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MOUNTAIN HIGH COMPILATION-CANDYFLIP RECS
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Justin Chaos
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Posted : Jan 20, 2004 19:43
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"Ready for the festivals"..............OH YEAH!!!
  
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psilocybe
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Posted : Jan 21, 2004 13:24
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hmmm sounds like a goodie... definately on my to order list  |
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Mike Indidginus
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Posted : Jan 21, 2004 18:14
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On 2004-01-20 17:03, NeutroN wrote:
dammm this is a good compilation, loved Nada's track made me wonder how the album is looking like. and Mike Indidginus brilliant work mate great psy chillout. 
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Thank you Neutron  |
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cell
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Posted : Jan 23, 2004 21:42
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Good Job, Alex!...Nice CD!...
Respect and Hope
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Justin Chaos
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Posted : Jan 24, 2004 02:45
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I have my copy!!!!!
 
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Alex Candy
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Posted : Jan 28, 2004 15:15
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Glad to see that people enjoyed the tunes! : )
I hope you also like the cd artowork and cover!!
candy smiles
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Kwark (Ultimae Rcds)
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Posted : Jan 29, 2004 00:40
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Yes, very nice job ... for a very nice trip
The cd artwork is very good and good quality About the cover, i don't like it so much ... but it's just my feeling 
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Mike Indidginus
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Posted : Jan 29, 2004 14:44
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The cover rocks It looks v. professional & slick.... |
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Justin Chaos
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Posted : Jan 30, 2004 17:09
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yeah,I have my copy...............But I don`t like it.
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kukan-dub-lagan/ItaiTaiko
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Posted : Feb 1, 2004 18:39
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On 2004-01-30 17:09, Justin Chaos wrote:
yeah,I have my copy...............But I don`t like it.
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starnge no?:-]
this c.d rocks
vibrasphere track is so dubby good  |
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omniholic
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Posted : Feb 1, 2004 22:35
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Well done! Way to go Alexis! A great compilation this one! |
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elctrojinj
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Posted : Feb 5, 2004 11:42
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i like it
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Justin Chaos
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Posted : Feb 10, 2004 15:50
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I change my mind after listen this cd a few times again,I like it very much!!!
Weird huh???
Specially track nº 8, from Cell.
Beautiful words on the CD cover also.
Respect.
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kukan-dub-lagan/ItaiTaiko
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Posted : Feb 29, 2004 02:54
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On 2004-02-10 15:50, Justin Chaos wrote:
I change my mind after listen this cd a few times again,I like it very much!!!
Weird huh???
Specially track nº 8, from Cell.
Beautiful words on the CD cover also.
Respect.
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really respect also i just can't stop to listen this c.d
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DeathPosture
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Posted : Feb 29, 2004 19:42
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---copied from reviews-forum---
V/A – Mountain High
Cover: http://217.160.164.51/pic/cfr1cd006.jpg
Format: CD
Artist: Various
Title: Mountain High
Label: Candyflip
Cat. #: CD CF06
Year: 2003
Track listing:
01: 07’25” Solar Field – The Sight is White
02: 07’22” Vibrasphere – All Green Seasons
03: 06’51” Indidginus – Spiritual Spearmints
04: 06’43” Triac feat. Sharon – Anticipation
05: 05’59” J. viewz – Untracked
06: 08’48” Kick Bong – Incense
07: 07’44” Nada – Numbers
08: 07’14” Cell – The Bushman
09: 07’01” Intocyrcle feat. Wiama – Maui Tici Tici
10: 05’51” J. viewz – Courage Wants to Laugh
11: 07’45” A.e.s.Dana – Seaweeds Corporate
From the misty mountains of Greece, here’s Mountain High!
Mountain high? Clever little play on words, eh? Nicey nice… Anyway, here’s a bunch of chilled tunes from Greek label Candyflip – compiled by top dog Alex Candy himself. Mastered by Huby & Vincent from Ultimae – which is a quality stamp in my book!
This is supposed to be a journey-compilation. Starting at the bottom of the mountain, and then progressing thru the tracks ‘till the mountain top is reaching with the last track… How nice a concept… Let the journey begin…
#01: The soundtrack to the first steps up the hill is this little wonder, by Solar Fields. Nothing complicated going on here, this is minimal ambient… Beatless grooves and mellow soundscapes… Pure ambient… Magical!
#02: Vibrasphere – The kings of progression! Does it get any better? ;o) This is dub territory folks… Easy going atmospheric soundscapes, deep groovy beats and brilliant little melodies – all very intelligently put together into one amazing work of art!
#03: Ahh, this one is so damn cool… Indidginus nailed it! The perfect chilled, moody ambience is there from the get go, with organic sounds – wind, water, chanting… Accompanied by a gentle keyboard playing a simple melody… And then, a deeeeeeeeep, dubby bass slowly pokes its head out…. How beautiful!
#04: Triac continues in Indidginus’ footpaths, up the mountain. We’re still at the very mellow part of the… ehh… mellow scale! Dubby beats, organic sounds, smooth percussion… Man, I like this part of the mountain! Electro trance melodies chilled to perfection! Nice track!
#05: J.viewz the downbeat alter-ego of Jonathan from critically acclaimed Israeli sensation Violet Vision… And the talent we all know clearly shines through on this experimental piece. Yes, we’ve moved north up the mountain and the focus is slowly going towards more tribal, housey dub… This track has some of the most interesting voice samples… Repetitive, eastern inspired chants cut up and looped… Very intoxicating. Another nice track!
#06: Kick the bong and light some incense! We’re getting even more tribal now… This percussion based track slowly builds into something that could be the soundtrack to some tribal ritual… Characteristic is the use of a minimal acoustic guitar… Or perhaps even a sitar? Can’t tell, but it sounds so good… I’m lighting some incense right now! Very ethnic, very slow, very nice!
#07: “Numbers go on!?” Rrrright, so further up the mountain, we’re getting just a little tranceier now… But just a little. The bass is a little sharper now, and suddenly we have drum loops… This is ethno electro dub, in its purest form… Also this track showcases good use of percussion with all kinds of nice rhythms… However, I feel it kinda lacks a sense of direction. Average track.
#08: Going further up, we encounter a bushman… Wow, jungle-influenced tribal beats alongside distant floating melodies and the random voice sample of a woman thrown in here and there…This is one funky bushman… Though, he tends to be stuck on the same note for a short while…And what’s with the abrupt ending? Decent track
#09: Ahh, things are picking up now… This dubby, electro piece has an instant wiggle-your-toe effect on you… All kinds of percussion are used here… Drums, bongos, claves, etc… Also we’re treated to a simple, yet beautiful melody that occasionally pops up… And again – a short sample of a woman sayin’ something in a foreign language… Very cool track!
#10: Takin’ it down a notch… So we’re going down the mountain now? Second track from J. viewz, though the style is somewhat different here… We’re going dubby again – I’d even go as far as saying heavy dub – With Raja Ram-like flutes… Eventually, the track reaches some kind of peak where we get some well crafted, slow electric-guitar sounds… Decent track!
#11: We’ve reached the top! This is Vincent of former Asura-fame – and man, does he know his shit! This is by far the “darkest” track here… Extremely well-produced dark, ambient here… Immensely psychedelic – trance-inducing in nature… Truly a worthy last track… This is amazing!
This is truly a magical journey. All in all, this is a huge, amazing, eclectic ambient compilation. The production is crystal-clear and the most of the tunes are so very good. Perhaps I would have changed the order of some of the tracks, to ensure a 100% flawless flow, but that’s really nitpicking… Also, despite the beautiful artwork on the cover, my digipack seem to be of low quality as the plastic-bit holding the CD has already detached itself from the actual digipack. That’s a shame ‘cause generally this CD oozes quality all the way through!
This album gain so much with headphones so put them on, close your eyes and climb that misty mountain! It’s a journey you’ll not soon forget. Highly recommended!
9/10
Favourites: 1, 3(!!), 6, 9(!), 10(!!)
DeathPosture
External links:
Candyflip Records: http://www.candyflip-records.com/
Psyshop: http://www.psyshop.com/shop/CDs/cfr/cfr1cd006.html (soundclips available)
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