Asterope Posted May 2, 2002 Share Posted May 2, 2002 This ambient project is the best comp I've ever heard ! In each track, you can hear and feel the story that Raja&co are trying to tell !!! Track n°1, by Process is here my favourite. This track is very very slow, far away from Shpongle tunes, the whole thing is incredibly good, relaxing, good for chilling. Listen to that fantastic flutes at 14'00, so good 9.5/10!! Track n°2, by Hallucinogen himself is also very good. The intro, in which Simon tells the Yeti's story is wonderful ! The rest is of course as stunning, but the rythm on this one is faster than Process's track. 9/10 Track n°3, by Total Eclipse, is a bit less good, but by the way, it's still gret. I love flutes, with a fast trance rythm near 9'20 !! 8.5/10 Track n°4, by Doof, is too minimalistic for me, nothing really happens in it, but obviously it's not bad. 7/10. So, if you can find it, go and buy this jewel immediatly !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seraph Posted June 7, 2002 Share Posted June 7, 2002 P E R F E C T EVEN BETTER THAN THE REAL THING 1 2 / 1 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest yourpast[at]earthlink[dot]net Posted July 2, 2002 Share Posted July 2, 2002 I cant tell if this albums is hillarious or just plain weird - just listen to the herb garden .. lol Either way you must get it -- 10/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soem aeld Posted August 22, 2002 Share Posted August 22, 2002 I think the Process track and Doof track are by far the very best this CD has to offer. Hallucinogen does what he always does, no news here. Total Eclipses track sounds kinda amateurish to me.. 10/10 to Track 1 and 4, 7.5/10 to Track 2 and 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abasio Posted November 5, 2006 Share Posted November 5, 2006 A really fantastic album. Total brilliance from all involved, especially good if listened to right after the 1st installment as it really is like a story. MOTY 1 was I think much more ambient & this is louder with more powerful beats & bass. Process - Under Mount Kailash starts us off in the same style as the 1st CD then halfway through Hallucinogen - The Herb Garden it ups the pace just a little bit, Total Eclipse - Freefalling Upwards & Doof - High On Mount Kailash continue in the same vein bringing the story to a close. It's ultra pyshedelic. Sit back & think of mountains & play this, it'll take you to another place in another world Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abasio Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 Various Artists The Mystery of the Yeti 2 TIP.World Released 1999 Tracklist 01. Process - Under Mount Kailash 16:45 02. Hallucinogen - The Herb Garden 14:37 03. Total Eclipse - Freefalling Upwards 15:21 04. Doof - High On Mount Kailash 13:26 After hearing the first Mystery of the Yeti album I must say I was a little over eager to hear the follow up. Due to my anticipation I was fully prepared to be let down by this album. I was not however prepared for it to be better that the first installment, but it is! Absolutely amazing! Instead of collaborating on every track each genious has written his own track under a general theme set down my the first album. The result is more individuality but the tracks manage to flow together as a cohesive journey just as well if not better than the first. This is a definite must in anyone's collection, really! Not just ambient fans but fans of music! This is the sort of album that can get you into downtempo music! Process - Under Mount Kailash This intros with a familiar drone from the first album, this really helps in setting the mood and I instantly feel like this is a continuation of the journey. Last time I had been dumped outside the mountain after being inside & now I feel like I'm in the middle of our world again surrounded by mystery & confusion. Big slow stabby beats give us a bit of order though & the random confusing part of the track gives way to a more structured if still rather random piece of music. Little stabs of melody come in & out & in & out again. The whole track leaves me with a sense of ordered chaos. Standing outside with my eyes closed listening as my imagination goes wild. When the flute comes in at the end it's transition is a little too sudden & it doesn't feel very connected to the rest of the track. Strange how the most structured part of a random track should be the least fitting. Hallucinogen - The Herb Garden Without a doubt, Hallucinogen's greatest track. This makes me think that Simon Posford should forget his upbeat stuff & concentrate on a full length, downbeat solo album. This track is way beyond anything on Twisted or The Lone Deranger & of course way beyond any of his disappointing compilations tracks after TLD. The utterly twisted vocal samples are his best to date. Very trippy and a focal point to fill the mind. The baseline, the beats, the melody and all the background cries add up to complete brilliance. The vocals are about finding the Yeti through trance but all the important parts are too distorted to follow. The effect is complete indulgence. My brain is torn apart trying to follow the music which involves some really nice acoustic guitars, and trying to understand the message about the Yeti.]The timing of the beats & the ambient parts and the vocal are just about as perfect as is the timing of the melodies & other sounds. This is a track that shows me just why Simon Posford is considered such a genious. His trance though for me just doesn't compare to his ambient. Total Eclipse - Freefalling Upwards The relaxed CD on Violent Relaxation was great but still nothing compared to this track. It not only has the shamanic feel previously felt in the Yeti chronicles but it also has that feeling of freefalling, upwards! Something I've obviously never done but have now managed to experience through music. Thank you Total Eclipse. The trip-a-long beats, the rising synth drones & every little sound add to an upward rushing feel but still feels grounded & earthy. It could be that while my body & vision are fixed firmly on the ground while my mind races higher & higher. The longer the track goes the more real the feeling feels. Just close your eyse & let your mind soar & you will rise above all your petty troubles into a world of enlightened bliss. It's a shame the track has to stop but Total Eclipse does it perfectly. Suddenly the movement stops & we are left with ambience. It feels like I've gone up & up & up into a big chamber filled with me but it slowly fills up with more & more souls it breaks releasing a familiar YETI drone as if I've broken through the top! Doof - High on Mount Kailash Standing on the top of the world has it's own atmosphere, even watching in silence is a feeling of disbelief at the incredibility of where you are & what you are seeing. Such wonderment always gives rise to fantasy & fantasy is what this track is brimming with. Any moment you can expect to see the Yeti from the corner of your eye but I'm afraid when you shift your focus on to it, it disappears from sight all together. When the music leaves & the darkness sets in it leaves a sense of bleakness, but a beautiful bleakness, like being all alone surrounded by God's work. When the baseline & vocals come in however it's almost eerie how such beautiful music can come from such bleakness. And in the midst of all this he stands, The Yeti! Finally after an epic journey, the enlightened stand before the shaman's god. He calls to me. The abominable snowman maybe uncaught, unspecified but not unhonored. We are here, we will honour him, we will praise the name Banjankri until we breathe no more. Doof has managed the perfect ending not only to this 4 part journey but to the 8 part journey that has been the Mystery of the Yeti. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sawfly Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 Great album, the Hallucinogen track is the best one Simon has ever produced. Can't beat the first one though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qa2pir Posted March 8, 2008 Share Posted March 8, 2008 The Herb Garden is rather cheesy. I would prefer his dense, dark and precise trance tracks any day. This is a great album, however. The intro track by Process is especially impressive, with its cold atmosphere and relieving melodic climax! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trance2MoveU Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 It was pretty good. I felt the first track took way to long to get interesting, but it eventually picked up. Loved the flute at the end. The Hallucinogen track was quality, but I found the Total Eclipse track to be delicious. A little bit of everything. The Doof track was also a slow starter but the droning chants at the end put me into a higher state. Not bad, but not anything I would listen to on a regular basis. Mdk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abasio Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 It was pretty good. I felt the first track took way to long to get interesting, but it eventually picked up. Loved the flute at the end. The Hallucinogen track was quality, but I found the Total Eclipse track to be delicious. A little bit of everything. The Doof track was also a slow starter but the droning chants at the end put me into a higher state. Not bad, but not anything I would listen to on a regular basis. Mdk Have you listened to it directly after the first part? Have you ever followed it up with The Infinity Project's - Mystical Experiences. If you have a spare 3 hours somewhere, try them back to back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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