Trolsk
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I'm gonna check this one out. I'm intriged by the fact that most of the more popular illegal drugs like LSD and MDMA once were legal and designed to help people in recovering from their disease.
I think it's an exaggeration to claim that LSD and MDMA were designed to help people recover from disease. However, some psychologists like Timothy Leary and Richard Alpert (aka Ram Dass) saw a therapeutic value in LSD.
Pretty obvious why the American Government made such a big deal out of it: They (still) don't want anyone to think out of the box: Certainly not influencial people like doctors, writers,...
You're going to love this book.
The intro sample used by Hallucinogen in LSD is Ken Kesey speaking about LSD: "I believe with the advent of acid. We discovered new ways to think and it has to do with piecing together new thoughts of mind. Why is it that people are so afraid of it? What is it about it that scares people so deeply? Because they are afraid that there is more to reality than they have ever confronted. That there are doors that they are afraid to go in and they don't want us to go in there either because if we go in, there we might learn something that they don't know. And that makes us a little out of their control".
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The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe (probably most known for his book The Right Stuff) is Essential reading for anyone interested in the history of modern psychedelic culture, hippies and the origin of rave parties.
The book is a biography about Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters. Author Ken Kesey (most known for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest) partakes in a CIA controlled drug research project at Stanford University (MK Ultra, not known at the time the book was written) and is given LSD amongst other drugs. Kesey experiences amazing things under the influence of the drugs and decides to travel all over the USA, promote LSD and throw parties, until CIA labels him the most dangerous man in the USA.
Highly (no pun intended) recommended reading.
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That Space Prawn track was amazing!
A new Ubar Tmar or Uvantam.com album would be great.
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If it weren't for the Koxbox name these tunes would get little attention.
Koxbox should release some of their old school original livesets instead of new school copies.
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Indeed crap.
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Jazz + Hip Hop = Trip Hop
That's what it used to be called in the 1990's.
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Well I think you could find both with a little googling and torrent searching, but here ya go:
01 Twelve Moons: Zero Gravity (Remix 2)
02 Planet B.E.N: Y2K
03 Dreamtec: Venus
04 Shpongle: Divine Moments of Truth (Instrumental remix)
05 Matenda: Split Personality
06 Stoop & Fidget: Bits & Pieces (Sunday Night Live Madness Mix)
07 Vibrasphere: Autopilot
08 Monoclone: Dark Whisper (Tuesday Morning mix)
09 Psychonaut: Neurosphere
10 Infected Mushroom: Symphonatic
11 Man With No Name: Revenge
All trax 2000, except MWNN 1998, Vibrasphere 1999.
http://www.sendspace.com/file/i3cmz7
Just as the track selection suggests there is no direction at all in this set, it's just a bunch of tracks glued together. I cannot understand how anyone can think of this as a good mix.
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Excellent released mixes:
Mark Allen - Deck Wizards
Goa Gil - Deck Wizards: Kosmokrator
Jean Borelli - Deck Wizards: Planet Maya
Tsuyoshi Suzuki - Deck Wizards: Core
Tsuyoshi Suzuki - Shamanic Trance: Dada Funk Mix
Tsuyoshi Suzuki - Trancentral Four - A Trip To Goa
Dino Psaras - Distance To Goa 4 CD 2
Excellent downloaded mixes:
Basilisk - Nocturnal Wanderlust
INr G - Rites Of Animalness
Jens M - Hail the Fluffies
Lumo - Nirbubg
Searcher - Neurotrance
Tsuyoshi Suzuki - Live @ JJJ Mixup, Australia - 2000-01-22
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I like your mix a lot!
The entire mix has a good flow and there is a deep atmosphere through the entire set.
I want more!
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I just got this compilation today and it is really really really good! Easily the best compilation I have heard this year! I loved every single track. I thought starting with Ishq it couldn't top the opening track buty I was wrong! This is Amazing music (like it was made just for me
)I have had this compilation for two weeks and I love it as much as you do. No generic ethnic samples, just good vibes and great music.
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Hi,
Thx for the recommendation but I've already actually heard it and IMHO I think COP sux it's too bland. I think Jan Muller had a very negative effect on them because their Gangguru trax aren't lifeless and boring.
I agree that Dreamtime is a beautiful and impressive track, and it deserves more attention. It kind of reminds me of Noosphere's equally great track Carpe Noctem.
I do however have a different opinion about Jan Muller's input: the Dreamtime/X-3 single was released the same year as the COP album (1999), so it might actually be that Jan Muller had a very positive effect on their sound. If you compare Dreamtime/X-3 to their track Ultimate (1997) it is obvious that their sound improved a lot, and you can't deny the presence of the 16 note bassline in Dreamtime, a bassline made popular by X-dream. You might dislike the COP album, but the time spent in the studio with Jan Muller might very well be what made Dreamtime such a great track.
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If you like Gangguru you should listen to Children of Paradise, they are Gangguru minus Frank Murdock plus Jan Müller (one half of X-dream). Their one and only album Urban Alien is great stuff.
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There is nothing wrong with being stuck in 1997.
Personally I am pretty much finished with the current so called psytrance releases. If I want new good music I look past psytrance.
But let's stay in the golden era for awhile.
First recommendation
I spend a lot of time collecting individual tracks from the golden era. I have a big CD collection of psytrance from the golden era but I can still find excellent individual tracks. There are gems to be found, believe me.
If you collect non album tracks from your favorite artists you will have more or less at least one "new" album by them.
I can highly recommend you to track down individual tracks by these artists:
Abakus
Etnica (the 1995-1998 tracks)
Gappeq (2003-2006)
Hallucinogen (1995-1997)
Hallucinogen (1998-2007)
Jaia (2001-2006)
Koxbox & Psychopod (1995-1998)
Koxbox & Saikopod (2000-2007)
Neum
Pleiadians (1995-1997)
Simon Posfords trance collaborations (1994-2007, 25 tracks)
Slinky Wizard (1994-1997)
Snake Thing (1996-1998)
The Infinity Project (1994-1997, you will be amazed by how many tracks they have released)
Total Eclipse (1994-1996, pure magic, better than their albums from the same era)
Underhead (1996-1997)
You will not regret collecting these individual tracks.
Second recommendation
Make your own compilations of tracks. Focus on a sound or vibe you like and gather tracks that fit that theme.
I have made compilations that fit August nights (my favorite time of the year) and the autumn in general.
Third recommendation
Since I am a CD collector there are vinyl gems to be found.
At the moment I am focusing on labels such as Twisted, Flying Rhino, Dragonfly and Blue Room. I track down tracks that have only been released on vinyl and not on the labels CD albums or compilations. Then I arrange the tracks into new compilations based on year since the sound changes over the years.
Happy track hunting!
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Does one come out a better person after an eye opening psycho spiritual/ metaphysical state achieved through trance dance meditation or is it just an illusion of the senses that we have changed and we haven't really achieved anything other than transient states ?
For most people change requires practice, lots of practice. It is easy to theoretically understand the notion of the interconnectedness or interdependences of all life, and it is even possible to experience that theory while on psychedelics, but the big challenge is to incorporate the experience into everyday life. That is where you need practice, and I do not mean further practice of psychedelics, but practice in changed behavior.
Behavior is a result of often repeated practice. Think of your infant brain as a field of soil. Think of any experience as a walk on that field. As you walk from point a to point b a path is formed. New experiences result in new paths. Some paths will be used often and others not so often. As time progress there will be a mesh of paths all over the field. As you grew older some paths have been used so often that by now they are like trenches. By that time it is hard to create new paths as you are more or less trapped in your by now deep trenches. An eye opening experience (such as an psychedelic experience) can for a moment lift you out of those trenches and help you realize that there are alternative paths and destinations than the ones that occupy your everyday life. As the experience fade you drift back to your trenches. If you have had a life changing experience you will start to make your way out of the trench, form new paths and fill up some of those old trenches. The true long lasting change happens after the experience, and it requires your effort and commitment.
I recently recommended a book called Zig Zag Zen: Buddhism and Psychedelics in another topic. It is a book for anyone interested in psychedelics and change, and for post-psychedelic users pondering their experiences. I think it is even more relevant for this particular topic.
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I really liked your mix!
There are some really good transitions between tracks, good track selection and overall great flow and vibe.
Looking forward to more mixes.
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mdma should result in love,empathy and softer ego though , no ?
Psychedelics are not a shortcut to a constant change of behavior, they can however make you aware of alternative paths, but when the trip ends you are the one that will have to choose to walk a new path. If you choose a new path it will require constant practice. If you choose not to, then it is escapism.
For any one interested in psychedelics and change, and for post-psychedelic users pondering their experiences, I can recommend Zig Zag Zen: Buddhism and Psychedelics.
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In such a complicated situation as in israel you should not be political? But if it is about tibet or about conspiracy theories, earth polution etc etc we can?
i agree things could get too messy.. But it also seems we can only be political in the trance scene if it is cool. Like talking shit about bush or similar stuff (shit everybody will agree on). But if it gets too close......
Spot on!
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I do not want to drag myself into a dead end political debate but there are as many Political views in Israel as there are in any other Country.
It is sad that the Israeli artist do not choose to express their political views.
Back in the 1960's psychedelic culture and the movement against the Vietnam war were one and the same, and psychedelics was one way of making people realize the meaningless of war. Fast forward 40 years and it seems to be all about escapism. That might explain the rise of the easy digestible neo full on sound and ecstasy in Israel: consumerism for a traumatized generation.
I can recommend the documentary The Attack of the Happy People about ecstasy consumtion in Israel.
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And besides, trance is an escapist culture.
There is no denying that there are escapist elements in trance culture, but in my opinion that is not the purpose, but the side effect of being in a trance state or having a psychedelic experience. For me trance and the psychedelic experience is about waking up and seeing the world in a new light, the opposite of escapism.
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My respect for Infected Mushroom would have been regained if their new music video featured clips and photos of innocent civilians that got killed by the Israeli and the Palestinians. It's possible for them to use their, um, "fame" to promote peace between Israelis and Palestinians.
What I am curious to understand is why political statements by Israeli psytrance acts are a taboo? Israel is a country with an actual ongoing conflict where a lot of innocent people have gotten killed, and therefor I kind of expect that the Israeli psytrance scene should use its parties to promote peace, respect and understanding, but that is not the case, as I understand.
The closest thing to a political statement from an Israeli act is Fatali's album cover for his album Faith.
There's an Astral Projection tune called Free Tibet, but to my knowledge they have never commented on the Israel and Palestine conflict.
My idea with this topic is not to start a heated debate about who is responsible for the conflict, please respect that. As an outsider I am curious to get some insight in to the workings of the Israeli scene, and the lack of political statements has always seemed strange to me.
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I assume you missed The Best Compilations ever thread a week back?
Here's my list:
Accidental Occidentalism - Symbiosis - 1995
1st Flight - Flying Rhino - 1996
3rd Flight Slipstream - Flying Rhino - 1998
4th Flight Velocity - Flying Rhino - 1999
Black Rhino - Flying Rhino - 1997
Yellow Compilation - TIP - 1995
Phosphorescent - TIP - 1996
Beyond Colour - TIP - 1998
Halluci-nations - TIP World - 2000
Mu Clear Compilation - Nippon Crown / TIP - 1997
Dementertainment - Twisted - 1998
Demented - Twisted - 2000
Made on Earth - 2CD - Blue Room Released - 1997
Pulse 6 (CD1) - Sub Terranean - 1998
Joker's Files - MDMA - 2000
Vibration 2 - Com.Pact - 2000
Beats and Beyond - Surreal Audio - 2000
mystery of the yeti is there anything else like it
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I agree with the recommendation of:
- Shpongle - Are You Shpongled?
- Future Sound of London - Lifeforms
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The Infinity Project - Mystical Experiences
- Celtic Cross - Hicksville (Remastered and Expanded Deluxe Edition)
The other recommendations are mostly great albums but lack the voyage quality of the Mystery of the Yeti album.I would also like to add another great voyage album to the recommendations: Tone Tales from Tomorrow, mixed by DJ Coldcut. A deep and beautiful experience. If you like it, you might also want to try the follow up album Tone Tales from Tomorrow Too.
I think of the Mystery of the Yeti as a deep and introvert journey, and my final recommendation is the opposite of that, a blissful and extrovert journey, : Irresistible Force, The - It's Tomorrow Already.