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Originally posted by Lews I'm loving Vocoder Allstars!

Same!

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I finally got my cd yesterday, it had a small crack in the case too but it doesn't bother me much.
Loving the album as already stated and about the digital EP, the track 'Vocoder Allstars' is a nice fresh tune along with the Orkidea remix of Two Full Moons & A trout.
The only difference on the other tracks on the EP is a longer outro from what I can hear.
I likey!

Can I be the first to say that I don't absolutely worship this CD? Don't get me wrong; there are some brilliant tracks here which really show how trance should be done, and this is still one of the best albums of the year. I just have two issues:

a) The mixing/mastering. I'm not sure what it is because I don't have enough experience, but even on my hatchback's stereo, which is relatively light on bass, a lot of the tracks sound really heavy. Particularly Longhorn, to the point that my ears actually hurt. It doesn't sound like clipping, but something is wrong.

b) Although nine of the ten tracks are brilliant, this doesn't feel like an album. It oscillates frequently from light to dark, chilled to thumping. The themes are all over the place too, with the station/airport thing in Mainlining and then the spacey, sci-fi feel in Lifeblood. I don't like the flow of it at all.

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Can anyone with more experience in mixing/mastering comment?

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Which song didn't you like?

I agree with the heavy bass comment, though for me it wasn't too distracting or even bad. It was just heavy lol.

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I like the bass being heavy, I prefer it like that in this album, wouldn't be the same othervise.

The heavy bass in Longhorn is actually one of the reasons why I like that track so much

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Originally posted by Domesticated this doesn't feel like an album. It oscillates frequently from light to dark, chilled to thumping. The themes are all over the place too, with the station/airport thing in Mainlining and then the spacey, sci-fi feel in Lifeblood. I don't like the flow of it at all.

Don't you think that the constant fluctuation of styles and mood was the actual concept behind this CD? "There Will Be No Armageddon" was similar in that respect. Also, I won't believe that so experienced artists would find it troublesome to put tracks in correct order if they wanted to go for a typical downbeat (intro) - upbeat - downbeat (outro) scheme.

Digweed spinning "Papillon":

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Originally posted by Lews Which song didn't you like? I agree with the heavy bass comment, though for me it wasn't too distracting or even bad. It was just heavy lol.

Mainlining. I like the concept, but the execution is poor.

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Originally posted by phant0m Also, I won't believe that so experienced artists would find it troublesome to put tracks in correct order if they wanted to go for a typical downbeat (intro) - upbeat - downbeat (outro) scheme.

Nor do I, hence why it seems so strange that they did. I don't understand the point in having such inconsistency in intensity, unless it's something like this: http://www.discogs.com/Ja%C3%AFa-Fiction/release/477475

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