Trance2MoveU Posted April 30, 2016 Posted April 30, 2016 Artist: Sky Technology Title: In Search of Ancient Knowledge Label: Sita Records Date: June, 2015 1. Proto-Knowledge 2. Babat Sink 3. Crazy Machines 4. Sands of the Desert 5. Who Are We? 6. Aural Planet 7. Broken Music Box 8. Magnetic Force 9. Göbekli Tepe 10. Babat Sink (Bonus Version) Damn son. This is hot fire! Sky Technology is Dmitriy Kolosovskiy from Kiev, Ukraine and his debut album is something to behold. His style can get quite chaotic and for me he has been very consistent with the quality of his tracks. This album is very layered and packs quite the punch combining juicy undertones with growling melodies. The leads explode and perform aerobatic maneuvers with a slight nod towards nitzhogoa. And what do you expect it was released on Sita Records. That said if you're a collector of cheese look elsewhere cause you won't find any of it here. Warm sounds yet it feels as if it came from the deepest recesses of space. The only complaint I have is that the 10 tracks are in a similar vein so listening in one go may be too much for some to handle. To which I say sac up and fly right. On the other hand this will put you into that state of trance with some excellent sound quality. Dmitriy...hi-five man. I bought the sh*t out of it. Sita Records Bandcamp - 9 pounds for a digital album? Are you outta your f*cking mind? Psyshop Beatspace 3 Quote
Penzoline Posted August 6, 2016 Posted August 6, 2016 I'm a little disappointed with the lack of reviews for this one. Not sure why, as I know SkyTech definitely had hype behind him. I was going to write a very long review for this but it's just sitting on the back burner for ages and for some reason I'm having a hard time even starting. Sky Technologys debut was actually planned as far back as 2012 originally, but due to multiple issues it got delayed quite a bit and it's sound evolved a bit toward the nitzo kicks and style from goa because of the label it was being released on, but it's definitely more in the realm of goa than nitzo. I've been listening some of these tracks for like 4 years already and what strikes me is that, well, I'm still listening to them from time to time. I loved his first EP. It had such raw explosive melodies, one's that resonated with my brain so well I couldn't help but to become a follower who ended up doing a logo for him and then the artwork for the albums. What I really enjoyed about the process of the album coming together was the story. The tracknames correlate with the little story found in the booklet really well and I created the artwork to resonate with the idea as well. About the music, I still love many of the tracks, regardless of hearing them hundreds of times. Some of them definitely took me quite a while to appreciate when I originally heard them. Sky Technology sometimes lacks the finesse some other artists have, but he makes up for it with the melodies and unique sounds. The climaxes on this album are some of the best in goatrance ever made, in fact some of them are probably my favourite climaxes ever. Just listen to the climaxes of Magnetic Force, Broken Music Box, Sands Of The Desert and Babat Sink. The sheer explosive energy and rawness. I don't know how he does it, but he does. I just wish he got more recognition for creating such powerful tunes. This was my favourite album of 2015, excluding IFO remaster. And on that note, it might seem a bit biased as I was working so close to this project, but there's a reason why. 3 Quote
Anu Katariina Posted August 24, 2016 Posted August 24, 2016 Great album, I am glad to have the CD. The year 2015 was so awesome for goa trance so this album wasn't in my top 15 list of 2015 but def not far from it. This is my beloved jogging music :-) I could say much more but well, not a functional brain atm due to busy times. Just wanted to leave a comment because I, indeed, think Sky Tech is underrated as an artist because he truly has lots to offer to the scene: both uptempo and downtempo. Quote
Azétris Posted Monday at 08:21 PM Posted Monday at 08:21 PM Proto-Knowledge First thing I hear: it has an excellent mixing and use of space! It also sounds a bit like a fast-paced Mindsphere track, which coming from me is a huge compliment! I did not originally plan to make a review for this album when I started listening to it, but this track blew my mind so I decided to do so! 4.5/5 Babat Sink Nice. It almost manages to make me indifferent to the "tagadading" voices, which is usually the kind of thing I find distracting and annoying. 4.2/5 Crazy Machines The track starts, I hear a modern trance lead synth that just so happen to sound very fresh in Goa Trance while fitting perfectly in the genre! It makes me want to produce more crossovers between Nitzho and non-Psy Trance genres, because few people do so but tracks like this show the potential of such genre crossovers! It's also back at sounding like the most Nitzho-oriented Mindsphere tracks! This track sounds very hypnotizing! 4.7/5 Sands of the Desert Hell yeah this intro! I want to hear this live! Hell yeah these hi-hats! I love life! I'm sober in case you were wondering! Oh, snares! Nice snares! How much time did you take on the sound selection, Sky Technology? Oh wow, I just had random goosebumps! Hmm, I think I know why I got these! 4.5/5 Who We Are Unexpected Psy-wubs!I realise it's just repurposed acid synths, but whatever! I love creativity man! Oh, creative rhythms from 2:55 to 3:19! So nice, reminds me of Progressive Metal! And that part where the kicks come back without the bass... so fresh and so cool! The lasers in this track make me crave for laserkicks, though... 😕 Musical blue balls man! :') But still, nice track, especially for Goa-heads who are less-Nitzho-oriented than me! 😜 And well, the musical blue balls went away pretty fast because it sounds and the rest of the track sounds ike it's supposed to sound the way it does, as it's Goa Trance and this genre typically doesn't use laserkicks! 4/5 Aural Planet Well used squares! Agneton-style lead synth! Mindsphere-style wideness! Off to a good start with this intro! Oh well, what follows is just Mindsphere-style music, but eh! I already said this is something I say as a compliment! 😜 These sliding synths! So niiiiiice! ^-^ Wow! It's currently very hot in southern Europe where I temporarily am, but I feel a cool breeze... inside of my body. Not sure I'm sober anymore after listening to more than half of this album! Thanks for the (nice) physical hallucinations though, it's very useful in the overly hot hotness of the Mediterranean! 4.2/5 Broken Music Box Wow, this intro! Space sounds! ASMR! My brain (and as such, me) is very happy! HOLY SHIIIIIT!!! LASERKIIIIICKS!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH SKY TECHNOLOGYYYYY!!! Well, isn't this excellent Nitzho? Not only does dude excels in Nitzho-oriented Goa Trance, but his Nitzho is also very good! Though I personally would have mixed some of the psychedelic synths and the high-pitched music box sounds a bit quieter and maybe the hi-hats a bit louder, but I can tell this track is probably not in the style this artist usually produces! I'm also thinking this laserkicks could use a bit of variation, maybe in the rhythm or in the sound. Regardless, good job! 😛 4.4/5 Magnetic Force Oh okay, so we're doing lazerkicks now, I see! 😛 These kicks sound nice! I should contact the artist to ask him how he does / creates such hard-hitting Nitzho-style kicks! Kicks may be the worst part of my own music so I appreciate the skill that went into creating this, ahah! ^^' Oh, laserkick variation! Nice! He should have done this for the previous track in my opinion! Both these laserkick sounds fit perfectly together! Beautiful! What is funny is that the rest of the track is more Goa-Trance oriented, there literally only is a fast BPM and laserkicks, but you know what? It goes well together! 4.5/5 (please remember my ratings are based on subjective enjoyment, because on the technically standpoint, I find it mind-blowing and very close to a 5!) Göbekli Tepe Slower music, why not, though I prefer tempos that are almost to fast for Nitzho! But I find that the slower tempo helps creating the imagery of the Göbekli Tepe. Oh, and the melody sound a lot like Turkisk music, so a bit like a Nitzho melody! In a way, this track is the opposite of the previous one: slow, no laserkicks, a Nitzho melody, "tribal" (for a lack of a better term) drum samples similar to what you'd hear in old-school israeli Nitzho! Though in my opinion, the leads sounds a bit weird. and I find that the sliding notes do not slide enough! 3.7/5 Babat Sink (Bonus Version) Okay, I prefer the drums (kicks, hi hats and snares) on the non-"tagadading" part of the other version. But the melody on this one is pretty nice! 4/5 COMPILATION RATING: 4.27/5 Listen to this if you like Mindsphere, even if you hate Nitzho, because this may be on Sita Records, but in my opinion this is more Goa Trance than even Nitzhogoa! On 8/6/2016 at 1:29 PM, Penzoline said: Sky Technologys debut was actually planned as far back as 2012 originally, but due to multiple issues it got delayed quite a bit and it's sound evolved a bit toward the nitzo kicks and style from goa because of the label it was being released on Interresting to hear the context behind the later tracks being more Nitzho-oriented than the other ones ahah Quote
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