Atmos And Echo-Lab - Overlap

[mars]

This album is good. there are several tries in different styles. A good

production, good ideas, typical northern styles melted, just in roder to make

a casual album.

It doesn't try to surprise you but at least it's cool.

7.5/10

[Guest iNFiNiTi500]

Well, we all loved HEADCLEANER (even people in the minimal hate camp) so what

would OVERLAP bring?

Old Painless is an absolute killer track, a slow starter, even somewhat clubby

and really hypnotic towards the end. Pure good old psychedelica.

Three Orange Lights is a bit more chilled out and uses excellent tribal

drumming in the background and some good sample use.

Mark 13 is somewhat like X-dream with the brake on. A psychedelic rythm that

goes on and on and on...Not particulary interesting.

Random Landlord is an uplifting typical ATMOS style floorkiller which has an

excellent melodic style break in the middle and a tempo increase towards the

end.

Mental Luggage is more tribal with some annoying GMS alike ugly sounds in it.

The melody that returns a few times during the track saves it from total

ugliness.

Lobsterfunk is another attempt at minimalism with some funky undertones but the

track leads to nowhere.

Kein Aber Doctor is a classic but one wonders why it is included here.

Always in control is a dreamy ambient dub track with a very cool melody(very

early prodigy "android") and an occasional flute. I don't particularly like

the Leftfield alike use of (rap) samples. But a very daring track indeed.

The final verdict: good album with some excellent songs, some medicore/boring

and some ancient ones found on numerous of compils.

Dare I therefore say a somewhat pointless debut on Flying Rhino from Mr.Atmos.

Next time release an album with only unreleased NEW songs please. People might

feel cheated when purchasing this.

[Jeto]

Atmos And Echo-Lab - Overlap

 

 

Artist: Atmos And Echo-Lab

Title: Overlap

Label: Flying Rhino

Date: 2001

 

Track listing:

 

01. 08'36" Old Painless

02. 07'56" Three Orange Lights

03. 08'26" Mark.13

04. 08'19" Random Landlord

05. 09'25" Mental Luggage

06. 06'52" Logsterfunk

07. 09'25" Klein Aber Doctor

08. 04'40" Always In Control (Red Seal Mix)

 

Review:

 

This Atmos album is diffrent compared to what I expected.

Nevertheless it still is kicking very hard in all directions.

You can't describe it too much. All I can say is if you like more bouncy

sounds with a lot of psychedelic mayhem all around you. Get this one!

My only problem is why did he put such an old track the original of

Klein Aber Doctor.

[Anoebis]

Well, I thought this Cd was a little "flat"... Not enough depth! The songs have

that typical warm, hypnotic Atmos-style, but there's no song (exept Klein Aber

Doctor) that touches your soul!! And that's what we may expect from an artist

as Atmos IMO...

Best song is by far Klein Aber Doctor but I also dunno what that is doing on

this cd... Other véry good song is "Random Landlord" Typical groovy

Atmos-style and rather uplifting. But those two stand out for me... The

Ambient track "Always in control" is also good, but other songs are mediocre.

6/10 Bom Shankar

[GaySatanicHippie]

Well, Atmos was my favourite artist and he still kind of is. All tracks on here

are very, very, good and I think there is a lot of soul in all of them, much

more than in other artists, which is why I like Atmos so much. Old Painless is

perfect morning sound, three orange lights is one of the best chil-out tracks

ever made, Mark 13 is very slow, but I like it, its something different. I

think track 4 is Mental Luggage and 5 is Random Landlord, they mixed that up.

Both are good in their own way, Mental Luggage is very uplifting and has

perfect sounds that fit together like they were meant to be together. Random

Landlord is very interesting, too, dark noises that seem like thhey are

talking to you. Lobsterfunk I dont like that much and the last two tracks are

known, Klein aber Doctor being the absolute bomb that we know it is. The last

track is a very nice remix of always in Control.

Anyway, if this was all unreleased material, 9,5/10. BUT IT ISNT. There are

only four songs on here that are previously unreleased, Old Painless, Three

Orange Lights, Mark 13 and Lobsterfunk. Mental Luggage was on some MDMA

compilation, Random Landlord on the Live from Germany CD, Klein aber Doktor is

very old and the original of Always in Control was on the re:evolution2. If

you are really into Atmos like I am there is not much to be discovered here,

to me its more like a new EP that came out. If you dont have any Atmos yet, GO

GET IT!!!. Cause then its really worth it. I am still waiting for the real

follow up to Headcleaner, this some intermediate thing, I guess thats why they

call it Atmos and Friends.BUT the music is still good after all, and thats all

that counts. I'd still rather buy these four new Atmos tracks for the price of

an LP then buy 8 unreleased tracks by most other artists that just sound

soulless and flat, like IM for example, cause Atmos songs just have soul and

they feel alive. There is always so much to discover in Atmos songs, I can

listen to them over and over and over and they just dont get boring.

[Guest slinker]

Nice start i love the mellow deep trance aspect of the first track

alot...really atmos style!..slow and spaced out Three Orange lights....nice to

chill out too, great breaks and instruments rolled together. Mark,13 rolls

along deliriously..quite minimal but very thought provoking...dark trance i

have to say. Random Landlord generates a nice building track which evolves and

hooks you from the start...typical atmos style again. Mental Luggage veers

towards the experimental tip i actually really like this those scary noises

and rhythms work well!...Lobsterfunk is a very intelligent track, but i have

to say i hate the sample and it just annoys what could have been a great

track! Klein Aber Doctor atmos in one!!..say no more and to end it all Allways

in Control silly hip-hop samples invade a nice mashed tune!

i really dont like it very much...

With the exception of the last track the whole album has impressed me

alot...very intelligent so much to hear and take in atmos-pheric bliss!...who

da hell is echolab?? lol =^,^=

[DeathPosture]

Hmmm.... I have the exact same feelings about this cd as I do about

Headcleaner. Sometimes it RULES and sometimes is too boring... Some ppl ask

who Echolab are.... They are: Henrik Jonsson and Tomasz Galicki!! Rating 6.8/10! Bom shankar!

[freak51]

I finally got a chance to listen to this one. Mental Luggage is a great track.

Klein Aber Doktor is really tired, put it to sleep already. I have no time

for Red Seal. Random Landlord is not bad, but not good enough to rescue this

CD. Leftovers, for the true fans of Atmos only. Otherwise, better to spend

the bucks on something else. 4/10

[Guest Tequila]

I like atmos, so I didn't hesitate in buying his new album...But rapidly, I

felt that there was something missing in this album, and it is what made the

previous one so great, freshness, variation and journey-like tracks.

here, the tracks aren't that original, just some basic atmos sound without his

usual sound, and finally a very short CD, 60 minutes:-(

and in addition to this, there is one track previously released on it - klein

aber doktor - and one ridiculously short track;track 8.

So what do we have here? one killer chill track, 3 orange lights (really

beautiful), 2 basic tracks that can sound good if you're in a good mood, and

the rest is basic, boring, or previously released.But just for the second

track, I have no regret.6/10

[Guest Sheng_jen[at]shpongle[dot]com]

I may not be the one to say something about this album. Atmos is my absolute

favourite act on the scene today. Its starts with old painless that is a soft

pure Atmos stylish track. Three orange lights, that comes next is evenj more

chilled down and wonderful. Track nr.3 Mark 1.3 is a good proggressive track

where we kinda meet Atmos harder style. Then we got random landlord, this i

think is my favourite, pure atmos style. Nr. 5 is mental luggage, this one is

actually called Random landlord on yhe FR compilation "live in germany". But i

love it a lot, to bad i got it alredy. Lobster funk, which is track nr.6 is a

funky track with some organ chords in it. Klein aber doctor is next, now we

all know its an exellent track but its old. But i dont complain because i

didnt have it until now. But i can surely understand why there is some

complaining about it. The last track Always in control (red seal), is a

downbeat track. Red seal has done one killa remix once again.

I rate this record 9.5/10 It had got a ten if it had only new songs on it.

[Guest manicmagicmmushroomman[at]hotmai]

I hated this CD to start with - but it has truely crept up on me! Great for

smoky days, but not so good at the party. Normally I find this style of

trance soooooo dull, but there is more than enough going on here to keep me

happy. I too agree that putting on KAB does take the piss somewhat, but It is

still an absolutely amazing track, and I ownly owned mixed remixes of it until

now, so it is nice to be able to play the whole unadulterated thing.

[Guest ArguZ[at]lotuscars[dot]de]

Oh boyz and görlZ....he did it again... so phriiik´n cool tunes ...it´s worth

another month of "Taschengeld"

Lobsterfunk has very cool speed changes in it and did anyone made sex to this

track ?...it´s so damn hipshaking.

I just love his sound, he has depth...Old painless sounds best when crossing

the alpes in an open car in the early morning sun strokes after a happy people

party %]

[Guest Goa Spirit]

The only thing that saves this album is Random Landlord..... the rest are umm

.. quite blah. FR trying to make some money for themselves here... come on

man,, when you hit upon a good sound.. stick with it, or atleast try and make

a couple of tracks like Headcleaner... anyway this one is way too

experimental.. they don't hit the mark, though they try a lot of interesting

things... Random landlord rules though... Peace

[Guest rx7style]

Boring, very boring. I could just fall asleep... zzzZZZzzzZZZ

[madpup]

Interesting note; Random Landlord sounds a whole lot lik e the track Chab -

Tunelling, which is a progressive trance track and can be heard on Anthony

Pappa - Nubreed compilation, almost sounds like two very similar remixes of

the same song. Anyone heard both tracks and agree/disagree?

[Guest otaku]

This CD easily rocks as much as Headcleaner and is as groovy as one would

expect Atmos to be.Its cool to jam to in a club or to kick back with some

buddha and chill.Everyone loves Klein Aber Doctor, but the other songs are

good too.Just step outside your Hallucinogen and X Dream boxes and check out

this CD.10/10

[Guest pralien[at]shpongle[dot]com]

Very interesting release, deep, technoey and clever....If you like "bedtime"

stories get this all along with HEADCLEANER...

8/10

[Guest Louie la mouche]

Monday,april 29, 2002.

I've had an intense love affair with music ever since i can remember and my

mind is opened to any genre of music that's not forced on me. I love

psychedelic Trance but i am perfectly aware that most of it is sound over

substance and that very few recordings will pass the test of time. Some of it

relies so much on Lsd for full effect that i've seen people who couldn't

discern wether it was good Acid or good music. Though for some of us it should

be both, clearly music shouldn't need any outside stimulation to unleash its

ancient power. Atmos is definitely an acquired taste. It took me a bit longer

to like Atmos than more sonically sensational stuff but through experience i

think the best music has to be listened to few times to be understood or

recognised. Except for the brilliant "Klein uber Doctor" this is not really

Party music but makes for great listening. If you want to bodytrance listen to

"so nice you name it twice" (Like most of the best Trance tracks this is not

to be found on any album.). Atmos has developed it's own distinctive sound and

has been much imitated(how many trance artists can you recognise within

seconds of listening?) and doesn't try to impress with trite mad scientists

samples and speaker blowing "havin'it large" build ups(although that can be

fun with a head full the right stuff). you need to take your time to listen to

this album and it's not a bad thing. This is much more chilled than

"headcleaner" which i liked very much for it's hypnotic quality. Lobsterfunk

is quiet pointless though and doesn't seem to belong here...sounds like

half-assed club music. A.Pro X is subtle and great to play loud when trying to

fall asleep(!??).Overall Atmos has made some great music so far and has that

substance which crosses the divides of musical genres but need to make a more

definitive album. Shit! This sounds like a school report: good but could do

better,need to try harder...

[seraph]

Very good album...It is not as mellow and liquid as HEADCLEANER but it is

almost as good...It is more experimental, progressive and minimal at some

stages but not in a single minute gets boring...Collaboration succeded....Best

on album : 1,2,4,5,7....8/10

[Sideffect...]

This is to experimental for my taste. The baseline isn't inspiring enough,

and it becomes dull after a while. Maybe I've expected to much because

of 'headcleaner'. The album is different and original that's true.

The collaboration didn't work for me.

"Klein aber doctor" is an amazing track. The pure essence of progressive.