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what about Unusual Suspects compilation? and H I D ..was not made by Simon.. get it?

Artist: Ott Album: Blumenkraft Label: Twisted Release Date: 23rd of May 2003 Cat: TWSCD26 Total playtime: 72:40 Tracklist: 1. Jack’s Cheese & Bread Snack 12:52 2. Somersettler 07:31 3. Splitting An Atom 07:21 4. Escape From Tulse Hell 07:12 5. Cley Hill 07:32 6. Billy The Kid Strikes Again 07:13 7. A Load Up At Nunnie Catch 07:18 8. Spannered In Pilton 07:07 9. Smoked Glass & Chrome 08:34 Review of the preview and other notes: I got a chance to be part of the inner Twisted circle (I became Shpongled )and so four (or was it five) days ago I received this album’s promo by mail. What is to follow is my personal view of this album, sort of like a window into my mind. What is to follow is what my mind thinks and possibly doesn’t think about it. My preview might be very confusing and from time to time seem like random nonsense, what really isn’t such a big suprise (for me anyways). What ever view you get or don’t get from my review(s), you should definetly not ignore for it being that I happen to be always right. If you don’t feel like reading a highly detailed epic freestyle review now would be a good time to scroll down to my mini- & art reviews. Now that I’ve got nothing else to say, I’m going to begin my “preview”. But before we begin: Before I began to listen to this album I felt it necessary to be on the right mood. As it’s that this album happens to be very British there were certain acts to perform before the playtime was upon. So, after my homemade English breakfast (sausage roasted so brown that it really didn’t look like a sausage any longer, 3 stripes of bacon, two eggs with yolk in half liquid form, toast, various flavours of marmelade, good load of white beans in tomato sauce (thrown into the skillet after everything else was done), glass of squeesed orange juice with a little sugar on top and finally a huge cup of black coffee) I felt it was the time. Almost there: It was Saturday morning and I was alone. I opened the cd case and took the cd out. The artwork seemed nice. On the front cover there were three futuristic looking dumbbells (which I could no doubt easily lift) and a Blumenkraft(?), this cute robot thingy that has a red flower on its right hand. The flower really stands out since it’s so red and everything else is pretty much blue, white, gray and black. Other artwork is not included, so I can’t really talk/write about it. I’m quite sure it’s just as nice though. I think it’s all made by the infamous Calx. For some odd reason the cover reminds me of those not too fluffy Sony Aibo robot dog thingies. Something was missing. I went outside to smoke a Marlborough light and that’s when it hit me. Tea! I definetly needed tea for this Odyssey. Tea was more than necessary. So tea it was. Tea with a few slices of citrus thrown in, not forgetting two full teaspoons of sugar. Finally I inserted the cd into my hifi system, closed the curtains cause the sun was shining way too bright and was ready to begin. Preview thingy: Obviously my hopes were sort of high. Just before hitting the play button on my remote control I took an eye of the cd case. The first track’s name was “Jack‘s Cheese And Bread Snack”. It was according to the info I’ve got written and produced by the one and only, Ott himself. It was a magical moment, I hit the play button, and so it began. The beginning seemed something that I really didn’t see coming. It’s like a beginning of a story. To me it sounds like a guy, or maybe a girl, I‘m not quite sure, perhaps it‘s the Blumenkraft (=Flower Craft?) leaving a crappy sounding trance or house party. He opens the door, shuts it, walks across a sand road. Opens his truck’s door, starts up the engine and starts moving. The evil 4x4 is now definetly left behind. Very symbolic if you ask me. At that point. What point? The point when that car starts moving a semi aggressive bass synth makes a little noise, just enough to make people aware that it’s there. Soon it dissapears. The story has begun. Bleeps, beeps, a growly synth, a heavenly synth and something else are all preparing a way. A way for? I don’t know, but I’m quite sure we will see soon. Somewhere around 2:20 quiet drums do a little work. Getting a little louder, performing the paradox of fading. Something is on the background. That something slightly reminds me of that epic Shpongle track on their latest album. Not sure of the name though, I think it’s “Around the World in Tea Daze“. Magic is definetly in the air. At the edge of 04:00 we get a computer like female voice. She says “One.. all composite phenomena are impermanent.. two.. all contaminated things and events are unsatisfactory.. three.. all phenomena are empty and selfless.. and four.. nirvana is true peace”. That’s when we get right down to business. What suprises me is that I’m not bored. It just so happens to be that I usually find the so called intro(e?)s kind a boring and usually just skip them. Right after the word “peace” we get a really soft bassline played by Daz. A millisecond later we are also given a interesting beat manipulated by Ott and a nicey rising and downing high-pitched synth. They create a pattern. Very smooth! Very elegant! Very British! We go pretty much like this until 05:10. That’s when we get some stronger beat manipulation. Something like 30 seconds after that we get a guitar played by Steve Hunt. Not a strong one (volume wise) but still. Then some bigger variation on the beat, some tribal chants and something. 06:05 we take a step step into dubbier direction. Guitar is doing a reggae pattern. It’s also doing a solo. Drums are just fantastic. If you are a ghost now would definetly be a good time to drift around the room manouvering vortexes and cortexes. Just before 08:00 there’s a small chill part. The sample represented before is repeated. But wait! It didn’t go the same way. This time we are not given a bassline, but a flocking manipulated beat. Ten seconds or so after typing that the bassline enters accompanied by a new synth. Trancey synth. Not trance trance, but trance feeling like. Bleeps. I love that “tkrrrrr” instrument which name I cannot remember. You know, the one that can be heard in the beginning of Infected Mushroom’s “Bust A Move”. Nice hidden effect at 09:51. Something to be proud of. Tiny circles. I wish I wasn’t writing this review at the moment so I could enjoy even more, not having to think. 10:40 the guitar returns. It’s very.. indian. 11:00 the track is getting closer to its end. Doh! I’m smart. I mean you can hear it, the way everything dissapears and is faded away. Some distant chants and growly synths are pretty much all that is left. While “waiting” for the end I take a glimpse at the cd case. Next up is “Somersettler”, which some might remember from the “Backroom Beats” compilation. It’s mixed in with a angel like wind. Also some grasshoppers can be heard in the foreground. There’s no hearable change. Also this one is 100% written by Ott himself. At the track transformation point we are given weird speech like noise. Soon that rub-a-dub monster will hit us. At 01:00 you can already sense that it’s upon you. Just after 01:05 we are back in business. Nice echo effects are represented. Soon a “16th century pirate ship” like melody is mixed in. At 02:00 there’s a lot going on! We have nice echo effects, a bassline and loads of synths. Disturbation, good disturbation. Beat keeps on being dubby. Bassline does the same. The foreground is not left empty. In it the effects play around, but it‘s not too crowded. A little after 03:00 we get one of those indian like guitars. Dub, dub, dub. The track keeps on being massive. A flute? 4:21 bassline gets some serious variation, it sort of becomes a deep growling synth. Weird voices, bleeping effects, time to dub again. I’ve heard this track like atleast 20 times but still keep on discovering new things in it. It’s very layered. We have that bassline layer. On top of that there’s the beat layer. Then there are the various synth layers. As a cherry on top we have that “manipulation of effects” layer. Distant, approacing, ending, slowly fading away. And so it all ends in a demonic wind, time to: “Splitting an atom”, again 100% by Ott. Once again mixed, yet suprising start. No introes. Ott guides as straight to the beat. Very 80’s beginning. It sounds like 100 000 people were saying “tbshb” in a bassy voice at the same time. 00:40 we get a bassline and a much stronger beat. Once again, somehow reminds me of that epic Shpongle track. You’ll see once you hear it. 01:20 we get vocals which are sang by Michelle and/or Cassie (the info given to me isn‘t 100% accurate). Beautiful is the word! I don’t know why, but I’m seeing a picture in my mind. A picture of? Well, don’t know why but I’m seeing the Eiffel tower swinging at the rhythm of the music. Looks kind a groovy if you ask me. 02:00 we get to the ethnic chanting. African? I think so. Doesn’t make a difference, it’s just great! 02:45 back to the Shpongle land. Just before and right after 03:00 we get truly awesome manipulation. Followed by even cooler.. what ever the word is.. Then it’s time to Michelle and/or Cassie to do some work. Very, extremly Shpongled. Very Posfordish! This heavenly track in interrupted by a break at 04:00. Vocals get us back on track. I wish I could just keep my eyes closed and float. Opera kind of lyrics. Were they like that before? Chanting returns. It’s like Michelle and/or Cassie are communicating or atleast trying to communicate with the chanter. 05:00 and the rest can’t be talked about for it would be a crime since words can’t describe what’s going on. One word to sum it up: inexpressable. Next up is “Escape From Tulse Hell”, which again some of us might have already heard for it was released on “Mana Medicine” a year or so back. The beginning is mystical and once again, mixed in with a wind effect. Then that “Hi I’m weird!” beat plus weirdness combination beginns. Getting dubbier. At 01:02 the dub incarnates. Dub beat follows a little later on. Dubby synths. Now absolutely nothing is missing. It’s all there. A Dorset of Dubbation. Another “1600th pirate” like melody. I wish I could be there. Some old peg legged red bearded guy playing the melody with a mouth harmonica. YARRRRRR! Com’ ere ol chap! Oh well. 03:03 dub-a-dub is back. Once again, there’s not much to say since there’s just too much to say. Correct me if I’m wrong, but the track isn’t 100% the same than the released version on Mana Medicine. I’m doing some moves. Ah I forgot to tell you, if it matters.. I’m lying on my bed, feeling quite comfortable. I’m sort of flying at the moment, somehow feeling very british . 04:50 we go into a little edgyer, frolicsome, electronic so to speak of, direction. Bleeps! Manipulation is once again, just out of this world! The way that guitar hits us at 05:30, SHIT! That’s frisky! Thought it was going to end but still keeps on going at 06:12. Right on. Right on. It’s about to end, slowly fades away. Leaves me.. touched. After a short cigarette break it’s time for “Cley Hill”, which in my opinion sort of starts up the second part of this album. We get all sort of stuff right at the very beginning. Followed by.. ooops too much happened. “Traveller hits skip button right back to beginning of track 5.” Okay at the beginning we get a repeative bassline that grows stronger (volume vice). 00:37 we get salsa influences, a beat, church like organ makes a short appearance and best of all we get a flute that could very well be played by the Grandmaster Flash of Trance, Raja Ram himself. Very hypnotic. Needless to say, perfect. Oh my fucking god! The manipulation is very Posfordish. Only he, and well.. now Ott can come up with such ideas (and Mozart ofcourse). At 01:30 the organ does a melody. The beat is “too” slow, gets faster. Then the flute answers the organ. The beautiful flute! Is it Raja? Tell me, please! I guess it doesn’t matter, it’s just perfect! For me the word Shpongle pretty much represents perfection and at the very moment I can’t really think of any other words. Are you trying to hypnotise us, the listeners? Mission accomplished! 02:44 there’s a tiny break followed by a tempo change and cosmic manipulation. Still remaining latino the track pretty much goes out of this world. The flute returns, once again, as a incarnation of perfection. Manipulation goes bleeps and beeps! Right after 04:00 the track is on the verge of total collaption. Get’s even deeper about 10 seconds later. There are some vocals. Point of no return passed a long time ago. Collaption! No, latino influences return accompanied by a tribal chant and a strong bass. Beat ofcourse can also be heard. Children’s voices. I love it when they do so. 05:03 I don’t know what the hell that is but it’s... like the best thing I’ve ever heard. Also happens to be the most hypnotic thing I’ve ever came across. The way that guitar imitates it a little later. Even the pitched beat. YESS! Flute, effects, bassline, beat, it’s all there, but will be gone soon. Congratulations Ott. This is in my opinion.. perfection! Yet it gets even more perfect with that spacey synth. It’s about to end After a track like that.. I don’t know what to say. Now it’s “Billy The Kid Strikes Again” written and produced by Ott and Daz. According to the info I‘ve been given “Daz playes loads of synths” on this track. Also the guitar and the bass are apparently played by this mystery man. So, let’s begin. The beginning is quite weird as it sounds like it doesn’t belong to this album. We have weird synth, beeps and at 00:38 the bass/beat combo hits us. The track seems very straight forward. Very fresh! Nice echoed pad follows soon. This is trancey. I find it awesome. Nice aperative in the middle of the Ott land. Very breakbeatish. I don’t know who made that synth at 01:58 but it sure is original! Just a little later we get a old school goa upper. You’d better hear it, cause it happens to fit this track really well. This track is made in that “Eat Static/Ozric Tentacles” way. Not 100% sure though, I’m not too familiar with them. The guitar came a long somewhere around 03:15. Didn’t see it coming. Really wasn’t expecting for such a change. It’s very.. solo like. It’s apparently playing a solo. 04:20 Heavy Metal dub? Sort of anyways. This track sure is different to everything else on this album this far. It’s not a good or a bad thing. It’s just as great. Actually perfect decision to place here cause after track 5.. yu know. Erpland. I don’t know why that word is on my tongue. The build up on this track is very catchy. Hard to describe cause in a way not so much is going on, yet so much is happening every given second. Patterns, I hope that’s not a curse word, not ment to be insulting. Junglish ending is upon us. Loads of drums are doing stuff, 05:30 there’s a super cool effect. Some string instruments are thrown in. Goa uplifter keeps on making its work. Catchy! What is to come now? Hold on.. “A Load Up At Nunney Catch”, appears to be mixed in in a very fresh way. Looking forward to hear what direction we are about to go now. Are there any more doors to enter? Daz is the guitarist here too. 00:27 We get a very straight forward bassline/beat combo. Guitar. I wonder what’s going on with the Flower craft. I think I heard it on the background! Oh, the bassline is very deep. Just noticed it. Wah Wah guitar. We have a solid bpm? 4x4? Sort of, yes, but in that very special Shpongle way. Shpongle way? In the way that it isn‘t repeative. A wise man once said that 4x4 makes your nose bleed. This piece of 4x4 isn’t doing so, for like I said, it’s made in that very special way, I hope you know what I mean. Besides.. manipulation begins. 02:30 latino feeling is back. And gone. Some serious work done to the drums at 02:50, the production is flawless. Something is trying to get that dub feelin’ lone gone back. No, not coming, yet anyways. Bassline is very static. Drums too are very static. 03:25 salsa tries to kick in but dissapears. Manipulation at 04:04 is very complete. Latino, guitar, psychedelic? Yes, very! That guitar is somehow very distant. Bassline every now and then varies. Not strongly, but still.. 04:58 a little pirate athmosphere, sorry.. more like Indian actually is thrown in. 05:25 it’s time to show of with the studio skilz. Not overdone though. Just... flawless, perfect, entarntaining. Static is still the word. WOWOWWOW! That effect.. UUUH! Trancey? Trance trance.. yes sort of. This track could very well be played in a trance party. Looks like that 4x4 isn’t going anywhere. It’s welcome though, so.. “Spannered In Pilton” 100% Ott touch here. The beginning of the 3rd part of the album if you ask me. The beginning of the track is very “rock song” like. You know, it all starts up with a bassline. Soon some hi-hats join in. What’s next? Ofcourse the beat? Yep! But as this isn’t a rock song, we also get some effects, and a little before 00:50 funky guitar. 01:00 we get some Shpongle touch. Melody, which once again in my opinion is a little pirate like. Reggae pads can be heard on the background. Very massive. Effects and manipulation are doing all the serious work untill 02:14. That’s when the flute hits us. It’s very welcome! And ofcourse, beautiful. 02:45 we are flown into a new direction. I have never ever heard anything like this before. Small break after 03:00, then some serious break beat studio work. Bleeps! Harmonica? Ott is good at creating melodies! They are so, nonconventional. Something really unexpected in general. Something our small scene is desperate to get more. Something our beloved hungers. New influences! Bongo drums are heard at 04:40, and they definetly are not ment to be hidden. 05:20 a totally new part beginns. There’s a vocal sample that goes something like this “Praise praise praise.. this is good fortune.. No it doesn’t make that.. ??? ..wait any longer” it blends to the track. Breakbeats a little before 06:00. More vocal samples.. too disturbed to understand though. Kind a difficult to write high details. A voice sample ends the journey. The voice is very manipulated, disturbed and in a way extremly scary. British? Nope, not this time.. “Smoked Glass and Chrome”. These days it’s a trend to make the last track in a chill album a boring soundscape one. Thank “insert your favourite supreme being here” Ott didn’t go that way. The beginning reminds me of that McGuiver tv show, not music wise, but.. 01:20 we get the bass and the beat combo. Different to anything represented before. The tempo is really slow on this one, doesn’t bother the force though for it remains strong . 01:50 it’s time for Michelle and/or Cassie to chant something alien. Is it Marsian? What ever it’s.. it’s not a manmade language, perhaps a message from the skygods? Huge euphoria feeling! My toes are tickling. I’m now sort of swimming in the air. The track is definetly a step back to the chiller sound. It’s in a way very simple. Patterned. Sort of looped. We have that chant part, the uplifting chant part, the part before those chants, and the part after them.. it does a few spins until the break which is located a little after 04:00. 04:40 we start the process of building. Very alien! I guess it’s just my imagination, but I almost heard a flute behind the beauty.. somewhere deep inside the track. Next to that alien inner core, under all those layers. Might have been telepoported from another planet? This is definetly one of those “don’t think, just keep your eyes closed” tracks. Michelle’s and/or Cassie’s voices are very manipulated and like I said.. alien. 07:46 the track is close to it’s end, the journey is about to end. Already slowly fading away. I will never experience it again, for everytime it just so appears to be different. Everything good comes to an end and so after 72 minutes and 40 seconds it was over. I’m stunned and touched! So what is this album? I tell you what it’s. First of all it’s very british. It’s probably more british than Queen Elisabeth the second herself. It’s also very, extremly psychedelic, innovative and unique journey into sound. More than that it’s one of those things that should be required for all of us humans, and maybe also other mammals to experience. It in a way makes us more complete. Through its magic it shows, that just maybe there’s a small britton inside us all. What this album isn’t? This isn’t one of those albums that you listen through, and then become so pissed that you bought in the first place. It isn’t one of those albums which magic wears out. It’s not a Shpongle album. It should not be compared to Shpongle. I know I’ve used the S word quite a few times in my “review“, but there’s a reason to it! It being that I can’t think of anything else that comes even close. If this album would have been released before the Shpongle albums people would definetly compare Shpongle albums to it. But it should not be compared to anything, for like I said, it is very unique. It’s an album that in my opinion deservers 10 from scale of 4 to 10. I could go on and on with the superlatives, but am not going to do so. I’ve got nothing else to say, but thank you Ott for this magnificent, splendid experience. Actually I do have one more thing on my mind. If I was to someday find myself in a situation where the small grey creatures would destroy our planet unless I, the chosen one, would play them one cd to show, that we, the humans can create highly sofisticated art and therefore deserve to live, I could very well play this album to them. So, get it or any given day our beloved planet might be blasted into pieces! The Mini Review: T1. After a long intro we are represented very alien like dubbish track. T2. The alien athmosphere is now gone. Now we are flown into dubbier pirate like space. T3. This might be the most Shpongle like track on the album. One of my favorites at the moment. T4. Here we have very massive dubbish another pirate like track. T5. Strong latino influences here. One of my favorites again. T6. This track stands out for it’s very different compared to anything else on this album. T7. This track is very trancey. 4x4 can be found here. T8. Shpongled, yes! My favourite? Yes! T9. This is closest to the track 1 I guess. I love it! The Art Review: Do you want to make a trip into space, but don’t happen to be a millionare or an astronaut? Do you want to travell faster than light among the stars? Interested in visiting the restaurant at the end of the universe? Curious to go to places man has never been before? 42 still puzzling you? Don’t happen to live in the 2500’s? Not interested in taking certain substances? No worries mate! Ott along with Daz, Steve Hunt, Michelle and Cassie made it all available for you. Best of all it’s for sale for less than twenty bucks! All you gotta do is close your eyes and listen! PS: Thank you Ott

where can i do so.. i've tried to search their web page for such a link.. couldn't find one =(

Psychosis I disagree 100% with you. What they did here is exactly the same ol shit everyone else is doing.

but for the music they release is so freking great.. I forgive em =)

who's this "ryo" guy.. i saw his name also in some twisted party line up..

xes lana evol ew

What about "ELV 15" ? yo know.. like ELVIS.. with a little 1337 touch..

What the hell is wrong with Twisted recs? They just released 2 albums and don't even bother to tell it to people on their web page, just added the albums to their catalogue. They aren't selling it anywhere else. They haven't even given us any samples. They promise things like "samples added here very soon" and 4 months later, still no samples. They tell "shpongle site will be updated this and that month" ..a few months later.. nothing.. still same ol.. or the hallucinogen web page.. it hasn't been updated in like 3 years.. same goes for many other labels & artists too..

the younger brother debut album is a must.. same goes for the backroom beats 2 ..both released this week.. also ott's debut album is out quite soon.. and same goes for the shpongle remixes album..

thank supreme being I happen to live in Europe.. the true continent of freedom =)

I totally agree. It sounds like it took 2 weeks top to make this/these album/albums. A few years back this album would have been great, but these days weird effects/sounds/noises just aren't enough.

Many will no doubt think that this/these album/albums is/are someway extraordinary. Many will no doubt praise it/them. Many will, but I sure as hell am not. This/these album/albums are in my opinion nothing special. Sure Infected guys are guite good at creating weird sounds and catchy melodies. Sure they can create some wonderful peaks and all, but they just can't in my opinion truly capture real emotions. They can't generate true, deep trance. They can't do what some other artist can. This album is ofcourse well mastered and well done, but it's not unique. It's not special, it's guite boring. On CD1 is like 3 tracks, 1, 7 & 9. None of them are special though and don't too much stand out. It's not like I hate any of the others though. On CD2 I do sort of like those 2 tracks with Michelle (5 & 11). I would praise Selecta, but it has so fucking ridiculous ending that it's actually the worst track on CD2. So, all in all, this album is quite standard, sure it's good, but not really good. If you are only going to buy 1 album this year, don't buy this, get something else. I'll give this 7/10

I was thinking about throwing a party in Mars.. Any1 up to it?

there's one a lot older track with that same sample..

damn my review is good =)

gonna copy & paste some nonsense i wrote earlier today.. i don't feel like writing a review of this one. reason being that i really don't think this deserves one. in my opinion this one sounds like it took 2 weeks to make. ofcourse "they" have some fresh ideas and all that, but the album is somehow very monotone, sort of minimal. i'm kinda suprised to see that i don't actually even like the chilled side. i do sort of like those 2 tracks with michelle though. well maybe, just maybe i'll change my mind later on, after all i didn't even like the first shpongle album untill after a few months time. at the moment i'll give it 6/10 it's average, nothing more.. add ons: started at 16:28 np: 'echonomix' I do actually like this one, this might very well be the best track on the trance side.. np: 'scorpion frog' The violins in the beginning are quite nice, very gatherised if you know what I mean, very eeeevil. Then that classic infected pop build up. very classical mushromised. then some weirdo effects, nice pumping softish kick. scraaaatch. nice hill billy touch on the background. this might be good. well for a short while it reminded me of some euro trance euphoria lifting. that was nice! now it's getting weirder. pumping comes back. elevation. uuuh. that oboe, or what ever instrument it is, didn't see that one coming. what about that gms bassline??! total change. total suprise. nice beebs! uuuh. it's actually quite deep. nice drum machine stuff going on. where will it end? what's next? what's the score? growling sounds comin' closer. did I say two weeks for the whole album? I ment 2 months to make this one track. very delicate! bouncing beebs, very acid, are they creating a groove? no, but that something else is? is that sound man made? deeper underground! now I would definetly stomp like a mad man! hands almost doing it. what? you know.. stuff.. I feel like standing up, perhaps dancing a little, perhaps after my coffee. effect comin' closer. getting away? no, getting stronger actually. grooovy. oooh the violin is back! what a come back. it's like elvis. and that bouncing kick! nice! veryyyy nice! and effects! this is fucking wonderful! violins.. don't go away! and kick, please stay. a break? I hope so.. come back! puhlease! not too nice ending, but .. what a track! np: 'semi nice' I've heard this one before. last summer to be exact. or was it some recorded live? don't know, don't care. very drum machine feeling, very repeative, bouncing kick. weird effects. no, I don't really like it. it's too repeative! it's changing, but slowly, we need a break now! and here it comes! what's next? tickling. nothing radical, the drum machine just went away. this is one of those deeper tracks. I guess you have to learn to dig it, it takes time, or maybe it will always sound boring. don't know. weird effects, well i'm feeling quite negative, they aren't cheering me up. even they are crying. it's like.. "yay we made weird sounding loop, lets repeat it again and again!" "now the bass, erez" "duvdev made soft kick with some extremly expensive thingy" it isn't going anywhere. nice effect though. then those beeps. it will end in a minute. that's great, cause I don't really like this one! how many times did I say it? 6? 0? 4? that's what this track isn't.. it's 16:43..gonna smoke a cigarette and make some more coffee.. i'll be right back.. 16:51.. coffee isn't ready yet.. so: np: 'yanko pitch' the beginning is one of those "i come in peace, you leave in pieces" thingies.. starts peacefully, then gets right down to business. did eyal pitch this? the lead synth is nicey. very uplifting. very eyal. very deep not deep deep but deep bassline is doing the work at the moment. right back to drum machine. repeative? yes? does it bother me? no! nice echo effects! they make it sort of more uplifting. then some growling effect synth sound things. break...... growling? yes. evolving? wasn't a few seconds ago, now it definetly is. it's still the same melody, done only other way. effects do more work. am I dancing? no. i'm thinking about my coffee. it's disracting me. groove. space feeling. kick is.. something else. not the bouncy one introduced in the last few tracks. something didn't sound right around.. lets see.. 4:40.. well drum machine is back. housy. this could be astral projection. door opens. then we get... guitar? no? maybe.. then some "showing off".. random nonsense.. sort of.. but there's skill too.. but it's not my taste.. I wish it would end soon.. i'm not in the mood to listen to pitching.. okay.. back to the house... people are tearing saddams statue down on the telly.. does this have something to do with my "review".. yes? sort of.. my opinion presented around 20 minutes ago are being teared down.. this is good, extremly good? no.. but still.. it's quite nicey.. and so went 8 minutes and a few seconds.. time to get coffee.. my throat is so sore.. i hope i don't have sars.. scary huh? np: 'converting vegetarians' ..got some coffee.. lets get back to the freestyle review.. the track is quite random.. growling bassline.. damn i like that word.. it's quite to describe pretty much everything this far.. drum machine has some new wavs.. mostly man made sounds.. like "ah, uh, ooah" and so on.. the that creepy rap.. time of revolution? yes.. atleast in Iraq.. that statue is still standing.. is there a deeper meaning? duvdev isn't too great rapper.. i wish they would have got eminem to do the lyrics.. that would have been so PHAT! some weirdo effects.. drum man machine.. nice.. I guess i actually like it.. it will end quite soon.. u decide if that's good.. one more time.. time of the revolution.. who's in da house? yay, i welcome the next track.. in to the midnight? yes.. growling synth.. it's over.. np: 'elation station' ..that statue is still standing... I hope those people don't get hurt once it falls.. looks dangerous if you ask me.. mean while guitar is coming.. also some nice porn movie synths.. soft core porn movies.. then a bass.. very italian pop.. where's eros ramazotti.. he would suit this track.. if u are feelin' bad while listening to this track imagine what saddam is feelin' at the moment.. that is if he's still alive.. i hope he is.. it's not right to hope that someone dies.. he's just a man too.. no more politics.. the track is quite funky.. very.. jazzy.. saxophone? I knew that funky guitar was coming.. i sensed it.. this track would be great on the back ground when some dude is doing some girl from behind.. doggy style.. keeping his hand on her back.. when there's only that guitar they could zoom on the girls face.. slow motion.. very nice track.. very beautiful.. very soft core porn movie fitting.. people went away from that stutue.. I wonder why.. can't hear the telly cause i'm usin' head phones.. it's over.. np: 'drop out' most have already heard this.. I think that was quite well said.. "this is the closest infected has come to shpongle" ..anyways I'm quite lazy and that sentence describes this track quite well so that's it.. notice.. it's not shpongle sounding or styled.. but it has some of that feeling hidden into it.. a tiny bit.. nothig to be too proud of.. the skygods can't be beaten in their style.. np: 'avratz' what does it mean? i bet it has something to do with peaceful, no? cause the beginning sure is peaceful. trance artists can definetly make chilled pop. add celine dion into this track, make her sing something like "my heart will still go on" put it on titanic 2 sound track.. get tons of money.. I guess no one can really say.. in the entire man kind.. that he hates this track.. cause there simply isn't anything to hate.. it's chill.. it has piano.. it has soft bassline.. right amount of drums.. little effects.. that from time to time get weirder.. or not? the almighty us army still haven't got that statue down.. will they ever? uuh.. nice drums.. jungle, drum n bass type almost.. very gentle.. but still.. this track is quite long.. over 10 minutes to be a lil more exact.. this track could also be found on some soft core porn movie.. to my taste it's a little too soft.. i want my chill disturbed, twisted, weird.. etc.. not beautiful.. then that growly bassline hits me.. total change in the style.. it's like the track knew what I wanted.. gettin' a little dusturbed.. crunhcy so to speak of.. gagagagau.. what ever that is.. uuuh.. nice drums.. but the track keeps on being too loopy.. looped.. what ever the word.. then it gets faster.. 4x4 ..why iisn't this tune in the trance side? i bet this is work of the evil duvdev's mind.. bassline comes back.. 4x4 dissapears.. bleeps.. some beaUtiFul kind of noice brek it all up.. is it guitar? i don't know, i guess it doesn't matter.. wave synths.. it's all there.. dancing with kadafi part 2 ? sort of feels like it.. this track is like 4 tracks pasted into one.. too many ideas put into one concept.. the effects are nice.. gotta grant them that.. loooooaaaauuuuaaaang growls.. gaugaugau.. I bet it will follow soon.. I? did he say that? over? yes.. no... hmm weird.. I was sure that was the end.. nope.. yes.. np: 'blink' don't smoke, don't drink, all i do is think about the life.. cheesy? why? I think her voice is very sexy. and just maybe here's a hidden message. a message only her ex will understand.. don't know.. I guess it doesn't matter does it.. to us anyways.. this track is very emotional, psychedelic so to speak of.. come with me and have some fun.. OKAY! no.. sorry can't.. growly.. distirbed, twised, chilled.. serve it over big speakers or quality headphones.. purrrrfect.. demooeooons.. I love the way she says it.. frighten.. uuuh.. ending vibration.. nasty..! nicey! break through with me? what's yu talkin' about? to the other side? I hope not.. that wouldn't be too nice.. this is what infected is at its best.. let Michelle do the singing.. u concentrate on the psychedlic athmosphere.. (tip tip tip sorry Duvdev.. u aren't such a grwat singer) takes bravery to sing though.. gotta grant u that.. if it makes u feel better i definetly would be any better.. or would I? the sexy finnish accent is a killer! lady killer! amuse myself? sexyyy.. how do u amuse your self? I've got a nice pic in my head at the moment... sorry i'm not s stocker! np: 'shakawkaw' nice beginning.. sort of.. very eastern.. very dreamy.. drum machine.. i've repeated that word quite often eh? well.. there is a reason.. twisted noise.. nice way to drum machine gets stronger.. my english is definetly turning into un understandable? well.. blah.. I keep on going.. writing.. perhaps I will try to communicate using binoms? 010101101010101000101010001010101110000.. that's goodie.. what is says? it says that there is no pattern, no loops.. just innovativity and creativityness.. 2:35.. even Simon P could be proud of that.. I like it.. I'm sure also many others think the same.. very good still at 03:00 ..good meaning perfect.. shakawkaw ..what does it mean? laughing, that's nice.. laughing sounds always nice.. Saddam statue is fucked.. soon it will fall.. break.. I'll be right back.. np: 'pletzturra' saddam is still standing.. i wish they will show it in slow motion.. he's down! people are beating his head with shoes.. how cool is that??!? wow! I hope no1 gets injured.. I guess they really did hate him.. the track by the way begun.. they are dancing on top of him.. I bet they would like this track to be played on the background.. very emotional.. very strong.. both the telly and the track.. revolution! I wonder if they will put a bush statue to saddam's place.. wouldn't be suprised if the yanks would do that.. anyways.. track is very disturbed.. shpongle seeking? yes.. even trying to sample some of those monks.. known from shpongle 1.. the same 1s? no.. but same idea.. no doubt.. vey emotional.. classical building.. there's one thing missing.. that is a tiny sharp fast tingle sound.. which follows later.. but is way too slow and loud.. background is so disturbed.. melody is very eastern.. beautiful.. very fast end.. 4x4 ..hill billy banjo very finnish trance is yu ask me.. finnish insomnia.. texas faggottised.. then some uk trance.. sort loopish thing. .that only lasted a few secs.. very younger brother for that little time though.. np: 'i wish' don't know what to say.. the track gets right down to business... singing fits this one better.. though michelle would so kill duvdev in duo.. some vocode stuff.. not too strong.. could be a little more disturbed.. like in dee doo el es dii em dii.. synth on the background is straight from some Rocky movie.. you know when he's joggin.. eye of the tiger lifting.. go away 80's.. nah.. I like it 80's synth pop.. with duvdev.. this would have definetly hit the charts around the globe in that ugly decade.. and then the song suddenly ends.. it's mixed into ballerium.. np: 'ballerium' most of us have heard the sample, ye? I've heard this track way too many times.. so I just say that it's okay.. but not great.. maybe the weakest link in the "other side" the reggae part is nice though.. very summer.. very lie on the beach type of joy.. oh and btw.. it's not 100% the same that the promo version was.. np: 'selecta' very electric beginning.. static.. straight.. can't descibe.. 4x4.. energic.. trance.. new style.. I like it.. but it could be on the trance side.. then some retro feelin' is mixed in.. yes.. very infected.. very classical mushroomish.. nice.. very layered music.. there's like 10 recocnisable layers.. nice echo effect breaks everything up.. it's weird.. it's strange.. but it's from this world.. then lets get back down to business.. building up.. very... don't know why but it reminds me of bubble bobble.. guitar.. that bassline is definetly the key.. also the guitar.. don't forget it.. then something totally breaks the athmosphere.. didn't like the change.. saloon.. what the hell is the point of this? why turn a good track into joke? weak! very lame! shit! crap.. that sure was the worst ending ever.. np: 'illuminaughty' darkness rusung, calling out my name will it be changed or remain the same i've fallen far from above land in here with such a ? after the nicey vocals we get into the process of building psychadelia.. i've tasted all the fruits and it's opened my eyes.. something like that.. a message to yu know who? the time is now.. this is very disco mushroomish.. if you know what i mean.. no where is safe? i disagree.. dunno what to say.. I really do like her voice... no superlatives needed.. i'm sure also she knows her talent.. and everyone who happens to hear this.. so.. this track is build like... 1 0 2 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 ..0 being the "can't remember the word, repeation? heh.. no.. should I check it from the dictionary.. hold on.. ahh.. burden.. chorus" and so it ends.. np: 'jeenge' i'm starting to be full.. full of music.. but i'll try to go on.. so.. we get a beautiful beginning.. relaxed.. pretty much like all the other tracks on this cd.. suprising effect.. then growly synth.. disturbed.. I don't like it.. it doesn't have a reason to exist.. it's like straight taken from reason (the app).. very.. limited.. okay.. then back to Dancing with kadafi part 3.. nice flute.. or something like that is on the background.. could be a little louder.. a lot louder actually.. now it can barely be heard.. wow the iragies are celebrating.. they seem happy.. i'm happy for that.. and here's some dull bbc expert saying.. they are happy.. is he blind or something.. don't need to be a scientist to figure that out.. anyways.. the track changed.. no more long synth.. but very sharp sounds.. sort of a melody.. i'm getting bored of weirdness.. there should be something extra cool for me to start suddenly digging this track.. it's very formulatic.. keeps on being.. monotonic.. minimal.. not traditional minimal.. but still.. growly.. i'm not impressed.. np: 'elevation' heard this before.. didn't like it the first time.. was imo the weakest track on "another life" ..it's obvious that they can't create classical music.. that is what they are sort of trying to do here.. Mozart would shit on this.. bottomline.. sorry for the inconvinience.. or how ever yu spell it.. this was a freestyle review.. missing some tracks.. so what? what I think about this album now? not much.. hopes were high.. maybe will start loving it.. maybe not.. nice one though.. once I get a change i will no doubt buy it.. ps.. sorry for the crappy english & spelling don't feel like writing grammar english.. takes too much time.. DROP ACID NOT BOMBS!!!!!

i really don't feel like writing a review of this one. reason being that i really don't think this deserves one. in my opinion this one sounds like it took 2 weeks to make. ofcourse they have some fresh ideas and all that, but the album is somehow very monotone, sort of minimal. i'm kinda suprised to see that i don't actually even like the chilled side. i do sort of like those 2 tracks with michelle though. well maybe, just maybe i'll change my mind later on, after all i didn't even like the first shpongle album untill after a few months time. at the moment i'll give it 6/10 it's average, nothing more..

Helsinki, the trance capital of Northern Europe is quite close to St Petersburg... 19th of April X-Dream, 3rd Of May KoxBox, 7th of June Hallucinogen, Prometheus, Younger Brother & Ott those are the top notch international parties.. ofcourse other parties are held weekly/daily

www.surrealaudio.com/mp3/surreality-check.mp3 tracklist: 1.Kiwa-Mental Collapse 2.Mumbo Jumbo-Bongolians 3.Der Dritte Raum-Trommelmaschine 4.Blowfish-Grey Tone 5.Koxbox-Woolectrix 6.Yahel-Hallucinate 7.Kiwa-Untitled 8.Orion-Body Balloons 9.Double Dragon-Dice 10.Koe-Beetlejuice (Genki Remix) 11.Son Kite-Receive Part 2 mixed by omniholic from surreal audio recs..

I thought in the original it's taken from the movie "Merlin"

early remix of Divine Moments of Truth?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...4&category=1597 early rmx of dmt?

i bet it does suck if you search smth on ebay every day for months and finally find it and then along comes a brad that posts the link here and suddenly you have to compete with many people to get the item you want.. for the seller this is very good ofcourse.. and if you want the album really bad I guess you will pay what you have to to get it..

u crazy? lot's of terrorism happening in NYC that time..