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Elysium, I have a friend here in Cambridge who claims to have a copy of the McArtney/Youth track as an original cd single.... I shall see if I can get a copy from him ... otherwise I shall be in touch again. Some of my most treasured discs include Subsurfing - Frozen ants (it's beautiful and irreplaceable) MOTY vol 1 " " Special Edition of FSOL's ISDN cd in a card sleeve with velcro & wonderful graphics bomble

I take it you know that there is a Matsuri album of the same name? Not that you can't use it too ... just to save confusion about postings.... your tracklist sounds very solid though .... it'd be a mix I'd like to hear bomble

This topic is being continued in the off-topic section .... probably easier if there aren't two threads at once. bomble

This has been released for a while - I listened to it in my local record store (that usually takes ages to get anything in). First impressions : the prometheus track is huge, the others didn't immediately grab me enough to buy it then, but I shall give it another try. bomble

oooooh happiness ... bomble

I am going to be living (studying) there for 11 months starting in September. Anything going on there ? I found something about a Goanesh party that happened in '97 but surely there's more ..... bomble

I'll ask him - I am hopig he'll come over to stay with me for a while and we can sift through the pile !! bomble

Actually Blueroom started selling off their overstock in the summer of 2001 - that's when I found out that they were closing down. They sold their music direct for silly prices (18 cds for £18 - 30 Euros). It is a great shame, but the label never really made much money. They are concentrating on the pod speakers which are selling really well (and have appeared on every commercial and tv show recently). I have a friend (Humphrey from L.S.D) who has the entire Blueroom collection including many unreleased things - he was asked to compile a cd of the best of the unreleased tracks, but that fell through. I am hoping to get hold of some of the lost stuff sooner or later, because it is a label that was never afraid to experiment and push boundaries. I am sure there's a lot of stuff that I would like that they never released. bomble

To my mind, you can chill out to stuff which isn't ambient. Ambient music is stuff which is (atleast as I understand it) more about the textures of sounds than the tune or melody. Chill out music just means that - music which helps you relax. Ambient music can help you chill out, though some can have an unsettling effect and hence perhaps is the opposite (some of Aphex Twin ambient works volume II is certainly not calming!). On the other hand, producers like Asura, Shpongle and most of the other psychedelic trance spin-off acts make chillout which is certainly not ambient - there are beats, there is psychedelic noising and samples, but the overall effect is relaxing and brings you down from dancefloor music. That's the difference in my opinion. So for ambient artists I can recommend Brian Eno, some of Aphex Twin, some of Autechre, Biosphere, Steve Roach etc. etc. For chillout, basically see any of the chillout section of the reviews... bomble

Forgot to say that this was released in early 2001, not 2002 - i.e. before Floatation bomble

A very good alternatively flavoured chillout comp from Canada's finest chill label. The beats are cool with a much more electronic feel than their more recent release, Floatation, which was very ethnic and organic in style. The superb tune from Freeworm has their signature female vocals that can be heard on the Ekkocentric remix album. Intelligent, subtle and refreshing music for the chill lovers amongst you. 8/10 bomble

Inpsyde Media - I think that comment about the English (and I expect you mean the British) was a bit odd. Of the rest of the European nations, only Denmark held a referendum as far as I know - and they said no ! In other words, the only country that actually asked it's people whether they wanted to join, decided not to. There is likely to be a referendum in Britain about this soon, but to say it is the fault of the people is a bit misguided. Most of the people of the rest of the 11 Euro-zone states were never asked ! bomble

Hey Matt, hope you get well soon .... and the archive awaits you to send healing vibes direct to your auditory canal ! bomble

www.cur.co.uk - Global Chillage - an hour of world chillout from bomble... come on....

I have posted a few first-reviews on this site, mainly in the chillout section. The reviews I write have been getting longer (perhaps too much so) because it seems that there are people interested in what I have to say. When I review I try to give an overall impression first, then some increased detail (possibly track by track) and finally a summary with a rating. That way if people don't like to read the whole thing, there's the essence at the top and bottom. Hopefully that is not causing anyone offense ?? If you would like to review my reviews feel free - I happily take constructive criticism bomble

Ask him what has happened to his relationship with Youth (goes with the Celtic Cross question). As far as I know they are not dealing with eachother which I find sad seeing as how wonderful their combined work has been. bomble

I wasn't really saying that DD and Mindfield sound alike - more that they have the same kind of intensity and catchiness. I was certainly drawing more from comparison of the two phantasm albums than from more recent work (which I haven't heard). bomble

my favourite Orb albums are UFOrb, Adventures beyond the Ultraworld and Orb Live bomble

I have a copy of this - I couldn't get an original - and it is a classic. I had most of the tunes from other sources, but as a whole it shows was a master Graham is. Just wish he was still making this kind of stuff... bomble

You should have a listen to Mindfield if you like Double Dragon ... bomble

if you want to explore the history of our beloved music, you shouldn't miss out on info about these : Steve Reich 'It's gonna rain' Phuture's 'Acid Trax' bomble

There's so much good music at the moment I can't keep up ! Suddenly the chillout stuff I have always loved is gaining respect at an equal level to dancefloor tunes - 2001 was fantastic for chill (East of The River Ganges, Mana Medicine, Floatation, Nada Masala vol.2, Makyo's Yakshini, Ooze's where fields..., Shpongle etc. etc, and 2002 seems set to be just as good) There has been a lot of fine dancefloor stuff, and I'm sure loads that I haven't even heard yet. Things are looking a lot healthier on the psy trance scene than they were a few years ago I would say. bomble

dancefloor.... perhaps Matsuri's 'Abstract Phase' Also love Atomic's 'Single cell' Moonspirit's 'Full Moon Paradise' Transients 'A Progress In Trance' TIPworlds '13 Crystal Skulls' Matsuri's 'Resonance Mood' and loads of others... bomble

yeah - I recommend you get this (see my review if you haven't already). www.amazon.co.uk or direct to Orgisms .... http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B...4010826-5798032 bomble

Solar Quest - Orgisms Artist: Solar Quest Title: Orgisms Label: Entropica Date: 2000 Track listing: CD 1 01. 06'06" Cherchez La Lumiere 02. 06'48" Dubblet 03. 07'22" Lucid Beauty 04. 10'03" Levitation 05. 05'53" Walking Tree 06. 05'53" Anchors In The Mist 07. 08'39" The Groove Merchant 08. 07'20" Switch Off Your Mind 09. 04'00" Misanthropy 10. 02'29" Seven Veils 11. 14'46" Ceremonial CD 2 01. 11'45" The Belle of Atlantis 02. 06'39" Singtree 03. 07'06" Awaken Kundalini 04. 08'53" Liquid Sky 05. 08'43" The Open Path 06. 08'22" Save the Whale 07. 03'53" Requiem For A Lily 08. 16'58" Flying Spirals Review: I am not too sure why I have never heard people talking about SolarQuest when the topic of chillout comes around in these forums. They are undoubtedly masterful at making the stuff and rival many of the better known acts. Funnily enough, that's almost exactly what I said when I first did a review of Makyo for this site, and now he seems to be one of the most popular choices for chillout ... so maybe it's SolarQuest's turn next! Anyway ... what to expect ...? This is warm, subtle and smooth chillout. Hints of psychedelic sounds thrown in and perhaps one of the closest sounding productions to Makyo without being Makyo of course. SolarQuest is in fact primarily George Saunders, though there are other artists involved playing the plethora of 'real' instruments used in the tracks. This is by no means his first release, but in my opinion this is the one to go for if you don't know the SolarQuest sound. One other point that is worth a mention is that all the SolarQuest recordings are made using power generated from the Greenpeace portable solar generator 'Sparky'. The music that is produced is of the 'organic' sound with plenty of atmospheric natural noising, thoroughly chilled and with a mixture of beat and beatless tracks. I think that the album only comes as a double cd, which is great because you get the superb Orgship in the bag too. This I believe was an earlier release (1994 maybe), but the pair together form a fabulous ambient journey. Orgisms: There is not really much point dwelling on the tracks one at a time as they are soft-mixed together (still extractable for dj-ing purposes, but without any silences), and it is the overall effect that is so pleasant. Certain tracks do stand out however - notably Anchors in the Mist which has a divine flute swirling and wafting the ears downstream. Absolutely blissful. The flute is back in Switch off your Mind and don't I just love it - this time with a snare beat and plenty of weirdness. In fact the general intensity of the Orgisms cd builds as the tracks go on with more beat structure until the wonderful Ceremonial which just launches the imagination onto another plane. This is the proper length for a chillout track in my mind, and you may still be sorry when the cd comes to a stop. Orgship: If Orgisms was chilled then Orgship is even more so! This is one of the most relaxing discs I have, some really gentle beats but mostly soft drifting sounds and instrumentation. It is really beautiful stuff - not overproduced and not too busy... just about right for me to keep me from being bored but not interfere too much with my thoughts. Liquid Sky is magnificent - very much like a Dakini tune with a perfect flow towards an emotional power that gets me right here [bomble reaches for his chest]. The Open Path is also a splendid trippy little number and the joy just builds! Save the whale keeps things tasty, but I think that the Requiem for a Lily might have been better left out - it doesn't add much for me. Then again, it leads into Flying Spirals which, just as the final track in Orgisms, provides the soul with a magic carpet for some serious interior voyaging. The combination of the two discs (hopefully at ordinary album price if you have an honest supplier) makes this album a real treasure. It won't infiltrate your every waking moment like Shpongle can ... but I doubt you'll regret buying it if you can find a copy. Lovely. 8.5/10