Guest re_psycle[at]yahoo[dot]com Posted March 12, 2002 Share Posted March 12, 2002 Loopus In Fabula - Loopus In Fabula Artist: Loopus In Fabula Title: Loopus In Fabula Label: Demon Tea Date: 2002 Track listing: 01. 08'19" Purutu (Blob Mix) 02. 07'42" Yellow Jackets 03. 08'19" Certamente 04. 09'06" Pezzacchio 05. 08'48" Popeye 06. 10'20" Robopope 07. 08'00" Can-D 08. 08'30" The Looper (Loopus Rmx) 09. 07'45" Lolita Review: 1. Great opener for this debut album, launching staight into funky triplet rhythms and scratchy metallic fx. tempo games towards the middle of the track break down into a straighter feel til the end. nice one! 2. Loopus in top form once again!, its got all their signature traits, slide-y bass lines, funky wah-guitars and tweaked out sounds. This one has been a favourite of mine for morning sets for quite sometime, although this album version seems to have had a bit of a re-working. thought the original was a bit better and a little fuller. 3. Whoa! another of my morning fave.'s, this will rock any dance floor no problems! check out that bassline, it slides all over the place, sssssooooo funky!!! their amazing chorused percussion games are also evident throughout this track, my pick of the album. 4. One of the more 'straighter' tracks on the album and with a darker feel, didnt do that much for me, but im sure would rock on a big system. Loopus seem like one of those groups who write music designed especially for huge festival sound systems. Immaculate and very 'large' production. 5. Another winner, baby! these basslines just continue to amaze me, continually evolving and morphing to keep you grooving for hours! very beautiful track! 6. Robopope - Another of the straighter epic tracks, weighing in at just over 10 minutes. the breakdown around the 8 minute mark was what really caught my attention, excellent sample work! funny stuff! 7. Sweeeeeeet! starts off building very dark and growly for the first couple of minutes, then BOOM! - bass change and we're back in wacky loopus-ville! yummy key changes and horn section work-outs. another of my favorites here. 8. never heard the original by finnish group kiwa, but this sure is a funky-ass reworking! love that warbling synth sound throughout! the halfway mark sees a breakdown into more familiar loopus territory,... nice, smooth sailing with those signature key-changes. luvly! 9. another track i've had the privledge of hearing on a larger sound system and i can definately say that this one is a pounder!!! it just gets better and better with every passing minute, building logically on each theme and those oh my f**king god basslines! all in all, an absolutely amazing debut album. after being passed from label to label for so long, it was well worth the wait, their attention to detail is immaculate. Loopus must also recieve top marks for their top notch production, rivaling even the shmick minimal producers. all the sounds cut clean and clear through the mix. its good to hear the amazing production techniques taught from the progressive school being applied to the more 'fuller' styles of trance. Big thanx to Loopus for their infectious grooves, and also much love and huge respect to Franny! if ya like ya trance with alot of funk and high originality content, get this one now! rating: 8.5/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Defbydelta... Posted March 12, 2002 Share Posted March 12, 2002 a'ight!! i like track 5, 8, and track 2 most Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest boomdevil Posted March 13, 2002 Share Posted March 13, 2002 Loopus in Fabula is now one of my top artists.. This is so fucking funky and groovy album..its sooo greeat!! worth of bying! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pinto_joao[at]hotmail[dot]com Posted March 31, 2002 Share Posted March 31, 2002 well repsycle has already made a very good review of the single tracks..in my opinion this is an awesome masterpiece, maybe the best artist album of the last 2 years... loopus have a peculiar style of their own but the album is like a complete journey and each track have its own story and richness, so you can keep listening and listening many many times and it will always tell you something...on the other hands it is maybe difficult to catch the whole thing with a easy quick listening (you know what i mean: listening some trax skipping -skipping--the kind of preview listening you do with phones in the record shop) anyway i appreciate the difference and richness because in many artist album nowadays you just have 1 track with 8 variations of it, same sounds same grooves...not so much work behind... my favorite track is number 5 robopope : this track is simply a musical masterpiece and it's quite difficult to be described... just listen to it!!! Very beautiful and original samples a "moving funky" bass continually evolving and morphing in the beginning, some scratchy sounds and then the usual change in the middle that open to pure action and madness (but everything is always under control with loopus..this guys always keep an eye to the dancefloor..) the worst for me is number 6 can-d because i think the production is not as "top quality" as the rest of the album and because it has too many changes (5-6!!), although it's true that the breakdown towards it's a true example of sampling art... finally it's not so common to have an album that is 90% dancefloor killer and at the same time it's a pleasure to discover at home with day by day listening... i played the last track (lolita) to some friends who are not at all from the psytrance scene and who are used to laugh at me for my "boom-boom stupidity" and they all where quite astonished by the musicality of it, and still keeping the typical trance elements... vote 10/10: no doubts!!! joao Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest [Anonymous] Posted April 1, 2002 Share Posted April 1, 2002 the elements of the tracks are conflicting with each other,you cany just put a kick like this together with elements of jazz or funk and say its working well...nice try though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest franny[at]demontea[dot]com Posted April 7, 2002 Share Posted April 7, 2002 these tracks have nearly ALL been tested on dance floors around Australia, and the response has allways been 100% dance floor vibe!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest aeropig Posted April 9, 2002 Share Posted April 9, 2002 i do my workout on this so its working Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RumZ Posted May 9, 2002 Share Posted May 9, 2002 This is pure GENIUS , not at all boring,really up for it and different and very very very FunkEEEEEE 9.5/10... I think children should make this a classic....but i guess, maybe i should wait a bit longer, but almost everyone so far thinks its great.... I want the next album now!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theivo Posted May 12, 2002 Share Posted May 12, 2002 im a loopus fan and im glad to listen their debut album ... what can i say ... [10/10] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest shaggy_wheres_scooby[at]hotmail[ Posted May 31, 2002 Share Posted May 31, 2002 9/10. Incrediably fresh and sooo funky, this has restored my love of psy, The race for the ultimate bass line has been found many times on this album alone. My only negative would be that I want it on vinyl. Does anyone know of any similar stuff ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sheedee54[at]yahoo[dot]com Posted June 2, 2002 Share Posted June 2, 2002 hooo.... NO JOKE! very, very good. this album will someday be marked in red. fresh style, very original, blows my mind to kibbles and bits. 10/10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest [Anonymous] Posted June 9, 2002 Share Posted June 9, 2002 trippy music, i love them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest foky80[at]hotmail[dot]com Posted June 29, 2002 Share Posted June 29, 2002 Loopus in Fabula will become a classic. It's so melodic, funky and twisted, that it makes me laugh like a looney when dancing/mixing it. Their unique style shows us there is a lot of evolution to come in psychedelic trance. This is so original that you must be careful when mixing it with something else. One question for anyone who knows something about production (i'm trying to produce something): how can you make this kind of basslines? what program/equipment can i use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ee2001[at]hotmail[dot]com Posted July 3, 2002 Share Posted July 3, 2002 sorry folks, can't agree here. i like minimal and fullon stuff, but this is neither. it's chaotic trance with melodies that aren't melodies. some of rythms are nice and it is produced well, but the creativity you all praise so much, often sounds like random soundsamples put together. only suitable for serious acid-heads. 2/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ee2001[at]hotmail[dot]com Posted July 13, 2002 Share Posted July 13, 2002 hm, how could I dare to question the wonderful influence of acid consumption... well, I did not. I dared to state that I think this music is so caotic it is only enjoyable when on something like acid. And - as the last review reveals - the open-minded fans of loopus already show symptoms of massive acid over-consumption , like e.g. a total lack of brain activity. Greetings, ee2001. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest will Posted July 20, 2002 Share Posted July 20, 2002 wonderful funky stuff, has a lot in common with koxbox later stuff. Refreshing, it is good to see artists take a chance. Because it is so groovy the tracks hold together even though they go of on a tangent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oOo_OoO Posted August 9, 2002 Share Posted August 9, 2002 this is quality. reminds of koxbox - the great unknown, still it's unique. this one's to be highlighted, the best release so far this year together with x-dream - irritant. woho! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeller Posted May 25, 2008 Share Posted May 25, 2008 what an album!! this is just soooo funky, it got the good elements of lots of genres I love allmost all of his work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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