Krell

Yes, its a straight forward deal :-) He mentions very long sets (dont know if you read it) - and also very much diversity in the music. Not something you see that much - Actually, I have never heard such a long DJ set presented by someone who can mix and such (Ive only heard DAT djs spin long sets - 1 with a bit genre shifting and very bad mixing, and 1 100% dark psy and a bit better mixing). Mmm - I record long sets in stages myself, intended to be played after each other for 6-12 hours straight sometimes, and it is really a more interesting and complete voyage than the shorter sets. Im just glad someone with more influence on the scene than myself thinks the same way :-) Best Wishes Krell

For the first half of 2006 Virus Tekk Records has planned 2 CD releases. VIRUSCD02 - Various Artists "Shades of Sound" TBR Q1 2006 VIRUSCD03 - Vipasana "Life and Spirit" TBR Q1/Q2 2006 Our second compilation release "Shades of Sound" will follow up on the concept of our first release "Shades of Light" (released november 2005) offering both tracks from new as well as established artists - "Shades of Sound" will essentially feature a mixture of Full On sounds and is being compiled by danish DJs Rishi & Rydder. For our first album release we will release the israeli artist Vipasana´s debut album "Life and Spirit". For more information (covers, tracklists etc) - Check out our website www.virus-tekk.com (which has also been updated with more information on DJs + we are adding galleries and more stuff all the time). Best Wishes Krell

Thanks for the interview, I put info on our website as well (electrobeat.dk) - Really nice interview - Interesting that he prefers DJ sets over live sets... Best Wishes Krell

Looks like a nice collection of Progressive / Tribal Trance / Psy - If that is what you like, you wont be disappointed :-)

Like I said, there are always exceptions :-) Im talking stereotypes (which are often the ones who are at the core of the problem). But also keep in mind that effectiveness and intenstity are not the same things in music. Something very intense (like pure noise) is often not very effective, unless the intent of it is to get to peoples nerves in a bad way hehe. Best Wishes Krell

A track can be intense no matter if its a good or bad track subjective to the listeners personal taste at the moment. If a bad track is intense, it will create an intensely bad experience - If its good however, it will create an intensely good experience. When you take a piece of mediocre chillout or progressive it is usually easy to shut it out since it isnt really that intense - Its easier to block out due to the lower intensity of the sounds (they do not intrude so much on the listener, are more laid back and not so much IN YOUR FACE). But, with full on its usually much faster and more aggressive. More intrusive. The full on sound is as such is a double edged sword - It can both be intensely pleasing and intensely annoying. Its even more so with Dark Psy & "forest music".... Some people are into music just being intense, and non intense music will usually annoy them - Quite often they will be annoyed by what is not intense such as progressive or even worse chillout... Those people will often turn out to be DIE HARD full on people. The opposite can be said for another group of people, those who do not like intensity all together, they will go for chillout and perhaps progressive. It is easy to identify those 2 "stereotypes" - Just ask them "name me one good track above or below 143 BPM". If they think loooooong and hard, try asking them for more tracks - chances are they will quickly run out of options. If they turn out to be either "stereotype", they should be treated and respected as such, but if they have these "all or nothing" / "Black and White" absolute opinions I think you should not take whatever they have to say about either chillout, progressive or full on too serious. I mean, when they start badmouthing the other genres, and blabbering on about how superior their respective music tastes are, often followed by a statement that the others genres are for either Pill, Coke or LSD wrecks (1 drug for each stereotype). Music taste is in those respects a lot like sexuality - People cant really help what they like, and should therefore respect each others positions and not try to impose their values & beliefs onto others - as if one is "better" than the other. Then there is of course another stereotype who likes different kinds of music, trance, classic, goa, melodic, house, electronica etc - But, who will also dislike a lot of the tracks within each genre.... But, what it comes down to is still personal taste... They will however often be able to relate to the good stuff in each genre, being able to share their experiences with more people. But in general, it will take less from a FULL ON sounding track to be annoying than it would from a more RELAXED track - Simply due to differences in attitude. There are always exceptions - But, compared to other things in life, drunk people who are shouting at you while your sober are often more annoying than the ones who are just trying to talk to you ;-) - Its also a matter of attitude and the method of communication... and there are always exceptions to general (stereotypical) rules. I think the only problem is that people do not realize this - Its a human trait, intolerance & the will to dominate each other... Kind of hard to control for us... I know I like to be in charge ;-) Best Wishes Krell

The more intense music gets, the more easily it will annoy people.

2 dj sets and 1 cd within 1-2 months called "a new beginning" - This is getting WEIRD.

If you like the music by all means buy it. Especially when buying chillout releases I feel Im investing my money in something more rewarding than trance. Thats just me.... but I also tend to put on a chillout cd about 100 times more often than a trance one...

Cool - I like diversity in music :-) The right tool for the right job etc :-)

I have put online a demo version of the set (which features the harder tracks mixed together). Yeah, we migt have similar tastes, but remember, I also like slow moving progressive and such hehe (do you as well) ? :-) but, nothing like some energetic music for the nighttime :-) You can find it at mixupload here http://www.mixupload.com/index.php?act=mli...ysong&s_id=3823 The Peaking Goddess Collective "Alliteration (Intro)" - Peak Records Terminator "True Love" - Deja Vu Records Synchro "Star Spangled" - Sonic Dragon Records Zebra-N "Souperman" - Sonic Dragon Records Megalopsy "Monkey Supernova" - Trishula Records Penta "September" - AuraQuake Records Gappeq "Tower of Babel" - Ketuh Records Electrypnose "Oscillate" - Trishula Records Savage Scream "Rotting Side" - Trishula Records Furious "Akira" - Deja Vu Records Insect Seeker "Russian Sounds" - Ketuh Records Electrypnose "Opto" - Peak Records G-Light "Deja Vu" - Deja Vu Records Best Wishes Krell

Tracklist. DJ Krell(Virus Tekk & Jester Records) @ Psychedelik.com LiveMix - "Stars N Stripes" Opsis "Parasites" - Headstick Recordings Dymons "Cosmic Waves" - Peak Records Nuclear Ramjet "Folding Time 1.01" - Aeon Records Magus "Stepladder(Sensient RMX)" - Headstick Recordings Triac "Discharged" - Moonflower Productions Four Carry Nuts "Theory of Gravitation" - Leguan Terminator "True Love" - Deja Vu Records Synchro "Star Spangled" - Sonic Dragon Records Zebra-N "Souperman" - Sonic Dragon Records Megalopsy "Monkey Supernova" - Trishula Records Penta "September" - AuraQuake Records Gappeq "Tower of Babel" - Ketuh Records Electrypnose "Oscillate" - Trishula Records Savage Scream "Rotting Side" - Trishula Records Furious "Akira" - Deja Vu Records Insect Seeker "Russian Sounds" - Ketuh Records Electrypnose "Opto" - Peak Records G-Light "Deja Vu" - Deja Vu Records Psykovsky vs. Deja Vu Project "Only Love (We Will Take)" - Deja Vu Records :-) - In case anybody was wondering :-)

I experience everything :-) Mostly I experience joy, and a sense of deeper meaning and fullfillment when I start to enter trance - Then, within no time I begin to daydream of things in the music mixed up with what my imaginition can think off. Moving deeper into trance I loose touch with reality around me and I just experience the music & beats itself and whatever fantasy I am emerged in - Very much like dreaming while sleepwalking (which I did often while I was a kid - like when lucid dreaming occurs & is mixed with reality). When its the deepest I have been, I forget myself and I am nothing but the experience of my fantasies & thoughts - I dont think about the music, my surroundings or anything earthly (mostly this state of trance is not achieved dancing, but lying down with headphones on). I am but the effect of the music, the feeling, completely and only existing in the present, but without being aware of myself other than that I am the effect of the music - And not even that... No thought but the reaction.... weird & pleasant - but can be scary when you drift out of the state without knowing how much time passed :-) A detachment from the world as such - First trance state disconnects me partially from "reality" - and the deeper I go, the further from reality I get... the more "magic" I experience. If the progression of the music is right, it will take me in & out of trance states - perhaps let me shift betweeen different activities, begin new fantasies... I dont like to enter deeper trances with people I dont know, and certainly not at indoor parties (only some outdoors and mostly at home). Sometimes, I seem to be able to think better while under a trance, things seem more clear. "Clarity from deep fog" :-) - Krell

(from an earlier topic - a bit more than a few albums, but look for my buying suggestions then its not so many) All right - This is PSY according to KRELL. (theres plenty of opinions out there, so this is just mine - Ive followed the music since 1994/95 - 1995 as a DJ&Organizer) The Psytrance Music can take you down 6 Main paths PSYCHEDELIC, MELODIC, FULL ON, TECH, PROGRESSIVE & CHILLOUT I will give you some recommendations, chronologicly for each path. The words "Goa Trance" and "Psychedelic Trance" can be used with everything in these 6 categories - They have ALL been encountered frequently at "goa style parties". PSYCHEDELIC (now also developed into more aggressive "Dark Psy" which crosses into Full On) 1995 KoxBox "Forever After" - Harthouse - http://www.discogs.com/release/932 1995 The Infinity Project " - TIP Records - http://www.discogs.com/release/36142 1999 Hux Flux "Cryptic Crunch" - Koyote Records - http://www.discogs.com/release/35086 1999 VA "Tales from the Forest" - Spirit Zone Recordings - http://www.discogs.com/release/85156 2001 VA "First Step" - Parvati Records - http://www.discogs.com/release/94902 -> I suggest you buy 2004 Grapes of Wrath & Meteloids "Tits On Fire" - Parvati Records - http://www.discogs.com/release/327214 MELODIC (this style often crosses into full on) 1996 Man With No Name(MWNN) "Moment of Truth" - Concept In Dance - http://www.discogs.com/release/81584 1996 Astral Projection "The Astral Files" - TIT/Phonokol - http://www.discogs.com/release/44980 1996 Transwave "Helium" - Matsuri Productions - http://www.discogs.com/release/141218 1997 Shakta "Silicon Trip" - Dragonfly Records - http://www.discogs.com/release/31692 1999 Infected Mushroom "The Gathering" - BNE - http://www.discogs.com/release/35821 -> I suggest you buy 2004 Vibe Tribe "Melodrama" - Utopia Records - http://www.discogs.com/release/355133 FULL ON (this style often crosses into melodic & psychedelic) 1998 Oforia "Delirious" - Dragonfly Records - http://www.discogs.com/release/451853 1999 VA "Psycho Tropic" - 3D Vision - http://www.discogs.com/release/123556 2001 Alien Project "Midnight Sun" - Phonokol - http://www.discogs.com/release/42868 2002 Astrix "Eye to Eye" - Hom-Mega Productions - http://www.discogs.com/release/66007 2003 Wrecked Machines "Blink" - Etnicanet - http://www.discogs.com/release/162539 -> I suggest you buy 2005 Wrecked Machines "Second Thought" - Spun - http://www.discogs.com/release/430285 TECH (this style often crosses into progressive, sometimes also full on) 1998 Montauk P "Def=Lim" - Blue Room Released - http://www.discogs.com/release/68914 2000 Spirallianz "Blast Food" Spirit Zone Recordings - http://www.discogs.com/release/31749 2001 Midi Miliz "Antistat" - d.Drum - http://www.discogs.com/release/17240 2002 X-Dream "Irritant" - d.Drum - http://www.discogs.com/release/71405 2002 VA "Chronika Chapter One" - Boshke Beats Records - http://www.discogs.com/release/51242 -> I suggest you buy 2000 Spirallianz "Blast Food" Spirit Zone Recordings - http://www.discogs.com/release/31749 PROGRESSIVE (this style crossed into full on, tech, house & melodic) 1997 VA "Technobotanic Tryptamines" - Nephilim Records - http://www.discogs.com/release/356404 1999 VA "Tabernanthe" - Iboga Records" - http://www.discogs.com/release/185529 2000 VA "Pieces Increse" Digital Structures - http://www.discogs.com/release/179396 2001 Ticon "Rewind" - Digital Structures - http://www.discogs.com/release/54462 2001 Necton "B12 Cocktail" Spirit Zone Recordings - http://www.discogs.com/release/31734 -> I suggest you buy 2003 Vibrasphere "Lime Structure" - Digital Structures - http://www.discogs.com/release/107404 CHILLOUT (this style is basicly everything slow and chilled, dub, ambient, breakbeat - whatever, but with a twist) 1996 The Infinity Project "Mystical Experiences" - Fairway - http://www.discogs.com/release/256240 1996 Total Eclipse "Violent Relaxation 2XCD" - Blue Room Released - http://www.discogs.com/release/93508 1998 VA "More Signs of Life" - Blue Room Released - http://www.discogs.com/release/37887 1998 VA "Eclipse - A Journey Of Permanence & Impermanence" - Twisted Records - http://www.discogs.com/release/77537 1998 Celtic Cross - "Hicksville" - Liquid Sound Design/Nova Tekk - http://www.discogs.com/release/43913 -> I suggest you buy 2004 H.U.V.A. Network "Distances" - Ultimae Records - http://www.discogs.com/release/235694 I choose to mention earlier releases rather than new releases... However, I also recommend 1 CD in particular in each genre in order to get a good impression of where the music is now (I like all the releases mentioned though). There are SO many new releases within each genre - and, I tried to mention some of the ones who have been important to me and many others during the years... Basicly, I try to mention the FIRST one I feel arrived in each genre (from the top of my head) - and then I mention some of the releases I find noteworthy which follow in the pioneering releases slipstream. Also, last - I would like to encourage you to watch the Son Kite Live in Tokyo DVD - It, for me, creates a very strong backdrop for their live set - Its very dreamy, and I fellt sort of more visually directed in the journey thru their set... http://www.psyshop.com/shop/DVDs/dig/dig1dv001.html I think, if you get to hear all of these releases + buy the ones I mention + watch the Son Kite DVD - You will have a good impression of what Psy is about, and you will be on your way to building up your own collection of musical gems More DVDs here http://www.psyshop.com/shop/DVDs/ Best wishes Krell

Good, when I create a DJ set I try to communicate a trail of thought, feelings, moods & audio experiences to the listener - I try to influence whatever pictures is painted inside the listeners mind by using themes that interact - Also, I consider what trancestates the different tracks modulate in order for the listener to have a diversive journey thru the music. It all uses different abilities, which are basicly the same you use when you produce music - just that you are not producing music, you are producing a total experience of music put together. (the more time I spend on this task, the better the product is) Well - In my world it fits, in yours it doesnt :-) Lets just disagree hehe :-) Best Wishes Krell

I said everything I wanted to say, its clear that you do not understand the details that go into Trance DJing & in what sense the Trance DJ creates (and what exactly this creation is) - Or, you do not recognize that creation of this experience as being artistic. So, we can agree to disagree - Theres no use of engaging in endless debate when noone really learns anything by it. Suffice to say - We have different perceptions of the matter :-) Then again, Im a DJ, so I am biased to my own reality, and if you do not recognize what I wrote as being artistic traits - then for you that is the way it is. Just, to comment on your last remark - A painter who paints houses with color is perhaps not an artist, but a painter who paints pictures (like Rembrandt) is right ? But they are both just smearing paint on a surface.......... What if BOTH painters said they were artists ? What matters is how you do it and most of all WHY - In a sense, the artists themselves deside what he or she is - Anyone can call themselves an artist and say what they do is art by defining it as such - What is up to others to decide is whether they are good artists or not, not whether they are artists in the first place. We are all artists, when we want to be. How good we are, thats another matter. Artistry is one long grey scale, and you can not be more of an artists than others - The scale however measures how good an artist you are, and not whether you are an artist or not. (in a sense how good your art is, subjectively experienced) So simple, yet so complex to comprehend :-) I guess the problem is that Trance DJs do get a lot of attention due to their nature of being put in the middle of an event... and as such, he/she is compared to different art forms, such as live musicians (when he is actually more of a blend between the musician, shaman, storyteller, hypnotist, director, turntablist, psykologist, cook etc)... Which means their art is not judged by the defining ruleset which Trance DJs themselves set for their art, but by what other people without true insight into the complexities of trance DJing associate with live music reproduction / performances (which constitute THAT art, and not the art of Trance DJing). Some people dont think electronic music is art either - After all its made by a machine/computer and not played by human beings - Its the same dilemma, and it just goes to show the ignorance of some people / lack of an open mind to comprehend new or different things. Best Wishes Krell

Im abit unsure as of now. I want to spin a night time demo which Im sending out soon (that is, I will follow the track selection but mix it live so people can perhaps hear it if I fuck it up) - I would also like to spin some softer music - progressive / psygressive around 135-140 bpm... Soooo - I will try to combine those 2 opposites :-) Everytime I mix something, I like for it to be different from the last stuff I did.. So, thats what Im aiming for, diversity. Best Wishes Krell

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Yeah - In EVERYTHING I wrote on this subject I was also downplaying the technique side of DJing wasnt I ? The most important thing is the selection of music - and I dont know if you ever noticed it, but there is different kinds of music for different kinds of moods - so, you need to know how to manipulate & stimulate those moods / the experience for the crowd + yourself A good DJ will make the music become more than the single sum of every track put together - at the end of a good DJ set what you have is more than just the positive effects of every single/individual track, siince the DJ managed to add to the experience by choosing the right track at the right time, and mixing it together so that the transition doesnt sound annoying (which you can do with all tracks, they need to fit - the better your technique, the more tracks you can mix, and the higher quality tracks you can choose). That is what is difficult - And not the technique really. Now - If you NEVER heard a DJ spinning that was able to do that for you, then you might actually have gained a bit of knowledge about how hard an art form DJing is. (because, that is also individual) - During THE WHOLE of 2005 I only heard 1 DJ who REALLY impressed me (like WAUW), and that was Atmos (not live, but as a DJ)....... So, thats ONE positive experience for me....... Another Turntablist DJ (DJ T.O.M impressed also, but that was not psytrance Djing, Turntablism is a different artform from psytrance DJing). Btw - My mixes are normally between 3 minuttes and 30 seconds- 30s is normally the minimum unless its a fade mix (since 25-30 seconds = 64beats, which I tend to aim for when mixing). Sometimes I will go back and forth between the tracks while EQing them etc + pitch bending them + always remembering where in the 2 tracks I am... Thats only technique though - and Mixing Technique is not my main focus, main focus is trackselection & flow. Best Wishes Krell

This only shows that you have no idea of how hard it is to create a complete & working dj set - making it sound professional as well as interesting for the audience which understands the difference between a good and bad dj set (preferring them for home listening over a normal CD or on a Radio). There is no art that is more difficult than the other - If art becomes easy, the demands for perfection & originality increase along with the arts accesibility - Simply due to an increase in competition, its survival of the fittest. This is why my art I made in kindergarden isnt on display anywhere but at the garbage dump these days. When presenting music in a live environment, the DJ will always be superior to the producer in general. DJs will have to compete amongst themselves, and with the producers for slots on the lineups - This creates challenges for everybody involved. (which means, its definately not easy). Its IS however easy to call yourself either "dj or artist" and if you have money even "label" - but, its is not easy to earn the recognition to become KNOWN & VALUED as a good artist as compared to a bad one. Ive spent time producing tracks along with producers as well as djing - Its just totally different, and yet not. The producers build up their tracks of samples which they run through synths etc and put them in a sequence (arranged according to musical rules & "whatever works works") - DJs do the exact same thing, but with the complete tracks into sets which are also obeying a set of rules mainly again "whatever works works". In the end - Its not the individual samples or tracks which is the artform, but the total experience of the artists product/art. Art is always easy, art is always difficult & beauty is always in the eye of the beholder.... but if someone is blind, and doesnt understand art, they cant accept it as such - and you dont seem to understand the art of Djing, neither do you appreciate the nuances within DJ sets etc. I can make music, its easy - But it WILL suck. I can DJ, its hard, and it WILL rock. if I was a gifted producer it would be. I can make music, its hard - But it WILL rock I can DJ, its easy - But it WILL suck. More or less applicable across the board I think. With exceptions, there are always exceptions :-) You clearly do not understand DJing, thus you think its easy to achieve a product that will ROCK - but you understand a bit of music production to understand that its pretty hard to get something that sounds right. Your blind to DJing, but know music production. Am I wrong ? :-) You think DJing is just knowing some good music & mixing it up by beatmixing right ? Best Wishes Krell

"On Saturday, December 10th, Psychedelik.com Live!, welcomes DJ KRELL (Jester and Virus Tekk Records). He will play a 2 hour live-set from his studio in Denmark. For the 1st time, Psychedelik.com opens his stream for an international live and I hope that you'll have fun during the show. SATURDAY DECEMBER 10TH (20:00-22:00 GMT) DJ KRELL (Jester & Virus Tekk Records)" Stream http://www.psychedelik.com/stream3.pls Website http://www.psychedelik.com Perhaps I will see you there Best Wishes Krell

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Someone might put on your mix at an underground party, when all the Djs are to stoned to stand DJ Rain will be assualting the dancefloor with complete old school goa mania :-) Whether you like it or not :-)

I would choose MFG - but, still I think MFG is just a copy off Astral Projection really. Around 1996/97 where I was more into MFgs sound I like MFG the best for listening. Now they have just joined the masses of regular full on, I dont spot so much creativity in their recent releases.... But still, MFG over AP any day. Astral Projection was, as far as I remember, the first artist to be broadly described as "commercial" due to them spitting out one album after the other with the exame "killah formula sound" - Back then, people really expected artists to evolve. AP was the Skazi of that time.... Now they are just another name...... Best Wishes Krell

Yeah, Im sure I have the right track :-) Went through my cds and checked it out yesterday. Well - Perhaps not so much a sound, but the effect of the break. To me, it sort of has this corkscrew sounding effect - The absence of sound creates a vacuum, and for me that vacuum is a bit like penetration since you push and then your in :-) Like, tight tight tight, swooosh, mmm. Yeah well - This is getting completely pornographic - Sorry about that. People think in weird ways I guess. I like the track :-) Better quit before people want pics :-P