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.
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.
CD Reviews
Psychotic but very fine sounding psy trance
Zeitti | Helsinki, Finland | 04/17/2001
(4 out of 5 stars)
"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."
One for the time capsule
C. Quinn | County Louth, Eire | 07/23/2005
(4 out of 5 stars)
"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."
534521 times better than Ibiza
Charles D. | Massachusetts | 04/13/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I downloaded LSD and Gamma Goblins (a track not on Twisted) in 1997 and went out and bought the CD shortly thereafter. I've been listening to it ever since, maybe not on a day to day, week to week, or month to month basis, but still with more frequency then dozens and dozens of other albums I've listened to in the past. I don't listen to any other trance, but I do like good music. This is good music. It is also good programming and I believe that it was done on mostly analog equipment. The guy uses a Arp 2600, for chrissakes! If you like complicated, sequenced melodies played on gritty, analog oscillators, this is for you."
This is goa/psychedelic trance at it?s finest!
Charles D. | 06/26/1999
(5 out of 5 stars)
"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."
Psychidelic, euphoric and mesmerizing
Chris 'raging bill' Burton | either Kent or Manchester, United Kingdom | 11/02/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)
"It seems these days that a lot of psy/Goa trance artists are either rehashing what has been done before or are experimenting with new sounds that, whilst comendable (and something that results in great music), is prone to missing the point of being either psychidelic or entrancing. This release from Hallucinogen however is straight up yet top notch psy trance. The way this album makes me feel is unlike anything else.
Dark and driving yet also uplifting, huge in both sound and scope yet at its core rather simple, cathy yet not at all catchy and mechanical yet somehow very human, Twisted is an epic and engrossing album that is essential not just for trance fans but for anyone who enjoys psychidelic music. The way the music climaxes and flows means its just as enjoyable for a sober night in as it is at a rave (the true test of good electronic dance music), something that cannot be said for most drug-induced (non-)experiments with a keyboard and a drum machine. The music can both hover over you and sweep you off its feet with its impressive sonic layering and manipulation. The structure of the music is also remarkable. Simon Posford knows how to break a song down and bring it back up again, ensuring that the repetitive lines don't outstay their welcome and the overall feel of the music doesn't become stagnant.
When I first heard Twisted I wasn't immediately swayed but it has since wormed its way into at least my top 20 albums. Highly recommended."
Track Listings (8) - Disc #1