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V/A - Chilling Goddess (Peak Records 2005) CD
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DeathPosture
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V/A – Chilling Goddess
Cover: http://www.peaking-goddess.com/bookletfront.gif
Artist: Various
Title: Chilling Goddess
Format: CD (jewel case)
Label: Peak Records (Switzerland)
Cat. #: PR004CD
Distribution: Arabesque
Date: 21 March 2005
Track listing:
01. 02’22” Aes Dana – Hug (Intro)
02. 06’09” Astral Waves - Shanti
03. 07’19” Capsula – I Know That I Know
04. 06’44” Master Margherita - Lune
05. 07’24” Lucid Picnic - Ground
06. 08’33” Cell vs. Kalifrogz – Hawaii Transit (Ocean Board Remix)
07. 07’24” Omiq Project - Textures
08. 04’47” Electrypnose – Paradise Perdu
09. 07’18” Kick Bong – Gravity
10. 07’04” Peaking Goddess Collective feat. Alex Grey – You Are One
11. 06’00” Smiley Pixies – Spirits & Spells
12. 07’32” Dymons – Eagle Forest
13. 02’32” Tanina & Ajja – Equinox (Outro)
Review:
Peak Records – the highly spiritual and twisted posse from Lusanne, Switzerland is out with their fourth instalment… And after the three full-on bombshells Peaking Goddess, Peak-a-Boo and Peaking in Tongues it’s now time for some chill… In fact, this is the first chill out CD in a series – and by looking at the very impressive tracklist, it seems there is a new contender on the psy-chill market… Master Margherita compiled it and it was mastered by non other than chill godfathers Huby Sea and Vincent Villuis @ Ultimae Studies… They’ve never let me down, so I’ve got a feeling this’ll be good… Let’s find out…
Let me take you thru the tracks…
#01: Aes Dana – Hug (Intro)
Ahh… What better way to start a chill compilation than with a hug from Aes Dana? After the brilliant album Memory Shell from 2004, Vince graces us with more beatless ambient… Soft, soothing, organic chill… Yeah, just like a soft hug… Brilliant…
#02: Astral Waves – Shanti
As with Peaking in Tongues, the tracks cross fades into eachother… It’s not a DJ beatmix or anything like that, just a soft mix into the next track. Astral Waves is the alias of DJ Zen from the US who mixed the 2003 Kagdila compilation Peace Therapy… And this is a very shanti track indeed… Laid-back soft percussion and subtle lyrics grace our ears… The pace increase and decrease as you just trance out to the thick Eastern influences… A little like Kaya Project, but not a clone… Ok track!
#03: Capsula – I Know That I Know
“We are all so fascinated with recording things. Taking photographs, writing them down and above all remembering them (…) Because you see if you don’t remember anything, you don’t know you’re there. A person who has total amnesia and lived in a split second only wouldn’t know he was there.” Capsula is a new project by a guy called Yosi Shamay – and he brings forth a more psychedelic edge into the chill spectre… This is twisted stuff, and one of the main reasons for that is the very trippy samples… “But suddenly to know that you’re there, you need an echo…There was a young man who said though; it seems that I know that I know. What I would like to see is the eye that knows me when I know that I know that I know” … Try figuring that one out while trippin’!
#04: Master Margherita – Lune
Master Margherita aka. Moreno Antognini is one of the leading members of the Peaking Goddess Collective and he also compiled this CD… This track starts with dark, murky chanting – by Margherita himself and Yan Schirardin who also plays the guitar on this track… The music is dark and gloomy, almost medieval in nature – kinda reminds me of some of the old Howden/Wakeford stuff… Spooky dark ambient!
#05: Lucid Picnic – Ground
We continue digging into darker realms on this track by Serhan Berberoglu… This is a track of contrasts – there’s a mean old deep repetitive bass of some sort – accompanied by feather light melodies and spacey, dreamy effects… This is dark ambient if there ever was dark ambient…
#06: Cell vs. Kalifrogz – Hawaii Transit (Ocean Board Remix)
Cell is Alexandre Scheffer known for his many brilliant tracks on chill compilations – Kalifrogz is a project previously unknown to me, but according to the credits it’s Eric Brandy & Christophe Fabulet… I dunno – but I do know that ‘Ocean Board’ is a well-fitting name, as this track starts out with the gentle sounds of water splashing up onto the beach… Slowly effects are added… Steeldrum, congas and more percussion… It’s still very mellow, soothing ambient – but with a lighter edge than its two predecessors… And we get melodies too… This track gets better and better as it progresses – and it turns into a nice ethno-chill track halfway thru… Tasty!
#07: Omiq Project – Textures
This is another unknown project to me – members are Sérgio Walgood and Daniel Belo… We’ve reached spacy electro ambient territory now, and this surely is some mellow stuff… I could definitely fall to sleep to this after a blunt or two… Hints of dub and electric elves dancing around you… Nice!
#08: Electrypnose – Paradise Perdu
Next up is Vince from Switzerland with his project Electrypnose… He’s a Peak Records regular and released his debut album Brain Stretching on http://www.ResonantEarth.com in early 2005 (review coming soon)… This is a very melodic track, though with a certain eerie twist… It’s like you fear to watch, yet you cannot look away… I can’t put my finger on it, but there is something very mesmerizing about this track – I really wish it was longer, as it’s very nice melodic downbeat stuff!
#09: Kick Bong – Gravity
Kick Bong is another familiar chill project – thought out by Frank Jousselin… Known for his many tracks on Spirit Zone’s Global Psychedelic Chill/Trance compilations as well as great tracks on other labels + he released his debut album A Cup of Tea on Ultra Vista Records earlier this year… And this is another fine kicking tune… I really like the tribal, dubby Juno Reactor’esque sound that Jousselin manages to create… Tribal, trance-inducing world beat music with a psychedelic edge… Very nice!
#10: Peaking Goddess Collective feat. Alex Grey – You Are One
“I’m generally positive, it’s not just, you know, flowers and bird songs, you know. God is an earthquake as well. You know, it’s awesome, it’s terrifying, it’s you know. You are one with the same force that provides the spiral arms of the galaxy. That universal creativity. It’s also what you are as well. And when the mystic eye is open and sees that, a person is forever changed!” Woow… The PGC featuring none other than the words of visionary artist Alex Grey… Anyone even remotely associated with the world of psytrance should know the magnificent art of Alex Grey – one example is his art on the cover for the Cosmosis album Contact… I’m not surprised the PGC would want to include him – it’s very well fitting to their spirit… I’ve always liked the mellow PGC tracks, and this is no exception… This track was inspired by such diverse artists as Santana and Shpongle, and yeah – you can definitely tell that… It’s not a cheap imitation – it’s the real thing… Tons of psychedelic FX, guitars and twisted psychedelia help create a truly wonderful track! Brilliant!
#11: Smiley Pixies – Spirits & Spells
Next is a project by Fernando Hood Dantas Abreu called Smiley Pixie… This is a much laid back downbeat electro piece – with funny vocoded voice bits that reminds me a lot of some of the early Shpongle stuff… Experimental, dubby electro-chill… Not bad at all!
#12: Dymons – Eagle Forest
Dymons is Daniel Symons from the PGC, and this is a very tribal inspired, dubby world beat choon… A deep, lazy bass sets the pace as we rummage through some deep rainforest – the Eagle Forest! Native chanting and acoustic percussion helps set the mood on this true-to-nature tune… Very nice indeed!
#13: Tanina & Ajja – Equinox (Outro)
“The soul is free…” To finish things off, Tanya Innocenti & Ajja S F. Leu from the PGC collaborates on this outro track…. It’s much like the Aes Dana intro – high quality soothing, relaxed, beatless ambient with whispering samples… Yeah, this compilation draws to a close – and the soul is free… ;o)
Well, I must say that Peak Records again surprise me positively… Last years full-on compilation Peaking in Tongues was an instant smash, and now the Swiss collective have proven that they also can put together high quality chill compilations…
Besides from a couple of the really dark, minimal tunes in the second quarter of this CD, I like most of the tracks here… The diversity is rich, and we get a taste of most kinds of chilled music… From dreamy beatless chill-out, over dark gloomy ambient, to trippy tribal ethno dub... A diversity that should satisfy most fans of rich chill-out music… Diversity rules!
I’m really looking forward to the next chill compiliation from this magical Swiss collective to grace our ears… And I do not hesitate to recommend this to fans of chilled, mellow soundscapes… Enjoy!
Favourites: 1, 3(!!), 6, 7, 8, 9(!), 10(!!), 12
DeathPosture
External links:
Peak Records: http://www.peaking-goddess.com
Psyshop: http://www.psyshop.com/shop/CDs/pea/pea1cd904.html
Saiko Sounds: http://www.saikosounds.com/english/display_release.asp?id=4680
Trance Shop: http://www.trance-shop.com/de/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=4471
Amboworld: http://www.amboworld.com/cgi-bin/product.asp?LR=peakcd04
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bluespectralmonkey
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cell
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Thanks for comments!...
First time that I collaborate with other artists  and I can say that the experience has been very interesting!
KaliFrogz is a very good duet!
I thank them to have accepted the project!!
I really hope to see them on other projects, 'cause they have very good ideas and a very special sound signature!! 
Hawaï Transit is the first one, not the last!...
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H-Mong
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Posted : Mar 23, 2005 13:36
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Thanks to be there Mister Cell !
First experience for us with another artist.
It was a real pleasure to work together and we hope this is the first of a long serial....
Peace.
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Capsula
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Posted : Mar 25, 2005 23:57
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Very good review DeathPosture !
This is my first release and i hope you like it twisted:)
thanks you MASTER and the Peak crew who made this very cool cd with much variaty of chillout music.
very small correction of what you wrote from the sample-"What I would like to see is the I(not eye) that knows me when i know..."
Happy Tripping!
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Justin Chaos
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Posted : Mar 30, 2005 00:30
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Very interesting,indeed.
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I believe the sample Capsula uses is from a speech of Alan Watts. Always wondered why not more psy artists dont use samples from Watts, as he is indeed a very twisted, and intelligent being. nice work
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lucidpicnic
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yeah i also enjoyed watts sample + very nice track
its great to be part of this journey
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this is a chillers paradise. indeed a journey into to depts of ambient with a touch of psychedelia. my fav songs are Capsula, Lucid Picnic and Peaking Goddess Collective feat. Alex Grey for now. i give this a 8.5/10
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lucidpicnic
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thx a lot mate
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Hello guys,
a little info about my track :
im not one of the singers, Yan is the male voice & Marguerite is a girl reading Haikus in the end of the track.
Thanks to all peoples supporting Peak records
Special thanks to Death Posture 
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Posted : Apr 19, 2005 09:34
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DEfinately on my most played list since the Peakers gave me the cd _
fine job both from the artists point of view and Mr. Margerita.
surely in my top 3 best ambient cds so far this yr.
It took me back to the early golden TIP days.
Waiting for more
Love and light to all!
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