kalex, Feb 19, 2005
This is the album that destroyed the original goatrance sound. Countless followers jumped up on this "trend" set by imitating X-Dream and created a monotonous & hammering stupid wave of tech-trance that dominates even todays remainders of "psy". What once was a genre full of fluffy, rich, colorful, positive energy-ladden melodies and riffs (and thats what was so attractive in goa/psytrance compared to the regular techno/trance stuff - can you say psychedelic?) turned into just the usual stomping and boringly dull 4/4 techno some of us were so happy to abandon in the early to mid 90ies.
Don't get me wrong - this album is a huge winner, not only compared to all the idealess imitators that followed, it is a DAMN good techno album (you can probably compare it to Eternal Basement's early stuff like the "Nerv" album). I like it a lot when I'm in the mood, perfect production & very kicking dark stuff. But what it did to the goa trance genre was the worst that could happen in my very personal & humble opinion.
How one could brand this "Radio" album as "psychedelic/goa trance" is totally beyond my comprehension, and anyone with a knowledge of early classics like Hallucinogens "Twisted" album (or any other album that actually IS psychedelic)will agree with me.
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