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  1. RA - Visions Altar Records - ARDEP79 Ever since Earthcall came out eight long years ago, to quote from this new EP I have had a Burning Love Desire for RA to release more music, so to say I was excited when I found out about it would be an understatement! This is a downtempo release in a similar sort of style to the stunning album Unearthly (which has recently been remastered- not sure how they could improve on perfection!). Whilst I would have to say this one is not RA's most complex material, as always it's impeccably produced, highly pleasurable and soothing to listen to and a solid addition to their catalog. According to the credits, the Visions EP is a solo work by Lars W. Lind. I believe this is the first release from RA without Christer Borge-Lunde's involvement, so it is an interesting chance to hear Lars' influence on the project in isolation. 1. Enthralled 6:49 2. Mysterious Thing 6:51 3. Visions Of Touch 6:27 4. The Burning 7:18 1. Enthralled A seriously mellow and chilled out opening track. The synths wash over you and seem to melt together in a delicious slow ambience. 7/10 2. Mysterious Thing "The soul understands what the mind cannot conceive." a voice whispers enigmatically. This track turns the tension up just a notch with a more exotic flavor. 7/10 3. Visions of Touch The textures on this title track are delectable to my ears and brain, especially with that bass. That texture of the sound evokes thoughts of the synesthesia suggested in the track title. It's more upbeat, even funky, compared to the opening tracks. At the halfway point we get intense layers of euphoric synths in a mesmerizing chord progression. Now we're talking! 9/10 4. The Burning This has a trippier feeling than some of the earlier tracks with a pulsating ethereal voice and layers of gorgeous soundscape. It's simultaneously mellow, ambient, upbeat and psychedelic, which is a great achievement in itself, I think. We get a female voiceover with an American accent about Burning Love Desire. The theme of love, desire and romance is nice and I believe a change from the more purely spiritual or philosophical wisdoms we get in RA's previous tracks. I'll let you be the judge of how well it works here I think. 8/10 All in all, a great and extremely relaxing release and I hope with all my heart that we will be hearing plenty more from RA in the years to come. 8/10 https://ra-altar-records.bandcamp.com/album/visions
  2. Rita Raga - Flowing Circle Altar Records - ARDEP73 The Polish multi-instrumentalist Rita Raga is my favorite psychill artist (well, actually favorite after RA if you consider RA psychill artists rather than artists that sometimes make psychill). This new (last year ) EP combines blissful ambience with harder and more psychedelic moments. 1. Rita Raga feat. I.M.D. - Green Meadow 05:42 2 Rita Raga - Sea Of Fullness (Cabeiri Remix) 07:38 3. Mina & Rita Raga - Zywa Woda 10:50 4. Rita Raga & Fyre Ô - Wide Blue Sky 06:24 5. Rita Raga - White Blossom (Outro) 03:49 1. Green Meadow Dreamy vocals and a trippy and funky guitar plucking sound over some lush pads make for a seriously chilled out and ambient feeling piece of psychill. 6.5/10 2. The Sea of Fullness The mood starts off slightly darker and slightly more psychedelic here, a sharp pitch bending synth twangs into the foreground and a light sort of glitchy beat plays along with Rita's enchanting vocals. Some nice chord progressions and a bassy kick take over the last part of the track. Nice uplifting gated synths at the end are reminiscent of some of the best moments on her fantastic Mystic Melodies album. 7/10 3. Zywa Woda A more tribal beat here and a more eastern feel to some of the vocals. Lovely bass accompanied by haunting whispering sounds. The production quality sounds great to me. This is my favorite track so far. At the half way mark we get a really nice kick coming in and we're into harder psychill which I found really enjoyable. 9/10 4. Wide Blue Sky With a blissfully mellow opening, the track quickly picks up with the beat and introduces some very, very trippy patterns of sound. A hypnotic folky guitar melody takes over the foreground. This is great. I get a strong vibe of Irish folk music. We get a weird higher pitched voice-like synth picking up the melody and some quiet acidic sounds. If I had to give this a genre, it would be psyfolk. I'm reminded a bit of Posford's work with Celtic Cross and yeah some Shpongle but this is easily as good or possibly even better. It's so addictive I was really disappointed when the track ended. I would love it to go on for 15 minutes! Maybe Rita can give us some extended remixes of some of these tracks in the future? 10/10 5. White Blossom The opening to this with waves of string sounds is so beautiful I could feel the beginnings of a couple of tears starting to well up. We get a gentle, slow beat, some quiet piano sounds, Rita's beautiful voice and a sparkly sound. And just like that this lovely EP is over. Again I wanted this track to carry on longer but it works just right as a gentle outro. 9/10 This is a beautiful EP which I am excited to listen to again, especially Wide Blue Sky which I am utterly hooked on! The first two tracks are closer to ambient / chillout than psychedelic to me, which is absolutely fine because sometimes that's exactly what you need to calm you down. I find all Rita's music incredibly soothing and comforting, a guiding light through any kind of mental voyage. If you haven't heard much of Rita's music before I highly recommend you start with her Mystic Melodies album which is in equal parts soothing, groovy and extremely trippy and there are some harder full on remixes on it as well which were just great even for this old Goa head. Flowing Circle shows she's definitely still got it and has some amazing collaborations. Wide Blue Sky though, wow I want to hear it again right now! 9/10 https://altar-records-europe.bandcamp.com/album/flowing-circle
  3. 87bpm Recorded this one on 4/20. Took a while to put this one together, a few months tweaking sounds and effects, it's a live hardware jam recorded straight from the mixer, I didn't even do any post processing on this one even though I guess it could use a little boost but anyways I liked it enough as is, might master it later. It's pretty long again meant to be more of a journey, if you don't like long intros skip to about 4 mins in I guess. Hope you enjoy ☮️🕉️
  4. This is a collaboration between Norweigan musicians Xerxes and Phoenix who is Marthe Borge-Lunde Pfirrmann, sister of Christer Borge-Lunde. She did some of the vocal work for RA. Some of Xerxes' earlier solo work is well worth a listen as well:
  5. https://e-mantra.bandcamp.com/album/under-the-blue-moon
  6. 💧 Hodd, a Viking word for Forest. 'ient, the indication of Ambient. Following in the curious Hodd-series comes the 1st of 3 Forest / Nature Ambient mini-VAs... Hope is to evolve the 'ient series into serious Forest Psymbient, and so it naturally starts off in a more techno-land place .. Boreal Taiga from Oregon, USA starts the V/A with heavy rain reminiscing of static noise eventually patiently venturing into dubtechno beats, and The White Whisper from Italy places it self in between the three tracks with a lovely almost FSOLesque sound of delight, and last the powerful Christian Berg / Hydrous from Tønsberg in Norway goes into deep ambient with the closing track. We hope you enjoy, and that you will look forward to vol. 2 and it's evolution ... Wanna join in, let KER know. Kali Earth Records is extremely stoked to present a massive Forest VA-series to the world. This special HoddKER Mini-VA series project was started in late 2021, and is loosely inspired by the present world and the Norrøn Mythology of Hoddmimes Holt; the Forest where the last humans hid and survived Ragnarok. There will be 3 volumes in each Hodd-theme.. This is Volume 1 of 3 in the 'Hoddient' saga. released October 1, 2023 Compiled & Arranged by psytones Mastering by Dr. Spook Artwork by inxti74, Due, & Massimo Attack Cat# KERDiG/CDr/LPx028 Artists: 1. Boreal Taiga 2. The White Whisper 3. Christian Berg Official KER BC: https://kaliearth.bandcamp.com/album/hoddient
  7. Hi everyone. This site has been a huge part of my life over the years and helped me discover massive amounts of great music. I've enjoyed crafting reviews (a lot of them silly) and interacting with other people. I don't visit like I used to as we all get older and distracted with this thing called life. I just wanted to float a topic and see what members still visit and how many new fans of psytrance are here. I'll start: Mdk from USA! Mdk
  8. Infinite worlds lead to infinite possibilities. Join Kaiju Lounge on another journey through deep ambient and psychedelic downtempo. Your next adventure, now streaming anywhere, anytime on Mixcloud. Tracklist AFGIN - Waves of Love 00:00 Damian L - Acid Voyage 07:20 Ethereal - Accessing Infinity (Remix) 15:00 Mindsphere - Presence 23:25 Moondancer - Snappy Aquatic Mosquito 36:20 Artha - Oddity 42:45 Arronax - Dive Into Merak 50:27 A'damn - F-You-Tures (UltraTom Remix) 58:40 Perfect Blind - The Expanse 01:04:00 Crossing Mind - The Last Breath 01:12:20
  9. Artist: James Murray & Francis M. Gri Title: Remote Redux Label: Ultimae Records Date: October, 2019 1. Ma 2. Toma 3. Remote 4. Lontano 5. Redux 6. Toma (Extended) I'm not going to say this is night-night music. But I'm not not going to say it. Cheese and crackers this is the soundtrack to slowly watching your life slip away while a heroin needle juts from your arm. Too dark? Ok, how bout...when I hear music like this I better have cucumber slices on my eyes in a room that smells like lavender while a towel barely covers my private bits. Beatless ambient is one thing, but beatless drone ambient? That's a whole 'nother level. There are only six tracks here, but it's almost an hour of "music" that never gets to the f*cking point. And it took two guys to create this? One guy to press play and the other one on continuous coffee generation? I'm poking fun, but the only way this could be slower is if he stopped it. Ultimae Bandcamp
  10. Just over the horizon lies a new opportunity, a change of scene, a chance to start anew. Kaiju Lounge takes you on yet another journey through deep ambient and psychedelic downtempo. Follow me to New Horizons. Tracklist Erot - Binary Perception 00:00 Aquilpra - The Void 06:01 Psyrius - Draconid (Imba's By My Light Remix) 13:14 Atom Based - Prosthetic Luminous 21:13 Main Sequence Star - North Pole 27:35 AmBeam - New Horizons 36:26 PharaOm - Mighty Sun 45:42 AmBeam - Fantasy 52:49 Brain Technology - Amazon Warrior 01:01:30 ArmagedDance - Away From Eden 01:08:00
  11. Artist: Bioscape Title: Living Connection Label: Gliese 581cz Date: March, 2014 1. Mountaintop Meditation (66 BPM) 2. Shaolin Cosmos (60 BPM) 3. Not All Who Wander Are Lost (95 BPM) 4. Underwater Bliss (75 BPM) 5. Explore The Night (90 BPM) 6. Biological Harmonies (90 BPM) 7. Everyday Places & Natural Spaces (75 BPM) 8. Amphibian Dreams (90 BPM) 9. Nature Essence (80 BPM) 10. Storm Comfort (80 BPM) 11. Creation Dub (72 BPM) 12. Living Connection (75 BPM) Reason number 572 why music is better than a baloney sandwich: just because it's old doesn't mean it goes bad. This is Andrew Dyche from Atlanta, GA who is in the business of creating downtempo and ambient chill music for your morning cup of coffee. And business is good. Even though Ektoplazm is undergoing what seems to be an eternal rebirth the links are still active, with plenty of music to discover and sample. This was Andrew's debut and as he navigates between the styles of downtempo music I can't help but be overcome with a sense of calm. Deeply relaxing and well produced music which soothes jangled nerves. The production sounds great and it's physically impossible to be stressed when listening to this. Most tracks are medium in length so they don't fall into the pitfall of overlong repetition. And while that is a selling point (clearly not selling if it's free) he doesn't reinvent the wheel. And that's ok. The dubby bass is prevalent in almost all the tracks, but the star of the show is all the music around that bass. The whole vibe is about slowing things down and seeing all the life in its myriad of forms which surround us, Frogs, birds, insects...The connection. There is some filler and he seems stuck in an algorithm with the way the tracks are constructed. A whole album of similar tracks at this tempo lends itself to becoming becoming background music. A pretty decent album that you can put on and relax. Maybe you're down for a nap or it's that first cup in the morning. Ektoplazm
  12. E-Mantra - Silence 3 released now link: https://e-mantra.bandcamp.com/album/e-mantra-silence-3-24-bits Silence 3
  13. Join me on a journey through space, as we travel to another planet. Psychedelic ambient and organic chillout sounds guide the way. A mix gentle and thrilling, all at once. Tracklist Alien Project - The First Revelation Part One 00:00 Spacedrifters - E-flat 08:30 Astrix - The Fourth Revelation 13:55 Phoenix - Into the Dessert 22:13 Cyberbabas & Paul - G 29:35 Logic Bomb - A 34:30 Voodoof - Thru 39:08 Bus & Siddartha - D 46:55 Hallucinogen - The Herb Garden 52:55 The Infinity Project - Another Planet 01:05:50
  14. When the pace of everyday life becomes too much, we all need a moment to slow down, disconnect and relax. Kaiju Lounge presents a meditative, droning mix of ambient atmospheres for relaxation, sleep, and quiet contemplation. Tracklist Heavenly Music Corporation - Bioscape II 00:00 The Orb - Blue Room (Excerpt 605) 05:40 Ambient Temple of Imagination - The Age of Maat 10:00 Future Sound of London - A Study of Six Guitars 14:00 Vidna Obmana - Equal Distance 17:20 Rhythm & Noise - A Filament in Strata 26:15 Biosphere - En Trance 29:00 SETI - Beacon (Universal Remix by Adham Shaikh) 33:20 Adham Shaikh - Liquid Evolution (Sinking Canoe Remix by Terre Thaemiltz) 43:30
  15. Explore the sounds of Earth, the energy pulse of ecosystems which ebb and flow. Kaiju Lounge brings together a mix that synthesizes the sounds of nature through ambient mixology. Tracklist Carbon Based Lifeforms - Silent Running 00:00 Solar Fields - Air Song 06:50 High Skies - Sounds of Earth 17:57 The KLF - 3 A.M. Somewhere Out of Beaumont 22:20 Ambientium - City Of Memories 30:50 Modern Crusader - Insomnia 38:47 Distant System - Electromagnetic Radiation 47:00 Bluetech - Falling In 53:25 Aes Dana - Aftermath # 06 57:38 Androcell - Neurosomatic Circuit 01:03:27 H.U.V.A. Network - Access To The Long Fields 01:10:00 Asura - Atlantis Child 01:13:40
  16. This week on Psylicious Radio, we are taking you on a mystical journey of chilled out downtempo psychedelic beats. Joining us on this week’s show, we present Polish artist Rita Raga, Danish artist N.A.S.A. who will be spinning a DJ set, Chilean artist Barby, and Swiss artist Unknown Reality. Enjoy! Listen to the show: Click Here RITA RAGA [Altar Recs | Blue Tunes Chillout] PL Rita Raga - singer, music producer, multi-instrumentalist, DJ, creating melodic downtempo music with ethno and psychedelic inspirations, accompanied by live vocals, electric guitar, keys and percussive instruments. Being fascinated by electronic music, she started providing vocals for chill, progressive and trance producers in 2011, at the same time starting DJing. Since 2018 she is also producing her own music - chillout singles in 2018 and in 2019 her Mystic Melodies LP was released at Synchronos Recordings. In 2020 she released an EP with Altar Records including remixes by Cabeiri and Red Sun Rising, and a couple of tracks on different compilations (eg. with Blue Tunes Chillout). Info & Bookings | Facebook | Instagram | Bandcamp | Mixcloud | Youtube | Soundcloud N.A.S.A. [Further Progression Recs | Iono Music] DK N.A.S.A. the one man electronic music producer and performer from Copenhagen, Denmark has been in the music game perfecting his skills for almost 20 years now. Starting back in 1994 he launched his career producing psychedelic electronic based music. Ambient, Dub & Downbeat Music... Being a great lover of downbeat music all his life, it was no big surprise when Mikkel decided to begin producing ambient and chill out. Focusing as always on his own signature sound, he also tries to draw in all the inspirations he has gathered from every where around him to create something unique every time. Info & Bookings | Facebook | Twitter | Soundcloud | Bandcamp | Mixcloud | Youtube BARBY [Ovnimoon Recs - Barby Recs] CL Barby is the psytrance & chillout project sculptured and launched in 1999 by one of the first Chilean trance musicians, Ignacio Barbagelata. Barby's honed and distinctive style combines an infusion of dark and industrial elements into trance while staying true to the roots of Goa and its ancient transcendental essence. Info & Bookings | Facebook | Instagram | Soundcloud | Mixcloud UNKNOWN REALITY [Nano Recs] CH Unknown Reality is another project of Ralph K.(Braincell, Solar Spectrum, Melting Point, Driftsetters, TRC). After producing Psytrance and Progressive for more than two decades, here he comes back to his roots as a guitar player, Modular synthesist & computer musician who combines electronic elements with natural instruments and field recordings to create gently evolving soundscapes and rhythms. Website | Facebook | Twitter | Soundcloud | Bandcamp | Spotify Thanks for listening... Spread the LoVe - Follow – Share ENJOY! Thanks for listening... Spread the LoVe - Follow – Share ENJOY!
  17. UnityVerse Music proudly presents the debut EP from Finnish artist duo Lovement. Consisting of four genre-crossing tracks, Lovement fuses indigenous feelings and hypnotizing trippy downbeats with carefully designed uplifting fills while gliding through deep mystical vibes, delicate beat structures & neurofunk elements. Tracklist: 1. Bloom 2. Shapeshift (feat. CJ) 3. Dripstones 4. Wither 5. (secret bonus track for supporters) Released July 16, 2021 https://unityversemusic.bandcamp.com/album/bloom-ep
  18. Bring back chill rooms!!! Kaiju Lounge presents a 90s chill room experience with ambient and downtempo classics from The KLF, Banco de Gaia, The Orb, Boards of Canada and more. Listen as energy ebbs and flows. Come sit in the circle with us. Tracklist The KLF - Madrugada Eterna 00:00 Banco de Gaia - Last Train to Lhasa (Extended Ambient Mix) 07:40 The Orb - Earth Orbit One - Little Fluffy Clouds 18:26 Dimension 5 - Flow 22:06 Gas - Microscopic 29:50 Aphex Twin - Xtal 38:38 Global Communication - 14:31 43:06 Dr. Psychedelic - Deep Chill Out Dub 56:23 Autechre - Eutow 01:02:41 Boards Of Canada - Aquarius 01:06:10 Ultrabass - Princess Yuki 01:11:34 Tetsu Inoue - Ambiant Otaku 01:17:10
  19. https://fractalalchemy.bandcamp.com/album/resonant-mind Organic and ethnic yet futuristic Relaxing while tribal and uplifting Experimental and innovative yet focused and determined Suspensive yet meditative Flirting with chaos while retaining harmony.. A sonic voyage blending tradition with technology to project interleaving emotions and states of mind, for a dramatic but ultimately cathartic and liberating experience released March 22, 2021 Written and Produced by Fractal Alchemy Live instruments by: Asteris: Kemençe (Politiki Lyra) Cretan Lyra Reed Flute Saxophone Xaphoon Mandoura Bass Duduk Antonis Serretis: Bouzouki Dr. Needles: Lafta Guitar Fanis Menios: Didgeridoo Fractal Alchemy: Keys Djembe ------------------------------- Artwork by Fractal Alchemy Originally composed in September 2015 Revised and Polished in March 2021 Released by LiquidSeed Records liquidseedrecordings.bandcamp.com
  20. Artist: Suduaya Title: Starseeds Release: 22nd of Jan, 2021 Tracklist:- 1. Flow (intro) 2. The Sun in Your Heart 3. Starseeds 4. Cruisin' 5. Warm & Fuzzy 6. 555 7. You are Here Now 8. Compassion is a Vibration 9. Unconditional Love (Part 2) 10. Turba 11. Kārwān 12. The Calligrapher 13. Flying Carpet https://suduaya.bandcamp.com/album/starseeds
  21. For this year's winter solstice we have something special to offer to you. We decided to go back to our roots, to the year 2008 when we released our first album, "Bar Luunarikka (A Weird Sound Collage Of Everything)". This EP, "Ancient Eyes" contains 4 tracks detached from the album, and features an ensemble of guest musicians. The full album will be re-released next year. We hope you have a soothing and peaceful time during this darkest time of the year. Available as "name your price" from Bandcamp: https://paintedinvoid.bandcamp.com/album/ancient-eyes-ep Tracklist: 01. End 02. Bardo 03. Ancient Eyes 04. Station Of Tomorrow Also available on YouTube: And on SoundCloud:
  22. Dear all, I have finished with the recording of my new chillout mix, the fourth of the series. I`ve selected tracks which are one of my favourites nowadays. I hope it gives you a nice time to listen, get rid of the stress and all the negative energies: Tracklist: 1. Narcotic Chill - Soul Blossom (feat. Urakunov) 2. Eurielle - Whispers 3. Li Wei - New Moon 4. Margot Reisinger - Moments Of Peace 5. Oliver Shanti & Friends - Sacral Nirvana (Long version) 6. Karunesh - Follow Your Heart 7. Solarstone - Seven Cities (Magdelayna Ambience Mix) 8. Manoa - Don't cry tonight (Dreamsphere mix) 9. Cabeiri - Voyager (Suduaya Remix) 10. Jens Gad - Les Eaux Verts 11. Vibrasphere - Ensueno 12. Asura - La chanson de Carla 13. Suduaya - Nomad 14. Jupiter 8000 - Rubber Dub 15. International Observer - House Of The Rising Dub 16. Katie Melua - Wonderful Life 17. Soap&Skin - What a wonderful world
  23. As summer comes to a close let us reflect on all that has passed so far this year through ambient meditation, and when the psychedelic groove drops feel free to get up and dance. Tracklist Asura - Territories Part One 00:00 Loscil - Bellows 04:20 Aesthesia - Moment Of Silence 10:06 Astronaut Ape - Submerge 15:34 Shpongle - Periscopes of Consciousness 20:32 Shpongle - Schmaltz Herring 22:22 Ott - Roflcopter 24:29 Tahabdra - Hotalo 30:25 Spatialize - Cat And Mouse 35:14 Kabalistic Village - The Lost Princess 39:44 Severence - Modulate 44:30 Carbon Based Lifeforms - Held Together By Gravity 50:10
  24. Artist: Aes Dana Title: Inks Label: Ultimae Date: December, 2019 1. Inks 2. Untold 3. Nuphar Log 4. Peace Corrosion 5. Otherness (Album Edit) 6. Transparency Syndrome 7. Akacie 8. Ashen 9. The Gradual District 10. Alep Offset 11. Juniper Vincent Villuis whose name sounds more like a cartoon villain than a master of the downtempo genre has released his first album under the Aes Dana name in 7 years. He did a collaborative effort with Miktek (Far & Off which was brilliant by the way) in 2016, but he's back to producing music. And we are all the better for it. This is some cold and oftentimes dark stuff most suitable for a rainy day (surprise, surprise). The sound is off the charts amazing and moves deftly between minimal, glitch, techno, dub, and downtempo, oftentimes within the same track. It's very emotional with stratospheric pads and audible clicks and pops that will welcome your grey mood. The basses though...thunderous and encompassing. This is the kind of album where you sift through the layers to hear new sounds no matter how loud or soft they may be. Like a lot of his music there isn't one track that stands out above the rest, but as a whole package it really is an excellent listen. And I'll agree with the Discogs reviewer that it is one of his best albums to date. Ultimae Bandcamp
  25. Artist: Xenofish Title: Encoder Label: Self Released Date: May, 2013 01 - Xenofish - Sigma (146 BPM) 02 - Xenofish - Leviathan (145 BPM) 03 - Xenofish - Discharge (176 BPM) 04 - Xenofish - Ziggurat (146 BPM) 05 - Xenofish - Mashiro's Dream (155 BPM) 06 - Xenofish - Logfile (97 BPM) 07 - Cybernetika - Pulsar (feat. Xenofish) (141 BPM) 08 - Xenofish - Blurred Matrix (83 BPM) This is the debut album from Christian Becker and it is an offering of different styles while running with a sci-fi/technology theme. It sounds very clear and I will tell you it is fairly intense. He eases us into things with the benign Sigma, a track with a nice breakbeat, but pretty forgettable. Leviathan is a somewhat harder full-on track with a very nice break that becomes more lush the longer it goes on. Discharge brings us our first taste of drum n bass and it is massive. Walls of electronic sound puncture the atmosphere with the high tempo calling card of this style. Again, Christian's break work is a highlight of the track with the dynamic give and take of all the elements. The track is constantly evolving, even slowing down to a mid tempo swagger briefly before erupting. Easily my favorite. Ziggurat is a lush, cosmic journey feeling warm and cold at the same time. The electronics vibrate as if alive and it instantly draws me in. Same with the beginning of Mashiro's Dream as he has fun with the cut-off knob. Decent, but not as cool as the previous two. Logfile is interesting because it's glitchy, noisy, nonsense sound is how I believe a computer would create music without instruction. Even though it is itself amusical, it fits right in with the theme. The team-up with Cybernetika is a treat and his influence is readily visible with a more melodic flair. Perhaps the machines last gasp, their final attempt to subvert the humans. The final track is an atmospheric ambient aftermath as docile as the previous tracks were unyielding. The battle is over and all that remains is to rebuild. It's a wonderful debut album. Full of varied styles with electronic fire and storytelling breaks. Very futuristic with excellent production. Highly recommended! Free at Ektoplazm
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