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The Door Of Wisdom (Spectral Rec)

Le Lotus Bleu
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Posted : Aug 28, 2004 00:54
The Door of Wisdom [Spectral rec]

Tracklist :

1. Audialize vs Menog – Music Antidote 145 bpm
2. Paranormal Attack – Prayers 145
3. Audialize – Roop Suhana (special edition) 145
4. Mr Peculiar vs Menog – Beach 145
5. Menog – On My Way 145
6. Mr Peculiar – Storms Of Saturn 146
7. Spectra – Pyramids 140
8. XRC – VII 145
9. Zerosequence – Lift Off 145

The Door Of Wisdom is the first compilation & release from new portuguese label Spectral records from Coimbra.

Audialize (Joâo Apell) Vs Menog (Dani) first propose us a nebulous intro (upto 1’30) with the appearance of a squeaking lead. We only get a more catchy melody around 2’00 with typical tones from Audialize (dark,robotic metallic & twisted). For The break at 4’45, the neboulous atmosphere from the intro comes back embellished with with a sample ‘there are many ways to express yourself… one of them is music… our favorite of all…music antidote’. Despite the tones used, i feel few energy & power coming out from this one, that’s a pity, could have resulted a bit better.

Paranormal Attack (Xangaii & Cobra) delivers probably without doubt one of the most sharp & shrill night stuff of the compilation. In the background rythmic i’ve got the funny impress by moment at begining ,that it gets very little proggy influenced. Lots of cyber sounds are used here, and swift filter decrease on the rythmic occur as break . In the core periods of the track, sounds gets more robotized. A funny voice sample’We have what do you want’ is cloturing the break starting at 5’00 which lets place to the frenzy shrill madness peaktime. Full energy here.

Roop Suhana souns immediatly more exotic due to the intensive employ of indian voice (not sure, perhaps arabian), some are twisted but most of all are in normal mode. So it confers a little goaish touch to this full on stuff. Nevertheless when things bolt after 3’20 with the main melody and his lead, & you understand indeed that you’re listening a true night full on tune. There are some traditionnal music with violins, sounding oriental to me, during the breaks. A surprising & audacious result that i wasn’t expect from someone like Audialize.

Mr Peculiar (Dustin Saafield) vs Menog, in Beach you’ll first recognize some Peculiar’s trademarks as the lead :loud, twisted & brassy & his quite funky bassline plus a stomber rythmn. The originality of this one is the more or less cosmic floating backgroundish ambience. It’s not exactly the full usual power stuff provided by Peculiar , the aim is more in a restraint way exercise , i think, even some tones definitivly will still sound ugly to someone.

To be honest, this 3rd & last track in which Menog is involved is, also for me, the weakest of the cd. The bassline reminds me about Absolum –No Rush. For the rest, i’m not convinced by the musical potential, a collection of tricks, sounds & builds more or less already heard. There’s a big lack of creativity & personnality according to me. Furthermore, the track never really take off for me, kinda false energy, maybe will suit for other people who knows…

Second Peculiar song, it’s also the confirmation of a more cosmic floating musical orientation attempts from the artist. Could be strange but with 146 bpm, there’s really a feeling like if you were prisonneer in weightlessness of a spatial capsule without any control travelling through the cosmos at the speed of light. Where will you go, i don’t know maybe towards Saturn, you just can trust Mr Peculiar which is the only one able to command the direction of the capsule from planet earth.

Spectra (Paulo & Francisco Oliveira) only shows us after 2’00 the real musical trend of their tune :full on goaish, it’s the occasion of some more diversity in the compilation. Pyramids could sounds very old school to someone & maybe old fashioned too but i’m sure also that many people will enjoy it like i do for these same reasons. I’ll add to be more precize that between 2’00 & 4’30 the goa tones reminds Elysum old stuffs.


XRC (Rui) with VII comes with what another piece of what i call cosmic full on (like Mr Peculiar solo tune). Indeed it’s about full on, with still quite lots of energy & some not too much agressive leads. So in a way it’s a convergence to Morning full on but faster , it’s more spacey indeed & can be, without problem, effective for moving a danceflloor.

Zerosequence (Pedro Matias & Fernando)- Lift Off has a more crystal sound production. There’s a sweet vibraphone melody (which can be muted into a plaintive lead sometimes) coppled with quite fast & groovy bassline. By moment the theme gets more nervous , hopping & jerky. Concerning the rythmic quite worked with muffled elements & some percussions parts in the background, indeed all is muffled here even the fx that’s the particularity of the track. The global content results subtle, fresh & original for me.

Highlights :2,3,8,9
Other good moments :4,6,7
Mark :8/10
Arata


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Posted : Aug 28, 2004 19:21
What a great debute album from Spectral Records!!!
Nice variation of the songs...
I really recemmend this album!!!

Nice Work Spectral!!!!

Boom
Wizack Twizack
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Posted : Aug 29, 2004 04:44
Audialize – Roop Suhana (special edition)
this track is the best track released for many years!! a great fullon story with alot of emotions and dope message!! great portugese actions and killer debute album from spectral rec!!! way to go.. showing a hole new way to the scene!! a very recomended album with a story from psychedelic minds... boom to all!!
psyev


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Posted : Sep 1, 2004 21:39
Hi this is my first review hope it helps,

#1 Audialze vs Menog, really cool track starts off irie with nice soundscapes, progressing to some awesome acid lines, a nice break and then a really cool build up in the end, really good for the dance floor
7/10

#2 Paranormal Attack - Prayers, nothing special from this track, some good synths ok production, no surprises, again a really nice build towards the end, good for the dance floor 5/10

#3 Audialize - Roop Suhana(special edtion), the use of samples in the track is a nice change, lots of little vocals give the track a unique feel, a nice break in the middle 6.5/10

#4 Mr. Peculiar vs Menog - Beach, this track is amazing, synth work is incredible, progressions are brilliant, its a must have 9.5/10

#5 Menog - On My Way, a nice pounding track, this i would love to hear at a party, he packs in a wicked bassline and synths with some suprises and drastic changes that make for a excelent track 7.5/10

#6 Mr. Peculiar - Storms of Saturn, i think a better name for this track would be rings of saturn, its very trancy, he doesnt get to acidic and the synth work is pretty chill and very nice sounding, one synth in particular sound awesome and it kinda sums up the feel of the track but he doesnt use it enough :/ 6/10

#7 Spectra - Pyramide, another trancy track, but this one a little better then storm of saturn, nice build up then a awesome acid line comes in , the track breaks towards the end and we hear a nice finish to pyramide 7/10

#8 XRC - VII, this track is tied with the weakest track on the album with prayers, this one is very repetitive, he uses this one synth almost throught out the entire song, it has a lot of variation but still, doesnt get crazy and keeps a chill feel 5/10

#9 Zerosequence - Lift Off , a really good track i think would be great for starting off a nice psy set, it keeps you guessing whats coming next, while not getting to crazy, while still retaining a rreally nice psychadelic sound 8/10

ENJOY overall the comp gets a 7/10 a nice mix of sounds while still having an overall feel to the comp. itself
fullom
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Posted : Sep 2, 2004 13:12
this is a nice cd, deft one of the better ones i have bought this year.
djmeghan
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Posted : Oct 15, 2004 19:02
I know I don't write very good reviews, but I'm letting you all know my honest opinion about this release.

I really don't care for this CD. There are only two tracks I like on this release which are very good though...tracks 2 & 6. The rest are just not my cup of tea. I consider them Top 40 Full-On, but that is just my honest opinion.

I'm really getting tired of the crappy voice samples in Psytrance tracks. Some are decent, but most are crappy and ruin the track for me...and the same goes with drum rolls. You don't need drum rolls in a track to make it sound "big". Not all drum rolls sound bad, but most do.
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Shaqattack
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Posted : Oct 17, 2004 13:20
really good cd....
just love the 3rd track (roop suhana)
@ Le Lotus Bleu yea mate the sample of the track is from an old indian movie soundtrack...

GREAT ALBUM!!!

peace!
Le Lotus Bleu
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Posted : Oct 17, 2004 13:58
thanx Shaqattack,as i'm a bit curious about it could you translate it if possible?
Shaqattack
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Posted : Oct 17, 2004 15:53
sure thing...
in literal sense it means...
roop suhana lagta hai---> the sight i am seeing is beautiful..
this song was a popular one wayy back in 1993 or so..remember it from then was a kid then..
P_Mac
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Posted : Oct 18, 2004 08:52
great debut comp.
waitin for more . . .
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Dragongurl
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Posted : Oct 18, 2004 12:10
WOW!!! This has to be one of the better ones in my collection. Keeps you going from start to finish and I cant find a bad track in here at all!!! That Roop Suhana track has me smiling all the time when I play it!! Heard it for the first time at Earthdance and had to get my hands on this number!

My Favs: 4, 5, 6, 7!!! But otherwise a great album. Well done guys!!!           :: Life can be as bitter as dragon tears
But whether dragon tears are bitter or sweet
depends entirely on how each man perceives the taste ::
Alek


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Posted : Oct 20, 2004 11:52
Best track on this release for me has to be the first one... excellent track by the Portuguese duo... The rest I find to be just alright. Still, very good for a debut compilation.           How am I supposed to hallucinate with all these swirling colors distracting me!
exotic
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Posted : Oct 21, 2004 16:06
brilliant compilation
the portugese guys have done a good job .
keep the good work going
mr. peculiar and menog r top notch artists.
you guys have a real fan in me
dani nice work on " on my way" .,, love the grooves and the base .,, got the "very psychotic" part straight up.,,           missing plug-in
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