Another non-freeform post, but one of my main inspirations this past year has been Romanian Goa artist E-Mantra, particularly his incredible Arcana. Earlier this month saw the release of his second album through Suntrip, and while on a first listen through the tracks (Metamorphic Resonance is up the top there) Pathfinder doesn’t match the brooding atmosphere of Arcana, there’s some excellent stuff in there, including a couple of fantastic downtempo tunes.
I’ll be ordering a copy asap – check out the Suntrip site for more info (plus a very tasty-looking E-Mantra/Artifact303 showcase set that I haven’t had time to download yet).
I had a listen to the samples from Pathfinder when they came up on suntrip. I was a bit disapointed to be honest. But that has likely to do with how amazing arcana is. I am sure Pathfinder is a great production.
It sounds like I should give the album another chance.
I ordered five albums from sunstrip a couple of months ago and the favourite among them right now must be Back To Space by Artifact303. Such a nice blend of trance and goa, if that makes sense.
E-Mantra – Arcana and Merr0w – Born Underwater are quite good as well ofcourse. 😉
Temple of Chaos is worth it for Merr0w’s Citrus Circus alone. Lots of other talent on this ablum as well I must say.
Ra – 9th was the fifth. Amazing ablum.
Suntrip*
I knew I would misspell that the second time if not the first. 🙂