visine Posted June 20, 2009 Posted June 20, 2009 The topic says it all. The Infinity Project was a flagship, household name of TIP records with significant contributions elsewhere, while Sliky Wizard had an incredible impact on the output of Flying Rhino records. Two titans that can be thought of as artist collectives with only a couple of core members while others were contributing on part-time basis. For example Raja and Graham Wood seemed to be The Infinity Project's main guys while Doof, MWNN and Simon were joining them here and there. Similarly here's what Slinky Wizard's profile says on Discogs "Adam Boyd and Dominic Lamb composed Slinky Wizard's first track 'The Rising' in 1992. After this George Barker and Ronnie Biggs joined the group, and with the assistance of Simon Posford they created Flying Rhino Records' first release, the Slinky Wizard EP. In the summer of 1994, Adam Boyd died in an accident. In late 1995/early 1996 Gus Till joined the group. Starting around this same time, Ronnie Biggs was no longer credited on Slinky Wizard tracks, but it is not clear if he officially left the group. Through the years, Slinky Wizard was variously joined by Simon Posford, James Monro, Dick Trevor, Matt Evans, and Jules Evans." ......but which one of these collectives do you prefer. Whose output are you more fond of? Quote
RAH Posted June 20, 2009 Posted June 20, 2009 Slinky Wizard Slick Witch (which even today sounds futuristic), Sacred Fist, Funkus Munkus, so on and so forth, I'm not really that big a fan of the old days as a lot of people here, but the things i've heard here and there are all top notch. Especially big on Gus Till (unless you talk Zen Lemonade, which is not really my citrus, but that's another story). Quote
pixma Posted June 20, 2009 Posted June 20, 2009 It's sad that Slinky Wizard never made an album, or at least a compilation of their best work... Common Draeke, you could do it right? :clapping: Quote
RAH Posted June 20, 2009 Posted June 20, 2009 I'll go for DOOF secret option c... damnit, this why I never do good in multiple choice. Quote
sektor101 Posted June 20, 2009 Posted June 20, 2009 Most of the Slinky Wizard stuff I've heard is crazy good, but so are the TIP tracks... and there are more TIP tracks. Therefore my vote goes for the almighty TIP! Quote
Time_Trap Posted June 20, 2009 Posted June 20, 2009 WTF? The Infinity Project no second thoughts. Quote
Oopie Posted June 20, 2009 Posted June 20, 2009 This is not a hard choice - The Infinity Project. Quote
bwhale Posted June 21, 2009 Posted June 21, 2009 Probably Slinky Wizard... most of the TIP goa stuff kinda sucks. Quote
rino Posted June 21, 2009 Posted June 21, 2009 Slinky Wizard Their old AFR releases are amazing. Rhythmically dense, with ever morphing layers and complex sequences of pure old school melody combined with intricate, sometimes subtle and other times in your face psychedelia. Quote
psytones Posted June 21, 2009 Posted June 21, 2009 donno really. Both in their own way, though Slinky has, at most times, a much cooler sound over it. I choochoose both. Quote
visine Posted June 22, 2009 Author Posted June 22, 2009 Damn, it started as a clear cut win for TIP as they were up 3:0, but now Slinky Wizards are leading 7:6... Slinky tracks seem to have aged well and sound fresh today, but then again, TIP had a great ambient album on Blue Room too. Quote
Guest antic Posted June 22, 2009 Posted June 22, 2009 Slinky fanboy here, if only for the James Bond 007 tune - that one was awesome, easily one of the best old-school tracks IMO. Fact is, The Infinity Project has had more tunes out, with two albums released, but many of them were kind of hit and miss for me. Slinky's output on the other hand was consistently high quality. Hopefully there's a never released to-be-released album somewhere out there and Draeke will find it Quote
abasio Posted June 22, 2009 Posted June 22, 2009 This was a tough one. If we were talking on trance here then I would have gone for Slinky Wizard straight away but TIP gave us the beautiful Mystical Experiences (I noticed has been re-released on Avatar BTW) which is one of my favourite albums EVER !!!! :wub: Quote
Redington Posted June 22, 2009 Posted June 22, 2009 I really wished Slinky came out with an album though... Quote
Darkarbiter Posted June 27, 2009 Posted June 27, 2009 TIP-world of the acid dealer One of the most sinister and unique goa trance tunes ever. I absolutely love TIP's style. One of the greatest psy/goa/anything acts. Would definitely make top 20 if not top 10... can't say the same for slinky wizard, although they do have some pretty great tracks. wow, I'm suprised we're losing! Quote
Stevo Posted June 27, 2009 Posted June 27, 2009 Never forgoten project SLINKY WIZARD , it doesn pass one single day without hearing such perfection ..... Infinity rocks also ofcourse but ..... Quote
MattMan Posted June 27, 2009 Posted June 27, 2009 Freedom! Freedom from the flesh! bom chicka chicka waw waww dududud Quote
reger Posted June 27, 2009 Posted June 27, 2009 I love TIP for their downtempo+Hyperspaced and Telepathy. Cant remember anything by Slinky, had no time to listen to them, theres so much of goa out there :clapping: Quote
visine Posted June 28, 2009 Author Posted June 28, 2009 WOW ...the race is deadlocked at both collectives getting 14 votes each... Quote
Drew05 Posted June 28, 2009 Posted June 28, 2009 gotta go with Slinky here...pure insane goa-trance, delightful! Quote
Jeller Posted June 29, 2009 Posted June 29, 2009 people who are still interested in seeing a Slinky Wizard + Zen Lemonade liveset: on 5 september they are playing in Antwerp in Belgium. And together with Furious, Ukiro and more: what a blast! http://psychedelic.be/forum/showthread.php?t=39143 Quote
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