Alien Mutation - DNA
Label:
Catalog#:
KINXCD9, KINXCD09
Format:
CD, Album
Country:
UK
Released:
1997
Genre:
Electronic
Style:
Trance,
Ambient
Tracklist
Credits
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This is what the Kinetix sound was all about: trippy, spacey, floating, multi-layered trance/ambient, with a very unique psychedelic touch.
This album is somewhat a blend of Stephenson's first album as Alien Mutation, MicrocosmMacrocosm, and the more trancey sounds he made as Optica and Optic Eye. It is shortly said ambient trance, or perhaps 'mushroom trance'. Most of the tracks have a slow, soft and steady 4x4-beat, but the focus is always on the warm and melodic, yet deeply psýchedelic atmospheres. There are tons of spaced-out effects, fitting just perfectly. This album was made for listening to as a whole, but if I have to pick one favourite, then it has to be track 3, "Exotic Ocean".
Listening to this album, with the hypnotic beats and the amazingly beautiful soundscapes, makes me realize that Stephenson for sure was a modern shaman. Just eat your shrooms, put on this cd and discover yourself and the universe.
Rest in peace, Jake!