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  1. Well, have had this for a while now.

     

    Like many, after SA, expectations were very high and I straight up ordered this without even listening and that is very very rare for me these days.

     

    My thoughts are that it has a different overall feel but the quality if there. No doubt about it.

     

    SA had a way of having a huge impact in a very subtle building sort of way.

     

    This album is a bit more psy and bit less prog??? Something like that. Great dance music. Very smooth. Beautiful production. Crisp. Bright. Groovy. Fucking wicked.

     

    My one and only issue (and this is being very nit picky) is that every track does not move me deeply (SA was that good). But this is still solid.

     

    No regrets and my respect goes to Freq. Keep up the good work. Don't rush the next one and make it just as good.

     

    :-)

     

    P.S. relaxing right now on a Friday night with a cold beer listening to track 7 right now. Awwwwwwwesome!

  2. When I was new to Goa and to e-bay, I paid so much for Transwave - Helium that I'm ashamed to ever admit how much I spent.  All I can say is that it was so insane that it can't ever be repeated.  I didn't know how ebay worked and started bidding several days early and I'm guessing that the seller or seller's friend artifically jacked up the price by continually raising the bid.  Either that or there was someone else as insane as I was.

     

    Generally, when I want an album badly enough, money is not an issue.....but this blew even those limits....I still shudder to think about it because I see Transwave - Helium sell quite regularly for a tiny fraction of what I shelled out for it..

     

    .....live and learn.

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    Transwave - Helium... classic. Pure gold. If it was $50 or less the I'd say it was worth it.

  3. I thought their last one was bland. Underworked. Lacking spark.

     

    This one I got for old times sake with no expecations. I was pleasantly surprised.

     

    Over the last while, I have grown to like elements of the newer styles but mixed with tweaked out effects. Now to be fair, this album treads dangerously close to that Israeli fullon line in parts, but it still has a little something more in my opinion.

     

    Overall, I quite liked it. A good blend of some full on elements but with a bit of oldschool touch to it. I imagine that certain tracks would go over well as parties too.

     

    I give this one a solid 7.5 (maybe 8?) out of 10.

     

    No regrets on buying it.

  4. Expectations were high for this one.

     

    You could sense in some of his more recent singles that he was losing a bit of inspiration. This album confirms that.

     

    Nothing new here, but, I don't regret getting it. Nice for home listening when you're in the mood for something light and not that challenging.

     

    If you liked his first and are looking for more of the same, this is a pretty good bet.

  5. Blah blah blah...

     

    I like Digitalis the best.

     

    After that, I pick Enlightened Ape.

     

    (Silicon Sound is classic because of when it was released but sounds dated to me now.)

     

    Finally, I must pick Kaaya - Elixer... mmmm yummy chill.

     

    So let's break it down. The guy made many albums. Some I like, some I don't. There is one thing I can't deny: he has talent.

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    A Question of choice is an everlasting question for all human beings... Choosing...

     

    ...'Yes or No' - you'll get non-compromises, shocking extra-power result.

     

    On this CD Vertigo crew have gathered artists with the common reputation of the nighttime killers. You'll discover time stretching compositions of The Nommos, Cosmo, Osom (sounds of KinDzaDza and Psykovsky), Adrenal Glands (of Zik), The Many Face (of Jelly and Dejan), Terminator (Zolod) feat. DarkShire, Furious, Highko, Silent Horror and Encaphalopaticys are here.

     

    Most part of these tracks is 150 bpm

     

    No play - no game

     

    :huh:

     

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    Welcome to Nowhereland...

     

    This compilation dedicates to all the super mega renegades, who has changed the quiet routine life to this magic world.

     

    To all whos expanding the borders of our and all other worlds by their search of new impressions.

     

    To all who dont need languages to understand each other.

     

    To all who has found themselves and great happiness, where the rest people see nothing

     

    :blink:

     

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    Push the play button to feel the truth of it.

     

    Timeless Flash compilation inhabits a clandenstine yet beautiful mysteryous world of HI-NRG psytrance.

     

    Featuring 9 brand new unreleased psychedelic powerful cuts, narrated by the inner space pilots from Russia, France, USA combining genius and madness in one unique psy-trance concept warming the hearts of trance lovers, like bangers and their friends

     

    Everything that happens in this world is a reality.

     

    :ph34r:

     

    Vertigo has some of the killerest promo on the scene no doubt.

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    Priceless. Fuckin priceless.

  7. "Breaths deeply, stretch your muscles carefully – itfs time for acid sport! International team of psytrance champions from India, USA, Brazil, Denmark, Macedonia, France and Russia will explode your body and mind with non-stop powerful psychedelic energy. This music should be played just before sunrise, in the mystical early-morning twilight. Dancefloor will become an acid playground filled with fat baselines, enigmatic rhythms and modern psychedelic grooves. This compilation is a new chapter in trance history. Vertigo Records always stood on edge of real psychoactive sounds. No retro vibes just fresh psyspirit! So, get ready, dress your favourite party wear fantastic, unforgettable trip coming very soon! Donft be afraid to get some vertigo "Acidsport" is 100% pure stuff!"

     

    Boooya! Killargggh. No retro vibes here... only 100% pure stuff. Keep in mind, it's best played in the mystical early morning twilight!

     

    Yeah baby, YEAH!

     

    It's non-stop and has fat baselines, what more do you need to know? GET IT NOW you 16 year old psytrance loving pussy!!!!!!! Ack!

     

    Boooya! (did I say that already?)

     

    :lol::lol::lol:

  8. About this whole Posford issue:

     

    I started to listen to Psytrance in 94/95, I owned the Twisted album, i liked it, but not more or less than other albums at the time, such as Etnicas Alien Protein, or early AP, or Prana, or Early X-Dream, MWNN. To me he was just another Goaartist, not bad at all, but nothing special, and I remember listening to Lone Deranger in the Record store, but not buying it cause I didnt like it. Then when Shpongle first came out I also liked it, bought it, listened to it some, forgot about it, and then around 2000 I started hanging out on the Old Psynews and other Internet forums.

     

    Having been cut off from the public opinion about artists and just going by own tastes, I was totally amazed by all that Posford mania going on. I remember thinking to myself "Why is everyone so crazy about Shpongle and Hallucinogen, but not about Etnica "Trip Tonite" or Prana or Dimension 5?"  What does Posford have that others do not have? It seemed like some completely random Boyband Groupie crazyness going on. I always liked what he does, some things more than others, but it never amazed me at all, to me his work has alwys been "good-but-not-great".

     

    And I also noticed that he keeps doing the same tricks over and over, and it always sounds so artificial and plastic. To all you posford maniacs, please listen to Kino Oko "Lost Entertainment" and listen how all the effects and tricks sound so much more alive and interesting. I have no ideas how music is made technically, but Kino Oko sounds a million miles ahead, IMHO at least. But, knowing the litlle man-whore groupies that you are, your preconceptions wont let you listen to it from a neutral standpoint anyways.

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  9. Thanks Israel for confirming that all your established psytrance artists suck ass. In the rest of the world, we were wondering, but now we know. They all want to be pop stars. They all want to be a crisper version of the shitty new IM sound.

     

    Buy this now.

  10. Listen to blue energy and be astonished. :ph34r:

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    Blue Energy is an untouchable classic. I listened to this again a few weeks ago right through in a dark room and was (as usual) blown away.

     

    The new album is half of the old Jaia and it is different. I thank god he wasn't corrupted by the cheesy gay full on wave coming out of Israel and South America these days. If he had to be influenced by a new sound, let it be prog, and it was.

     

    This album is still awesome for me. It's not psy, but it has enough complex elements, that I can still appreicate it. Solid release. Well worth the money spent, which is hard for me to say these days.

     

    I give it 8.789 out of 10.

  11. Mid range standard issue stuff here. I love certain Logic Bomb tracks and this just doesn't touch the magic those two can create. It doesn't make my ears bleed but it's not inspirational either.

     

    My fav track is the last one. Otherwise... I give it 6 to 7 out of 10.

  12. This album indeed skates very close to the cheese barrier in places. The tracks combine elements of this with the now standard issue smooth prog sound. The results work sometimes but not always.

     

    I got this based on samples and some of the more positive reviews above with hopes that it would be good. It's allright but nothing I'm compelled to pull out and listen to often. I think I'll sell it if I ever get the time to put a bunch of stuff on Ebay.

     

    As a DJ tool... maybe. I'm not qualified to judge on this point.

     

    For home listening... not outstanding but listenable.

     

    5.5 to 6 out of 10

  13. I must agree with the comments above. Really smooth album with great power. Not much hype around this though?

     

    Actually, the comment above about Silicon Sound - Pure Analog is what made me check this out. I got it and can't say I'm dissappointed with any tracks. It's all good. A great album to listen to start to finish.

     

    In my opinion, it's not like Silicon Sound, but if you like that sound, then you'll probably like this, if that makes sense.

  14. Maybe it's because psytrance is the opposite to this kind of life and perception of the World.

     

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    Exactly. If you show up to a psytrance party in a track suit and try to intimidate everyone... people won't be impressed. Hell, people probably won't even notice.

  15. A mix of very different bands. Could have worked I guess if you had good DJ's that could make the tranisition between styles, but it doesn't sound like you got that.

     

    Too bad.

     

    Still, I'd like to see Son Kite live one day.

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