Track List
1 Hicksville (7:35)
2 Stargate Avalon (1:32)
3 Jade Garden (7:38)
4 Shwazz (8:59)
5 Fifth Level (4:36)
6 Khatmandu (7:43)
7 Mundis Imaginalus (7:50)
8 Louden (3:22)
9 Darshannon (6:10)
Simon Posford & Youth. Sounds like shpongle might have sounded if there was no Raja Ram. I actually prefer this to Shpongle, it has more staying power.
1 Hicksville
Like psychedelic hick music it really is. Country bumpkin guitar & all those country elements I usually hate but masterfully produced into a great psychedelic track.
2 Stargate Avalon
This track is noisy. No tune, no beat just lots of noises. It's short it's filler.
3 Jade Garden
I stumbled upon the philosopher's stone. I had the veil of illusion pulled back & was confronted by the many levels of energy & many realms of consciousness which are available to men. I opened a pandora box of multiple realities.
The intro sets a trippy atmosphere continued by the music. It reminds me of a UFO sighting, Roswell or something.
4 Shwazz
A very soft 'background if you let it' track. This is one of those tracks which can be amazing if you focus on it but if your attention is diverted then it hardly registers. It has very slow beats, cool background noises & some really nice soft guitars.
5 Fifth Level
Another very soft trippy track. A lack of beats & strong slow synths give a very wide open space feeling. Towards the end it reminds me of an indian reservation mixed with x-file sci fi.
6 Khatmandu
I really like the guitar in this track, a nice melody. This starts beatless but a slow lethargic beat comes in during the 2nd half of the track.
7 Mundis Imaginalus
Sounds like a hick sat on the front porch looking out at his enchanted swamp & playing a song on his guitar as a tribute to his lost youth. Quite a melancholic melody, some beats come in, very big but very soft. Magic.
8 Louden
Another very nice guitar melody but the track is far too short. It could be much longer, excellent music. Some violin comes intowards the end teasing you but the track then just stops.
9 Darshannon
I like this track. It is quite good but I just don't know what it's doing on this album. It's a fast dancefloor track, not chilled at all like the rest of the album. Can be quite shock if you are in a nicely chilled out mind set & this suddenly comes on
So all in all there is great great music here. I think though that track 2 should be omitted completely & the last track should have been released on an up tempo celtic cross album (which could have been quite cool) & they should have been replaced by tracks more in line with the feeling of the other tracks.
Favourites #1,3,5,6,7,8