Customer Reviews

Tsunami

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This is one of those albums that you tend to not to notice, even after I bought it I only gave it a brief listen or two before it got tossed in with the other CD's I rarely listen to. I almost didint buy it when I did either, nothing about it hints at what a Awesome album it is.
In the last 5 years or so, Trance as a genre has evolved into what we hear today, in most cases it consists of a "intro", a "breakdown", a few "build up's", and a "big epic creshindo", set to a 4/4 measure around 130BPM. Though there are a notable few that producers that have expanded on that basic structure, but overall trance has killed itself trying to "Out Anthem" one another.
As a whole Tsunami seems a little off at first, there seems to be to much going on at first for trance, but its not edgy enough to be called "Hard House" or "Drum & Bass". I wasent sure what to think at first, I liked it, but wasent overly impressed.
But what a difference a good pair of headphones make. About five minutes later midway through track 2, I was zoning off when it hit me, This is what trance was supposed to be about. Most of the tracks are very tribal, (Tribal dose not = D&B) have heavy "Techno" underpinings blended with slick synth lines. Unlike a lot of Comp's. that feel slaped together, the quality of the tracks suprized me. X-Dream in paticular stands out above the rest, they are one of the older purveyors of hard trance.

I was VERY excited when I got this CD. It's hard to find really good trance CDs that aren't mixed, and as a Trance DJ, I'm loving this CD. Lot's of great stock to use during a club set, and most songs are between 125-140 bpm with lots of great beats and effect sweeps, embelishing the already very groovy synth structures. I have to agree with Joseph Good in another review of this CD, I've listen to it every day since I bought it over a week ago. If this album doesn't become a staple of underground Trance mixers, they must be either sleeping or stupid. Great compilation job from Tsunami's producer, Opher India Drop! - Pushpaka

TSUNAMI HAS OUT DONE THEMSELVES WITH THIS CD. THE BASS LINE KICKS AND THE BREAKDOWNS ARE UNBELIVABLE. THE MUSIC FROM AROUND THE WORLD ON ONE CD. THIS CD PAKS IN THE NYC FLAVOR OF THE UNDERGROUND RAVE AND TRANCE SCENE. THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITES, HOPE THIS IS NOT THE LAST FOR TSUNAMI. PEACE AND LOVE.

There are a few nice tracks (the last one in particular) but on a whole, I've heard better compilations (the Destination Goa series comes immediately to mind).

ive been looking for this cd for years and have not been able to find it. I got it from you guys for like 4 bucks after shipping. Delivered fast. I am satisfied with my purchase

i picked up this cd with no expectations. i knew a song or 2 would be good, but when i popped it in my cd player and listened to the rest, it really was pretty awesome. it definitely has some unique tracks with catchy beats and funky sounds, but every track comes together and gives you a great mix of everything. yeah, there's some d&b, some goa, some stuff you can't even put in a category, but it's all good. "special offer" is one of the coolest songs i've ever heard. give it a whirl... i highly recommend

In short: a wonderful collection of progressive trance tracks that demonstrate the breadth of possibilities. Obviously chosen with care, it only leaves one wondering why they tracks are not mixed together to form an even more cohesive and enjoyable experience. Think of this cd as an awesome buffett of darker electronica. Well worth the price of the admition if your interested go beyond the bubblegum poptronica of ATB, BT and Sasha. This is music for the electronic tribes.

This CD is really awesome. The trakcs are short enough where you don't get ... off at a repetitive beat, but deep enough to lose yourself in. the beats are fantastic, as are the bass lines. I hadn't discovered what my subwooers really could do until i listened to this CD. It is amazing and I recommend it to anybody, especially for 8 bucks like they have it on amazon.com, i bought it new for 19 and it was still worth it.

I found this CD by accident, bored and wandering thru Borders. It just happened to be the first CD I picked up and I haven't put it down yet in 3 days. Being a BIG fan of Infected Mushroom, I was overjoyed at the fact there was a song on here I had yet to hear. All the tracks are sweet. Not once did I consider skipping a song.

I expected ALOT more from the #1 purveyor of Psy-Trance.

This is a total disappointment. After having seen several of these artists in action live I can tell you they are only at about 10% of their potential on this CD. It seems so toned down, commercialized for a burnt-out ear. Not once does it rip into an extended trance jam where you want to lose yourself in space & time. The tracks are too short to keep the mojo flowing. The tracks lack passion and emotion. And the total flow of the CD is off... would have been better mixed. And it has too many crappy vocal samples.

My suggestion, pick up ANY of the Global Underground CDs. While not Psy-Trance they have a better flow of emotional energy. I am quite convinced that there is little in the way of good psy CDs on the market.

I REALLY dislike this CD. Cripes, there's drum & bass on here!! Garbage...