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While we are talking about psy vinyl, how about A Blueprint for Survival on 3LP ;)? More news soon!

Vinyl Pre-order for DAT Records Blue Planet Corporation - A Blueprint For Survival is up: https://datrecords.bandcamp.com/album/blue-planet-corporation-a-blueprint-for-survival

Well this was a wonderful thing to log into and see ! And especially to hear 2K was kicking up dust in the birthplace ! I am in communicado with Draeke at this moment via email. I appreciate the wonderful comments.

There were some other tasty morsels in that update too. Of note, Benji has a new album coming next month and has been playing shows. Let's hope his solo works and his Prometheus stuff see vinyl releases too!!!

We offered to release the music of MikroMakro and make it available everywhere, but it seems he prefers to share the music where he wants and when he wants and we respect that, however, stellar tracks and I have played your tracks more than once out there, even playing one track at the enormous VER festival in Goa, with over 2k people dancing to it, it kicked ass. Our offer still stands mate, think about it!

I love meat. We have evolved for 250000 years by eating meat. It's in our dna. There's vitamins, aminoacids, proteins in meat that we can't get from vegetables. Having said that I loathe the meat industry. They treat animals like inanimate objects. I'd much rather you go out and hunt for your meat than having these poor pigs live their lives in a cage, same as chickens. Only knowing pain. Psychosis. I've seen pigs try to eat the metal bars in order to try to escape.. It's messed up. We really do need to step up as a species and stop the suffering. Animals are intelligent, have feelings, and knows the difference between love and hate. And have the capacity for both. Nothing makes my soul more happy than seeing animals be free and do what they want to.

It's not often there's a new post from Hallucinogen @ Facebook, but a couple of days ago it happened. Posford posted a link to a dj set by boom boom techno dj ANNA and was some what upset of a lame remix of Gamma Goblins. He wanted to know who was responsible for it. Turned out it was ANNA's boyfriend Wehbba, but she claimed it's not a remix, but an original track. Someone wrote that there's a "gamma goblin" preset on a synth called Polybrute, so Wehbba probably used that preset, not knowing it's importance for the psytrance crowd. That could have been case closed, but someone posted a clip from an old Brian De Palma movie called Sisters from 1972, and accused Posford of hypocrisy: Posford is born in 1971, so it's not unlikely he saw the movie in his teens and maybe the melody stuck with him. Fast forward to the mid 1990's and that melody resurfaces in his mind and becomes one of the best psytrance tracks out there. Or maybe it was a rip off. We will not know until Posford replies, and so far he hasn't.

Having recently managed to get a huge chunk of my CD collection at my permanent residence, I had the time to experience once again the joy of holding a physical release in my hands. All those albums and comps that were with me for so many years during my youth and beyond Like holding old photos with your mates and partners. And that got me thinking. Which are your favourite covers? Or are you most fond of? They don't have to be works of art per se. As long as they manage to invoke feelings to you No more than 3 per post please, so to make it easy to follow. I would say my top, as a series as well are the Goa Trance comps by Rumour records. https://www.discogs.com/label/450703-Goa-Trance Love the Hindu paintings on a simple, monochrome background. Volume 3 was my first Goa LP and it holds a special place Another one is the Goa Raume series. https://www.discogs.com/label/450583-Goa-Räume I loved the fact that the painting was continuous across the panels

I didn't think there was anything old school out there to be discovered, but there was. I recently stumbled over The Spirit Dance album by Imago, and I quite like it. Not all tracks are winners, but The Black God, Azure Heaven, Angels of Peace, Wild E and Galactic Answer are certainly worthy of your attention. The album is available on Spotify. Turns out they are Swedish, which makes me even more surprised, how did they not get more attention? Can't recall I've ever heard about them. Maybe the album was considered to be too much "goa"? Back in 1997, when the album was released, most labels and listeners (me included) were more interested in the more psychedelic and less melodic sounds from TIP and Flying Rhino. Looking back, it's certainly an underrated album. Imago were three guys: Jesper Ahlström, Per Stålbrand and Johan Löfstedt. I dug up some of their other projects of interest. Jesper and Per released a four track EP on Why Not Records in 1996, as Choreus. Why Not was the label responsible for the Destination Goa series. I've found two of the tracks on YouTube: I believe the track Creative alternative by Exotic is well known by most old school lovers. It's made by Jesper and Leo Bergman aka Spindrift: Jesper and Per collaborated with Swedish house and techno pioneer Jesper Dahlbäck as Axxess Granted and released a track called The Guide, released on the Nordic Rave compilation. Any way, I think these guys deserve more attention.

Wanna hear the latest and indeed quite possibly the last of Sab Kuch Milegator project? This one was in the making for 6 months...

We are so proud to announce that we signed a deal with Gabriel Masurel to reissue the amazing release Blue Planet Corporation - A Blueprint for Survival. It was originally published in 2009 on 2CD and was a teamwork with PK'S of Chill Tribe. Fast forward to the present, we have an amazing 3LP release ready to be ordered, including all the classic tracks from the original EPs released on UFK with some bonus unreleased tracks that were never pressed on vinyl before. The 2CD will also be reissued, and we aim for an official release date for the end of October 2023. The test pressing of the vinyl is exquisite and it sounds incredible, Gabriel was really pleased with it, so we approved the pressing and the records are coming soon. Here's the tracklist for the 3LP release: A1. Blue Planet Corporation - Overbloody Flood A2. Blue Planet Corporation - Telekinetic B1. Blue Planet Corporation - Midian B2. Blue Planet Corporation - Genetic C1. Blue Planet Corporation - Juno Satellite C2. Blue Planet Corporation - Psychonaut D1. Blue Planet Corporation - Lubianka D2. Blue Planet Corporation - Hemo Static D3. Blue Planet Corporation - Overbloody Flood (Original) E1. Blue Planet Corporation - Aquablue E2. Blue Planet Corporation - Hemo Static II F1. Blue Planet Corporation - Generator F2. Blue Planet Corporation - Sub Sonic Underground F3. Blue Planet Corporation - Barocco Here's the link for the official Bandcamp, where you will also find the 3LP and 2CD for pre-order: https://datrecords.bandcamp.com/album/blue-planet-corporation-a-blueprint-for-survival

Triquetra Myriad Vision Intro 3:01 Waking Bliss 8:56 Dystopia 9:07 Escape From The Withered Temple 8:35 Astrophobia 7:01 Shadows 9:32 Cloud Gatherer 9:51 Metal Serpent 7:37 Myriad Vision 9:52 The twins Reinartz return with their third album on Suntrip, Myriad Vision. Darkness! This is apparent from the off with an ambient intro that could be an interlude on a doom/stoner metal album. Distorted guitar sounds wind in a dark ambience with spacescapes hulking in the background. From there we encounter a Triquetra we didn't know, or didn't quite know. This is quite a bit darker, less melodic, less acidic than their prior recordings, only gradually becoming Goan towards the end. One general comment: Triquetra have upped their production game and this is a good sounding record. Intro The intro with dissonant doom metal guitar echoing into the gloom announces the dark atmosphere of this album. A moody and intriguing introduction. Triquetra has left their acid Goa roots behind it seems. Waking Bliss It is a strange title for a restrained and dark track that is quite hypnotic and trancy and not full of blissful melodies. I like it, but this is more minimalist than their prior work. B Dystopia This track announces its heavy techno intentions from the outset with sweeping minor chords, becoming more and more acidic as it goes along. Lives up to its title, this one does. B Escape From The Withered Temple This charmingly named track has a really nice stumping beat and bass with more tribal and didge sounds than the prior tracks. Really good sound in this track, it can indeed suck you in to a temple in the jungle at night. Excellent drones in the background and nice percussion. A all the way for this track. Astrophobia What's with the names on this album? Astrophobia has heavy techno residue in its distorted bass and kick and stuttering eerie keys. One of the heavier tracks from the twins. B Shadows Shadows goes more Goa with propulsive bass and trippy warbles. Fluttering flute comes in later to delightful effect. I can't help it, I think Triquetra are better at these tracks than the heavier ones, though "Shadows" is a bit repetitive. A- Cloud Gatherer "Anticipated, exterminated" goes the sample in this track - another dystopian vibe. The track, however, later goes more Goa with some building pads and acid melodies - it ends up a bit more energetic and uplifting than most of the prior tracks. It reminds me a bit of Sandman or Green House Effect. Nice track with a beautiful ending. A- Metal Serpent This track is more traditional trance - ok, but a bit predictable. B Myriad Vision Probably the best track on the album for me, this is Goa all the way and has a beautiful epic lead melody that could play on all day and night. A+ So Triquetra challenge their audience with several dark and heavy tracks, before their love for Goa takes hold and the album ends on a classic Goa note. I personally think that Triquetra are better at the Goa stuff, but perhaps that is just me? For me, this album is a bit of a mixed bag. I salute the experiment, but I'm not sure it is fully successful. There is a clutch of good tracks here nevertheless: "Escape from the Withered Temple", "Shadows", "Cloud Gatherer", and "Myriad Vision" are all worth a listen. On a whim I put on Triquetra's first album Ecstatic Planet and was struck by the relative freshness of the more melodic and inspired tunes on this first album; I definitely preferred it, even if the production was not as slick. There's not a single track on this latest third album that compares with the epic "Gargantuan Tribes" from the first album to my ears. There's more - Triquetra have also released a vinyl 12" called Access Denied which I will review separately. ~*~

Thanks Tsotsi. I probably should have mentioned "Human Control", which is for sure great, though in the past I preferred the first album for its infectious fun and spontaneity. I think this third album is the weakest so far, which is to say that it is still a solid work. I strongly agree that Triquetra is a talented act and I look forward to their future creations.

Nice review. I feel mostly the same way about the tracks here as you. Shadwows, Myriad Vision, escape from withered temple my favourites. A step away from their more tribal, spacey, organic album Human Control which I think is there best to date. But that album had more tracks so about the same % I feel are unique and A+ tracks. Gargantuan Tribes is indeed fantastic but the chaos of Homunculus made it my favourite from the album. Likewise on Human Control we got Future.exe and The Captain Is Dead which really stood out to me as well as the first 2 tracks. On the same note Shadows comes across as the most chaotic to me which makes it a favourite here. What I really appreciate is they have 3 strong albums, all distinct from one another but all distinctly Triquetra. The talent on these two is crazy and one of the artists where I can always feel the energy of their 'soul' / 'state of mind' / 'bodies' behind the tracks they make.

@6:19 >> ring a bell? @ 5:00 >>

Hey-hey. How's it? This is a bit of a large scale topic to tackle but I've been thinking about it every now and then. So the main question is - how's everything changed considering psytrance culture? What do you think? It's obviously a question that's intertwined with our technological/social/human progression. It's difficult to start making an analysis but to get things started... I'm arguing people are in collective terms less focused. This means what we "consume" needs to be easy and fast to digest. Any person needs to make a conscious effort to withhold a long attention span in the age is smart phones and social media. A shorter attention span is not the only thing - if you browse through endless amounts of data (phone/computer...), the creators of this data are in battle to win your attention. Your attention is money, straight and honest. It's views, likes and ad revenue. As you might have noticed, this battle is intense and ugly. It's almost like as if you've suddenly landed in this weird zoo with endless amount of monkeys hitting cymbals together. The loud and obscene run the show. Attention is also a drug like phenomenon, some people crave for it and are willing to take any measure to achieve it. And it certainly has been this way before the invention of internet, but nowadays you can't escape this toxic energy that easily. We're physically less in contact and digitally affected by behavior that we can easily classify sub standard. But isn't it so, that we've actually developed a skill to avoid the negative aspect of internet to some degree? That skill is indifference. People are far more indifferent than before. We just have to ignore a lot of things, because the amount of stimulus has significantly risen in the 10-15 years or so. In global terms the rise of indifference is great for the ones in control. But for the majority, for the planet, for the evolution of mankind... it's toxic. It creates a world of apathy and that's when things get dark when we run out of empathy and hopefulness. Let's see how the aforementioned, in my opinion, affects psytrance culture: 1) Drop of quality / When it's "fast-food" it means you only have to figure out a few things like production standards to achieve the pop-appeal. And sure, there's a place for easily digestible music and it can be fun too. But how about the very opposite? The ruthlessly difficult yet intelligent sound? The reason to do music, the idea behind it, has certainly changed for the worse. The big names are very clinical in their approach and pretty much create the same track over and over again. These days there's more ego & less Soul. 2) Drop of interest / People are less engaged. Less focus means we give each other, not to mention our art, less time and appreciation. We hardly stop to admire a great work even when we hear it. We don't write reviews. Those take time and who cares! Right? That's just the way cookie crumbles these days. 3) No more classics / There's no consensus on what's good and what's not. Just a few single opinions at most. There's no real indicators of quality and popularity these days neither, because views and stardom can be bought. We can all probably agree Hallucinogen's Twisted is a classic yes? But come to talk about anything from the last 10 years I wouldn't know. I couldn't know. 4) Less story-telling albums / ...and more digital singles! Because singles can be released more often therefore staying "active" as an artist/label. Activity is one of the key elements to gaining attention online. A full length album? Yesterday's antics.

the EP version vinyl cut, best doof track!🤘

Psychogen is a Danish goatrance project that is playing at our next party in October. There are few more. Will list them here next week

So @mars surely you kept an archive of that beautiful mess old off-topic was. Right? Please tell me that y'all miss it a bit seeing what a joke social media, reddit etc is nowadays.

Pure cosmic love. 💕 ✨

Ooh, nice. Will need to take a listen one of these days

News dropped yesterday "Twisted Vinylverse Expansion Our deluxe 4-LP edition of the Hallucinogen Albums was a massive hit, and that was just the first of two Hallucinogen sets. Later this year we plan on releasing Hallucinogen Volume 2: The Singles Remastered. This 5-LP set will feature all of the released original solo Hallucinogen singles that were not on the albums - not remixes of other producers' works nor other producers' remixes of these classics, but 100% pure undiluted Hallucinogen. From the very first early mix of Solstice through to the final Hallucinogen production Strangled Cat (previously only online), this deluxe set will be overflowing with Hallucinogenic awesomeness. Supplemented by photos, flyers, and informative text with some juicy details about these longtime favourites, this set is sure to be yet another collector's edition to treasure. Be sure to watching your inbox and our socials for the Pre Sales date so you can secure your copy!"

A really great unofficial Isiteshi remix of Shpongle's Divine Moments of Truth: I believe we need a Shpongle in Forest remix album.

@MikroMakro I totally respect your integrity and vision. If I could add my five cents, just to offer one perspective. I would say that perhaps a good motivating aspect with having your music released on for example Drake's label. Would be that your music would live on, even after the demise of this forum, Soundcloud etc. And it would survive you as well. Think about that. And also when Drake here shared his experience of people dancing to your tunes in Goa, that sounds like your music has a destiny to me. The dancing feet of people don't lie. But yeah I understand you, when music is a passion. One might be a bit apprehensive of the risk of destroying that by mixing in business/contracts/expectations etc.

Feel the same way, and octopus 🦑🐙 yes!!! They are not of this realm

cool find, that is indeed the same melody right there. coincidence perhaps? but ofc, like written above, the good stuff about gamma goblins is hardly the melody. thats like 12,5% of the whole thing at most.

In all fairness, that is a fucking terrible remix of Gamma Goblins and a fucking terrible remix of Binary Finary after it. I've never listened to this ANNA person until now and I am not a fan...

Haha hilarious! 😅 We know that the great Bernard Hermann, who composed so many wonderful film scores and was thoroughly immersed in the "western" symphonic tradition, was influenced by Holst and Berlioz, amongst others, especially in his work for Hitchcock. I don't immediately recognise the "Gamma Goblins" chords, but I'm almost willing to bet that they come from the symphonic and/or folk traditions. I personally am of the opinion that if you discover plagiarism it is best to say nothing as imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. For every finger we point, there are three others pointing back at us! 😉

Space Monkey - Psychotic Episode 2004 amazing classic fullon

It is amazing I agree, hypnotic and just has a very deep groove, also intense. Energizing !

02:51 onwards, amazing... they seem to be getting it : ) you just get this moment where you go YES YES and it spread around to everyone and everyone smiles back......it does seem easier to "get it" when there is a sense of scale like an awesome sound system in a tent with no bass build up in the corners... just goes through the tent listen how good the sound is on just a phone/camera.. I love that phase shifting effect when you walk around a bit at psy tents/outdoors. I come back to this video when I want to feel that feeling...

I sometimes go to sleep listening to this album. It puts me into a trance straight away. Extremely good album.

Whatever it takes to keep inspired, we need to somehow find a way that keeps the tunes coming. Not always easy.

damn is that respectable! i completely fk with that approach. good on you.

The beauty of simplicty! And the enduring quality of pure melodies. This album has a lot of nostalgic feelings and that unmistakably characteristic vibe, only found in early Israeli Goa Trance. This album, and a lot of Mystica's and Powersource's music, makes for a really pleasant listening experience. Airy lightweight layers of sun-blessed melodies, sometimes contrasted with a foreboding mystical undertone. In that sense it also shares similarities with MFG. Just take a listen to Over Seas, it has both divine angelic pads, as well as a general aura of unease evoking a sense of mystical experiences. I think that a hallmark of any great artist, be it within music or the visual arts, is the balancing between light and dark. It's imperative for any painting or track that wishes to convey feelings, that the equilibrium of those is fine-tuned. I sometimes wonder why this album isn't mentioned more often alongside the other giants of the era from Israel. Could it be perhaps because of the difficulty to memorize two artist names and surnames at once, and the rather simplistic artwork? Imagine if this album had the type of artwork that Astral Projection's albums had, and a short/memorable project/group name instead of their real names. I think it would have been a more clever choice from a marketing/advertising perspective. That this album has had zero comments between 2002 and 2014, and only three comments in total since 2014, speaks volumes to it's underappreciated status I think. A highly recommended album for anyone who enjoys, California Sunshine, Mystica, Powersource and MFG, among others.