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Dominik Eulberg - Flora&Fauna
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aje
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1. Die Invasion der Taschenkrebse
2. Die Trottellummen von Helgoland
3. Keine Nieten bei den Herbstzeitlosen
4. "Brenzlich, brenzlich" dachte der Feuersalamander
5. Die Seeadler der Müritz
6. Das Röhren der Rotwildbrunft
7. Der Tanz der blau-grünen Mosaikjungfer
8. Der Judaskuss des Sonnentaus
9. Der Zug der Kraniche: Boten der Veränderung
10. Der purpurrote Sonnenuntergang am schilfumsäumten Bergsee
This album was released on Traum Schallplatten , and as the more astute amongst you might notice, "Öh my fucking god, thats a techno label". Yes, you heard me right, i used the "T-Word", but the one that ends with "Echno", not the one ending with "Rance". If you pronounce "Rance" the german way, something like "Ranz" would be the result, and thats the german word you use to describe milk that turns sour or stale.
And just by coincidence, thats the exact same word I would use to describe 98,9% of the releases eminating from our precious little scene these days. Stale, unoriginal music, using the same old plastic kicks and the same plastic basslines bla bla, you know what i mean. And no, Im not talking only about full-on here, most prog. psy isnt any better. So what do you do when your milk turns sour? You look somewhere else, and try to find new milk. And luckily enough, i found something really cool and fresh, something that really stands out, something that ive been listening to a lot ever since i discovered it, something that brings a lot of joy and pleasure to my life, and therefore, I wanna share with it you, even though its a year old by now.
If I say Techno and you expect monotone, mindless banging a la Schranz, you are completely wrong in this case. Theres actually a lot of techno out there with lush floating sounds, atmospheres, things you would expect from Trance normally, but they are arranged and composed in a totally different way. And this album, as most of the output from Traum, is a perfect example of that. There are trippy sounds and sonic trickery everywhere, every track tells a story, its interesting, and most importantly, everything sounds so natural and organic. There is life in every single track. This feeling doesnt come fom nowhere, because Mr. Eulberg is a nature freak and biology student, and every track in this album is named after a different animal. Apparently he goes out to the woods with his sampler every week to record different nature sounds, and then he twists and tweaks them around. You can actually here the Critters here and there, and that adds a lot to the overall atmosphere.
The overall feeling I get from this album is early 90's with a serious twist, so in that sense it"s somewhat like Son Kite Colours, just a lot slower and a lot more stripped down and different. And also like Son Kite he manages to put a lot of variation into these 80 minutes, to give you an example the dance tracks range from under 120 bpm to around 135 bpm, plus there are two chill-out tracks. Enough blabla, here are the short track descriptions:
1: This could actually be some old Intact Instinct. Very, very dry offbeat bassline, and if I say dry, i mean dry, creepy atmosphere, and a very weird memorable riff that keeps creeping up. Sounds like what i imagine it would feel like when you start to come down off heroin, you know when you are not in full withdrawal, but you realize the fun is over and you need a new fix soon.. AWESOME!!!
2: The picture i get here is driving through a city really stoned at night with all the lights flashing by, there is the repeating sound of a photo camera and some weird bird chuckling sound, and then, best of all, a very scenic melody. With that I mean the melody is not touching or pretty or whatever, its a silk silhouette in the sky, the lights flashing by, hookers hanging out on the streetcorner, crackheads living in cardboard boxes, you know, the deserted downtown of a big american city at night flashing past the car window.
3. Now we are getting into analogue epic territory somewhat. Imagine standing on a hilltop overlooking the plains, kinda like in the lion king, where the little Simba is on that mountain overlooking all the animals and all his land. this track would fit that scene pefectly. plus it has a nice feisty beat and groove. maybe simba is the dj on that mountain and all the animals below are the ravers...hmmmm
4. the funkiest and bodyshakiest track for sure. its kinda like when us germans, probably the most unfunky people on the face of this earth, try to be funky. it still sounds like a military march, yet its quirky and cute in its own way, imagine oliver kahn trying to dance the funky chicken. I love it!!!!
5. Now we are getting into "pretty fluffy clouds territory". As i said before, every track here is dedicated to an animal, and this is the eagle track. its actually "the sea eagles of the muritz"and muritz is the place where the fusion festival happens every year anyways, very hypnotic, calming and pretty, could have been released on Eye-Q around 1993, just imagine the eagle flying over the fusion festival, looking at all the crazy ravers below, thinking "what a bunch of spastic retards, im way too cool and majestic for that pathetic assortment of assmunchers and rimjobbers"
6. my least favorite track, even though it fits its animal perfectly. its called "the mating call of the "rotwild"(a type of elk)". and thus it sounds, loud änalogue mating calls dominate, and our dear elk seems to have been succesful because in the end a little serene melody creeps in, probably signfying post-coital bliss GO Mr. ROTWILD!
7. OHHHHH SOOOO PRETTYYYY. Makes me just wanna cuddle and procreate. Naive atmosphere, little playful tweedly sounds, then this monumental analoguish melody, the track was made for MDMA and MDMA was made for this track, or so it seems. itys like the first time you did E, remeber how that felt, that what this tack feels like. A feel a strong urge to mix it with "Cosmic Baby-Liebe", if I could only find that goddamn vynil, its been gone ever since my last move.
8. Very slow, under 120 bpm, housy reverbs, and a nice delayed bouncy plastic melody, that gets better the more stoned you are. very nice track to end the dance part of this album.
9. As monumental as a chill track can get. Perfect for coming home after a hard night of raving, you know when your heartrate finally slows down and the Valium and muscle relaxers wrap you up in their sweet blanket of carelessness. very scenic, imagine the silhoutte of the tower on the alexanderplatz in berlin seen from the oberbaumbrucke as the sun slowly sets behind it. Im having goosebumps as i write this.
10. Another nice chill-track, not as moving as the last one, but also great, with the whole nature scenario going on, birds tweedling, insects chirping, everything. a very fitting and good ending to this album.
Well, well, my psychedelicgoahippieshantifriends, i would strongly urge you to check this release out. If you are into Psytrance for the hard-house/rave/full-on element, aka the energy and the rolling basslines, then dont even bother, you probably wouldnt like it. But if you are here for the story, the psychedelic atmospheres, the trip, the hypnotic feeling of trance in its original sense, WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR??? You can download the album for 9.99 at the Kompakt MP3 Store http://www.kompakt-mp3.net, you need to go to the section of Traum Records. And dont be put off if it sounds weird to you at first, it is a lot different then the stuff that is released in this scene, but the feeling and the emotions are exactly what you are looking for. Im sure you will love this album as much as I do!!
  Check out my album: http://www.ektoplazm.com/free-music/gay-satanic-hippie-tiefenrausch |
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Steven- hadshot
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Posted : Nov 10, 2005 16:48
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absolute great review...for an absolute outstanding artist...listen and enjoy this masterpiece! |
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Setherian
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Posted : Nov 13, 2005 17:08
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oh yes Eulberg roxxxxxxxx
The Devil Is In Detail! |
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russ
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Posted : Nov 14, 2005 14:04
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this album is totally amazing, as are most of his vinyl releases and just about everything traum puts out, from ambient to experimental dancefloor techno. truly psychedelic music. BTW, minilogue also has a wicked release out on traum. for those who like their music deep, check it out. |
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Posted : Nov 19, 2005 16:28
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nice album psychedelic techno zoo in minimal way, very cool |
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psy^soldier
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Posted : Nov 19, 2005 18:25
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i sure agree aje
defently will chack this relese |
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Surrender
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Posted : Nov 19, 2005 21:34
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Posted : Nov 20, 2005 00:12
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Surrender
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Borris
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Posted : Nov 23, 2005 19:00
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gadi, why not? the review is very well written and i belive that the music on the CD will have a very strong appeal to psy-trancers as well.
Free your mind and your Ass will follow.
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psy^soldier
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Posted : Nov 23, 2005 19:09
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surrender
the most close minded response i read from a moderator |
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aje
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Posted : Nov 23, 2005 19:40
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Surrender, I wrote this review because i think it will appeal to the people in this scene, especially to those who, just like me, are disappointed with the current output within this scene and who are looking for alternatives.
And afterall, it is electronic 4/4 music with IMHO a very psychedelic feel. Why dont you check it out yourself, you might like it?
Check out my album: http://www.ektoplazm.com/free-music/gay-satanic-hippie-tiefenrausch |
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Surrender
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Posted : Nov 23, 2005 20:08
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for sure i might - but arent we deviating from the idea of this forum? why not review house and polka here as well? we may all like it... see my point?
if youre saying its psychedelic then it fits here, and i apologize for my comment. "On the other hand, you have different fingers."
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Posted : Nov 24, 2005 01:25
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buuh...I dont like it. I find it a little bit ripitive and boring. depressive |
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Posted : Nov 24, 2005 23:26
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a great album and artist for sure. there is also a brilliant mix album by dominik called "kreucht and fleucht" that came out recently
i really cannot understand the incredibly narrowminded attitude of 'surrender' here.
What the fuck?!
This music is trance. It IS VERY PSYCHEDELIC. It is not commerical trance. Nor does it fall within the boundaries of the 'psy-trance' scene. (more because he does not release on psytrance labels or play at psytrance parties, than the music not being able to fit into the scene)
But consider this. Much of the minimal house that artisits such as domink and the others make is doubtless affecting the psy-scene
look at people like d-nox, son kite, etc.
they are all playing this type of music at psy parties, and they make this type of music
so why can they post here, and someone can;t post a review of an artist who makes this music but is unknown in the psytrance scene???
Surrender, stop being a music fascist mate. You are just behind the times, and do not know a new killer style of music that is affecting everyone!
Moderators should have a much more grown up attitude than yours. |
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