Optokoppler - Replugged (usta 2005)

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Optokoppler - Replugged (usta 2005)

 

 

I first heard their sound on Loud Frequency with Sie Nannten Ihn Locke, i labelled their work as morning prog. So beginning the listen of Replugged i was convinced it would be this direction. I quickly understand i got false.

 

Clean : A muffled dark hypnotic full on whirlwind at first which gets more light contrasted after 4'45 with a melodic will o' the wisp lead. At 6'15 a deep abyssal break atmosphere prepares the will o' the wisp climax conferring a final cosmic floating touch to the tune.

 

Straight : The tones are more metallic here (the high volted lead at 2'45) from which results a more slicing/bleeding spirit with a still muffled dark flavoured background. The break at 4'30 is nicely sad, gloomy reminding me a bit of the Cosma-Non Stop album. That's when, the high volted lead riffs come back at 6'00. The last 2' are more enlighten with a background shrill woman chant.

 

After a short free fall break, the shy & limping morning Tool Time : The progression of the track is more spacey upto 1'50. Then the bassline starts to surge accompanied with a sustained rhythmic.emotional melody makes his appearance at 4'34. The melodic theme wins self assurance with time & becomes a more virulent lead.

 

Persia : Contrarily to the previous ones, this tune has an immediate energic beginning coupled with an instantaneous bedecked sound treatment. At 3'00 a morning lunar & oniric lead arrives. After a dozen of seconds around 4'00 where you've got the impress of going beyond the sound barrier & you penetrate a turbulence field upto 5'45. After a short moment stationary, waiting for your authorization to open & cross the magnetic field , you can at least engage speed to the max & activate your turbo booster, direction planet Persia.

That's when the tune becomes goaish backgrounded tasty to my ears.

 

Conqueror : At 2'35 the lead is like a facetious & happy alien trying to talk with human beings with no real result. He encounters more success muting his voice into a bewitching cosmic siren chant at 3'52. Now it's late you've been caught &are under its power.

 

Into The System : The rhythmic is close to Tool's one, but there's more : tons of nervous sharpened riffs conferring an aggressive but always positive feeling to the song. To confirm my words, Optokoppler have all forecasted with a break sample at 4'47 'a woman cries of surprise & a man tell her «wow wow wow, relax, you're ok …it's just a simulation, it's over, it was a test, judgement, concentration, technic high schools are everywhere…You get some blasts, You're ok ?'. Get some atmospheric layer in order to catch your second breath before heavy rocking starts again Into The System with more self assurance as now the woman is able to declaim these 3 words (8'52).

 

Intergalactic : I don't why the Optokoppler dudes have decided to include this more clubtrance tune. Ok it's not very noticeable at first as it is still quite close to the style developed in their album. None less, it's particularly sounding with the break at 5'40 & following up the end. That's a pity, personally i'd better enjoy a more groovy morning production like they managed to succeed with Sie Nannten Ihn Locke in the Loud Frequency compilation.

 

Traditions : One of the major attraction in this tune resides, for me, in its 'yoghurt fx part' between 7'50- 8'00, it's a very little thing in the track but it makes me really happy & going degenerate.

 

To obtain a good idea of Optokoppler's soundscapes take a third from Cosma-NonStop album for the night-dark emotional vibe, a third from Blue Vortex for their bassline & morning full on harmonies than add a neo-goa background flavour in the melodies without forget a hint of their own spacey-ship tones & happy energized trademarks.

If this last time your taste got disconnected from full on productions, going through the listening of Optokoppler's album could Replugged, reconciliates you with this style.

 

I do enjoy the whole album except 7 a bit less coz of the club trance final part influence.

Climax of the album :4,5,8

8/10

[Sideffect...]

the mastering is so bad i can not enjoy it,

I remember the second or third track with the Darth vader sample quite melodic, fresh & well balanced,

[frix]

the mastering is so bad i can not enjoy it,

I remember the second or third track with the Darth vader sample quite melodic, fresh & well balanced,

the darth vader sample appeared on their second album "bugfix"

 

I also really dig their music

The climax in the track persia is just awesome.

[singeroi]

one of their worst music..

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[sontom]

Thank you so much for the post. It's really useful. :clapping: :posford:

 

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[darthvieder]

yes i am!

 

 

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