Enthéogenic - Golden Cap (Chillcode)



First of all, let me introduce you Entheogenic, if you never heard about them: it's a duo composed of Helmut Glavar & Piers Oak-Rhind living in France. Golden Cap is their 4th album but the real 3rd album as the last one was a remix album. Their style was psy-chill or also qualified of chilly Dance.

How make an easy psy-trance or chill review?
Choose a cd & prefer an album, for example the new Enthéogenic 'Golden Cap'.
Insert the cd in your player, sit down & listen, you can do something else while listening if you want.

Now let's check if the release with fits the 3 next points:
-It's possible to experience a non-stop complete listen of the cd without any stop or skipping passage.
-When the cd is finished, your time perception is alterated : your major desire is to launch again the cd as you think it's just imposible you've just spent around 70 minutes so quickly.
-More you listen to the tunes & more you find out elements that were hidden to your initial awareness's state.

Verdict, Enthéogenic - Golden Cap matches with the 3 previous statements.
What else could be added about this album?
Some general remarks & one anecdote.

Let's begin with the anecdote, unfortunately only french or people who can receive french tv channnels could verify this, Midnight Eyes could appear to your ears as familiar sounding, why? Because the core of the track comes from a jingle from a midday game 'La Cible' on France2, which i suspect to be produced by our dear loved Helmut & Piers. Actually it's the same short melodic layer developped, agremented , embellished by a whole structure that leads it to become a full tune.

For the musical content, a main ideas focuses my attention about Golden Cap.
Entheogenic has decided to operate a risky musical turning in their chill-out productions, they wander off the Psychill like the early Shpongle for driving us toward more electic & original soundscapes but still melodic & making you feel out of your home.

Let's mention that Golden Cap has the most indian sounding. Zero Plus propulses you through a weightlessness's control perdition way in a cosmic configuration. Kashmir Day Trip coub be, contrarily to what suggest the title, a fresh floating trip through the oriental night ponctuated with muffled percussions. The Solution Machine covers more the hypnotic ambient area. Absphinx takes his bass from the Jazz & borrows his rythmic to the Broken Beat the whole thing dredged with an indian flute melody. Secret Tongues is crossing Drum n' Bass & Funkadelik. Ju closes the album on a climatic downtempo vibe while Sideways is more Dubby & Midnight Eyes appears to be the closest to the former Enthéogenic's sound.

If Enthéogenic productions have today very few in common with their first compositions nevertheless i don't hesitate a single moment for claiming that this album is as essential as the previous ones & even surely more.
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