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Koxbox - U-Turn (Twisted 10.06)

lurk
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Posted : Oct 15, 2006 16:50
Quote:

On 2006-10-04 04:50, Nobita wrote:
Great album!.. but the review is very exagerated, it's no revolution, just some very well executed fullon then goa. Psyreviews, you need to stop doing reviews on acid




he hardly ever does acid, i should know cos i keep trying to get him to take it, but no success

i haven't really given the album a really proper listen yet, but what i've heard of it, i really like. definitely one of the best releases of the last couple of years.           I said no to drugs... but they didn't listen
intrees
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Posted : Oct 18, 2006 21:34
Well I got this today, and am starting to enjoy a few of the tracks, but I can't see how anyone could say this is 'the most important album of the year' - may be important in the fact that it seems like Twisted Records have fallen foul to the full-on machine that is eating up all the world...

Don't get me wrong, there are some decent tunes here, but if you want a real psychedelic album, I reckon you should wait for Prometheus ; now that is going to be something special .
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Lux
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Posted : Oct 18, 2006 22:43
Crap album as far as I'm concerned.

No direction; just another full-on album that has nothing to do with past quality releases from Kox Box.

I have listened to it so many times trying to discover the innovation that everyone is talking about but the only thing I've got is a headache!

Great disappointment from Kox Box and Twisted.
          Don't hope 2 much 4 something cause u may end up getting it...
gay_trancer


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Posted : Oct 19, 2006 22:38
i wouldn't say ''great disappointment'' for Kox Box.....Definitely a superb album.....Kox Box are more likely produce ''Great Unknown'' albums....Well done Frank'e and Ian......Especially the track with Transwave is completely magic!!!......When i see old groups co-operate in an old label i hallucinate!!(Twisted you did it again!-and what a wondeful follow with the unreleased tracks from Transwave,the GBU album and Prometheus new album)....Long live Twisted!
floatyhippyflower


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Posted : Oct 20, 2006 14:08
It's all about track two.
full_on
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Posted : Oct 20, 2006 19:20
Ordered. Have to check it to have my own opinion. The samples sounds nice.
Respect!           .
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keyop
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Posted : Oct 23, 2006 13:11
I've had this four weeks now and whilst it doesn't make me bounce off all four walls, it certainley has that special something which makes it an interesting listen every time it enters my cd player.

I'm glad i've been able to give it a good pre-listen before Koxbox rock the Twisted Party this friday (yay)
^yeti^


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Posted : Oct 27, 2006 22:25
interesting music .
goa style .
trak - acid drome is toooo good , super duper trak it is .
Nathan
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Posted : Oct 27, 2006 22:31
Nice album           -=The Meaning Of Life Is To Give Life A Meaning=
Nomolos(Zenon Rec.)
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Posted : Oct 28, 2006 13:15
Quote:

On 2006-10-20 14:08, floatyhippyflower wrote:
It's all about track two.



So True! only tracked i liked....

Cheers.           "....or is it???"

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Ah-sid


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Posted : Oct 29, 2006 15:40
absolutly disappointed...... : (
Digital Tribe
Digital Tribe

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Posted : Oct 29, 2006 16:29
This Albummmm

KOX BOX THIS MUISC ...... BOMBBBBBBBB

sagiv
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Posted : Nov 6, 2006 12:49
good to hear this album.

if you hear it with open mined you can hear some old sounds that combinate with new sounds from all over the trance aria..and for me this is the refreshing thing!

this combinathion made with ecxellent skill and you can hear this ..
all of it make by singel artist..perfectoo!
thanke u Frank for yours music & style.

peace & love.
DeathPosture
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Posted : Nov 14, 2006 23:30
Koxbox – U-Turn

Cover: http://tinyurl.com/y4gxde

Artist: Koxbox (Denmark)
Title: U-Turn
Format: CD (jewel case)
Label: Twisted Records (UK)
Cat. #: TWSCD29
Distribution: Twisted
Date: 21 September 2006

Track listing:

01. 06’56” Crazy
02. 07’52” Buffer Overdrive
03. 08’24” No More Ghosts
04. 07’43” Next Stop
05. 08’08” FM 17
06. 07’21” This Can’t Be Real
07. 07’27” Acid Drome
08. 08’06” Side Effects
09. 08’49” Voice Of

Review:

The triumphant return of Koxbox…

Legendary act Koxbox has always been trance royalty – in all shapes and forms. Founding members were Danish pioneers Frank Kiehn Madsen (aka Frank'e), Ian Johansson (aka Ian Ion), Peter Frellesen (aka Peter Candy) who left the group in 1998. The musical styles they offered ranged from technoid EDM over progressive tech to full-fledged acid-drenched goa trance. Their various guises have also included Psychopod and later Saiko-Pod which was an offshoot for more in-depth electronica.

When the Danish group first catapulted onto the acid-techno scene in the early 1990ies their sound was already lusciously refined EDM, and the band has successfully managed to revamp their sound throughout the last decade. When the global goa trance movement were preparing their worldwide assault in 1993/1994 Koxbox was omnipresent with their acid-ridden teKkno and when they released their debut album Forever After (Harthouse/1995) they successfully fused old school techno with (at the time) modern day goa trance. A legend was born. What really elevated the group’s status was their triumphant 2nd album Dragon Tales (Blue Room Released/1997) which is unquestionably their opus magnum and an album that has forever carved its name on the list of most seminal goa trance albums of all time. Just before the turn of the millennium Peter Candy left the group and Koxbox took a new direction with their very mature and progressively built The Great Unknown (Liquid Soundz 1999) album.

Seven years later Koxbox is now a one-man act (Frank’e) though old-time pal Ian Ion joins in on a few tracks here… I’ve always been a huge Koxbox fan and I still remember the first time I saw them live @ Hurricane Harbour in Aalborg, Denmark in 1997. An amazing experience which will be etched in my mind forever. Suffice to say, I’ve been VERY excited since this come-back album was announced on the legendary UK-label Twisted. The impressive list of guest stars on all the tracks didn’t do much to curb my enthusiasm either… Let’s find out if the magic is still there…

Let me take you thru the tracks…

#01: Crazy
The first track was made with Tube (Pini Alon) one of the Chemical Crew guys… I’ve never been a Chemical Crew fan, but this track sure has its moments despite it being blatant full-on… I’m not a fan of the guitars or the rolling bassline… But everything else here works like a charm… The twirling synth cords and the heavy tech-reverbs are really lush. The melodies are plush and the stretched pads are the sexy icing on the cake along with the subtle touch of ancient psychedelic Koxbox. One of the better Ibiza-trax I’ve heard recently… Approved!

#02: Buffer Overdrive
“I had a really strange dream…On television!” Next up is a track that Frank’e made in cahoots with legendary French goa maestros Frédéric Holyszewski (Dado, Deedrah, Synthetic) and Christof Drouillet (Absolum) – together better known under their Transwave alias and that fact does not go by unnoticed here. The familiar flaring, uplifting melodies from 10 years ago are still very much present in this delicious track. Transwave has been dissed a lot lately for their disappointing turn to generic full-on, but luckily there’s nothing boring or formulated about this… Sure, it’s full on, but it’s damn tasty full-on and I’m sure it will revive some people’s faith in modern full-on. Mine included. This is trippy, smile-cracking full-on psytrance. Lovely.

#03: No More Ghosts
“No more ghosts, no more fuzzy pictures!” On this track Frank’e is joined by none other than Eat Static/Ozric Tentacles (Joie Hinton & Merv Pepler)… And this is where the fun REALLY starts. The plot has thickened, the ante has been upped, the stakes have been raised and the old party-boom stick has been hammered to the ground unleashing an unprecedented wave of psychedelia… Hell yeah, this is AWESOME stuff… A pounding, heavily filtered marching bassline pumping alongside an unsane doze of tweaked acid-lines and sonic TIP.World’esque antics… A gargantuan track which continues to render me short of breath… Awesome!

#04: Next Stop
Christof is back for round two on a track which unwillingly becomes a little less appealing following such a monster of a track… It’s not bad though – this type of acid-ridden full-on is still miles above the mind-numbing, generic stuff pouring out of Israel these days… What we get here is high-pitched, fast-paced, cord-catapulting, drilling psytrance which is bound to keep most dancers extremely busy on the trance floors… In essence it’s DJ friendly stuff. In-your-face dancefloor napalm – that’s less efficient for wholesome sofa trancing… A quality ‘filler’ so to speak. But miles above what would normally be described as a filler or transition track.

To be continued...           On really romantic evenings of self, I go salsa dancing with my confusion...
DeathPosture
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Posted : Nov 14, 2006 23:30
...Continued!

#05: FM 17
Old-timer Mino (Meir Vaknin) of Orion-fame joins Frank on this track – and this is another instant classic that will teleport you right back to 1997… After a somewhat eerie and minimal intro, all hell brakes loose when the track morphs into a pure old-school techno fest with a hard-hitting, pounding, steady bass… The trip-factor is taken up a notch when the synths enter the equation and everything goes ballistic half way thru when the pace increases and unreal amounts of acid is unleashed… Forget everything about uplifting full-on and fluffy melodies; this is über-murky tech-trance with enough acid to kill a middle sized African country… This will suck you in, chew you up real good and spit you right back out in a matter of seconds… Un-fucking-believable! Stellar track!

#06: This Can’t Be Real
Frédéric Holyszewski is also back for a second track with Frank’e and whereas their first attempt leered heavily on full-on this is much deeper psychedelic techno… The main attraction here is the hypnotizing, deep pounding mesmo-beat which this track is built around… Driving, focussed cross-over trance which has an unprecedented fresh sound… Great for dancing, but even better for trancing and romancing… It’s pretty simple really, but so very lush too… Very interesting!

#07: Acid Drome
And for the final three tracks Frank’e is joined by his long time companion and fellow Koxbox founder Iao Ion (Ian Johansson)… The Overlord himself! And yeah, this is exactly what it says on the box: Old-school, acid-ridden, low-ripping, flesh-stripping, overwhelming psychedelic techno with more than a few surprises in store… The punch is relentless and the stamina is downright impressive… These guys still know exactly how to fuck with our heads, move our feet and drop our jaws… Resistance is futile – you *will* surrender to the vibe… Trust me on this! A massive choon!

#08: Side Effects
This is another one of those Ian Ion/Frank’e trax that you’ve had wet dreams about for years and years… That’s right; this is Koxbox at their best almost up to par with their prime work 10 years ago… Fast-paced, propane-injected, dancefloor-friendly, spliff-worthy psytrance with a big old slice of techno thrown in just to freak you out even more… Murky at times, nightmarish at others, but always 100% focussed and incredibly well produced… I’m running out of superlatives here, so let’s just say that this is another sure-fit instant classic on so many levels. Eclectically brilliant!

#09: Voice Of
On the final track Frank & Ian are joined by techno-wizard Xavier Morel – and oh my, I’ll be damned if it doesn’t manage to get even deeper, murkier and more deranged… This is pumping, slap-in-the-face psychedelic techno… Wall-to-wall maximal stuff that will freak out your cat, annoy your neighbours and scare the living shit out of your mates… Heavy stuff, but so well carried out that you can only ponder what the fuck just hit you… Immensely thrilling stuff and the perfect way to end a truly remarkable album.

So there you have it. An absolutely essential Koxbox album which has immediately earned itself a place in the annals of psytrance history. As always the Koxbox sound has matured, evolved and sought new directions – which undoubtedly has left old-schoolers and purists disappointed. Not me though – I love how this album flirts both with disaster (full-on) and gives the finger to the same full-on crowd (techno) and still manages to pay homage to legacy of ancient goa trance at the same time.

There are no bad tracks here, but obviously some are better than other – and seen in that light I prefer the technoid tracks over the full-on ones… But as a whole this album works as the near-perfect entity underlining that Koxbox is still very much alive and well. Hats off to Frank’e + friends for creating something so special and eclectic. This will stand as a benchmark album for years to come. Trust me.

The stand-out tracks rub shoulders here and especially the second half is absolutely riddled with one monstrous track after the other… The star parade of guest stars all contribute interesting input and Frank’s touch is still as magical as it was back in 1991. The subtle, but lovely artwork also sends a friendly nod back to the artwork of 1995s Forever After. Well done Twisted Records for once again catapulting Koxbox right onto the psytrance A-list. This album is absolutely essential and I’ll give it my warmest recommendations… Enjoy!

Favourites: 2, 3(!!), 5(!!), 6, 7(!!), 8(!!), 9

DeathPosture


External links:
Koxbox: http://www.koxbox.dk
Twisted Records: http://www.twisted.co.uk
Discogs: http://www.discogs.com/release/792578
Saiko Sounds: http://tinyurl.com/uoher
Selectadisc: http://tinyurl.com/y7fg45
Beatspace: http://tinyurl.com/y5n4c3
Amazon: http://tinyurl.com/y8mk2r
Discobole: http://tinyurl.com/sdutc
Wirikuta: http://tinyurl.com/u69le
Psyshop: http://tinyurl.com/ta3pd
Wakyo: http://tinyurl.com/wrr9h
Play: http://tinyurl.com/ukt2v           On really romantic evenings of self, I go salsa dancing with my confusion...
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