Mind Explorer (Full On And Melodic Psytrance) - Various Artists

Advantages: A different, new style of Trance
Disadvantages: Not to all tastes.

...A good album, I bought this 3 CD set in 2008 for £15 off the net. First of all, don't expect this to be a normal Euphoria CD. Most of the music is Goa(India) derived and it is a completely new sound in terms of usual trance. Headed by John '00' Fleming and 00 db. It has a distinct Asian feel to it, which I think is rather good, but I don't think it would suit all tastes. Many of the artists I have never heard of. John Fleming gives good commentary explaining his views and thoughts on his choices of tracks. The package is bright, very colourful and imagative and the discs are all coloured brightly. Is this the way forward in trance now? We'll wait and see. Highly recommended. CD 1 1. Spines by Sun Control Species 2. The Strangest Night and Still... by Out Of Loop 3. Hertz So Good by Kiwa 4. Ghostrider by Nyquist 5. Human... Read review

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Advantages: Brilliant electronic music
Disadvantages: quite strange

...Rephlexions (various artists) is the next installment of compilation albums on the Rephlex record label. It features another set of tracks by the key players on the label and is equally as good as the first compilation (Braindance (various artists)) The sounds are spaced out emotional and very original explorations of electronia. The CD kicks off with some mellow keys on which glitchy drum and bass future breaks are laid on top. The second tracks goes straight into a gentle industrial clanking atmosphere where a glimmering machine sits in a castle basement, blue light floods through the window in the middle of the night, the machine gets more energy as the track progresses.All the tracks seem to have concepts behind them waiting to be discovered. I especially like track 14 'It aint perfect till its perfect' by LIKE-A-TIM, which sounds... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful

Advantages: appeal to all ages
Disadvantages: few songs are repetitive

...The twilight soundtrack is a mix of artists from paramore to muse, Its a mixture of styles, ranging from upbeat, rocky sounds to slow melodic sounds. Some of the songs are very catchy like linkin parks 'Leave out all the rest' and 'decode' by Paramore. Also included in the album is 'Bella's lullaby' by Carter Burwell for all you twi-hard fans! This album (for me) is something i would definitely recommend to buy as it has music for everyones tastes, and is an album for all ages. The one thing that i will point out about this album is sometimes it does have a knack of sounding slightly repetitive, and out of fifteen songs i would recommend twelve out of fifteen that are positively cheerful, singalong songs. I have to say though that having the album out so early does mean that twilight fans have the chance to singalong and get... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful