Kiriyama - Reach Escape Velocity (Devils Mind Records, 2010)
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Posted : Feb 7, 2011 11:46:49
Kiriyama is an electronic project of Swedish artist Alex Örtegren, more precisely producing mend bending subliminal forest dark psytrance the signals of which are not limited to earthly stratosphere but abound far and beyond into the unknown depths of deep trans-dimensional outer space
Alex needs no introduction . He is co-founder and co-owner of Devils Mind Records. During his teenage years, he used to play guitar in a local skate-punk band and was greatly inspired back then by groups such as Green Day and Millencolin. Around NYE 03/04, he hooked up with Weirdo Beardo to the Little Blue Men studio in Charleswood where he had his first real experience with synthesizers and electronic music production. Alex has revealed that writing music is a kind of necessary therapy for him, a way to give output to whatever that goes on in his head at the moment.
Now to the review which most you who have heard the album are eagerly awaiting. "Reach escape velocity" isnt your standard cookie cutter trance that you can pigeon hole into a specific genre. Its deliciously psychedelic bringing in its fold various elements the first foremost which spring to mind are melodic GOA , encompassing in its melodic wake hypnotic mind-splitting dark psychedelic forest. Not "im going to beat your braincells to 4X4 pulp with inaccessible sounds so you have no option but to call it killer, mindspliting" ; Alex has a totally different method to his madness , he will start almost in a somber haunting ambient fashion and will slowly and patiently build a series of complex , labyrinthine webs that interlink in no uncertain fashion but at the same time leave you gasping and amazed at how they come together and then withdraw not letting you the listener get a complete hold of what his exact intentions are , like a painter who is in absolutely no hurry to compromise his artistic expression , totally absorbed in giving his audience as much of an experience that he had in weaving the strokes on his digital canvas. Never once do you sense any hurry or jarry overtones to spook the listener out of his trance, which is pretty apparent since none of the tracks are less than nine minutes with immense twilight eerie potential to boot! There is a calm composed inner peace that this music exudes while being exactly what it intends to be, twisted forest melodic GOA to the core!
So yes all in all a very patient and valiant effort from Alex, who took almost four years to get these sublime moments of magic together, has paid off very well. This album seeks to push the envelope of the stereotype that has been cast around DMR to an area where from where it can broaden its r'epertoire of albums to come . Listeners of this genre will be pleasantly surprised by this album i believe because , i reiterate again, its not your standard dark psychedelic forest trance. This is 'melodic' stuff that breathes, grows and becomes you and takes you places you wouldn't mind taking a short trip to , meant for those hours where there isnt too much action on the dancefloor but for those who are in the thick of things , take my word for it , you will exchange glances , shimmer in the glow of the frequencies and sounds that envelop and surround like a warm embrace and you will know the time has come to reach escape velocity and revel in the enchantment and fascination that will hit you like a meteor shower. " Unexpected the expected" and "Moving hills barefoot" are my picks from the album and the latter is where this album take a divine u-turn of sorts just at the point where it was exactly needed, a perfect track for bringing in the morning hours.
Kudos to Alex once again and i urge all you forest freaks to check this one out. One of the top albums of last year IMO.
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Posted : Feb 7, 2011 13:16
Yes, a steller album and a fantastic concept artwork !
Highly Recommended Music. !!
Unexpecting the Expected
Congratulations (crawl into my mouth )
Moving Hills Barefoot
These tracks are my pick of this outstanding album.
Good One Alex & DM crew !
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Posted : Feb 7, 2011 13:57
Thanks for adding the artwork dude! This album is kikass in every conceivable way !!
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Posted : Feb 7, 2011 13:59
Hi
Nice review One of the best albums I heard in 2010
I really like the cover as well
Made for the Forest!
Crazy Label Crazy Project Super Music !!!
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Posted : Feb 7, 2011 15:35
Apologies for not including the track list and the details in the first post itself.
Tracklist:
01 - Reach Escape Velocity (11:31)
02 - Congratulations (Crawl Into My Mouth) (11:40)
03 - 30 Cycles (10:14)
04 - Unexpecting The Expected (9:40)
05 - Moving Hills Barefoot (9:01)
06 - Ablaze (Time Leap Mix) (10:54)
07 - Rapide Ou Plus Lent (9:06)
08 - Space Between Spaces (7:02)
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Posted : Feb 16, 2011 21:51
I think that the tracks from this album differs too much one from another by the style. I liked only the first two tracks and partially the third. I found them REALLY unique and outstanding. But the others sound too outdated for 2010 release. If I listened to them some years ago, I would probably loved them, but now they aren't sound very interesting actually.
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Posted : Feb 19, 2011 06:27
I am impressed with how authentic the old school style tracks are... and the forest vibes are out in full force. It's such a surprising (and refreshing) release, not what I expected at all. I expect to take this one for deeper listening as time goes on.
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Posted : Feb 22, 2011 17:41
totallly awesome album.....in terms of my recent listens i rate this album and Cybernetika -scythe of orion VERY HIGH on the psychedelia content !!!
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On 2011-02-19 06:27, Basilisk wrote:
I am impressed with how authentic the old school style tracks are... and the forest vibes are out in full force. It's such a surprising (and refreshing) release, not what I expected at all. I expect to take this one for deeper listening as time goes on.
Hello Basilisk,
I have had this album for a few months now and each time I give a listen it sounds even better.
This album has its own style !
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Posted : Apr 2, 2011 15:52
some more reviews of this awesomely psychedelic album !!
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Posted : Apr 26, 2011 01:21
That's an amazing review exotic, didn't know this project and listenig to the youtube link u put up and your review, got me intriged, and this comes after beeing at a small partie where new friend started playing an amazing sound that felt kinda old but new that really pulled me off my feet, and it was something like this
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Kiriyama – Reach Escape Velocity (Devil’s Mind Records) 2010 (DVSMCD006)
1. Reach Escape Velocity 11:32 (147 BPM)
2. Congratulations (Crawl Into My Mouth) 11:40 (147 BPM)
3. 30 Cycles 10:19 (147 BPM)
4. Unexpecting The Expected 9:40 (148 BPM)
5. Moving Hills Barefoot 9:01 (147 BPM)
6. Ablaze (Time Leap Mix) 10:55 (144 BPM)
7. Rapide Ou Plus Lent 9:07 (138 BPM)
8. Space Between Spaces 7:02 (60 BPM)
Swooshing in comes the air with eerie sounds of lust and plums. The haunting shims of things to become and beats of the graveling beast warn a sensation where rolling bass lines and raining acid is to fume the forest of creative splendor where excitement awaits! Tangling in the autumn leaves is where you start to believe. Squeaking worms crawl on the side with laser flipped insects yarning for their entranced trust. This track is about mystery and bewildering without deluding anyone, much. A warning of things to come haunts this track; beauty of the frightened introductional run is where we all shall come undone. 6/6 ScaryShit Psy
For where better to go then into the ray of a sun. We are all meant to shine to somewhere fun without feeling shun. When we the Love the One realize the infused dimensional gong, that we are a part of its tones of cosmic Aum, the pattern of our multiflexible mental sum; then we will see that we are free without the hurtful stung of a deluded shun.. One will be able to speak, to say to you whom are standing there waiting for some answers of Om. This album is about Reaching Escape Velocity, and it is intense, sort of disturbing, subtle and very very good while crawling and wrapping itself around your ultimate being of seeing. And you also get some rebuilding bass lines to revaluationize the shamanic approach of Forest SweedPsy! ..Question still remain; do you dare to crawl into a mouth where you might see your own head trying to hang on? 5/6 Mental Forest Psy
The third track again signals of disturbing brain patterns and restless hallucinations, it is demystifying you, making the growl come up to the surface so that your mind can rest in sure of being brushed off. Have a mental massage; it’s good for you even though it might sort of hurt sometimes. What mental road it paws forward is the inducing sent of free thought and neural sensations that will shake your being into another state of wisdom and trust. As the bass rolls and the flair turns into magical shapes a melodic spur strikes the pineal glance only to lighten up the signals of pleasure and astral thirst while before getting your flight on, you are again pressed down to face and realize some of your fears. But distress not as Kiriyama is behind the wheel, trying to make sure your travel is interesting, real, unreal and immensely beautiful while being snuggled by the forest-shine. 4/6 Forest Psy of confused Weed
When you are unexpecting the expected things may take its toll on you as you are trying to ignore a fact of the expecting ones that you know are to be unexpected. This track is more about the tingling falling sensation of flowering birds crawling on top of hefty clashes of beats and sweeps. Hungry for attention the expected ones are feeling the groove of a suffering moon. Again there is more of the Swedish invention (?) of staggering rebuilding the true experience of shamanic trance and what this state can and will accomplish when all minds are set and infused into one higher state of being. 5/6 Twilight Forest Psy
As the four first tracks are swaggering on the twisted mental side of sonic waves and brain signalizing stems, this fifth track is tightening its flight for you by giving you a cool bass line to ride on and pretty smiling melody lines to float on- flying above and away from your (most properly) irrational fears. This track has deepness like a hurricane while being elegant, chaotic and majestic as a flying butterfly. True bliss this track is, really nice and elevating with phat basses and traces of lovely cheese. 6/6 Goadelic Forestpsy
As the melodic part has had its major introduction in the Reach Escape Velocity adventure, the beat transforms into a more techno vibe feel with Winking synthesis and hard hitting basses in intense flavors. Still we are inside a unionized forest land of crawling insects wrapped in moss, puddles and echoing drops. Really cool the way Kiriyama rides this dragon lodge from styles to sensations without ever forgetting what propulsion power he is manifesting. 5/6 GoaTechno in the Bush
So what acceleration would you like to feel, something faster or slower? We are able to bring you to all the phases you wish, as long as your mind is free and you feel capable of being a co-pilot of your own astral journey. Destination is to be felt, not directly thought. Destination is to be free from your own captive opinion of self forced upon you by yourself and unfortunately, ignorant people around. Feel the sting be the float and see the mental rout. Smiles upon you, always. 4/6 Elevating Mentalism in Pie
After an infused journey through the forest mind with glances to the cosmic Goa sound, Kiriyama brings the pressure down to a relaxing field of stress less feel in 60 BPM. Shimmering roots and electrical cute is humming on its way with luring background noises sharpening the curious ear to hear about the space between spaces. Dubadelic clings of happiness and darkened elevations runs over the plain with flying rotors and peaceful insects like crickets and other strange strings. 5/6 Downhearted Dub of Wonder
Recommendation: This is an awesome album and I love it because it goes from forestry sounds to high Goa vibes while being mentally astral. And as the sticker on the original copy reads; ‘Infused with the twilight sound of Scandinavian and mysticism of Goa trance. Ready to travel north?’ .. I just wish this album was twice as lengthy with more tracks to really fill in the journey presented by kiriyama. This is overall in simple words an album that rides a mental beast filled with scare, eerie fear, rolling basses, beautiful aspects of tingling melodies, sensational floats, hard hitting thumps, nostalgic forms and slowed down relaxations of mystical wonder.
The artwork (by Pelle Nyman) is as expected from Devil’s Mind rec. absolutely stunning with a real forest flavor and some extra eye candy inside by Alex Povidailo. This release is as other DMR-releases really well thought out with important details for collectors and DJ's. This album contains a 6 paged booklet (fold it out) with beautiful art photographed by Cina Gustavsson and some writings which for me is really nice, I love these details and that one can read some heartfelt words from the creator of the music himself. It is also included a DJ-slip which is (unfortunately) rare these days and that is definitely something to appreciate!
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Posted : Dec 27, 2011 18:47
Great piece of work, highly recommended!
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Posted : Mar 20, 2012 01:07
Great great album, definitely deserves much more attention than have gotten so far. Very refreshing to hear more "conventional" melodies entering the realm of forest trance. I hope this is a start of new tendencies. 2012 have already brought us another one with Phobos Azazel's Organistic (which is also highly recommended btw).
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Posted : Mar 20, 2012 10:14
One of the stand out albums of the last few years. Love the old skool goa vibez mixed in with the sinister mushy atmosphere. Moving Hills Barefoot is a blaster.
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