need to write a review about each individual track, because while some parts I enjoyed more, the experience was overall so pleasureable that I need not separate or differentiate the entire scope of music. Buy the album, see if when you listen you feel and have that experience, then you too can write a resplendent review of an album that enriched your life as much as Ra, Christer, has for myself and others. Isn't that worth $20? One of the best deals you can make in your life. BTW, thank you Alchemist HiFi, Sennheiser, Cardas, and Pro-Ject for being a major contributor to the equation. H Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sideffect... Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 i don't really like new school goa(except for khetzal) compared to old school. but this album is tops. have been listening to it again and again at different times in the last few days. those crystalline psychedelic visions. and colourful petals and feathers falling. i can imagine having emotional and blissful moments on the dancefloor, dancing to this. well khetzal and this album are imo the most 2 albums who are like actual goatrance and not like new skool... the pattern and kick off the baseline + atmosphere is what we we expect if been talked about goatrance 1994 - 1998 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erezblm Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 well khetzal and this album are imo the most 2 albums who are like actual goatrance and not like new skool... the pattern and kick off the baseline + atmosphere is what we we expect if been talked about goatrance 1994 - 1998 I agree. actually I think that this RA CD is the most old school I heard for years. Finally some real goatrance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
draeke Posted May 25, 2008 Share Posted May 25, 2008 Hi everyone! as i wrote on discogs, the album is a masterpiece, i have heard in my life a LOT of oldschool stuff and believe me there is some magical vibe to this one, i really admire a producer that despite the difficult times we are living musically speaking, managed to concentrate the essence of what used to be the music that had us dancing and dreaming. Regarding the chit chat above of being an album with no soul, i ask to the guy if he managed to find any soul in the modern produced material. To me it is impossible to find.. and if you say oldies were always better, ok i can agree but remember that these oldies are somehow magical because we all have great memories of parties, situations, atmospheres that were created because it was THE THINGh, everywhere the music played was the same and there was somehow a vibe over the world that was simply different. If theoretically right now they would play only oldschool music at every party everywhere in the world the vibe globally would change, both on the producers and on the people but this wont happen as for now for what i see. But back to the album i can say it has a balanced structure and the order of the tracks is also very well chosen, we build up to an apex of the fastest and most delirious track in the middle to get down and get more deep an mature to the tracks towards the end. So really overall, if u miss this album, you are missing a true piece of art. It will build its own history on its own, there wont be any need to speak furthermore from my side. Big respect to the artist for his work and all his dedication and a big thanks to the suntrippers for bringing us another gem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyHorse Posted May 25, 2008 Share Posted May 25, 2008 Hi everyone! as i wrote on discogs, the album is a masterpiece, i have heard in my life a LOT of oldschool stuff and believe me there is some magical vibe to this one, i really admire a producer that despite the difficult times we are living musically speaking, managed to concentrate the essence of what used to be the music that had us dancing and dreaming. Regarding the chit chat above of being an album with no soul, i ask to the guy if he managed to find any soul in the modern produced material. To me it is impossible to find.. and if you say oldies were always better, ok i can agree but remember that these oldies are somehow magical because we all have great memories of parties, situations, atmospheres that were created because it was THE THINGh, everywhere the music played was the same and there was somehow a vibe over the world that was simply different. If theoretically right now they would play only oldschool music at every party everywhere in the world the vibe globally would change, both on the producers and on the people but this wont happen as for now for what i see. But back to the album i can say it has a balanced structure and the order of the tracks is also very well chosen, we build up to an apex of the fastest and most delirious track in the middle to get down and get more deep an mature to the tracks towards the end. So really overall, if u miss this album, you are missing a true piece of art. It will build its own history on its own, there wont be any need to speak furthermore from my side. Big respect to the artist for his work and all his dedication and a big thanks to the suntrippers for bringing us another gem sorry dude, can't agree, this has soul! electronic music has a soul, but maybe some electronic has less or no soul, could be...i see in this an artists soul, working 3 years on this, i think it is a bit arrogant to say this has no soul because its just electronic music??!! this album is pure emotion, it touches me as hard as deep old skool jazz or nice classical music of Mozart or piano music of Ravel!!! this album is deep, melodic and well composed, so that's soul, it's music, it's made by humans, it has a soul to me! but we must disagree on something i guess, the rest of your review sounds like no different from my opinion! this is my cd of the year, the last years, one of the best cd's in my collection, feel free to browse it on discogs, there are a lot of cd's, and well, this is one of the best!!! just saying it, i like this extremely much!!!! just trying to make my point stronger, nothing more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caffein:me Posted May 25, 2008 Share Posted May 25, 2008 Damn you... why do you all mog me for Not-having Ra 9th? It's a conspiracy i tell ya! Those post just makes my craving towards that album even bigger, i wish there was some cd shop in Copenhagen that had it. but so far it seems that psyshop are the only ones selling it. But soon i will have it!! as soon as i gain a hold of my brothers visa! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
draeke Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 happyhorse.. you were answering to me? i said the cd HAS a soul.. not the opposite.. i said that in many new cds there is no soul but not in this one.. or maybe u just quoted me to answer to the other dude.?? otherwise i have to review my post if it seems i wrote something else.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abasio Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 happyhorse.. you were answering to me? i said the cd HAS a soul.. not the opposite.. i said that in many new cds there is no soul but not in this one.. or maybe u just quoted me to answer to the other dude.?? otherwise i have to review my post if it seems i wrote something else.. I think it was this line that you wrote Regarding the chit chat above of being an album with no soul, i ask to the guy if he managed to find any soul in the modern produced material. To me it is impossible to find.. which sounds like you accept that this album has no soul because no modern music does, or could have been misconstrued as that. For me all Ra's music is full of soul. Some people can't imagine that electronic music can have soul & I think that happyhorse has mistaken you for one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
draeke Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 I think it was this line that you wrote which sounds like you accept that this album has no soul because no modern music does, or could have been misconstrued as that. For me all Ra's music is full of soul. Some people can't imagine that electronic music can have soul & I think that happyhorse has mistaken you for one ah yes. you are right, that is badly written. what i wanted to say was: if he managed to find in modern produced discs of other genres, like the general mainstream psytrance released, or the full on stuff, som.e soul. that to me is hard to find and i was mentioning that this one and several others goatrance releases produced now have a soul. my apology for my terrible english but it would have been non coherent with my whole post the idea of no soul in ra, no? well anyway, the album is just wonderfoul! i heard it like 15 times already and works very well.. starting to love very much the final track.. so deep and enchanting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djzen Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 Hi everyone! as i wrote on discogs, the album is a masterpiece, i have heard in my life a LOT of oldschool stuff and believe me there is some magical vibe to this one, i really admire a producer that despite the difficult times we are living musically speaking, managed to concentrate the essence of what used to be the music that had us dancing and dreaming. Regarding the chit chat above of being an album with no soul, i ask to the guy if he managed to find any soul in the modern produced material. To me it is impossible to find.. and if you say oldies were always better, ok i can agree but remember that these oldies are somehow magical because we all have great memories of parties, situations, atmospheres that were created because it was THE THINGh, everywhere the music played was the same and there was somehow a vibe over the world that was simply different. If theoretically right now they would play only oldschool music at every party everywhere in the world the vibe globally would change, both on the producers and on the people but this wont happen as for now for what i see. But back to the album i can say it has a balanced structure and the order of the tracks is also very well chosen, we build up to an apex of the fastest and most delirious track in the middle to get down and get more deep an mature to the tracks towards the end. So really overall, if u miss this album, you are missing a true piece of art. It will build its own history on its own, there wont be any need to speak furthermore from my side. Big respect to the artist for his work and all his dedication and a big thanks to the suntrippers for bringing us another gem Really well said, Fede! You took out words from my mouth... Let's have a great summer with this new great album and get some memories to tell about it in years... Thanx Suntrip Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Cosmogenesis Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 It’s been some months that I disappeared totally from this forum and from other net places, and I failed to my promise to not comeback. But I received the “9th” a week ago and I absolutely wanted to leave a comment there, especially because I noticed some very unfair critics about this unbelievable release on the review section… I’ll try to be short: for me, - and without exaggeration -, this is the BEST GOA ALBUM OF THE DECADE!! And you will tell me why? It’s been some years that such deep & “authentic” spiritual sounds didn’t cross my ears. Last great albums I heard were probably “Corolle” of Khetzal, “Anima Mundi” of Ethereal and the unfortunate “Earth Crossing” album from Chi-a.d. back in 2002. I don’t forget of course the Blue Moon releases of RA & D5 which came as a benediction back in 2000 when 90% of the psy scene played minimal or “non-sense” music. Don’t misunderstand me: that doesn’t mean that quality goa music is a rarity today : of course, there is plenty of good goa songs nowadays, talented artists exist, but I can’t remember a recent single track among all of them that had this rare power to touch me so much emotionally like “Transcendent” and “Other Self” did. I literarily felt from my chair, speechless, while I give them the first listening, and I had to listen them 3-4 times in a row to believe it!! I don’t like comparison because they are not so objective but, for example, I love Khetzal album, it was a very beautiful and creative artpiece, perfectly produced and well inspired, but we definitely reach another dimension with RA. As a return to the source, their tracks transcend me (that’s the primitive goal & meaning of “trance”, isn’t it ?), I get shivers while listening to them, because they contain this direct physical effect (heritage of the 90’s) that can transport you out there, to other states of consciousness. I’m sad to say, even as former manager, that I rarely felt such feeling during the past years, even if I had the opportunity to hear lot of good goa tracks. Now, stating that RA has “no soul” as some guys told it in the review section is strictly a pleonasm, because if RA music isn’t spiritual, therefore I’m afraid that today spiritual goa music is almost nonexistent, to not say in complete dying out. This album will stay easily in my stereo for some years, as I’m still listening and learning from “To Sirius” since 2002. The great thing with RA music is that there is always something to explore after each listening and I never get bored to listen to it again and again, because it’s the result of years of work that can’t pass unnoticed. After “9th”, nothing else can impress me more now. I’ll be back on this forum for his next album (RA promised to not let us “to be alone” at the end of “9th”, and we definitely need more music from them), or when the 3rd album of Dimension 5 (“Transdimensional 2” or “Third Phaze”, whatever his future name) will be released under Suntrip Records. I’m confident that Fabien & Jos will make this other dream a reality, as they never failed to satisfy all of us, our goa community. Be very grateful towards them that we can listen to a such beautiful spiritual goa album in 2008! BIG BIG THANKS AND FULL OF RESPECT FOR SUNTRIP & RA!! P.S.: I’m translating in English a review I wrote a week ago with my friend Infected_Goa and will post it there later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travbrad1001 Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 i don't really like new school goa(except for khetzal) compared to old school. but this album is tops. I totally agree, this and Khetzal are the only modern goa I've heard that really "stood out" as being great and taking me into that special trippy world. Not only are the tracks amazing, but it's a whole album full of them :posford: I've only listened to it a few times so far, but it's one of the best goa albums I've ever heard (new or old), and I agree with Cosmogenesis about it being the best of the last decade (along with Corolle ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mystical dragon Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 Exceleeent........... albumb especially TIME CURRENT is absolutely amazing track , each song takes u into a journey of dreams and imagination and uplifts ur mooood totally Only Ra.. Has d ablity to take the litsner along with him on a journey of sound waves imo. Track time current is as beutiful as "Deep space 5d " Absolutely amazin albumb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exotic Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 this is how goa trance should be. deep , uplifting , hypnotic , happy , slightly melancholic and totally mesmerizing. the downtempo tracks are probably the best ive heard in the last year or so. definitely a contender for the best album of the year(all genres). i'll try and write a review soon coz i havent decided which ones are my favourite. damn each and every track frikin rocks. im a fan! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InFecTeD_gOa Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 --REVIEW-- RA - 9th PREFACE "Since their first album To Sirius, released back in 2000 under Blue Moon Productions, re-released two years later under Novatekk/Velvet inc., and several appearances on Goa Head 12 & 13, Planet Goa 3 (beginning of 2000) and Energetic (2003) compilations, RA didn’t show a sign of life in our wonderful psychedelic world during some years. Moreover, a new album which has been several times delayed since the announcement of his creation, back in 2006. However we find consolation, in the meantime, with two beautiful & modern ambient/downtempo tracks, Gates Of Tipharet and Road To Shiraz, appearing on both last Suntrip Records compilations: Twist Dreams & Opus Iridium. Years of professional work, of fruitful efforts and patience to finally produce this second album: 9th is now available since the 16th may of 2008. In fact, more than two years of preparation have been necessary to produce this very long-awaited release. To refresh your memory, for the people who have no idea about who are behind this project, early RA consists in Christer Borge-Lunde, Charlie Clarke & Lars Wedde Lind. For this new opus, only Charlie Clarke is absent. Most of you know it already, Christer Borge-Lunde, the main member of RA, has been part of mythic trance group DIMENSION 5, with who he collaborated to produce their last album, Second Phaze, and was also half of ELECTRON WAVE band, with Charlie Clarke. They delivered together the Uncertainty principle a kind of sci-fi psy album, both released back in 2000, under Blue Moon Productions in Thaïland. A few words about the meanings of this wonderful artwork cover: it’s a clear invitation to the world of Pharaohs. This warm & bright colour suggests us the burning sand of desert, but also RA (or Rê) the Sun God, or the gold. The pyramids let us guess that the tracks are solid, detailed, polished ; as for the hieroglyphs, they take part of a mysterious riddle around this album. 9th is a marvellous travel in the Middle East. Like the Egyptologists, Cosmogenesis & myself InFecTeD_gOa, will decipher the various tracks which compose this brilliant release. ***** **** *** ** * 01 - [1:21] - Intro A class overture which is keeping us on tenterhooks till the end. A very cinematographic atmosphere punctuated by a disturbing voice and a melody as piping as mysterious. We imagine that we are lost somewhere in the bowels of a pyramid (maybe the one of Kheops), walking in those infinite narrow corridors, lighted up by a torch. A real labyrinth but it matters little, we let ourselves being guided by the music which seems to know where the right way is. We quickly notice that the voices of the intro were present in the opening of To Sirius, plunging us immediately in a mystic experience. That supposes logically a connection or following with their first album. The “wind distorted sound effects” of the first seconds of 9th, which were also part of the To Sirius track’s beginning, are one of the multiple recognizable elements of RA typical sounds & style during a decade. RATE: 10/1002 - [7:43] – Octagon An excellent debut track, immediately linked with this great intro, starts this “Hollywood super production”. At first sight, Octagon sounds light, floating, although the rhythm is rather steady. The main melody is progressing gracefully. His ethnic tonalities seem to find some influences from the nitzhonot genre (non-cheezy melody of course) and remind early tracks of the greek mythic CYAN group, to just mention one example. The sympathetic and uncommon side of this track comes from the fact that, behind this famous threnody which looks repetitive, is dissimulated a developed background, composed by effects, rhythm and ambiences which, on the contrary of the main melody, are moving, changing alternately thanks to amplifications which are constantly increasing. A stunning and hypnotizing achievement! It’s essentially question of a track using the “grandiose” side (wonderful side) with the help of sounds and entrancing, embellishing effects, referring us to panoramic landscapes of Egypt at the Pharaohs times. Imagine one moment: pyramids, sphinx, obelisks & temples to stay in front of you, under a stifling sun, unifying you with the people which are articulated & organized around the Nile. The result: a fantastic excursion. RATE: 10/1003 – [7:57] – Predator This tune sounds radically different with the previous one. The atmosphere is, at the same time sombre by the utilization of a deep bassline, and angelic by the presence of melodic cascades. On the other hand, Predator is less axed on the grandiose side, and his melodies are trying to bring the idea of an exotic landscape of Egyptian oasis. We remember this kind of environment, less serious, more joyous, in the tracks Transformation & Beyond The Stars of the Second Phaze album. Technically, RA purpose a tune of which structure is more elaborated by new musical diagrams while it keeps some characteristics of Novatekk sounds (the organic and savant form of the FX for instance). “Predator” name is also known to be a famous VST plugin that RA members hypothetically have experimented for this composition. Track Time Current, originally called "Sytrus", seems to substantiate this trail. RATE: [8/10]04 – [8:46] – Other Self SIMPLY AMAZING! But the use of the adjective “sumptuous” would be there much more appropriated. Other Self offers an intro where the life begins. We still are close to the Pharaohs times where the sunrise comes to stroke the Pyramids of Giza and other titanic sculpture, letting some big marks of shadow. We invite you to close your eyes and to let yourself being transported by the breath of air. We find again this contradiction expressed by this mixture of punctual & heartbreaking kicks, of animated rhythm and of the nice & soft melody which soften the whole, to make this track more harmonious. We are in the following of Octagon where the sounds, tympo and melodic leads are based on the enlightenment and the beginning. The threnody that takes all his sonorousness during the thread of the music, let behind her a dust of magical notes. We identify instinctively in the intro the trademark of RA with those awesome majestic atmospheric pads which we used to hear, among others, in tracks Initiated (To Sirius) or Bombed Out (Second Phaze) and which are favourable to a deep transcendental meditation. They reappear, from time to time, to give a new cadence and a new spiritual impulse to the development of the melodies at 5’35’’. Lot of emotions at the end of the track. RATE: [10/10] 05 – [7:40] - Ultima Energica It seems we can detect some memories of ELECTRON WAVE project in this track with his metallic consonances, powerful basses & kicks, and this impressive wave of FX as explosive as complex and which are giving a dynamic and percussive rendering to the track. That’s there all the meaning of the track’s name, Ultimate Energy. The Egyptians tunes are superimposed to demonstrate the full Solar Power and Beauty of the son of RA, Pharaoh, if we can give a figurative turn to this track. MFG’s Project Genesis album comes to our mind when we hear some of the aliens FX and sounds of this electrifying tune. RATE: [8/10]06 – [8:10] – Time Current As we said it already, the previous title of this track was Sytrus, at least it previously appeared with this name on the Suntrip Records myspace page. It seems once again that RA choice a well-known VST was to give not only an original but also familiar texture to this piece. The melodic leads are very limpid and clean, the production is crystal clear, the FX very well arranged and harmonically diffused. The ambiance isn’t really Egyptian this time, but rather purposes a heterogenic touch to the album, as track Predator which has to be considered with this same perspective. Some sonorities remind a certain influence from ASTRAL PROJECTION and other “anthem trance” style tracks. A small observation: the name is very evocative, because we get really the feeling to hear the tic-tac of multiple clocks ringing at the same time, thanks to the multiple FX used in the melodic imaginary. RATE: [10/10]07 – [8:57] – Spirit Complex We are coming back to some much more spiritual notes with Spirit Complex, definitely one of the highlights of this album. The heavy pads appearing regularly in the background add a solemn & original atmosphere to the main building of the track. ETHEREAL band often uses to include this great ingredient in their productions, on Stream Of Life (Original Mix) for example. That backs up the idea of a 3D “multilayered” track. The main melodies are a bit repetitive after the second part, although they change texture several times with those kind of “trumpets leads”, the same that we could hear in some MFG tracks of The Prophecy album (at 4’51’’ however the sequence with the leads doesn’t sound so good in my opinion). On the other hand, at the 7th minute, the sequence with the tiny and very fluid melodies is prodigious and, without doubt, unforgettable! RATE: [10/10] 08 – [9:09] – Transcendent I think that words are not enough to define this staggering masterpiece which is, most probably, one of the best goa tracks of the decade! I think that everything is expressed in the title: this track or I would say, this big demonstration is definitely “transcendental”. But we don’t content us to put down roots of the trance music, we go through a secret gate of the metaphysic abilities of melody, since this tune gives shivers and touches us by his subliminal feeling. The intro is a very spectacular opening which immediately plunges us in a meditation of an “out of world” essence, an ecstatic moment, difficult to describe with words. It reminds also briefly an old track from RA, Azure Child, which has been released in an old Intastella/Blue Moon E.P. and started like this way. The melodic effects appearing progressively around the 2nd minute in the background give this vision of depths and resonance. It’s like we are closed in some Egyptian temple surrounded by colossal statues of Gods. The track has lot of superimposed layers if we notice it carefully. At 2’29’’ appear suddenly very subtle melodic leads that ASTRAL PROJECTION used by the past in classic tracks as Power Gen, Solid Electronics, or Maian Dream, and a second “eastern influenced” melody comes on top of them and is growing more and more intensively. The detailed climax in the back stays in the continuity of DIMENSION 5 tracks of Blue Moon times, as the original version of Transformation released on VA/Psy-Nergy for those who know it. The main originality lies certainly in this unpredictable transition of tonalities around 5’30” and which sound as a kind of spiritual escape or sensorial vertigo. The finish at 6’44” is really impressive and original at the same time as the melodic leads are slowing down till the last breath. A smashing hit that will stay the coming years in our memory! RATE: [10/10] 09 – [7:02] – Expand ConsciousnessExpand Consciousness is the Nirvana par excellence. That brings us in the era of wisdom with a relax rhythm and oriental scales. Between ambient & morning trance, this music is letting us pensive. The sounds and ambiences increase the spiritual imaginative side of meditation. Time is suspended one moment to stand back and to consider the world around us. To learn about the others, to learn about ourselves in order to grow richer and to be aware of mankind. Start to learn philosophy during the time of a music. RATE: [10/10] 10 – [8:36] – Light Receiver One element which made famous one of RA tracks on To Sirius reappears 8 years after in this ambient tune. It’s in fact question of Gregorian choral/chants we could hear on Astral Flight. Light Receiver has an ETHEREAL aspect there. It’s a peaceful source at the end of this essentially dynamic album, but it’s maybe not as exceptional technically as the previous ambient tracks we know from RA. The melodies are pleasant, but a bit redundant. However it remains a nice track which puts very well the finishing touches to this outstanding work. We notice the word “alone” at the end. It’s in contrast with the message which follows next…RATE: [7/10] 11 – [3:10] – “You are not alone”(hidden track) It’s the icing on the cake, I’ll be tempted to say! This very mystic outro hidden behind Light Receiver, contrasts with the whole content of the album by the presence of a different style of music, looking like a movie scene with poetic and angelic accents, since his resonances of Eden bring a sweet foretaste of paradise. The composition is aerial and floating. It’s like we are surrounded by a fog similar to the cotton. The notes are well spaced out creating a rare sensation of purity and freedom which put the final point of this exceptional album. And finally, it seems there is a hieroglyphic message hidden behind the vocals: “you are not alone”. This sentence let us imply that we are not alone in our vast Universe, and that some extraterrestrial forms, gods who got advanced technologies or extraordinary powers exist. Without doubt, some similarities with the Stargate movie of Roland Emmerich. This new structure is maybe also the hope of a third album with a different style? Future will say… ***** **** *** ** * CONCLUSION RA is back and what a COMEBACK!!! 9th is a big breath of oxygen. The tracks radiate the happiness, the coolness, a sensation of well-being without to plunge us in an euphoric state of mind, because the melodies are really soft. I admire the work of those two great artists. With a such album, I tell myself that the Goa music has still some beautiful years to live in the future. We can’t avoid, on the other hand, for those who heard To Sirius, to do the comparison with 9th, because the similarities are there: oriental, spiritual, transcendental atmosphere, thanks to the using of Egyptians & majestic melodies; vivid colourful visions with the help of a developed background conceived in a 3D mode, to explore even more, every time, the different dimensions & possibilities of the psychedelic sound. And, of course, a top modern production to adapt and combine perfectly all the classic key elements of the goa-trance music in the year 2008. We can’t resist to notice that To Sirius was maybe more floating, less aggressive at the sound level (for example, the cosmic pads and subtle tiny leads of Astral Flight and Beyond Control), sometimes more diversified and complex at the sequences level (Initiated consisted in a wave of unpredictable fast transitions and spectacular sequences of movements) and sometimes less repetitive (except for Universal Key which was very redundant); while 9th is much more dynamic, overbids on the energy, the power of sound, and purposing structurally a melodic “progressive” evolution of the track, with melodies growing, as one goes along, and with an intelligent approach (Time Current & Predator of course). That let us to think that 9th has been created in such a way that it can be also classified at his time, in 2008, because it includes some of the rhythmic tendencies of the actual trance scene. 9th reached also a superior degree of spirituality and metaphysic in his hypnotizing and enchanting melodies which find their origin in those “deep” ,emotionally talking, backgrounds. The perfect example is Transcendent together with Other Self & Spirit Complex. At this time where the melody is becoming rare or uncommon on the psychedelic trance markets, or if it appears, it sounds sometimes “artificial” or “overrated” or “forced”, RA are making clearly the difference, offering us a “real” album ; that means mature, serious, authentic musically, while both members are always trying to add a modern personal note to their whole artistic work. An album that it’s impossible to miss if we are fond of spirituality and melodies!! OVERALL AVERAGE FOR THE ALBUM: 9,5/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InFecTeD_gOa Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 That album is an Atomic Bomb!!! 9th is the perfect definition of the trance goa new school Please Suntrip, told me that RA will produce a new album :clapping: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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