Lotus Omega - Recycle Bin

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Lotus Omega - Recycle Bin

 

 

Artist: Lotus Omega

Title: Recycle Bin

Label: Zillion Mental Anarchie

Date: 2000

 

Track listing:

 

01. 07'49" Mastermind

02. 11'18" Kuru Kuru

03. 08'21" Renegade

04. 09'01" Flower Of Life

05. 09'13" Beauty And The Beast

06. 12'32" Diwali

07. 08'03" Deep Sea

 

Review:

 

It's obvious that the guys of Lotus Omega don't often go out of Ibiza

island, and they dont perform live easily. So here you have a sample of

their inimitable style. This is a very brutal one, but what a madness on a

dancefloor! Always remember (before you read the rest of the review) that

-I- found this album very good And creative, but I believe many people wont

think the same... we'll see later. I forgot to tell you: If you happen

to suffer from heart trouble, call an ambulance before listening to this

album! Moreover it should be listened to at once, from the begining to the

end, imo. All the tracks are quite the same. here, no fine

instruments, no nice bassline, no dancefloor-oriented kicks: everything is

fat And hard. the rythm is always the same: a fast "bom-bom-bom-bom...",

and imagine a set of weird noisy sounds over this. The melody?: scratchy

& wobbly samples! Just like a chainsaw butchery. What's good in

this? Ok: in each track there is quite a sort of magic thing that makes it an

original piece of artwork, something that makes you dance even if your ears

sense it's horrible. Just lively! The tracks now: 1 "Mastermind" is

one of the worst ones. Quite good, a good control of all the instruments, and

a good moving transition at the end that's all. 2 "Kuru Kuru" is like a

militray tune. Imagine you're crushed by a tank regiment. So many good wobbly

sounds... Now you understand the sense of the title of the album. really

excellent. 3 "Renegade" is a bit like Kuru Kuru minus the delicacy! You can

hear twisting sounds everywhere, destroying breaking patterns full of noisy

& computer sounds. a very good work on the drumloops. 4 "Flower of

Life" operates a change in the rythm of the album: now you're on lightspeed.

The rythm is vert fast & soft, still a bit military, but the sounds

behind this are twisting everywhere, entering by one ear, coming out by the

other....wow!! There is an excellent sequence of pure dancefloor atmosphere

at 7:00. impossible to describe this piece...rhaaa...incredible. 5 "Beauty

and the Beast" returns to the first style of the album, a bit

like Mastermind. I don't understand this track although there are really

good psychedelic souds sometimes. Maybe it's because the rythm is a

bit shifted... 6 "Diwali" is a bit like Flower of Life. The kicks arrange

nicely with the rest of the 'instruments'. some sounds are falling, as if the

synths had bugged, and sometimes you remind of the little sounds you liked in

Crop Circles tracks. 7 "Deep Sea" is amazing: it's ambient. but NOT ANY

form of ambient: it's Lotus Omega ambient. this track consists in a cool

melody that repeats everytime, with a very cool rythm compared to what you've

listened to before. Sometimes there are remainings of the weird sounds from

the rest of the album. At the end another cool melody adds to the first. It's

refresing. Ok, it's not a masterpiece of ambient, but you can apreciate to

end on this cool note. My final opinion is that if you like very hard

psychedelic trance, without compromises, this album is for you. If you're

more delicate...you'll die before the end. This album looks a bit like the

Hux Flux one. As for me, i liked it a lot: 7.5/10>>express

message to MM d'Amato & Scrimizzi: Stop smoking chillum on Beniras, guys!

Come And perform live in France please!>>

[Guest Nico_Steinacker[at]hotmail[dot]c]

Track 4 7:00 is really the best passage - it´s fast and hard. The rest of the

album is just good. - Rate: 7,2/10 *no fun* - VJ LOGIC.

[Guest ChrisdeeACiD]

This is as hard and pumping goa gets! The hardest and most psycho goa I've ever

heard! ... Get this psycho shit right away...

[Guest Cnt97]

Not very well mastered. The soundpicture is very "closed" and I get the feeling

that the recording is recorded in too high volume. This is a good album

otherwise! I'd like to see a re-mastered version

[Guest francofrankera[at]aol[dot]com]

Killer !!!!!! This is my opinion about this cd , all track except Deep Sea

(Great Ambient)is powerful ,dark , hard and psycho , the best cd that I heard

, O MAIS PUXADO!!!!!!!! Bom Shankar

[Guest ARBEL]

My opinion is..... how we say that word ... ho i remember

 

GOOD!

[Anoebis]

This CD is really psycho for sure... But too many songs go absolutely wrong...

But 2 songs are very good on this CD imo!!! Beauty and the Beast is a killer!!

I played it on a party and everybody went crazy!!! The other good song is the

last one which is downtempo and not really Trance. I would give it 6/10. Bom

Shankar

[Guest luisgr76[at]hotmail[dot]com]

Like always PUTUFO do it again, he said that sucks but these album its a really

killer, only comparable whit Hux Flux Cryptic crunch 10/10 Track 2 very sick.

[Guest PsyTranceRules.dk]

I love those weirdo noises 8/10..but trust me! you haven't heard the best yet -

tjeck out "The Blazer" that's what I call a BadAssTrack!!

[Nomad]

Just got it, and i can not see how i'll ever like this album. It will have it's

moments maybe, but not convinced. The kick is reaaaally annoying and i just

cant get past it.

[Guest psyentist]

FUUUUUUCKKKKKKK! DOoooN'T STOP I am now fully deranged, you don't like it

okay!. I AM ONE HEAVY EXPERIMENTING PSYCO AND THIS, how's it go..... FUCK'S

ME UP.

[Guest Carsten]

I think that's very good night stuff and also the older tracks from LOTUS

OMEGA! :-)

[Guest s.f.IO]

In a nice night set, you can play this music and believe me, it works.

Bom Shankar

[Guest [Anonymous]]

This is good stuff. The whole album is strong and gets into your brain like a

chainsaw. Fantastic! Very cool and bizarre noises here. I will give it 8 of

10. Keep up the nasty and freaky work!!

[Guest lpapadogiannis[at]hotmail[dot]co]

I think that Lotus Omega have to try more than this!!!For a first album it's

not bad!The possitive of this work,is that their music is very diferent that

the groups of italian scene!!!!

[Guest Timothy Yarret]

pretty shitty production innit? lo fi punk rok trance though some

of the tunes are pretty good, esp. 'mastermind'+ 'deep sea' . the former being

one of the most demented trance tunes i know of, if the rest was all that

crazy spasticated style then i would like this album a lot more, as it is it

actually gets quite tedious and painful to listen, i don't if i could handle

seeing them live if only because theyd be playing on a huge soundsystem

[Guest [Anonymous]]

KILLER ALBUM !!! 11/10.

[Guest will]

Hercules and friends must be commended for releasing a full album of the most

elusive trance act. Lotus Omega remained for years with their best tracks only

on DAT although there were several releases and collaborations on various

compilation CDs. Indeed Lotus Omega make really hard underground tripped out

music which some may not appreciate but i really love it and some of their DAT

tracks rocked the Greek Scene for several years. ZMA is definately a good

representative for the Greek scene worldwide which is maybe under appreciated

but has been kicking ass for many years now. The parties this summer should

definately open a few eyes.

 

Unfortunately this CD is not a comprehensive release, there are some tracks

from the early days such as Daffy Duck, Don't Think and other tracks which

remain as Lotus Omega - ??? on DAT tapes worldwide which should be released

for general consumption now as they are definately played out in the party

scene. So Hercules can you hear us?

[Trance2MoveU]

 

Artist: Lotus Omega

Title: Recycle Bin

Label: Zillion Mental Anarchie Records

Date: February, 2000

 

01. 07'49" Mastermind
02. 11'18" Kuru Kuru
03. 08'21" Renegade
04. 09'01" Flower Of Life
05. 09'13" Beauty And The Beast
06. 12'32" Diwali
07. 08'03" Deep Sea

 

So this is what happened to the guys after Crop Circles broke up? The debut album of Lotus Omega and it's the type of noisy crap you would expect in the year 2000. This is like breaking up with a chick and later that night seeing on the news she robbed a 7-11 and took hostages. Was the b*tch always this crazy? Did they all of a sudden become allergic to melodies? Maybe I'm playing it at the wrong speed.

 

It's one thing to make an annoying track, but to make them go on forever...that's just a blatant f*ck you to everyone. The first two tracks seemed like months of my life I'll never get back. I believe it's entirely possible they decided to make the worst music they possibly could just to see who would buy it. In which case kudos to them, that's f*cking funny.

 

If dubsteb is the sound of robots humping then this is the sound of that awkward moment when the male robot attempts to get outta there after hitting it. It's got a gritty underground sound and while most of the time that's a compliment...I'm going the other way. Everything is modulated and nothing is memorable. I just listened to it, but I couldn't tell you one track from another. This is what the feds use when they want to break down terrorists. Etnica's gotta be laughing their ass off.

 

The second halves of Beauty and the Beast and Diwali showed promise with actual melodies, but not enough to make me want to hear it again. Even the downtempo track at the end sounded like it didn't want to be here. I know music is all about taste, but this tastes like a sh*t sandwich.

 

 

Mdk

[Penzoline]

I must admit it's really hard to get into a style like this but goddamn, something about it tickles my fancy. Maybe it's the fact it indeed could be another one of those ultra minimalistic glitch-fests but somehow it reeks of fantastic dark goa layers instead(Lots of wetness) while being grooooOOoovey. Hard to recommend to anyone but the die hard psychedelic lovers. These tracks are a perfect fit in the middle of an old school psychedelic mix where things really take a turn into the crazy nighttime flavours.

 

A weird release no doubt especially considering it's timing! I just wish it had more prints because as of now the album sells for ~100 euros and even with it's history, it's not really worth THAT much.