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Andromeda – Temptations (Yellow Sunshine Explosion/Millennium Records, 2004)
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pr0fane
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Artist: Andromeda
Title: Temptations
Label: Yellow Sunshine Explosion/Millennium Records
Format: CD (Jewelcase)
Released: April 2004
Cover: http://217.160.138.169/pic_b/yse1cd046_b.jpg
Tracklist:
1. Liquid Fairies
2. I-zone
3. Eyelipse
4. Atmonizer
5. Imploded
6. Out Of The Limites
7. Sensitive Keys
8. The Last Temptation
9. Fluting AROUND
Review:
“Temptations” is the first album from Anders Nilsson and Nikos “Arara” Kostoglu” – together known as Andromeda. This is actually the 2nd new album from Anders, as he’s also a part of the project Chromosome, who just released their first album “The Genome Project”. I didn’t know anything Andromeda before this album, apart from hearing a couple of tracks by Chromosome, but the album received a fair amount of praise after the release, so after checking out the samples, I decided to give it a try.
The album is released by Yellow Sunshine Explosion (subdivision of Millennium Records), probably best known for releasing loads and loads of “Goa” compilations the last couple of years. The cover is designed by Arara himself, and white is more or less the overall colour. Add a couple of pictures of a Japanese girl, some English and Japanese (I guess) text and you’re there. Ok, but nothing special - so I’ll skip on to the music;
The first track starts out slow with some samples from the first “Kill Bill” movie. The intro is more or less Hattori Hanzo (the Japanese with the swords) speaking, but the rest of the track is also filled with “Kill Bill” samples – both voices, and some water-sounds from the ending garden-scene with O-Ren Ishii. Musically it’s pretty good, mellow progressive, and a nice teaser for the rest of the album.
“I-zone” continues the show in a more dance-friendly way, with a nice and happy bouncy groove and some sweet little melodies and beautiful pads. That’s more or less the recipe throughout the album, and while it’s perhaps not extremely original, it still works very well on me – from the blissful “Eyelipse”, to the darker Atmonizer with characteristic porn-samples, the punchy “Out Of The Limites”, and the middle-eastern sounds of “The Last Temptation”. Ending the album is “Fluting AROUND” - a very cool downbeat track with a chilled grand finale – perhaps inspired a bit by Etnicas classic “Trip Tonite” ?
Bottom line:
“Temptations” is surely one of the biggest surprises so far this year. I keep falling deeper and deeper into this very emotional album, and while it’s perhaps not as deep as the albums from artists like A.K.D. and Cosmic Tone (the first one), it should be a must-have for fans of gentle and beautiful, uplifting progressive trance.
Favourites:
2, 3 (!!), 4, 7
Verdict:
8/10 – Definitely worth checking out
Links:
Millennium Records: http://www.millenniumrecords.com
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pr0fane
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Posted : Jun 14, 2004 00:45
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SenstatuX
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Posted : Jun 14, 2004 08:48
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mayby the mp3 version aint out yet 
i live for this moment here... |
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Nocturnum
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Posted : Jun 14, 2004 11:36
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i love this album, its played in my car every morning on the way to work. great start to the day. my favs are 3, 5 and pretty much the rest.
very suprising album, looking forward to more of this kind great to listen to |
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Madpup
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Posted : Jun 14, 2004 11:51
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IMO, this album is OK, but not that great either. Most of the tracks are a little flat, and the melodies are kinda predictable. I wish more tracks were like number 8, which has a great ending with a rolling type of bassline. I think probably the fact that there have been some awesome melodic prog albums released lately (Son Kite, Freq) kinda overshadows this release. |
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Alek
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Posted : Jun 14, 2004 13:59
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Nice floaty morning album... enjoyable for a while, but nothing special... but then again, I'm not a progressive fan..
How am I supposed to hallucinate with all these swirling colors distracting me! |
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Taku
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Posted : Jun 17, 2004 11:26
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great album, also wondering why no had reviewed this much earlier. anyways my favorites are 1,3,4,6,8 progressive lovers dont miss this!
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Titik
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Posted : Jun 17, 2004 20:08
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Great Progressive Album. I'm not particularly fan of progressive but i find this album really quiet. If you loved Freq, don't miss this ! |
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crystal
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Posted : Jul 5, 2004 15:49
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some of the tracks reminded me earlier Atmos' Headcleaner , great proggy stuff no doubt ! |
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channium
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Posted : Jul 6, 2004 10:33
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This album is the biggest surprise for me this year I can say... a great discovery for me really... it's so fascinating with it's various and enchanting melodies... the bassline is really nice and mellow too... I haven't stopped listening to 'Temptations' since it appeared, I can only say a big "THANK YOU" to those two guys for the happiness they gave me with this album
My favourites : Atmonizer, The Last Temptation,
Liquid Fairies.. but of course the rest of the album too
Waiting for more ))
And a question : is there some other e-mail address apart from that of their label?
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crystal
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Posted : Jul 6, 2004 11:02
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pr0fane
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Posted : Jul 15, 2004 19:18
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GuyShanti
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Posted : Jul 15, 2004 21:18
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Airona
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Posted : Jul 23, 2004 10:51
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Great album...
My favorites is "the last temptation" and "atmonizer"... Very nice progg stuff...
Cheers |
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Acidhive
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Posted : Aug 21, 2004 15:41
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I finally received my copy two days ago and this is floating, rich and full progressive music with some real good 'Chromosome' influences. Not suprisingly since Anders Nilsson is also in this one. Anyway, the way the whole album breathes that japanese atmosphere is nicely done and the music is just great! Subtle melodies, soft on the ears yet a pretty good bass production. Not to be missed if you like your progressive music. As said before by me (and others) here, we're definitely being spoiled by all the great progressive music out there. 2004 has so far been a great progressive year and these albums like Kooler, Vision & Canedy, Son Kite etc. etc. are albums I expect to be listening for years to come..
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