In short: It’s extremely difficult to sum up this album but what it does is act as a demonstration almost of simply put, the finest electronica you’re ever likely to hear. Cinematic, spacious, wholesome, wondrous, intense but accessible, Space Odyssey is a fine accomplishment that could be enjoyed by anyone.
We’ve already giving two of Moonbeams single releases this year outstanding reviews, we’ve felt that the level of artistic licence displayed was second to none whilst at the same time maintaining a perfect equilibrium with the creation of flowing, spine tingling music. So it was with a high level of expectation and anticipation that the plastic sleeve of the album was ripped off and CD1, “Ninjavel” eagerly slapped into the boom-box and the play button given a thorough poke.
The track selection already suggests something bordering on the line between absurdity and virtuoso genius, with superstars such as Tiësto, Deadmau5 and The Crystal Method alongside relative unknowns such as Tvardovsky, Sound Quelle and Freddyslav. Opening track Doors Opened Inside (Special Venus Mix) by Avis Vox is a great opener. Listening to it feels like a set of mammoth wooden doors are being slowly opened, bringing with it the expected onslaught of mythological magic and eargasmic explosions. Straight into Love Comes Again by arguably the biggest DJ in history Tiësto and immediately we have a hands in the air moment. The mix of the track is by Moonbeam themselves, and it is simply superb, there’s no other way of putting it.
