Twisted

Hallucinogen | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 11, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Twisted Records
• ASIN: B00000IWX0
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (47 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #37,012 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #98 in Music > Dance & DJ > Trance

Editorial Reviews

Mid-price reissue for the classic 1995 debut album from the pioneering trance producer who's worked with Paul Oakenfold.8 tracks including 'LSD', 'Orphic Thrench' and 'Alpha Centauri. 1999 release. Standard jewel case.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

26 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Psychotic but very fine sounding psy trance, April 17, 2001

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Zeitti (Helsinki, Finland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Twisted (Audio CD)

I started listening to psy and goa trance with bands like Astral Projection and Juno Reactor, and only later expanded my music collection with Hallucinogen's cd's. In my opinion the two bands I first listened to are "light" and maybe a bit mainstream trance. They are easy to listen to and are great dance music too. Hallucinogen though, produces music which is a lot more dark and "psychotic", and can really mix up your head with the sound. I'm pretty sure that many of "normal" trance listeners won't be into this cd. I don't think it's even danceable music. But for more dope headed :) guys this might be a really good choise. The music is very well produced and the cd has a "theme" which lasts from the first song to the last. For all the trippers out there this is great for the purpose.

So, this is anything but mainstream trance, and I think it doesn't go for all trance listeners. But this is only my opinion, and I think everyone who likes trance should at least try this out.

Personally, I like this CD very much, the one star loss in the rating is because I think doesn't fit for all.

PS. I think LSD (1.) might be the greatest track ever. Other REALLY great tracks are 3. and 5.. But all tracks are better than good.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars One for the time capsule, July 23, 2005

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C. Quinn "totality denier" (County Louth, Eire) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Twisted (Audio CD)

Absolutely text-book Goa trance, every wah-bleep, drum crescendo and drug-addled vocal sample in its place. In years to come this will be one of the records to play to people who want to hear what the genre (or sub-genre) sounded like.

Sounds like I'm damning 'Twisted' with faint praise, but at its best Goa trance is an exhilarating and absorbing thing, and this is it at its best. I only gave it four stars because it's not among my favourite kinds of music; if it's one of yours, add the fifth star and don't hesitate.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is goa/psychedelic trance at its finest!, June 26, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Twisted (Audio CD)

Good goa music is hard to describe. Great goa music is even harder. "Twisted" belongs in a group even beyond that. So where to begin. . . Lets start with the cover art. I know, we don't buy albums for the cover art, but bare with me. The cover is very psychedelic, bright and colorful. Intriguing patterns and phosphorescent colors flow before your eyes, not unlike a kaleidoscope. It takes an effort to remove you're eyes from it. Utterly mind altering. Once you can visualize this, you have taken a small step toward visualizing the music -- a true kaleidoscope of sounds, beautifully melded into the most enrapturing and fascinating music I have ever heard. Let it take you away.