mars Posted April 11, 2001 Share Posted April 11, 2001 Midi Miliz evolves on the good track of minimalism. This is less minimal than what they used to do. Anyway I got tired of this album very quickly, except for Restore My Soul which is really a good minimal mysterious track 6.5/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Epic Automata Posted April 11, 2001 Share Posted April 11, 2001 Good album. The fact is these guys are doing something critical here: they're taking Psy-Trance and bending it into another direction, and their style is rubbing off on others, which means it can only be good. Change is always good, and these guys are changing things. Meanwhile, their music is a lot of fun to listen to, this album included. 8.5/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mark[at]re-spin[dot]com[dot]au Posted April 12, 2001 Share Posted April 12, 2001 Midi Miliz - Antistat Artist: Midi Miliz Title: Antistat Label: Global Trance Network Date: 2001 Track listing: 01. 06'38" Antistat 02. 06'59" Nut 03. 07'45" Low Cargo 04. 07'55" Blackbox 05. 06'58" Soopercharge 06. 07'38" Restore My Soul 07. 06'44" Instant ID 08. 07'59" Force Fed 09. 07'24" Scandy Candy Review: Arne Schaffhausen and Wayan Raabe (also Spirallianz) have delivered a heavy, evolving & groovy ride. Responsible for some great 12" and singles, Midi Miliz have promised a lot and here they prove worthy. The album starts with the title track - nice opener, brewing pings and lifting beats surrounded by a wave of sound. Nüt is next - groovy lines and wonderful percussive sounds and wait for that bass to start flowing funk?ooh la la. Low Cargo; this one comes in waves and twirls; suddenly it becomes funky, and then drips many noises - continually upbeat. Blackbox; dream-like intro, from here the track builds and slides - interjected by what sounds like static vibrations (quite industrial sounding), then moves into dance-floor territory again. Soopercharge is a great track, - builds nicely, evolves into a noisy celebration of joy - very liberating. Restore My Soul; a mystical sounding track with a phat beat to boot and I think I can hear crickets chirpin'. Instant ID; rhythmic and vibrant - a nicely fuelled track. Force Fed; delicate beats are swirled thru the wash - this one tickles my membrane and then starts to eat it! Scandy Candy is a consistent funk that grows - this is another one I'll be hearing on the dance floor. Then there is a hidden track (which these boys seem to be into) at 8.35m - phat beats, chopped and mixed - sounds a little old-skool; but then the album cover and packaging is very reminiscent of an old-school hip hop act. At 14m, there is a dialogue in German (if anyone could translate, it would be appreciated). Antistat is an industrial-funk-march which evolves with every subsequent listen. Midi Miliz have created a seminal work; there aren't many acts in any genre that can blend such brilliant sound scapes together into one effort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest schizo Posted April 12, 2001 Share Posted April 12, 2001 You want melodies in a MIDI MILIZ album !? hehe if you like melodic trance, your this shouldn't be your album!!!! but for me this album is amazing, i don't like the first 3 tracks that much though... but the rest is very good, pure midi miliz, and in the end there is something that i wouldn't have expected, an ambient track.. from midi miliz ? and its actually not bad! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freak51 Posted May 1, 2001 Share Posted May 1, 2001 German Electro rhythms with psy-techno noises. What's not to like? This is lovely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest [Anonymous] Posted May 28, 2001 Share Posted May 28, 2001 One of the best albums that i've ever heard in my LIfe.........!!! 10/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Arthur Posted May 31, 2001 Share Posted May 31, 2001 Antistat THE BEST ELECTRO track that i've ever heard !!!!!!!!!!! FORCEEEEE FEEEEEDD WOW what a track !!!!! --------------------10/10------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest [Anonymous] Posted June 2, 2001 Share Posted June 2, 2001 MIDI MILIZ/SPIRALLIANZ ARE MASTERS OF TECH-TRANCE ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest _______----A-----______ Posted June 13, 2001 Share Posted June 13, 2001 respect to all the !!TECHNO!!-trance ppl...!!! there is not much of as out there, but we know who we are.....this album is BRILLIANT just like SCIZOEFFECTIVE and BLAST FOOD 10/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest flurofrog[at]hotmail[dot]com Posted June 21, 2001 Share Posted June 21, 2001 I think this album deserves far more attention than it has gotten to date. How to describe it? Pulsating, hypnotic bass lines, retro-elecro sounding overlays, rolled in together with luscious, and totally captivating rhythms. It is also a very subtle cd and doesn't try assaulting your senses with a million samples or the latest sound fx. You can tell these guys just love making music - and even though it is 'tech-trance' with little emphasis on melody it isn't dark or zombie music either but in a funny way catchy, even boppy. Antistat may not be as polished as Blast Food, but it is definitely a psy-trance gem. get it or regret it! 9/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Arthur Posted June 21, 2001 Share Posted June 21, 2001 nice review flouro frog :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jsb Posted June 23, 2001 Share Posted June 23, 2001 A party with this kind of music really shut down people into a big sleep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GeorgeoftheJungle Posted June 24, 2001 Share Posted June 24, 2001 That first review is precise and brilliant - gives you a real feeling for the album. More reviews like this please. This album is fu*#ing wicked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freak51 Posted June 27, 2001 Share Posted June 27, 2001 This has become, after dozens of spins, my favourite record in the genre, one of my favourite CDs of any kind. With trembling hands dare I type 10/10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest OA Posted June 27, 2001 Share Posted June 27, 2001 Im not into this style so much ,but i really like this album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kite flyer Posted June 29, 2001 Share Posted June 29, 2001 i usually really really like spirallianz and midi miliz but this cd isnt exactly what i expected... its a good album but not much more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahoney Posted June 29, 2001 Share Posted June 29, 2001 the shamans only needed a drum... that says quite much doesn´t it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest offlimits Posted June 30, 2001 Share Posted June 30, 2001 I agree with Freak 51 that this album is the best in the genre, I just dont see any better tech-trance artists out there at this moment this album is AHEAD OF TIME ..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ale Posted July 15, 2001 Share Posted July 15, 2001 I dont like compilation boring, weighty. Where is "The Green Nuns of Revolution" style (like COR!)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Arthur Posted August 13, 2001 Share Posted August 13, 2001 MIDI MILILZ/SPIRALLIANZ LIVE !!!!!! in Montreal at Arrival 5 !! WOW!!!!! UR LIVE WAS a total brain melt I am still speachless, THANX FOR UR incredible performance ive never seen/heard anything like this before, ur sound sounded soo crisp, just tha BEST, the crowed was going nutz, including myself !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest future_teller Posted August 14, 2001 Share Posted August 14, 2001 This is the sound of future....................10/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest [Anonymous] Posted September 9, 2001 Share Posted September 9, 2001 Some good minimal dark tracks, but not powerfull on the dance floor, most of it boring! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest FreeBeer4kids[at]aol[dot]com Posted October 17, 2001 Share Posted October 17, 2001 Notice how theres hardly any minimal-haters pushing their opinion around in this review list? This album deserves nothing but respect. I recently went to a d.drum party, and even i (and i love minimal) thought that the music was rather monotonous after a few hours. But if you hear a Midi Miliz track at the height of a set after a psychedelic buildup, Id like to see 1 person leave the dancefloor. Minimal may not be what you listen to in your car or your room, but when used at the right time it can totally blow the roof off a party. For all those minimal-haters, please understand theres a time and place for everything, even texas faggot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kzi Posted February 8, 2002 Share Posted February 8, 2002 hmmmm... restore my soul takes samples from nine inch nails? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Psycosmo Posted March 17, 2002 Share Posted March 17, 2002 I this alblum is so cool! Maybe not quite as amazing as Blast Food, but still amazing. I think that referring to music like this as minimal does it a disservice. There is nothing minimal about the care with which this alblum, Blast Food and the Midi Miliz track "Flip" were composed. While there may not be as many crazy layers at once as in some psytrance, they shift and evolve constantly so that the alblum is by no means boring. Good Minimal is the psytrance equivilant of Black & White photrography, perhaps less colorful, but no less interesting or thoughtful. Do you trip in Black & White or Color? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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