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Quasar - One Day [Mistress of Evil]
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Hidroponik
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Adigroovy
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Posted : Aug 12, 2006 11:53
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Well, after few days of listening to this album I just don´t have enough words to describe it I would say
this is PSYCHEDELIA. it´s without doubt one of the most originals albums of the year.
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Dark_Dork
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Posted : Aug 15, 2006 20:36
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Nice to see albums of artists who arent afraid to realese something other than "here are my latest 9-10 bangers + an intro, drop them on the floor".
No words to describe this, an experience... Always loved Quasar's original ideas and sounds, lots to explore in this album.
Dressed to kill you look so right... I am drunk with lust tonite. |
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DeathPosture
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Quasar – One Day
Cover: http://tinyurl.com/orylu + http://tinyurl.com/p8l3e
Artist: Quasar (USA)
Title: One Day
Format: CD (jewel case)
Label: Mistress Of Evil Records (USA)
Cat. #: MOE 66604
Distribution: Wirikuta
Date: 15 July 2006
Track listing:
Book 1: The Walk In
01. 00’12” By the Seashore
02. 00’25” Changing Channels
03. 01’17” Tune In
04. 06’17” Mission Control
05. 00’32” “…we have a problem…”
06. 06’40” Plan A
07. 06’17” Plan B
08. 00’44” …at Madame Zoe’s…
Book 2: The Tranceformation
09. 00’36” Transmorphication
10. 06’40” Higher Circuits
11. 06’59” The Glum Leaper
12. 00’54” The News
Book C: The Revival
13. 02’00” Rediscovery
14. 04’59” Disc Recovery
15. 01’02” Area 1-50
16. 06’28” Maximum Overdrive
17. 02’01” U.F.O.B.E.S.P.
18. 06’28” Solid and Clear
19. 01’06” The Eschaton!
.m3u-playlist: http://tinyurl.com/mxygx (all tracks!)
Review:
Conceptual fractals confined within a gazillion ‘bom spankas’ and the steady beat of a drum…
American producer and fractal cowboy Jason Frazier has been an active part of the Bay Area psytrance scene since the early 2000s and prior to this, his debut album, he has released tracks on 10 different compilations… Everything I’ve heard from his hands has excelled in being super-creative and very versatile stuff… Dark and banging, but not overly serious and boring… It’s been just the right mix of everything I like about modern psychedelic trance… So yeah, I was VERY excited when this album was announced by the lovely people over at the M.O.E. label based in San Fransisco. It’s been out since June, so this review is already long overdo… Let’s get to it…
Let me take you thru the tracks…
#01: By the Seashore
#02: Changing Channels
#03: Tune In
The first chapter starts with 3 short snippets of samples, music and what can best be described as psychedelic radio flipping… This must have taken weeks of knob-adjustment, fine tuning and audio wizardry. And it pays off, as this is really, really well put together… Trip-friendly static indeed!
#04: Mission Control
“Imagine spacemen on the moon in the big space suits… But he’s also getting mission control that has the wider picture speaking to him. Way out from that cluster of stars”. The first regular-sized track is this acid-soaked, psychedelic trip that’s jam-packed with spacy samples and hardcore, melodic psytrance morphing both vertically and horizontally… Very eclectic stuff that doesn’t have as much as a single boring nano second… The lush digital percussion is the icing on the LSD-spiked cake… Top class!
#05: “…we have a problem…”
#06: Plan A
After a short interlude (which plays a number on your stereo) we’re drifting deep into the darker realms of Quasar’s (nether)world… The bass is kicking harder now, but the trip is kept interesting by a snowstorm of twirling little melodies, raging noise pads and morphing synth excursions… It’s awesome, but it doesn’t work as well as a separate track as #4 did… It’s still frekkin’ excellent though!
#07: Plan B
“I feel that I am merely an agent. Giving you some keys which has been given to me to pass on to you. These keys are to unlock doors out of your present present. Door opening on new vistas. Doors beyond where you are now!” Charlie got lost on the trip, so it’s time to switch to Plan B. Damn the protocols and put on some more music… And oh my, what a great idea that was… The old trip-meter has been turned up, and this is a true psychedelic venture into the deepest, foulest recesses of Quasar’s mind… That’s all meant as superlatives mind you… Twirling acid-lines, digital farts and electronic burps are all over the place messing with your mind and making you seriously question your sanity! Alien music anno 2006! Stellar!
#08: …at Madame Zoe’s…
#09: Transmorphication
More interlude, bite-size mayhem here, letting you catch your breath before the trip makes a u-turn, and fucks you right up again…
#10: Higher Circuits
“With the higher circuits life gets more and more interesting…” A glum, film noir’esque mood opens this track before it turns into a regular stomp fest of epic proportions… Subtle acid lines and laser beams are flying back and forth, nestling in between the irregular beats and the background bassline… Again, this is very high quality music, but it works better as a transition track than a stand-alone track (which of course was never the intention).
#11: The Glum Leaper
“Again and again and again. In the same kind of looping cycle!” Despite the name, this is anything but glum. This is one of my fav’e tracks with a progression level second to none. It reminds me of some ancient Holy Ghost track with its unique, eclectic progression and trippy nature. The whole concept is just so fucking awesome, that I constantly cream my pants when listening to this… I’m not even gonna bother trying to describe it – words doesn’t do it justice. It’s audio LSD and encapsulates everything I love about psychedelic trance! Pure bliss!
#12: The News
#13: Rediscovery
“Scientist discovered today that all matter is ideas condensed into physical form. Everything is an illusion and we are the shadow of our true selfs.” Clinton is on the news with a top story that sends a friendly not back to Bill Hicks… Funny stuff… A couple of shorter tracks here which pretty much adds up to a full track… We’re still catching our breath with some digital tribalism and some ganja smoking… Transcending time and leading us on the more static…
#14: Disc Recovery
#15: Area 1-50
With some hardcore guitar tweaking, this Quasar’s way of flipping off The Chemical Mafia and friend showing them just how interesting guitars in trance music CAN sound… Tasty radio-flicking and genre bending + a friendly nod to George Lucas’ THX 1138… Oddball stuff for sure, but what it lacks in dancability, it makes up for in trip-friendliness!
#16: Maximum Overdrive
Another aptly named track here – this is tension-building, energy-bursting, propane-injected maximal psytrance packed to the rim with cascading melodies, trippy synth lines and more acid than you’d dreamed off… Pure Bay Area trance with all its perks, quirks, frills and thrills… More full on than anything else here! Awesome!
#17: U.F.O.B.E.S.P.
The next track revolves around UFO’s and Boltzmann’s Equilibrium Spectrum Program… What else did you think it would be about? Whatever the hell it is, it works as a low-key sonic meltdown that lets you sit back and digest things for a short while before the bombardment hits you again…
#18: Solid and Clear
“It’s a makes it sort of nice and solid and clear… I’m solemn… Aloha!” And what a bombardment this is… If the previous full-length track wasn’t hardcore enough, just wait until this bombshell penetrates your ears… Amazingly complex, this track is riddled with interweaved melodies, uplifting synth exploration and flaring acid lines tweaked beyond recognition… Holy smurfs on PCP stomping like crazy!! Solid indeed and extremely unclear! Phew!
#19: The Eschaton!
“There is one ancient Buddha scripture in which he’s asked directly ‘are you a God?’ and he says ‘no’. And the next question is ‘are you a saint?’ and he says ‘no!’. And the next question is ‘well what are you?’ and he says ‘I’m awake!’. ” And before it even began, it’s over... Or just getting started? The loop starts right here… An open invitation to play the album again. And again…
AMAZING album… Really! In caps and all! I’ve had this on heavy rotation since it was released – and it’s still as fresh as the first time I heard it…
To the untrained ear, this might seem like a ‘normal’ concept album comparable in size to, say, Kemic-Al’s The Dark Journal or Artifakt’s Artifakt II, but it’s not… It’s more than that. Sure, it’s divided into books, but there’s not the same level of consistency here… But hey, that’s not a bad thing. Not at all. This is one of the most diverse, eclectic and utterly jaw-dropping albums of 2006.
A truly profound experience that it would be a crime not to try out… Trust me on this one, this album will be benchmarked by other producers, labels and so forth for a long time… I like everything about it. From the subtle artwork, to the progression, flow and direction… Also the production is real fucking sweet, not to mention the (most likely) years of studio time that went into writing all this. That investment really paid of, and this is such a mature album… Top 10 material for sure! Hats, socks and underwear off to the man himself Jason and to Mistress Of Evil Records for putting out such an instant classic!
A no-brainer, absolutely essential purchase for any fan psychedelic trance… Enjoy!
Favourites: 4(!!), 6, 7(!!), 11(!!!), 14, 16(!!), 18(!).
DeathPosture
External links:
Quasar: http://www.quasartrance.com
Mistress Of Evil: http://www.mistressofevil.com
Discogs: http://www.discogs.com/release/711897
Saiko Sounds: http://tinyurl.com/pwbel
Beatspace: http://tinyurl.com/qsham
Wirikuta: http://tinyurl.com/p35zk
Psyshop: http://tinyurl.com/nz3ha
Juno: http://tinyurl.com/m7b6p
On really romantic evenings of self, I go salsa dancing with my confusion... |
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leandromorales
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Posted : Oct 2, 2006 18:49
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my fav:
track 10, 5, 3
very nice album
i liked
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Posted : Oct 2, 2006 21:47
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this album is one of the best i have heard in my life, and im including everything i have listened so far.
the story is so well done and it really takes you into its universe. i wished the design and the artwork fit more the concept, it would have been great if the album came with a comicbook of some sort  .
amazing album, congratulations quasar and Moe for making this possible.
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Mistress of Evil
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Posted : Oct 3, 2006 21:06
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Thanks for the great review and the feedback!
I am still constantly amazed by the genius of this cd... everytime i hear it it still surprises me
Bringing Dreams to Life!
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mudpeople
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Posted : Oct 4, 2006 00:37
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One Day is such a unique and wonderful piece of music. I like the homemade samples!
As MoE said, everytime i hear it it still surprises me.
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psychedelic pineapples
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Posted : Oct 12, 2006 23:23
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great music to me it sounds like--A COCKTAIL-called=''Trippy''- with good portions of psychedelia mixed with funkadelic tribal trance topped with cutting edge forest elements and blended with amazement-bartender = QUalienSAR |
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Posted : Oct 12, 2006 23:53
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great great music very very nice album original ideas stronge and tripy music |
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Yidam
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Posted : Oct 15, 2006 21:42
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Send word back to headquarters, I'm going in ...in in in in in in in...
This album is gorgeous art. Soul twisting... mind altering. Quasar has done for psychedelic trance what Jaia did for progressive psy. A journey....where each track has a meaning but the meaning is meaningless without the others.
This is the album I play for people who claim that socalled 'Dark Psy' has no soul.
Thank you for the music, for giving it to me!
And now here's Nixon with the weather... 
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-dudi-
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Posted : Oct 16, 2006 03:46
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not really much to say ,,,
every one has already said what had to be said ,, so im just gonna say
ONE OF THE BEST RELEASES EVER !! 
hahahahaha !!! this cd puts a smile on my face every time hear it ! fucking incredible ideas !!
great work ,, and plz dont EVER stop making muzik !! BIG R-E-S-P-E-C-T .... this cd is gold
fuct up muzik for fuct up ppl ,,,, woohoooo 
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Jeller
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Posted : Oct 17, 2006 22:36
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man this cd is awesome, just what i was looking for, glitches, playful melodies and pumping but yet smooth basslines without ever getting boring
and this is only my first listen!! |
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hallucinator
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Posted : Nov 13, 2006 16:40
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What a Album
this yes is better with it
cant stop listening
quasar dercibe " one day " perfectly
but anyway QUASAR is QUASAR
wish luck for atother realise
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