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I feel you, while I think there are still decent releases since this album, the quality just hasn't been like it used to be. Ultimate used to be "instant buy" no previews needed, now everything that comes out needs to be vetted before I buy as there has been too many disappointing releases, something I never thought I would say about Ultimae

This is still a really enjoyable listen from @phobium A wonderful space Odyssey: close your eyes, listen on decent headphones and let your mind free

If you are going to post a link to Miranda's work, you surely need to tag @Radish6404who may or not be @radi6404but has a clear preference for Miranda Never seen either version of Radi in the reviews, so I am curious how he feels and articulates about other music from his favourite artist.

Thanks @RTP You're right that everyone has problems. One of my biggest is getting my wife to see perspective. I want her to understand that a sock, left on the floor, is not the end of the world, and yes, there has been socks left on the floor many many times, and it is annoying that a 10 year old cannot tidy up everything and always leaves a sock, or something else, but at the same time, it's just a sock left on the floor, so many people have problems 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000x worse: Food insecurity, war, domestic abuse, terminal diseases, to say but a few. While I really don't want to invalidate her feelings, I also don't want to support the idea, that a sock left on the floor needs the same reaction to having stabbed her friend at school (my daughter did both these things and the reaction was basically the same: full on judge dread) Anyway, sorry for the tangent but yeah, the internet has a lot to answer for. My wife doomscrolls constantly. It's always a joke when me and my daughter are out "what do you think mummy is doing? Lying on the sofa doomscrolling" and when we get back, she always is. I've cut out social media, Reddit and the like are just cesspits of negativity and I was so much better off for cutting them out of my life. My online presence now is hobbies and sport, and even sport can be frustrating, check out any BBC Sport/Football have your say and see just how many sad idiots there are complaining about everything from women being allowed to play football to brown people being allowed to play football. I love the internet, I hate the internet with equal measure. It should be the sum total of human knowledge at our fingertips, it should mean everyone is informed is informed and can easily know everything right? Absolutely not! More people than ever think that the Earth is flat and that Miranda - Mars Needs Women is quality GOA track.... 😬

I am now even more confused, but I am old, and I did not take care of my brain while I was younger, so it was always likely that I'd be confused about crypto currency and things like that. I am still mostly using cash every day and credit cards scare me as I spend more than I think because it's not real money

Atmos - 604 Now Twin Reaction (So Italo Mix) Lots of really nice melodic prog tracks on this album, but nothing that's overly memorable.

So glad seems to be working out better for you. I was away for a while and reading this thread is just a rollercoaster of emotions for RTP. Sorry to hear about your dad, but happy to hear he kept it together mentally to know he had become a grandpa. Very happy to hear that your daughter is doing well, that must have been a tortuous time for you, I can't even imagine. Enjoy your well earned holiday. I hope it is relaxing and fun 😊

Atmos did start in the Goa scene on Flying Rhino that was part of that, but his music helped define the shift away from classic Goa toward progressive psytrance (also seen on FRR). So while 604 as a title might nod to his roots, the album itself represents the refined, stripped-down evolution of that sound.

So far so good, it seems I can finally keep it up coming by here more often, as other posts show I find that very positive. I will gladly keep it that way and my new project ideas will enable me to stay engaged - at least every few weeks at the latest! It seems that I just was trying to find my place - and the key for that was to stick with stuff that I like and can do. (Sounds easy, but isn't actually that easy - I had to realize this slowly ). I am going on a holiday now, a well-earned one ... we'll see how relaxing it is, with my daughter ... back in last week of August, see you around

Yes, everybody that has the "Bananos" to pay the asking prices can enqueue videos there (when nothing is playing, it's super cheap - which I took advantage of last week, thus proclaiming this new project). I got into the Banano thing because of my ex girlfriend who has found out about it. She was a bit into Bitcoin and these things and took me along on that one - said: Banano is good for learning what crypto is and how it works (it is, I tell you that!). Unlike other sh*t out there (crypto world is really wild and full of potential scams - beware!) this at least seems to have a stable enough community with kind people who support it ... even a bit similar to the spirit of these forums in the old days JungleTV was something I found later and I was a great fan of it to earn a few Bananos every now and then ... sometimes cool people stop by and just donate there or enqueue a bunch... So ... I'll hang around every last Tuesday of the month and post happily. We will all see where this is going

Sad to hear that. I wish you luck. Everybody's having their fair share of worries lately, hardly anyone spared... With all these problems in the world, it may seem it's getting worse ... crises everywhere - and if not in the world, then in people's private lives. Then again, I think these don't increase so much as we think, it's just the internet connecting everything more and more together and they become more and more visible. That line was already true ten years ago, but it still keeps increasing. I wonder where it will go - but I think it tops out pretty much around now or already has topped out as people tend to reduce their online activity, or is that just me feeling it from others...

I don't quite get why the album is called 604. Atmos never was a goa artist and the album is not a goa album. Any theories?

When we speculated, you went to the source. Thanks for looking into that.

I installed it and it's pretty impressive for free software. It has a lot of gorgeous presets as well. I did have to find a couple of gigabytes of space to install it though, so it is big. I like that you can choose between digital and analog curves for the envelopes and warm / natural / bright character. Nice features.

I talked with TIP and they said they stopped to release music as vinyl, Avi wanted to release it on all formats, vinyl, cd (not confirmed yet) and all digital platforms. Astral Projection are managed through Sonic Booking and Beyond Management...both are closed to Iboga records.

This looks useful. Thanks.

https://surge-synthesizer.github.io/

Does it read like a crazy woman wrote it? That description sounds like it's going to be less of a novel and more a series of rambling essays by a nut job. I must admit that a quick Google search makes me more inclined to go with my early prejudices. But if I am wrong, it looks like it could be a great read.

Very nice! The best thing I find about Sennheiser headphones is that they are often on sale. I got the HD560s at 75% off just before the Amazon prime day sales. I really want to support my local stores but 9,000 yen compared to 36,000 yen is too much of a difference. No they were not used nor did they even look like a return that had every been opened. I am happy with them.

I was wondering where my review for this was. I am sure I had one, then I realized I was thinking of Earthshine. But I have this, surely, I have bought everything that Solar Fields has ever made, but I can't find it in my collection. Did I dislike it and never ripped it? Sounds like a mission for the weekend.

I have this Yet I honestly cannot really remember listening to it. Maybe I listened to it once, distracted, or on crappy headphones, or worse some shitty speakers, and didn't appreciate it? Well that ends today, I just put it on, and the first track "Resign Riot" is already sounding better than the other Prog I listened to this week (Except for Head cleaner that I listened to on Tuesday, seriously can't think why I ignore this and 2nd Brigade in favour of Head cleaner and Almost & Friends) I guess I'll find out...

I can't wait for Shulman's next release....11 years later, nothing Did they release anything underground that I never heard of? Would love to hear more of their style. Each album was different and great.

KZ Castor Harman IEM when I commute - crisp, clean sound, with EQ you can tailor their signature to whatever you want. Sennheiser HD598SE at home - very comfortable, superlush, musical sound with large soundstage and plenty of details, probably better suited to more traditional genres like rock & pop due to lighter bass kick, but, for me, they work with EDM too. Ultrasone HFI 650 Trackmaster - simmilar to Senn, but closed back, these have stronger and deeper bass, but smaller soundstage due to constructon of the cups. I love headphones, I'm also considering HD560s as an upgrade. As for the sources: Tidal and Deezer, both on max sound quality, through my phone or laptop, with some EQ. Works great for me.

I was listening to this the other day, it remains great. It doesn't however remain free in the above link "page not found" 😢 Still sounds futuristic (because the modern day suck archaic balls) and driving, energetic and fun. I was taking a 100 degree (now I use fahrenheit because triple figures sound cool) walk and it gave me the energy to sweat bucket loads while doing so. Where can you get it now? Not sure, I already have it. Do you?

Elena Danaan claims to be in real-live contact with some extraterrastrials. In her books she tells about her visits to Venus and Jupiter. Sometimes the extraterrestrials tell her about events that will happen in our solar system, e.g. an earth-quake on Mars or a scientific discovery that will be made in a few weeks time. There is a website with these fact-checks https://thewebmatrix.net/elenadanaan.html . As I wrote before the first book describes a lot of alien races complete with drawings. A lot of these are human, they look like us but with some minor of major variations. Some can be taller, others have slightly different facial features like wider eyes or a higher fore-head. The way a species look depends on a lot of factors. The power or the light of the sun or chemical elements that are present on a planet. There is a planet where people have a green tint because of the abundance of manganese. Than there are also intelligent reptillian or insectoid species. The type of species does not say anything about their intentions. There are also hybrids. Humans with reptillian features or beings that are part insectoid and part human.