2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Ignore The Other Reviews, This Album Rocks!!!, Jan 16 2006
By JBizzle "Da Fizzle Shizzle, Dizzle" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Explorer (Audio CD)
This album totally took me by surprise. Reading all the reviews giving this album an average to mediocre rating I wasn't to overly excited about picking it up. I finally brought myself to purchase "Explorer", and I was pleasently surprised. All I have to say is all the other reviewers need to get out of '1998' and evolve with the times. The style of music they're listening for is over & played out. You're only gonna find that cheeseball stuff from producers like "DJ Sammy", "ATB", "Darude", "Ian Van Dahl" all of which have been banished to American Soil, 'cause everyone in Europe have evolved, and moved on. With "Explorer" you'll get some major bangers, and a couple softy's, all very different sounding showcasing their versatility. People really bashed on "AVB's - Shivers" for being diverse, I thought that one blew away "76" by a mile though. So I guess if you're looking for average cornball cheese trance look elsewhere(I think "ATB" just put out a greatest hits). If you want some serious mature dance music, give this one a spin, you won't be disapointed.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
A very good artist album from a legend of the genre., July 13 2005
By Doctor Trance - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Explorer (Audio CD)
Tilt's been on the progressive scene now for several years, and here they've come up with an artist album of varying styles. Trance, breakbeat, techno, downtempo, house, it's all here, and they've done a decent job. Artist albums in any musical style can never be solid all the way through, as it's not like a mix album where you can take the best of the best tracks and splice them all together. I think electronic fans are spoiled and use to mixes chock-filled with anthems from top to bottom, so they are very hard on artist albums.
I only dislike 3 tracks on here, Venus in Transit, Antivalentine and Crescendo. Tracks like 12, Goodbye, and The World Doesn't Know are all current trance anthems, and Control Me is a fantastic vocal track. A New Day is rather pop-like, but it's a very catchy pop like song and I like it a lot. There's much to like on here, and while I said I disliked only 3, there are a few average ones like Explorer and Electronic Poledancer, but listenable nonetheless.
Overall, a very above average artist album and one every Tilt fan should definitley own, and every other trance fan should consider owning. Also check out fellow label mate Probspot's new artist album.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Some big flaws, but even bigger accomplishments., May 12 2005
By J. Draisey - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Explorer (Audio CD)
I first heard of Tilt a few months ago when I was listening to XM radio and the song "The World Doesn't Know" came on. One of the best trance songs I've heard of in a long time, and I bought the cd expecting every song to mirror that breakbeat/trance hybrid style. It doesn't. Every song is unique, for better or for worse. Most of the songs are pretty repetitive and quite long, which isn't normally a bad thing, but hearing the same bassline and melody for 8 minutes does get old after a while. The members of Tilt definitely know how to make some incredible effects, but in terms of songwriting ability they're not quite there yet. The reason Juno Reactor can pull off 8~10 minute songs with such ease is because there's so much variety within the songs, with Ben Watkins often putting two or three songs within each song. This is a pretty impressive debut though. It maybe not be the best cd I've ever bought, but there's a few songs that are absolutely incredible. The World Doesn't Know is brilliant. Control Me is a BT-ish style track that I've absolutely fallen in love with and showcases the band's true potential for creating catchy beats and gorgeous sonic landscapes. 12 falls into the same category. Anti-valentine is a slow melancholy piece that ends the album nicely. My personal favorite though is Electronic Poledancer, which is worth the price of the CD alone. Seductive, smooth, and erotic; it's guarenteed to be played at nightclubs around the globe. Despite a few bad songs, the good ones make it all worthwhile. I hope that Andy Moor and company make a follow-up cd that improves on the foundation they've built.