saturnalia

I enjoyed his first album but I can say that this album is a big improvement in terms of his production skills and the overall quality of the music. There were two or three tracks on his first album that I liked a lot and the majority of the tracks on this album are better than the best from his first. Check out: Unholy Ritual, Monkey Unleashed, As Crazy as This May Sound, Reaching through Eternity http://www.saikosounds.com/english/display_release.asp?id=8084 I think if you were even remotely a fan of his first album, there's no way you won't enjoy this one more.

One of my favorite albums of the year. I'm not one to write out a track by track review, wish somebody would include this on the 2009 review board so it would get more attention.

EvsY - Virtuosi di Quosi Faerie Dragon Records May 2009 01. Uus Avaruus 02. A Finn Hits The Fan 03. Valumatta Kiiltomato 04. Paper View 05. Tietaja 06. Public Tranceport 07. Frank Bongenstein 08. Matkija Mutkalla 09. Om Om, Hmm... 10. The Possibilizer 11. Lentokapteenin Leija Review: I don't have the album with me so I can't do a track by track but this is a great album and I was surprsied to see that nobody had posted a review. I don't think it's fair to say that there is no good psytrance coming out these days unless you've heard this album. I have listened to the majority of the albums reviewed on this forum for 2009 and this album is easily better than 90% of them, in my mind a top contender for one of the best albums of the year. It's a little less spacey and out there than some of EvsY's previous releases and I think it probably has more appeal to general psytrance fans as a result. It's fast, it's funky, it's different, it's actually psychedelic (unlike most recent releases); it's everything this genre needs right now. Check out the samples below, particular tracks that stand out are: Uus Avaruus, A Finn Hits the Fan, and Matkija Mutkalla. http://www.saikosounds.com/English/display_release.asp?id=7869 Other Reviews: http://kpsu.org/node/30682 http://www.chaishop.com/article/12687

After listening to this album several more times, I would say that if they stripped all of the lyrical vocals and all of the heavy metal guitars and got rid of one or two of the poppiest tracks, this album wouldn't be bad. Some of the tracks have some processed vocal SOUNDS that are cool but they're always followed very quickly with lyrical vocals that, as noted by pretty much everybody who listens to this, are fucking horrible. I watched the video for "Smashing the Opponent." Did anybody else catch the irony? So . . . apparently the point of the video is that, as producers, they don't get enough respect while DJ's steal all of the limelight. The video starts with them making a quiet entrance into the club, waiting in line to get a drink, not getting recognized by people in the club. Then a douche bag DJ (that bares an extreme resemblance to Aphex Twin in the Windowlicker video, not sure why because Richard D. James is 10x cooler than these guys will ever be, but anyway . . .) comes in, makes a grand entrance and the crowd goes wild. So the DJ is getting all of the credit for playing their music. Umm . . . Infected Mushroom are the highest paid psytrance musicians in the world, and some of the highest paid in the trance scene overall! How are you going to complain about a lack of respect, notoriety, compensation, etc. when you are NUMBER ONE!? On top of that, THEY are the douchebags so if they want to complain about the dj's that play their music being douchebags, they should stop putting out such shitty music and maybe some respectable dj's will play their tracks.

I'll keep this short because this album isn't worth the time. 1. I'm willing to admit that in some ways, this album is not quite as bad as some of their worst, ie Vicious Delicious/IM the Supervisor. The heavy metal guitars and the singing are beyond shit but some of the musical content is not horrible. It's such a shame to listen to these guys; they clearly have production skills and they clearly had potential at one point but I just don't understand how anybody could make this music and not notice that it's awful. "I'm gonna push you, until you gonna get it." These lyrics are a joke, they dont' mean anything, they're obnoxious, Duvdev's voice is terrible, and to top it all off, that isn't even how you would say what he's trying to say. If you can't speak english or don't care to take the time to have somebody edit your lyrics so that they make sense, sing in Hebrew. Many of the tracks on this album, as on their past few, are completely ruined by vocals like this. 2. Much of this album, to me (and i've seen this comment elsewhere) sounds very reminiscent of Depeche Mode. I can respect an artist exploring new territory and that's the typical argument used in defense of the crap they've been producing over the last couple of albums. I think it's pretty clear these guys have strayed far enough that they no longer even belong in the psytrance genre, but I dont' see how mimicking 80's and 90's synth-pop is "exploring a new sound." 3. This is supposed to be a concept album. About food that they like to eat. Frank's is a restaurant they like, Poquito Mas is a mexican taco place they like, Sa'eed is an Israeli brand of hummus. A concept album!?? About food you like to eat?? I think they would at least like to still try to pretend that they belong in the psytrance genre. They want to do a concept album and the most interesting/psychedelic concept they can come up with is restaurants they like?! I think their next concept album should be what brand of toothpaste they prefer and what their favorite laundry detergent is.

Got this album yesterday, not much of a writer so I didn't want to post this in reviews, but this album is fucking awesome. I prefer their more Finnish style to their darker stuff and this album is perfect for me, psychedelic, funky, melodic. Very consistent album with only one or two tracks that are not as well done as the rest. Can't wait to see a full review, but definitely check this album out.

I didn't find this album to very good at all but it seems like I'm alone. It was totally uninteresting to me and I didn't find it to be very psychedelic at all. I wonder what's wong with me.

This is the first mix I made. 1. Ten-g - Odoriko 2. Salakavala - Rubber Bum 3. Haltya - Rainbow Funkster 4. E vs Y - Hattivatti 5. Sattel Battle - Sounds Cool 6. Lemon Slide - Drinking Problem 7. Koneveljet - Aloo 8. Mullet Mohawk - Faith Dealers 9. Pavel Svimba & Calamar Audio - Aamustufee 10. Igor Swamp - Uuttamatookoukkuu 11. Texas Faggott - Early Cry 12. Huopatossu Mononen - Sadantuhannenmiljardin Vuoden Päänsisäinen Yksinäisyys 13. Luomuhappo - Maailman Paras Jatka 14. Scooter Baba vs DDA - Activa Boogie 15. Mandalavandalz - Kaapiadiden Aarre http://rghost.ru/177670