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    Hallucinogen - In Dub

    in 2002

    Posted

    Hallucinogen - In Dub

     

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    Artist: Hallucinogen

    Title: In Dub

    Label: Twisted

    Date: 2002

     

    Track listing:

     

    01. 11'54"Mi-Loony-Um (A Floating Butterfly Stings Like A Bee Mix)

    02. 08'59"Solstice (Warwick Bassmonkey Mix)

    03. 10'53"Gamma Goblins (It's Tutles All The Way Down Mix)

    04. 08'16"Spiritual Antiseptic (Minty Fresh Confidence Mix)

    05. 09'19"LSD (World Sheet Of Closed String Mix)

    06. 10'25"Angelic Particles (Buckminster Fullerine Mix)

     

    Review:

     

    Track 1. Mi-Loony-Um (A floating butterfly stings like a bee mix). The beginning makes me terrified. Will this be another full on album, besides what the name promises? This sure doesn?t sound like dub or chilled music. More like very energic full on intro. Those ?tic tac? sounds are even faster than in the original. I?m just absolutely petrified. Will the evil bpm enter soon? At 00:40 something extremly relieving happens. The tempo get?s slower and slower.?Tic? followed by one second pause and then ?tac?. Yippee! At 01:00 it sounds like the original, but played on vinyl player that was accidently turned off. At 01:30 some action can be heard, something is about to happen. A distant female voice saying something like ?tao, tao..?. Well anyways it dissapears into the track. Beat get?s it shape. At 02:30 we get a dub like bassline. Is this really the same track? Cool pitched hi-hats dominate the track. Somewhere on the edge of 04:00 the dialing sounds enter, only much more twisted than in the original. A few seconds more and suddenly the track turns into reggae, well dubreggae, or maybe psyreggae? Well that?s not important. What is important is that this is just perfect. Somewhere around 05:00 we get a synth. Is this some melody from the old track? Can?t really remember. Even if it?s, well it barely resembles it. Somewhere between 06:00 and 07:00 this could be Shpongle, only thing missing is that magic flute. Lots of work done with pitching and effects here. Almost every second a new drum says ?cha? or ?zi? or ?sziuu? or well actually pretty much everything is thrown in here. Just before 08:00 there?s sort of break part. On the background there?s a female voice saying ?uuuuuuuuuh?, ?aoooooooooooh?, ?heyiaaaaaa?, ?mayaiaiaaaaaa? and so on. It?s echoed in a splendid way. Is that Michelle? I can?t tell. At 09:45 there?s a familiar sample. ?I became tuned in?.?. It?s like ½ tempo of the original though.

    The track starts to see it?s dusk at 10:20.

     

    Track 2. Solstice (Warwick bassmonkey mix). The beginning is pretty much like in the original. Maybe the tempo is just a little lower and there?s more stuff going on on the backgroud. Also the synth is somehow edgy. The ?pipipi, pipi pii? synth enters companied by a gentle clean bass. At 01:45 it?s ?wah wah? time. After that the beat scrubs some space to slacken in to. At 02:30 there?s like ?Bob Marley meets the new millenium feeling? written all over the place. Somekind of horn gets a big role here. At 03:20 this could be something like a burden. So much stuff going on on the background. The reaggae feeling comes mostly from the electronic guitar. The track keeps on changing every ten seconds or so. At first some breakbeats, then suddenly scrambled female voice saying something weird. Finally it?s time for ?pipipi, pi pipi pii?. At 05:20 there?s a build up process going on. The song actually sort of truns into a track. A little 4x4 stuff going on. Well I don?t mind, it?s still perfect! At 06:30 the burden comes back, only as a lot stronger, and yes.. edgyer. Very strong and emotional moment. Streams pass. At 07:30 very trancey feeling again. Not trance ?trance?, but still not so dubbish. 08:30 the track starts to end.

     

    Track 3. Gamma Goblins (It?s tutles all the way down mix). Strong disturbance going on in the beginning. Are there some gamma goblins behind it? Oh yes, at 00:40 I can alreqady hear them. Is that water dripping? The intro of the original track is sort of presented here, only as much more twisted version. Then there?s that cool sample talking about stages and elements. 02:00 some hi-hats make their first appearance for a few seconds. 02:20 the bassline can be recognised, although it?s still pretty quiet. 02:30 the gamma goblins enter, and believe me, they do it strong, and somehow it feels like they are more twisted this time. ?tiidi tiidi tiidi tiidi tiidi tiidi tiditidididi?. At 03:00 there are quite many of them. When did the bassline get that strong? And the beat? These two really stand up from the track. 04:00 it?s obvious that a lot of hours where spent at the studio. And it definetly pays off. A little before 05:00 the style is definetly psydub. Not because of any evil bpms, but the psychedelic effects. 05:30 the gamma goblins sound a little evil and even more disturbed. Just before 06:00 there?s some familiar stuff going on. Then at 06:10 a gong stops everything but the goblins. But then they turn into a synth. A sample steps on them and starts the bassline again. 07:00 also the beat get?s it?s shape and space. Goblins are still there, but mostly as echoes. They aren?t far away though.. you can definetly sense their contiguity. 07:52.. teach me how to do that effect . Dub is back and gammas are gone. 08:25 the guitar plays the ?melody?. At 08:50 still going strong. Once again various stuff happening all around the track. Water.. was that a cat? Water finally beats the track at 09:40. Then a voice of a man (the man himself?), is this sample in the original too? Finally some weird bird noise and we are all set up for the next gem.

     

    Track 4. Spiritual Antiseptic (Minty fresh confidence mix). The soundscape is interrupted at 00:30. Soon the beat takes over. Or does it? Hard to say. 01:11 it?s game over for the soundscape. It?s time to dub again. This time the bass is a little smoother. There?s really cool kalimba saying ?trrrrrk? every now and then. The bassline is sort of complicated. At 02:18 there?s like the best melody ever presented to the beings of this planet or (I?m quite sure about this) to the whole universe and multiverse (which ever theory you believe in). I feel like an ancient sailor. ?Is the edge of the world close?? At 03:31 it?s all about the bass, the beat and the melody. But not for long. Pretty soon the weirdo effects enter. Sometimes they are infront, sometimes behind, sometimes they come from the left and sometimes from the right. Also sometimes from up and sometimes from down. 04:45 just throw the flute in and you have a Shpongle gem! Well hard to describe now on! Just simply perfection! At 06:30 there?s somekind of human choir thing going on. And the kalimba is back . At 06:40 there?s a radical change. The masterpiece is sort of over .

     

    Track 5. LSD (World sheet of closed string mix). Oh yeah. ?I believe..?. I myself believe that this track will be just perfect.

    While the man tells us about the doors that we are not wanted to go into the bassline and a fractal beat sort of sneak in. Immediately after the sample gets louder. Then a guitar playing some familiar melody. Yep it?s the one. Almost impossible to recognize the very first time. Well the beat is sort of drum n bass(ier?). 02:20 this is just perfection. Am I still here? Or in OTT Land? Is this Shpongle? It definetly could be! A very weird instrument enters. It sounds like if 100 000 people would say ?miiii? at the same time. Oh yes! Bring it on! This is dub, but still it?s sooooo psychedelic. 03:10 we are told some facts about LSD and religious experience. 03:30 there?s some time to fill your lungs, you know, breath while you can. After ten seconds the bassline returns followed by the beat and the guitar. 04:29 --> this bassline is so familiar. That one part, is it from some Shpongle song?? 05:10 the effects get a huge role. I wonder if my old computer could make it through that? Probably 2.6 giga herz computer would crash. It?s just way too complicated! That familiar melody thing comes back for a little spin. But the bassline wants to be the strongest. Well their co work is terrific, splendid! 07:00 you know that the end is coming closer and closer. A familiar sample interrupts the ending. I think he?s talking something about circles. Well this track will do a lot of circles in my cd player, that?s for sure! 08:24 there?s no bass nor beat, just birds, car sounds and some other weirdness.

     

    Track 6. Angelic Particles (Buckminster fullerine mix). Birds are still singing. Some minor weirdness stuff going on all the time. This must be something great, after all it?s the last track. 00:41 some glass drum things start a tribal beat. At 1:20 still keeping it very chilled, absolutely nothing radical going on. 01:45 you can sense that something is about to happen. This is great and rare in ambient. There?s somekind of building process going on. Everything is crystal clear, but still wicked. 02:30 that female ?aaaah? beginns. Yes, it?s about the same ?aaaaah? than in the original, but more dubbish . 03:08 We suddenly get a bassline and once more a mixed up guitar that has Spain written all over it. The beat starts to build up a little, it for example gets some backing up echo stomps. Close your eyes and you are there. Where? Well I?m there, where that ?aaaaah? is coming from. And there?s a good reason for that ?aaaaah? too. Once again, just add the flute and stir it up and voila!, it?s a chilled shpongle tune. The guitar is not so mixed any more but fingerpicked. Song keeps on getting dubbier, mainly because of the bassline. 06:15 at this point you should understand that this is just simply a masterpiece. The absolute! Then you are good to go for the incoming guitar solo. This music could be played with out computers, it?s very organic. Well there aren?t really words to describe this. The track remains pretty much the same, but still every second of it, is perfect. Close your eyes and you might notice the stuff that it keeps on collecting on the way.

    Well it?s all over. What a trip it has been!

     

     

    Final thoughts: Well this is simply perfection. Great candy for Shpongle lovers. Great candy for all! There?s only 1 negative side which is that the album is only 59 minutes and 46 seconds long! That?s why I only give it 9+/10

    Astral Projection - Amen

    in 2002

    Posted

    #5 is the best track on the album and maybe the best full on track of the year.

    I'm something that they call a chiller (when it coes to trance it has to be

    really "good" to get my vote). But this album is really good and very

    refreshing. No more boring bang ts bang ts but melodies! Usually I would have

    skipped this kind of album but when I was Astral live I learned to appreacite

    their music. Listen to this cd LOUD!

    If you were.

    in General Psytrance

    Posted

    Baba why don't you go away?

    If ambient / chill out music is too much for your childish brains to handle it's your own fault..

    I would like you to create some songs that have the quality of any song in Lone Deranger.. with the equipment posford created them..

    BTW Ticon are Tarsis are boring minimal progressive shit.. pointless music IMHO..

    If you were.

    in General Psytrance

    Posted

    For CHill - Shpongle - Are You Shpongled

    After that he couldn't resist on buying - Shpongle - Tales Of The Inexpressible

    Then He would ask Shpongle alike Music.. but I would tell him that Hallucinogen is 1/2 Shpongle.. the I would suggest on buying the Lone Deranger..

    After that Maybe some decent compilation to get in touch with bigger quantity of artists.. Any Twisted COmpl or Tip Compl that would be..

    So now it's

     

    Shpongle 1

    Shpongle 2

    Lone Deranger

    Crystall Skulls or Unusual Suspecs for Example

    The last one could be something new.. like Hallucinogen in Dub.. or Maybe the incoming Violet Vision

    bit more on Shpongle

    in General Psytrance

    Posted

    Shpongle Remixed

     

    &

     

    Hallucinogen & OTT - Hallucinogen In Dub

     

    are the releases that I've been checking back to since the day I found they will see their daylight..

     

    1st of all.. don't we all want to hear a remix of Behind Closed Eyelids, or Monster hit, or 6th Reveletion (Ambient Rmx MMMMMMH yammy) ot actually every freking track ever made by SHpongle ?!? Well I DO ATLEAST!!!

     

    2nd of all you all anti dub lamers should hear the Gamma Goblins Dub mix and after that decide if you like it or not..

    Kiwa - Dreamtime Enhancer

    in 2002

    Posted

    I just want to add that this album is definetly something that the scene has

    been waiting for..

    It brings back the wonders and the magic that has not been seen since The Lone

    Deranger album.

    Well that's just my opinion..

    Kiwa - Dreamtime Enhancer

    in 2002

    Posted

    Kiwa - Dreamtime Enhancer

     

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    Artist: Kiwa

    Title: Dreamtime Enhancer

    Label: Surreal Audio

    Date: 2002

     

    Track listing:

     

    01. Cricket In The Ear

    02. Trans-Electronic

    03. Rally Spirit

    04. Digital Hangover

    05. Neutralize

    06. Dramatic Display Of Insanity

    07. Alpha Sector

    08. Kiva Runner

    09. Deceptive Antiseptic

    10. Divider

    11. Nasty Drop

    12. Lahti Skyline

     

    Review:

     

    Alright I guess most of us have heard about Kiwa. Well this is their first real

    Album that is not a mp3 release, but the real shit. Before I start I just want

    to say, that there will be lots of misspelling on this review, however I'm too

    lazy to correct them.

     

    Track 1. "Cricket in the head" A cool breakbeat starts out this track. Some

    wicked effects join it pretty soon. At 00.40 we get somekind of bassline and a

    stronger beat. At 01.10 it's possible to recognize the kicks and a solid bass.

    The tr icked noises. At 05.00 there is a breakbeatish part, where the track

    almost falls apart.. I love it. There's a small groovy part in the end. Great

    track indeed and it makes you wonder what is to come.

     

    Track 2. "Trans-Electronic" Weirdness starts this track. Some spacey

    soundscapes and then a suprising start of a extremly hard driven kick. At

    00.50 The kick gets a solid beat next to it. This is somehow very melodic,

    although there are no real melodies. It's like the melody is build up with the

    weir ovy or anything like that, just groovy.

     

    Track 3. "Rally spirit" A Spacey slowly spinning 80's synth effect starts this

    track. Then a tribal well.. voice joins it. at 00.50 the beat and at 01.10

    groovy bassline. A few seconds later effects that are sort of part of the

    "pattern". The bassline becomes tribal. Everything is somehow building up

    around it. Streams pass by. Messages from above?

    The effects somehow play part of the beat. Once again the kicks hold the track

    together. At 02.50 you could e 1. At 05.00 the beat is the beast itself. It's

    made from samples and a kick somewhere far far away. But a second after second

    the track becomes more and more digitalized. At 06.10 the synths are back for

    a little while. And the beat.. well.. WOW. The Syth returns.. and it's all

    over.

     

    Track 4. "Digital Hangover" What a great name for a track after the last track.

    At 00.18 we get the beat. All the effects are shaked and definetly disturbed.

    At 00.50 it all just makes sense. The synths seem to play is something wicked

    to come. At 04.00 everything is quite normal. Just the kick beating the track

    up. Well the synth fights back. Also the hihats. Actually it's once again

    groovy, hallucinogenic..? Violet Visionish perhaps? Great stream of synths and

    wicked wicked effects. A violin? No, a bagpipe? Well it's gone.. At 06.00

    some1 tells you to "dance, dance, dance"? Maybe it's just my imagination?

    "Dance, dance, dance, switchstance?" Well once again I somehow feels

    shpongled, perhaps there is something sim o be a part of it too. At 03.20 a

    great break, and a change of tempo. Junglish? Kick is dissapearing. Chilled

    part again. Kick comes back. Nice synths. Very danceable. Doesn't matter what

    you do, it should suit the needs. Well the kick tells you to dance, the

    effects tell you to concentrate and try to reach the inner core of the track.

    You decide. Okay fine, I DANCE! Oooooh yeeeaaah!!! Dance baby, DANCE! Lift

    those feet, come on! HEh it tells you to dance, but in the finnish way. Well

    at 06.33 every1 shou ll love this, that's for sure. This is no 4 x 4 garbage

    that's for sure too.

     

    Track 7. "Alpha Sector" You can feel that it's the beat, but it's digitally

    manipulated, but then it starts. And it's very digitalized indeed. Yes, this

    is what electornic means. Everything is crystal clear. At 01.15 some

    breakbeats, and after that a powerfull bassline, that bites the edge of the

    beat. But behold, the beat is getting stronger. There's definetly a symbios

    between these two. The bassline gives the beat some room to play around, then

    vica versa. Even the synths get some room. And then the awesome. Soooooooo

    Psychedelic, I might repeat myself, but yes multilayered. At 6.46 some bongos

    join the masterpiece. The track becomes more rational. The beat and the

    bassline are definetly stronger. 07.44 a small break, fill your lungs, dance,

    fly, YELL!! Aaaaaaarhhhhhgghhh! :)

     

    Track 8. "Kiva Runner" Didgeridoo begins this track, and some very tribal

    drumsjoin in notime, also some other distant noise can be heard. The kick

    becomes part of the tribe. Also the synths, and the horn,strings, well

    something? Bulding up lasts till a small break. After the break the building

    up continues. At 01.44 the track is extremly tweaked and twisted. Something

    you wouldn't have expected. Well I'm still waiting for the blast that will

    make me dance like a madman, lift my arms in the air and yell

     

    Track 9. "Deceptive Anticeptic" Bouncing sounds and a breakbeat start out. Some

    build up going on? OOHH yeah. This is 100% pure freestyle. I love it.

    Melancholic synth bouncing aroung, very strong kicks every now and then.

    Strong beat. Strong pitched hihats. Cool break and at 01.45 the track becomes

    synth driven. Once again somehow tribadelic. Just keeping my eyes closed and

    concentrating on this makes my fly. Well.. makes my mind fly, wonder and

    wander around the digitalized multiverse of

     

    shpongledelic happyland. Creating this sort of music sure requiers great

    talent. What a song!!

     

    Track 10. "Divider" Great build up in the beginning. It's like they throw

    everything in, but keep it on the leash. Well soon the beast will be free.

    It's still held back at 01.00. Suddenly one instrument at time, 1st the kick

    then the bassline, and the synths are released. This is not for dancefloors

    either. Dancefloor music is made for physical flying, this is made for mental

    flying. There's so much going on in this track. Bongos, 100 different synths,

    a melody is hiding behind it all, concentrate and

     

    Track 11. "Nasty Drop" Once again a beat starts out. It's getting louder and

    louder. It gets a backing hihat at 00.20. Rolling drums. And suddenly a groovy

    bassline. Very danceable. Somehow I get the Shpongle feeling again. Very

    creative ideas are used here. Somehow hallucinogenic. A little tribal again.

    Well I just keep on dancing. Trying to get 100% out of this celebration of the

    geniosity of human mind. Very clear track somehow. Allthough there's a lot

    going on this track is very "general" style. Not . But ending soon, you can

    hear it. Once again.. WOW!!

     

    Track 12. "Lahti Skyline" Well this is a nice ambient ending for the madness.

    Very emotional. Echoes. Long and even longer

     

    synths. A weak beatish thing that grows into a beat at 00.45, soon joined by a

    bassline at 01.00. Very emotional indeed. At 01.15 this is just brilliant.

    Echoes, some wicked synths. Dark? Am I alone? Once again emotional is

    definetly the word to describe this. Somehow It feels like I'm back in

    Thailand. Don't know why.. Then some sounds interrupt the track. It returns at

    03.00 but 100% changed. Is this the end? I wish not, but yes it is. Too bad I

    could have listened to this track 20 more minutes.

     

    Final Thoughts: Well 1st of all this album has a great copying shield. It would

    require atleast a 1000Kbps mp3 stream to make it sound as it sounds on the cd.

    2nd of all this album will make most psy albums sound like minimal music and

    feel like if they were made

     

    with just the simple "copy & paste" method. 3rd of all this is for me definetly

    the best album this far of this year. Maybe the best album since Shpongle 2

    (maybe I can tell after a few weeks). Well I recommend this to everyone. This

    album will stay fresh for weeks, months maybe years, cause the amount of data

    in the stream is just incredible. Everytime I listen to it through it sounds

    so different. Well I could probably

     

    write a book of this album but I wont. Definetly 10+/10. BOOM!

    "Are You Shpongled party" @ Helsinki

    in Parties & Travel Talk

    Posted

    That's very common of phinns today.

    Bitch about the ticket prices, bitch about the "lack of spirit", bitch about the audience, bitch about freaking everything.

    if you rather watch television and eat trash at home on Saturday night, well it's up to you. I enjoyed the party, and I would have definetly payed 30€ for it if asked..

    Shulman - Soundscapes And Modern Tales

    in 2002

    Posted

    One more thing..

    I don't want to get misunderstood..

    I am NOT saying that Simon and Raja are borrowing from Yaniv Shulman..

    I guess what I just want to say is that this is not an ordinary album.. You

    know one of those that you buy, listen to through once and then put in in the

    shelf where it's going to stay as a decoration and not to be listened through

    ever again..

    For the people who say that Yaniv is ripping off Shpongle: SHAME ON YOU..

    Respect the author.. Shulman made an album out of this world far beyond skills

    of homosapiens..

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