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pr0fane
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orenmaimon
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by psyreviews (the best psytrance reviews on the ineternet)
Misted Muppets
From The Legend
Trancelucent (Israel)
Okay - this is absolutely <*_*> basically (meaning, - exactly what it doesn't and couldn't say. Think -boys: bare skin, fractal bras, sarongs and dreadlocks, -girls: bare skin, big muscles, sarongs and dreadlocks.yes? ok.) To spell it out- this is a great album. In the age of trance which sees most albums being as memorable as last tuesday's morning shit, this stands out as the day on which toilet breaks become a thing of the past, as next centuy's answer to the gut wrench becomes a reality: poo-free food. From the moment the first roaring, snarling tune drops from the cinematic score that opens this music-fest, jaws are left hanging below the nipples while kness
jostle for position somewhere the far side of saturn. And it doesn't let up. It turns out that the first tune was a gentle introduction, propelling you into spura-plutonic orbit, before the rest of the album takes in a leisurely roller coaster ride of the rest of the galaxy via some pretty dark and moody corners of your psyche. The breakdowns in this album are truly epic, dropping from breakneak full-on into eerie creaks and atmospheres that really are horror movie accompaniment. The press release says that this duo are planning to make a foray into writing music for movies and on the evidence here we reckon they'll do pretty damn well. The purpose here is not to complain again about the reams of mass p roduced trance that is about as appetising as a month old big mac but only to mention it in comparison against which this album stands out like a supernova on heat. Real music. Again, at last, and how happy this makes me is a story that can only be told by pretty much everyone I tell about this album, which is practically
everyone I know, and quite a few people I meet that I don't know as well, along with people that I don't meet and just shout "Buy the Misted Muppet album. It's great!" So, having taken a horror movie atmosphere and effects and then stuck a PH-at psy backbone underneath the 303 is deployed
to full synapse shattering effect and the whole album fairly reeks of nitrous fuelled acid madness. The whole thing is belting along at a huge number of grins-per-frequency (the new psy trance measuring standard) by about the first minute and a half. The whole album is tied together as a continuous piece of music and the whole thing is absolutely fantastic with some moments that are even better that arrive inside you and erupt out into the world leaving you bouncing off the
walls and dodging the gremlins on the ceiling. It seamlessly builds and builds the atmospheres over the first few tunes and then it all goes a little bit weird (you know, the great weird!) in the middle section before bringing back some gloriously dark and twisted melodies for the final run! Dark, phat, lots of acid lines, melodies that make you want to dive through the floor, sweet and banging throughout and wicked production -- it has it all. So, - good album....?
10
ps- prOfane, the reviews fit very well, it is very depends if u like the style, from ur post sure seem like u more progry or techy.
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pr0fane
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Posted : Aug 24, 2004 03:48
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On 2004-08-23 21:10, orenmaimon wrote:
ps- prOfane, the reviews fit very well, it is very depends if u like the style, from ur post sure seem like u more progry or techy.
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I like both progressive, techtrance, full on – you name it, as long as it’s good (although I must admit I think there's way more quality progressive released so far in 2004 than full on). I’m also a big fan of the first 2 Infected Mushroom albums, and since people praised this as another “The Gathering”, I gave it a shot. Well, bottom-line is that it didn’t catch me at all – I prefer a classic like “Return Of The Shadows” over this album any day. DJ pr0fane (Iboga Records) | Multiphase
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Posted : Aug 24, 2004 08:28
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This album is one of the best albums if not the best for 2004 as artwork and originality.
This is kind of fact in the music itself!
...::Psychedelic Goa Trance Culture::...
People can fly?
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Dragongurl
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Posted : Aug 25, 2004 16:45
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OK, I havent given my thoughts on this album cause I had to listen to it a good couple of times to get my feel of it.
2 Thumbs up to this release  This is one of best releases that has ever come out this year ever!! Besides there being a dragon on the cover, hehehe......the production of this album is out of this world!!! Takes me back to the roots of trance and goes from one extreme to the other!! There is this amazing feeling that you experience when listening to this album either at a party or at your home. The amazing use of sounds that make my mind soar give this album assurety that it will live for a long time!
Best tracks of mine: 4,5,8,9
But I will give this album a 10/10!!!! 
:: Life can be as bitter as dragon tears
But whether dragon tears are bitter or sweet
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ZaGGi
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Posted : Aug 25, 2004 16:59
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i cant listen all the album but the leader tracks are;
*toward the castle
*from the legend
i think.
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The Misted Muppet
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Posted : Aug 25, 2004 19:42
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Hey guys, This is Tal and Dagan,
We just wanted to say thanx for all the great reviews, That gives us lots of power to go on!
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slomi
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Posted : Aug 25, 2004 22:19
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dear misted dagan and tal, i'm so happy u to see u are here so u read.
i want to tell u
this is one of the best cd`s released ever, i love all the tracks from the first to the last.
I really hope that you guys release more albums and kick the dancefloor more and more... it was great experience for me to see u play last weekend in that party.
you guys rule!!!! " You were born original... Don't die a copy.. "
- Some dude with a beard
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Monarch_butterfly
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Posted : Aug 26, 2004 21:35
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you rockssssss !!! 
everyday i listen to your album and it become better day, inspired day.
can't wait to see your show
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Yang_Sun
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Posted : Aug 28, 2004 10:31
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yo misted people !
you are so amazing !...i love your music and style.
keep creating !!! dont u ever stop !!!!
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psy-kid
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Posted : Aug 28, 2004 11:22
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i will only say that im in love with this album.... this is better than my girlfriend
keep us rocking misted muppet |
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Posted : Aug 29, 2004 02:22
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Oh my God!! Great great album, all tracks are good, from 1 to 10!
Very power and well placed samples all over the tracks, great atmosphere and ambient.
My favs 9!!!, 6!! and 1.
Good luck to Misted Muppet and keep the excelent work, you are genious!!! 
See ya all
PLUR
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moondancer
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Posted : Aug 30, 2004 20:26
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THIS ALBUM HAS RESTORED MY FAITH IN PSYTRANCE!!!!!!!!!
To tell you the truth, I was so fed up with the full-on clones that I kindof stayed off psytrance all together for a few months. Now I wanted to get my hands on something new and read all the positive reviews on this album. First of all, the album cover and the term "epic" which is often mentioned when describing the album left me thinking it would be some black metal- trance mix which wouldn't (couldn't?) sound good IMO after hearing Dark Soho's attempts to do the same thing. Well I got the album anyway and yes, it DOES have the epic parts just like some black metal. But it stops there, no guitar riffs or anything. Instead, and contrary to what many psy artists today claim to do, this album REALLY is a modern reinterpretation of oldschool! Allow me to explain with examples from other artists that supposedly "revive the oldschool feeling": Battle of the Future Buddhas (yeah, I know that they've always had a style of their own but I personally read in interviews with D-Dave in which he said that his "objective" was to revive that 96 feeling) put in those mystical synth lines that do wonders when you're on acid (Hippy Crack Panic is a good example). Tikal had the good idea of mixing oriental/ arabic music and chants samples in his full-on style. Phi made music with VERY dynamic progression with screaming acid lines all over. Ypsilon 5 put some nice melodies in their tracks.
All this is good but oldschool is a mix of ALL these ingredients and since all the forementioned artists only used ONE ingredient, they fell short of truly reviving THEEE oldschool feeling IMO (which doesn't mean that they don't make very good music!). However this album has it all: the dynamic progression, the airy synth lines, the memorable melodies, the screaming 303s... IT'S ALL IN THERE!! Well, maybe not the oriental samples but you can't have them all  . Those were replaced by the "epic" parts which is a nice addition to it all, although sometimes it really sounds too much like music taken out of some movie. Anyway, I guess that's more a matter of personal taste.
I won't comment on each track in detail cause personally I find it isn't that informative. But I will tell you my highlights: in The Mist, around minute 3 there's a breakdown with a nice piano melody which ressembles very much (too much?) to Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells, on top of that a nice airy voice + another distorted voice that sounds like some gnome singing or something. Then it's back to full-on madness. And starting from minute 5 a very original reinterpretation of "the up and down sound" (you know the synth pitch that goes up and down and then up again and so on). This has been done in almost every oldschool and full-on song so to me it's a surprise that someone can still find an original idea on how to do it. The melody kicking in around 2:40 and then again around 6:00 in Towards the Castle sound very "Astral Projection-like", but it evolves nicely from there, it's not some clone or something. Makes me wish Misted Mupped made some remix of AP on their album Ten  at least he would've made something original... Finally I must say that the last down-tempo track (or is it an outro?) sounds WAY too melodramatic to me. It gives me mental images of a camera panning out of a scene showing the main carachter lying on the ground with a pool of blood next to him with the film credits rolling on (yeah I told you the epic parts sounded too much like they were taken from a movie). However that only lasts for 2 minutes and a half so no point in making a big deal here, you can just skip it.
Well these are just the the moments that got the most of my attention but it's all good! you have 9 tracks of pure joy, dynamic progressions, nice melodies, crazy 303 lines, it's all soo damn good!!!
Fave tracks: 1 (!!!), 3, 4 (!!), 6 (!!)... but like I said, they're ALL good!!
10/10!! BEST 2004 album so far (and since we're nearing the end of the year I think it's a pretty safe bet to say that this will be the best 04 album period!).
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Shiva_(S)_Sanskrit
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On 2004-08-30 20:26, moondancer wrote:
you have 9 tracks of pure joy, dynamic progressions, nice melodies, crazy 303 lines, it's all soo damn good!!!
Fave tracks: 1 (!!!), 3, 4 (!!), 6 (!!)... but like I said, they're ALL good!!
10/10!! BEST 2004 album so far (and since we're nearing the end of the year I think it's a pretty safe bet to say that this will be the best 04 album period!).
moondancer (aka lemmiwinks from psynews and sonicblend)
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...i must agree
...since i heard it more than 50 times and always enjoy the journey through the whole album. always keep on power and tough production. lots of unforgettable mellodies and still keep it very mysterious and interesting.
with such elements in the whole album and every track present uppercase creativity and fiendish power.
...this album is good for good.
OmMmMmMmmMMmmMMMMmmmmMMmmmmmmmmmm
OM NAMAH SHIVAYA !!! HARA HARA MAHADEV !!! |
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Posted : Sep 10, 2004 05:55
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I Think That this is one of the best album released This year ! !
Amazing Tracks ! ! Remember me the old psy... ! !
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Myyyyyyyyy Goddddddddddddddddddddddddd |
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