traveller

i'd go for ogg vorbis @ 320 kbps but that's just me..

well you do that while i enjoy my music.. i can't help but wonder if all the reviews of any nontwisted releases are just a sign of rebelism and childism.. =p

sorry to say this but i don't agree with you a)i doubt very much that you've heard this album yet b)hallucinogen albums were made in a time when 100mhz pentium 1 cpus were the absolute hi-tech end, now we've reached 64 bit processing @ 4 gigaherz.. probably even more so today's computers are pretty much infinitely faster and more powerful than those of yesterday c)i absolutely loved unusual suspects, both shpongle albums, ott's album and younger brother's album.. most will probably say that yb's album for example was the album of this year.. d)funny you should mention twisted remixes cos i sure found it the worst release from twisted recs this far.. e)i guesss it's all about taste f)my taste is far better than yours =p

Artist: Prometheus (Benjamin Vaughan) Album: Robot-O-Chan Label: Twisted Release Date: 20th of January 2004 Cat: TWSCD25 Total playtime: 67:35 Genre: Psytrance Tracklist: 01 Robot-O-Chan 08:13 02 Mekong Delta 07:41 03 Number Cruncher 08:09 04 Snakes & Ladders 08:18 05 Samothraki 07:56 06 Universe 07:45 07 O.K. Computer 07:49 08 U.R. Beautiful 07:47 09 Long Wave 03:25 Part I Before we start I just want to let you know that the text below represents my own unique opinion. Reason for me typing this here is that I really don't feel like adding "in my opinion" or "in my humble opinion" to the beginning of every second sentence. That being said do read on.. It usually takes like a day or two to review an album. That was the case here too. Must have been like a week ago or so when I was about to click that reply/submit/send button. I had maybe fourteen A4's of Courier New just waiting to be seen by others. The album was playing and I was just going thru the biggest grammar and spelling mistakes. So basicly everything was at its place, but then.. I hadn't even listened the album thru one time when I already knew that it was marvelous, yet another brilliant release from the Twisted empire. Everything was just how it was ment to be. A flawless album in every single meaning of the word. My view was ofcourse just how it was ment to be. I admit, I'm a big ass Twisted whore. They did claim a soft spot from my heart a long ago and sure have kept exclusive rights to it ever since. To keep the story on going.. I listened the album thru again and again. Must have been the 4th or perhaps the 5th time when it all changed. The album sounded still great, all in all okay, but it just didn't feel that unique or special any longer. One could say that the shine was gone. Maybe it's just a overdose I though. From that point on the day was 100% music free.. As I started listening to psytrance ala Prometheus again the next day the album didn't sound even okay, mediocre at its best. Did give it a few more chances, but nothing changed. Believe me, it's not a comfortable situation to find yourself in. After all they did send me the album for a review, but a negative review is definetly not something a label is after. I figured that maybe I'd write a positive review, just concentrate on different things. In a nutshell make very well clear that maybe the style just simply isn't my pack of cigarettes but I'd be more than sure that some would praise it to the skies and beyond.. But I chose to not sell my soul, and so decided to write what I felt and hope for the best. So as I was about to post my review it could have had a title in a fashion of "Robot-O-Chan - The Biggest Utter Dissapointment Of The Year". To get back to the story.. I decided to smoke a cigarette and after that check the review thru one more time. I'm slowly but firmly becoming a perfectionist. As I came back inside it was “Snakes & Ladders” playing. To say the least it sounded fucking marvelous and I felt awesome. As I nodded my head to the music I checked what I had written from this particular tune. It didn't add up. So instead of posting the review I selected everything and deleted the whole thingy.. Part II Having had this album for a much greater time now I think I can safely say that it's music wise the best thing that I've come across this year. Having said that I think I might aswell say that it's THE thing that has happened to music in quite some time. This album, well the tracks represented here anyways aren't about basslines, percussions, beats, effects, definetly not kickdrums or even melodies. Don't know how to explain myself. I guess what I'm really trying to say here is that in a way every single track here is a complicated network. Everything is integrated, it's not about individual things but the way they play together.. You know how you can get the creeps from hearing some spooky music or feel really down while listening to something sad. If I for example want to feel down I'll listen to Albinoni's Adagio in G-minor. Getting back to the point the thing I'm really trying to say here is that this album brought up a whole new emotion in me. I don't really know how to describe it. It feels really good, but yet in a way you don't really know what the hell you are doing while you feel it. I guess you could say that you forget not only the existence of others, but also your very own. I for one find it incredible that Benji has programmed pieces of code with his hardware/software interference into 0's and 1's and here I am sensing it all as my cd player millisecond by millisecond opens that code and converts it to wobbling air which my ears again convert into "sound" which I sense in my being essence.. Part III It's incredible how similar Ott's debut's frontcover is to this ones’. Then again, maybe not, after all it's been done by the same guy. This particular guy is called Calx and he lives in a place called http://www.Calx.co.uk The frontcover of Blumenkraft is pretty much white, black and blue. That's the case here too. In Blumenkraft's frontover there's a fluffy little robot thingy with a red flower. In Robot-O-Chan's cover there's Robot-O-Chan himself. He looks somewhat evil with his cool scary satanic eyes and other fancy shining parts. Ott's album was all in all fluffy thingy about warm and happy places, just what the cover promised. So one could assume that this one isn't about summer but nuclear winter. No love here, only hate. Then again as they say, don't judge a book by its cover. The same just might apply to CDs. Benji is definetly no stranger to sound. To name a few groups he has been part of: Younger Brother, Cyberbaba’s and Contraband.. Part IV This album can be divided into three parts. There's the first tune which is pretty chilled and sets you up for the right mood. The tracks two thru eight are all in a way similar. Well not really similar at all, but they do tend to make you dance. Then there's the last tune. When it's playing it's time to say good bye.. Like I said, “Robot-O-Chan” sets you up for the right mood. It's a beginning of a epic story. Slowly but firmly it grows on you. At first there's really not that much going and then suddenly.. Spooky storytelling, it's definetly the little things. Things get their place. New things arrive. Things evolve. Traditional? Not at all. Opera for the 21st century? Yeah, something of that flavour. You might fall in love with the basslines or perhaps the drumwork. Then again maybe it’s the synths that do the trick for you. That’s not all though for there’s the weirdness and the athmosphere to fall in love with too. This track is not that difficult to get. It's straight, it's modest but most important of all, it's good! The word good doesn't actually do much justice to it, lets rather call it brilliant. As "Mekong Delta" starts playing the first part is totally left behind, there really is no question about that. Chills are now chilled, but the party does go on, just find your way to the mainstage. Hurry! Hurry! It's about to start. You made it! You hear the travelling synths while you approach the stage. They're getting louder and louder or perhaps it's a trick of your imagination? The kick and hi-hat combo is about to burst into bloom. Almost there. Do drink now, soon it'll be too late. A sip or two and let us go on. At some point you might find youself sitting on the ground. It does take all your focus to really hear the track. Why dance physically, mental travell seem so much more appealing! All you gotta do is close your eyes, no substances required, everyone is welcome. Hell, even my fish seem to participate. =) *Sigh* Samothraki, ah Samothraki, those were the days! If you were there and catched Prometheus playing you definetly heard this tune called "Number Cruncher". I was sure I had never heard this one before but as the code started opening I had a mild deja vu. If it was about the little things in the first tune, well here a mental microscope is more than necessary. Futuristic, psychedelic, tricks, more tricks, variation, complete, those words combined, that's what this tune is all about.. Another deja vu occured when I heard the beginning of "Snakes & Ladders". Again, it's the tinyest details that work together with the bigger things that create a perfect harmony. Okay, they are in a harmony but what they create, that's something else. It was this tune playing somewhere around four minute mark when I finally learned to appreciate, love and enjoy this album. When the track starts building up again and finally reaches the climax, that sure is one hell of a climax with capitals! The way things arrange themselves again. The way it becomes complete again. And then, the fucking blast! Elegant, intelligent, emotional, uplifting, sad, it speaks to me! Definetly one of my personal favourites. How nice of Benji to dedicate a track to Samothraki Dance Festival! Now it's time to stand on your feet again and start working with those moves. Show me what you’re workin’ with. =) Ingredients ala Benji, it's just simply impossible to resist. It has flavour. Call it salt, we all need it, we just couldn't survive with out it. Call it sugar, it's sweet. Call it chili, it's spicy. This was definetly very, very hard track to learn to appreciate. It has elements from full on. It has elements from progressive trance. It has elements from classical music. I can also trace elements of rock, jazz, pop and even hiphop. What ever you are after, trust me, it's here, might just be a little difficult to find. It’s a open platform, works with both, e-head fool onnists and important bastard progressivenists. Universe sure is one wonderful thing. "Universe" doesn't fall that much behind. It’s made in the spirit of Samothraki if you ask me. Keeping things short, this track does one big cycle, in the end it returns to the source. So the timeline of this Universe is cyclic. Next up is my personal favourite, "O.K. Computer". First of all, no it's not a remix of anything. Second of all, this tune is fucking outstanding. 2,3,0,2,2,4,6,7 gotta love it, what a brilliant sample! Then there's that repeative "computer insane, computer insane" sample, but now I'm jumping ahead of things. No time being insane just yet. If you were to ask me what my all time favourite psytrance tune was I honestly couldn't answer that. Sure I've got a soft spot for Hallucinogen's LSD as I've also got one for Infected Mushroom's Bust A move and sure Younger Brother's The Finger found a way there too and yes there are some others too. Well this one found its way there too, that's incredible, considering that I really haven't even heard it that many times yet, but I promise, I'll always bear this one with me, no matter where I go or what I become. That being said I'd say enough has been said about this tune. "U.R. Beatiful" is another personal highlight of this album. The beginning sure stands for tribal. All the other things that are going on in the beginning, that's Shpongle in high tempo baby! I wouldn't actually even be that suprised if “Shpongle three” was to sound something similar to this. Can't remeber the name of the tune, I do remember that it's on the other of the two Hallucinogen albums, anyhow this one sort of reminds me of it. Maybe it's "Shakey Shaker"? or "Snarling Black Mabel", might actually be “Jiggle Of The Sphinx”. I don't know how my mind ever managed to find this track only mediocre, I mean it's fucking awesome! Gets the same treatment from my heart than the previous track. This is one of those tunes that you can end a party with. Will definetly make people remember it for the rest of their lives, wouldn't suprise me a bit if it somehow managed to write itself to the listeners dna. Benji is one twisted sound programmer! =) "Long wave", it's the time now, but do take the trip again, as many times as you wish, 20€ will give you a lifetime pass. =) Conclusion: This being a Twisted records release and Benji being the other half of Younger Brother I expected this album to be nothing less than perfect. It was a hard ride. Loved it, started finding it boring, learned to love it in a new way. What can I say? It's more than perfect! Labels usually ship some info sheets with their promos, it’s usually one A4 full of cheesy lines glorifying the album or the artist. Well anyways this one sure came with the cheesiest line I’ve ever seen. It goes something like this “Prometheus aka Benji Vaughan like his namesake, has literally taken the music from the gods and delivered it to the dancefloor with his new album “Robot-O-Chan”. To tell the truth it doesn't sound that cheesy any longer.. 10/10 ps. you are invited to check out the sound samples @ my webpage www.traveller.mypage.org pps. thank you twisted, thank you prometheus, truly wish all my best to you..

"Just look for the Israellis if you want to score!" =) do you people always need drugs? why not be clear headed for once? or maybe just a little drunk?

elysium project

will go tomorrow here in helsinki

yu mean full on rip offs...

i've never heard any psytrance remix of any prodigy tracks.. only full on rip offs..

twisted is pretty much the only label in our whole freaking "scene" that releases psychedelic trance.. shpongle remixed (that's right, remixed, not remixes, learn to read!!)rules

i was about to buy some clothing from their store a few months back.. atleast then she replied my emails pretty much daily.. never did place the final order though..

you know some full on = psychedelic some melodic = psychedelic some progressive = psychedelic some ambient = psychedelic & so on

well imo best classification is TRANCE and CHILL OUT> trance is what you have if a solid bmp is present chill out is the other once you know the genre you could add the ARTISt and COMPILATION classification.. then ofcourse you can have RECENT stuff and OLD stuff.. recent is newer than say 180 days old is the rest..

blah matrix sux

skazi is by far the most over rated "artist" ever

why don't you make the review data base acceptible so that all of us with passwords could add new reviews to it..?

dude those are GAY pants.. not goa pants.. there's no such thing as goa pants..

Artist: V/A Album: Shpongle Remixed Label: Twisted Release Date: 20th of October 2003 Cat: TWSCD23 Total playtime: 58:24 Tracklist: 1. Shpongle - Crystal Skulls (Western Rebel Alliance Remix) 06:34 2. Shpongle - And The Day Turned To Fright (Eat Static Remix) 09:16 3. Shpongle - Star Shpongled Banner (Brothom States Remix) 04:57 4. Shpongle - A New Way To Say Hooray (Prometheus Remix) 07:51 5. Shpongle - My Head Feels Like A Frisbee (Delusions Of Grandeur Remix) 07:01 6. Shpongle - Dorset Perception (Total Eclipse Remix) 07:26 7. Shpongle - Around The World In Tea Daze (Ott Remix) 08:25 8. Shpongle - Once Upon The Sea Of Blissful Awareness (Esion Jim Remix) 06:54 A (P)review Of Shpongle Remixed Living in a Shpongled Universe.. It's been quite a few years, half a decade actually, since Shpongle's debut "Are You Shpongled?" was first introduced to the public. Even though some of Shpongle’s epic tunes such as "Behind Closed Eyelids" had to my knowledge at that time already been released, well she still pretty much came out of the blue sky. Doesn't matter where you look, let it be a online forum or a magazine, the reviews are still pretty much the same: "Marvelous, a landmark album, milestone for music, extremly innovative.." Shpongle's second child "Tales Of The Inexpressible" came to be something like 3 years later. I personally found it a huge dissapointment as it wasn't really similar to "Are You Shpongled?" at all. How wrong was I! As I forced myself to listen to it again and again I started to discover things. Finally I realized that the Shpongle magic was still there, it had just taken another form. Seems like evolution does take place also on the other side of the rim, deep inside the inner core of Shpongle land. Life goes on.. Shpongle isn't the most active "track machine" out there. Unlike say GMS these guys (Raja & Simon) don't flood the "trance sharing networks" with new "unreleased killer" tracks every other day. When Shpongle releases something it's definetly worth checking out. No matter the line-up, the ultimate treat will still be the Shpongle tune, and that’s a fact. Well anyways, here I am, holding a copy of Shpongle Remixed on my very hands. I can't think of a group who deserves a remix album more than Shpongle does. Nor can I think of a group whose tunes would be more difficult to remix than Shpongle’s. The way I see it, Shpongle’s sound and production simply reach the absolute perfection. What is there to do? Well, that I guess we’ll see in a moment. About the artwork.. The artwork is made by no other than Calx who by the way seems to be Twisted's offical art designer these days. Good for him and good for Twisted! Calx's work is outstanding! By now many have probably seen the front cover of this album. It looks quite different when you hold it in your hands instead of watching it as a small resolution jpeg. The background is like a forest. If you know what a finnish conifer forest looks like, well that's pretty much what the landscape here reminds me of. There's also this lake. And oh, maybe sunset or sunrise because the colour matrix consists of red and orange and everything in between. There's a Shpongle mask levitating like a meter above the lake. This is quite different that the traditional Shpongle mask that we are used to. 2D has become 3D, in a way anyways. You can see the reflection of the mask at the lake’s surface. All the artwork doesn't ship with the promo but I'd assume this one thingy is the back cover. It's mainly white and gray. There's a close up of the Shpongle mask. It resembles the yellow/brown/gold one that can be found from Shpongle's homepage. Only maybe this is the negative or something. The tracklist can be found above it. Like I said.. Shpongle doesn't release tracks too often. To be exact they've released exactly 3 tracks other than the ones that can be found from the albums. One of these tracks is called "The 7th revelation". It was released on Tip World's "The Secret Of The Thirteen Crystal Skulls" compilation which was a sequal to "The Mystery Of The Thirteen Crystal Skulls". Therefore.. The first track on Shpongle Remixed "Crystal Skulls (Western Rebel Alliance Remix)" should rather be titled "The 7th Revelation (Western Rebel Alliance Remix)", but let's not get too picky. It all begins with a wave like volume gaining tone. No more than 15 seconds later we already have quite rich soundscape. The tone is flocking, echoing, sort of like travelling. Exactly 50 seconds after the very beginning a horn like instrument makes us aware of its proximity. It's followed very briefly by somekind of a unidentified sound. All I can say is that it reminds me of percussion instrument of some sort. It's in a sense very electric if I may add. Soon “it” becomes “they”. 01:17 one can come up with the fact that the track has officially begun. One can reach this conclusion because of the fact that the beat and the bassline have exactly at that point joined the play. If I wasn’t aware of the title I sure wouldn't recognize this as a remix to a Shpongle. Why? Simply because I can't honestly find any similarities between this and the original. No worries! At 02:15 we get a familiar sound pattern. It blends in with the beat and bassline in a splendid way. There are some cool robotic repeative spoken samples. 26 seconds after the 3 minute mark that tight guitar solo that can be found from the original version gets displayed. It ends exactly 50 seconds later. Now let's hit the pause button. The beat has remained more or less the same from the moment it started. What's it like? Can't think of proper words, but let's just say that I could easily play it with my drums. It’s pretty catchy beat actually. Everything is somehow very organized and patternized. Bad thing? No, not really. Now shall we get back down to business? Ah a flute! I definetly heard a flute! What a moment of joy for flute fetishists. =) 04:30 there's a cool finger picked guitar which leads us to the second part of the track. As the original track definetly had 2 parts, call it chilled and violent, slow and fast or ambient and full on, well anyways, so has this. That tiny finger picked guitar part works as the doorman. Now the beat gets a little bit more complicated. Clearly not as radical change as in the original version. The real change starts around 04:40. Seems like, well rather sounds like there's a electronic piano on the background playing a small part as the reinforcements. I wonder if it was there before? It's kinda groovy, funky so to speak of. The flute can also be heard, again! Even some of those semi violent Shpongle thingies. A manipulated voice ends this extremly well done remix. Twisted didn’t go wrong as they signed Western Rebel Alliance. By the time.. I was first introduced to "Are You Shpongled?" "And The Day turned To Night" was definetly my least favourite track on the album reason for this being that it was just way too long. If I remember correctly it's over 20 minute piece of 0's and 1's. For my defence I have to say that at that time I was still pretty new to electronic music. I later on ofcourse came to realize the beauty of this masterpiece. I don't know if it's just a typo in the promo's tracklist, but the word "Night" has -as you may have already noticed- been replaced with the word "Fright". Perhaps it’s ment to be like that? Anyways in a way the beginning of Eat Static’s remix is pretty frightening –honestly- it’s pretty damn evil. Atleast when it comes down to describing what it's like. Let's just say that there are more or less random pieces of noise that somehow manage to arrange themselves to a beat. Some of those pieces take part as tunes that are poured over the beat. The process of arrangement starts at 00:40. At one minute mark there's a clear path to follow. Some distant chant can be heard. There's the flute again! There's some other stuff too, but the thing that really stands out is definetly the beat. I have to admit that Eat Static manages damn well to recreate the athmosphere of "Are You Shpongled?". The first major change happens at 02:22. There's a snare roll that starts a drum n bass like path. 03:11 it all sounds so familiar yet so different. More layers are added to the beat just a few seconds later. A familiar chant. Are we still travelling towards the peak, or has it already been reached, perhaps it's already left behind? 04:05 there's a short break part which pushes the "melody" into existance. Why can't more people create more tunes like this? Definetly my cup of tea! As the 5 minute mark is left behind one might get an idea why the word "night" was replaced in the first place. 50 seconds later there's yet another break. Impossible to see it coming. This is what I love. Suprises, impossible to predict what's goin on the very next second. 06:35 that chant is over manipulated! Splendid! Dark, but splendid! But you had no idea what was to come a few seconds later! 07:50 could already be another track. Everything has changed, nothing really remains the same. The end is coming straight at you! That is the general feeling at 08:50. Can't dodge it. =( Time to smoke a cigarette.. I love cigarettes but I also love "Tales Of The Inexpressible". If I had to give up the other it would definetly be the fist one (atleast that’s what I keep on telling myself). "Star Shpongled Banner" is the 2nd track on "Tales Of The Inexpressible." On “Shpongle Remixed” it's the 3rd. The honour to remix this track has been given to Finland's Brothom States (suck that Sweden!! =) ). He isn't too known in the trance world and so it isn’t really too big of a surprise that he happens to be quite unknown to me. Nevertheless when I found out that his remix was to be included in this album I had no choice but to do some serious background digging. He seems to be quite big name in the IDM world. He has some free tracks available for download on his webpage. I find them all horrible. Because of this I was ofcourse really extremly anxious to hear his Shpongled production. The track begins in a fashion that I'd assume could be called Brothom States' casual style. It sounds quite random and disturbed if you ask me. Telling the truth I wouldn't really describe this as music. It's all about disturbed drums that sort of create a pattern. After listening to this tune more than once it did start to make a little more sense. At 01:30 things find their place. Just before the 2 minute mark we even get a bassline, how un Brothom States like is that!? Nevermind the beginning for what is to hit you at 02:28 is -how to put this- fucking brilliant! It's amazing what one twisted vocal sample/chant can do. Yes it's definetly a remix to "Star Shpongled Banner". Fucking brilliant remix if I may add. The more I listen to it the more I love it. "Mental extensions.." When I found Shpongle Remixed.. From my mailbox I said "Hooray". This word also appears in "Tales Of The Inexpressible's" 3rd track, which is called "A New Way To Say Hooray". Now it's Benji Vaughan's (Prometheus, the other half of Younger Brother) turn to show his vision. The tune begins in quite similar fashion to the original. Benji has definetly had access to Simon's files, no question about that. "Aaayya yooooooo." 01:20 it becomes quite clear that this is a remix. At this point it seems that the album has just taken a step towards dancefloors. We get a solid kick drum. A little before 02:00 a rolling bassline joins the play. I really dig the hi-hats. There's Benji Vaughan tag all over the place. His signature of sound manipulation is definetly present! The genre would definetly be psygressive. Pumping beat keeps the track on it's edge. The "ayyyyya ooo" chants work quite well on top of it. 03:25 or so a familiar melody can be heard. 04:15 there's a break part. The familiar melody returns as everything else remains quiet, everything else apart from the snares that is. But no, ten or so seconds later the pumping beat/bass combo returns. Start playing the track from this point and I'll bet my money on that no one will recognize it as a remix to a Shpongle track. I remove my bid at 05:55. I don't know what to say. Listen and enjoy! The track is flawless! Many think.. That "My Head Feels like A Frisbee" was the best tune on "Tales Of The Inexpressible". Now it's Benji Vaughan's and Tristan's turn together as "Delusions Of Grandeur" to show what they think should have been done differently. It all begins with a familiar sample. "Brought me down to me knees..I had hold on to the.." 00:28 a gentle bass appears. The sample keeps on going. After 1 minute mark against all the odds we are still going chilled. At 01:10 you'll probably think this is it, I sure did, but no, the peak doesn't start the evil "lets kill the dancefloor" part, but a jazzy joy. 01:22 the horns from the original track do a really violent but short appearence. They are so loud! 01:43 there are sounds which I'm quite sure appear in another Shpongle track. Build up sounds if you know what I mean. 02:22 seems like they are here to stay. "You know catching butterflies and UHHHhh.." That's the spoken sample that starts the kick drum. And wow, suddenly the tune sounds exactly like the original. And I do mean E.X.A.C.T.L.Y. The part before the horns that is. But then, hah! We get really fast bongo drums. On top of that we get some snares and a cowbell. Some wicked effects are displayed every now and then. OH MY! Brilliant! At this point in the original version we have horns doing the melody as everything else keeps on following them. Well now they appear every now and then. So what else is going on? Well first of all we've got funky bassline,also some chants, some snares and ofcourse a carefully selected fistful of effects. There’s some really bizarre background noise. Actually lets call it blissful bizarre backgound noise. 04:31 to 04:48 is really tribal. You'll see. As we pass it the bassline returns. Only thing accompaniyng it is the drums. As the seconds go by various things are added to the concept. Eventually the melody returns. "I had hold on to the... My head feels like a frisbee.." What a unusual track! Unsual was also Total Eclipse's remix to Shpongle's Dorset Perception which was originally released on Twisted's Unusual Suspects compilation. Telling the truth I honestly didn't atfirst think much of it. It just simply wasn't my cup of tea. When Simon played this tune at the end part of his "chill out" set at Samothraki Dance Festival I came to realize that this tune is actually pretty fucking good. Nothing major going on before 00:33. At that point we get the growly travelling repeative bassline. It remains as the biggest contributing factor till 01:24. That's when (I think) Michele's voice can be heard. As the singing ends the guitar starts. Yes, it's pretty much the same guitar as in the original, the tempo is somewhat slower though. As it ends a agressive synth appears. It's soon joined by the incartation of devil. Some call it a kickdrum. I know it's a shame but I'm honestly not too familiar with Total Eclipse’s production. I know, I know, every self respecting chiller has to own Violent Relaxation. So anyways I can't really say if this is Total Eclipse's usual style or not. Anyhow this track is really easy to identify as a remix to a Shpongle track. Why? Because all the familiar elements can be found here. The guitar, Michele, the horns, it's all there! You either dig it or dislike it. Like I said before, I didn’t think much of this tune before, now however I find it glorious. Ott.. Has released two absolutely utterly brilliant “instant classic” albums within a year or so. I’m sure we are all aware of “Hallucinogen In Dub” and “Blumenkraft”, every self respecting trancer is. Ott is in my opinion a perfect artist to remix Shpongle. First of all he mastered the Shpongle debut. Second of all his style is in my opinion pretty much the next best think to Shpongle. I’m thinking about replacing the “next best” with “as good”, but that’s another story. Ott has chosen to remix the epic “Around The World In Tea Daze” which in my opinion was by far the best tune in “Tales Of The Inexpressible”. So shall we go on? And so it begings. “Huge.. and put it inside of very tiny.. and fold it.” Now where have I heard that before? =) The sample gets repeated something like 5 times. In every single circle something is added. We also hear that “Paco de Lucia” dude’s guitar intro. Well the melody anyways. When we get to the 5th time or so we’ve already got a stable ground to build a tune on. It’s faint, but it’s definetly there, the familiar “melody” begins. It gets louder and louder. Ott’s drum work appears, doesn’t come out of the blue sky though as it also slowly gains volume. A little before 01:30 we get a bassline which imitates the melody. 15 seconds or so later we get the “Ommmmmmm… Moksha” that’s sung by the same guy than in the original version, I’d assume it’s the same sample. It’s very emotional moment. Just after that we get the same vocals, only sung by someone else. 02:20 is a peak which ends the bassline. Everything is pitched. 02:35 transforms us to the Ott world. Sure does sound like Ott’s work. No question about that. We have a bassline, a guitar, a flute, the beat and some weirdo effects. The “gaasi vishnu” samples can be found somewhere around 03:30. Ott has had access to Simon’s files too! A few seconds after 04:00 there’s a break. Let us breath for a while. Ok, lets start building up. Me like it! Me like it A LOT! The build up is joined by a bass at 05:00. It’s sort of dubby. What a surprise, eh? Ott is definetly one of the most talented artists out there, out of those that I’m aware of anyways. The tune sure is a joy. It resembles the original a lot, but it’s so different in other inexpressible ways. Loads of delays used. Loads of sounds. A perfect remix! Take my word, it’s very, very good track. The final.. Tune is called “Once Upon The Sea Of Blissful Awareness (Esion Jim Remix)”. The original version sure is one blissful piece of art and based on Esion Jim’s tunes that I’ve heard this far I expect this to be nothing less. The beginning is very organic. We’ve got a finger picked contra bass, a guitar, some strings and ofcourse tiny pieces of electronic bleeps, beeps and peeps. We are obviously preparing a way. For? We’ll see soon. 00:40 we get a faint hi-hat that gives the pattern some might. A few more seconds and the vocals start. I still have absolutely no idea what she’s singing about but it sure is beautiful. “Love some, weep some, dance for George”, maybe not? =) Anyways vocals that sound sort of similar to this are sung a few times. They dissapear, and guess what appears. Yes, a kickdrum, but it’s definetly not a nasty one. Just more might for the pattern, that’s pretty much it. If you ask me, this is “electro” at its best. 01:47 we get more vocals. “Tell me who, can’t you see, how we hmmmm… can’t you…” Well the vocals sure are as difficult to identify as in the original version. I do have strong feeling that the vocals are different here though, seems like we’ve got more of them, ah yes, the lyrics have definetly changed. The track goes pretty twisted right before 02:50. Sweet ass effect! We return. The kick is more violent now. Oh my! I didn’t realize just how complicated this track is the first times I listened it thru. Bass, strings, flute(!!), tons of percussions, vocals and a perfect composition. Blissful it was and blissful it is. My expectations.. Were extremly high, but this album did definetly prove itself. “Better than the original or not” is not a path I’m going to take. This album doesn’t have a weak point (expect for one which I’ll come back to shortly). All the tracks are very extremly good. In my opinion the title which Twisted chose for this album is missleading. Instead of “Shpongle Remixed” it should be titled “Shponge Remade”. This isn't about "lets make a remix in 5 minutes" people! It's clear that every single track on this album has taken days if not months.. It’s sad.. That the album is so short. I wonder why Twisted didn't include one or two more tunes. I personally wouldn't have minded of say "Behind Closed Eyelids (Gargoyles Remix)" or something like that. Even the fact that one of the tracks on this album has already been released doesn't make me give it less than 9/10. One more track and it would have been 10/10. Anyways it’s a release no one should miss. Shpongle saga continues.. Thank you Twisted.. samples and such can be found from my webpage.. www.traveller.mypage.org or www.geocities.com/ganjalien

templar how do u know the title of the 1st track? just curious..

it's not about the quantity but the quality..

ah yes i didn't even consider the other option.. if it's about that then i'm sorry for offending you guys..

why don't u both fuck off?

you might be talking about twisted.co.uk OR www.shpongle.org OR my webpage OR isratrance.com OR psynews.org OR pretty much every single "trance site" on the net..

have you checked out www.trance-shop.com ? their COD is way cheaper than psyhop.com's.. there's still a record shop @ octarine.. there's also the streatbeat.. then there's umm.. can't remember the name @ the moment.. hmmm.. i get back to it.. did you know that you can also ask freerecords shop to order you cds with like 0.5€ cost..

did you try www.psyringtones.com or www.goaringtones.com ?