healium Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Kurbeats – Folktronica 01 - The Noid02 - Mono/Poly Wants A Cracker03 - Molaren04 - Perineum #105 - Sub Serum06 - Lemming Leisures07 - Phony Pony08 - Perineum #209 - Celestial Lights Review: I'm writing this because this album has restored some of my faith in Psychill. The best psychill album I've heard all year, and I believe an instant classic. This album mixes acoustic instruments, trippy vocals, and beautiful synth work. Sounds like a typical psychill prescription in the Shpongle and Entheogenic vein doesn't it? Well, it has similarities to those two artists, but the way it all comes together is unique, and I find it more of a true journey than especially the Shpongle offerings of recent years. Shpongle has more of a happy hippie type vibe, whereas this has more of a forest and scando vibe to it. The album has a certain maturity and tastefullness to it that really stands out to me as well. The melodies are mostly fantastic - the contrast in sounds he uses creates tracks that have a lot of color and stand out from each other. The one criticism I have of this is that he doesn't let the melodies run long enough - now, that's just my personal preference, and some do go on for awhile - but it's frustrating when a killer euphoric melody floats in and just as I'm starting to enter blissful sonic trance to it, it goes away - boo! Anyway, with this album it is all so rich and sonically pleasing that disappointments are short-lived. Highly recommended! 96/100 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phone Booth Robbers Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Great album indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BraneFreeze Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Kurbeats is the same duo that produced the earlier album, Yggdrasil - Prose Edda. I won't say that Folktronica is bad, but I found it boring. Prose Edda is much more original and interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oopie Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Kurbeats is the same duo that produced the earlier album, Yggdrasil - Prose Edda. I won't say that Folktronica is bad, but I found it boring. Prose Edda is much more original and interesting. +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
healium Posted January 10, 2014 Author Share Posted January 10, 2014 Well, I like this album much more than "Prose Edda", which I found to lack coherent direction in the tracks - the tracks on that abum have lots of great details, but they aren't memorable because there aren't really any lead melodies or other elements that tie it together.. Reminds me a lot of much of the neo-goa genre - lots of pleasant little melodies and sounds but no real charisma or thematic elements.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starkraver Posted September 24, 2016 Share Posted September 24, 2016 Huh! I thought I had commented here! This album has been a favourite since the time it was released It makes me soo happy every time I listen to it. I wish they made another Kurbeats album. Opening track is a beast! <3 right from the burning twigs , old grandma voices to that heavenly acid. It's just perfect. Molaren(Swedish for Morals) is a favourite from this album. Such an emotional track. Love the vocals! Phone Pony reminds me of Rajasthan. Beautiful! Perenium #1 is a good track too. I would take this over shpongle and/or Prose Edda anyday. Try it here : http://www.ektoplazm.com/free-music/kurbeats-folktronica And if you like it, Buy it here : https://kurbeats.bandcamp.com/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antic604 Posted September 29, 2016 Share Posted September 29, 2016 How the f**k did I missed this?!? Kurbeats is the same duo that produced the earlier album, Yggdrasil - Prose Edda. I won't say that Folktronica is bad, but I found it boring. Prose Edda is much more original and interesting. "Original"? It's a blatant rip-off of Shpongle / YB / Celtic Cross down to the sounds and arrangements... It's awesome, but I definitely wouldn't call it original... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urban Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 I love this album. It stands out from the crowd and it's probably the best psy-ambient produced in the past few years. I also love their previous work. It reminds me of master Shpongle :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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