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Member Since: Feb 09, 2004 Rank: 22315 Average Vote Received: Correct (4.01, 1465 votes) last 10 days: Correct (4.00, 55 votes) Rated 857 releases, average: 4.50 Profile: Music freak! I listen to Hardcore (Gabber-Speedcore-Terror) & Goa-Trance (pre-millennium) mainly. Occasionally I listen to the so called post 2001 "full-on-psy-trance". I like some Drum & Bass also. 
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Space Cat - Beam Me Up - 17-Sep-08 09:30 AM
Surprise! No reviews on this album yet? Incredible, apart the quality music there are some interesting things here.
First of all, anyone fairly familiar with Hallucinogen’s sound will immediately notice the similarity with Simon Posford’s post 1997 sound. Simon is a collaborator on track 1 but all tracks except the last are very much similar to Hallucinogen’s tracks. Had someone made me listen to these tracks without knowing who’s the artist and without ever having listened them before I could had said unreleased Hallucinogen. So strange but so true.
Album has eight tracks, six of which are collaboration with artists of the calibre like Hallucinogen (mentioned above), Transwave, Infected Mushroom, Oforia and Elysium!! Such a strong collaboration team is indeed unique and rare. Production quality is top notch, no surprise knowing that Avi Algranati is one of the busiest mastering engineers for this kind of music.
Despite having various people collaborating here I don’t hear much difference in the tracks. They all follow the same (Hallucinogen!) style except for track 8: is it only me or is the melody similar to Astral Projection’s Dancing Galaxy?? This is the only “conventionally melodic” track on this album and is totally different from the rest.
Whatever Avi was upon when he did this album I highly recommend it to all old school lovers. If you like Hallucinogen (who doesn’t) you’ll love this. The digipak is also a work of art; mine is only marred by the way the CD tray is attached to the cardboard: rather than the usual glue notch on the four corners, the glue is smeared in an L shape!
Various - Goa Räume Vol. 2 - A Journey Into Psychedelic Trance - 13-Aug-08 10:29 AM
No matter how good the tracklist might be here I really don’t like the flow on this compilation! All titles are either soft-faded or “perfectly” attached with each other without gap and the transition between most tracks is in my opinion not good. Classiest example is between Miranda’s and Killing Joke’s track – the change in mood is considerable. Also sound quality lacks a bit on most parts, at least on my copy. Mastering is not at par to other German compilations like Tantrance, Goa-Head and Pulse.
The best thing about this double CD is that you have the infamous Crop Circles’ Full Mental Jackpot in full glory. At 11 minutes and 27 seconds length I think this is the only CD compilation having the track unmixed and in full length with the exception of the very last very few seconds faded into Talamasca’s thundering sound of Jungle Storm. To top up that we find Etnica’s (most famous?) track Vimana on CD 2 and some other obscure and rare tracks from the likes of Tim Schuldt and Seti Project.
Worth having for the Crop Circles’ track alone, other than that I don’t consider this as a great release. Pity didn’t come with full-length gapped tracks though :-(
Various - Infinite Excursions 2 - Sonic Hallucinations - 29-Jul-08 09:17 AM
This is the most elusive and mysterious release from T I P Records. For some reason it’s amazingly rare. But let’s see what’s hidden inside this disc.
For me, the best thing about this compilation is the artwork! It’s by far one of the best I have seen. The front cover folds out into five panels showing a cross-section of what would be a full poster. It’s a shame though how it was released in a black CD tray rather than a clear one!
Now let’s turn to the most important thing, the music. Part one was released in 1996 subtitled “Softer Psychedelic Sounds”, but in reality it’s part 2 which would deserve this title (by today’s standards though) While on volume 1 six out of eight tracks were 4/4, on volume 2 we have only 1 or 2 tracks which have a 4/4 beat, all others float between dub, breaks and ambient.
The first 3 tracks are my favourite. They are much reminiscent of the first album by the Infinity Project in 1995 “Mystical Experiences”, and is no surprise seeing the members of T. I. P. involved in them. Following is a track by G. M. S. It starts off very quietly until the enchanting flute by Yashi (Yashu) starts playing in and out. Doof is responsible for track 5. This is a dubby, breaky track which he released again on his second and last album “It’s About Time” in 2000 with some new tweaks.
Following are no one less than the old acidheads Green Nuns. Soft music was never the order of the day in their books, so this is the only chance to listen something chillier from them. Not that I have lot of dub/ambient etc in my collection, but this is by far the only track I heard of this kind: a fusion between psychedelia and reggae! Track 7 is different from all. It has a deep 4/4 beat and a very eerie atmosphere created by some scary sounds reminding me of Sandman in some parts. It’s very dark and repetitive and lacks melody at all. Track 8 is the only track which I don’t seem to like. It’s from an artist and a label which have nothing to do with psychedelia. It’s a breakbeat track with a male vocal chanting. It’s not bad; it just doesn’t fit with the rest, and certainly not after the track before. And it’s short. I think compilation would have been better without it and if track 7 jumped directly into track 9, “Behind Closed Eyelids”. Now; we’re talking history. We all know that this was the second official Shpongle track to be released and which also appeared on their historic “Are You Shpongled?” album in 1998. The album version is around 22 seconds shorter though.
To be fair, most tracks here are nothing to scream about. Except of course for the well known ender, and for the fact that the rest of the songs here are exclusive (except for 8) there’s nothing absolutely remarkable about the music. For the sake of completing the TIP Records collection it’s a must have, other than that there’s nothing essential in here.
Still I have to know why this is so scarce!
Various - Greetings From Goa - 29-Jun-08 07:03 AM
This is nothing short from a stunning compilation from the heyday of Goa! Look at the tracklist and you’ll see that it’s packed with lot of the famous artists from then and also with some less famous names and some obscure tracks. From the marvellous, guitar driven, acidic and morning styled opener “Key to Innerverse”, followed by an unusually twisted and slightly dark mix from the usually cheerful Astral Projection, to the dark and evil U X artist, the thumping and highly uptempo track from Astralasia and the acidic, almost amateur sounding “303 Gold” which was originally released in 1995, disc 1 offers us a great rollercoaster ride through a variety of sounds.
Indica’s welcoming and suitably titled “After 6 am” is a perfect opener for disc 2. Kailish take us high with “Higher”, and next in line nothing less than one of the greatest hits ever, “To Eternity”. No matter how many times I have listened this, it seems to get better the more I listen to it! We find also an obscure track from Israeli artist Nada. His track “Abyss” was originally released in 1995 on Polytox, then licensed to Transient in 1996. There’s also the Queen of Goa, Miranda, with a track from her wonderful album Phenomena. Prana’s “Alien Pets” is arguably one of the best tracks by him. Obscure U K solo artist Deviant Electronics gives us a dark and hard-hitting track from the short lived Helix Records. Compilation rounds off with the hard-trance oriented “Status X”, which blends perfectly with the Goa style though.
Although this was released on Legoan, the label for the old Goa-Head series, this compilation seems not as easily accessible as the old volumes of the Goa-Head series for some reason. With most collectors having the majority of the tracks elsewhere, I wouldn’t label this as essential, but is still an amazing compilation which shouldn’t pass unnoticed at a good price. After all Legoan/Leguan was a guarantee of great track selection, jaw-dropping artwork and top-notch sound on each release!
Greetings!
Connecting Synapses - 1+1=1 - 25-Jun-08 08:53 AM
This is a very unusual release which not much people will have, so just in case you stumble across here’s a short description of it.
1+1=1 is an Ambient/Goa release of a very quirky nature. In general the tunes are simple, with basic melodies and sound samples, a basic drum programming, some long ambient breaks, with some occasional twisted voice samples and other quirk sounds like the cry of a newborn in one instance. The BPM range of most tracks falls just below the average speed of the old generic Goa. Production and mastering are also basic, making release sound pretty old and dated. Some tracks are stretched a bit too long but no track bores me. I find some parts really dreamy, and listening to the full album gives me the sensation of having done a long trip to somewhere and back, probably because you get lost in such long tracks with no climaxes.
To sum up, this is no rare hidden gem or a must listen release. As obscure as it is, you’re losing nothing essential by not hearing it, but I would recommend any old-school Goa nutter finding this at a good price to try it. By the time of writing, a few minutes samples of three titles on disc 1 are available on the Accession Records website, so any curious reader can sample it there.
