Reflection « The Art of Magic »

Reflection is the dark prog-psy project of Gibb Tartaris, a music teacher from Canberra, the Australian federal capital.

The Art of Magic is the autobiographical tale of a “mathemagician” on a journey to discover frequencies and wavelengths infused with a perfect balance of mathematical and magical harmonies. In essence, this album attempts to use the power of mathematics to trick people the way a magician would.

1. Magicians World 9:49
2. Mathemagic 9:20
3. Mental Tricks 8:11
4. Mind Games 8:43
5. The Pledge (Part 1) 8:51
6. The Turn (Part 2) 8:46
7. The Prestige (Part 3) 9:13

The EP The Art of Magic was released on 1^st of August in 2014 by Glitchy.Tonic.Records under a Creative Commons license. While released for free, you may want to support the artist and buy the album from Bandpage.

Musically it’s a somewhat subdued progressive psytrance with nice sound effects - I guess being subdued with sound effects is what all the sites call the zenonesque bit of progressive trance. I personally prefer my psy with a bit more oomph because at an average of eight minutes a track appears to have never gone off the ground but still, it’s nice and maybe never going boom is a paradox worthy of Zenon of Elea.

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The Art of Magic ℗ 2014 Reflection ℅ Gibb Tartaris

Kalila wa Dimna // Liquid Frequency

Kalila wa Dimna is a compilation of dark and forest psytrance from India which in itself is fascinating with Goa being the father of psytrance and all. It was compiled by LiquidNoize and released by Liquid Frequency.

1. Fuzulu - Kharaki 7:45
2. BloodClot - Multiverse 6:40
3. Silent Horror - Kalilax 7:31
4. Farebi Jalebi - Anasazi 7:42
5. BrainDrop - Sample Based Bug 8:00
6. LiquidNoize - Weeping Willow 6:34
7. Hydropanic - Apocalyptic Vision 7:28
8. Triamera - Kaha (Silent Horror Remix) 7:28
9. Devic - Naruto 8:10
10. Cacofonix & Alien Trancesistor - Vantara Vichitra 5:49

Kalila wa Dimna was released on 21^st of December in 2010 via Ektoplazm under a Creative Commons license. As I’ve mentioned before, this is a compilation of Indian psytrance, primary source of my initial fascination. The artwork by Arnab Basu helped too. But the overall effect was less awe-inspiring than I had hoped for. Still, not a bad track to be found. Best tracks are Anasazi by Farebi Jalebi, Sample Based Bug by BrainDrop and Apocalyptic Vision by Hydropanic.

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Kalila wa Dimna ℗ 2010 Liquid Frequency

Arborean « Sophic Hydrolith »

Arborean is Fabian Eason, an artist from Brighton in East Sussex.

Sophic Hydrolith is his first EP.

1. Spore 10:2090
2. Blardy Bloopser 11:19
3. Mushroom Harvesting Robots 11:00
4. Sophic Hydrolith 9:10
5. Taigan 8:42

Sophic Hydrolith, this "groove-driven journey through downtempo psychedelia" by Arborean was released on 19^th of October in 2014 via free music portal Ektoplazm under a Creative Commons licence. Sophic Hydrolith - which could describe the Philosopher’s Stone - is a soundscape that is influenced by psychedelic trance and ambient (both better knowns as psytrance and psybient, respectively) with a healthy dosis of space ambient and dream and deep trance, where the beat has been limited to give emphasis to sound structure and groove. My personal favourite is the last track, Taigan.

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Sophic Hydrolith ℗ 2014 Arborean ℅ Fabian Eason