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Shakta - Out Of Sight (Dragonfly, 2001)
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___Sex-Tazi
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Posted : Sep 8, 2001 18:46:32
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Cover: http://goatrance.free.fr/covers/outofsig.jpg
01- Amazon 02- Threads 03- Next Stop Kawaguchi 04- Dirty Bouka 05- Questions 06- Too Close (Digitalis) 07- Quiet Science 08- Answers 09- System 16 10- Out Of Sight 11- Bonus Track
Definitely not the typical pure melodic goa style that we used to hear from Seb Teylor in his last 2 albums but the quality and the goodness are still listenable like the old days.
Amazon is first while we can hardly notice any melody, only tech elemets with cool bass-line - a great opening which is strictly connected to the next track, despite the fact that a mixing between the trax is deeply lacking! Threads continues the same tech/unmelodic style of Amazon which is so un-Seb, i doubt if I asked anyone of you: who made that track, you would say: Shakta. Next Stop Kawaguchi starts strongly with this rythem and this vibey name of it - a very good sampled dancefloor hit but again no certain melody. Dirty Bouka presents us tribal drums combined with the first trax style. For some reason I found Question as a clubby tune - not too clubby though but absolutely not a psychedelic gem and absolutely not the wanted stuff from Seb imho. Too Close (Digitalis) is a chill out/techno track, and a very quality nice one with the typical euro-techno samples. Quiet Science is weak in dancefloor terms - no hard bassline or kick very disappointaing. Answers is not the best tune here for sure features some samples from Genetic Eyes by Alien Project & Astrix released on the fifth Israels Psycedelic Trance - very average track. Coming up the best track here with very uplifting bassline and tech-melodies integrated with strict changes and powerfull rythem. The title track is tech-trance with a lower BPM than the other trax with kinda dubbed elements.
All in all, as a goa lover I say this new style of Seb is kinda fresh but not as good as his old style. Some will say it's a part of the progression the scene is going through from the melodic spiritual goa-trance to the minimal futuristic tech-trance but on the other hand, some will say that Seb is just too exhausted from his old style.
IMHO, new style or not.. Seb could do it much better in some parts and couldn't in another: 7.5/10
What about the bonus track? hmmmmmmmm.. U have to hear it first.. a masterpiece :D |
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___TrancEisT
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Posted : Sep 8, 2001 16:44:33
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doesn't sound too interesting... nice review though.
the bonus track sure lives up to those wonderfull carton action sound tracks. Keep it up Seb!
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___GuyShanti
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Posted : Sep 9, 2001 13:55:53
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best bonus track in history
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___ShivaS
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Posted : Sep 12, 2001 21:24:40
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i like this album a lot more then previous "..ape" and less then 1st one |
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___DCQ
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Posted : Sep 15, 2001 13:57:25
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not really upbeat enough on the whole for me, if you catch my drift... it just lakcs that extra something that would make me like it much more dont get me wrong, its good
and i like questions... i keep imagining the 'questions' vocal sample replaced in thart with a sample from the halifax advert from britain... u kno, 'kupi' when he says questioons...
if it hda that instead, then i would give it 10/10 just for cheekiness |
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___triptonight
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Posted : Sep 15, 2001 21:31:03
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so its true? shakta moved to minimal style ,nice |
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___BUBUNOTSETS
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Posted : Jan 31, 2002 20:07:56
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good shakta album he realy evolved 2steps forwerd &even if its minimal you can still here its seb |
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