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Definitely worth all the hype it has gotten. Almost a pure masterpiece. And I'm a general skeptic about progressive trance/house music. Reason being I feel it's just so mass produced. Producers slap a 4/4 beat on a 9 minute long track, introduce 4 elements into the mix, add a synth, and call it progressive. I'd say that's regressive and the only thing keeping it from being techno is the trancey synth.
This being stated, this album certainly breaks from the mold of mass-marketed, mass-produced progressive music. This album screams atmosphere from every nook, cranny, rivet, and reverb. The vocals that are in this are very minimal, only there to appeal to the atmoshpere. Haunting echoes, a completely icey, spacey vibe is just set throughout this album.
My only fault (and I guess someone could chop this up to creative pioneering) is that the album doesn't flow as well as I thought it should. Kind of choppy transitions, and very choppy at some points. It will go from haunting echoes to a heavy, dirty house beat with a female vocalist thrown in without any real follow-in. Leaving me to question was this a dj mix, or just a compilation of tracks.
But, that really doesn't detract too much from the absolute brilliance of this album. It sets an atmosphere, which is what a progressive record needs to do since they aren't meant for filling the dancefloor.
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yeah agree with you. if this album would be a definition of today's progressive I would be much more into this genre..
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