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Not by you obviously, but that doesn't mean they wont become classic for some people. I still remember Doop by Doop but I don't think it's classic.

Because he doesn't like solar fields. He said this was a disappointing album in his earlier post.

Therefore you probably wont buy it. I never ever listen to samples anymore. Music always sounds bland and uninspired in a sample. Especially really good, deep music. The number of albums I wouldn't have bought if I heard the samples but love so much is high indeed. I'll wait until I have the CD in my hands before commenting on the music as I just can't tell from samples

Many parties I've been to recently have had no back room After a few hours in the main room I really want to chill out somewhere cool with nice breaks or ambient or something.

It's a year! Okay, I'd rather wait for a good album than have an album rushed any day. I put Nighttime Lullabies on after not having heard it for a while. Still damn good

Omnimotion - Omnimotion

Androcell Efflorescence Celestial Dragon Records 2006 Tracklist 1. Process Of Unfolding (9:10) 2. Neurosomatic Circuit (7:39) 3. Atmos-Spheres (7:58) 4. Spectral Processor (7:37) 5. Aes Dana - Natti Natti (Androcell Remix) (6:54) 6. Efflorescence (8:51) 7. Gnome Dosed (7:21) 8. Dub Crickets (7:02) I had just gotten into Androcell's 1st release Emotivision by the time this came out & I thought that this might need similar time to sink in & have me enjoy. However this I enjoyed straight away so I thought I would get tired of it quickly but more than a year has passed & I still enjoy it so I must conclude that it is a really good album. It manages an organic feel pretty well but it's like a psuedo organic feel. It doesn't feel like any nature I've encountered on Earth but more like the natural environments on other planets I've traveled to. 1. Process of Unfolding We start the album with a trippy sci fi vocal & it instantly creates a vast mood like an early universe. The sounds seem to run down the walls of my mind like water & the quick but light bamboo beat continues the alien nature feel. When the beats kick in properly they are nice damp intricate beats. I love beats like this, they really add something to the track instead of being predictable. The layers slowly get layered on but it never becomes too dense & remains an enjoyable journey through the greenery of outer space. 2. Neurosomatic Circuit A bit slower this time with more of a bassline. Very much more a track to get lost in. The vocals are half prominent but occasionally muttered so your mind switches gear trying to understand & lets the rest of the trippy atmosphere in past the blockades. I'm put in mind of the sky in early evening just before the suns about to set. Walking through a green field towards nowhere in particular but just enjoying the late summer breeze. A very nice relaxed summer track. 3. Atmos-Spheres Continuing the feeling of bright blue skies but a little higher, the soft percussion gifts this a lift & the melody to my mind makes me feel like birds flying around. You truly belong with us here among the clouds confirms my sky high feelings. I'm floating along in a surprisingly warm atmosphere. It's bright & should be cold this high up but it's a lush feeling all over. This is probably my favourite on the album. The intricate beats & the little squelchy pads under the melody on the flute really make my soul float away. 4. Spectral Processor A nice soft intro builds an atmosphere sounding to me like standing by the edge of a rainbow glowing lake on an alien world. Think of the universe as an enormous computer is the sample just as the beats kick in and the mood changes to that of an approaching storm. The more sounds circle round the more I feel like the elements are rushing & the storm breaks and drenches me in sound. A sonic downpour on a shore far from home. If the universe is an enormous computer then this track is small program cleaning the drives. Very unnatural nature here. 5. Aes Dana - Natti Natti (Androcell Remix) A familiar melody & lush bassline over a cascading drone build a more earth atmosphere. The regular Aes Dana beat is steady & the vocals sound like an earthy goddess calling to me. When listening to this I can't put my finger on what Androcell has done to this but it definitely has his stamp on it as well as Aes Dana's. Best of both worlds & fits nicely into the album despite the fact it's a remix. If the other tracks feel like outside in an alien summer then this is definitely the nostalgic look back at what it was like on Earth in those late summer days. 6. Efflorescence The intro leads off with a flute like melody & some nasty middle eastern instrument played in the usual tuneless fashion. The rest of the track, the beats, the melody the sounds are all really good but I think though this would be much more enjoyable without it. I'm happy when it goes but it's in the back of my mind that it'll re:emerge & my enjoyment of the rest is lessened. It does come back & I'm put in mind of my time in the middle east which in itself was fine but wherever I went I heard this tuneless drone on this crap instrument. Take it out of this track & it would be great as it stands though it just bugs me. It finishes off the track too 7. Gnome Dosed At the crossover I can hear the sound of crickets in the background. The soft chords & decrepit alien vocals sound cool along with the brief bits of melody on the flute. It all sounds pretty lovely knowing it's not going to get ruined by a mijwiz or whatever that was. All in all it's a nice track if not a standout but it's nice to be back to the strange alien world after the memory of Earthly delight followed by the nightmare of being hounded my market sellers. 8. Dub Crickets I'm put in mind of being in a bamboo forest slowly dancing to the sound of the wind against the trees. God plays a tune with nature & he's outdone himself this time. The slow bassline, the understated melody, the wet sounds of the percussion & the ethnic vocals are a great way to round off the journey that has been unfolding over the last hour This is probably one of my favourite chillout releases from 2006. It would be higher in my list but I'm afraid it's ruined a little bit by the title track. It's not even the track but just one element of it. Don't listen to me though I just really hate that instrument & that sound. The rest of the music is natural in an alien way with loads of psychedelica & melody. Some dubby elements & some really nice intricate beats. If you like your music chilled & you want something a little different but comfortingly familiar then buy this now.

It's pretty good! Not as good as his chilled stuff but it's some of the best trance I've heard recently. I need some more time to focus on this but I can see already that I'll get lost in a few of these tracks

Scorb - Klangman

Pete Namlook & Mixmaster Morris Dreamfish Rising High Records & Fax Records 1993 Re-released on Avatar Records & Ambient World 2001 Tracklist 1 School Of Fish (18:26) 2 Hymn (28:09) 3 Fishology (9:25) 4 Under Water (15:18) This is a deep melodic ambient journey through the vast space that is our oceans. There is definitely a similarity between space & that black depths of the ocean. The main difference though is that the ocean is teeming with life. This album also has a lot of life to it. 1. School Of Fish A mesmerizing plunge into our deep sea world. It is very positive with warm melodies & kind sounds. The melody at times manages to sound like tribal drums without a beat. As it progresses the sound gets darker with some underwater surf & a deep aquatic drone. A dark bassline drags us down and the School Of Fish circle us in their dance. Amazing ambient track, I really am put in mind of the title when I listen. I can see the fish, hundreds of silver fish in a school all swimming in the same direction, round & round & round. 2. Hymn This is easily one of the greatest ambient tracks ever made. It's simple but infectious. At almost 28 minutes one might expect to get bored but I have never been bored listening to this track, NEVER! I am actually always disappointed whenever it's over. The same simple 8 note melody creeps through the track magnificently in different forms but always the same 8 notes over & over. A spoken sample The omniscient, omnipresent, wrathful, all knowing male deity comes in regularly giving this quite a dark trippy edge. The god of western civilisation has nothing to do with women. I have a desire to hear this track over & over & always wish it was longer. The feel is still deep sea with an underwater surf & all manner of strange creatures surrounding you, observing you, judging you. Deep, dark beauty at it's finest. 3. Fishology A much more technological track. Percussion & little blips move forward sounding like a submarine floating through the water, shedding light onto all the life down here, studying it but disturbing it so the results will end up twisted like the music. The crazy shuffling at the end feels like it's run out of steam & is destined to rest at the bottom of the ocean for ever more. 4. Under Water The most ambient of the 4 tracks here. No real melody or structure, just underlying drones & spacial sounds here and there. Little flutters come out of the darkness & this is more a live painting in the mind of underwater shoal with fish coming in & out of it. Fish swimming around your head as if you weren't there. The middle part is darker with more unpleasant noises but these pass & we are left with the calmness one would desire in this situation. A great tapestry of underwater life. The first 2 tracks are definitely the best here. Real masterpieces of music. I would recommend anyone to get this album & those 2 tracks alone make it worth it. The last two tracks aren't quite as good but they are welcome additions to the album. It's a deep dark look at the ocean floor with some godly treats thrown into the middle. Buy it, listen to it & then you'll be praising it.

Scorb Scorb Ambivalent Records Jul 2003 Tracklist 1 Special Liquid (7:40) 2 13.5 Hours (7:40) 3 The Aquarium (2:56) 4 Oracle (6:29) 5 Mutoid (Extended Version) (8:30) 6 Drum War (6:51) 7 Klangman (9:05) 8 Metabolic Activity (7:52) 9 Psycore (9:28) 10 Stupid Science (9:19) This albums holds a special place in my heart. I have many great memories attached to this album. It was released in the month that I moved to Japan & was one of the first CDs I bought upon my arrival & I listened to it all summer, and the whole summer the year after & after that. The pace is just right & the psychedlica is one of my favourite brands of contained weirdness. 1. Special Liquid A nice crunchy acid ridden track. The sounds jump about & there is a feeling of acid running down the walls in the back of my mind. A nice dark atmosphere like at a basement party full of mad dancers going nuts. 2. 13.5 Hours Sweet medieval melody before an urgency comes in. The slow menacing bassline & siren like sounds build the urgency & by the time the beats drop I'm ready to dance. A hard pounding beats with an underlying crunchiness again accentuated by the twisted synths. A number of times the track breaks down & has to rebuild. Each time is a well placed sample be it a creaking door or a unfathomable vocal. The energy comes from more & more surprising places & it's really hard to describe some of the noises used in this weird powerhouse. 3. The Aquarium A random little ambient number (although apparently at 150 BPM which I just can't seem to notice). The melody is fantastic as are the watery sounds. This feels like a slow dance of fairies at the bottom of a lake. Not deep sea, deep but still able to see the glitter of light up above. Great track if a little randomly placed in the album, acts more of a transition. 4. Oracle From the little stabbed chords at the start to the soft ambient drone running through it to awesome breakbeats to the sounds all around this track screams modern mysticism to me. Remove the beats & a few of the harsher sounds and this would be one hell of an ambient journey. The presence of the up beat elements make this a really good crossover. The energy of trance & the mood of ambient. I love this track. 5. Mutoid (Extended Version) A more steady beat again and baseline to match. A lot of the tracks have basslines but they are quite subdues like this & rest in the back of the track allowing the random sounds, melody & synths room to move about & make themselves known. Where as the first few tracks were crunchy, this feels squelchy with a wet synth line & dripping beats. Although this doesn't start brilliantly it builds into a really top drawer track. Towards the end along the wetness there feels like a dark dank underground party with acid soaked walls and crazy faeries dancing on the ceilings & wall. 6. Drum War A more relaxed pace now with a more Deviant Species feel to it. Very dark nightmare trance. What I always hoped dark psy would be, dark without trying to be horror. Effortlessly scary without being evil. Twisted psychedelic enjoyable night time stuff Towards the end comes a mind blowing melody. You here it coming but it still comes as a surprise every time as it's released at the same time as a burst of psychedelic bubbles. Nice stuff. 7. Klangman back to full pace again with klangman. This is a little more off the wall weirdness compared to the straight edged strangeness of the previous tracks. This is little monsters camped in your brain waiting for you to fall asleep so they can set fire to your temporal lobe and lay eggs in the ashes of your charred brain weird. Gets very ethereal towards the end. Lifts your burnt brain up but then casts it down & stamps on it hard resulting in the agonised sounds at the last. 8. Metabolic Activity This carries on the same feeling as Klangman but is slightly less deranged and more structured dancefloor trippiness. Imagine standing at the front of the dancefloor in an underground club, eyes closed so you can see more clearly the music that's flying around you. That's where I imagine myself whenever I listen to this. Even when it slows down I still see myself in the same spot, eyes closed feeling the euphoria. But when the hard stabs of synth come in & it kicks off again my brain explodes & I must dance dance dance. 9. Psycore Fast paced right from the start. No messing about. A nice crazy tech melody & a driving baseline (still subdued) push this forward & the melody shifts up a gear my brain is really thrown into a slipstream, a nice comfortable rush! A really well used sample from The Hitch Hikers Guide just twisted enough to fit & to stay recogniseable! The melody that comes in halfway through is not seratonin releasing but pleasant & it's progression in the track is well done. I can't help laughing along with the evil laugh & smile at the final run. 10. Stupid Science I'm always expecting some ambient track like The Aquarium but I'm always wrong & we get another track in keeping with Psycore. Dark, structured, driving & with weird twisted melodies. Very cool end to a very cool album. This has a black metallic feel to it with spots of glitter on it as the melody tries to escape the surface. The final run of the album is possibly the best music on show here. The dark crispy sounds kicking off the beat for one last time is real end of the night please don't stop even though I know the end is imminent stuff. This album is a masterpiece of arrangement. The tracks are all perfectly placed here building what is a great work of abstract art. The tracks get crazier & crazier until Klangman where after the tracks build more dancefloor energy & trippiness while keeping up the twisted craziness of the earlier tracks. The theme gets darker & darker right through to the last track which has a black metallic feel to it. All tracks are between great & masterful and the music seems to get better & better the more you listen to it. This is one of the few CDs that after 4 years of listening to it still makes me want to go right out find a big venue a few hundred people a big sound system, put this on & dance the night away. I'm very happy that I have this album & I'm eagerly anticipating the follow up to it. Highly recommended!

Nope this is all I own from Scorb Read that last night, although I have been burnt by Damion's enthusiasm before I'm going out on a limb & saying this is probably spot on np

Must listen on headphones to not annoy my neighbours at this late time

This I don't understand. My girlfriend, pretty much like my previous girlfriends, is totally devoid of any logic. I am on the other hand far too logical. She's really creative though & can make anything if she puts her mind to it (she's really into animation & she's good at it). I think there are not that many women producing psy because there are not that many women that are really into psy! Whenever I go to a party it's mostly guys there & the women I do meet are there becasue of their boyfriends. Of course there are girls there who love psy but then again as lauryn illustrated the are women producing also. The percentage is smaller but I think it reflects the ratio of men:women that are really into psy! Personally I don't know any ladies into psy I'd love my bird to be really into it but she merely tolerates it

Enjoy the time you have left! It'll fly by Nice pics, I especially like the lights

A quality soundtrack, enjoy

Enigma - MCMXC a.D.

It's good? How does it compare to the 1st one?

Very nice I also like usually Ultimae have excellent covers though

Hope I'm still here in 6.5 Billion years to see that view

Younger Brother The Last Days of Gravity Twisted Records 2007 Tracklist 1 Happy Pills (8:48) 2 All I Want (9:04) 3 Elephant Machine (6:19) 4 Your Friends Are Scary (6:38) 5 I Am A Freak (8:58) 6 Ribbon On A Branch (7:46) 7 Sleepwalker Part One (6:16) 8 Sleepwalker Part Two (5:59) 9 Psychic Gibbon (7:30) Well, I didn't really like the first younger brother album. There was nothing in it that grabbed my attention. People described it as halfway between Hallucinogen & Shpongle but all I got from it was Simon Posford's disappointing recent output, boring with little real psychedelica just pseudo psy for kids. So my hope for this one were not too high, to be honest I've no idea why I bought it but I'm glad I did. This is more interesting than flock of crap but that's not saying much. There's some psychedelia but I'm surprised these two guys couldn't do better. Then again, in my opinion they haven't made much decent stuff in the last 10 years (except Prometheus' chilled stuff). This has some nice moments but too much of it sounds like rehashed stuff from yesteryear & I for one was not impressed. 1 Happy Pills What a great start. A nice chilled out melodic piece dripping with lovely psychedelic nuances. The beats are big but relaxed. Lots of space to move. The more intricate sub beats are nicer & an Indian melody gives way to a really nice 60's lounge melody. The whole track has the feel of a 60's smokers lounge just not crap. Good & well produced. Unfortunately I think they started the album to well & it might be all downhill from here. 2 All I Want Only the second track & it's started. A sample that really doesn't need to be there. Simon Posford's trade mark stamp is crap samples & right from the start of this we have one. Something about Paranoiacs but it's something that probably sound pretty cool when on acid or something but after a few sober listens just sounds annoyingly childish. The track itself is quite good. The singing is competent if not great & again it gives the atmosphere of 60's rock just more modern. 3 Elephant Machine Round & round, round & round the samples goes, at first I thought this was the shittiest thing I had ever heard. Ultra cheesy, samples that don't really add much & basically pretty much a pop track from yesteryear given a new coat of paint. But it grew on me, there are some nice touches in there. I think this fills the desire for pop music I have after starving myself of anything mainstream. Good pop! 4 Your Friends Are Scary Nice start kind of ambientish then with a melody thatcould be played on anything electronic. Good sounds that feel like they are building to something. The chords played give a melancholic feel which is continued with the guitars & odd psychedelic rain. It slowly builds a bit of energy but never does anything with it 5 I Am A Freak This track would be nice if it didn't repeat the sample I am a freak I am uniqueso much. The rest of the track is really good. Nice soft trippy weirdness with enough melody & structure to keep me happy but that crap sample (I guess Simon wanted that) fucks it all up. Even the use of guitars is great, the structure's great, the beats are nice & crunchy too. I think my memory of this track is worse than it actually is because I always remember the shit samples but they are not there that much, just the beginning and the end so the middle is pretty good. 6 Ribbon On A Branch What on Earth is this? Folk rock? For your average EDM listener this may be out there & innovative but for someone brought up on folk this is tired old stuff. It's not bad but still, there is nothing innovative about this, it's just introducing old folk music to new people in a less scary way. Fair enough I suppose but there is better stuff than this released all through the 60's. This reminds me of the pop covers in th 1990's when every song that sounded half decent was a cover from the 60's. I wouldn't be surprised if this was too. 7 Sleepwalker Part One This is very average mid BPM psytrance with a few influences from a few years ago. There is nothing really to report, nothing particularly good & nothing horrible. Pretty Pedestrian stuff. 8 Sleepwalker Part Two So why was this worth 2 tracks? Oh it wasn't. Once again this is okay I have no real problem with it but after it's over I can never remember it of have the desire to listen to it again. Dull! Is this really the best they could do? 9 Psychic Gibbon Finally a great track. After the greatness of the first track then the disappointment that followed I wasn't expecting this. This is exactly what I would have liked the whole album to be. Interesting & psychedelic without relying on crap samples from past movies. Instead it relies on melodies & structure. It builds it's way up to the vocal which (is not a sample) fits in naturally to the track. Very good stuff, the sort of track I replay after it's finished. Well, this album is not that good I'm afraid. Typical posford stuff. I wish Benji had put his foot down & said "NO Simon! There will be no crap samples from the TV show you watched last night, it just doesn't go" but he didn't. The samples ruin most of the tracks they are in. and I have no idea what the idea with the sleepwalkers are. Most of this album seems like it's going to reach a wider audience. It seems they have gone the same way as Infected Mushroom but without the horrible vocals from Dudev people haven't got the same scorn. Okay it's a little better done than IM did but still, it's the same direction. Happy pills & Psychic Gibbon are both fantastic tunes. The rest are not so good & sleepwalker 1 & 2 is a yawn fest.

younger brother - the last days of gravity I like this so much more than flock of beeps. So much more interesting.

Isn't pandemonium an american guy living in Yokosuka, Japan who visits this forum & has a passion for fun energetic music? I can't imagine him in this whole debacle! Or has someone stolen his name?

Artist either 1. get better 2. stay the same 3. get worse so when an artist who was shot years ago gets better, nobody checks out his music when an artist stays the same people say they have stagnated when an artist gets worse, everyone checks out there music hoping they can relive past glories. So the way to go is to check out artists you don't know or who you used to think were shit