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exotic
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Horror Place - Hobyah
Cover : http://tinyurl.com/eujdn
1. Nippers In the Orchard
2. Melsh Dick
3. Killer Clowns
4. Spunkies
5. A Small Pan Or a Slide Panic
6. Pot Pixie
7. Buttered Toast
8. Owling Byrrd
9. Mystic Heads
10. Computer Glitch
Hobyah is a debut album of Horror Place, already well known among extreme psychedelic music lovers . The man behind it is dj Alex ZIK from Thessaloniki (Greece) who is also responsible for Adrenal Glands and Matutero projects. The concept of the album is to deliver to the audience a feeling of intense trip into darkest corners of subconsciousness for better understanding of human nature and fears.
Review:
1# Nippers in the Dark
For an intro that lasts about two minutes twenty four seconds approx it does its job well in introducing to us what lies ahead. I wanna play a game, what you have to do is sit here and talk to me .This is normal psy-fy fare with a well rounded bassline and blood curling samples setting an appropriate tone for the rest to follow.
2# Melsh dick
Now you might say i'm kinda like satan, i'm so many different faces at once .. and that would be like satan ..he's very sharp.. in the underworld (???) .. i'm not doing all kinds of different things .. In the name of the lord if there was such a thing , would you be the devil? .Yes we have entered the devil's territory , smack crackle pop and i find myself swimming in a sea of psychedelia. except for the stupid fucking people who got shit stuck up their ass .I dig the choice of samples which merge well in equanimity with the rioting of beats thats taking place. 5'10 everything picks up pace ,all sorts of creepy crawlies come to life , 6'23 its trademark* Horror Place swirling and swooshing all over. I'm looking for more !
3# Killer Clowns
Horror unspeakable .. till the day i die .. forget that faith.. . Sample from Stephen King's 'IT' ?? Getting down to brass tax a.s.a.p the general atmosphere lurks with haunting apprehension. Howling synth pick up menacing pace around the 2'33 mark, twists and turns in the bass and again we've reached unchartered territory. Whistle .. killer clowns .. outer space.. holy shit 4'07 the base is more tight, I see this heading somewhere, manipulated spaces come and go , growl baby growl the meltdown has begun , all ending in a crescendo of clowning horror. Yammy !!
4# Spunkies
In a deep dark tunnel somewhere in the centre of the earth there is called a meeting. The attendees come from their respective hideouts, announcing their arrival in no uncertain terms. All the animals are all divided from the people of the ?? Gruesome fx's , synthesizing and carelessly farting , finally culminating in a gamut of putrid hopelessness. Ewwww..
5# A small pan or slide panic
The trumpetting that greets us first sets the tone for an ominous ride this wretched piece of music is gonna take us through. A quickly paced clock ticks away. the synth and fx's unfold in a grumpy slap dash manner. The trumpetting is crying for help. Beneath the pounding there is an subliminal layer of impending doom. The conglomerate of sounds create a perfect atmoshere of mideval ritual.... someone help me . Wooosshhh!!
6# Pot Pixie
The rumbling begins soon after joined by the howling of battery. A swarm of bee like mosnters enters uninvited. The chase is on , the hunter becomes the hunted. the bassline is most impressive among the various 'other worldly' soundscapes. The fx's used in the latter two minutes are spell binding inducing a feeling a invarialble destruction. Pheww !!
7# Butterred toast
Spread it all over the crunchy toast goddammit, that juicy butter reeking of hellishly sublime aftertaste ! Enter sandman , enter shaman , enter all you wretched creatures demanding a little bite of the srcumptious pie laced with rotten tomatoes. And what are they gonna have this with ? Tasty grotesque buttered toast. Yeah!! Rumble, bumble jumble and the pie is over and done with. Damn !!
8# Owling byrrd
Outsiders call it pale (??) , .. a tribe in western mexico call it (??) . Some bird?? Is that the motif here. It comes and feeds of unassuming littles who are caught off guard. The nocturnal prey bird with a large and hooked beak is the theme is the theme of this eerie ghostly anthem driven by the pounding of Horror Place's ghastly exhortations. Call it bad karma or nature's blind fury it's coming to get ya! Unrelenting track to say the least !
9# Mystic Heads
Mysticism, Voodoo and witch craft! Spinning gnostic tales of the after world is undeniably our man's forte. Where have i heard the like of this before ? Ghreg on earth comes to my mind immediately. The comparison is inevitable here but what is noteworthy and sets Horror place apart is manages to do the trick without relying too much on his bass skills. Impressive !
10# Computer Glitch
There's bound to some Glitch in the hardware after all that's been churned out ... A distorted voice mumbling mumbo jumbo quickly disappears making way for hedonistic cacophany at its best !! A lot of groove is hidden behind the screeching overwheling Fx's. Ha Ha and i absolutely dig the way he ends this epic dark saga.
Closing comment :
After having witnessed a live act of horror place here in india I was really excited to review this cd. Its uniquely hard fast deep driving entrancing Psychedelic dark mu-sick. If you're into delving deep into your subconscious this is what you're looking for !
Favourites: 3!,5,7!!,9,10
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Posted : Aug 12, 2006 03:20
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Quite good, but unfortunately this cd suffers from the 'all tracks are quite similar' syndrome. Not only that, but it seems like he uses almost the same nervous bassline in every single track. Best suited for 2 song occasional listening, but sadly ... nothing more IMO. Close, but no cigar. Cover artwork's kinda neat though.
"Subconscious unravels at the point of death, and all time it has known erupts into a moment. As death extinguishes us, so we become it."
[Esoteric: Subconscious Dissolution Into The Continuum] |
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Bloodclot
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Posted : Aug 13, 2006 23:12
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Agreed with Acidhive. It's more like the same Highcosmo alliance which took us by surprise. New innovative style but then to repeat the same breaks, bassline etc is the road to montonousm. (is that a word?) I especially love the pads that give you that 'horror' feel to the tracks. Excellent production but not really meant to be heard one after the other. Loved the intro to Nippers In the Orchard!
Nice review bro 
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Posted : Aug 14, 2006 22:24
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At last a review... and the cd its full of rare things; I dont know but I really like the cd; killer clowns its my favorite; great work and keep the Horror!!!
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enichkin
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Posted : Aug 18, 2006 12:13
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the worst tracks from Zik i ever heard all are in this album. disappointed. |
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***Sideffect***
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Posted : Aug 19, 2006 02:23
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glad to see a review of this amazing release hear,
just listen with headphones on your mp3 player,
and you notice the detail and how intilligent it's made...
a psychedelic trip,
enjoying it over and over...
allthough the basslines are typical dark and not subtle,
what I experience as a bit boring horror place keeps me busy all the time,
good work 
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Acidhive
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Posted : Aug 20, 2006 12:21
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On 2006-08-19 02:23, ***Sideffect*** wrote:
glad to see a review of this amazing release hear,
just listen with headphones on your mp3 player,
and you notice the detail and how intilligent it's made...
a psychedelic trip,
enjoying it over and over...
allthough the basslines are typical dark and not subtle,
what I experience as a bit boring horror place keeps me busy all the time,
good work
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You have to like the basslines, but for me it gets very tedious after two or three songs. He uses that same nervous jumpy bassline in all of the tracks. And one can't help but think this is really simple to produce. You take a blueprint for one good dark song and make a couple of remixes of it with different moviesamples and some change in the acidlines and you get this. As I said, the cover artwork is nice, but as for the album itself: some more variation would've made this better. If you're looking for something similar but with more variation I suggest you take a listen to the Furious album. That's better IMO. This album is not bad, but it's certainly not great either. 'nuff said.
"Subconscious unravels at the point of death, and all time it has known erupts into a moment. As death extinguishes us, so we become it."
[Esoteric: Subconscious Dissolution Into The Continuum] |
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***Sideffect***
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Posted : Aug 20, 2006 16:49
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On 2006-08-20 12:21, Acidhive wrote:
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On 2006-08-19 02:23, ***Sideffect*** wrote:
glad to see a review of this amazing release hear,
just listen with headphones on your mp3 player,
and you notice the detail and how intilligent it's made...
a psychedelic trip,
enjoying it over and over...
allthough the basslines are typical dark and not subtle,
what I experience as a bit boring horror place keeps me busy all the time,
good work
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You have to like the basslines, but for me it gets very tedious after two or three songs. He uses that same nervous jumpy bassline in all of the tracks. And one can't help but think this is really simple to produce. You take a blueprint for one good dark song and make a couple of remixes of it with different moviesamples and some change in the acidlines and you get this. As I said, the cover artwork is nice, but as for the album itself: some more variation would've made this better. If you're looking for something similar but with more variation I suggest you take a listen to the Furious album. That's better IMO. This album is not bad, but it's certainly not great either. 'nuff said.
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thanx for the tip I'll do that
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Evil Doctor Inc
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Posted : Aug 23, 2006 21:37
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Most exciting release in the last 3 months
all tracks are very similar in style
yet at party volumes you can hear the differences in each track
and all are really special
for me the no 1 track on the cd is killer clowns
it really takes evolved listeners and musician to really understand wats going on in hobyah
it is not for everybody..
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Acidhive
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Posted : Aug 24, 2006 00:19
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On 2006-08-23 21:37, Evil Doctor Inc wrote:
it really takes evolved listeners and musician to really understand wats going on in hobyah
it is not for everybody..
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Please, don't act as if some people are missing stuff here. We're not dumb you know. I've been listening this music since 1996 and I really know what I like and what I do not like and when I say the tracks are really similar to each other so this is hard to listen to in one go, it's just that and nothing more. So don't go acting like this has to achieve cultstatus or anything. It's ok, and nothing more. Furious is better overall and more diverse.
"Subconscious unravels at the point of death, and all time it has known erupts into a moment. As death extinguishes us, so we become it."
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Evil Doctor Inc
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Posted : Aug 24, 2006 09:24
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There is no argument here
Horror place is not for u
I guess you have to be on a malana plane.
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exotic
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Posted : Aug 24, 2006 10:45
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On 2006-08-24 09:24, Evil Doctor Inc wrote:
There is no argument here
Horror place is not for u
I guess you have to be on a malana plane.
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Well said doc 
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Posted : Aug 24, 2006 11:48
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On 2006-08-20 12:21, Acidhive wrote:
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On 2006-08-19 02:23, ***Sideffect*** wrote:
glad to see a review of this amazing release hear,
just listen with headphones on your mp3 player,
and you notice the detail and how intilligent it's made...
a psychedelic trip,
enjoying it over and over...
allthough the basslines are typical dark and not subtle,
what I experience as a bit boring horror place keeps me busy all the time,
good work
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You have to like the basslines, but for me it gets very tedious after two or three songs. He uses that same nervous jumpy bassline in all of the tracks. And one can't help but think this is really simple to produce. You take a blueprint for one good dark song and make a couple of remixes of it with different moviesamples and some change in the acidlines and you get this. As I said, the cover artwork is nice, but as for the album itself: some more variation would've made this better. That's better IMO. This album is not bad, but it's certainly not great either. 'nuff said.
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I totally aggree! This album reminds me of Cosmo's album... no variation, you can hear that hes made a template and uses it for every god damn track throughout the album... boring!
Compared to Zik (liveact especially) this is nothing! |
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Acidhive
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Posted : Aug 24, 2006 12:09
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On 2006-08-24 09:24, Evil Doctor Inc wrote:
There is no argument here
Horror place is not for u
I guess you have to be on a malana plane.
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Hey, don't take it out on me that you like clonemusic. 
"Subconscious unravels at the point of death, and all time it has known erupts into a moment. As death extinguishes us, so we become it."
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