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Bluetech - Elementary Particles + Prima Materia (Aleph Zero)
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PKS
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Aleph Zero Records is a label based in Israel, run by Yaniv Shulman and Shahar Bar-Itzhak. The first release on this label came last year, which was the fantastic second album by Shulman. They focus on the psychedelic side of electronic chill out music. Now they are out with the second release on this label, which is a double album by an artist from the US (Oregon) called Bluetech (Evan Bluetech). Bluetech is an artist I have heard much good about, but I have never heard his music until now. And what a positive surprise to suddenly sit here with a double CD full of chilled goodies from this artist! You also get a really nice cover art with this release.
Bluetech "Elementary Particles + Prima Materia" Aleph Zero Records 2004 (AlephZ02)
CD1: Elementary Particles
1. Elementary Particles (Re-Edit)
2. Alchemie Dub
3. Cosmologic
4. Koinonea
5. Prayers For Rain (J. Views Remix)
6. Oleander
7. Worthy
CD2: Prima Materia
1. Leaving Babylon
2. Prophetic Sines
3. Triangle (Retriangulated)
4. Rubicon
5. Prayers For Rain (Dub Mix)
6. White Magnesia
7. 7th Phase Dub
8. Burning Waters
9. Mezzamorphic
10. Desperate Ends
11. Cliffdiving
The first track on CD 1 called Elementary Particles gives us a beautiful, totally relaxed start on this journey. Floating vibes, with slow, dubby beats, echoing sounds and some beautiful sounds forming into a melody. Definitely one of the most beautiful chill out tracks I have heard this year. Perfect opening on a chill out set. Track 2 starts with weird, psychedelic sounds. Then some relaxed dubby beats glide into the track together with reggae influenced sounds and other weird ingredients. Quite happy, smoked out chill out track. You also get a beautiful ethnic voice in there. Fantastic track with great variation of melodies, sounds and dubby effects. Track 3 goes back to a floating soundscape again. Relaxing, very electronic sounding melodies and a totally mystic, psychedelic vibe all the way through. Again we get great variation so we never get a boring moment. Track 4 goes the dubby direction again. Relaxing beats with a wonderful melody floating above. I love those playful sounds that jumps in and out of these tracks. Track 5 goes another direction. Here we get some kind if electronic jazz. This track is actually remixed by J. Viewz (Jonathan Dagan) from Israel, who is one half of the famous duo called Violet Vision. Pretty experimental jazzy vibe with a lot of great variation. Fantastic! Track 6 has a bit more melancholic vibe, still with fresh psychedelic sounds swirling and jumping in all the way through. The last track on CD 1 is a totally floating track with some eastern vibes. Very deep and mystic. What a great first CD!
CD 2 called Prima Materia starts with a beautiful, varied track. Very psychedelic all the way through, with fantastic sounds, great melodies and even some twisted vocals. Track 2 on the second CD goes darker and more mystic. A very deep sound with an eastern vibe written all over it. Totally relaxing. Track 3 is a nice journey of slow beats and mystic sounds, perfect for chilling out in the evening or at night. This track was originally made by Sounds From The Ground, but here we get a remix by Bluetech. Track 4 has a very floating vibe with dubby beats and weird melodies. Nice one. Track 5 is the jazz influenced track we got in CD 1, with relaxing, playful electronic piano etc. This is a more dubby version of it. Track 6 is a pretty happy chill track, with great melodies and funny little details. Music you can never get bored of. Track 7 has also got some dub ingredients, but also tons of beautiful sounds and melodies, including some relaxing guitar and flute in the middle. Great track. Track 8 has some intense, rolling melodies that remind me a little bit of Entheogenic. Quite psychedelic track. Track 9 is more experimental. Here we get thrown into really far out, weird, psychedelic soundscapes. Very mystic, almost scary sounds. Track 10 is another favourite on this album. Heavy, dubby beats and some fantastic sounds swirling around. The last track we get on CD 2 is a short little track that slows us totally down, with some very melancholic piano and floating sounds. A beautiful finish on the album.
With this release you get two CDs of fantastic chill out music for you listening. Great variation in and between the tracks on both CDs. Definitely one of the biggest surprises this year and for sure one of the best releases on the chill out marked. Recommended!
PK
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  CHILL TRIBE
CTRCD01 QUALITY RELAXATION
CTRCD02 RELAXED JOURNEYS
CTRCD03 EAR PLEASURE
CTRCD04 WOMBATMUSIC - Shameful Silence
CTRCD05 POLYPLOID - Grow Your Own
CTRCD06 IAN ION - Gringo Locomotion
CTRCD07 SUNKINGS - Before We Die |
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Mat N
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Posted : Sep 10, 2004 19:35
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hey pk! what's up?
hope everything's good. this one sounds like an interesting cd. i'll check it out soon 
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lucidpicnic
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Posted : Sep 10, 2004 21:58
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lovely cd
every psychill lover must have it! |
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Posted : Sep 11, 2004 19:50
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this music is so beautiful...... well done Bluetech... well done
- The yeti loves to drink shnaps too, so he's like a real shaman... he, uhm, uh, if you want to contact him, you have to put some alcoholic offerings in front of the forest. |
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Aleph Zero
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The Green Channel
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Posted : Sep 12, 2004 18:17
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If this is going to be the standart of all the Alpeh Zero releases (Shulman-in search of a..., and now this). Then it's without a doubt the best chill-out label around.
Amazing album by Evan, heard him at three festivals this summer (voov, Boom and Underwater-overground), and all the shows were fantastik. 9.5/10.
"Love is a way of life"
(Gaia, Love, Nature, Shamanism (.2A.y.0a.hu.1a.sc.2a.), Terence McKenna) |
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Surrender
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Trip-
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Posted : Sep 16, 2004 12:05
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one of the best this year
9.5/10
evan has made a fabilous album.
Crackling universes dive into their own neverending crackle...
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traveller
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Posted : Sep 16, 2004 17:16
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mmm i really really like it.. i'm just having very very hard time reviewing it..
"The dinosaurs became extinct because they didn't have a space program."
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scobbah
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My review, posted on http://www.Mandarin.nu:
From the west coast of North America comes the latest addition to the respected label, Aleph Zero, in the shape of digital downtempo who breathe experimental excursions directed by Evan Bluetech. This release is a special edition double CD who delivers everything from far ambient oriented expressions to psychedelic dub and journeys of downtempo. Aleph Zero, who's set a high goal to achieve from the beginning with the release of the second Shulman album ("In Search of a Meaningful Moment"), were put to a difficult task by trying to continue at the same level of quality as earlier - but nothing is impossible, and everything is possible in the green forests of Oregon.
Elementary Particles
01 Elementary Particles (re-edit) (08:12)
The first CD's opening track feels very much like it's telling a story through melodies, everything expressed in a melancholy environment. It reminds me a little bit of the very first Shulman album, and at the same time it reminds me of a feeling that this is something that I might've heard before. It's an incredibly beautiful track, but the melancholy soundscapes makes this something that I don't really like to enjoy when I'm in a good mood.
02 Alchemie Dub (06:43)
Psychedelic dub at a high level is delivered at the second track of the cd, and I get totally fancied of how Evan mixes voices together with the music. Together with those playful images painted of sound, the mind flies out to higher levels of peace, and this is definitely candy for the ears. I suspect that this track will get to work awfully much in my stereo, so to avoid any damage to the CD caused by looping, it's time to go on to the very next track.
03 Cosmologic (07:32)
Here, Evan falls back again to the soundscapes of tiny melancholy - but with a little bit more feeling for a smile woven into the track when it's served. The tempo slightly increases, but it feels like it's happening too little from time to time. All though the track is served a little bit more laidback, but I still wish soundscapes of more width than this.
04 Koinonea (06:30)
Evan takes his fully right for real to show that he's a musician in "Koinonea". It serves beautiful melodies, a nice atmosphere and a very intelligent musical expression. A lots of details twists the ear, and you're happily surprised for every second that comes. Doctor Alex best tip of cure this summer is to inhale, exhale, relax - and put on Koinonea in the stereo.
05 Prayers For Rain (J.Viewz remix) (04:59)
The first who pops up in my head is a feeling that I usually receive from old hiphop beats, and when this track really kicks in I finally understand the absolute definition of space hop. As the track develops, you're really getting a taste of what's called perfect productions - and you can't find anything to whine on here. If this would be a swimjump, as we now are facing the days of the Olympics, this would be something all judges would turn 10.0 - no doubts about that.
06 Oleander (07:08)
This is so intelligent! I really appreciate the rich amount of details in Evan's music, and this is a masterpiece. With moving sounds, cosmic images of sound and storytelling tunes, this music awakens feelings in the body that you didn't thought existed. It's still a little bit of a melancholy atmosphere, but it's superb as we're traveling these soundscapes.
07 Worthy (03:05)
The final track of the CD is like the title tells, worthy. A three minute long journey accompanied by a voice who's presented in a way that awakens dreams of Middle East in my mind, in the very best experimental breath. This is a perfect cut for this album's first CD.
Prima Materia
01 Leaving Babylon (06:45)
After a tasteful first part it was time to get to know the second CD's soul, and it begins literally trippy. It serves small feelings who sneaks around in the body, such feelings you got when you heard Shpongle for the very first time. My advice is to really hug your pillow in order to stay in reality, because the mind is really out on a roll here in full psychedelic chaos!
02 Prophetic Sines (06:18)
When we're still on a roll, we continue as were the previous track ended - beautifully and atmospherical. The track delivers vibrations in body and soul, and the joy's on top in waves, since it changes between a little bit more chilled excursions to moments of climax.
03 Triangle (retriangulated) (07:04)
After two far out journeys in Evan's soundscapes, the CD goes back to a more melancholy mode again, and not as flipped out as the previous ingredients of the album. This track feels a little bit dry from time to time, and I really miss a certain depth in the image of sound, a depth you'll find in the other tracks of the album. Despite the moderate atmosphere, the track still flow but some more spice wouldn't hurt.
04 Rubicon (05:59)
A laidback session later, we're dissolving into a more positive and joggy atmosphere. Even here that dry feeling comes to my attention, but despite that it's a little bit more action here and generally it feels like a soft session of meditation in the shape of sound.
05 Prayers For Rain (dub mix) (06:54)
This track feels almost complete, except for a weird and annoying melody who wanders during the midsection complex of this track. The version on the first CD feels more tempting to repeat again than bring this track on once more. But still it's first class dub even if the J.Viewz remix gets my heart to beat even harder than this performance.
06 White Magnesia (05:42)
The smile is stuck on the lips, the exertion feels in the whole face and it's all glued on me with superglue. This is really a happy and playful journey through the dimensions of imagination, the ultimate definition of superb music and at the same time a welcome sign who tells that the music scene still develops. Close your eyes and enjoy the flow!
07 7th Phase Dub (06:30)
This is definitely something you'd like to hear if you have a predilection to cosmic dub and space journeys of the more soft style. With a constant development of the soundscapes, Evan presents us to more soft and broaden images of sound, loaded with spiritual energy and vibe.
08 Burning Waters (06:35)
I wonder what the title hint at, but in any case the track delivers a religious musical experience. Spiritual magic embraces the track and is spread like ear candy to the soul of the listener, during this sightseeing of Evan's mind. It gives me some vibes from the past as so to speak, nothing you would think that was cast today at your first session of listening.
09 Mezzamorphic (08:00)
What might be the album's most unpredictable material lies hidden at track number nine. It feels a little bit more laidback and it breathe more funky vibrations. The feeling of Evan tie the melancholy soundscapes back together with the more playful spreads heat in the body, but it requires more than this to tie the whole sack together and deliver.
10 Desperate Ends (05:34)
It feels like it's time to cut the rope, a task that's worthy Evan to solve with melodical atmospheres and swingy flows in nearly six minutes. Something is supplied, a message is broadcasted, an announcement is a part of the music that hits you in a magic way. The track's culmination is definitely the track's middle part, where Evan's creativity goes full range power and intelligent distinguished tones of first class is served.
11 Cliffdiving (01:57)
The ears didn't expect this, as we are accompanied by a melody who surely could be the ending roll of a David Lynch movie. Two minutes of piano rolls cuts the rope for this album's second CD, and it feels suspicionly like I'm left alone without the pleasure to walk out of the cinema happily, when this depressed soundscapes embraces us. At the very same time it does feel like a beautiful goodbye, were Evan's not telling us cold "Good bye", but he's telling us "See you soon again!
Summary
The second release of Aleph Zero is definitely a release which is getting better and better the more you listen to it. At the very first sight, it might not feel too interesting, but as you give it a fair chance in your deepest lonely moments, Evan will spellbound the listener with his magic - everything from structural melancholy to moments of playful experience. If you dare to let this album into your own sphere, and give it a fair chance you'll find yourself end up loving these works of Evan Bluetech - the author of possibilities in Oregon. |
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Sektor666
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Posted : Sep 22, 2004 16:59
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little bit minimal but very nice to hear ..... nice releases |
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-Abatwa-
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Posted : Sep 23, 2004 01:21
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gets a 9.5 from me as well. amazing album. pure sweetness and joy.
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scraper
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Posted : Sep 23, 2004 17:19
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Can;t stop listening to the j. viewz remix one of the best ambient tracks i've heard.
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dawn21682
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Posted : Sep 27, 2004 02:20
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its been very long since ive heard an electronic album i REALLY liked.well the wait is over...this album (im reffering to elementary particles since ive already talked much about prima materia)
is incredible.
not just an amazing electronic music album , but an amazing album in any way you look at it.
i think it is also quite a step forward from the first one, deeper and more personal
as it seems to me.
there are a few tipper-ish moments which is never bad ,and all along the quality is amazing. im not going to analyze every track, but i can say i look at this album as a complete piece.
production is what weve come to expect from evan, which means top notch stuff.
so all thats left is to wish evan and aleph zero HEAPS of good luck with this release and hopefully well see evan soon jammin in Israel 
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Posted : Sep 28, 2004 21:57
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This is a great double album that's almost the price of a normal CD- awesome value with nice artwork.
I just got this, but I already know it's something special. I really like the Elemntary Particles disc, it has a more matured sound, but Prima is still a good trip. |
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