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  1. Agreed that X-Dream is awesome, but this side project is to repetitve and

    unevolving to be awesome. There is not enough varity of sounds in the tracks

    to keep interest. It isn't bad- but for an X-Dream album, it certaintly isn't

    good. If you liked the Delta, chances are you may take interest in this one,

    but in my opinion, the first time I heard Delta-Pop, it was a hell of lot more

    interesting then listening to this. Oh, and I hear X-Dreams coming out with

    ANOTHER DELTA cd!!!!!!!

  2. ONE WORD TO DESCRIBE THIS CD: WILD, CRAZY, NUTS, INSAINE, AWESOME. Oops I

    forgot thats five words. Anyway, who said it was rushed??? I read that

    somewhere above. This cd is absolutly awesome. This sound more simular to

    Classical Mushroom then The Gathering, but so what. This cd is INCREDIBLE

    when, like in track 2 or three, those several parts where the music just

    stops... then BANG, it hits you like a fucking tidal wave on speed! The last

    track is very unique, and I absolutly love the energy that Infected Mushroom

    builds in all of their cds. The production, banging! The sounds, as crisp as

    ever! The voice samples,"WOE," and in all the right places. This is such a

    fresh, musical, psychedelic, piece of work that if you don't own it, your

    either retarded, or dead.

  3. Minimalism is not Goa! Don't you people understand the whole concept of Psy

    Trance / Goa. To be tranced and go somewhere else doesn't revolve around a

    bunch of hard, techno throbbing beats with mixed in acid, scratchy sounds.

    What is wrong with everyone??? In my country, the USA, I have to listen to

    that hip hop/ pop rock crap and it makes me sick. Our countries music is so

    commercial that almost everyone listens to and loves the pop rock retart

    scene. Actually, us Americans don't even have a scene, we suck so much. But

    when I hear most minimal music, it scares me to think that there is such

    boring, commercial music in your countries (Europe, Isreal,etc) as well.

    Yumade is shit that I, as well as most of you people, can create over the

    computer in a couple days, probably less. I can't believe you guys debate what

    is or isn't minimal over such crap. Yumade is shit- and I am not even putting

    down the whole minimal wave, even though most of it is cheap shit that is

    rushed to flood the shelves so that party heads and narrow minded butt nuts

    can buy it up, and dance to pure monotony that is disguised by both high

    volume and a good sound system. There is so much better stuff out there-

    seriously. Yumade is only deep if your on crack. DO YOU ENJOY YOU COMMERCIAL

    CRAP THAT NO ONE WILL GIVE TWO SHITS FOR A COUPLE WEEKS FROM NOW???

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  4. Trust in trance was great for its time, and The Astral Files was a good remix album with some new tracks. Dancing Galaxy is where AP climaxed with few exceptions (Searching For UFO's on their third Another World album). Dancing Galaxy is, their most engaging, "put you in another world," album, in my opinion.

     

    This is a fantastic album; it's ambitious, exciting, and one of the strongest Goatrance albums.

     

    9/10

  5. This is so good!

    "The Hunter Becomes the Hunted... Yes!!!!!!!!!!"

    Hell yeah!!! 

    That and so much more. There is an incredibly break in Halloween where the song shifts from dark psy into darkly infectious Goa climax. incredible! 

    Highlights include: 

    The Hunter (!), Wake Up, Drops Of Madness, Telepathic Atmosphere (!), You Are The Machines

    Great album!!!

     

  6. FUCKING AWESOME! THIS STUFF MAKES ME HAPPY. YOU CAN'T NOT WANT TO DANCE TO

    THIS. NOW IS NICK EVER GONNA MAKE STUFF LIKE THIS AGAIN?!, or do we have to

    live with his new chill STYLE??? (It's About Time), WHICH IS NOT ANYWHERE NEAR

    AS GOOD AS THIS ONE. MY SCORE= 9 OUT OF 10: exceLLent!!

  7. I have to say that after hearing some of the reviews above, I expected Track 1

    to be alot better then what some of the (obviously hyped) reviews above. Also,

    Track 2 is not my type of style. I am surprised that no one has talked about how

    annoying TRACK 2 is. I find it quite hard to believe that anyone can be

    SPIRITUALY healed by track 1. Whatever. To each is his own, I guess. HOWEVER,

    having said the negative, I must admitt that there are some pretty awesome

    tracks on this cd, "BUT" you must first except the change of music style

    before you go upon judging it. This cd sounds a hell of a lot different from

    what I am used to hearing. It's not mellow, not truly dance, certaintly not

    chill, and deff. no where near acid-trippy-psychedelic-insaine. I don't know

    how I'd classify this. Probably some unique trance of some sort. Anyway, track

    7 sounds quite powerful and dark. This is very cool and catchy. The last track

    I found quite good as well, actually I didn't expect it to sound so cool,

    until I turned the volume uP, AND put on the head phones. Track 1 I thought

    was really good at first, but seems to get some what repetitive. To sum it up,

    THIS CD IS NOT AMAZING, AND seems to be the type of music that you shall

    either LOVE or HATE, or just find really different and interesting like me. I

    almost lost the faith when I heard Track 2, but Track 3 certaintly does seem

    to revive it quite well. I recken you listen to this cd before buying. If you

    have read some of the reviews above, you'll notice some people talk about this

    cd like it's the Matrix.

  8. This is one of the darker, more obscure, underrated, and imaginative Goa albums. The album has character and personality. It's unpredictable and innovative. It takes risks and is unconventional and visionary. The album's like one big dark experimental, often intriguing and almost ALWAYS engaging. I like the unpredictable beat, bass line, etc. Great use of accents too! Such alien-esque landscapes, both foreign and fresh.

    Witchcraft is easily the artist's best work.

  9. Some of these tracks are extremely beautiful, and even emotional. It may sound

    old school, but so what. Not all goa has to be acid-tripping Full On, to be

    appreciative. Those who love melody and very uplifting trance should be

    pleased with this CD. I do hope DJ Eyal Yankovich continues to make music like

    this, because there doesn't seem to be much like it anymore.

  10. OK, I am going to start this review off by saying that this is NOTHING like

    Let's Turn On. While Doof's first cd was highly uplifting, extremely fun to

    listen to, very energetic and always danceable, "It's About Time," takes a

    completely different route. This cd is mainly a chill album more than

    anything else. When I first got this, I was very disappointed, because I

    expected it to be like Nick's first cd. After some time and patience, I

    noticed more interesting things about it that I had not heard before. I

    recommend that if anyone fully wants to appeciate this cd, they listen to it

    with headphones on, and the volume turned up. It has some nice chill-out melodies. 7/10.

  11. I JUST GOT THIS CD IN TODAY and WHAT A CD! I HAD HEARD X-DREAM BEFORE ON

    COMPILATIONS, but never was impressed to the extent of WoW, until now. IT'S SO

    DARK, PSYCHEDELIC, DEEP,WILD, REVOLUTIONARY, and NOT-AT-ALL-MINIMAL. This is

    much better then their newer stuff. THIS cd, 3 PLUS years later still sounds

    MUCH better then 99% of the GOA out there, and I'm not even gonna include the

    minimal-psy, repetitive shit thats been flooding the scene, cause thatS NOT

    goa! It's just called that as an excuse to call it something. Forget about it.

    Im getting off subject. X-DREAM-Radio is FUCKING UNREAL! Yes, It's up there

    with a very short list of extremely ambitious others. (Hallucinogen, Infected

    Mushroom, etc) HOWEVER, I AM SORRY TO SAY THAT this new wave of minimal shit

    seems to be taking over all that made Goa music unique. Things don't seem to

    be original anymore. All in all, this cd is one of the last of the finest, and

    if you still don't own it I suggest that you buy it 'IF' you can find it.- AND

    THATS NO FUCKING PROMO SENTENCE BECAUSE THIS CD IS TRULY WORTH EVERY

    PENNY.////////// my score = (not yet) i won't assume, but wait until it

    further grows on me, but i already KNOW I love it!

  12. Good for a first MFG cd. Some parts get VERY psychedelic, e.g., Illumination. Some songs are noticeable weaker than others. Track 8, for example is too drawn out, and quite uninspiring until the end. The album's PROS far out weight the CONS though. Tasty, psychedelic and easy to digest combinations of catchy, driving synth melodies and strong development make this debut a cult classic in Goa Trance! That said, their following THREE sequels are superior to The Prophecy IMO. Though to be fair, even The Prophecy has tracks that top a few songs off EVERY MFG sequel to date. Believe that. That said, MFG built on this AP-inspired style (that does many things of its own) debut. But they REALLY broke away with their sequels... the dark and edgy Project Genesis (!!), the elaborate and cosmic melody fusion New Kind of World (!!!), and the unique combining ideas from all three plus a few new tricks and a few less masterpiece tracks The Messenger (!).

    8/10

  13. Where is the bathroom, I'm gonna puke! Here is a couple words of wisdom: "when

    a cd says 100% pure goa, IT'S NOT FUCKING GOA! I GIVE THIS PIECE OF SHIT 100

    out of 10, CAUSE THATS HOW MANY BOXES OF FUCKING TISSUES YOUR GONNA NEED

    AFTER HEARING THIS-YOU'LL BE VOMITING THAT MUCH. ANYONE SELLING THIS CD, oh

    I'm sorry...I mean PIECE OF FUCKING SHIT, should incoorperate a bag to anyone

    who ACCI-FUCKING-DENTLY gets this crap!

  14. Seriously, if you think this is Goa, I strongly advise that you stop smoking

    the crack and wake up to the real world. When I first heard Deedrah, it was

    in bits and pieces, so I never actually paid attention to how boring and

    monotonous this cd really was. Finally, I listened to the whole cd and

    realized this is the equivalence of techno music. The only track that you can

    refer to as Goa, is the outdated Wizard Demo. I've read reviews where several

    people claimed that Alien Dick was mind blowing. Alien Dick is just a bunch

    of fast, hard beats mixed on top of one another. I will not even discuss the

    other tracks, why bring anymore attention to a piece of shit. SCORE= 0.0001

    out of 10. This cd is platinum if your deaf.

  15. Project Genesis is IMO MFG's best album to date. Numerous listeners also consider their previous album, New Kind of World  to be their best album, and for me NKoW lacks the darker, surrealistic, nighttime mayhem that IS Project Genesis in spades despite several songs on New Kind of World being better than a few on Project Genesis and vice-versa. I love the conceptual cyber-GOA approach on Project Genesis and find both this and NKoW substantially better than their 1996 debut, The Prophecy-- yet even that was a solid debut with great work! Few will disagree that Project Genesis is darker, more intense. When it comes to Cyber / Cyborg / Cybernetic (futuristic / machines) influence relative to electronic music > Goa Trance however, Project Genesis is cybernetic gold. 

    Constructive Criticisms

    I thought Voices was a bit of a let down after such stellar songs (2, 3, 4) leading up to it, though it's not bad, just less of a stand out IMO. Then there's the album's cover which looks like a cheap rip-off of the movie Independence Day. MFG's first two covers are excellent, imaginative, and visionary-- so complimentary. What happened with this one is anyone's guess!

    Conclusion:

    The cybernetic/Sci-Fi influence goes from good > great > to excellent/superb, starting with Intelligent Machine and the self-titled Project Genesis, then peeking with gems like WHY? which is one of the best things I've ever heard in Goa Trance! I get such strong visions with this album compared to New Kind of World and The Prophecy. Project Genesis is loaded with hard hitting tracks that beautifully blend darkly infectious and fun, dance-friendly Goa with Psytrance, coupled great bass lines, synths, atmosphere, climaxes, and complexity. The cybernetic style is refreshing, catchy, and engaging. Each song has character, is well defined, and develops throughout. Project Genesis is is a terrific concept album and my favourite album by MFG. I love it! 

    HIGHLIGHTS:  INTELLIGENT MACHINE, PROJECT GENESIS, OPEN MIND, WHY, SUNSHINE, ON MARS, THE CREATION, METAMORPHOSIS
    (All except for Intro and Voices)

    9 / 10

  16. (Track 1) Intro- very interesting, unique way of explaining the Northern Lights.

    3.5/5 (Track 2) Anaesthetic- This kicks ass for a driving song, but what the

    hell are those mixed lyrics? They suck, get them out!

    4/5 (Track 3) Gnocchi- Quite cool, nice beat.

    3/5 (Track 4) Lynx- Some really nice acid sounds but nothing new.

    2.5/5 (Track 5) Mantra- Now this beat reminds me of her last album, decent at

    best with a pleasing ambient background.

    3.5/5 (Track 6) Guitars and Tatoos- Miranda has such kickass beats, but then

    you hear that FUCKING electric guitar. However, it will grow on you after

    listening to this several times. This song builds up and levels off nicely.

    4.6/5 (Track 7) Eyedentify- Yes, oh yes, just wait for that climax break after

    4:30! Finally, a track most people will love.

    3.5/5 (Track 8) Mars needs woman- Uplifting, fun dance song is WAY TO FUCKING

    SHORT! Still, it is not as bad as you all say it is.

    4/5 (Track 9) Earth and Space- Much more spacey, a lot more psychedelic. What

    is that tune being played? It's awesome.

    3.5/5 (Track 10) U are Alone- Some very beautiful ambient sounds mixed with

    less intense percussion, gets a little repetitive towards the end.

    4.9/5 (Track 11) Feel the Effect- ARE YOU HAPPY NOW! THIS TRACK IS FUCKING

    AWESOME. Powerful sounds, wicked layers, sweet voice mixing, and it evolves!

    Listen to this track with the volume up, UP, and you will FEEL THE EFFECT!

    Final score:: 4.1/5 and/or 8.2/10.

    Track 7 and 11 own the cd and the others are very cool depending on the mood

    that you are in. Worth buying? Listen to track 7 and 11 and you answer that

    one.

  17. Excuse me people, if Pleiadians is so good as you all say it is, then what the
    hell is Universe 13?! That has got to be the worse piece of shit I've ever
    heard in my entire life! For those of you who own this, and for those
    interested in buying Family of Light, take into account that one bad track on
    Pleiadians is quite a chunk of the cd. However, I cannot deny that I was very
    impressed with Head Spin. On the other hand, Modulation and Seven Sisters would
    have been a lot better if they ended a couple of minutes shorter. Modulation
    sounds like two completely separate songs pasted together. Although Modulation
    is one of the high points on this cd, the excessive running time damages the
    quality of this track. Most people don't have patience for tracks that are
    fifteen minutes along unless they are amazing-which, while this cool, it is
    not amazing. In conclusion, I respect that nothing is perfect, but I can't
    respect the shitty elements that damage the quality of Pleidians. 7/10 without
    Uviverse 13: 5/10 with it.

     

    2016 Update: Boy I sounded harsh back then. Calling anything "shit" that the Pleiadians made is pretty low. Besides still digging Head Spin and not being in love with Universe 13 to date (my girlfriend likes it and some of you), I disagree with what I wrote back in 2001. I love Modulation the way it is, even with the fake-out (if you would call it that) ending that adds yet another terrific, completely unique and creative segment/finale. Sure Seven Sisters could have ended after the uptempo segment or even before it, but there's something more Pleiadian-esque about their decision to vary it up more. Their approach to bring the uptempo (second act) back down to ambient (third act) is poignant and harmonious. There's something special about the peaceful, ambient conclusion/epilogue of the song. I really like and accept it just the way it is.

     

    It's interesting to see how perspectives change overtime.

  18. The following is a universal review of Hallucinogen-The Lone Deranger. No Goa

    cd ever made to date is beyond platinum in psychedelic, depth, intensity and

    insanity. Words do not describe how amazing this cd is. If you are on acid

    while listening to this cd, you are fucked! 11/10 stars.

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