Found at: http://trance.net/article/articleprint/388/-1/28/

Tellus2 "Addiction"

Top level

Music reviews

Psytrance reviews

Author: Per Kristian Slagsvold

Publishing date: 23.11.2003 11:40

Creon Records in Sweden is out with their third release, this time the debut album of Tellus2 (Magnus Bäckström).

Tellus2 "Addiction" Creon Records 2003 (CREONCDA03)

1. The Last Ride
2. Horizontally
3. Global
4. Magazine
5. Fight It Then
6. Looking For Trouble
7. Mongo Bongo
8. Sagittal Section
9. Who Are They?
10. Attika

The first track starts with a car engine starting up, and then speeding up. Then we get some rolling heavy rhythms and some samples. Stumpy full on trance. Psychedelic sounds jumps in and out, and after a while it builds up, and become more and more melodic, but far away from cheesy. Nice to hear some good melodic full on again. Track 2 starts with a weird voice, before the rolling heavy bass lines hits us again. This one starts more melodic from the beginning. Sort of happy full on. Good melodies and strong rhythms. Track 3 starts almost like some old school goa trance track, but then some really pushing rhythms starts hitting us. Another great melodic track that for sure will make people smile on the dance floor. Highly psychedelic. Track 4 starts down tempo the first couple of minutes, before some dark rolling rhythms comes in. This is the darkest track on this album. Mostly dark sounds and melodies all the way.

Then we get a real change in track 5. This one is really fluffy and melodic. I really like it, but some people might say it is a bit too cheesy, especially in the beginning. Track 6 goes a bit darker and floating, but still melodic. Track 7 goes even more full on, with some heavy guitars mixed in. Track 8 has a lot of really psychedelic sounds swirling, but the melodies in this one sounds a bit more simple than the other tracks on this album. Track 9 is a hard banging, darker track. Mostly dark sounds in this one, but still some light melodies. The last track is a much slower, down tempo stumping track. Pretty dark, but relaxing track, you can also dance to.

In my opinion this is absolutely the best album Creon Records has released so far. Something for those who likes melodic full on trance. The melodies reminds me a bit of old school goa trance, but he has added a more modern twist, and heavier rhythms. A good debut album by Tellus2.
PK (shivapks@hotmail.com)

| Back to normal page view | Send this article to a friend |