Trance2MoveU Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Artist: Shantifax Title: Complete Tranceformation Label: SarnarSchourt Records Date: March, 2013 01 - Awake (120 BPM)02 - Aum (90 BPM)03 - Concrete Combination (100 BPM)04 - Amygdala on diamonds (130 BPM)05 - Rudra (138 BPM)06 - Stone Steps (124 BPM)07 - Karma Never Forgets (102 BPM)08 - Be Human (120 BPM)09 - The Same (104 BPM)10 - Northern Lights (140 BPM) Wow. That's a big f*cking image. This is Klaus Balzarek with his sophomore album. That is all. Awake is a nice spiritual opener that sets the table. Aum has a dirty hip hop groove like I'm about to go put in some work and catch these fools slippin. Damn it feels good to be a gangsta...But it's hard to feel like a gangsta with that damn Buddhist chanting. Can we do another run through? Concrete Combination has a couple of good beats but I found it much less powerful and a little aimless. The percussion was top notch though. Kinda felt like I was high and things were happening around me in which I had zero control. Amygdala On Diamonds is more hallucinating while sh*t happens around me. Minimal and boring. Maybe if I was high. Unless my reads this in which case you guys are a bunch of drug addicts who need help. Stop trying to corrupt me. Love you honey. Rudra has more chanting. Sense a theme? Exotic instruments fire away in a mid tempo groove which I suppose would be good for meditating. Stone Steps is another tribal ambient offering and I wish the album was a lot more of this. It's lush and full of feeling. Karma Never Forgets - Shoulda used your right foot. Karma never forgets, but I will. And this minimalistic progressive stuff makes it easy. Be Human- See every track here with a beat. The Same- Oprah can't believe you described your whole album in a track title. He finally ends this disappointing album with a hopeful and very positive downtempo piece that sounds very relaxing. Northern Lights sounds like the forest bursting with life after a cleansing thunderstorm. Meh, I was hoping for more. A lot more. When I first heard Aum I thought he was going to combine hip-hop beats with tribal elements, but that's not what happened. He does dip his toes in a lot of genres (progressive and tribal mainly), but it didn't really stand out to me. It just kinda went. The scope is large however with huge pads and a deeply spiritual feel and I believe he excels in the ambient stuff. It just seemed to have more gravitas than the minimally boring stuff. Cue sad price is right music. Free at Ektoplazm Mdk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolmot Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 It may be my favourite release this year, no less. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digitoxin Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Great release. Serious spiritual downtempo stuff here. I am listening to Rudra for days now and can't stop listening... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 This album blew me away - very weird and creative but still somehow very accessible. I went into it with low expectations and came out holding a diamond. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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