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Artist: Ufomatka Title: Off The Beaten Track Of The Universe Label: Cronomi Records Date: June 29, 2018 1. Transition To Hyperspace 2. The City Of Acid Trips 3. Sliders 4. Space Chronicles 5. USS Enterprise 6. Nebula 7. Drifting Across The Universe 8. Voyager-1 (Leaving The Solar System) This is the first album from Ufomatka aka Alexandr Yemelyanov from Ukraine. I am not familiar with his EP's or his tracks from compilations, so I had no idea what to expect with this album. The sound here can be described as cybernetic/dark psytrance, similar to artists like UX, Cydonia, Portamento, MFG Genesis era, etc. 1. Transition To Hyperspace: Starts off with a nice memorable bassline, slowly and methodically building upto 2:26, where the song starts taking off. I really like the second half of the song from 4:31 where the layers keep piling up till the outro. 2. The City Of Acid Trips: City? Song title feels out of place compared to the rest of the album. Anyway, we get a nice goa melody in the intro, then around 1:00 the song takes off, no slow building this time. I love the rapid, fast paced sounds here: the percussion, the synths, make it seem like the song is about to erupt. There are a lot of different psychedelic sound effects and subtle melodies on top of a steady rhythm. At 5:22, the song changes up and introduces a melody which could be considered the climax. This song is more aggressive than the previous one. 3. Sliders: I love the electric intro here, probably my favorite on the album. We get a simple, growly lead at 1:58, with other layers and melodies complementing it nicely. At 3:32, the simplistic growly lead takes a backseat, but I find it overstayed it's welcome. At 5:30, the song recovers itself when the climactic melody of the song appears, and then a few complementary melodies. 4. Space Chronicles: This song is similar to the previous one in that there is a simple, repetitive, techno-ish rhythm that overstays its welcome, but the layers and melodies keep it very interesting. I love the progression in this one, and it's subtleness, especially the cool background synth from 3:25-3:38. The climactic melody at 5:36 is fantastic as well. Overall, this song is packed with tons of ideas. 5. USS Enterprise: This one is a midtempo, journey-esque, laidback song, and it is perfection. There really isn't a climax in this song, but things are constantly changing, shifting, evolving with layers coming in and out gently. My favorite track on the album, and the longest song so far (but felt the shortest). 6. Nebula: Another midtempo song, similar to the previous one. Very atmospheric intro, but then it kinda becomes generic goa trance. Things get interesting and less generic at 4:35, and it fully redeems itself in the second half. I like the electric melody at 7:18, reminds me of UX. I felt like this song didn't need to be this long, he could have easily trimmed the first 4 mins. 7. Drifting Across The Universe: Intro really does make it seem like you're drifting. I love the creativity in this one, especially the synth from 2:25-3:18 and 6:16-6:45 which feel funky and free-styli. The dark, gravy boiling sounds at 4:50 reminds me of something from Growly Family GMS. Another great mid-tempo song. 8. Voyager-1 (Leaving The Solar System): A sample about Voyager, and an uplifting intro. Not a fan personally of the first 3 mins. But the song recovers quickly after that. The rest of the song has so much class, so much swagger, and you just don't hear this kind of style and fashion in Goa trance often. Does this guy play saxophone in his spare time? I thoroughly enjoyed this album from start to finish. The production is great, and I've always preferred this style of cybernetic goa trance over the traditional style. I also like how few samples are present in this album, they are quiet and non intrusive. The one complaint I have about this album is the lack of variation: similar to MFG's Project Genesis, the album really likes to repeat synths for extended periods of time, which is I guess what the artist wanted based on the promo "His musical flow follows the tradition of the avant garde and psychedelic trance/techno movement". Now I need to listen to his EP's. 4.5/5 https://cronomi.bandcamp.com/album/ufomatka-off-the-beaten-track-of-the-universe

Title: Altering the Synaptic Controllers Artist: Ufomatka Label: Sentimony Records Release: 2 January 2018 Tracklist: 1. Multiplexer 2. Alien Controlled Human Exterminator 3. Fornax Cluster 4. Warper-mutator 5. Weird Species Sentimony records really summed this release up better than I ever could. "The release name came from nowhere and the dick knows what it is, but it will all fuck us out Get it now and have fun! " It fucked me out the first time I heard it. It's nice to see Goa artists step outside of the comfort zone of traditional 4 on the floor structures and just let loose with their tools. only 3 songs here are really Goa, the other 2 are more Break Beat, sloa styled fuck knows what (Like the track titles).... But they're interesting to say the least. Oh and quite good. 1. Multiplexer - Our journey begins a pretty radical baseline, simple but radical. The track plods along nicely reaching what we could call some sort of climax around the last act of the song. This EP is clearly gonna get points for standing out from what has been released recently. 2. Alien Controlled Human Exterminator - A bouncier track with analog leads pumping out at us as it goes along. The intensity builds quite nicely as random squelches and sounds keep things interesting. Ufo doesn't over use anything and keeps it fresh. 3. Fornax Cluster - The most melodic of the tracks so far. Funky baselines, pure analog shooting us into the unexplored dimensions of dirty space. What? you thought space was all magical and pretty. Well Ufomatka proves us wrong here. Acid drenched planets wizz by as our spaceship wipes grime from its windows. Beautiful in its own way. 4. Warper-mutator - Our hyperspace intergalactic travels have flown right down. Stuck now in the grease dripping, uninhabited bogs of another world, Ufomatka continues our journey. Very trippy track, the pa rum pa rum rum of the percussion really stands out for me. Analog AF. 5. Weird Species - The strangest of the tracks, about as alien as it can get. I feel myself floating through the final canals of our journey. As soon as it appears as though I might make it through to the other side I end up where I started. Looking at this weird species that managed to find itself here, altering synaptic controllers. Thats it folks. A truly wild and weird ride through Ufomatka's soundscapes. His creativity really stands out here and those of you that love pure rough analog, boy oh boy get a taste of this. While rough around the edges (I believe it was meant to be) you've got something here that really does stand out from what I've heard not only Ufomatka release but other artists in this genre. Keep it up amigo. https://sentimony.bandcamp.com/album/ufomatka-altering-the-synaptic-controllers

Dear Goa Heads, After a short break we return with a new release, a collection of rare masterpieces from well known acts. Each tune was selected precisly to reflect the spirit behind this collection. The name Three Om Three is a derivative from the one and only synthesizer that affected so many, TB-303 Through this compilation we would like to elucidate the more brighter, uplifting side of Goa trance music. Pre-order starts today, available through our website: LINK 10% discount during the pre-order period, We also offer with this compilation a Tee printed with the album logo (images below) in 25% discount when purchased with the CD. Track List: 1. Perfect Rainbow - Exotic Eye 2. Total Eclipse - Area 51 (Live) 3. Syb Unity Nettwerk - Forbidden (Space Invaders Remix) 4. Ufomatka - Extragalactic Form Of Life 5. Shakta & MoonWeed - Q 6. SubCouds - On Red (1999 pHlatline Mix) 7. Jaia - Brainstorm (Live Mix) 8. MoonWeed - Jaunt 9. Virtuart - Tetragrammaton 10. Tandu - Inception Preorder Date: 14/3/14 Release Date: 7/4/14 Compiled By: Tal Hazan (Aurax) Design & Art By: Samuel Farrand Prepress: Adir Vered Digitally Mastered By: Tim Schuldt @ 4CN-Studios

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Hello Goa Heads, We are happy to announce our 1 year celebration event, a huge psychedelic festival : A true psychedelic experience in the open air of Israel. Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/212988618911206/ Line Up: ►UX ▪ Anjuna Records– UK ►Jaia ▪ Tribal Vision Records – France ►Moonweed ▪ Anjuna Records – UK ►Nervasystem ▪ Anjuna Records – UK ►Virtuart ▪ Anjuna Records – France ►Ufomatka ▪ Anjuna Records – Ukraine ►Syb Unity Nettwerk ▪ Flying Rhino Records - UK ►Element over Nature ▪ Transient Records - UK ►Astral Projection ▪ T.I.P - Israel ►Tandu ▪ Anjuna Records – Israel ►Sandman ▪ Matsuri Production – Israel ►Domestic (Miki Litvak) ▪ Hommega – Israel ►M.F.G ▪ TIT – Israel ►Power Source ▪ Israel

Hello Goa Heads, We are happy to announce on our debut, long awaited release, an epic collection of rarities and new materials called "Tribal Encore" "Tribal Encore" is a Deep intensive, psychedelic Goa trance album that every collector and Goa trance fan should keep in his stash. Pre-order starts today, there are limited copies printed! Tracklist: 1. Vega - Ufomatka 2. B.E.T.H - Back To Blighty (Live Mix) 3. UX - Third Eye (Remix) 4. Aurax - Cone Nebula (Red Meatballs Remix) 5. Ufomatka - Alien's Lair 6. Aurax - Atomic Defloration 7. Jaia - Insomnie 8. Process - Funktion Junktion 9. Sandman - Starfinder (Live Mix) Compiled by: Tal Hazan (Aurax) Digitally mastered by: Tim Schuldt @ 4CN. Planned release date: 12/07/2013 Pre-orders will be accepted from 7th of June 2013 in special price for one month. the release date as noted above is 12th of July. You can find it on Discogs @ http://www.discogs.com/seller/AnjunaRecords And you can hear & find it in our Bandcamp page as well @ http://anjunarecords.bandcamp.com/album/tribal-encore PS. we assure more revolutionary psychedelic compilations in the near future! Artwork: