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Cosmic Delusion - Pixel Freaks Factory420 Records 1 N.S.W. 2008 (7:10) 2 Tajuntontut (6:27) 3 Archives (6:16) 4 The Reaping (8:41) 5 Laundry Of Bitches (6:03) 6 One Of That (6:28) Featuring - Radonix 7 Circle Of Pain (7:22) 8 Reflect (9:14) 9 Unleashed (6:50) 10 Touthanasia (8:57) Cosmic Delusion are Jari Sipola and Arttu Oinonen from Funland. I first heard them play at local forest party. From the first drop of beat I knew I would like it. Before I even realised, the crowd simply lost their manners on the dancefloor, me included. Heard them again a few weeks back and started to wonder why I didn't buy their album the first time around! But now I stand corrected... Suomiscene artists usually make quite self-ironic and humourous music, it's different from what's being released elsewhere. But lately we've also developed a small darkpsy/full-on scene. For example Tutankhamon 9000's Lost In Luxor was one of the highlights of darker psytrance this year if you ask me. Cosmic Delusion on the other hand could be classified as melodic full-on. After hearing them live I do feel a bit dissapointed listening to Pixel Freaks. Coupla tracks here (2,3,5,6) feel nothing but fillers, don't progress anywhere, lack climaxes. Beh! to put it short. Rest of the album saves it for me thou. Groovy melodylines accompanied by thick rolling basslines. After a few listens I'm noticing an impressive amount of time has been used to tweak little background details. That means the more I listen to this the more I like it. Special Mention goes to opening track "N.S.W 2008" which feels the most complete of them all and hasn't got a boring moment to it. The other one to captivate my attention is "The Reaping" which relies mostly on sharp little effects and a killing percussion, yet revealing haunting background melody later in the track. Most modern full-on is really shallow and stands perhaps a few listens before fading to oblivion and giving way to the next "prodigy!" artist. These guys are true to underground and make sure even the most hard boiled east-helsinki psytrolls get on their dancetoes. Although suffering from a few uninspired tracks, Pixel Freaks is still overall a recommended album. The best tracks are guaranteed to cause dancefloor havoc. The sound palette is to my liking too - melodies don't sound plastic, yet they don't remind me of old school either. The Mastering by Markku Louhio and Tommi Sirkiä (Highpersonic Whomen) is top notch if I may add. There's plenty of punch, yet the sound is crisp and balanced. Not overly compressed like the new Eat Static for example. 8/10 You can listen to track #1 unmastered version at mikseri.net if you're curious! http://www.mikseri.net/music/play.php?id=323153&type=dl

Cosmic Delusion - Pixel Freaks Nasty full-on from Funland...

Tutankhamon 9000 are from Funland, hope that explains it... btw it's one of my fav'e albums of the year. I suggest to check out a few samples.

Thanks for sharing. Hadn't heard pre-mix earlier. It's indeed much rougher than the DJ Mael rmx I got. Those who've heard DJ Mael rmx and original, which do you find better? Should I start hunting for the original?

Lani? Name at least 4 goa acts which include 5 or more members.

Not to step on your toes, taste is taste as we know... but I seriously consider TF lost it after the seminal "petoman's peflett" (which I think is still TeEhH SUOMI album). As far it goes for Mandalavandalz... only the deput is in the classic league I reckon. Thou I still haven't heard their new one so I'm hopeful they're back in the biz... Nowadays the Suomi artists to keep an eye on are Troll Scientists, Intriga and Cosmic Delusion.

Akasha - Ace of Wands what a solid morning tune

oh my... that's so nice. Would buy just for the cover.

I'm feelin you... I reckon there are perhaps 4-5 really good psy albums each year at best. I guess over time what happens is, you'll find a very certain soundtexture appealing, thus getting more picky and picky...

Monolake Anders Ilar Koxbox All I've heard from above mentioned acts has been good.

mathew jonson - freedom engine those who know probably agree it's a good track.

Hah, good topic actually! Yet not... since I seriously have hard time providing a reply. What bugs me is that there is so much techno cds released just this year (Petar Dundov, Kenny Larkin, Shed...) I haven't had the time nor the budget to check out yet and they might potentially be top shooters. Quickly giving this a thought, only these would one hundred percent positively belong in my top-10: Monolake - Hongkong (and I just bought the original metal case one today, I'm super happy about that! "Index" and "Occam" are the definitive techno numbers for me which really opened my perception of music when I first heard them.) Brother's Yard - Reaction (psychedelic harsh industrial techno of the hiest orda) Speedy J - Loudboxer (same as above...) Joey Beltram - Places (the attention to detail on this one...)

Oxezy, does that ring a bell to anyone? Like MMC (made a topic about him earlier) this music is really good and fresh. Not quite darkpsy - and not full on either. Modern, funny, twisted and a pinch of humour to ice the cake. Tried to contact the guy via youtube. No luck! There's two tracks on the tube of his music. Here's the better one, supposedly played at hux flux party. Hope you enjoy it as I did. If you happen to have more of his tracks don't hesitate to contact me...

Added some cds please have a look.

You guys are spot on. I was pretty dissapointed with each of their unrsld track I gotta a hold of. I was expecting much more taking a look at discogs rating but...

hiscore - identify symbiote - phantasmagoria asura - searching shiva

There are some similarities ys. Yet Gappeq, like most of the dark pie I've eaten, is all about the rolling bassline and fx on top of it. No jumping into melodic territory, no playfulness, sounds like an industrial train hurrying to squash every lifeform from it's way. Exhausting...

2 last tracks are the highlights. Overall not worth a recommendation thou...

aeon - neurone bjutiful goa track

Alidade and Open Sea are the standouts...

I don't like this either - seems pretty amateurish in comparison to their follow-up "classical mushroom". However, Return Of The Shadows is an exception in my book. What a track...

It's Global Communication - Delta Phase listen:

I like his early Aphex Twin (Digeridoo!) and Polygon Window stuff (namely Quoth!) the most. New music by him isn't so appealing, what I've heard.

M.M.C. - Alice In Space http://www.discogs.com/release/1206869 Okay the name is kinda lame... but the music is kick ass, believe me! Discovered M.M.C. today and thought to make you guys aware of him too. This is the kinda stuff I want to hear at parties, the attention to detail is huge and it's his broad sound palette (good mix of dark and light sounds) which makes him stand out. Enuff talk, here's youtube video: Too bad it's only this track that's available on tube, in my opinion there are even better tracks on the album. Check it out thou it's not a bad track. Feel free to tell me more unnoticed artists of his caliber...