Asia 2001 - Psykadelia

This is really good, but without a doubt "Live" from 1996 is the masterpiece of Asia 2001. This album comes in second place even without considering that it was released the year later.

All the tracks here are standard Asia 2001 style. What is that style? Uplifting melodies with a strong almost signature bassline. The tracks are relatively simple but well tweaked, unique and acidic sounds. It's highly energetic music.

The best tracks here are Anafuzz, Kalimba and Flirt Filter. Flirt Filter an awesome track, it's actually my overall favorite by this artist and isn't released elsewhere. Unfortunately the same cannot be said of most Asia 2001 tracks. Kalimba was already released on Live so I don't know why it's here again, and you can find Anafuzz and most other tracks here on one or more later albums by Asia 2001.

All the other tracks here are pretty good but don't compare with the aforementioned. The one track I find really annoying on this album is Orion 2, which repeats its samples way too many times and fails to build effectively.

But for me the closing track itself is completely worth listening through the whole album. It's pure bliss!

You're best to check out one of the later Asia 2001 albums on Avatar Records. Most of the tracks there are just repeats from 1996-1997. If you like style look into "Live" or "Psykadelia", they're the only places you'll find Kalimba and Flirt Filter and a couple others.