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Cosmosis - Psychedelica Melodica - 01-Sep-07 02:20 AM
I saw Bilbo live on stage twice and I find him being one of the most likable guys on stage since he was dancing and laughing as much as most of the dancefloor. Furthermore he belongs to those artists with whom I started to get into the trance virus and I share lots of intense memories with his music, so it is a bit hard for me to admit that I have mixed feelings about this one.

First of all, the good things: He really remains true to himself. He neither jumps on that cheesy fullon bandwaggon nor on that frugal clubby progressive one. He is one of the few who produce pure psychedelic trance with a warm feeling around it and I like that very much.

But, there is a big but(t): I can hardly hear any significant musical or technical development in his music over all these years. He still uses the same sounds and structures for years and therefore this album seems a bit pointless to me. In fact, that is a generell problem with many psy productions, but compared to other veterans from the early days who have advanced their skills a lot (like Dick Trevor for instance), Cosmosis seems to settle for much less than he could actually achieve.

Well, maybe it's just my pretentious point-of-view, but I was a bit disappointed. It's still a very nice album to listen to and I wouldn't miss this guy at a festival but it doesn't catch me by suprise once or blows my mind twice either. So, it gets a 3 outta 5.

Hujaboy - Sonic Tonic - 30-Aug-07 10:24 AM
I recently discoverd this amazing release, four years after its release. After already liking his third album for its very unique sound that blended progressive and psychedelic elements so very nicely and sophistically, this album totally blew my mind.
Finally we have here some nightime trance that manages to be very intense and strong but still musically transparent and very well grounded. Unlike most of dark and/or fullon releases these days this album avoids cheesy hooklines and/or flamboyant sound layers. The tracks are very well arranged to build up atmosphere and emotion, the sounds are unique yet still somehow familiar and therefore easy to connect with, without ever getting boring. This is what I would really call psychedlic trance despite of all that buzz around fullon, proggy and dark that is around today.

Albums like these come very rarely but are made to stay. Six out of five if you ask me.

Various - Wingmakers - 13-Apr-07 05:18 PM
Wow! This is what I would call psychedelic trance. Not follon, not dark, not progressive. This is the purest psytrance I've heard in years, and a great further development of that genre. What I like especially about this release is that the ordering of the tracks really represent the drama of all psychedelic experiences. It digs deeper and deeper and then reaches its very weird peak at Graham Woods and Franco Rossis unique track (looking forward to play that at twilight zone :-)), just to dig itself out of the mud again with the very releasing tracks from Quadra and Polaris. Well, I always loved the british sound more than anything and this proofs it once again, that I am right. These are tracks to get fully lost. Skazi can pack his guitar, Infected their stupid microphones and leave the party. It's time to dance and wonder again.

Growling Mad Scientists* - The Growly Family - 26-Nov-03 03:30 AM
LSD-brain-cooking! Wicked but funny, harsh but intelligent. Dusty noisy frizzling sounds, dangerously rolling bases and the grooviest snaredrums. Love it, definitely one of the best Psy-Albums!!! And so unique in its style...