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  1. I think, its true, popularity is the main influence for MOST people. However, when we move into the underground it changes slightly, as apposed to the mainstream. I think, for underground/subcultur musical styles, it often is not popularity as such but more image which appeals to the masses. People look for music they can identify their own self image with, often they reside in the subculture to set them selves apart from mainstream culture, and they will choose music which will help them do that. As a DJ, when I was less experienced, labels meant more to me sometimes. I mean, its what I call "political correct djing" now, where you will choose tracks from well respected labels very often, and, when you listen to music, you will prioritize the newest Twisted Records release more than lets say a totally new label with unknown artists on it. What I do now is, that I dont care, I listen to it all, on the same level. This means, I find more music that other djs miss, because they focus on the big well known labels more. I think it has to do with becoming essentially mature, as a music listener, that you put yourself above labels and above everything and you just confront the sound of the music versus your own personal reaction, and then to hell what people think. However, you cant really generalize over all people... You can however acknowledge that the word "hype" is there for a reason, and that reason is something DEEEPLY treasured by marketing people. That IS a fact, and that could actually proove the point. Perhaps not that "most" people do something, but at the very least a "significant" portion of them do. It took me about 5-7 years of calling myself a DJ, untill I had found faith in myself to become objective from labels when I listened to music. Truely, I dont think that many djs are independant like that, even if they say so. To be noted, I was rather young when I took it up, around 15-16 years old. True character I think, first starts to be complete around 25 when your sense of responsiblity and logics are fully evolved. However, its not something we will find out, because, its not in saying the words, its in waking the walk. Also, I dont want to exclude the option that, in 10 years I will be saying something along the lines of "I was first a REAL man @40" ;-) hehe. Im 29 now, and I think, the oder I get, the more confident and independant I will become, from hype and whatever everybody else thinks (popularity). - Krell
  2. Wow, that looks promising in an awesome way :-) - Krell
  3. I really love this first release from Open Records, deep atmospheric stuff, which doesnt thrive on vocals or anything which might be "trendy" at the moment. This is no bullshit deep music for deep experiences. Especially the first tracks I like, and also the last track is great (reminds me a bit of the classic Voodoof "Thru" on one of the classic TIP Records releases actually). For me, this release places newly hatched australien Open Records amongst the current top progressive labels, I hope they will have a follow up on the way soon which keeps this standard or even surpasses it. Rating: 8/10 or 4/5 Highs for me !Antix ”Le Lascard(Embark Remix)” (08:40) !Brisker & Magitman ”Clockwork” (09:45) !Eegor ”Prime Groover(Marathon Mix)” (10:48) !Fog featuring V-Point ”Seduction” (10:18) !D-Sens ”Save the Children” (09:12) Fog featuring V-Point ”Seduction” (10:18) D-Sens vs Sirius Smooth ”Tribalizer” (09:26) Sun Control Species ”Nameless Blameless(Antix Remix)” (08:34) Wombat ”Ride Control” (09:37) Best Wishes - Krell
  4. Trip was where I went to read and write reviews back then.. There is an copy of a lot of it online, I mean there is a site on the net that caches old websites so its still there, in the cache. If we look hard enough, we can find reviews by me, I can also name a few others I think. - Krell
  5. For me a good dj set is longer the 80 minuttes.. Its at least 1½ hour, and preferably between 2 and 4 hours. I have never heard a dj spin a coherent set which I enjoyed for more than hours, and for the most, I think they are best served with staying under 2-3 hours. Dj sets are now downloads you get from the net, and stuff you experience at parties. This means that to be successful as a DJ, you need gigs for promotion, and as much hype as you can scrabble together. I think many of the old timers got their names from releases where they did mixed cds people bought, for instance the distance to goa series, hypnotica trance, goa core etc mixed compilation releases. - Krell
  6. Or to be even more precise, trance music has its roots in the brains experience of trance states, the beating of the human heart, the wavelengths of the brain :-P Now, break it down further, I dare you !:-) - Krell
  7. It happened to one of my Tsunami Benefit Cds - Dunno if it was dropped or what happened, but the Cds are not well placed inside the cover, so one could have fallen out. Just bad manufacturing somehow. Life sucks. - Krell
  8. I dont understand why anyone would want to listen to anything but awesome music, life is too short for crappy music, only reason I usually have to listen to crappy music is because I need to listen to new music, to find more awesome music. I fully agree with you, if its worth listening to, its worth buying. The only music that is worth listening to, is awesome music. The rest is just pale in comparison, you should not have to settle for second rate experiences in your life, especially not in regards to something you can see freely choose from, such as music. Btw, OOOD IS AWESOME MUSIC. - Krell
  9. The apple doesnt fall far from the tree..... Oh, that wasnt nice :-) I can hear him training his scratching techniques, over and over, your not a dj if you cant scratch :-P - Krell
  10. YaY, I have lots of vinyl, and even a turntable! !!! Im proper - Im proper *jumps around franticly* :-) - Krell
  11. Depends on how much you value crystal clear sound versus the hazed and dusty sound of vinyls. I dont, in any way, find vinyl to be more "warm" at all, I just find it to be more distorted, undefined and fuzzy. And yes, I prefer MP3 over vinyl, as I dont really hear the difference in a blind test between a well encoded MP3 and a CD. However, I do hear the difference between CD and vinyl, and I definately prefer CD over vinyl in that case; that is really all the matters, final proof. To each his own, of course - Im happy vinyl has almost left the psy scene, and I cant wait till digital / downloadable media is the standard, we are getting there Im happy to say :-) - Krell
  12. I prefer the sound from CDs over vinyl any day, and even the sound of Mp3s over vinyl as well. I see no reasons, whatsoever, why vinyl would be a good thing in todays world. Get over it, move on. Rocks also make a much warmer sound when clapped together to form a beat, lets all go back to that, stoneage sounds are much more full on and quality in the real live performance is unmatched by the CD:-P - Krell
  13. No doubt. Insane Drop Creation - Put Drop! (Gycklar Flute Remix) @ top of the line Nothing comes close. - Krell
  14. Excellent release, both in regards to music and new thinking. This release neither relies on testosterone killargh basslines, overly soft and cheesy sounds or cut N paste techniques - instead it offers something lying slightly outside the mainstream, with a high degree or originality which in my view rates it as oustanding. Only thing I didnt like was all the samples which related to marihuana etc - thats just cheap in my eyes. Even if they were cleverly used. I hope to see more Oood releases make their way into compilations here and there. - Krell
  15. Krell

    wtf

    Aha well then... *marks Time_Trap for extermination* Until we meet again ;-) - Krell
  16. Krell

    wtf

    Yes, I will even go further, and expand this to R&B and shittish sobby rock, or gringo "my gf left me, and Im all out of beer" whiny country crap. Vote me ruler of the world, and I vough to thee, I will exterminate it! - Krell
  17. Krell

    wtf

    When you are rich you start out listening to classical music, then you move on to the opera... what you end up with in the end is listening to electro accoustic music while watching andy warhol movies backwards under the constant influence of laughing gas administered by licensed professionals. Didnt you know? :-P :-) If I could, I would pay big money to eradicate this planet of the scurge that is hip hop music. Take no prisoners, Leave none alive. - Krell
  18. Greetings. Since we have FINALLY launched our review section on our website http://www.electrobeat.dk we are now looking for labels who want to submit material for reviews. Electrobeat.dk is a danish online community site, which is the most popular and used here. We have around 500 unique visitors everyday and a pool of 2000 users. The reviews are in danish, and are featured on the frontpage of the site w/picture and text for a number of days before they enter our article database. Reviews get a link to an online retailer of your choice, for instance psyshop, saikosounds or whereever. Examples of reviews are here VA - Pyrogenetic (Psytropic Records, 2005) http://www.electrobeat.dk/v2/articles.php?article_id=2 Sensient - AntiFluoro (Zenon Records, 2006) http://www.electrobeat.dk/v2/articles.php?article_id=1 We will review just about anything, as long as it suits the definition of electronic music. Just dont expect us to review your whole back cataloque all at once. Reviews pending already, from Iboga Records and Psytropic Records. All of our reviewers must live up to a certain standard in regards to writing and so forth - people who have read my posts on isratrance and psynews know Im serious about this stuff. In case your interested, feel free to contact me on okrello@hotmail.com or through a PM here on Psynews. I was warned asking like this might offend some people - Dont be, we are just trying to create a cultural ressource for our local scene here, targetted at people who never make it to psynews or isratrance for that matter. Best Wishes - Krell
  19. Kino Oko Bigwigs Haltya 3 from me to you. - Krell
  20. I was so fortunate as to obtain a copy of his album when gappeq visited us a few weeks back for one of our parties. He played an amazing live set, based on the album. The style is harder than most of the stuff he released so far, sort of a blend between tech trance and dark psy at some parts. Aggressive, dark and techie stuff, layered with lots of psychedelic sounds. Doesnt sound like everything else out there, and also, there is also a softer track "Lavondyss" which starts it off. Something to look forward to :-) - Krell
  21. Krell

    Koxbox - U-Turn

    Compared to the other Koxbox albums this lacks in diversity, imagination and evolution. Still, I think its a good compilation of tracks, but it does not compare favourably to the earlier koxbox albums, at least not to me. For me, the best Koxbox albums are "Forever After" and "The Great Unknown", those are true classics, someting "U-Turn" will never be. - Krell
  22. The demands for musical evolution were that much bigger back then, simply due to the expectations for new fresh sounds stimulated by the experience of the pioneering days of the genre. Matsuri was not that far off, 1997 it died, to many of us. But, keep in mind, Matsuri kept on pumping out releases for another 2 years, and Let it RIP came out when the label was only 1 year old. I think its a message to move on, abandon the cliche stereotype melodic driven goa trance and try something new. Soon after, Matsuri released the Sandman classic "Witchcraft", one of the first commercial releases featuring intendedly dark and scary atmospheres. Also acts like Sonic Fusion, XIS & Quirk were featured later on, breaking the formula. Breakbeats in the form of the VA "Sympathy in Chaos" and Joujouka releases also came out. I mean, its very clear, try something new and let the old formula driven stuff RIP. So much of the music was just becoming the same ALALALALAA BLA BLA MELODIES FOR EVER AND EVER, much like much full on is now. Later other releases would follow, a label also made a release, I think it was "Goa Trance RIP"... It was almost amusing for me seeing a label call something "Psytrance is dead", as if that was in itself something original - I mean, when it was done almost 10 years ago already. Then again, Im not talking about the sounds or the music, just the idea of the title, and what it projects. Tsuyoshi Suzuki, who was a driving force behind Matsuri, was one of the people who would challenge the so-called open minded psychedelic scene to accept something else than the same formula driven music, for that he was once attacked after a dj gig for not having played the right music (Someone threw a pie in his face). That incident clearly illustrated to me, that its not enough whats on the surface in a culture, it needs to be deeper and real... So yeah, they declared it dead, more or less. I cant think of anyone better to have done so, and, as a matter of fact, it died then and there, 1998 was a shitty year, 1999 also (for stereotypic goa trance, and after that it was all but gone)... Took some time to convert to tech trance, progressive & full on... Either way, doesnt matter much. I think it just shows that history repeats itself :-) - Krell
  23. Qoute Platoon :-) Lovely qoute btw, so rude, but so true :-) - Krell
  24. The death of goa trance ? Various - Let It Rip - Matsuri Productions http://www.discogs.com/release/55700 1997. Early example of a similar sound to Hux Flux Various - Abstract Phaze - Matsuri Productions 1996. http://www.discogs.com/release/183452 Hux Flux just picked up on what was already there and released some good music, but they werent the only ones doing that at the time... You also had for instance Spirit Zone Recordings releasing the compilation "Tales from the Forest". - Krell
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