Guest Deku81 Posted April 9, 2000 Share Posted April 9, 2000 GMS - Chaos Laboratory Artist: GMS Title: Chaos Laboratory Label: Alien News Date: 1997 Track listing: 01. 07'26" The Crow 02. 08'41" Do Androids Dream Of Electronic Sheep? 03. 08'14" Jaws 04. 09'46" Houston, We Have A Problem 05. 07'25" The Last Block 06. 08'08" I'll Be Back 07. 07'16" Red Light 08. 07'30" La Raca Review: This is different from the other album by these guys. It isn't that insane in the same way as "The growly family" but it's still very good and very psychedelic!!! Heavy, twisted sounds in many layers is very common here. The tempo is also very fast on most tracks. Tracks 2,3 are sooo wicked.. you'll get crazy when you hear this, especially "jaws" is amazing.. you can't sit still to this track! #4 slows down the tempo but only for 10 minutes, because next three tracks are mean and rough just like the two before. "Red light" is so damn good!!!, just listen to it and feel the craziness. "La raca" pulls down the tempo and finishes off the album. As I said before it's different to "the growly family".. it's very psychedelic and it's really good for the dancefloor. Both albums are good in their own way so I give this the same rating as I did for the other one. 7.5/10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest X - Dreamer in NYC Posted April 12, 2000 Share Posted April 12, 2000 very shitty ... 2/10 rating no more no less Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest [Anonymous] Posted May 25, 2000 Share Posted May 25, 2000 I agree... except trax 3 and especially 4 are good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cosmo[at]futaba.ne[dot]jp Posted June 14, 2000 Share Posted June 14, 2000 This is a great album- much better than Growly Family and their later stuff that has exactly the same bassline in every tune. Shame they didn't explore more along these lines. Best tunes-The Last Block and Jaws. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basilisk Posted June 14, 2000 Share Posted June 14, 2000 It's the first album I ever bought on vinyl, full of metallic, screeching, piercing sounds... I don't think it aged very well, but there are a few stand-out tracks: Do Androids Dream, Jaws (not on the 2LP tho), Red Light... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Snow Dog Posted August 3, 2000 Share Posted August 3, 2000 Fast, funky, and very psychedelic, reminiscent of the old TIP sound. I liked this album alot, 7/10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Children Posted August 13, 2000 Share Posted August 13, 2000 Pretty good Album ! First of all I have to say that I didn't like GMS that much before seeing Ricktam Live in Paris ... indeed this set completely changed my point of view about their style and made me decide to find their albums ! And now I have a much better knowledge of psytrance than 6 months ago, so I understand non-melodic styles much better ! That's a very good style (very psychedelic) to dance on parties, less good to listen to at home ... I don't think there's any Bad Track and my favourite here is undoubtedly Track 5 ... for X-Dreamer : I think you have to listen to it very carefully before giving it a precise rating ... but maybe you've not already seen them on a party, which could make you understand their style better ... one bad point : Tracks 5&6 have exactly the same drums And bassline ... Rating : 6.5/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ravemail10 Posted January 1, 2001 Share Posted January 1, 2001 No offense children, but i really can't say this album is any good. I have seen them live, i REALLY like minimal progressive psytrance, but i still find that this album is boring. Listening to it once or twice is not bad, but on the fifth listen you can't stand it already. It's very very predictable, in fact you can memorize the progression of the entire album. Even "Jaws", which is the stomper of the album, is boring after several listens. I would say that of all the boring albums i heard, this is the best, but it's still boring. So if you want an introduction into GMS, go get their newest album "Tri-Ball University" and not this old so-so album. In my opinion this is their best cd, even if it's not innovative. Or if you want good minimal psytrance, check out Kopfuss Resonator, Son Kite, and of course The Delta. Rating: 3.5/10, as i said it's the best of the boring. Bom! - Raven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest psycho world Posted January 29, 2001 Share Posted January 29, 2001 who ever think this album is shity don't like real psychodelic trance music and better go back to listen to house music or whatever- real psycho music gms simply sound good in this album Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest psypaleta[at]antisocial[dot]com Posted August 22, 2001 Share Posted August 22, 2001 GMS is Totally CUT OF !! the King Of Cut OF !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jason - Los Angeles, CA Posted November 29, 2001 Share Posted November 29, 2001 Jaws is a stomper. They even payed it live in July when I saw them. They will be in LA again in Two days. Sorry to hear people who don't like GMS, but I've seen them live three times and they kick ass live. Anytime they are near, I will be there. Bansi throws down an unbelieveable full power DJ set too. I think these guys are extremely talented and brought a lot to the trance seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest theorem Posted December 4, 2001 Share Posted December 4, 2001 Yeah, they played Jaws this weekend in SF as well! God Damm it is good to hear that track live... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Marcello Posted December 24, 2001 Share Posted December 24, 2001 Im a PROUD owner of this album. Ever since I've heard of GMS and listened to their work, I fell in love! I recommend GMS to all true psy-lovers!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Davidtolsn Posted December 11, 2002 Share Posted December 11, 2002 ah, yes. gms before they were gms. out of all of their cds so far, this is the only one that stands out as unique in my eyes. and yes, some of the tracks on here are real killers.. namely 2 and 3. and 1 is decent also. so the cd starts out very promising and then goes bad. well, not bad, but average. track 4 is an ambient-type song that is too repetitive for me although it has a trippy sound. the next frew range from average-good but are mostly too chaotic, loud and random for me. the last track, la raca, is another slower song and my least favorite on the cd. however, the good songs alone make this cd worth getting. the style is much more "old school" than the newer gms stuff but still shows that these guys to have talent, whether people want to admit that or not. i actually like this better, and it doesn't have as many annoying/cheesy samples. great party music. even if you do not like gms you may be surprised by this cd. 7.6/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kathmandu Posted September 26, 2007 Share Posted September 26, 2007 I got this just about a week ago and it was my first time listening to this album. (except had heard 'do anroids dream of electric sheep' and 'jaws' before) One of the best albums I have got this year. Very psychedelic, quirky and crazy. There aren't much music made like this these days. Well there are but they aren't very popular. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frozen dream Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 very good album, though i have some remarks on some tracks and production techniques. somehow in a few songs each time the snare drops in it cuts of the bass and the rest of the song hideously hard, like they sidechained it way too loud. still, mindbending shit like i like it! 8/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xaliate Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 :posford: :posford: :posford: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frozen dream Posted October 26, 2008 Share Posted October 26, 2008 :posford: :posford: :posford: B) red light is so intense, and so badly produced... :posford: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trance2MoveU Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 I had a review and thought I posted it, but I guess that dinna happen. I have the Avatar version with the two extra tracks. The debut of GMS certainly took goa trance someplace it wasn't used to. Gone were the stacking of Indian melodies and in it's place was a sound that was evil and juicy with alien textures. Effects laden and story telling at the same time it took you to another planet. Had to be another planet, have you ever heard a lead white hot like the one in Androids? Haunting mid tempo stuff like Houston? They can do the storming aggressive goa as well like Jaws and I'll Be Back. They can do strange also. I still don't know what's going on with La Raga. The Crow remix was fine, but I thought that Hashimoto wasn't anything special and just a throw in. So the question is is this a classic? Maybe, but if it isn't perhaps it should be. Mdk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trance2MoveU Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 Still Psychedelic goa trance that holds up well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sawfly Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 On 7/16/2020 at 10:15 PM, Trance2MoveU said: Still Psychedelic goa trance that holds up well. Indeed. A solid release 9/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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