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Seven Pointed Star

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An album that should find most techno fans liking at least some of the songs. There are both slower, more ambient tracs, and faster, dancefloor-friendly songs. The synth grooves and the frequent goodies like the vocals on the first track, the Eastern samples on Secret Samanta and guitar-like synth runs on Who Are You? keep things interesting enough to distinguish Astralasia from the simplistic trance acts that sit on the same loops to the point of insanity. Maybe owing to their heritage (the word mushroom comes to mind), Astralasia does a good job of utilizing the entire staff to keep the listener engaged on all frequencies, and making sure to keep a diverse range of timbre (something a lot of techno bands overlook). Seven Pointed Star is never harsh, always listenable. If you like acts like Juno Reactor, you should enjoy this.

Astralasia puts out the best techno I've ever heard. Driving beats and great melodies combine to make each song hypnotic and different. Haunting, ethereal vocals take this album from great to phenomenal.

I like Oakenfold, Digweed, and Sunscreem, but for pure original techno, Astralasia is (hands down) the best. I got Seven Pointed Star a few days ago, and I haven't stopped listening to it. Hypnotic and infectious. Fortunately, there's no cure for this. If you think you've heard good techno before, think again.

Get this album. You're inner dance demon demands it.

Astralasia are the best kept secret in Electronic music today."Seven Pointed Star" will drown you in lush trance soundscapes and blow your mind the first time you hear it.Expect to hear a lot more of Astralasia in the future.Essential to any music collection.

Astralasia's Seven Pointed Star is a mind bending Trance LP. Starting with powerful bass lines and large pounding basslines, Astralasia develop quick skittery synth lines over large dominant chunks of sound and add that hypnotic, melodic background that gives the music that much more power. Amazing dance energy and rhythm, with fantastic textures playing over at superspeed. If you like this you would be a fan of KOX BOX and JUNO REACTOR.

This CD starts off extremely strong with pulsing sounds and beats. It has a lot of energy and succeeds in NOT becoming repetitive and annoying. Towards the end of the CD, it seems like they threw in the obligatory ambient/journey/experimental tracks that just don't go with the flow of the CD. No problem, though, there's plenty of good music before that.

Astarlasia is up in the ranks of Crystal Method,Underworld,and Orbital. People don't give them the chance of exposure, but their day is at hand.If you love to rave this is your ticket to let it out.