Whether you believed Goa trance was the LSD-inspired wave of the future or just another bastardization of third-world culture, Juno Reactor has been plunging forward as if they don't care how close the genre could come to disaster.
This might be a good time for the band to get a devil's advocate implanted inside their heads.
Beyond the Infinite offers more of the east meets west dance sentiments thrown together in a surprisingly tiresome manner and its overall feeling of flipped-out exclusivity damages any of the band's mighty aspirations.
"Silver" can have all the sitar friendliness to satisfy those prone to psychedelics, "Magnetic" nods along to the twirling excesses of an outdated pre-jungle beat, yet these efforts make the sober listener simply feel left out of a loop.
It doesn't make things easier that the band has yet to choose which path to take.
In "Samurai," for example (the track used in promoting Arnold Schwarzenegger's Eraser), there is more of a Photek-like, oriental focus on techno-trance operations than ever before.
Which is an interesting new attempt; even though it feels stilted, confused, and just an excuse to steal the keyboards from the Cure's "A Forest." With its mystified sense of native adoration and tiring execution, Beyond the Infinite is an album signifying a band at a crossroads.
They've now exposed about five musical directions to take, and it might take less (or more) drugs to show which path is the correct one.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guardian AngelMike Maguire, Ben Watkins | Juno Reactor | Play | 07:12 | 16 MB | 48 MB |
| 2 | MagneticPaul Jackson, Ben Watkins | Juno Reactor | Play | 08:18 | 19 MB | 48 MB |
| 3 | Ice CubePaul Jackson, Mike Maguire, Ben Watkins | Juno Reactor | Play | 07:02 | 16 MB | 46 MB |
| 4 | Feel the UniverseJohann Bley, Mike Maguire, Ben Watkins | Juno Reactor | Play | 07:29 | 17 MB | 53 MB |
| 5 | RazorbackPaul Jackson, Mike Maguire, Ben Watkins | Juno Reactor | Play | 06:54 | 15 MB | 47 MB |
| 6 | SamuraiJohann Bley, Ben Watkins | Juno Reactor | Play | 08:17 | 18 MB | 61 MB |
| 7 | SilverMike Maguire, Ben Watkins | Juno Reactor | Play | 06:35 | 15 MB | 38 MB |
| 8 | RotorbladeJens Walderbeck, Ben Watkins | Juno Reactor | Play | 08:19 | 19 MB | 52 MB |
| 9 | MarsMike Maguire, Ben Watkins | Juno Reactor | Play | 07:11 | 16 MB | 51 MB |
| 67 mins | 154 MB | |||||
| 67 mins | 450 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johann Bley | Collaboration, Composer |
| 2 | Simon Ghahary | Artwork, Design |
| 3 | Paul Jackson | Collaboration, Composer |
| 4 | Juno Reactor | Primary Artist |
| 5 | Mike Maguire | Collaboration, Composer |
| 6 | Kevin Metcalfe | Mastering |
| 7 | Otto the Barbarian | Engineer |
| 8 | Jens Walderbeck | Collaboration, Composer |
| 9 | Ben Watkins | Collaboration, Composer |
| 10 | Simon Watkins | Artwork |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |