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Symphonix - The Wild Life (Blue Tunes) 11/2008
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aje
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Symphonix – The Wild Life
Label: Blue Tunes Recordings
Catalog#: BTRCD022
Format: CD, Album
Country: Germany
Released: Nov 2008
Tracklisting:
1 Trip Away
2 System Float
3 Smoking Ace
4 Floating Mirror
5 Freq Box
6 Freaking Out
7 The Good Old Times
8 Home Sweet Home
9 Resting Voltage
10 Miles To Go
Ever since one fateful 11-hour drive from VuuV to Ozora Festival in the summer of 2008, the music of the Symphonix will for me be forever linked to the noxious fumes emanating from one of my dear friends´ ass. I will call him J. for the purpose of this little review here, in order not to expose him and his gaseous ways on a public forum.
But let me elaborate. In the summer of 2008 about 20 friends and I went on a trip to VuuV festival and then continued on to Ozora festival in Hungary. J. was kind enough to give me a ride in his rather small car, along with his girl and another friend. After VuuV I had really bad cramps in my legs because I danced so much and didn’t sleep for 3 days, so when I tried to stuff my 1,95 cm frame into his tiny car, the cramps got a lot worse. As luck would have it, J. had prescription muscle relaxers from an earlier back injury, and he gave one to me. After about 5 minutes in the car, I heard a dirty laugh coming from his direction followed by the smell of rotten eggs mixed with the unwashed vagina of a geriatric crackwhore about 30 seconds later. I loudly expressed my disgust and tried to find a comfortable position in the car so I could finally get some well deserved rest. Little did I know of the olfactory horrors that were awaiting me…
Now, I had taken muscle relaxers before at one point, but never after 3 days of partying with absolutely no sleep. As we got onto the highway, I slowly felt the muscle relaxers kicking in, and I fell into a weird half-sleep, where I was strangely conscious, yet I absolutely could not move one single muscle. I imagine it was like eating Fugu, an out-of-body experience but without the deadly outcome. As I submerged into that trance-like state, J. told his girlfriend “Put on Symphonix”, and she did as she was told.
And that’s when the Symphonix CD and the products of my friend’s lower intestine melted into one strange synaestetic trip of hypnotic pumping beats and smells so hideous, even Tubgirl would have turned green in her face (actually, her face probably would have stayed brown…). Every 5 minutes or so, I heard a dirty little laugh, followed by a proud exclamation along the lines of “I don’t know if you still classify that as biological warfare, considering all the chemicals I ate at VuuV it technically must be considered chemical warfare, höhöhöhö” or “That’s why I could never be gay, whoever sticks his dick in my ass, it would immediately fall off, the environment is toxic down there, hahahahaha”.
I was helpless, one minute I smelled the decomposing corpse of a 500-pound fat Samoan woman after it was lying at the bottom of a sewage treatment plant for a few weeks, the next I smelled one of Goa Gils dreads  And there was nothing I could do about it. I was paralyzed, only my nose was working better then ever. To add insult to injury, we made a stop where J. and his girlfriend went outside for a while. As he returned to the car he made sure to close all doors and windows, issued forth a thunderous fart and victoriously proclaimed “Ahhh, now I feel at home again!”
Anyways, later I found out that what we listened to was the first Symphonix CD “Music Prositute”. And let me tell you, that prostitute specializes in anal. Strangely enough, the multisensory experience in the car made me really seek out the new Symphonix CD, “The Wild Life”. Even though I was never a big fan of their music before (except their track “Druids” with that awesome haunting sample of a deranged woman screaming “Liar”), I discovered a certain hypnotic deepness in their music during that drive that I had never noticed before. Luckily, “The Wild Life” is better then everything they have done in the past.
Symphonix certainly did not re-invent the wheel on this record, but they dramatically improved on their trademark sound. The signature hypnotic synths that sound like they were recorded driving through a tunnel are still present, and so are the somewhat dry progressive grooves. But there is a lot more “flesh on the bones” because the tracks appear much more colorful and dynamic compared to their older stuff. And IMHO one sure hit is on this record, the perfectly titled “The Good Old Times”. That little lead melody made me jump right out of my chair when I first heard it. Even though it is only a few seconds long, it perfectly captures the feeling of happy nostalgia that Symphonix probably tried to express given the tracks` name. Another stand-out is “Home Sweet Home”, an exploration of how deep one can go using the means of prog. psy. Really hypnotic trippy shit, I`m sure it would inspire J. to dig very deep into his bowels to see what torturous smells he could unleash next into this world. And I also really enjoy “System Float”, a very typical Symphonix track that I´m sure works wonders on the dancefloor, particularly after the break. The other tracks are all good to ok, but nothing that really stands out, except maybe “Resting Voltage”, which kind of experiments with dark techy atmospheres.
Last but not least, I want to point out the cool cover of this album, especially considering the cheesy atrocity that was the cover of Music Prostitute. Nice color scheme, reminds me of Miami Vice. Perfect for abuse, hehehe…  Anyways, a good solid album with 1 superb track (7), one great track (8) and one very good track (2).
Höhöhöhöhöhöhö……
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Posted : Dec 16, 2008 01:24
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I just want to say THANX Symphonix for this brilliant album...so deep,so hypnotic,perfect clear production(much better then first album)...
The touch of the brothers is very unique and makes me adictive to their music...Mounth ago i was thinking that Perfect stranger will be best album in 2008 but this piece of art blow me away...With every listening i find new moments and details in the music which dont leave me to say this is the best track...Yes,the good old times is superb but what about smoking ace and trip away,basketball rhytm with freaking out,melancholy with the last three tracks...the brilliant samples in the last track...The psychedelics in System float...And many many great moments in 80minutes...
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pr0fane
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Posted : Dec 16, 2008 11:50
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klaxer
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Posted : Dec 16, 2008 12:23
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I confirm: "The Good Old Times" - best track on album. Congratulation Symphonix! 
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GuyShanti
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Posted : Dec 16, 2008 13:59
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aje
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Posted : Dec 16, 2008 19:18
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Hahaha, its funny you reply to this thread Guy, because we listened to Aerospace as well during that drive (J`s girlfriend is probably your biggest fan in the world). But that was later when I was already awake and had the ability to open the window...
And "The Good Old Times" really is an awesome track.
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Pavel
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Posted : Dec 16, 2008 22:27
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Best review ever
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GuyShanti
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ProgMoon23
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Posted : Dec 17, 2008 10:19
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Symphonix - The good old times
 
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A.Rosengren
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Posted : Dec 22, 2008 01:07
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On 2008-12-16 22:27, Pavel wrote:
Best review ever
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I could almost smell the decomposing samoan lady who crawled up your friends ass and died at VuuV, allthou i must admit having the tent next to Eskimo at VuuV when we were there is far worse than sitting in a car together with a fartingmachine.
Great Review
A
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Posted : Dec 24, 2008 10:55
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shahar
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Posted : Dec 24, 2008 11:41
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On 2008-12-16 19:18, aje wrote:
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You mean the only fan 
Great review aje.. hehe...
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GuyShanti
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Posted : Dec 24, 2008 12:00
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Posted : Jan 3, 2009 11:28
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Great review and outstanding album from Symphonix
I really dig it a lot, perfect for home listening, car, and off course great DJ tool for the
Dance floors, very pumping, uplifting with hyper cool rhythms and solid grooves, keeping in each track a great build ups and with a story inside like the good old music, with new approach
Psychedelic Progressive Trance on his best...
Keep it up!
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Posted : Jan 5, 2009 00:58
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What a trip²!!
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