Abasio's review of 2008 (in the making)

[abasio]

Well, I'm going to be busy around new years. Heading back to blightly & all before Christmas & coming back early in the new year so I'm thinking about it all now.

Trying to think of my favourite tracks so far this year.

Here goes, in no particular order.

Chill

Evan Bartholomew - Soft Spots In The Tyranny Of Matter

Distant System - Astropolis

Distant System - Equidistant

Distant System - Astromech Starport

Hol Bauman - Breathe

Orchid Star - Passion

Orchid Star - A Day Out Of Time

Orchid Star - The Heart of Ibu-At (Tripswitch Remix)

Indigo Egg - Smiling Buddha

Indigo Egg - Clouds of Indigo

Xerxes - One-Oh-Three

Chronos - Spiral Clouds

Solar Fields – Confusion Illusion (Remix)

Aes Dana – Lysistrata

Astral Waves – Contemplation

I Awake - Inferno (Ft. Krister Lidner)

Vataff Project - Kalitz

Vataff Project - Mist

Vataff Project - Orale

M-Sphere - The Source

Gas - Microscopic

Orbit Constructions - Hypernova

Orbit Constructions - Lost Spider

Evan Marc + Steve Hillage - Theta Phase

Tripswitch - Lyra

Solar Fields - Jeezlh

Ra - Light Receiver

Xerxes - Early Morning Crystals

Kritical Audio - Yellow Blend

Colourform - Nubien Sunset

Colourform - Diving Into Sun

Ishq - Timelapse In Mercury

The Nature Of Light - Time Stands Still

The Nature Of Light - Ocean Deep Eyes

Upbeat

Jikkenteki - Symplicity

Jikkenteki - A Bowl Gruel World

Jikkenteki - The End Of The End

Jikkenteki - Another Kick In The Head

Jikkenteki - Running Start

Artifakt - Viagra Bastard Spawn

Artifakt - Gather

Filteria – Birds Lingua Franca

Afgin - From The Heart (Tribute to Wonderboy)

Ra - Time Current

Tamlin - Playtime Adventure

Tamlin - (Secret Traps) (Turican Theme)

Anakoluth - Orbiting The Earth

Merr0w - Pixelized Sight

Kino Oko - Stand By Me

Kino Oko - Messiah Formula

I obviously need to buy some more upbeat music, or review what I have bought already  :O

[abasio]

As my christmas was infinitely busier than last year's (the most depressing christmas ever) this will probably emerge towards the end of January. I'll try not to pull a psynews on this

[abasio]

Seems I was failing at that

either way here are my top 5's for psytrance & chill

Trance

1;Jikkenteki;Flights Of Infinity;Par-2 Productions Review
2;Tamlin;Spectrogram;Faerie Dragon Records/Gi'iwa Review
3;Crop Circles;Tetrahedron;DAT Records Review
4;VA;Opus Iridium;Suntrip Records Review
5;Artifakt;The Magus;Timecode Review


Chill

1;Distant System;Spiral Empire;Celestial Dragon Review
2;James Murray;Where Edges Meet;Ultimae Review
3;Colourform;Visions of Surya;Virtual Musical Reality Review
4;Orbit Constructions;Androneda;Demon Tea Recordings Review
5;Pan Electric & Ishq;About Time;Absolute Ambient.Com Review


Such a great year it was very difficult to narrow it down to just 5 especially in the chill department. Would have liked to do downtempo & ambient

abasio;27;Japan;Asia;1993

Mix with 1 track from each in my top 5 lists

No real flow to it though as everything is in reverse order

1. Artifakt - Viagra Bastard Spawn
2. Filteria - Birds Lingua Franca
3. Crop Circles - Full Mental Jackpot (Etnica Remix II)
4. Tamlin - Playtime Adventure
5. Jikkenteki - Symplicity
6. Pan Electric & Ishq - Being There
7. Orbit Constructions - Thirteen Kings
8. Colourform - Diving Into Sun
9. James Murray - Where Edges Meet
10. Distant System - Astropolis

[p(sy)ayam]

Up:
1;Ra;9th;Suntrip Records
2;Jikkenteki;Flights Of Infinity;Par-2 Productions
3;Tamlin;Spectogram;Faerie Dragon Records
4;Crop Circles;Tetrahedron;DAT Records
5;Vibrasphere;Lungs of life;Tribal vision records

Down:
1;Distant System;Spiral Empire;Celestial Dragon
2;James Murray;Where Edges Meet;Ultimae
3;Nature of Light;Shores Of Jupiter;Webbed Hand Records
4;Subheim;Approach;Tympanik Audio
5;Pan Electric & Ishq;About Time;Absolute Ambient.com


6 in common!!!
James Murray wasn't in my initial top 5 which i posted a month ago, but suddenly i was in love with it!!! it kicked the Colourform out of my top5
for uptempo it was really hard for me to decide which one is my top1 but i've listened to RA the most although i like Flights of Infinity as much as I like RA's 9th. initially i was in love with new Vibrasphere (it was #3 a month ago) but it aged rather quick and i feel it would slip outta my list soon, but i guess the deadline was march 1st

[abasio]

I just found this a really difficult year to choose.

Listening to VA - Sundrops now & wondering if I should have included that at number 5

I hope the best of 2009 will be as difficult

[Untitled]

Just pick one and be done with it.

[abasio]

6 in common!!!
James Murray wasn't in my initial top 5 which i posted a month ago, but suddenly i was in love with it!!! it kicked the Colourform out of my top5
for uptempo it was really hard for me to decide which one is my top1 but i've listened to RA the most although i like Flights of Infinity as much as I like RA's 9th. initially i was in love with new Vibrasphere (it was #3 a month ago) but it aged rather quick and i feel it would slip outta my list soon, but i guess the deadline was march 1st

This is what I fear when new releases (ie Nov/Dec) blow me away & I vote for them & then grow quickly tired of it & regret it

[p(sy)ayam]

yeah! i think i shoudn't have included Vibrasphere in my top 5! it was #3 at the beginning

[abasio]

I bought the iPhone Bluetooth Headset from Apple today, and I can't even wear the headset in my right ear, and put my iPhone 3G in my left pocket. Did anyone figure out a way to fix it/make it work a TAD better?

Welcome to bansville

[schofield]

^ Thought that might be the case when i saw it pop up in the review section... hehe...

[abasio]

Yeah, I sometimes give the benefit of the doubt (some people just have no idea where to post) but this was obviously just iphone spam. Made me want an iphone even less!

[Untitled]

But it's obvious that we were in need of iPhone spams...

[abasio]

It nice to get a little bit of spam edvery now & then. Hope we don't get too much though

[Untitled]

It nice to get a little bit of spam edvery now & then. Hope we don't get too much though

lol

I don't know about that. But we get pennies worth a spam compared to some other places.

[abasio]

Yeah, I think it's the quietness of the place. Nice

[Untitled]

Ditto. But sometimes I wish we had a couple more people on here like Shan, Per, darkgnome (to come back anyway) and some other people from pie/UO.

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