Los Angeles: Critical Mass [Full Album] (1998) Mindspore Records

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  • 🚨🎶 Critical Mass 2 out now! 🚀🔥 Support the artists directly and get your copy here: psyrecords.bandcamp.com/album... 💽🌐
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    Los Angeles: Critical Mass [the emerging electric underground]
    Label: Mindspore Records - MSP-0004-2
    Format:
    CD, Compilation
    Country: US
    Released: 1998
    Genre: Electronic
    Style: Drum n Bass, Downtempo, Future Jazz, Trip Hop
    “Erupting from the project studios of los angeles is the work of a group of fresh young artists, producers, djs and old friends. Building their scene on the foundations of drum&bass;, ambient-dub and breaks&beats;, these Angelinos are mapping the new frontiers of electronic music. In a place teetering on the edge of the continent... they have achieved critical mass." Mindspore.com, 1998
    Tracklist:
    00:00 1. Dove (29) & Mr. Soon - Quay-Czar (Cavestar Remix)
    Programmed By - David Bianchi, Joseph Jakob*, Joseph Nugent, Kevin Crosslin
    Remix - Cavestar
    - Mr. Soon aka Joe Jakob, helped produce peyote singers Primeaux and Mike on “Sacred Path” for Canyon records. Jacob teams up with undiscovered producer (until now), Dove aka Dave Bianchi, and Cavestar for an analog bigbeat 70’s flashback.
    05:12 2. Trinity (19) - Lost Cities
    Keyboards [Wurlitzer] - Roberto Antonio Chavez
    Sampler, Programmed By, Keyboards, Bass - Steve Snow
    Saxophone - Juss Renard
    Vocals [Drum & Bass Section] - Lisa Woodward
    Vocals [Dub Section] - Ia Kamandalu
    Written By - Woodward, Kamandalu, Chavez & Snow
    Written-By - Kamandalu*, Woodward*, Chavez*, Snow*
    - Ex-Quango producer/engineer Steve Snow joins keyboardist Roberto Chavez (ex Duncan Sheik, Monkey Meet) and friends to stir up this mix, a mysterious cocktail of breakbeat drum&bass.;
    10:28 3. T.H.C.- Unsaid Warning
    Music By, Programmed By - George Sarah
    Vocals, Lyrics By - Sarah Folkman
    - George Sarah and Sarah Folkman bring us their ethereal trip-pop anthem. Radio includes 91X, KROQ’s Jed the Fish’s Catch of the Day, KCRW, Groove Radio 103, KXLU, KBLT, and KUCI. THC has releases out on Intelligent Records, Hypnotic, and Full Contact/Fifth Colvmn.
    15:53 4. Cavestar & Moore*- Say The Word
    Music By, Programmed By - Kevin Crosslin
    Vocals, Lyrics By - Mona Moore
    - Cavestar & Moore team up again to delicately fuse drum&bass; with ambient-soul. Mona Moore’s alter ego sings with Oversoul 7. Cavestar’s self-titled CD on Mindspore Records is currently charting throughout the USA and Canada on CFBU, CITR, CKUT, KBGA, KCBL, KCRB/KRCB, KDUR, KKFI, KUSP, KZSC, WEFT, WFHB, WICR, WIUS, WKNC, WORT, WRTC, WUMR, WWUH, and WYEP to name only a few. Cavestar, s/t, appeared on the top 20 College 500 electronic chart throughout the fall of ‘97.
    21:14 5. Mr. Soon - You Are The Dream
    Written-By, Producer - Joseph Jakob*
    - Mr. Soon returns with this digital tribal trance journey.
    25:05 6. Zimar - Energy
    Other [Words Of Energy] - Tom Hopkins
    Producer - Zimar
    - Zimar downloads his computer cut-and-paste soundscapes for this funky trip-hop/ambient cut. Look for “Ghia” on his own Abstrakt Reality Records.
    30:05 7. Aldebaran (12) - L'Orque Epaulard
    Written-By, Producer - Charles Askell, Jeff Hogan
    - Alerbaran is Charles Askell, who now resides in Paris. Recorded and produced in LA by KCRW engineer Jeff Hogan, this track is a mingling of West Coast electronica and Euro-ambient styles resulting in a distinct cosmopolitan sound.
    35:34 8. Twist Top - Jangle
    Written-By - Carlos Vasquez
    - A celebration of urban rhythmic diversity unfolds in the oscillations of this high energy bpm techno-rollercoaster. Twist Top has recordings out on Industrial Strength Records, Fast Food, Tribal America, and Yoshi Toshi Records.
    41:00 9. Oversoul 7 - I Sing Loud
    Written-By - Oversoul 7
    - Los Angeles electronic pioneers OS7 offer up this single, showcasing their signature cutting edge trip-hop expertly welded to catchy pop hooks. OS7 has tracks available on MCA Records in Japan, and on “Acid Jazz Test Part 4” and “Trip Hop Test Part 3” on Moonshine Music.
    44:21 10. TM - Kiss (DJ Hive Remix)
    Remix - DJ Hive*
    - TM maintains their strict anti-publicity policy. Hive remixes Kiss.
    Copyright © - Mindspore Records
    Phonographic Copyright ℗ - Mindspore Records
    Compiled By, Producer - Kevin Crosslin, Kevin Lincoln (2)
    Compiled and produced for K2K.

КОМЕНТАРІ • 1,6 тис.

  • @Victor-ul4qq
    @Victor-ul4qq  6 місяців тому +60

    🚨🎶 Critical Mass 2 out now! 🚀🔥 Support the artists directly and get your copy here: psyrecords.bandcamp.com/album/critical-mass-2 💽🌐

    • @minegooodd3473
      @minegooodd3473 6 місяців тому +3

      LESGOOOO

    • @aperipatetic2827
      @aperipatetic2827 6 місяців тому +3

      Yoooo🔥🔥🔥🔥

    • @AnthonyHarris-gw3fx
      @AnthonyHarris-gw3fx 4 місяці тому +2

      但在一起去都会被折叠起来就可以的观点或者

    • @Ravver
      @Ravver 4 місяці тому +1

      any chance of reissuing the 1998 one?

    • @cavestar2008
      @cavestar2008 4 місяці тому +1

      @@Ravver Not really. Too many legal hurdles.

  • @carmichaelk.5214
    @carmichaelk.5214 Рік тому +5783

    youtube > spotify

    • @braindancer1990
      @braindancer1990 Рік тому +221

      period.

    • @jainee4507
      @jainee4507 Рік тому +183

      Not even close.

    • @PCMonkey202
      @PCMonkey202 Рік тому +322

      Always been

    • @PunishedGayMelGibson
      @PunishedGayMelGibson Рік тому +3

      I feel like Spotify subscribers are being scammed after using a free trial of it lmao. Such an inferior service and library with terrible app UX. And UA-cam recently added a button on certain videos that takes you from the UA-cam app directly to UA-cam music so you can easily add it to your library there. They can't be compared.

    • @Gabrielpecsanha
      @Gabrielpecsanha Рік тому +36

      No

  • @cavestar2008
    @cavestar2008 Рік тому +3855

    My daughter sent me here and I'm absolutely blown away! This album was my baby in 98. Thank you so much for all the kind words, everyone! I wish you all could've been at release party K2K had at the El Rey Theatre. Show of the century! All the bands on the disc were friends, and we played the whole night like a DJ set. Players from each band were changing places all night. The music never stopped. Maybe we'll have to do a Volume 2. Cheers!

    • @cavestar2008
      @cavestar2008 Рік тому +68

      @@davidhays2846 Thank you, David! Did Lynn give you a Cavestar disc too? That was my first release.

    • @tecesphere
      @tecesphere Рік тому +18

      mad respect to you!!! love this❤

    • @cavestar2008
      @cavestar2008 Рік тому +19

      @@tecesphere Thank you!

    • @tengi228
      @tengi228 Рік тому +19

      Thank you for this wonderful piece of music. As I always said, spontaneous music is the best,never thought I'd find an album like this recommended to me on youtube..

    • @Kaceydotme
      @Kaceydotme Рік тому +63

      stuff like this is why I adore the internet. awesome record, and I'm so happy you could see it appreciated once again 25 years later.

  • @SillyLilDawg
    @SillyLilDawg Рік тому +2360

    With how bad UA-cam treats it’s community at times, they have a strange but amazing knack to always recommend the shiniest hidden gem albums you’ve never heard

    • @chrisa7134
      @chrisa7134 Рік тому +139

      I guess I’m just in an abusive relationship

    • @WowJustWow37
      @WowJustWow37 Рік тому +9

      @@chrisa7134 😂😂😂

    • @tonidakaj0
      @tonidakaj0 Рік тому +6

      Good things are not free in this life my friend. Less we pay with money

    • @emil5884
      @emil5884 Рік тому +13

      @@tonidakaj0 derp

    • @kurdemolbeats
      @kurdemolbeats Рік тому +2

      just had the same thought!

  • @patrickholt8782
    @patrickholt8782 8 місяців тому +348

    I had a metal head friend that said “if you like the art then the album will be good”. That advice is still holding.

    • @Moodboard39
      @Moodboard39 6 місяців тому +14

      Go hand to hand

    • @Stank_Dank_
      @Stank_Dank_ 4 місяці тому +26

      It's like food. You eat with your eyes first

    • @ghostbusterz
      @ghostbusterz 2 місяці тому +8

      As a metal head, this is not true unfortunately. Lots of awesome album art spoiled by mediocre to terrible music.

    • @aaronmoralesjr1875
      @aaronmoralesjr1875 2 місяці тому +2

      Meatloaf had joined the chat

    • @viktorepifanov7138
      @viktorepifanov7138 2 місяці тому +3

      "Don't judge a book by it's cover." It may look amazing but it could be one giant piece of shit on the inside lol.

  • @SpicyMang0s
    @SpicyMang0s Рік тому +1487

    i love when the album art matches the soundscape of the music

    • @draibamixtapes
      @draibamixtapes Рік тому +6

      Yeah

    • @matthewbailey8588
      @matthewbailey8588 Рік тому +36

      Music is art and art is aesthetic

    • @rockolutheran
      @rockolutheran Рік тому +28

      it's a really important element of electronic music IMO

    • @gowen_places_5471
      @gowen_places_5471 Рік тому +38

      the only reason i clicked on this video was because i was hoping the music sounded like the cover looks, and it sure does!

    • @Moodboard39
      @Moodboard39 6 місяців тому

      Yeaa, what goes with the art , photography of something

  • @angel.test.001
    @angel.test.001 Рік тому +1179

    This is the future they promised me.

    • @tris1339
      @tris1339 Рік тому +16

      idk why but this made me giggle

    • @imt3206
      @imt3206 Рік тому +31

      Yes, music is nonsense now. This will be on mainstream sooner or later in the future.

    • @kdbrown777
      @kdbrown777 Рік тому +68

      Then 9/11 happened...

    • @djlaw56what
      @djlaw56what Рік тому +3

      I honestly thought that too

    • @shellypooper
      @shellypooper Рік тому

      Today Mindspore is not a record label, but a Deep Learning subsidiary company of Huawei. Fuck this.

  • @brocksamson9737
    @brocksamson9737 Рік тому +886

    The late 90s and early 2000 was an incredible era for abstract underground trippy hip-hop vibes. Combined with the similar cover art style. Both were a match made in heaven.

    • @cavestar2008
      @cavestar2008 Рік тому +10

      Thank you!

    • @VOMITK0
      @VOMITK0 Рік тому +43

      the style of the 2000s and 90s needs to come back, I want to see more trippy art with thick long letters and random techy stuff it's awesome

    • @cavestar2008
      @cavestar2008 Рік тому +14

      @@VOMITK0 I'm' on it!

    • @DacLMK
      @DacLMK Рік тому +12

      @@VOMITK0 They'll most likely f it up like they f-ed up the 80s nostalgia.

    • @VOMITK0
      @VOMITK0 Рік тому +8

      @@DacLMK yea they made 80s nostalgia squiggles and shapes and block letters when the 80s didn't have that design at all

  • @ScreenTalker
    @ScreenTalker 7 місяців тому +53

    Ah, the Sony PS1 scene. Finding these electronic break beat mixes made you feel like you really found a hidden gem

  • @eliotguerin192
    @eliotguerin192 11 місяців тому +226

    Man I wish 90s retrofuturism actually came true instead of the disappointing future we now live in

    • @cavestar2008
      @cavestar2008 7 місяців тому +29

      Don't take the black pill. It's up to you.They had us thinking the world was going to crumble on Y2K.

    • @powerboon2k
      @powerboon2k 3 місяці тому +12

      @@cavestar2008 Whatever dude. There are no pills.

    • @boi5599
      @boi5599 3 місяці тому +14

      You'd be surprised what was niche for awhile now is slowly making a comeback, trust the process, start dressing 90's and listen to dnb again

    • @realplonk
      @realplonk 3 місяці тому

      there are pills if he believes it, worry about your own beliefs and leave others to theirs@@powerboon2k

    • @realplonk
      @realplonk 3 місяці тому

      exactly, what's old becomes new again with added flavours and colours ;)@@boi5599

  • @littlekingtrashmouth9219
    @littlekingtrashmouth9219 Рік тому +38

    UA-cam is good for only one thing: the algorithm’s recommendations for music

  • @milesbbop9563
    @milesbbop9563 Рік тому +1922

    Album covers really had style back then. Loved it.

    • @tothejazz4828
      @tothejazz4828 Рік тому +31

      RIGHT

    • @sniikjazz
      @sniikjazz Рік тому +70

      @@tothejazz4828 very urban, pretty futuristic. Look for "Red Snapper - Our Aim Is To Satisfy".

    • @TheReapersSon
      @TheReapersSon Рік тому +126

      That's because people were just getting into advanced graphical editing techniques, and everything was new and exciting. Ideas were fresh because the aesthetic was novel and futuristic. This is also during a time before the turn of the millennium when people still had hope for the future.

    • @urbanoutlaw858
      @urbanoutlaw858 Рік тому +17

      the music was better too

    • @aphexmoon767
      @aphexmoon767 Рік тому +8

      Has a very Bowery Electric Lushife vibe. Or they has this

  • @thedevmarvelous
    @thedevmarvelous Рік тому +154

    I wanna go to clubs and lounges that play THIS kind of electronica and 2000s house

    • @dmarcus3663
      @dmarcus3663 Рік тому +15

      that's actually a brilliant business idea

    • @marcorossi2854
      @marcorossi2854 6 місяців тому +5

      It's just too niche unfortunately....

    • @Stank_Dank_
      @Stank_Dank_ 4 місяці тому

      ​@@marcorossi2854if you had the right dj or dj's it might work

    • @gedrooney9305
      @gedrooney9305 3 місяці тому +4

      We had them in the early 2000’s…then it turned into cafe bar culture and got saturated and sanitary…like hearing Zero 7 in Starbucks…

    • @spartanwarrior3218
      @spartanwarrior3218 2 місяці тому +1

      We should definitely bring that back

  • @siinxx7656
    @siinxx7656 Рік тому +596

    This is the type of album Nardwar would pull out out of nowhere on vinyl perfectly preserved to ask you how it influenced not only you but entire generations to come for the next 20 years.
    For you to answer: Holly cow Nawrdwar!! How did you know that??

    • @triplesixcrow
      @triplesixcrow Рік тому +87

      for him to respond “you’re [your name]! we HAVE to know!!”

    • @TroubleBrotherTV
      @TroubleBrotherTV Рік тому +40

      This is also the type of album where the artist goes “oh this is for me?!?” and Nard hesitantly goes “uhhh not exaaactlyyyyyy!!!”

    • @LykanPrototype
      @LykanPrototype Рік тому +9

      How tf you kno dis!? HOW!? is you da FBI? CIA?

    • @elwhydee
      @elwhydee Рік тому +1

      😂

    • @tcrijwanachoudhury
      @tcrijwanachoudhury Рік тому +1

      "Nah. This is insane. Insane"

  • @EmperorSquidysChannel
    @EmperorSquidysChannel Рік тому +805

    What an absolute hidden gem of an album, thank you so much for the upload. The UA-cam home page is quickly becoming my favorite place to find new music.

  • @MrTMan0071
    @MrTMan0071 3 місяці тому +19

    I like it when videos like these pop-up. It's like you didn't search for it, they chose you! 🤩

  • @username4699
    @username4699 Рік тому +237

    For more music similar to this, I recommend the following:
    Amon Tobin/Cujo (same person, different "stage names").
    Supreme Beings of Leisure
    The compilation album Wallpaper Mach 1.5
    The Hotel Costes compilation albums
    The music used in Gran Turismo Sport (specifically those from Lenny Ibizarre and Kay Nakayama).
    The OST for the game "TOCA Racer Driver 3"
    Dzihan & Kamien (specifically the album "Gran Riserva").
    Afternoons in Stereo
    Audio Lotion
    Beats Antique (specifically the albums "Contraption" volumes 1 and 2).
    One-T (album "The One-T ODC", absolutely astounding).
    Dadamnphreaknoizphunk (yes that is actually the artist's name).
    Moodorama (specifically the album "My Name is Madness").
    Bonobo (specifically the album "Dial 'M' for Monkey").
    TOKiMONSTA (specifically the album "Midnight Menu").
    Emancipator (specifically the album "Baralku").
    Röyksopp (specifically the album "Melody A.M.").
    The Pinker Tones
    The Chemical Brothers (specifically the album "Push the Button").
    Thievery Corporation (very similar to Supreme Beings of Leisure, both used gratuitously in the early "Tiger Woods PGA Tour" golf games).
    RJD2
    Xploding Plastix
    Cut Chemist
    Peder (a song from the album "And he just pointed to the sky..." was used in Breaking Bad)
    Faithless (albums "Outrospective", "Reverence" and "Sunday 8PM").
    Gotye (albums "Like drawing blood" and "Boardface" (no longer available online likely due to sample copyright)).
    Hexstatic (album "Telemetron").
    Mr. Scruff (album "Trouser Jazz").
    The OSTs for the N64 games "Rush 2: Extreme Racing USA" and "Rush: 2049"
    The OSTs for the Trackmania games (specifically "Valley", "Canyon" and "Stadium").
    The OSTs for the "Grid" games from Codemasters (specifically the original, 2 and Autosport).
    The OSTs for the F1 games from Codemasters (specifically 2012, and 2015 through 2017).
    The OST for the GameCube game "F-Zero GX".
    The OSTs for Forza Motorsport 3, 4 and 6 (3 and 4 very much fall into the category of lounge/spa music, 6 is a bit more intense/orchestral).

    • @jasonnguyen3246
      @jasonnguyen3246 Рік тому +3

      Thank you for the recs. Love GT soundtrack as well.

    • @-xirx-
      @-xirx- Рік тому +6

      Most of the 3 labels: *Warp Records, Rephlex Records & Ninja Tunes* back-catalogues would interest people who want more of this type of music.

    • @gasco4329
      @gasco4329 11 місяців тому +1

      Thanks brother, much appreciated. I instantly fell in love with Amon Tobin stuff. I'll check out the others later.

    • @user-nr1py1xe9o
      @user-nr1py1xe9o 10 місяців тому +1

      Appreciate this. thank you

    • @username4699
      @username4699 10 місяців тому +2

      I'm very happy to see this is being appreciated, I updated it with more and will continue to do so overtime.

  • @Petch1
    @Petch1 Рік тому +59

    I think i could go the rest of my life discovering awesome music from the 90s and still never hear it all.

  • @foolycooly3763
    @foolycooly3763 2 місяці тому +9

    The opening track as I’m driving home from work to feed and walk my dog, take massive bong rips, then head straight to my night job hits different

    • @Victor-ul4qq
      @Victor-ul4qq  2 місяці тому

      Let's go🔥🔥 so glad you made it here📍❤‍🔥™

  • @noskov5
    @noskov5 Рік тому +196

    I miss those days when the style of this music and graphic design on the cover were in demand...

    • @VOMITK0
      @VOMITK0 Рік тому +23

      the 1990s and 2000s had the best of art and design and it all needs to have a large comeback

    • @dmarcus3663
      @dmarcus3663 Рік тому +1

      ​@@VOMITK0 An underwhelming, underappreciated comeback is all that's gonna happen. We've entered an era of hyper commodification where even album covers are just slightly edited copies of copies of something that may be original. There is noturning back from that as we're perpetually stuck digging in the cultural goldmine created in the 20th century.

    • @Disconnect350
      @Disconnect350 10 місяців тому +5

      Things had style and taste back then, now it's all bland trash.

    • @by.johnjackson4883
      @by.johnjackson4883 8 місяців тому

      @@VOMITK0 it’s definitely coming back

    • @urmumsbaps
      @urmumsbaps 6 місяців тому +3

      @@by.johnjackson4883 you guys are painfully out of touch. 2000s aesthetic has been back for years, it's already on the way out now.

  • @ruddyguzzman
    @ruddyguzzman 4 місяці тому +12

    Purple shield, citric acid
    90s raver house.
    This here tho reminds me of downtown groove spots

  • @nacho3354
    @nacho3354 Рік тому +208

    this album has such a silent hill and vampire the masquerade bloodlines vibe to it

    • @SunkistSea
      @SunkistSea Рік тому +2

      Good taste lol

    • @proscriptor1325
      @proscriptor1325 Рік тому

      Hails!!!!

    • @veraha4706
      @veraha4706 Рік тому

      Oh yes

    • @213ARod
      @213ARod Рік тому +15

      I think because the main music composer of silent hill, Akira Yamaoka, was heavily influenced by groups like Portishead and Massive Attack. And those two groups can be seen as trip hop, which this album has a similar vibe to.

    • @gbbarn
      @gbbarn 10 місяців тому

      @@213ARod Yes haha it's the other way around xD A lot of games had this vibe because that's how the downtempo scene was back then. In my case, it brings me back to games like Gran Turismo and all the jungle dnb craze back then xD, Good times.

  • @superga5
    @superga5 5 місяців тому +22

    I was born in 1984, and even of I can't clearly remember my teens years, listening to this genre brings me back to that sort of spiritual feeling of living in a futuristic world.
    Artists like Massive Attack, Aphex, Plug a.k.a. Luke Vibert, Kruder&Durfmeinster, Tosca, Zero7, Royksopp and all the others less known guys who contributed into developing this unique musical and ahestetic movement changed the prospective of so many people lives probably without even realizing..
    🙏

    • @cavestar2008
      @cavestar2008 4 місяці тому

      You have excellent taste. What did you think of Volume 2?

    • @boot2themoon
      @boot2themoon 2 місяці тому +1

      Well said, fellow 80’s baby. ✌🏻

  • @FreeCryptoBro
    @FreeCryptoBro Рік тому +275

    Future never sounded so good as in 90s

    • @OrangeCosmonaut
      @OrangeCosmonaut Рік тому +16

      I agree. Why did these sophisticated futuristic ideas seem to fall off so hard in the 2000s?

    • @Petch1
      @Petch1 Рік тому +10

      You are so right. There was something about electronic music and optmism for the future in the 90s that you don't hear now.

    • @David-eu1ms
      @David-eu1ms Рік тому +2

      At least we got to experience it.

    • @wizzardsupreme8715
      @wizzardsupreme8715 Рік тому +5

      @@OrangeCosmonaut 9/11 happened

    • @tcrijwanachoudhury
      @tcrijwanachoudhury Рік тому

      @@David-eu1ms speak for yourself. I was born right when it ended
      fml

  • @iMiss-U-Loopy
    @iMiss-U-Loopy 2 місяці тому +7

    Late 90's Early 2000's ... Gosh those PS1 long sessions with my brothers everything was so fresh and the future was so Unknown 😿

    • @nuguns3766
      @nuguns3766 2 місяці тому +1

      yo man, u can still have those days today, being lead into another direction than where the unknown future taught you to be what you always knew was right. Innocence becomes unnecessary where today a world would teach you back when you had it things were better.

  • @jserge
    @jserge 4 місяці тому +7

    UA-cam definitely beats Spotify on gems in music
    Whole album sounds like need for speed high stakes soundtrack, fantastic

  • @sj4632
    @sj4632 Рік тому +31

    I miss the late 90s and early 2000s…

  • @marcus2fashion
    @marcus2fashion 2 місяці тому +2

    Omg do y’all hear what I’m hearing??? This is everything ✨🫶

  • @VanWolf
    @VanWolf Рік тому +69

    This has Midnight Club 2 vibes and I'm here for it!

  • @ryanleclaire3948
    @ryanleclaire3948 Рік тому +106

    The electronic underground scene of the 90s was so special. This is absolutely amazing, glad I stumbled on this.

  • @Tech-Tools-Talent
    @Tech-Tools-Talent 11 місяців тому +240

    This is great! Mindspore was my record label, and this and the Cavestar album were the best that we put out. I still have enormous pride in what we did here. My favorite song on this album is L'Orque Epaulard (Killer Whale). I also really love Unsaid Warning and the lines: "are you running with your eyes closed... are you talking with your mind closed" "And now you say there's a devil flying through your head - and it looks like me". I will always appreciate the work that Kevin (Cavestar) did to put together the art and the whole package.

    • @JesusChrist2000BC
      @JesusChrist2000BC 11 місяців тому +12

      As far as the sound goes. Did you guys realize how ahead of its time this sounded back then?

    • @Tech-Tools-Talent
      @Tech-Tools-Talent 11 місяців тому +49

      @@JesusChrist2000BC So, I thought about this question for a minute. I think the answer is no - it fit well in with what was happening then. Massive Attack was big, so was Groove Armada. (both had big releases in 1998). Now, what I'm pleased with, and what i did believe in was that our album would age really well - and it has. It really stands up well. And from that perspective it was "ahead of its time"

    • @Kez325
      @Kez325 11 місяців тому +5

      @@Tech-Tools-Talent Been spinning this for months! Trinity - Lost Cities sounds EXACTLY like something that would be released by an artist named Blood Orange. Incredible work for creating a sound 20 years ahead of its time.

    • @JesusChrist2000BC
      @JesusChrist2000BC 11 місяців тому +2

      ​@@Tech-Tools-TalentWell you were right on the money in that regard. Definitely a lot of genius in the 90s in music that created music that still sounds fresh and you guys are up there.

    • @BiGAAAAAAAAAALLLLL
      @BiGAAAAAAAAAALLLLL 11 місяців тому +2

      Nice one man

  • @nickadams2451
    @nickadams2451 Рік тому +134

    Makes me wish I could go back to the spring of ‘98.

    • @rra022001
      @rra022001 Рік тому +11

      Yeah I hear ya. I always wanted to revisit 1996 again.

    • @tristarperfecta1061
      @tristarperfecta1061 Рік тому +14

      This reminds me of driving across rhe Ben Franklin Bridge at 3 am coming back from parties in Philly.

    • @leongarcia3281
      @leongarcia3281 Рік тому +4

      I was not born yet, but yea that would be cool

    • @stoffenl
      @stoffenl Рік тому +8

      Spring '98 was special 👌 and there were still seminal records on the charts.

    • @nickadams2451
      @nickadams2451 Рік тому +6

      @@rra022001 yeah I was a freshmen then and I always tell people if I could just relive on loop an era 96-2000 would be it

  • @g.sergiusfidenas6650
    @g.sergiusfidenas6650 Рік тому +5

    Thumbnail invited me, listened one second and I went looking for a chair cause I am staying to listen till the end.

  • @ZedNinetySix_
    @ZedNinetySix_ Рік тому +177

    Refreshing like iced lemonade
    But for my ears

    • @thelawsonman
      @thelawsonman Рік тому +7

      @@davidhays2846 and it still is

    • @dons731
      @dons731 Рік тому +3

      I get more stunts and fronts than Bruce Willis !

    • @human_._waste
      @human_._waste Рік тому +2

      Iced Lemonade You Can Hear

    • @GoldenGod69
      @GoldenGod69 Рік тому +1

      Don’t put iced lemonade in your ears

    • @matthewbailey8588
      @matthewbailey8588 Рік тому +2

      Yeah man. Its like half iced tea half lemonade in music form

  • @Fygee
    @Fygee 2 місяці тому +6

    Thank you YT for putting this on my feed. This is extraordinary.

  • @sb-qw9mb
    @sb-qw9mb Рік тому +40

    You know with that album cover shits about to be lit

  • @synthoelectro
    @synthoelectro 2 місяці тому +2

    This hits all the right notes, and vibes, never heard this group, and I'm 47, love jungle and classic dnb.

  • @djstatyk1540
    @djstatyk1540 7 місяців тому +11

    Reminds me of massive attack

  • @iii2187
    @iii2187 7 місяців тому +9

    I just recently dropped Spotify like simply i stopped paying them and stick to youtube premium only and that's it. Best decision of the year. More content etc

  • @Moodboard39
    @Moodboard39 6 місяців тому +5

    Awesome . Nothing beats the lifstyle of the 80-90s . One cant never forget!!!

  • @A1d4wwg02
    @A1d4wwg02 2 місяці тому +4

    Everyone in the comments gets it. I feel less alone. I miss this time and the vibes being put out.

  • @TheSkarletKardinalSwoopsIn
    @TheSkarletKardinalSwoopsIn 2 місяці тому +5

    So happy UA-cam’s algorithm recommended this to me. Top-tier music right here, and the album art is just as cool as well.

    • @cavestar2008
      @cavestar2008 2 місяці тому

      Thank you so much! Check out Volume 2 as well....

  • @carpassion96
    @carpassion96 Рік тому +24

    If I were to make an montage of urban backdrop with a late 90s aesthetic, this would be the music I'd use. Thanks algorithm, glad you bestowed this gem of an album to my suggestions.

  • @poisonwatersupply
    @poisonwatersupply 11 місяців тому +4

    UA-cam might be garbage now but one thing they know how to do right is recommend me good music

  • @senseiii3986
    @senseiii3986 Рік тому +13

    This is what the ps2 theme sounded like as a kid

    • @pedrocardiel1026
      @pedrocardiel1026 Рік тому +3

      That was the y2k of the early to mid 00s v I b e z It was unique wasn’t it

    • @ArgonNoble
      @ArgonNoble Рік тому +2

      @@pedrocardiel1026 the world we were born in no longer exists

  • @amwrobes
    @amwrobes 2 місяці тому +2

    The Future Sound of Los Angeles. Can’t believe UA-cam kicked me over here. Thanks for posting this gem. I have this on CD somewhere and it’s bringing back all kinds of 1998 memories driving around a real different LA. 🙏

  • @Alkhemist14
    @Alkhemist14 2 місяці тому +2

    Beautiful album. I knew i would love this by just looking at the thumbnail. UA-cam is getting to know us even more than ourselves lol

  • @waltergriggsjr4846
    @waltergriggsjr4846 4 місяці тому +5

    This definitely sounds like a nice chilled laid back Friday night ❤🎉😊!

  • @criticaldatabeats
    @criticaldatabeats Рік тому +146

    Wow this is really good. Never expected to find some great old trip hop album I had never even heard of before today, this is a gem.

    • @knowthycell
      @knowthycell Рік тому +13

      I had never heard Sasha Airdrawndagger. Took care of that today, twice and now this. On a roll.

    • @Leon-G-Brown
      @Leon-G-Brown Рік тому +1

      @@knowthycell Thank you!

  • @mesoc
    @mesoc Рік тому +26

    After weeks of constantly seeing this video recommended in my feed i decided to finally listen and im not disappointed at all

  • @heartsoicy
    @heartsoicy 4 місяці тому +4

    I can’t thank you enough for showcasing this album, which most likely would have remained lost to time otherwise.

  • @jeniweni
    @jeniweni Рік тому +68

    The way this isn’t on Spotify is a federal crime

    • @alexiscoppola535
      @alexiscoppola535 Рік тому +1

      so true 😂

    • @georgesarah
      @georgesarah Рік тому +7

      T.H.C. Unsaid Warning is on all streaming and all download platforms like Bandcamp.

    • @ASCENSiON_
      @ASCENSiON_ 10 місяців тому +2

      ​@@georgesarahJust found it, as it's one of my favorites. I wish the rest of it was available though...

    • @koopon3900
      @koopon3900 8 місяців тому

      I have personally submitted the case to the International Criminal Court in the Hague. Fingers crossed justice will be served.

    • @STKSOUND
      @STKSOUND 8 місяців тому +3

      all the best stuff isn't on spotify

  • @Anto_Skum
    @Anto_Skum Рік тому +10

    Wow, thanks magical music algorithm for finding me another new favorite album to listen to at night.

  • @KappaCow
    @KappaCow 9 місяців тому +3

    Just got back from my first trip to LA, spun this one time while sitting on the back porch of my airbnb. Pretty magical place.

  • @La_Nueva_Luz
    @La_Nueva_Luz Рік тому +18

    that pleasant mix of attitude and damnation so typical of many 90s records. love it

  • @feiticosdoprestosoqfuncionam
    @feiticosdoprestosoqfuncionam 8 місяців тому +3

    This album makes me feel like I need to prove myself life is worth

  • @_jojo11
    @_jojo11 8 місяців тому +4

    UA-cam recommendation engine on fire again

  • @CoolEmotions89
    @CoolEmotions89 11 годин тому

    Beautiful just beautiful.....Vocals...beats.... everything.....man this crew is massive

  • @irus1877
    @irus1877 11 місяців тому +10

    Litteraly one of the best album I ever heard

    • @cavestar2008
      @cavestar2008 7 місяців тому

      Litteraly one of the best comments I ever read. 🙏🏼 ❤

  • @JayNJayeTv
    @JayNJayeTv 8 місяців тому +3

    This is the WILDIEST dnb album I've ever heard. I yearn for it as I am still listening.

  • @jehriko7525
    @jehriko7525 Рік тому +21

    I love how this album sounds so much

  • @dylancameron12
    @dylancameron12 7 місяців тому +4

    Wow I missed this back in the day. Incredible stuff here! Instant classic. Much love

  • @domo.5615
    @domo.5615 10 місяців тому +12

    An album worth buying...and yet so hard to find. Electronic music was emotionally different back then..you can literally feel the artists pouring their heart and soul into the track. Thank you for the share.

  • @emmureee
    @emmureee 11 місяців тому +12

    never knew this album existed till now. it's so damn good

  • @smokecityunderground
    @smokecityunderground Рік тому +9

    This was the time when I started to listening elektronic music.. GOLDEN era... SO sadly I never heard this album, but it feels like I am know it... Perfect LP

  • @JacobAndJamal
    @JacobAndJamal Рік тому +21

    I love these kind of Vibes. The late 90s and early 00s felt more future thinking and progressive in the electronic music scene. We get tons of “EDM” music nowadays, and while living in a more modern time, it just feels, mediocre or paint by the numbers 😮‍💨

    • @sevenchambers
      @sevenchambers 9 місяців тому +1

      Back then “the future” was in the realm of the imagination.

  • @Bunihime
    @Bunihime 10 місяців тому +5

    Thank you for showing me this youtube, my ears have been cleansed.

  • @LogCabinMusic
    @LogCabinMusic Рік тому +4

    finding a banger of an album in your youtube recommendations is the digital equivalent to crate digging

  • @copperlapislazuli4156
    @copperlapislazuli4156 11 місяців тому +5

    When I heard the first track I knew right away this album was a banger.

  • @2007enthusiast
    @2007enthusiast 4 місяці тому +2

    That second drum and bass joint with characteristically late 90s garage vocals is beyond description. We will never hear talent like this ever again!

  • @simzou4373
    @simzou4373 2 місяці тому +2

    Good music🎉🎉🎉🎉. Fantazic🎉

  • @babypotatoee3203
    @babypotatoee3203 Рік тому +69

    This is truly one of the most beautiful albums I have heard, especially Unsaid Warning, that song brought tears to my eyes

    • @calvinscott9110
      @calvinscott9110 Рік тому +5

      omg I just listened to it for the first time, Unsaid Warning, I'm playing it again!

    • @SpencerLemay
      @SpencerLemay Рік тому

      Melody sounds like it came from Taarna's theme from Heavy Metal.

    • @acezavala3816
      @acezavala3816 Рік тому +1

      Had to shazam that one. That song is gas.

    • @peterlaird9983
      @peterlaird9983 Рік тому +1

      yeah thats the one right there

    • @sleepisthecousinofdeath7395
      @sleepisthecousinofdeath7395 5 місяців тому

      Sounds like the album Will Rap 4 Food by Cunninlyguists family ties

  • @mgf909
    @mgf909 Рік тому +169

    If you were recommended this, its because you inherit Main Character Energy.

  • @vegashainning8071
    @vegashainning8071 Рік тому +9

    Damn! Had this way back whilst listening to Digweed, Oakie and Sasha with Renaissance and Global Underground😊. Lovely the memories continuing….

  • @frankiemendez4601
    @frankiemendez4601 4 місяці тому +3

    Takes me back to my freshman year of high school. 😢

  • @Reybeeem
    @Reybeeem 10 місяців тому +10

    This album is giving me goosebumps. I’m not even halfway through and I’m already amazed.

  • @futureg1rl
    @futureg1rl 5 місяців тому +7

    the tracker stereo seperation runs deep

  • @THXBeats
    @THXBeats 6 місяців тому +4

    Thanks for this. This album is a wonderful time capsule for LA at the time. I was barely a teen in 98,' but as an LA native, I wish I could have been club-age when this dropped. Wow!

  • @Victor-ul4qq
    @Victor-ul4qq  8 місяців тому +106

    🚨ᴄʀɪᴛɪᴄᴀʟ ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ🔥 Cavestar has confirmed that Critical Mass Volume 2 is set for a December 1st, 2023 physical release - subscribe for more updates! 🎧🚀

    • @TimeTellsNoLies90
      @TimeTellsNoLies90 7 місяців тому +7

      Nice. Been trying to get the physical version of this to no avail, so if Vol 2 is any good, definitely want to get that.

    • @TheGuilherme98241
      @TheGuilherme98241 7 місяців тому +1

      cant waittt

    • @youtubeuser12588
      @youtubeuser12588 7 місяців тому +3

      where did you get this info?

    • @cavestar2008
      @cavestar2008 7 місяців тому

      @@youtubeuser12588 From the horse's mouth. 🐴 It will be available from CDBaby and all the digital distros during Victor's premiere that night. Thanks!

    • @cavestar2008
      @cavestar2008 7 місяців тому +5

      @@TimeTellsNoLies90 An early reviewer had this to say, "It feels both true to the original spirit and a continuation from where the first left off, all while taking things to new places." 🙏

  • @djmastergroove946
    @djmastergroove946 Рік тому +20

    This literally sent me to a different dimension. Closed my eyes and drifted through the galaxy, incredible experience. Thanks!

  • @dalmohernandes3178
    @dalmohernandes3178 2 місяці тому +3

    everything about this is so damn comforting, and I wasn't even into this stuff back in the day

  • @godisgay2725
    @godisgay2725 Рік тому +4

    Dude how does UA-cam recommend me absolute heat 🔥 at the most random times 😬

  • @Sanguivore
    @Sanguivore Рік тому +5

    This is the soundtrack of dreams.

  • @geezushasrisen
    @geezushasrisen 11 місяців тому +4

    Idk why this was in my recommendations, but thank you YT.

    • @cavestar2008
      @cavestar2008 7 місяців тому

      Because Victor is a wizard. 🙏🏼 ❤

  • @PyroNexus22
    @PyroNexus22 Рік тому +7

    UA-cam algorithm did good today

  • @BladeDoomer86
    @BladeDoomer86 5 місяців тому +2

    Wow that takes me back to the 90s.... Nostalgia is a powerful feeling.

  • @nessstarcraters7180
    @nessstarcraters7180 3 місяці тому +2

    This is perfect for a 90s World in Darkness setting!

  • @icanttrustasoul.
    @icanttrustasoul. 3 місяці тому +3

    *this music stoned is top tier*

  • @user-er7on1ms9j
    @user-er7on1ms9j 4 місяці тому +8

    Ровненько 😊⛹🏼‍♂️👌

  • @spleenscovers
    @spleenscovers 4 місяці тому +3

    Best recommendation I ever had

  • @undefinedfr-fr
    @undefinedfr-fr Рік тому +18

    On track 2, 4:48, the sample seems to be a recording of Air France answering machine of the late 90s.
    In French : (inaudible) Nos bureaux sont fermés, pour des renseignements enregistrés en anglais concernant la disponibilité de notre prochain vol Concorde, composez le 9. Pour des information enregistrées en anglais sur les arrivées et les départs de nos vols de LA États-Unis composez le 1. Pour des information enregistrées en anglais sur (inaudible)
    Translation : (inaudible) Our offices are closed, for recorded information in English regarding the availability of our next Concorde flight, dial 9. For recorded information in English on arrivals and departures of our flights from LA U.S.A. dial 1. For recorded information in English on (inaudible)

    • @undefinedfr-fr
      @undefinedfr-fr Рік тому +4

      @@davidhays2846 I find it funny that an artifact of the past like this survived through music. And I like how it kind of brings back to the time the track was made. :)

    • @alazytiger
      @alazytiger Місяць тому

      Good catch!..that is exactly where it was taken from as it was Steve Snow’s who grabbed it from Air France.

  • @andronis6452
    @andronis6452 Рік тому +4

    I m blown away. This sounds like 2040.

  • @shokmusic_AC
    @shokmusic_AC 8 місяців тому +5

    Wow! Haven't heard this in awhile. Still sounds great!

  • @kev8346
    @kev8346 10 місяців тому +4

    This just made my life complete, just found this

  • @sachkebab
    @sachkebab 3 місяці тому +2

    first track is insane

  • @off-samuelGYZ
    @off-samuelGYZ 2 місяці тому +1

    sometimes the algorithm bring me a great surprise. fantastic album

  • @kavaspeaks
    @kavaspeaks Рік тому +28

    This is dope as all hell

  • @beardedhoya
    @beardedhoya Рік тому +3

    I remember hearing THC on Buffy and i was obsessed!!!

  • @reeses8279
    @reeses8279 Рік тому +53

    Just got this CD in the mail today because of this video. I know at some point the price is gonna spike. I think I was pretty lucky to find if for less than $10

    • @AstonishingSodApe
      @AstonishingSodApe Рік тому +3

      Discogs?

    • @reeses8279
      @reeses8279 Рік тому +8

      @@AstonishingSodApe amazon actually! Discogs was sold out

    • @vh99_
      @vh99_ Рік тому

      Now it's sold out everywhere ... 😢

    • @TheJoneMan
      @TheJoneMan Рік тому

      Is there a vinyl copy of this?

    • @user-tf5uv7mk4q
      @user-tf5uv7mk4q 7 місяців тому +1

      @@TheJoneManI don’t believe. Just compact disc (cd).

  • @literallyshaking8019
    @literallyshaking8019 11 місяців тому +6

    That’s the most late 90s/y2k album cover I’ve ever seen.