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Guest infected99[at]hotmail[dot]com

i am just amazed of the great sound of the album.

its sure make u move chaitu i couldnt agree more.

but if anyones wants to hear a gr8 comp. buy pure mdma vol 2 by dj.dede of mdma

its a really stomping album and the combine between dede and gms well its just

whooosh...

tomer.

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Cosma - Simplicity

 

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Artist: Cosma

Title: Simplicity

Label: BNE

Date: 2001

 

Track listing:

 

01. Sleep Of Peace

02. Your 911

03. Out Of Range

04. Find Out

05. Simplicity

06. Cosmatic

07. Human Evolution

08. Saffy Smoke A Lot

09. Cusanam

 

Review:

 

The Best Israeli album of the year. Period. Superb sound and production -

Avihen has really worked wonders considering he is working with Audio only.

And the music ...Ranging from full on to progressive, ambient, clubby,

crunchy, and full on melodic stuff with a beautiful ethnic touch. This is the

scando - israeli sound at its best, and is guaranteed to rock dancefloors the

world over. Just get it!!!

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Guest iNFiNiTi500

After Psysex' Hardcore Blastoff another Phat album from Israel. This is gonna

raise some eyebrows since its a cross between hypnotic percussion stuff and

dark full-on and therefore "Simplicity" is gonna be a major step in the

evolution of the currently somewhat lackluster Isratrance scene. If u ever

dreamt about an Atmos versus IM album this is probably as good as it gets and

moreover it beats the technoshit outta both Overlap and BP Empire. I feel that

Cosma can occasionally bite a tad harder in some trax (read more wicked melody

changes and subtle breaks) so there is still room for improvement but for a

debut album this is amazing fresh and deep stuff. ... 8.5/10 Good Morning

Israel... glad that u finally woke up...

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Guest wouter

Good production, fat sounds...Too bad that almost every track starts very promising, but

loose impact by the use of too much and too long breaks. And in most cases what is

supposed to be the track's peak sounds almost the same as the first half. I

think Cosma needs a little more work on his song structure and get rid of all

those pointless breaks that ruin the groove anyway.

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NOT The Best Israeli album of the year. Period. Hardcore Blastoff and yes, BP

Empire blow this out of the water. Although it is a good album, I dont think

its great. I get bored with the tracks as they go. A lot of the trax sound

very "danceclub" oriented. The production is great though. The simplicity

track sounds very "shpongled" to me. I even hear the same samples i hear from

Shpongle songs on it. I dont know if that good or bad. Anyway, While it is a

good album, it didnt do anything special for me.

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Guest slinker

Awesome...bought solely on some of the recommendations above, and for one

minute im not dissapointed!

That last track i wish would go on for eternity!!!..ahhh

kinda reminds me of atmos a little..very well made and ill sure be looking out

for any new releases in the future =^,^= 10/10

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Guest [Anonymous]

oh my god! I really don't know what to say. This is a masterpiece. It's so

beautifull and mystical that you almost feel like you are somewhere else. Lay

down. Turn off all the lights around you. Put on the cd. And close your eyes.

This record will move you in so many ways. I get goose bumps when I hear music

like this. Get this cd now. I promise you won't get dissapointed. 10/10

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Guest salton[at]goatrance[dot]com

Good Album...

But I am sure it was influence a lot by ATMOS.

There are parts that COPIED FROM Atmos Tracks - And that a Shame..

Good Sound - yes, but come on listen to Space Cat,Astral Projection,Infected -

That's Good Sound...

For me the second part is better.

Summary : good cd (never excellent) but I think that evrybody started to

make party - from nothing spacial.

I would say in that this album is:

"Atmos For The Poor People" (And I don't think Atmos is so good..)

But I dont like to criticize trance maker..

So Inspite of all I wrote I advice to buy this cd if u don't

have something better to do...

 

Boom Shankar(And sorry Avichen - that's the true as I see It..)

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Guest rx7style

Pretty good album, but the first few tracks are actually pretty boring. This

sound is what I would describe as "minimal-melodic", where there's a solid

beat the whole way through the track [with a few breaks], and some spacey

melodious licks layered with others here and there. I've listened to the

album many times now, and nothing really stands out in this album, except

tracks 8 and 9 -- which are KILLER melodic tracks. Good flow with these

tunes, and there's some real intelligent thought been put into these tracks.

All-in-all the album is a very nice listen, no tracks are bad, but the only

standouts are 8&9. 8/10

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"Simplicity" has a interesting story, quite emotional, involved for arabian

vocals crossing the whole album and supply many amazing Moments, tought.

Obviously it's not perfect, there are some less strong sides, maybe lack a bit

more of "dynamic" [if you get what I mean...]

However, looking to Cosma's age and taking the fact this was the first release,

certainly I make no mistake if I say that his next work, promise to be even

better.

Special attention to Track 6 [cosmatic] with 3 truly impressive minutes

[3.55-6.55].

A solid 8/10 as Final Sentence :)

PLUR

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Favorite of mine: "Find Out" which IS number 3 NOT number 4 as its written on

the playlist up there. Or is my cd wrong ? - hehehe - "Saffy Smoke a Lot" is

awesome too !!!!

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Very good album and very mature in its sounds and it sounds like Cosma isn't

afraid to do something a bit different.

 

Very sparce and more housey than your usual Israeli CD but nice all the same.

I'll Just warn that if you don't like lighter-moodier stuff (ie your a big

full on or very minimal fan )it may not be for you. I mean it would be well

suited to the fans of the Movers and Groovers series than anyone else.

 

Reminds me a bit of Halodium in some of its darker moments (it gets some nice

percussive grooves going), Zorba in its crusier moments and some nice Sphongle

syle ethnic samples in some of the tracks.

 

Bascially a very nice cross over album but just not enough veriety within each

track for listening even though the tracks are quite different from one to

the other across the whole album. Very good production also with a a crystal

clear sound thoughout. Just listen to it on headphones and you'll hear what i

mean. Should do well on the dance floor in the mornings as its definatly

sunshine music for :) to. 8/10

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Guest FelipeLemosBrasil

THIS ALBUM RULES!! Cosma did a real nice work here, awesome production, all the

tracks together becomes a beautiful hystory, a real journey beyond the deep

space.

Highlights for me: 2,6,7,9... Your 911 is progressive, with some shocking

souds, nice bass, and vibe... Cosmatic reminds me Infected Mush, a little bit

progressive, but this track have a PERFECT ANGELICAL BASS, and a nice sampler

of a woman singing...epic. Cusanam is a fuckin bomb Israeli track, this cd is

a BOMB!!! Maybe the best album of 2001...I love Cosma

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One of my favorites... its very well produced, and its very deep... lots of

feelings, kind of morning trance, big bass and kick and even that its kind of

slow it has those full climax moments...the first part send me to some natural

paradise in the moment of the sunrise, very enyojable, gently but energic all

the time....second part is kind of the revolution to the new era or even the

future, i wonder to be at the night with lots of stroboscopical lights and

black plastic shines all over the place...

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Unlike many trance trax - these album u can fully enjoy listening at home...if

u read all of the written above-u can see that different ppl mentioned each

track of the album-that prooves that it's really great and 4 this minority

that wrote that it sucks i would recomend to open their minds more often:))

buy the cd..chao

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Guest Goa Spirit

Good job... the production is very good, and infact for me the highlight of the

album was the crisp clean sound that Cosma makes. I still think they could

improve their sound and add more psych to their music,.. tweak the melodies,

more uplifting sounds and general otehr stuff would make it more interesting..

I rate this as the 3rd best release from Israel in 2001... but good job

nevertheless... hear cosma shiva track on sst, that is also quite nice.. 7/

10.. peace

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Guest gdaniels[at]pcwf[dot]ca

Pure excellence. I spent the entire album completely hypnotized. Pure goosebump

material. The clincher for me was when I realized everyone was staring at me

soaring to the cosma with my MDplayer on the subway.

The only thing wrong with Cosma is THERE ISN'T ANY MORE!!

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Guest Fluo_Samsara[at]hotmail[dot]com

I never heard nothing so pure and simple, and yet so amazing!

This album is a work of art, congratulations Cosma for reaching a new level, a

level that takes us to a world beyond our imagination!

WWWooooooooooaaaaaahhhhhhh!

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Guest contusion90[at]hotmail[dot]com

I got this 2 days ago and stayed up hours later than I should have considering

my classes the next day. I must have listened to this at least 5 ties in a row

before falling into oblivoin. The production is crisp-- the music is haunting,

yet uplifting with a beat which moves through all of the tracks without

becoming too dancefloor oriented. I look forward greatly to Cosma's next

release.

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Guest [Anonymous]

as published in march/april issue of upfront magazine:

According to the title of track 8, ?saffy smoke a lot?. I would actually go the

extra mile here and venture to say that Saffy ain?t the only one that ?smokes

a lot? in the Cosma crew. Progressive Trance, I feel, sometimes falls into the

trap of being too deep. This is not the case with Cosma?s Simplicity: deep

yes, very to be honest; but it has the added edge of a groove that rolls thru?

the tracks which has the effect of focusing our attention on the razor sharp

precision of the layers, a sharpness that paradoxically, in my experience, is

only ever achieved through ?smoking a lot?. freaky bob

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