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You speak the truth I can also mention that the subtle changes to ....And the Day turned to Night are awesome.

"I am a freak" on the Audio side of the twisted DVD... I found it rather tasty! I have huge huge hopes for this album, pre-ordered of course.

He's got every characteristic of a god that's of any use. FACTS: He delivers He's real He answers prayers either via music, writing or voice He performs miracles SPECULATIONS: He's got an aura around him He can levitate a crowd He's in contact with the supernatural UNTRUE THINGS THAT DO NOT MATTER He's immortal He transcends time / space

My all time fave is Hallucinogen - The Herb Garden One.. particular night this one gave me the *single, most awesome musical experience of my entire life* And after that it's always been the wildest track I've ever heard. Maybe not in the same way, but there's always the chance to experience that again. I even listen to it in moderation to always keep it fresh..

Erosion, Ensueño, Wasteland.. Oh this is top notch. Really, a superb album. Jaïa, you've got some challenge! :drama:

Polyploid aka Chris Gannon now releases the album "Grow Your Own" almost a decade after his first release "Touch Proof", under this alias. I know Gannon's work mainly through his Psytrance / Goa Trance during the 90's. So, hearing him now again, releasing an Ambient / Dub album through Chill Tribe Records comes as a very welcome surprise! This album also contains tracks in collaboration with Ciaran Walsh from Deviant Electronics. Chill Tribe Records' 5th release offers a lot. You'll find a wide variety of tempos and influences featured; Break beats, Jazz, Dub, Oriental, even orchestral sounds. As the track listing progresses, you're soon to realize the CD spinning in your player fits smoothly into the great line of music we've previously experienced from this label. I really like the way the album seems very dark, but at the same time, it offers a sort of upbeat, interesting pace of rhythm. This idea is further enhanced by looking at the great cover art. Take the track "Trick Dust". It's very dark, it has a very interesting melodic foundation, (in a way it reminds me of Juno Reactor), coupled with intense synthesizing. You get the feeling catching this music live somewhere would be a real treat.. An interesting choice of vocal samples are also used. "Bishop's Song" - with what sounds like a very enthusiastic reverend - joined with an electric organ playing, making it something that stands out in many ways. The individual tracks feature their own sort of theme, and it's a safe bet to say nothing is left to the coincidental realms regarding the production. However, everything is left to your interpretation.. It's impressive how the level of creativity, the design of the sound, the effects, and the exploration of musical possibilities in itself makes this album stand out the way it does. The album also has it's jazzy side, the last track "Wishful Thinking" does something impressive, it matches together the general feel of the album as you've listened through it, slows it down, brings great closure to the previous hour of musical experience. As an artist, you're required to know what you're doing if you've set out making an album which aims to bring something new to an audience within this kind of mixture of genres. This album gives me a feeling of a very precise and structured way of looking at the project. If you look at it abstractly, you almost get the feeling of a clear melodic symmetry. There's a usage of contrast, pace and effects that shows us something on a whole different level than most Dub-albums I've heard. There are a also a few unusual surprises that caught my ear, I'm sure you'll know what I'm talking about after your first listen.. All in all, in terms of quality, production, engineering and continuity, Polyploid - Grow Your Own is a definite must-have for any fan of Ambient, Chill and Dub. Waste no time inserting this excellent piece of digital creativity into your source of audio!

Speakers: Focal Electra 1027 Beryllium: 2ch dual mono amplifier: Chapter Audio Precís

It's a grrrreat one. In fact, the whole album is spectacular. Ensueño

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Shameful Silence is easily one of the best albums I've heard in 2007, and the way this album has grown on me these last few days, I suspect it'll stay that way for a long time. Wombatmusic aka Elysium has now released a rock solid 12-track album through Chill Tribe Records. The album varies over a number of genres, with excellent continuity throughout its playtime. What struck me the most interesting about Shameful Silence, is the way some of the tracks are built up in a rather nontraditional way towards their end/climax.. We're all familiar with layer after layer being pumped over each other, some more blatant than others, but these tracks introduce buildups much more seamlessly and interesting. This is evident in the tracks "World Travelling Eclipse Chasers", "Artificial Earth Satellite", and "Shameful Silence I". This is also undoubtedly one of the key aspects of why I can recommend this album to any fan of chill out, ambient and electronic music. The struggle for an original sound is getting progressively harder within the genre of chilled out electronic music these days, but I feel this album still has something different to offer. There are some real gems in here, impressive tracks to say the least. I will argue that Shameful Silence is more experimental than most of Elysium's previous work, and I appreciate it for its originality and creativity. It's filled with electronic soundscapes really blending in and out of each other, changing, and making you really stop and listen. Taking every advantage of the possibilities within two-channel stereo sound, the effects and holography this album is riddled with is truly a musical journey in itself. Well chosen vocal samples blending into the beats and melodies makes this an album standing very much on its own feet. I would describe almost none of the tracks as pure chill, there is certainly some fire under the kettle as an overall feel. There are even some mid-track tempo-changes! All inn all you find yourself getting increasingly interested in this album throughout its progress. Shameful Silence is the first album released from Chill Tribe Records, where the quality of production, engineering and mastering is still consistent in every way. After a few listens you realize this is musically very much alike the tracks in the three previous compilations, all the more reason to check this album out.. Two thumbs up!

Finally! Chill Tribe Records' 3rd release is out - named "Ear Pleasure". Let's get things straight, first of all; what is an ear? It's a receptive organ in the human body. Allright, now what is "pleasure"? Well, in this context it would be something like "the pleasing effects of excellent music". So, where do we turn in the search of this excellence of dilligently compiled music? Well, Chill Tribe Records has proven to be a more than reliable source for just this, and all the more reason to be excited for their most recent compilation. When I first saw the album cover, I had an inkling as to what I would experience for the next hour or so, as previous musical experiences with some of these artists have proven memorable. See, whenever I learn there is a new album released from Chill Tribe, there is always few surprises and cliffhangers when it comes to artist lineup. Whatever reputation and fame might follow these names becomes irrelevant. The pleasuring of the ear this time around comes from the mixture of all these different songs into a general feel - a journey - a state of mind, if you get properly carried away. I'm happy to say this album is an expression of the rising trend of going away from the popular, yet more or less pure synthloops with conga drums in the background in straight as an arrow 4/4 rythms featuring "aah aah" vocals for nine minutes with a more or less random name slapped on it, calling it "psychilled dub" or some other extravagant made-up word. Ear Pleasure clearly features artists who've integrated other instruments and effects together with varied inspirations, to create impressively original sounding tracks, all in the name of downtempo and dub. This is one of the things that strike me the most after having listened through the album a few times. Ear Pleasure is more laid back and "nonchalant" than the previous two albums. It's the absolute perfect album to run through on an early saturady morning just having woke up and realizing the gravity of the weekend.. Zen Lemonade - Island of Forgotten Dreams hit the spot beautifully. And, if you're a bit of a tech geek like me, you'll find the technical properties to be fully intact when it comes to quality of recording, resolution, field of sound and effects, you name it. If you have floorstanding loudspeakers, you'll enjoy this album to its fullest. Be sure to check this album out if you're into dub - Chill Tribe style!

Yeah, even more recently, I read somewhere that someone had heard from Ott that Sisi was recording again. Man, thank the interweb for secure facts.

Gamma Goblins Pt.2 The creation of a spiritual human being.

I ordered on a Saturday I think.. Got 6/7 packages on wednesday, and one yesterday.

Nice collection, Shaft. I have all of those except Abakus', and I'm more than satisfied. Go on, buy them.

The two shulman's didn't come. Postal or Psyshoppal problem?

Yes, I'm burning it as we speak.

From what I've heard, Jaïa's new is nice. You see, I don't have any MP3's.

Yeah, I ordered them by pairs. But I just threw them all together here in this picture. JOIN THE EU, NORWAY.

Spectrasonics?

This is what I ended up with btw: