[psybrat]

Overall Rating - 9/10




Track Listing:
01. The Prayer 8:49 145bpm
02. Journey Into The Subconscious 8:41 148bpm
03. Acidance 7:31 148bpm
04. Gaijinrocker 8:35 146bpm
05. See The Light (Blue Beat Mix) 7:55 147bpm
06. You Decide 5:34 145bpm
07. Nova 3 5:58 145bpm
08. Morning Star 7:40 144bpm
09. Meteor 2004 8:29 142bpm
10. Return To Source 7:23 n/a bpm


01. The Prayer - Sanskrit shlokas, atmospheric pads, psychedelic melodies puts this track on my Eternal Hall of Fame List!!

02. Journey Into The Subconscious - Killer bassline and beat. Touch of old skool goa melodies. High energy pumping here ..

03. Acidance - ethereal pads and acidic sounds stand out in this track.

04. Gaijinrocker - more killer bass and guitar riffs here. When the track begins, you go like "ok" .. and then later in the track, the guitar kicks in .. you go "wow"..

05. See The Light (Blue Beat Mix) - old skool goa, melodic track. ok ok track.

06. You Decide - killer bass is back .. yeah!! .. trippy grooves .. roaring synth sounds .. .. 303 sounds are back ..

07. Nova 3 - and you are floating inside the nova .. spacey sounds and floating pads makes this a uplifting track .. Intro resembles sounds from the Goa Gil intro (Forest of the saints), i think ..

08. Morning Star - intro breaks open up to a trippy beat .. psychedelic melodies and spacey floating sounds mark this track .. listener is on his journey to the star ..

09. Meteor 2004 - Space travel reignited with anthem guitars .. psychedelic guitar and groovy beat together in one track .. yeah!!

10. Return To Source - No album is complete without the mandatory chillout track in the end .. the whole cosmic experience comes to a peaceful rest here .. time to wake up from your trip ..

Really good CD ..

Good music .. melodic, groovy, killer music .. beautifully mastered and structured music .. gets my 9/10

go get your copy ..

love and light,
psybrat

[seraph]

This is certainly the best full on album last year but as Electric Universe album it is surely his weakest and since I expect not every single pioneer to sell for some money there, I don't like it cause my favourite German artist did that too. I was extremely dissapointed when I heard full on bassline and why did he have to use it. I mean listetning to Meteor with full on bassline...C'mon Boris, what happend to you ? Now, even Joti Sidhu with his new album HAD to put full on bassline. I am very angry cause the scene is turning into mainstream and full on is certainly now mainstream of trance...So, as full on album, this gets 8/10 from me but as another Boris effort unfortunately 6/10...

[psybrat]

seraph..

think of it this way ... who can take old skool melodic goa trance and blend it with fullon groovy beats .. and still have some rocking tracks ..

hope that helps man ..

love and light,
psybrat

[Jon Cocco]

This was a pretty good album overall. It was by far not his worst and lots of people seemed to actually consider it a very well done album and one of his best, but I think they forget how great some of his earlier tracks were (1996-1998)

Anyway, why are we reviewing this album again? There is another thread that was opened in this same review section, when this album first came out last year. Thats the problem with having no organized database; the review section pushes back the older album review from the new threads being posted, and people I suppose forget of the other threads or don't feel like searching through hundreds to find them.

I really miss the old section, now its like, you write a review and people access it for a couple weeks until it gets old and moves down. Then, unless one person looks for it, its pretty much forgotten in the history.

[senpsy]

Ha Ha!! I just saw this and realised I was listening to it already!! Brilliant Album - Total Electric Universe - full force higher frequency psychoactive trance - listening to it on "small" speakers doesnt do this justice! I heard some tracks played on a flown rig and it was devastating affect on the trance floor! CRANK IT UP!!!
MORE MORE!!

[Sick Bastard]

Great album. I liked it very much.

[Basilisk]

I'd call it his best album since the very first one... but I was never a huge E.U. fan. Cosmic Experience is well-named, full of great blasting full-on hits still with that Goa feel. Hmm I should probably go in-depth and do a review since I still have a tough time picking out the favourites here...

[Dajek]

The Prayer is a top notch track; it has a plaece in my Special Top 4 Full On Tracks The rest is not so great

[shaman of sound]

the album is ok... but not even close to the old electric univers releases

[Ale]

shaman of sound, on Feb 25 2005, 04:58 PM, said:

the album is ok... but not even close to the old electric univers releases

Electric Universe and The Misted Muppet are best 2004 releases, no doubt!

[Time_Trap]

that's how full-on should sound IMHO
the basslime can get a bit irritating at times but.. anywayz:)
Favourite tracKs:
The Prayer
You Decide



8/10

[ritual om]

really mediocre stuff.unfortunately this man has lost his identity.that's really a pitty.

[be_psychedelic]

ya Electric Universe is amaizing

just listening to it the prayer really nice

[Ale]

Best modern psychedelic trance ever! 10/10
i'm angry Planet Ben destroyed his talent with standard full on!

[Mugwump]

Actually, the text of mantra sung in "The prayer" is:

Om
shuklaambaradharaM VishhNuM shashivarNaM chaturbhujam.
Prasana Vadanam Dyayethe, sarva vignobha upashanth aye!
vyaasaM vasishhTha naptaaraM shakteH pautramakalmashham .
paraasharaatmajaM vande shukataataM taponidhim
vyaasaaya vishhNuruupaaya vyaasa roopaaya vishhNave .
namo vai brahma nidhaye vaasishhThaaya namo namaH
avikaaraaya shuddhaaya nityaaya paramaatmane
sadaika ruupa ruupaaya vishhNave sarva jishhNave
yasya smaraNa maatreNa janma saMsaara bandhanaat
vimuchyate namastasmai vishhNave prabhavishhNave
oM namo vishhNave prabhavishhNave
shrii vaishampaayana uvaacha


First three lines are known as "Ganapati Dyanam"

Others I've found in "shrii vishhNu sahasranaama stotram", that originally is times longer. You can hear it live every morning at 5:00 a.m. in Pushkar (Rajastan), if you live close enough to Brahma Temple

[AppA]

You know, I really don't care wether this is fullon or something else. This album truly stands out for its name, delivering you a trip into the multidimensional seasons (or something of that kind). Clearly, Boris didn't 'loose' anything at all, all I see is Goa concept transformed into a modern sound... and how

[w_lizzard]

Yes it is very nice album!
It really needs a DeathPosture review for sure!

[sleepingzombie]

psybrat, on Feb 23 2005, 03:21 AM, said:

seraph..

think of it this way ... who can take old skool melodic goa trance and blend it with fullon groovy beats .. and still have some rocking tracks ..

quote 100%
I'm liking a lot this album . wow . Electric Universe is becoming one of my fav projects.
Why ? Maybe it's the overall mixture : I like the riff they choose, the sounds they do, the patterns,
the choice of vocals' timing ... 303, fast , mystical , rocking guitars ....
maybe some songs sound too much like videogames background music ... this album would also
fit in some matrix fighting scenes ... they use simple melodies (4-5 notes riff) and pump them
really good with lot of acid effects and velocity ... turn your living in a dancefloor , play it loud