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I knew this guy for a couple of years now. Thinner was my first love among net-labels

Yeah, I meant the previous one.

Sounds nice. I wish they were a bit more edgy.

OMG, I somehow missed this thread. There isn't any progressive psychedelic trance anymore, I agree. The whole culture is changing... soooo changing.

Because I loved vol.1 and I thought this one will have a similar impact on me.

Check out http://www.discogs.com/label/Benbecula and especially Ochre - Lemodie. It's the first thing that pops into mind after Sending Orbs They've got lots of releases, some are neofolk/post-rock, but ambient ones are great.

I wanted to review this compliation, but after the first listen I didn't want to hear it again.

Worth a listen for sure.

http://www.discogs.com/label/Suntrip+Records http://www.discogs.com/label/Metapsychic+Records http://www.discogs.com/label/Old+is+Gold and to save your time http://www.discogs.com/release/986509 also a compilation "Opus Iridium" coming soon @ Suntrip with Ethereal, Shakta, Filteria, Afgin, Solar Fields, Aes Dana, Asura and Ra.

Seen it @ isratrance

nuff said

M.E.E.O. - Highlight Me Please (Demon Tea Recordings, 2008) Cover: Front + Back Label: Demon Tea Recordings Catalog#: DMTCD16 Format: CD, Album Released: January 2008 Distribution: Wirikuta Artwork: Sara Forsberg, Mathias Eriksson Mastereing: Hakan Kristofferson Tracklisting: 1. 08:12 Grow To Become A Child (135 bpm) 2. 08:52 Loads Of Laughter (145 bpm) 3. 08:53 Ball Of Gum (140 bpm) 4. 08:47 Lowrider Mono To Phono (140 bpm) 5. 08:38 Dumble My Humble (138 bpm) 6. 08:30 Mandelbitter (143 bpm) 7. 07:33 Recorde De La Tisco (145 bpm) 8. 07:37 Not As Animal As An Animal (140 bpm) 9. 08:46 Everyone Is Looking Review: M.E.E.O.? Never heard this guy before and never would. Fortunately, artwork and the magical “Demon Tea” next to this release caught my attention, and after listening to the samples, which I seldom do these days, I decided to give it a try. M.E.E.O. stands for Mathias Eriksson Electronic Orchestra, after searching the web, it looks like he had never released anything before. Demon Tea’s latest album came out in 2007, it was a triple CD by Tea Chairs (Tim Thick), before that they looked dead for a few years (Benza, 2003), only their sub-labels, Killah Tea and SunDance, were releasing, but then again, after Talpa in 2004 and Nystagmus in 2005, some may also add Planum to the list, their releases were generic in my opinion. So what has Demon Tea baked for us this time? Let me take you through the tracks... © DP #1. Grow To Become A Child We start off with a pretty slow tune. Bass+kick reminds something Simon Posford did about 10 years ago. Also if you look at everything else, seems like Mathias likes Hallucinogen and some other Simon’s project. I’m not saying he is copying, no. This track evolves slowly, he’s in no rush. A soft break in the first part and it starts all over again. Filtered female vocals are present, but they don’t cut your ears with the cheesiness, and a melody! Yepp – it’s a melodic album This melody is built on the vocals and is a continuation to them. I liked the start to this album, interesting how the story goes after this. #2. Loads Of Laughter Not only is this track 145bpm compared to 135 of the first track, that wasn’t any kind of an intro, it starts with banging beats after the first seconds. That’s probably the most annoying thing in this album. There are places this track could fit better. I like it smoooooth and accurate, this one just hits you out of balance. After a couple of minutes you forget you were hit off to the ground and start trying to follow the storyline. The track itself is intense and hard, it builds up right to the end with a major break. Kaboom! And there it goes. It feels like someone wants to tell you something very important and very fast with drops of spit almost falling out. It would fit someone sets, but it’s efficiency on this album in this position is in question. #3. Ball Of Gum Interesting, you can find this track under “Gumball 2000” name on his myspace. We start with a funky disco-vibe, normal 140, he’s in no hurry again. Distorted sounds in and out. I enjoyed this album because it’s totally unpredictable. You’re always like “What was that?” and “Where did it come from?” I’m not sure what are these sounds, but I get a certain association with crows, filtered this time. Disco feel turns melancholic in the middle and omg these crows are back again. And they are not alone this time – they brought an acid-line with them. It suit’s perfectly, right time, right moment. Thank you. #4. Lowrider Mono To Phono Every artist has special relationship with his track names, Mathias is no exception. He’s playing with them just like he’s like he’s playing with sounds and samples. You can get a slight idea of what going on just by looking at the track name. He always reaches the point when titles make no sense. Maybe they do and I don’t get it, but you have to agree there’s tons of releases where track name makes more sense than the music itself This one is a piece of uplifting psytrance with a message from aliens @ 1:22. All in all – a pretty balanced melodic morning tune that blooms in the second part. #5. Dumble My Humble That’s probably not a good thing to say again and it won’t give more credit to Mathias, but I get the feeling of God’s presence. Yes, I’m talking about Simon Posford. I have to say I’m always sarcastic about all this “Simon the God”. Looks like psychedelic trance hit the point where its damn hard to sound original and unique, lack of ideas (in general) maybe. On the other hand, who wouldn’t want to hear that his work reminds Hallucinogen? And I’m talking about his latest tracks, of course. Humble Dumbled. It changes sound and direction with every break, a lovely diverse tune. You should hear it! #6. Mandelbitter MEEO absorbed and chewed lots of music – many influences in his work. Demon Tea wouldn’t release generic psytrance, considering their discography, right? They are Australian, so aussie craziness guaranteed. You can hear, as I said, something Twisted here and there, Mathias is Swedish, so he’s got Finnish friends for sure – souminess is also present. The melody reminds me of Aavepyora or James Reipas, Finnish flavor anyway #7. Recorde De La Tisco Broken beats lead us to 4/4, this is fast, flat and I like. You even start knocking your head in way you do to dancefloor-oriented psytrance. Well, maybe you didn’t, but I just did that There’s a break and it goes a bit more colorful from there. Then it turns a bit boring, frankly speaking, but a break saves it again. He always puts the desert in the end. You knock your head and all of a sudden elfs, trolls or whatever with colorful clothes, glow-sticks and music instruments pop up and you’re in the centre of a festival. Surprise-surprise! I would have thought it’s my birthday, is it was summer #8. Not As Animal As An Animal This is the perfect continuation to the previous track, it’s got the same mood, only calmer. Just like you woke up after you birthday party. I’d love to hear this that day, so if you know me and you’ll get invited –put MEEO in the cd player and press “8”. And don’t forget about the desert. Acid for desert by chef Mathias. Lovely. #9. Everyone Is Looking We finish up with a downtempo tune. Hard to describe, but imagine Outolintu was his younger and much crazier brother. Not that twisted, but chilling. It brings you exactly to where you started when you pressed “Play”. Bottom line: Style-wise it’s difficult to put it under any category and for sure it doesn’t suit today’s prog/fullon/dark concept. It’s just different. M.E.E.O. is the project to watch for all psytrance lovers out there, personally I will and I’m happy to have discovered this album so early, though it's not the best thing Sweden gave us after vikings, but it's definitely worth a listen to everyone trapped in the psytrance stream. This is the kind of music that keeps me listening to psytrance and reminds me what it’s all about. Favourites: 3, 4, 5!, 7, 8, 9 Related links: Demon Tea Recordings: http://www.demontea.com/ M.E.E.O.: http://www.meeo.se/, http://www.myspace.com/electronicorchestra Discogs: http://www.discogs.com/release/1214021 Shops: PsyShop: http://www.psyshop.com/shop/CDs/dem/dem1cd016.html SaikoSounds: http://www.saikosounds.com/english/display...ase.asp?id=7017 Juno: http://www.juno.co.uk/ppps/products/296649-01.htm

Any chance to get lossless?

:posford:

Growing quality this way is a really great idea. As far as I understand, shit will drown and interesting stuff will pop up here, right? Who chooses what belongs here and what doesn't?

I think they're focused more on the upcoming Minilogue album. Which isn't a bad thing. :posford: :clapping:

It sounds like he processed everything with some filter... or forgot to turn it off

Finally. Now when will Extrawelt strike back?

Is anyone going to review this? I was thinking about it, but not 100% sure =) Crazy stuff is harder to review.

It's like "Attention! Lots of guitars ahead!"

What kind of a forum this may be, when mods are hijacking the thread? Ban Nemo (Y/N)? Racists must be banned, isn't it? Ban Melancholyman (Y/N)?

I'm not too serious either.

I have to say that mastering sucks a bit. This album could have sounded wider and deeper.

Check this, mr. Fake.