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New OOOD interview on Baladaplanet.com - Brazilian electronic music portal
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Last week we were fortunate enough to be interviewed by Paulo Henrique for www.Baladaplanet.com, a Brazilian web portal specialising in electronic music, in advance of our forthcoming performance at the Universo Paralello New Years Eve festival in Bahia. Cheers Paulo!
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Here's a link to the online version (in Portuguese):
http://tr.im/BEXc
Here's the original interview we sent him, in English. Hope you enjoy it!
............To start the interview let’s talk about the name OOOD, that means “Out Of Our Depth”. Who created the name? When?
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Colin: hehe I came up with it at a party in London called Pagan in 1994; I was tripping and talking to my friend Dave (from an old-school act called The Secret) about how I felt about the music business at the time, contracts and legal stuff. As I said the words "we're a bit Out Of Our Depth" it was like their initials floated in front of my eyes one by one, making a strange new word - "OOOD", which hung and vibrated in the air in front of me as I heard it in my head, like "food" without the "f"... "Oooood"... I rushed over to Steve and said "Steve! Steve! I've got the name of the band! It's OOOD! OOOOOD!"
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When did you first meet each other and start making music together? Please tell us about the musical background behind each one.
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Colin and Steve met in Oxford in 1994 when they and Nigel first formed OOOD together; Rama had known Steve already for a couple of years by then when they were both studying in London. We met Ryo in 1995 when he was studying in Oxford; at the time Colin lived in a huge shared house whose inhabitants also included DJs and party organisers and lots of people would hang out there. Colin and Ryo made their first track together in 1999 and Rama joined in a couple of years later.
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The complete musical background for all of us is too long to put here! Ryo plays violin (since the age of 5) and drums (since the age of 12); Rama plays a bit of guitar and was told to give up the recorder aged 5; Colin plays piano (since the age of 5) and keyboards (since the age of 15); Steve plays guitar ("I've never learned to play the guitar, I just picked it up since I was little") and a bit of keyboards. Steve and Colin also both play a bit of percussion, and both worked in recording studios in their younger days. All of us have been in bands before OOOD but nothing prepared us for this!
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After a long time making psychedelic music. How your music has evolved over the years?
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Rama: For us, psychedelia means we're continually taking in new influences from the wider world of music... I think that's the key and that's the beauty of psychedelic trance, you can put all these influences into it and it works.
Colin: The whole point of psychedelia is expanding your consciousness, after all. We've always been diverse but that has definitely got much stronger since Rama and Ryo joined.
Ryo: I guess we've definitely got more dynamic and experimental as we've gone on. We've never really lost the initial motivation we had to make music in the first place, that we got in the old days from parties like Pagan. The scene has changed around us but we're still just making the music we would have made anyway. More than the band, we're a bunch of friends and we hang out a lot anyway; this means we only do music together when we're actually feeling inspired rather than set a routine.
Steve: Zzzzzz... (it's his birthday today and he's out for the count right now).
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What about the scene, it was better in the 90’s? What is your opinion about the trance scene nowadays?.. ..
Ryo: The trance scene for me - I don't know if it was because we were younger - but I really liked it during that short Goa period...
Rama: It was so fresh then...
Steve: Zzzzz...
Colin: We were the youth of the galaxy and we demanded our freedom! Now it definitely seems to be based more around hedonism.
Rama: Before, you had to go on a mission to find tunes but now it's all there on the internet. And where other forms of dance music have broken through and had a limited commercial shelf-life, psytrance seems to have just kept on bubbling under and diversifying.
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Could you please explain how it works a full live act of OOOD? Who do what on the stage? Which kind of equipment, instruments and softwares do you use to perform live?.. ..
Colin: Ok here we go :D Briefly, we improvise with instruments and samples over playback of full live tracks. In more detail... Rama controls the playback and samples with Ableton Live, and adds wobbly noises with a Kaoscillator. I play keyboards - I have a Nord Modular and use Ableton Live as a VST host, running a couple of VST instruments which are processed to fit in the mix. I can control filters, envelopes, reverb and delay on these with the keyboard I use to control it. At the moment I use an Evolution MK225C but it's not big enough! Depending on the gig, Ryo will either play a full drum kit, or a Handsonic and a couple of cymbals. Steve plays guitar and sometimes the SH101, as well as another keyboard; for our UK gigs we have a Korg Karma with a bunch of custom presets but we've also used the bog-standard Nord and Virus keyboards, as well as JP8000 and well, anything we can get our hands on really. In Moscow we had a huge 76-key piano-action Korg Triton which was on one hand awesome and on the other hand very hard to play that fast. The whole lot gets mixed by me (with a little help sometimes from Steve) on stage using whatever mixer the promoters supply, and there's also reverb and delay to play with here. A full setup takes about 24 channels.
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The time has come…OOOD is confirmed to perform a full live at Universo Paralello festival. Have you ever been to Brazil before? What you heard about the event, what are you expecting and preparing for us? Do you already now the time table for OOOD live?
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No we haven't been to Brazil although it's been on the agenda for a long time. We've heard lots about the festival - all good and we can't wait to find out for ourselves if the reality matches the photos! We don't quite know what to expect but we'd imagine it includes a massive dancefloor full of beautiful people dancing and having fun in the sun by the beach... As for our contribution, we'll be bringing lots of new music and some of our favourites from the last two albums and maybe even something older ;) We don't know the schedule yet, but we're hoping for a good slot :)
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The OOOD last album was “Fourthought”, with very impressive and good music like always. So, how’s the work inside the studio now? Do you have any plans for your fifth album?.. ..
Rama: We're three-fifths of the way through the new album...
Colin: We've been writing like mad things in all combinations since Rama, Ryo and Steve all moved back to Bristol in May. A couple of quite different psytrance tracks, a non-prog electro psy tune, a lush and twisted minimal track... it's been fantastic. I'd like to release a couple more compilation tracks too but one of our strengths is that we've always been album-based so it's not a priority.
Ryo: I'd say two-thirds through... I'd like to do one more slow minimal tech track, maybe one more breaks track.
[at this point Rama and Ryo break off into a discussion about bpms and genres...]
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Could you tell us about your other electronic music project, Voice of Cod, what is the concept? Some anticipated launch of Voice Of Cod in the next months or year?.. ..
Colin: Voice of Cod is me and Andrew Humphries... Andrew lives in Melbourne now so we haven't been able to write any music together for about a year, but before he left we wrote our second album "Gone Fission" over a period of about six months. Andrew's a great time-manager! And he has a lot of great ideas too. We never really had a concept for VoC; we just wanted to write the best psy we could. Our first album "We Are Free" was our take on melodic full-on, funky and positive, but with "Gone Fission" we allowed ourselves more freedom with the style so there are some slower, more thoughtful tracks on there too. It does feel like that album has managed to capture more emotions than the first one. Andrew's coming to the UK next summer and we'll be writing something new then, so keep your ears open next fall.
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The electronic culture is always changing, could tell us how is the UK psy scene nowadays? Where would you like to see the psy scene going in the future and what changes do you think need to happen?.. ..
Ryo: I think if you look at it globally, the UK is pretty healthy.
Rama: It does seem like what happens here with electronic music happens everywhere else in a couple of years... it seems like the British have a real ability to push different styles of music into the public domain. Look at Glade for an example, pretty much every new style in electronic music has been represented there despite the authorities being determined to make it as awkward as possible.
C. It's doing alright... lots of dedicated promoters and enthusiastic partygoers and some of the best decor teams in the world. Venues are a problem sometimes and there's always politics but as long we remember that the whole thing is done for the people on the dancefloor we'll be ok.
Steve (just woken up and eating a bowl of cereal): crunchy, moist, sweet, milky.
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To finish the interview, cloud you please leave a message for the brazilian fans of OOOD, specially for those who was waiting a OOOD gig in this side of the Atlantic for long time... ..
Ryo: We're totally glad and honoured to be able to go over there and meet them... come and have a cheeky with us!
Rama: Totally looking forward to seeing something we've only ever heard about before, and making new friends and cheeky cheeky...
Ryo: And to experience a Brazilian... energy.
Colin: Yeah, what they said. Honoured and really looking forward to it... see you all out on the dancefloor!
Steve: Big love to all the Brazilian fans from me!
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Fourthought Reviews
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Two excellent reviews by Nemo and Jon Cocco; you can find the originals on Isratrance and Psynews.
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Review by Nemo:
Cover avail @ ..http://www.elektronikmusik.org/oood.jpg..
Artist: OOOD
Album: Fourthought
Label: Phar Psyde Records
Catalog#: PHARCD004
Format: CD, Album
Country: UK
Released: Sep 2008
Credits: Mastered By - Henry Sarmiento
Mixed By [Engineer] - Colin Bennun
Producer, Mixed By - OOOD
Notes: Mastered @ Sonic Vista Studios, Ibiza, Spain. ..http://www.sonicvistastudios.com/..
Mixed @ The Stooodio, Bristol, UK.
Track 7 is based on "Rifa" by OOOD, released in 1997 on the label Completely Cabbaged (B-side of the 12" CABB-03) ..http://www.discogs.com/release/217918..
above information taken from Discogs. ..http://www.discogs.com/release/1487610..
An introduction about OOOD is hardly needed, but let me do a short one anyways, should you not know who I am talking about.
OOOD was formed in England in 1994 by Colin Bennun, Nigel Bradburyand Stephen Callaghan. Nigel is no longer a part of the trio, but theybecame four instead with their old friends Ramsay Melhuish and RyokanPotier.
The first release from OOOD was on Phantasm Records in 1996. Withsome 14 years of experience in the Psychedelic Trance scene and stillgoing strong, they are now releasing their 4th album. Some of you mightremember the latest album Free Range, which was one of the best albumsreleased in the year of 2006 (imo of course).
OOOD is known to be diverse and mixing the styles wildly, and the new album is more diverse than any of their work before.
Let me take you through the tracks:
..1. Watchers In The Sky (9:08) ..
This track for me -at first- got my attention by the dreamy introthat it was presented with. I did not know what to come, but let metell you that I was very surprised how it evolved. After some 1 minutes30 seconds, we get to hear a very monotone bassline and a kick. Thetrack then goes into some kind of minimal trancey dreamscape. One thingthat OOOD are known for are the use of Samples in their tracks, andthis track is full of small detailed samples in the background. Thedreamy feeling goes throughout the whole track, and for me it would bethe perfect starter track on a morning set out in the wild.
..2. Warm Slinky (10:17)..
So, the first track being a perfect starter for an album, I did notknow what to expect next, and of course, it took me by surprise asalways with OOOD. Short intro, some breakbeats and then something thatcould be a 303? Changes in Basstone very smartly put inside, dreamygated pads. Breaktrance? This track evolves slow, but when it comes toits point, it is a furious little beast! It is not a dance floorfiller, but it sure gives the chills down the spine! At the end of thetrack as expected it explodes into one orgasmic dream scape and eventhough its not a 4/4 track makes me want to shake that rumpa like a madman! I would like to hear a remix of this track with a 4/4 beat towardsthe end, played LIVE!
..3. Attitude Engine (9:50)..
OOOD is about fun for me, and the this track starts of FUNNY! Now,when I say diverse, this is it! Is this OOOD's way of seeing todaysElectro House? Oh yeah! But far better than a lot of stuff beingreleased nowadays, and you know what? Its Psychedelic at the same time!It feels like this track has a very long intro cause the first 2minutes its just building and building, goes into a break and tones itdown a little and then takes it up again. Smart break beat programminggoing on all the time. Around 3 minutes we get some 4/4 beat and funkybreaks all over the place. Like the tracks before this one, it has alot of atmosphere. This track starts of like one thing and ends likeanother. I think it's a very clever way of building a track and gettingthe listeners attention.
This is not your ordinary Electro Psy Break, this is your Electro Psy Break Overlord!
..4. Hornrider (Red Bourbon Mix) (9:45)..
This is the first track that starts with a 4/4 beat on this album.Funny sample in the beginning. It starts out pretty harmless with anice bassline, everything in perfect harmony and good percussion work.The later Bleepy bloppy and funky until towards the first break(horses?! lol), then it continues on that gallop and with a lot ofatmosphere. OOOD sure knows how to build the tracks to get yourattention, and when they finally let out the devil, its just pure earpleasure! I am sure we will hear this track on plenty of Morning Dancefloors this year (and many years to come, I hope). Towards the end ofthe track I had to smile so hard and wanting to dance, pure fuckingbliss!
..5. Durka Durka (8:04)..
Terrance, pull my finger! *fart* Durka durka, Nih, kick andbassline! HAAAHAAA! Wow, this track made me laugh so hard, but make nomistake, this is not just some pisstake track, its a very powerfuldance floor filler. Very energetic, almost goes into the techno realms,but stays psychedelic and trancey enough.
The percussions and the side effects are driving this track.Cleverly programmed samples and atmosphere on this track. The firstbreak made me say "COOOMOOONNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!" out loud, I actually leftmy chair and started dancing in my little room here, because he who cansit down with the power unleashed afterwards, is probably too sane!When that bass line comes back in after the break, it gave me so heavychills that even a squirt of tears came out of my porky little eyeses.
..6. Slang Thang (8:33)..
Familiar samples in this track, you will know when you hear them!Another 4/4 track which goes pretty much straight into business. Gottalove the bass line on this one. Yes it is your typical Full On Bassline, but its not your ordinary full on track! As with all tracks fromOOOD, the percussion is very essential.
Evil sounds, hard and ass whooping. This is dark and sinister, likea boiling witches bowl and very driving. Towards the middle of thetrack gated samples and more drive. MY GOD TAKE ME TO THE DANCE FLOORFOR HEAVENS SAKE!!!! I can not describe it in words better than "FANFUCKING TASTIC!"
..7. Apollo, Son Of Rifa (9:00)..
So what to expect now that im all high on energy? Oh yeah, OOODdoes not let you down, another dance track for the dance floor here!Like i have said throughout the whole review, OOOD is all about cleveruse of sample and smart percussion programming, they sure know how todo that. Small changes here and there, nice bass line, perfectly in fitwith the kick and the rest of the sounds.
Even this track a bit dark to start with, something that soundslike a 303 coming in, snare drums.... BOOM! When listening to thismusic, I wish that more people would make this kind of music, and itreminds me that Psychedelic Trance is still very powerful when made bythe right people. It gives hope for this scene!
Towards the end of this track, more ACIIIIIIIIIID, and I love it,and the last break makes you ask for more more andmooooooooooooooooooooore! Too bad it ended too early! Ok, time to seewhere OOOD is playing live nearby, cause this has to be heard live!
..The last few tracks have literally made me dance for 15 minutes straight in my room and boy am I happy that Nobody can see me...
..8. Starseeker (Crystal Skies '08 Mix) (8:37)..
After the last 3 tracks, I felt I needed a break from the madness,but nope, thats not what I got. Rolling bass line, dreamy pads and avery nice sample to start the track of. Even though full with energy,this track is more trancey and smooth than the last ones, but make nomistake, this is good psychedelic dance music, funky beats and fullwith atmosphere!
303s kick in and make me get chills all over my body! I mean, Iknow it is hard to beat Eye of The Beholder, but this track is what Iwould say makes me have the same feeling as when I first heard thattrack from the last album. This is pure trance, pure enlightenment, ithas all the elements a trance track should have, it has all theelements a psy track should have. In short, its PERFECT!
This reminds me of the good old Eye-Q days, but made modern and better!
..9. Gawn Sarf (5:30)..
The good old well deserved outro track!! After the above buildup,we need a break, and that is what OOOD gives you. They know that youneed to chill a bit and think about what just struck you. Nice beats,cool samples, slow dubby bass line, even though simple, it still servesit purpose. 303 in this track as well, but that is not what makes thetrack. What makes this track so special is the Piano! Funky funky pianoplaying going on here, sound almost as a live piano being played in aJam! It just fits so well in the track. This track will for sure be inmany of my chill mixes!
So, to conclude this review; We have been presented with everythingfrom Chill to Techno and Psychedelic and then treated with a bit ofPsychedelic Funk in the end. I can hear a story in this album, and forme that is a very important thing when listening to an artist album. Ido not know what kind of story they want to tell us, but for me it wasabout a journey into the wild and then back to good old home where itis warm and cozy.
As Free Range, this album gets an 11/10 for its diversity, for itsenergy and most of all for its very good engineering and programming.If you want ear sugar, get this album while it is still hot.
..You can buy the album here:..
..http://www.psyshop.com/shop/CDs/phr/phr1cd004.html.. (Psyshop)
..Other links:..
..http://www.myspace.com/oood.. (Myspace)
..http://www.discogs.com/artist/O.O.O.D.?anv=OOOD.. (OOOD on Discogs)
..http://www.oood.net/.. OOOD Homepage
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Review by Jon Cocco:
OOOD - FOURTHOUGH..
2008
PHAR PSYDE RECORDS[/size]
..Track list..
1. Watchers In The Sky (9:08)
2. Warm Slinky (10:17)
3. Attitude Engine (9:50)
4. Hornrider (Red Bourbon Mix) (9:45)
5. Durka Durka (8:04)
6. Slang Thang (8:33)
7. Apollo, Son Of Rifa (9:00)
8. Starseeker (Crystal Skies '08 Mix) (8:37)
9. Gawn Sarf (5:30)
This is a great release. And I think I like it just a bit more than ..Free Range.. so far, an album by general consensus considered one of the best Psytrance releases from 2007. Although I felt that ..Free Range ..could have had less interludes to get in the way of the music, that's not a problem here, yet the fun intros are back. So how is OOOD's new album? A full track-per-track review ensues...
..1. Watchers In The Sky.... begins with a gentle and mystical, mysterious sound. The song is surprisingly unique, artistic, and catchy. I first noticed its distinct sound, streams of melodies, ambient. Such aspects compliment the tasty sound and beat. But as the song progresses, it develops these elements; the song evolves. The voice samples are good too. The melody/sound and atmospheric is great, transporting the listener to an almost surreal, fantasy world and time. As the song continues, I feel like this vehicle is approaching a more dynamic and energetic world. But the song never loses its floating edge. I wasn't expecting a song this kinesthetic, let alone for an introductory one by OOOD. This is a very interesting, enjoyable mid-temp song that is both intriguing and pleasing to listen to. I really like the fantasy sound, and how the song gains strength as it moves forward, but never jumps into uptempo, a smart decision by the artists. Strong introduction. B+..
..2. Warm Slinky.... is that brand of start up recipe, though the album is gradually moving towards a more danceable, groovy path. Several minutes into the opening appears Goa influenced melodies as the bass line changes keys to enhance the growing rhythm. I like the sound throughout. It's groovy and emotive, never cheesy; the song is filled with solid ingredients for thought. I feel like these artists realized that they could elicit more passion themselves, when working with OTT and various other artists, as well as drawing up a more aware model in some ways for this follow up. The euphoric melody/sound work along with the medium driving beat stands out. These elements are catchy; the song gets better and becomes more developed and groovy as it progresses. The subtle Goa influence and groove compliment the softer elements. Great great. B+..
..3. Attitude Engine.. begins with a humorous sample. That .."it's better to..."...., well I don't want to spoil it. The beat appears stronger here than on previous tracks. The song and album both seem to be building towards a more danceable atmosphere. By the 2-3 minute area, a really catchy, groovy beat and sound breaks out. Numerous creative effects take off around the funky rhythm. A guitar is introduced, never overpowering the cool atmosphere. The vehicle progresses, becoming more energetic into the third and fourth minute. A string of layers release to compensate for a wonderful evolution, interlude. This part is wonderful, completely unpredictable, elegant, lush and delicious. Add: elevating. What follows roughly 5-6 minutes inward is a great, change up in beat and sound as the song evolves. The last two minutes seem to retrace itself rather than create fresh hills and groove, but this is s small nitpick, observation as the overall song is memorable. I only wish the song kept me more captivated into its final 1-2 minutes. Another great track! B+..
..4. Hornrider (Red Bourbon Mix).... begins with another short voice sample, followed by an unexpectedly cool and pleasing sound on the sense. While every track is so different from the one before it, I'm starting to notice a strikingly attractive consistently; the songs combine strong and groovy beats, bass lines, music and sounds great for dancing along with thought, feeling; the tracks are often warm and dynamic. They're fun to listen to both on and off dancing. This track is arguably the most friendly dance number here so far. Yet the artists manage to create a beat free interlude that suspends the vivid animations before clashing the senses with a returning beat/sound mixed into an even stronger, evolving path. Soon after this interlude appears some of the best melody/sound work I have ever heard by OOOD. Wow. This song just takes off across the skies. Returning is key changes, but not like before. These are different, and catchy too. New sounds develop and layers of ambient flood the golden scenery. Suddenly it's gone, replaced by fresh, alien sounds. A tuba and what appears to be organic instruments and a voice arrives. Strings let loose over a Jazz influenced interlude. It's not long before the vehicle lifts off into a short, bursting build/climax. This is a strong part! The build up in sound is great; it's imaginative and very danceable. Voice bits skip to the humming layers as ambient tunes return along with what appears to be a tuba, Jazz influence and more. Excellent work! A-..
..5. Durka Durka (8:04).. begins with... farting? Hmmm.. Okay (half smiling). This voice sample, group farting session ..intro-to-track.... will be really liked and disliked by many people for some time to come. That said, the intro here is random, humorous, and ends soon after it begins, though I wish it ended a bit sooner. Suddenly the song lifts off! No more silly sounds, although OOOD has proven that they haven't lost their playful energy. The driving, danceable music, sound and rhythm build here is arresting. I love the atmosphere. The cricket sounds hook my attention. The voice samples are cool too. Another observation including this track is that the overall album is becoming stronger as it progresses, not just the more dance friendly beat but the psychedelic work. The gradual track-by-track.... buildup so far is excellent. Thankfully the silly farting ended in the first minute. The artists let loose a tribal trance influenced high energy dance number, filled with fire and spirit. While not what I consider spectacular, the song is great from after its first minute until its breath taking finish. B+..
..6. Slang Thang.... is a driving and psychedelic/dark Psytrance number. Wow. This proves that OOOD has a talent as well for producing great dark Psytrance. These guys better be careful though. If they play with fire they're going to attract the anarchists. A darkly lit and driving rhythm ignites, develops towards an interlude and takes off again. This is a song to fly down the highway while listening and/or dance to at nighttime. Towards the middle third forward, OOOD pushes the intensity bar, producing what may be the most fiercely intense and exciting Psytrance number I've heard all year. I love the take off moments, the crazy/skipping voices; the climactic elements are awesome. Unfortunately, the vehicle loses some power towards its last two minutes as if the artists weren't quite sure where to take it. That's my only problem with the song, as it could have wrapped up two minutes earlier on and ended with a bang, not a drawn out moment. That said the song would have been amazing if it topped itself in its final moments. But since the artists had no new buildup and climax to offer, I see little point carrying the thing out as long as they do, because there's superb work here for sure. Overall, great track. But the climax moments, the second and third.. quarter of this song is amazing! ..B+..
..7. Apollo, Son Of Rifa.... is an impressively layered and intricate, infectious stormer. This one ups the ante, and may even be more satisfying and strong, ending included than the previous number. The concept slightly reminds me of Jikkenteki's dynamic and intricate style. Yet this has OOOD written all over it. The number appears to continuously evolve and get more elaborate and flavorful, psychedelic as it progresses. Awesome number. A-..
..8. Starseeker (Crystal Skies '08 Mix).... begins with a really upbeat sample, talking about a fantasy world of sorts within a tree. The melody work wastes no time making a strong impression as the atmosphere emerges with attractive textures. There is a shuffling sound that's quite catchy. Many psy sounds fill the air as the vehicle moves forward; this is a strong and driving psytrance number. Where is the big hook though? I'm not sure. The Goa melody sounds cool my favorite part is the second third into the track when a subtle female voice vanishes almost as soon as it appears. I'm not quite sure the instrument, piano possibly, but it's catchy. The beat drops for a pleasant albeit short, ambient driven interlude. The beat returns as if jogging with running pauses in its tracks. Strange, echoed voice work compliment a strong and infectious Goa-esque melody. It's great, especially to the more aggressive and driving, dance friendly progression. The combination of electronica music and various genre' is fun. Good if not great track. B+..
..9. Gawn Sarf.. is a chill/downtempo track. It's interesting, catchy. The slower tempo compliments the multi genre influenced Psytrance/Electronica album. I initially thought this song was pretty but the Goa melody that arrives later on is great. Filled with Psy influenced Pop, Jazz, Funk, Trance, and even what appears to be a live Piano and Goa influence, the song is like a living, breathing orchestra playing across the stars. This is a creative and solid closing track to a great album... B+..
..In conclusion.., if you liked ..Free Range.., you'll most certainly like ..Fourthought..... Both albums are strong, dynamic, and fun, and it will be interesting to see which one people favor more. Production is excellent. And the package is just as, if not even more dynamic and fun than ever before. There was one song that stood out to me so much on Free Range.., that being ..Eye Of The Beholder (With OTT)... With ..Fourthought...., the greatness of their best work seems to have infected the entire album, as I have difficulty selecting top favorites. I'm really pleased with the album. OOOD's melody/sound work appears to have matured, improved in some ways since previous releases, but it hasn't lost its edge or sense of wit and humor. The artists thankfully avoided the in-between track interludes that for me, grew tired quick and got in the way of the music tracks on Free Range... That said, both ..Free Range.. and ..Fourthought.... compliment each other. But I like this one more; I find more great, excellent tracks. In short, not one song here comes close to average. Fourthought.. is one of the best Psytrance albums of 2008. I don't quite know how OOOD managed to produce and release an album this strong within a year from their previous album that was praised by so many people as a best album of 2007 but they managed to pull it off.
Favorite tracks: ..1.., 2, ..3, 4, 5, 6, 7.., 8, ..9...
..B+..
..Samples..
..http://www.psyshop.com/shop/CDs/phr/phr1cd004.html..
..http://www.saikosounds.com/english/display_release.asp?id=7523..
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New interview on HarderFaster.net
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Those hard-dancing people at HarderFaster.net recently decided that an interview with OOOD was just what the world needed, and of course we had to agree :) Check it out here.
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