Guest Le Lotus Bleu Posted April 17, 2005 Share Posted April 17, 2005 N3XU5 (Nexus) – Psycho Therapy [Kagdila] 1. Banzai 6’24 147 bpm 2. For A second There… 8’03 146 3. Nasa 8’48 145 4. Shiva 6’18 147 5. Muldrive 8’18 146 6. Kimochi 7’04 147 7. Industrial Radiation 6’30 147 8. Micronova 6’46 147 9. Gothika 7’32 147 10. Dark Room 7’20 148 Nexus also appearing as N3xu5, is Luis Miguel Lopez, portuguese dark psytrance producer, you may have listened to some of his tracks on compilations released by labels such as Ketuh, Nabi, Doof,Déjà Vu, Parvatti or Kagdila. Psycho Therapys is mastered by Domestic. 1.Little tradiotionnal japanese music alike intro before things really start with the kindly hysteric ‘banzai’ sample avalanche all along the track . All the Nexus trademarks are appearing here & sum up quite well this album orientation: dark psytrance style, main focus on the output’s energy, melody notes theme hammered several times conferring a leaping feel. I find the final cut to be vey raw in this first tune. 2. For A Second There…got slightly more variation on the kick & it’s less hysteric oriented ; also the bassline is much more rolling, you could perceived some few discret bleeps or twisted sounds. 3.Come-back to more hysterico-leaping style in Nasa 60 secs, the very well known nasa sample appears here, you know ’60 seconds…for a second now…everything here is looking very good…’. The soundscapes is more twisted than in previous one, for example at 3’45 you can hear a climbing tone imitating a bit the sound made when you fill a glass with water. 4. Don’t see where’s the link between the tracktitle Shiva & its content, nevermind. The structure sounds more minimal & it’s dully. There’s a big shit happening at the end of this tune, tracks 4 & 5 have been badly cut : the final kick cut of Shiva appears on the start of Muldrive, a shame ! 5. It’s hard to explain why Muldrive is far the best track of the album seeing that the 10 ones are very similar. The explanation may come from a more expressed sprightly, raving feeling. 6.Kimochi succeeds a bit in keeping the previous trend, indeed sort of combination of more positive but still dark spirit than most of the other songs. 7. Industrial Radiation posseds a more interesting & catchy build up, made of some more unpolished tones married with dryer,harsher textures. Definitivly Nexus goes more agressive here, a slight hardtek/indus background flavour. 8. Micronova wins the shrillest & most mettallic sounding prize of the album with an alternative rumbling & bouncing bassline bonus touches . 9. Gothika got an insistent power to catch your brain when it’s done, throws in gear the 5th , reaches 147Km/H or er BPM , and never look back or slow down and go its own way …through the midlle of dancefloor. Get ready to lose some surperflue weight by dancing on this one. 10. The gimmick lead & rythmic is funny, mischievous & very captivating, Dark Room, not so dark as it says, is a good idea for concludes the album bringing a breath’s took of fresh air. Climax :5,9 Alternative decent tunes :1,6,8,10 An honest darkpsy debut album for Nexus, caracterized by a main focus on energy & a little too homogeneous content but some nice intentions not always fully achieved or at least a bit lately (the second half of Psycho Therapy is a step above). I mean if it’s like Nexus encountered worries to start his car & after succeeded, the lapsed time don’t permitted him with his ‘diesel car’ to drive very fast & far. Be sure that next time for his new album, with his debut album experience, Nexus will swap his diesel car with a more efficient & sportive one . 6,5/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmtree Posted April 21, 2005 Share Posted April 21, 2005 Grrrgh.. Nexus's early, unreleased tunes were top-notch. But I guess he coulnd't get released, so he tried to fit his sound in the 'dark-psy' niche, and came out with boring formula power psy. Hope he goes back to the roots soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dajek Posted January 2, 2006 Share Posted January 2, 2006 http://www.hot.ee/nexusmusic/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmtree Posted January 2, 2006 Share Posted January 2, 2006 HOTNE$$ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dajek Posted January 2, 2006 Share Posted January 2, 2006 The link is to the homepage of an Estonian crappop(rock)band that is named - you guessed it - also "Nexus". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chatnik aka alien Posted January 3, 2006 Share Posted January 3, 2006 All songs on album are same! mark 6/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ.Zero Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 i think this is a good dark album, not to good not to bad i listened this album long time ago and i remenber a good psyalbum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sawfly Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 I like some n3xu5 comp tracks, but this one is a bit boring. Only couple of good songs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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