Trance2MoveU Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Artist: Maiia303 Title: Sky In Diamonds Label: Ovnimoon Records Date: September, 2014 1. Sunday Morning2. Duality3. Sky In Diamonds4. Moonlight Pixies5. Go Ask Yourself (feat. Cybered)6. Universe7. Atman8. Neverland9. Glory Bored with goa trance and psy in general? Feel that you'll never get that fresh feeling again? Well here is a cool breeze from the magic factory known as Ovnimoon Records. Where the hell did this come from? Bird sounds, real drums, flutes, and a heaping helping of 303's? Maiia (extra I for interesting) is Alla Vagner and she has spent most of her career in the downtempo genre, but with this release focuses on a more progressive style with real instruments combined with old school melodies. And boy do those 303's pop! It's not aggressive, but more laid back. The combination of electronics and real world instruments is refreshing and gives the music a more organic feel. Sure it's not the first time goa has been packaged this way, but timing is everything. Aside from the uber happy first track the rest are tunes you can get lost in. Great stuff, you should check it out. Hey, Renato put this on my wishlist! Psyshop Beatspace Mdk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desysko Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 I've only listened to a few tracks of this album on youtube but I remember enjoying it very much. I really love genre blends and this album does a good job at mixing Acid stuff, with some Goa flavour, and progressive stuff. Would recommend it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest antic Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 If you like Peaking Goddess Collective or Flooting Grooves, get this one immediately! It's an interesting fusion of live instruments - guitars, flutes - and prog-psy with lots of 303 tweaking, which makes for really interesting tunes. Also, don't get scared away by 1st track, which is a bit cheesy - it gets much better later on, especially the ones written with CyberEd (#3 and 5). Listen / buy here: https://maiia.bandcamp.com/album/sky-in-diamonds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mergi Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Artist: Maiia303 Release: Sky In Diamonds Year: 2014 Label: Ovnimoon Records Cat-#: OVNICD093 Rating: 3.5/5.0 Tracklist: 1) Sunday Morning 2) Duality 3) Sky In Diamonds 4) Moonlight Pixies 5) Go Ask Yourself (vs Cybered) 6) Universe 7) Atman 8) Neverland 9) Glory A well produced album, though unfortunately a bit short. I've checked up on the earlier work and it seems the Maiia moniker is for her ethno-ambient stuff and Maiia303 is for the more dancefloor oriented stuff. It is rather unusual for this kind of music to incorporate acoustic elements but as that is the background from which the producer came it leans on a bit of traditional instruments and the odd bits of cultural ethno elements. Of course it has been done to great effect by particularly some of the more trancey Shpongle tracks for example (Tales of the Inexpressible and crystal skulls tracks), something this album is very reminicent of. Unfortunately this is yet again an example where someone boxes themself in and seem to play by the book. Short dancefloor snippets with ethno tribal elements throughout, of course there is nothing particularly bad about the album but I get the feeling that something is holding Maiia back in this case. I don't see why she wouldn't be able to do a nifty 10+ minute live studio jam recording... the tasty ingredients for my ears are there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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