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while Psynews.org is dead ,i will write a review of Talamasca Zodiac here :0

Track 1 is a mix of hard rock and trance ,heavy guitars and synth bass together,not bad at all ,good for mid night.Track is the best because I am a taurus...no just jocking the track is very nice but not the best of the album,I have to accept it :( Tracks 1 to 12 are a kind of a new style adopted by Talamasca more melodramatic than previous albums BUT with the real Talamasca's juice,People who loved previous albums will adore this new one,it's a kind of evolution.Talamasca made a great third album without falling in the trap of making similar songs as before like Astral Projection and nor making a too much new original style as Infected Mushrooms's converting vegetarians(very disapointed).God exists because Talamasca's Zodiac is here to satisfy our apetit.Overall grade : 9/10 ,grades varies between 8/10 and 10/10 ,Compared to 2003 albums overall grade is 10/10

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hey, I sent one too but like you say it seems this site is dead... ah well, here's a copy-past of mine:

 

"Yes it’s Talamasca and he’s back on 3D Vision !! Well, under the original album and tracklist which some will probably consider as childish, but at least has the merit of “never been done before”, you’ll find 12 pumping full-on tracks which continue Talamasca’s trend started on Secret of the 13 Crystal Skulls of adding that old-school touch to the usual 3D Vision sound. It all sounds very good, although 12 tracks in the same style and virtually same BPM can become tiresome on the ears (you guessed it, this one’s more oriented for DJ use on the dancefloor than home listening…). BUT the problem here IMHO is that Talamasca has given us such excellent tracks in the past like Come On, Sinai and Telepathic Atmospheres that I’m afraid to say, remain unequalled by ANY track on this album!! Well, at least it’s better than Musica Divinorum IMO. My favourite tracks are Cancer, Virgo and Scorpio, but, like I said, I expected more from Lestat… 8/10 moondancer"

 

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Talamasca - Zodiac

 

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Artist: Talamasca

Title: Zodiac

Label: 3D Vision

Date: 2003

 

Track listing:

 

01. Aries

02. Taurus

03. Gemini

04. Cancer

05. Leo

06. Virgo

07. Libra

08. Scorpio

09. Sagittarius

10. Capricorn

11. Aquarius

12. Pisces

 

Review:

 

Yes it?s Talamasca and he?s back on 3D Vision !! This is a pretty original

album concept which some will probably consider as "childish", but at least it

has the merit of ?never have been done before?. Here you?ll find 12 pumping

full-on tracks which continue Talamasca?s trend started on Secret of the 13

Crystal Skulls of adding that old-school touch to the usual 3D Vision sound.

It all sounds very good, although 12 tracks in the same style and virtually

same BPM can become tiresome on the ears (you guessed it, this one?s more

oriented for DJ use on the dancefloor than home listening?). BUT the problem

here IMHO is that Talamasca has given us such excellent tracks in the past

like Come On, Sinai and Telepathic Atmospheres that I?m afraid to say, remain

unequalled by ANY track on this album!! Well, at least it?s better than Musica

Divinorum IMO. My favourite tracks are Cancer (now that's oldschool!!), Virgo

and Scorpio, but, like I said, I expected more from Lestat? 8/10

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Guest Darkclouds

I forgot...Best tracks:

cancer,libra,pisces 10/10

gemini,taurus,virgo,capricorn 9/10

 

Worst one,too cheezy : sagitarius

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Guest Selim

Am I the only one extremely disappointed with "Zodiac"? All of Talamasca's melodies these days are so damn cheesy (including his recent tracks on compilations) -- he's verging on "victory trance" here. I think people are so starved for melodies these days that they're willing to settle for anything overtly melodic, no matter how ill-conceived or poorly executed those melodies might be.

 

My theory about Lestat is that he's at his best when collaborating with others; check the credits for most of his best early tracks -- they're all cowritten with others. And what's with that signature super-high-pitched kick-drum and bass-line on the newer tracks?

 

-Selim

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  • 2 weeks later...

Not a bad album at all here! But I also expected some more progress from one of

the leaders. Or should I say 'other' progress? I kinda hoped on some darker

driven songs like 'GMS vs Talamasca - mutation'. Ok maybe I shouldn't have

hoped that... The aries track is for me the best in the album. When the first

guitars hit in, now that's what I call KICKING! But sadly this track was

played so much on the dancefloors even before the album was released. That's

offcourse not their fault ;) This album surely has some refreshing things in

it and brings oldskool again this step closer to us.

The general sound is typical Talamasca. What is a good thing because its nice

and clear but when listening to the whole album it sounds to much the same

like Moondancer said in his review. This is real DJ stuff, uplifting and

psychedelic. And an album we need these days to bring 'a little' more

variation in the scene.

This is for me 8.5/10, there are no bad tracks on it. Just buy it, its worth it.

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Guest Seismix

Album - Zodiac is created in old style and i dont see anything meaning in this

album... but good dynamic kicking make's me very tolerance and on the

dancefloor i just forgot everything which is old not ambitious [the baseline

is very good for dance i think]. In single, the tracks which i like is Cancer,

Virgo, Libra. Album: 6/10

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Nothing all of that special and brilliant that i expeceted to hear...There are

good songs : CANCER ( ! ),SCORPIO, SAGITTARIUS, PISCES...I was pretty

dissapointed with TAURUS ( my sign ) cause it is really boring and

uninnovative...LEO is too minmal and AQUARIUS don't have any

point...HUH...Pity...It could have been better album ...6.5/10

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  • 1 year later...

Niothing to do with Beyond Of The Mask and Musica Divinorum but still good, melodic full on. The problem is that most of the tracks sound the same.

Best track of all Cancer! The last minute is WOW! :blink:

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More full on than the previous albums, I found some tracks really good, but the problem for me is that you can't listen to the whole album from the 1st track till the last track, you get really really tired, as Ormion said tracks are too similar.

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For me it`s somehow a good album, I like several songs. Some of them are really great. The bassline is reallly impressing to me. In Leo it`s really captivating!!!

 

The product of his collaboration with others are not better for me (I know only the album Talamasca and Friends from 2004, maybe I should find other older tracks :) )

 

Favourites :

 

Libra : 10/10

Gemini : 9/10

Leo : 8.5/10

Cancer : ~8/10

Capricorn : ~7.5/10

Scorpio : ~7/10

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Niothing to do with Beyond Of The Mask and Musica Divinorum but still good, melodic full on. The problem is that most of the tracks sound the same.

Best track of all Cancer! The last minute is WOW! :blink:

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Agree 100%!

I think Filteria or maybe Cybernetika should do a remix of that last minute of Cancer :D there's potential at least :)

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  • 1 year later...

my favorite and only talamasca album at the time

Libra was definaetly the track that made me want to get this album.

I also like the hard goa beats in the second half of gemini.

My only problem is that tracks 2 and 12 seem like fillers but other than that I keep coming back to this CD.

Whether its full on psy or goa that I'm in the mood for, its always satisfying

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we offering another album from Lestat its Made in Trance for less then 9 euro (tax included ) but i have to say this one as well as Zodiac both definetly diffrent from his early ones Beyond the Mask and Musica Divinorum , anyway they r still good production for Lestat fans

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A good album with some GREAT tracks for those who can get past Aries. This was his last good or great album IMO. Its a bit similar at times. Fortunately there are lots of catchy melodies (synths) and a handful of stand out, memorable songs. I love the edgy, psychedelic, uplifting, and climactic elements, creativity, and direction of a handful of tracks. I don't like the opening track. I find its guitar usage distracting and unpleasent.

 

But 12 tracks !!

 

This artist knew how to combine Goa and Psy ... and Full On and Psy (more or less here) without getting

cheesy, generic, and formulaic which ironically is exactly what happened. Unfortunately.

 

Favorite tracks:

 

Cancer

Gemini

Libra
Leo
Cancer
Capricorn
Scorpio

 

I like Leo too and can tolerate, enjoy the others to some degree (save Aries)

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