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Jon Cocco
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Alright, I just got this album in the mail today and here are my first
impressions: This album is dark, psychedelic, and energetic stuff that is for
night time only! The first track is good, very fast and crazy. It has these
crazy random sounds and noises, that start off remeniscent of Infected
Mushroom, followed by a very cool wave of bass. Then the melody and cop sirens
come and things get nuts! Also, track 2 is great, very melodic with the voice
of a woman humming (it flows really well) and the guitar riffs work real well
too. Track 2 is a great and powerful dark track if you like fast, melodic
psytrance with guitar. The guitar is used quick and hard, simular to Sun
Project and Dark Soho. Also, the last track I heard tonight was track 3. Track
3 once again is a very cool track with fast flow and cool rhythm. So far, this
album rocks and appears to be a sleeper hit. Over all, this album does have
melody, but it is not full of layers of melody, rather dark riffs and
psychedelic flow (noises, bass, beats) with cool voice samples. This album is
not minimal, but some people might classify it as minimal if they compare it
to Infected Mushroom, AP, Twisted, etc... This stuff is not minimal, but it is
not very complex and deep either. It is cool and fun to listen to, and really
good to dance to. Think of it that way. My only gripe is that the production
in sound quality (recording) seems as if it could have been better. Some
sounds appear to be too hard, harsh, or unclear. I remember Dark Soho's first
release, and you could tell that the music was awesome, but the sound quality
was not clear enough, and it had to be re-mastered and fixed up. My point is
that the recording here isn't bad, so don't be turned off by what I just said,
but it could have been better. Regardless, what I heard so far is great stuff!
It has good music shifts and rhythm, there is build-up, climatic moments, and
lots of cool, unexpected voice samples in just about every track to keep
things interesting. This album is really good if you like fast, pumped-up,
dark-night psytrance with guitar and melody. It is not that complex, but it is
not minimal. I will briefly review the other 5 tracks right below when I
finish listening to this album.
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I was dissapointed when I first heard this comp because I was hopeing for the
original "Power Of Celtic" sound. The remix is not nearly as good. I sampled
this album at psyshop and liked it, but I find many tracks boring because
there is NO INNOVATION. It is more of the same melodic trance. However, track
3 with the baby or kid voice singing before the huge climatic break is very
different. It is both wierd and unexpected and it packs lots of energy. The
first track is also very good, but nothing here is stunning. I jumped to buy
Lightbeams when I saw the name EREZ on the synopsis at psyshop. He mastered
it, not made it. Oh well, maybe it will grow on me given time.
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EXCELLENT, DETAILED REVIEW: The first track especially is very sexy, beautiful,
melodic, floating, and dreamy! The beginning of this album, has one of the
greatest, most beautiful beginnings to any Goa album in recent memory! The
singing, SINGING!!!, voices are powerful and awesome. It does not matter if
track 1 is shorter. The less there is of something beautiful, the more people
appreciate it. Track 2 (Assign 2) is awesome! Very, very banging, dark, and
powerful! Assign 2 is the most powerful and awesome track on the album and I
wish they had more tracks like the first four tracks, especially track 2! T3 -
Radio Station starts out awesome, as do most of the tracks on this album. The
orchestral build-up is brilliant! T4 is pure radio! We are given the full dose
of Zipper ripping X-Dream sounds, and it all works real well, even if it is
unoriginal. After track 4, things stay hard, full-on and dark, but they become
too monotonous. I love how the tracks start off...very quiet and interesting,
with atmospheric build-up and visual sounds, creating some really lush waves
of sound. Unfortunately, in several tracks, Future Prophecy's style is: add
layer after layer after layer, without ?really? altering the flow, rhythm and
direction. They don't change the flow and rhythm enough in some later tracks
that desperately need it, like the song does not evolve and remains repetitive
and boring, and therefore pointless. I agree that this album follows in the
foot-steps of X-DREAM - RADIO, and it works great at times. I would have loved
it if they had more layers of melody. When this album does have melody, it is
awesome and very well composed, but it is kept to a minimal as opposed to the
stomping beats. More melody would have added more depth and character.
Regarding many of the comments above about this and X-dream. I have several
thoughts of my own: First, it is possible that FP is imitating X-dream on
purpose, because they know people will buy FREAK if it is like the
ever-popular RADIO. Second, maybe FP does not want to be like X-dream, but
rather this albums purpose is to bring back the great X-dream stuff that
X-dream does not do anymore. Lastly, maybe they were extremely inspired by
X-dream, and that is why we hear the major influence in sound. People are
comparing both albums because both albums sound like one great originator, and
it was not Future Prophecy. The true problems, or rather gripes I have with
this album is that several of their later songs (like I said) do not have
enough melody. Also they do not evolve, go places, change, etc. FP's style
(and problems at times) is that they maintain a dark pulsating beat, and then
add layer after layer after layer, but it soon becomes one continuous loop,
with removed layers on and off through-out to keep it going. Their intensions
are great at first in the beginning, but the album becomes less grand the more
into it you get. The album rocks with track 2, and the super-cool and powerful
track 3+4, but it eventually becomes too repetitive and stale. Some tracks
would have been so much better if they had a climax, and while some tracks are
so great that they do not need a climax, other track could have used more work
with layers of (even dark) melody and or climax. Of course this album has some
extremely dark, driving, killer dance tracks, and that should be noted. I do
not care for Track 9, and this album would have ended more memorable if they
ended it with a beautiful, floating chill-dub or trance track like they did in
the beginning with "Work Of Art." In conclusion, this is a good, dark-night
dance album (with some excellent and powerful tracks) and I HOPE THAT their
next album HAS MORE extremely well created tracks like T2, T3, (T1 for
beginning & ending) and T4. Respectively in that order. I would rather have an
album by Future Prophecy with seven tracks if each one was awesome like T2,
(which must have taken a ton of time to complete!) as opposed to some great
tracks and some decent tracks. (like this album) Over all, when its good its
not great, its excellent. This is a good album and I am looking forward to
their next release. Hope they read what I wrote. Any comments are welcome.
-peace
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I prefer his last album (Beyond the Mask). This seems less risky and more minimal, even though it's pretty cool. Like usual, the voice samples are great. The artist has once again done a great job with where and when you hear them. It's not dark and edgy like Beyond the Mask...
2016 Update
...and that's what took the most time for me to adjust to. This album's more dynamic in a funky, psychedelic, and fun way. Some of the songs could have been better. Many are very good, great. Initially I was expecting a follow-up to the darker style on Beyond The Mask. Then I listened to this for what it is knowing that it's not a dark vision; rather a brand new adventure. In that sense and while not groundbreaking per say, this follow up to Beyond the Mark is great.
Can this artist not produce creative and fun albums anymore? He made some really fantastic albums back in the day.
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Both (i think new) tracks called "The Flame" and "Purity" are truly AWESOME!!!
Buy this album just for those two awesome, melodic, deep, powerful intricate,
tracks! (some tracks run on a little longer then I wanted, but whatever)
Listening to the new version of THE FLAME at nighttime is absolutely awesome
and unforgettable....very VERY energetic, cool, and moving, like beautiful
layers of waves, both on and within more waves!
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I like alot of Yahel's music, but this album sounds much too clubish for me.
Even though he does dance music, this album does not seem anywhere near as
psychedelic and deep as some of his other work. Did Erez work with him on this
or not? Some tracks are pretty cool, but not as driving and energetic as some
tracks on his other 2 albums before this one. Yahel has done better, but this
album is not bad.
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With more listening, I do appreciate tracks 1, 7 and 3 the most, followed by
track 8. Sadly, the voices in track 2 of the lady saying, "I need to hear you
scream my name, Punk...!!!" is EXTREMELY ANNOYING and I WISH it did NOT exist!
It is cheezy and repetitive! Both tracks 7.)- "Another Dimension," and track
1.)- "Yash" have lots of originality and they constantly surprise me with
twists and turns of psychedelic rhythm & melody. This album is somewhat
progressive however, and tracks 2, 5, and 6 just sound waaaaaaaaaay to
repetitive! However, I do enjoy several tracks here and I HOPE that Bandit
learns from this album and focus's more on the awesome, darker, more beautiful
and unprectible sounds like in tracks 7 and 1, when he or they come out with
their next album. Also, PLEASE KILL THOSE LADY VOICES OR SAMPLES FOR FUTURE
REFERENCE!
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This album is so creative, catchy, melodic, and diverse, well varied. I love it. It is a fantasy dream come true in goa, psy/chill-influenced (classify this crazy masterpiece as is) music! Every track is good/great, if not excellent, superb! Highly recommended. Remixed by Erez of Infected Mushroom around his GOA prime.
Enjoy!
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I think of all the powerful dark goatrance out there that is not minimal, and
its sad that there is so few good ones. We got X-DREAM, Dark Soho, and several
others, but the beautiful thing is the deep dark, and orginal melodies in
Orgainic Noise! They are hypnotic and interesting! There is one track that
does not climax ever, but the atmosphereic ambiance, visual sound FX, and
psychedelic tides are enough to make you feel the story of the song. Its like
riding in a boat down a dark tunnel to Hell! Its dark and evil and beautiful.
I appreciate the fact that each track is very different. The music is
powerful, dark, and stylish. It is not amazing, but people should not say that
this is minimal because they don't like it. Believe me, this is NOT minimal!
The truth is that this album is not as intricate and complex as Simon
Postfords Hallucinogen, but who cares?! The track, "Labyrinth Of Colors " is a
perfect example of the awesome, evil, and beautiful melody that I love so very
much. This is true night goa and it is very well created!
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This is not great in my honest opnion. I do like the bass lines and some of the
parts in several tracks. What truly hurts this album is that lady's voice!
They are childish, I mean that they sound like some black woman singing and
then they loop her annoying voice and mix it over and over, making it sound
more and more tweaked each time. (pitch or frequency change possibly?) These
voices are on more than one track. I have only heard the album once, but I
remember that it wasn't as great as I hoped for. I agree that for a first
album, Bandit has potential and this does not suck. Unfortunatly, the voices
do get mighty repititive and it does hurt the experience of the lasting
appeal. On the dance floor it probably sounds real good because of the beats
and bass lines, but I don't feel anything while listening to this album on the
head phones. Bandit is powerful, but power without direction, unless its
purpose of direction is to get you on the dance floor.
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This album has some incredible tracks. Great work!
My full review is towards the bottom of page 2.
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The first Delta is better. Enough said.
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This album is arguably the most awesome album by Miranda! Track 7 is just too
amazing to describe. Seriously, I don't see any commercial influence directly
involved with Miranda's new album. It's her style, and sounds so
sweeeeeeeeeeet! This is fresh, psychedelic, FULL-ON, Goatrance, and it's more
mature then ever before. If you like Miranda, you should love this album!
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Okay, um... I don't think some people "get" this album. Let me just tell you
that if you drop acid and listen to this album, you will realize that this
album all makes sense. You will find this album so amazing, you will absolutly
love it, unless you love it already. This music is beautiful and trippy as
hell, and made better for tripping then almost any album on this planet. (next
to Twisted and I.M. of course) Listening to this changes the trip, it
literally makes you totally tranced! It is very friendly with acid and you
will likly be amazed what you feel and see, or think you see. It is also
beautiful without any use of drugs. Simon Postford is extremely talented.
Whoever worked on this album is also extremly talented. This opens your mind
and works your imagination. You will never forget it! The first Shpongle album
was classic, even though it seems to not have as much melody as this one. Both
are treasures that any person into goatrance, chill-out, should own. True
music does not need drugs to be enjoyed, but this music is made for Shpongling!
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Track 2 is amazing! Listen to this at night and blast it!!! It is incredible.
The sounds are insane! Pop is also a really dark, insane song! The last couple
of tracks I don't find that great. But another great track is "Thing." It is
like for a scene in an insane horror movie. Listen to how it builds! I like
X-Dream-Radio better than this album, but this album is damn wicked cool! Nice
cover too. peace
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Moon Cake is beautiful. That is real night time melodic stuff. There is
something very interesting about the rhythm in this song. I can't explain
really, but I have great thoughts when hearing it. The Z Principle is
great too, but I expected more after reading the reviews above with the
overall album. This album took me years to find so if
you have the opportunity to buy this, I would do it before
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I bought this album for over $25 and by God its worth it! This album is much
better then Trip to trance...! It is deff. more mature, alot more powerful,
and very, very melodic! I like melody, but this isn't happy, cheesy, lets go
fucking hug each other bullshit. Where as their first album was very soft and
happy and at times boring, or rather repetitive, this album is very melodic,
deep driving, beautiful flowing, and full of awesome rhythm. (Yes I know their
first album was melodic, but this is better) The only track I'm not impressed
with is Related Vortex, but I wouldn't say it's bad. The way this album begins
is very intelligent. I mean, many albums will jump right into the beat and not
evolve enough, hence sounding minimal. This stuff is the complete opposite.
The beginning of track 1 so gradually builds, constructing layers without
jumping straight to the drums. It doesn't stay in one spot, nor does it change
just to avoid repitition. It builds. It evolvs. Some tracks such as, Our Own
Happiness, and Eleven are truly masterpieces! Our Own Happiness is so deep and
uplifting. I'd even say crazy in some unique way. The voices are very
unexpected, the melody unpredictable, the flow beautiful. Some of these tracks
are like a great story unfolding. When the sun goes down, put on really good
head phones, and let this take you to places only imagined. Better than that,
let it create places that were at one time unimagined. The first three tracks
are great, if not excellent, and fucken aye, I won't bother talking about the
other ones. This deserves to be owned regardless. To sum it up in two words,
this rocks!
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This album is awesome! Simon Postford is the fucken man!!! Sorry for writing
something you already know, it's just that I'm speachless...
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AP should have waited with the 4 totally knew tracks, until they had enough for
a new album. I can't buy stuff (re-mixed or not) that I already own. Axis and
Burning Up is really good, but what about Virtual Booster, State of Mind, 10
Minutes To Sunset and Celestial Groove??? Are those their new tracks? ...?
Cause if they are, they would have gone great with Solid Electronics, Axis,
Burning Up, etc... I don't reccommend buying this album even if you havn't
heard all these tracks. They were taken from different albums made at
different times and it just doesn't feel the way it's supposed to. AP
basically made a compilation of most of their best stuff, but why bother cause
most of it is awesome anyway? Why disrupt the way the albums these tracks were
taken from were originally made to be heard? You shouldn't alter perfection in
my opinion, even with new remixes. The best way is to buy each of AP's albums
if you don't already own them. Listen to them the way they were meant to be
heard.
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The Legend is decent. Track 6 is fairly dark. The Highlander and many samples are cheesy IMO.
This melodic trance album sounds so dated that I don't listen to it anymore.
If you like melodic goa-trance, I suggest: Astral Projection, MFG, Dimension 5. This
album sounds too flat for me. Overall, many tracks on here
are very repetitive at times.
UPDATE - I think this is one of the weakest albums in the goa trance genre.
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Okay??? Who the FUCK doesn't like POP! I laugh cause those childrens voices are
insane! They are such a surprise! Fuck anyone who hates X-Dream. Whats up with
this guy above me. What does he think I'm laughing "at" X-Dream. What kind of
twisted ass bull shit is that?! Maybe if I said Pop sucked, I'd be a cock
sucker, but I didn't, and I sure as hell don't duck cock. X-Dream ROCKS! READ
MY X-DREAM-radio review. This is some dark, powerful stuff. Tracks 2 and 4 are
absolutly awesome! Track 1 is very powerful, those voices are wicked cool!
Enough said.
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My favorite Electric Universe if I had to pick one, and the best EU album next to Stardriver IMO. I love the risks Boris took with exception to two songs (2, 6) that leave much to be desired. The artist clearly knows what's catchy so I'm not sure why he'd allow two weak songs to be on an otherwise stellar album. Great album overall! If you weren't sure what you thought of this back in the day, give it another listen. It may sound different to you as is sometimes (often) the case with music (with more elements) like this.
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By the way, on that last line in my above review, I meant that Bible of Dreams
will never have the audience that Beyond the Infinite had. Juno Reactor on the
other hand, does have respect to date, especially after the very unexpected
release of Shango. I just wish that Bible of Dreams was better, cause their
other albums kick serious ass.
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I havn't heard this whole album yet, but the first three tracks are really
good. From what I've heard, this is some really great psychedelic dance stuff!
Now, where can I buy this...
Space Buddha - Stigmata
in 2001
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I finished listening to the last five tracks. Here is a solid conclusive
review. Track 4....."Azimuth" kicks ass! The rhythm, simply put - is
excellent. Track 5 is where the album takes a dip with "Vacuum Mass," which is
the only mixed bag on this album. The sounds are too goofy, cheesy, and weird
to appreciate. Track 5 sounds like it should not be on this album, period.
Track 6....."Dynamic Cell" is okay. It is very hard, noisy, and thick with
psychedelic sounds and beats. Dynamic Cell gets too repetitive and harsh for
me. I do not care for it, but it is alright. Track 7....."Gravitation" is
fucking great!!! This album may take a dip with track 5, but it is quickly
revived by the excellent track 7. This track is just fucking great and is full
of deep voice bits that are mixed to maintain a very cool, unique melody with
the consistent kick ass rhythm, before the rhythm changes. Track 8....."Space
Floating" is HOT! What a way to end this album! At first it sounds okay, with
some samples that start off like Star Wars, but then things get darker. There
is a sample of a lady screaming as if she is being raped or in extreme danger!
From there on forward, things really heat up, getting more adrenaline pumping,
dark, and wild! In conclusion, this is a great album and the rhythm is almost
always heavy, full-on, dark, and KICK ASS! Great mixing and powerful, catchy
rhythm melody make this album a great accomplishment! The rhythm is just
fucking excellent!