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I buy véry little Psychedelic "Melodic" Trance these days but my taste is pretty similar to Damion's so if everybody is this hyped-up about this & éven he can find it in his heart to give a TIP-album 10/10 than i should check this out, I think. Gonna get back to you on this one

Dificult to quantify into a % but I'd say... Chill-ambient-downbeat (non-"dance"-electronica): 35% Prog/psy: 35% House/Techno/Electro/D'n'B/...: 20% Non Electronica (Hiphop, Metal, New wave, Hardcore,...) : 10%

Various - FabricLive. 14 - DJ Spinbad Probably one of the best hi-quality party-hip-hop-mixes ever! http://www.discogs.com/release/227102

FSOL is not psy, is it? At least not to me Son Kite & FREq went down well at "mixed" afterparties 2 years ago.

IMO D-nox is more Afterhourz-music & Beckers could do a live + dj set at night aswell. Although daytime is definitly the best time for both of them

Since everybody here is giving the same recommendations I'll try something different. Check out ANYTHING from these labels: Digital Structures: (Son Kite, Jaïa, Ticon...) Spiral Trax (Gaudium, Atmos, Vibrapshere...) Iboga (Phoney Orphants, FREq, Flowjob...) Plastik Park & Avalanche : Progressive for the clubs Most of these act evolved form more Minimal Trance in the past (harder & darker) to the new progressive: more melodic layers & sometimes even housey. Some older albums that deserve everybody's full attention: -SBK: Treibstoff -Element: Full Moon (nearly every track has vocals, but they're amazingly not annoying ) -Haldolium: H2 The most anticipated album for this year will probably be the full debut of Liquid Soul (on Iboga)

Great taste in music man! Can't beat the Real Thing

First of all, congratz on your good taste in music! There's a lot in here I have myself & I would néver sell Could you please PM me with prices for all cd's below? Thnx!

I saw him live on Soulclipse, but it was a regular laptop-sequencer live act, not a band set-up...

-How come your 3 albums are so very different? Each is in a very distinct style & not a mixture of different styles of trance. -How do you see the evolution of psy- & progressive trance in the next coupple of years? -What artists do you like yourselfves? (psy & non-psy) -Name 3 your alltime favourite albums? (psy & non-psy) -What (the fuck) is Akabar?

Ooze: Restricted Flow ***** Shulman: First came the stars ***** Vibrasphere: Manazilla **** Cosma: Simplicity **** Klangstrahler Project: Things can change **** Gabrielle le Mar: One O' Seven *** Stuff thàt in your CHILL'um & smoke it

I prefer Kaya Project, great ethnic chill-out!

Thnx for translating Tashira! I had a feeling you'd have learnt some Portugese by now Obrigado! The picture you like best was taken in the Bayon Temple in Cambodia, seriously under the influence of a piece of paper You can see for yourself here: http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/10900720/ It was one of the most powerful psychedelic experiences I've ever had & therefor the Bayon Heads often appear in the things I make. btw, it's a Shiva, not a Buddha

eueueuh, could anybody plz translate this?

I had the same feeling when I bought this one: http://www.discogs.com/release/404299 I just hàd to have that track & it's not on any of their albums...

Right after work, I'm gonna hop on my bike & go to the store to get the new Vibrasphere

Tegma’s latest album 002 Avant.garde was more uptempo & kinda melodic trance. Right after their latest album was released, they spread the message that their new stuff would be more in the vein of their progressive roots. So, have they gone back to the days of “Akabar” ??? Our World kicks of the jams with that familiar sounding LOTR-sample. “The world is changed, I feel it in the water, I feel it in the air, I smell it in the air!” The world has changed indeed because this is a pretty good taste of what’s to come: Progressive Tribal Trance to the max! On the road in Egypt Temga met Paul El-Younani, an expert in Arabic music. They jammed together & their experiments were the basis for this track: Desert Tale. I just love these Eastern influences, combined with Scandinavian Progressive Trance. Especially the ethnic voices bring a special sound to this composition. A really nice blend of different styles & musical concepts. Briliant fusion! As it’s title suggests, El Mariachi has a more Latin-American flavour to it. & spicy it is: synthetic rhythms fused with Spanish guitars into one organic composition that’s rocks the hell out of you. Catchy without being shallow, hypnotic without being boring. Both Tribal Dancer & Drums Of Africa are heavily based of vocal samples that are looped into entrancing mantras. Tegma also used a lot of these on their previous album. It’s one of their trademarks so to speak & it’s a very effective way to build a certain atmosphere. It also distinguishes the tracks from each other, but they remain kinda similar, not that that’s a bad thing. Afrohouse but seriously tranced-up with percussive build-ups & a slightly melodic evolution throughout the tracks. A Night In Cairo is one of the absolute highlights for me. One of the few tracks that establishes a truly dark mood, in particular through the superb & haunting chanting/singing. The fact that you won’t understand the lyrics only adds to the mysterious character. In the second half, the electronics come out to play & make this into a full-blown, up-tempo dance floor monster! You can tell this was originally designed to be played live, because over a big PA this is guaranteed to rattle your brain! I Wanna Be A Robostar reminds me of Kraftwerk meets Ticon but that’s not a bad thing & with Spooked we end up exactly where we started of: “The world is changed!” Finally an ORIGINAL trance release! If there ever was an album that has real “ Tribal Vision”, this is it. As Omar and Jason promised, this is “progression” in every sense of the word. Thinking outside the box, including musical influences from all styles of “world music”. If you check out Encoded/Decoded, you’ll realise that Tegma has been trying to do this for a long time, but never succeeded so well as this time. On the second album the relied a bit too much on movie-samples, but here they get inspiration from all over the place. Many comparisons have already been made to describe their new sound, so I’ll give one too. Think Sphongle meets Jaïa: this is the kind of album Postford could have made if he wouldn’t still be stuck in the 90’s... A truely GREAT piece of music that goes way beyond regular progressive trance & deserves an open-minded audience!

The Samothraki DVD is absolutely mindblowing. 2 disc's, containing up to 4hrs of footage of dj's & live-acts, dancefloor, surroundings & very impressive "airial views" filmed from a paraglider. The fotoage of the first 2 years is merged with visualisations, but is filmed in lower quality, 2003 is really high resolution digital image, but has no visuals. Most recommended even to ppl who weren't there. PS: & it has loads of psy-chicks in it

So, here's my review of Sonic Cube's album "Filter": http://www.psynews.org/forums/index.php?ac...t=0#entry488891 Would be cool to win one of those albums... Good luck everybody!

Well, this guys is as good as it gets!! There was a damaged cd in our previous trade & now he sent me a brand-new one, totally free of charge. Very trust-worthy trader!

I only heard him play live (I guess upto 4 times by now) & it was never less than GREAT (incl. VooV2004 ). The thing is that you have to be in the right mood for it, which in my case is: after a long day of pycho-activity & dancing-fun on a sunny festival dancefloor. It's just not the kind of music to stomp holes in the floor, it's more of a subtle comedown, a thing of beauty, a gentle landing after a bumpy ride. I still get tears in my eyes when I think of his closing set on Boom2004. Somehow I can't see myself enjoy a set of his as much at 3 o'clock at night at an indoor party.I never heard him dj yet, but I'm really curious on what's the music he likes rather than just his own stuff...

definitly check out the new Tegma album!!!

Thnx ppl ! Maybe one day I'll cut back on my internet activity & concentrate on photoshopping... Would be more satisfying but probably less fun

Here's a first photomanipulation from our pile of pictures from the festival. More to come once I can find the time... http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/31674932/

If the weather's gonna be good, we're gonna be there too. Give a big hugg to Heike & Bettina from Bert & Melanie from Belgium!