Temple of Chaos | Loppylugs

Submitted by Neil Hornsey on 24 September 2014 - 8:52pm

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Artist:

Various

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Nationality:

Various

Year:

2 010

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0000

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Track-listing:

Rosin Memories (Khetzal)*Lost Belly (Of Civilization) (K.O.B.)*Codex (Daimon (aka Antares))*Perfect Invisibility (MoonWeeD & Shakta)*Citrus Circus (Merr0w)*Illogical Logic (Filteria)*Cyclone In Your Heart (Crossing Mind)*Encrypted Illusion (Nebula Meltdown)

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Nominator:

Bean

meeting-ID:

m_61

Now-num:

2 014

Spotify-URL:

7t9LAB1DJcF72MHiRvzzsD

Short-title:

templeOfChaos

nominator-ID:

u_13

Meeting-date:

Wednesday, 12 November 2014

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album

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Various-Temple-Of-Chaos/release/2319692

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temple-of-chaos-mw0002052201

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Various_Artists/album/Temple_of_Chaos/

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reviewed by

Neil Hornsey

Bang bang bang

8

A decent collection of psychedelic trance tracks but as this all stays firmly in the 'slightly dark, hard, nighttime' category I can appreciate that this isn't the the easiest listen when taken out of its intended context. Encrypted Illusion stands out as the track which demonstrates the kind of message I was hoping to get across.
72

reviewed by

Glyn Lewis

Chaos Theory

3-8

1-6

You have to be in the right frame of mind to enjoy psychedlic trance but when you can capture the mood of it I find it an intriguing sound. Yes it's formulaic stuff and this particular strain is much as it was decades earlier but like a good flavour combination in cooking it works and there's no reason to change it. The final track, Encrypted Illusion, is probably the best example. This keeps bubbling along, full of variation in little subtle changing patterns fading in and out and tweaking of filter passes, but all the time incessant and driven. It probably highlights what Psychedelic Trance can be at its best, for me. And it's a perfect song title for the genre - slightly corny, trippy, paranoid, kinda clever and just like all the other psy-trance song titles, except more so.

I felt Illogical Logic was let down a bit by the voice samples, much as we all like Filteria, but generally the album didn’t really put a foot wrong, as long as you like this sort of thing of course.
40

reviewed by

Richard Norbury
30

reviewed by

Matthew Baker

Temple of Shite

Dance music coming from a different place to that which I usually inhabit. A compilation of hard trance that could have been made any time in the last twenty years.

Gets extra points as I'm glad sub-genres like this exist. Just don't ask me to listen to it.