masen023 Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Microcosm was an old school Goa trance project formed by Norwegian musicians Fredrik Larsen and Georg Simonsenin the late 1990s. Their debut album, Higher Levels, was never meant to be released, but thanks to the efforts of a close friend, it is now possible to experience the wondrous majesty of these lost classics. Microcosm’s sound embraces the original conception of “full-on”, combining layered melodies, acid-drenched, cosmic atmospheres, and peak-time energy. Behind the music, there is also a cautionary tale of dreams, obsession, and excess, all in the pursuit of accessing the higher levels of trance for which this album is named. Engineered by Karlsen and mastered by Jay (Southwild) @ Trailer Park Studios, Toronto. Please note that the sound quality of this release is very rough at times, with noise clearly audible on some songs. Due to the circumstances under which the project ended it was not possible to obtain better source material for mastering. http://www.ektoplazm.com/2011/microcosm-higher-levels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalki Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 The best Goa album after Dimantion5 IMO There are white noise on some tracks. I wonder why noise cut is not done which is so easy to do with most audio editing softwares! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basilisk Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 About the noise: it could have gone either way but in the end we went with the recommendation of the mastering engineer to just leave it. As I understand it, running a noise reduction plugin can adversely affect the quality of the audio signal on the rest of the track... so it isn't an easy decision; there are trade-offs. I don't like the noise either but that's all we had to work with, unfortunately. I'm glad you like the release though... it was quite a project! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penzoline Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 Yes, very awesome! I'd like to see more of these Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JISNEGRO Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 One of the best releases of this year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psybro Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 One of the best releases of this year! Agreed! Fine piece of Goa Trance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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