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Tomic - My Number One ( Spiral Trax , March. 2009 )
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exotic
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Posted : Apr 3, 2009 17:21:58
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1. Perpetual Movement 9:35
2. Cell Phone Spell 7:50
3. Restless 7:29
4. Groove 7:58
5. Tears of Joy 7:50
6. I Call it Acid 8:14
7. Twister 8:38
8. Memories 8:24
9. Downer 5:45
Tomic is German progressive trance producer Thomas Wagner. Born in Wuppertal, Germany he has been a producer and DJ for more than 15 years and having played in legendary clubs like the Move Club in Cologne he is a veteran of the electronic genre in his own right. After releasing some deep vocal house on labels like Kunstfu in the early 90s, he moved on to writing some progressive house and trance tunes with a psychedelic flavour. Thenceforth his works have featured on labels like Stripped , Iboga and Spiral Trax and his own Fraud recordings.
The opening track Perpetual movements sets the tone for this percussive journey. The mood is laid back, the beat warm and comforting, almost endearing, and the groove sexy. A subtle melody plays around in the background. These are the perfect ingredients for a progressive trance track that in my opinion is going to be played a lot this springtime. Next up is (T2)Cell Phone Spell. There's a remarkable characteristic to German electronic music taking Klopfgeister as a reference. They are in absolutely no hurry! I love the build up in this track, elements forming the main structure are added one by one and not once do you get the feeling that it is done for the sake of it. Brilliant! Restless (T3) combines some decent percussion, effects and voice samples. The following track (T4) Groove is gentle in its approach initially but the bass gets progressively heavier and the sound more tribal. This reminds me somewhat of Etnoscope which is a very good thing! I am really beginning to enjoy the minimal nature of various elements in Tomic's music. There is a much more pronounced tribal feeling now which is clearly evident in (T5)Tears of Joy. The melody is again in the background and helps shape the track as a whole like a catalyst. It participates but doesn't consume any noticeable auditory space. I Call it Acid (T6) is a belter of a tune! The main melody is a call to the dance floor to come shake up whatever it is that you have been holding back. (T7)Twister isn't really a twister in the conventional psychedelic sense of the term. No twisted stuff, just pure trance with some housey influences. The sample goes "Damn I forgot the record again, I'm gonna have to just use our own knowledge". The track really picks up around the six minute mark with the introduction of a signature melody. Good work! Memories (T8) is a work of art done with a touch of class. Thomas Wagner shows us through this tune that he really knows how to catch the audience by the ear and pull them in- there is just no escape! This is absolutely divine! I would love to be caught dancing to this next to a beach on a sunny sunny morning!! It’s just too good to be true. (T9)Downer isn't really a downer, but a balmy chilled-out tune with a soothing female vocal to wrap things up.
Recommendation: All in all My Number One is a great progressive trance/house album with a pinch of the psychedelic thrown in to draw audiences from all forms of electronic genres. We are sure to hear more in the future from Thomas Wagner aka 'Tomic' so don't go anywhere and watch this space while you lap MN1 up.
Favorite tracks: 1(!), 2, 4, 6(!), 8(!!!)  missing plug-in |
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aden
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Posted : Apr 23, 2009 11:41
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Full support to Thomas' high octane tribal progressive. A highly polished debut album! And thumbs up to the Spiral boys for this smart release. |
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Acidhive
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Posted : Apr 23, 2009 12:40
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Been listening to it for some time now, and it's a pretty solid release. It gets better near the end of the album, with the first few tracks being pretty good but not spectacular. If you like tracks with percussion and overall a pretty fat sound, you could do worse than to check this one out.
"Subconscious unravels at the point of death, and all time it has known erupts into a moment. As death extinguishes us, so we become it."
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Osho
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Posted : May 10, 2009 01:51
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Brilliant album by Tomic
I really loved it a lot!
Very deep and psychedelic
Sweeping away with hypnotic tribal rhythms and great flow
With interesting build up in every stream
In my opinion this album didn’t received the attention he need to get
I really recommend to those who didn’t got the opportunity of listening to it
To grab a copy of this fine album
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Posted : May 10, 2009 16:07
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Shahar Indepth
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Posted : May 13, 2009 11:39
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I really like this album!
phat deep tribal grooves , works great for me 
keep up the good work Tomic boy 
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Hugo
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Posted : May 15, 2009 00:19
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I'm agree with some of the comments, although is not an outstanding album is good and it's definitively an artist to look for.
I've had this kind of impression also with the lastest Bitmonx vs Dj Fabio album in Plusquam and with the Decoy previews albums, whom didn't received the attention that the albums really deserve, have the same impression with this one too. In all the cases is quality music with very refreshing ideas.
Michael Jackson "Some people prefer to take life as it is without complications, some others we like to take life from the cornice of the wildest jungle"
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Tomic
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Posted : Aug 14, 2009 13:34
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Thanks to exotic for the great review and everyone else for the warm feedbacks and support.
And to be honest, I'm happy with the great review and with the feedback as well...
Tomic
www.myspace.com/thowag
Skype: Tomic_aka_Thomas_Wagner |
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