Rigel - Blue Star On Green Sky EP

[Scandinasia]

 

 

Artist : Rigel

Title : Blue Star on Green Sky

Label : Binary Audio Machinery

Date : August 2014

Genre : Psytrance

 

 

Hello Goa Heads,

 

 

 

This EP is a little piece of Psychedelic Trance that deserves attention.

 

You may already have heard of Rigel as a collaborator of Hector Ovnimoon Stuardo. He have compiled some compilations for his label, have released a few tracks in here, and is also the co-author, with Ovnimoon, of a new album entitled Omnipresent Technology, that have already been mentionned in this forum.

 

Until now, I knew Rigel for his pieces of Goa-influenced psyprog and a few extremely pleasant Morning tracks (such as The One). Then, I already spotted that this guy had some potential. But this release was quite unexpectable. It consists of two tracks :

 

1_ Blue Star (08:39)

2_ Green Sky (08:52)

 

 

 

There were two things that surprized me. The first on is the originality and the creativity of the sound of this EP. Because it's not progressive, nor full-on, nor morning. Nay. It is pure psytrance, that breaks the ordinary formulas of the scene. It has pretty nothing to do with his previous works, and with the sound of many contemporary producers as well.

The second remarkable thing is the quality of this soud. Rigel didn't only renew his music with a new experimental poetry, he excels in it.

 

So, why should this EP be enligtened ?

 

It is a carnival of sounds and colours, with crazy psychedelic accents and funky hints. The rhythm is breath-taking, with unusual changes of tempo, and it seems that Rigel had much fun playing with the bassline all along the tracks.

 

And you know what ? This EP reminds me of one project in particular : OOOD.

Then I listened to the classic album A-Live, and yes, there is definitely something of this crazy/experimental energy in Blue Star on a Green Sky, but this energy is driven by a very contemporary approach that is deeply rooted in the modern means of production.

 

Personnally, I'd give an A+ (I rarely give that note) to the first track (Blue Star), and A to the second (Green Sky).

 

This is a really good work ! It may even be a little masterpiece of an EP.

 

 

 

 

You can buy it here : Beatport

[Trance2MoveU]

what a great review! I'm going to have to give this a listen.

 

Mdk

[Scandinasia]

Thank you Sir !

 

If you check this out, could you please tell me here your opinion about this release ?

[BraneFreeze]

I liked most of his Spaceware album (after the first two tracks) from a few years ago.

[Bill]

Just saying Ovnimoon got me interested, Hector has some great taste in psychedelic music and his label releases some gems. Will definitely get on this EP and the co-production between Rigel and Ovnimoon. Thanks for the review, taking a lot away from reading it!

[Jon Cocco]

These artists are getting my attention. I heard the song, not bad - I've heard better.

 

Sorry if this sounds off topic but where is (or can someone post the review thread on the collaboration album by Ovnimoon and Regal called Omnipresent Technology. The album's great. The self-titled track is even better.

[Penzoline]

I didn't even realize he had a solo ep. The melodies in Blue Star are very familiar, I just can't put my finger on it where I've heard them before.

 

Btw scandinasia, the purple you used is a little too dark on the "deviant" forum skin. Makes reading it a little hard.

 

 

These artists are getting my attention. I heard the song, not bad - I've heard better.

Sorry if this sounds off topic but where is (or can someone post the review thread on the collaboration album by Ovnimoon and Regal called Omnipresent Technology. The album's great. The self-titled track is even better.

The Ovnimoon & Rigel album is one of my favourites this year, definitely.