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    Sonic Cube - Filter

    in 2006

    Posted

    Allright: Another full length album out on Tribal Vision, my fav new label!

     

    1 Hide (7:52)

    2 Last Jedi (7:35) Featuring - Sonnenvakuum

    3 Cloud Buster (Album Mix) (8:27)

    4 Amnesia (8:55)

    5 Test (7:21)

    6 Danger (7:57)

    7 Microbes (7:35)

    8 Xcute (9:09)

    9 Astray (5:31)

     

     

    This is innovative progressive spiced up with some very tasteful, clubby vibes. Where acts like POTS or Gaudium rely more on hypnotising rhythmic structures these Swiss boys keep you smiling with an optimistic melodic touch. It’s been a while since I’ve been this enthusiastic about a recent full album! So it deserves a full track-by-track-review!

     

    Hide: Great opening track! Slow house-beats but with a lot of dark & groovy atmosphere. The hypnotising male vocal gives it kind of a clubby feel & there’s nothing wrong with that in my book. If progressive is deep trance than this is an abyss!

    Last Jedi: One of the weakest tracks in this album imo… The music’s pretty minimal, without surprises… Not bad at all, but the Star Wars-samples seem a bit childish & out of place.

    Cloud Buster (Album Mix): I already knew this track from the Street Art-compilation, where it’s featured in an André Absolut-RMX. Well, usually André adds something special to the original, this version is WAY better, if you ask me! Nice flow throughout the track & a powerfull rhythm that’s best described as a pounding, uptempo breakbeat. It slightly disappears to the background as the gentle melody breaks through at the end of the track Very cool!

    Amnesia: Just more warm melodic progressive trance! Nice track but (as the title suggests?) not very memorable in comparison to the rest of the album.

    Test: Another instant favourite of mine. The gentle melody might lack a little power for some but I think the electro-influences really lift this to another level. Especially since the combination of the cold synth-sound with the warm & positive bass-line works so well. It’s like there a second melody hidden inside the bass! A bit fluffy but it puts a smile on my face & makes me run to the stereo to put in on again from the beginning.

    Danger: Another ingenious combination that works really well! The main theme is a short & fast melody that sounds like a synthetic xylophone & is repeated throughout the track. But after the break slow, subtle & epic soundscapes creep up out of the underground & make sure the trip doesn’t get boring.

    Microbes : Nicely sliced-up samples here, too bad they make little sense. But they’re used in a cool way. The music itself, is pumping dancefloor material with enough variation because of the human voices.

    Xcute : Saving the best for last? This track is pushed forward by a relentless drive & pumping beats. But it’s got everything from build-ups those thrilling progressive waves of white noise that come crushing down all over the track. From morning-festival-stomper to sweaty-nightclub-groover: can’t miss with this one

    Astray : nice coming down track, I like the emotional female vocals on this one.

     

     

    What can I say more? When5 out of 9 great tracks are sure winners you can’t complain these days! The artwork is very different form the usual Tribal Vision-style graphics, but the futuristic & minimal white look fits the music quite well I think.

    The POTS-cd really had to grow on me but this has instant appeal. Hopefully that won’t mean I’ll get tired of it any quicker, but only time will tell…

    Highly recommended release: 8.5/10

    Belgium? Psytrance?

    in General Psytrance

    Posted

    ah, that website is great, but I can't understand the language :(

    btw. RTP your avatar is awesome

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    we have an international section in the forum as well & we frequently get questions like that over there.

    Also feel free to drop me a mail: tox@psychedelic.be

    I think the weekend of 1-2/7 we have Rakti Dei festival...

    technosomy

    in Buyer/ Seller Feedback

    Posted

    Did 1 rather big trade with Pat so far. All went fine, but you should be prepared to pay some extra customs costs.

     

    Very cool guy to negotiate with & his collection is in-cre-di-bly broad.

    Highly recommended trader if your looking for some non-psy stuff!

    What new music did you get today?

    in General Psytrance

    Posted

    from a BIG trade with Technosomy

     

    Various - Global Underground 025 - Deep Dish - Toronto

     

    http://www.discogs.com/release/161458

     

     

    Various - Global Underground 025 - Dubfire - Toronto Afterclub Mix

     

    http://www.discogs.com/release/160242

     

     

    Various - Global Underground 025 - Sharam - Toronto Afterclub Mix

     

    http://www.discogs.com/release/160241

     

     

    Cygnus X - Hypermetrical

     

    http://www.discogs.com/release/38767

     

     

    Various - The Best Of Platipus

     

    http://www.discogs.com/release/34069

     

     

    That should get me through the week :D

    looking for something more "melodic"

    in General Psytrance

    Posted

    vibe tribe & bizarre contact maybe,

     

    They come close to Dino psaras

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    He Daniel? Are you serious? I'm talking about Dino Psaras' 2003 album "Lick it" not some kind of stupid "bulletproof-rmx" or something else he does today...

    "Vibe tribe & Bizarre contact" are totaly NOT what I'm looking for, nor is Astrix or Infuckted for that matter :)

    F/T Killing Joke - Wardance (Remixes)"

    in For Sale/ Trade

    Posted

    will buy it and do trade soon as i receive if you like

    if you want to know about me ask devious or tox currently trading and buying with them

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    Although I still have to receive his package I'd recommend trading w Patrick, who's a highly co-operative & generally nice guy. Go for it :) !

    Pictures from Belgian Proggy Party

    in Western Europe

    Posted

    For those who care, the line-up was:

     

    Ramses & Norion (Madhatter)

    Ishtar (Purple Snow / Pon-Q-Mon)

    Kairon (Kairoo Records)

    Mahavira (Dance-A-Delic)

    & Sanaki (Marvelously Groovy)

     

    You guys probably don't know anyone from this line-up ;) but let's hope in a year or 2 they've all played in your own countries, they do deserve it :P

    The "Phoenix Labels"

    in General Psytrance

    Posted

    For one: Plastik Park is still active & releases quality progressive trance with a more housy flavour! A great compilations by Sally Doollally was their last effort...

     

    So for me bring back: Spirit Zone, Flying Rhino, Distance, Tatsu...

    looking for something more "melodic"

    in General Psytrance

    Posted

    Top 'o the morning to y'all!

     

    So once again, thnx everybody for the tips on progressive trance with melodies, but I'm really looking for good, no: great psychedelic trance (incl melodies du-uh :) ). So indeed, Silicon Sound & Protoculture fit this description, but I've never been blown away by their stuff in the past...

    looking for something more "melodic"

    in General Psytrance

    Posted

    Thnx for the tips so far.

    Yo DP: I wàs aware of the exintence of labels such as Iboga or Tribal Vision :rolleyes: (already have loads of their stuff)

     

    No Seraph, I'm really looking for something more melodic here. Benza would be a bit to crazy I guess. Thnx for the other tips though, I'll check'em out anyway :)

     

    So I'll check out Voice of Cod & Tron. Especially since Psyreviews gave Tron such a high score & I reckon Damion has a pretty similar taste to mine...

     

    But, please do keep'em coming!!

    looking for something more "melodic"

    in General Psytrance

    Posted

    For some reason I have taken the quest upon me to buy some more melodic trance. Problem is, I'm pretty picky :) In addition to that, I'd like it to be something recent rather than a classic masterpiece.

     

    Now what do I like? I'm looking for something along the lines of Dino Psaras' last album "Lick it" & I also like Man With No Name, old tracks aswell as new ones. Preferably not too speedy/fast or just a ton of dark feedback-noise over a heavy beat.

     

    The last thing I bought in this genre was the Tegma album "Avant.garde"

     

    So, do you guys have any tips on what to check out?

    I refuse to believe that there's nomore good trance music being made & that I should stick to new prog or chill or collect more older stuff!

    Pictures from Belgian Proggy Party

    in Western Europe

    Posted

    Check'em out here: http://www.psychedelic.be/coppermine/thumb...s.php?album=321

     

    These are the pictures we took last week-end on the first 100% pure progressive party in Belgium in the last 6 months.

    Because of problems with the original location we all did our best to get the whole thing moved in 2 days. The line-up was strictly Belgian dj's, no international guests or live-acts but it was a BLAST! Really great to get to hear my own favorite music in a party-environment & NOT having to go all the wayto Germany for it :)

    Hope the great vibe comes across through the pictures?

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