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Mindwave - Awaken (Phonokol LTD)

mercury
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Posted : Dec 12, 2010 16:23:08
Mindwave already leaved an imprint with his debut album "Escape From Reality". Trancealert investigates whether this "Awaken" is a worthy follow-up.



Mindwave

Mindwave is Anton Maiko from Nazareth in Israel. A graduate at the BPM Music College, he was immediately signed by Phonokol LTD. He didn't have to wait long before his talent was noticed by other labels such as YSE Records and JOOF Recordings. In just 2 years he has already released two artist album, "Escape From Reality" and "Awaken", subject of this review.



Mindwave – Awaken (Phonokol LTD)


TRACKLIST

01. Rhythm

02. Morning Breeze

03. Free

04. Hours

05. Dreamatic

06. Awaken

07. Aerospace – Computer Music (Mindwave Remix)

08. Believe

09. The Vision


The debut album of Mindwave, "Escape From Reality", was released exactly 12 months ago and already stood out from the average Psychedelic releases for its original take of the full on morning sound. Mindwave spent the last year further elaborating his fairly unique take of Trance and the result is this second artist album "Awaken". One thing that stands out immediately is that Mindwave sound has moved definitely towards a more progressive direction. The tempo has slowed down and melodic and atmospheric elements are now predominant in all tracks. However we can't really talk about a classic Progressive Psy release in this case, but rather as an original hybrid between Progressive Trance and Full On Psy-Trance.

One problem you are faced when you have a fairly unique type of sound is that it is more evident when you don't put the necessary variety in the tracks to keep the listener interest. Even though this "Awaken" isn't really a groundbreaking work in terms of innovation of the Trance sound, almost every track stands out on its own and that's surely a praise we have to make to Mindwave. Still while the average quality of the album is fairly high from start to finish, our only critique is that it doesn't contain the gems to elevate it to a masterpiece. The only track we would put in this category is the track that gives the name to the album: a pumping trancer with a melancholic atmosphere and melody that is among the best Trance tracks we have heard this year.

Other track that deserve to be mentioned is first of all the remix of "Aerospace – Computer Music", unsurprisingly the most psy influenced track of the album and a succeeded re-elaboration of the original. In particular the breakbeat breakdown with the angelic voices in the background followed by the usual pumping kick with the main melody slowly increasing of volume is a nice touch. Last mention for "Free", the deeper track on the album, a perfect example that to deliver a nicely crafted piece of music you don't necessarily need to reinvent the wheel.


Verdict: This "Awaken" is a nice follow-up of the debut album "Escape From Reality". We are pleased to see Mindwave take his sound to an even more personal direction, rather than follow the usual beaten path like many artists do hoping to gather to a wider audience. The only pity is to see such a quality album being released on a label that while having great exposure in Israel isn't really known for the quality of its releases, as we can see from the Hypersonic and Yahel albums that were released before this Awaken.


Tracks to not miss in order of preference: 6, 7, 3.

Rating: 7.5/10

Written by Ivan/Trancefxs for http://www.trancealert.com


For track previews and download links, check out the post on Trancealert.com: http://www.trancealert.com/album/mindwave-awaken-phonokol-ltd/.



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Mindwave
Mindwave

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Posted : Dec 12, 2010 22:37
Thank you for the review!           Anton @ Mindwave
IONO Music.
mercury
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Posted : Dec 13, 2010 20:32
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Posted : Dec 15, 2010 09:32
brilliant music!

one of the best and most massive psysprog albums 2010 =)
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