Guest Acidhive Posted June 3, 2001 Share Posted June 3, 2001 Bandit - Looking For The Element Artist: Bandit Title: Looking For The Element Label: MDMA Date: 2001 Track listing: 01. 10'10" Yash 02. 09'25" Radio Funk 03. 10'25" Looking For The Element 04. 07'28" Intellectual 05. 10'38" Cycle Record 06. 08'40" Classic Dance 07. 07'18" Another Dimension 08. 08'29" 24 Hours And Still Awake Review: Bandit: A guy from Israel called Shay Pur. Anyone know this guy? I don't, but he sure makes good music...! I bought this from Psyshop, and they called it: Israelien Atmos... I guess that's as good a definition as any. This album consists of 8 quite long tracks, and it's pretty much sounding like Atmos, only with a little harder and weirder edge to it. I'll go by it from track to track... and try to explain each track... I think this is how people want to see their reviews, at least I hope so...!! Track1: Has lots of drum samples, which are played reversed, so it sounds pretty weird. With a nice pulsing beat and some atmos like sounds, this is a great starter, although this doesn't have a key melody, like most Atmos songs do. Nevertheless, great intro track! Next up Planet Funk, which starts with a low bass frequency and slowly let's a kickdrum flow in.. Again some acidic like sounds and a simple bassmelody. Weird voices in the background with effects on them, and suddenly a little melody kicks in, and some female shouting something like: "I need to hear you scream my name, Punk...!!" etc. This sample comes back a couple of times, until mister Pur covers it with a Chorus effect. This song is pretty good too, and this does have a little melody that comes back every now and then.. As does that low bass frequency...! Yummy! Ok. Track 3: the title track. Starts with strange voices with effects... (Mr. Pur does like his weird voices, they are present in almost every track...! !) Again a pulsing kickdrum with a simple bassmelody. This one has more of these growling like noises and filters, and some percussions again. This one also has this nice acidic melody coming back every now and then. The track constantly warps and changes... But every now and then that melody comes back. This clearly reminds me of Atmos, and especially of tracks like: The Only Process. This track is the best example of this album's style... It's like Atmos dipped in an Israelien psy sauce... Ok. on to track4: One of the shortest songs on this album, it has lots of voices again. A different kickdrum, this song starts more like a Sandman like song (witchcraft early days Sandman-like anyway) with an evil sounding melody, which sounds like a horror movie of sorts. Percussions and strange noises again. This one doesn't really have melodies, it's more like Yash... Pretty driving and a little difference for in between. Track5: Longest track of this cd, this one has a great part at 8 min! utes or so, you think it's over and suddenly you're back in it again, and the number reaches it's climax! One of the best songs on this album. It has lots (and I do mean lots) of strange sounding voices, which can't be understood because of the weird effects on them. This song has that Atmos-flavour again. Great stuff. On to Track6: Sounds more like Track 1 & 4 again, strange noises, simple bassmelody, great kickdrum and lots of acidic like scratching noises... Has a simple 303 melody, which is more background like and not so 'present' as most melodies often are. This song has a hypnotic flavour too, because of the repeating voice, but I don't quite understand what it says... Ok, on to Track 7: The weirdest song on this cd, it has strange effects all over, and the same kickdrum and simple bass melody like structure again. It's pretty weird, it's like Hux-Flux goes Atmos, but Israel style... Weird, I can't explain it properly, but it works...! Not bad, although it does contain another Matrix sample...!!! Arrghhh!! Can't those Israeliens be more original??!! Anyway, not bad. On to track8, the final one. A bit slower in the BPM range than the rest, but not very much so. It still kicks, and is not the usual quiet ambient like song that Goa artists seem to like to pull off as final track... This one is again filled with lots of noises and percussion, and a simple melody that goes on and on, and some acidic like effects ... And that concludes the album! Overall, this album really surprised me! I think this is certainly not bad for a first effort, and with some more experience, this guy could well be the second Atmos!! (only a little harder) I can enjoy t! his album from the first to the last track!! I recommend this to anyone looking for a little fresh psychedelic trance! And since this is not minimalistic, those looking for non-minimalism can welcome this too!! So... 8/10 from me... Bom Shankar!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest wouter Posted June 4, 2001 Share Posted June 4, 2001 Boring album...His sound is pretty OK but his tracks seem to go nowhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest goa[at]c4[dot]com Posted June 4, 2001 Share Posted June 4, 2001 Nice one indeed and a good surprise, the label is Agnosia, not MDMA (they just distribute) an Israeli house label, believe it or not. Israeli airy crunch, strong scando influence- I like it, though it lacks a bit on the story side. Favorites: 1, 3, 6, 7, 8. If you like this check also FireWire compilation from Optimus. Shay Pur has two tracks there under the name Z-Domain. Bomshankar! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Acidhive Posted June 6, 2001 Share Posted June 6, 2001 For mr. Goa above here.. I know it's Agnosia, cuz it says so on the cd, but since MDMA handled the worldwide distribution, Children decided to put that label on instead, which is a good thing in my opinion... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ArchNemesis Posted June 13, 2001 Share Posted June 13, 2001 This is awesome Atmos-styled psytrance. But it's better than Atmos in many ways, especially in the aggressive front. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AMP-Ganesh - ampbr[at]hotmail[do Posted July 15, 2001 Share Posted July 15, 2001 Nice album, some cool hard sounds. Nice start for a young artist. Acifhive, nice review About the labels, I think both labels should be displayed, so the producers and the distribution people will be happy. Be well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freak51 Posted July 22, 2001 Share Posted July 22, 2001 I listened to this and tried to get into it - but failed. For me, 5.5/10. It's not bad, I just find myself bored. But then again it took me months to get into Atmos, so who knows? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sunconscious Posted August 12, 2001 Share Posted August 12, 2001 all the tracks are in reverse alphabetical order Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Setsuko Posted December 15, 2001 Share Posted December 15, 2001 this album is good. although it's not an album to listen entire. there are some good tunes on this one but my favourite is 'another dimension' with the amazing melody in the end of the track ... just fantastic. I must say the music quality sounds pretty ok . great work. psychedelic rating : 7/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Cocco Posted December 19, 2001 Share Posted December 19, 2001 This is not great in my honest opnion. I do like the bass lines and some of the parts in several tracks. What truly hurts this album is that lady's voice! They are childish, I mean that they sound like some black woman singing and then they loop her annoying voice and mix it over and over, making it sound more and more tweaked each time. (pitch or frequency change possibly?) These voices are on more than one track. I have only heard the album once, but I remember that it wasn't as great as I hoped for. I agree that for a first album, Bandit has potential and this does not suck. Unfortunatly, the voices do get mighty repititive and it does hurt the experience of the lasting appeal. On the dance floor it probably sounds real good because of the beats and bass lines, but I don't feel anything while listening to this album on the head phones. Bandit is powerful, but power without direction, unless its purpose of direction is to get you on the dance floor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Cocco Posted December 20, 2001 Share Posted December 20, 2001 With more listening, I do appreciate tracks 1, 7 and 3 the most, followed by track 8. Sadly, the voices in track 2 of the lady saying, "I need to hear you scream my name, Punk...!!!" is EXTREMELY ANNOYING and I WISH it did NOT exist! It is cheezy and repetitive! Both tracks 7.)- "Another Dimension," and track 1.)- "Yash" have lots of originality and they constantly surprise me with twists and turns of psychedelic rhythm & melody. This album is somewhat progressive however, and tracks 2, 5, and 6 just sound waaaaaaaaaay to repetitive! However, I do enjoy several tracks here and I HOPE that Bandit learns from this album and focus's more on the awesome, darker, more beautiful and unprectible sounds like in tracks 7 and 1, when he or they come out with their next album. Also, PLEASE KILL THOSE LADY VOICES OR SAMPLES FOR FUTURE REFERENCE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest the dank man Posted February 18, 2002 Share Posted February 18, 2002 Good progressive-edge, Atmos/Klangstrahler Projekt style. A little darker than light Atmos tracks, a little lighter than most dark Atmos tracks. Very nice overall. Perfect, daytime music for outdoor parties. When everyone has woken up, this music would be good to change to from the early morning "morning trance" (Medicine Drum, and so on...) Works at ealy night too. 8/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest the dank man Posted February 18, 2002 Share Posted February 18, 2002 Very good album if you like minimal. Excellent mix of minimal French/Scandinav trance. Album starts off more airy and progressive (like Atmos or Klangstrahler), but finishes off in a more Neuromotor style. Very high quality stompers here which are pretty original-sounding. Best trax: 3,4,6. Highly recommend it, even though it's Israeli music, it sounds much better than that. ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anoebis Posted February 19, 2002 Share Posted February 19, 2002 I thought this album was slow and boring... Somehow it sounds like Atmos, but more housy... Yukkk Bom Shankar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest [Anonymous] Posted March 4, 2002 Share Posted March 4, 2002 i agree with the coment that there is no direction in his tracks. the sound is good but thats about it 6/10 it can get beter(but also worse) ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Defbydelta... Posted March 7, 2002 Share Posted March 7, 2002 i think; 24 Hours And Still Awake is one hell of a good track!! like it very mush!! its heavy dark and simple but damn its groovy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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