Manual & Syntek - Golden Sun [CD]

The starting point for many of the tracks on Golden Sun is hip-hop, but the end result is something entirely different that seems almost impossible to categorize - a sound that brings to mind IDM, 60's heavy-psych, dream-pop, hip-hop, eastern music and post rock without actually sounding like neither and at any point or falling into clichés, because this album comes from a personal vision - not the zeitgeist or current trends. Imagine Cocteau Twins jamming with Jimi Hendrix remixed by Funkstorung. A transcendental journey. Truly epic. Darla. 2004.