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Oh gosh, sorry for the bump, but I had an urge and needed to listen to this song again. I forgot the artist, I forgot the name ... pretty much everything. Only thing I know is I posted here about it! The search here is totally useless when you know nothing... And the "my content" was also useless. How I found it? Sort topics by starter and look through by hand I'd have done that with every other of the forums here if I hadn't found it by now. And I'm very happy that I found it Actually not because it's such a good song (it was back then though), but it bears memories. Years ago I was in a rental car, no CDs no mp3, was stuck to the radio stations and on one they played that song ... I then had to find it out via searching through their playlists and found the right song by chance (and after some looking) in a list that had them by time of day (and I didn't know that precisely anymore...). You see, there was quite some effort going into it. And now I wanted to find it again, but my brain is a cathedral with a ceiling of bats, swirling round vigorously -- you can find everything in there but it isn't kept for too long. How am I thankful I have posted it here. Sheesh, I think that was the third bump-post of that kind already ... did it before, yes I confess I am guilty ... although that was months ago. No, I am not going to search for it now By the way, as the above video doesn't exist anymore, here is another (song's called "Round and Round"): Cheers!

Oh, I remember that book ... I have been at the "presentation" of that piece. Tom Rom and Pascal Querner are from Austria, so it's logical that the popularity of that thing is considerable in the local scene... Well, that presentation was more or less just a visual session from El Geko where he showed off video bits from festivals (which is, frankly, totally uninteresting for me -- I like El Geko, but for the style he normally has in his visuals, which is generally not only festival bits from locations I haven't been ) ... since he is the creator of the DVD for this book, the content on the DVD is similar to that anyway, save the interviews... The DVD, besides, seems to be ripped onto youtube anyway, anybody can watch it from there. The best part of it for me being the "Klein aber Doctor" outro After I saw that, I never was too fond of the book though, there was no interest created in me. I therefore can not give feedback in the form of a review ... I do appreciate Kris' critical comments though, they are kinda in the direction of what lingered in my mind also. The video (and actually the reception that reached me from the whole project so far and wide) has a general impression on me like if there was a slight "let's just show some people partying and it will be okay" mentality. And that's not what I'm after. I do enjoy it, but I don't need a book and DVD for that...

I don't have that many ... I wasn't allowed to watch so much TV Duck Tales was the only one I was watching regularly... I also loved Looney Tunes. And especially Coyote and Roadrunner. ...I compensate the cartoon deficite from the 90's by nowadays watching excessive amounts of Spongebob Squarepants

That owns ... I knew such effects beforehand, but this one is the best so far...

To me, Shiva Chandra aka Daniel Vernunft is an absolutely awesome artist. There practically is nothing you can compare him with. He has a sound so unique it is very recognizable. Even when he makes these days more stuff that goes into the classical "progressive" direction, it still has several key elements that are sounding very characteristic for him. At first, I couldn't connect with his sound (I didn't know Spicy Moments back then -- that's probably the most accessible album for fans of "traditional goa"), it was too strange for me and too monotonous. Only after I had recognized the genious in the repetitiveness and the characteristics of the harshly cut type of the kick and hihat combo that gives it a very pushing feel ... and the awesome combination of melody bits thrown in here and there (such as in some of the stuff on Lunaspice), then I saw clearer and got totally hooked on this stuff over time. Meanwhile Shiva Chandra is one of my favourite artists. And with the last album, he proved for me that the psy music is not dead, actually far from it. I really like about him also the fact that he uses totally own and incredibly originally sounding effects. There is not this deja vu feeling of some voice sample from sample CDs used by several guys or this and that synth preset ... no, he twists and turns the sounds all by himself, sometimes using uncommon methods -- I for example believe the sounds at the beginning of "Microphone" created with the mouth (by himself?) and so on... There is actually no bad track from him, I have discovered. There are just tracks that fit the current mood and tracks that don't. But a bad one I never recognized -- and if, then I discovered it to be not so bad at a later time. It has to do with these key elements I explained above, the tracks just have such a natural and uncomplicated feel to them, as if there were integrated into my brain, kinda. For the vote I picked Auricular as I think that's the album that most represents the style he is known for. I do like the three albums before a lot too though, almost equal. The style just got more cracking with Auricular and that's what I like most. Actually that was the point where I find the tracks the most cracking in his entire period. The later albums I do like a little less, but it's just a very little bit... The warm sounds he uses can't make me dislike anything. Yes, that really fits ... because even if the track might be rather on the progressive side, the sounds always have this kind of warm and rich character, like coming from a vinyl... The best track, I have to say, for me is Remote Controlled though. That's largely due to the fact that I have been running to it on some travels though and saw the beauty what this track actually holds ... when you reach a passage with great view for example and this one plays and you just can't stop running on and on and on and get even more endorphines from all this ... granted, chance has to be on your side, but it surely was on mine and I do have to say that due to this, I love to get remote controlled by this track anytime anywhere now. Remote Controlled, together with Return To Atlantis on a 12" vinyl, 45 rpm, etched deep and widely -- that would be my dream! I swear, one day I'll etch it myself if it's not coming otherwise.

I do like this "endless sugar rush" type of concept a lot ... but unfortunately the bpm of the above stuff is too fast for me. I's just above my rhythm. Despite it might be used everywhere nowadays, I still need the characteristic kick-bassline combo ... and there must be enough miliseconds time to accomodate and for me to perceive it properly. Guess that makes me rather a listener of stuff still from the "darkpsy" layer that obviously seems to become the "High Tech" at bpm's over 160? Not too long ago I had the pleasure to enjoy a set that felt just as intense, but with a bpm more in the area where I can connect better ... such as 155bpm (don't know, arbitrary ... but when now comparing 155bpm pieces it could be fitting ... sure not under 150). And it wasn't merely darkpsy (or it didn't feel to be) ... there was lots more to it, it felt colorful. And I do have to say this was one of the best sets I witnessed since long ... kinda brought back all hopes to me that the music really has not gone to shit (like in the other thread )... Is "High Tech" really defined by the 160bpm border? Or are there maybe 155bpm or 150bpm "High Tech" pieces aswell? I'd be curious to have a listen to some of those...

I didn't know that video before ... but I agree pretty much. Sounds like the recipe for an ordinary full on track. There are only some exceptions where these things are not annoying nowadays... And prog is going down the drain into the bubblegum direction -- well, actually it had been going down already long before. But there are still innovators ... and as long as we support them, this music will not fail - for us...

Well, that saying of mine was hypothetically meant in the direction: "what if you would have to make a living out of your art?" But anyway... Define "collective". What difference does it make whether 1000 individual people or "a collective", consisting of these 1000 people, appreciate your work when the base of "the collective" is merely appreciating your work. What is a "collective" if not a group of people having the same interests? A collective only exists where people have similar interests. At points where people within the collective differ, they will not act like a collective anymore. So whether there's "1000 individual people" enoying your art of if you have "a collective of 1000 people" that enjoy your art, doesn't make a difference in my eyes. It's in both cases 1000 people united by the fact that they like your art. Nothing else. Some of them will maybe be vegetarian or eat meat, some will be eco-friendly, some not ... but these aspects are not part of this and therefore there will be other collectives, completely different ones, when it comes to these points... Or how do you see that?

Thanks for the kind words and the input. Yeah, I fortunately too have found these benzodiazepine things, they do help me when it's really awful, but at the same time they bear dangers of addiction, so they really are only an emergency remedy for me. I better try without as long as I can. Alhough having them ready at hand at least makes me less nervous.

The pamphlet is all fine, but what are you now going to do now that you read it? Does it inspire you to do something? If yes, what? It should be kept in mind that without any "collective" appreciating the artists work (or requesting the producers' goods), the artist/producer will be worthless. You need somebody requesting what you are doing -- or somebody to appreciate it and support you. It won't work without interaction -- with the collective...

I hate the breaks. In earlier times, you had fewer of them and they were wisely put and structured. Nowadays, it's bam-bam-bam -- break, "drop" like you are in dubstep (did I mention that I hate dubstep? sorry can't help myself), maybe a sample or something of a guy calling something about drugs, freakouts or just anything meaningless -- then bam-bam-bam again. You feel like dancing like a maniac, then you suddenly stop and think where the fuck you are, then you wanna dance like a maniac again. Where on earth is the continuity that trance should be about?! The breaks got more frequent, but the parts between the breaks got more intense -- a paradox if you ask me. I really had nothing against breaks, but these days when they play that shit full on I feel like Wiley Coyote taking the earthquake pills (I'm sure you know that one )... And then these awful "drag-ups" every, like, ten or twenty seconds ... where beat gets faster, accompanied by screeching upwards synth whirls, then a break and continue. Fine if you do that once in a while, but fifty times in a track?! Come on, that's pathetic!

I don't know how to put this. Officially, in my record, there is nothing. I have panic attacks, but I never got examined that thoroughly. Seems like the doctors don't know themselves. First time I saw a psycho checkup I was diagnosed having kind of drug "flashbacks" and that it's harmless and would settle. Second time I went to such a thing because of panic and generally feeling bad I got the answer that I have nothing and would need just a proper job. And the last attempt of getting a cure led to antidepressants prescriptions ... and I don't wanna take these. That were my experiences with three different doctors. What I can say is that I sleep very bad sometimes. And sometimes I have some sort of "panic attacks", don't know a better word for it. Intense fear -- but it's not the type of fear of something external (that a fire would break out or so), I have these fears too, but I can keep them under control. The bad thing is, that it seems to affect something internal ... like the fear of getting crazy... I don't know how to put it proper. Maybe another time. I think it's rather the other way round. Because, you need some kind of precognition to be drawn to his music -- and especially so much drawn to it that you become that much a part of the scene as we are here. Many of my friends now listen to "goatrance" too -- or what is played at goa parties today -- and they visit the parties, but they would not go deeper into the scene as in collecting releases or anything ... that's where I would not say they have a precognition...

Damn, I still didn't give Phaedra that well deserved re-spin. Thanks for the reminder

Hmmm. I don't know too much about the mathematics stuff and all that, but once I delivered an explanation of this to somebody and he found it good, so maybe it helps. I would say, theoretically a 4th dimension would be a single line on which each dot (you know, dots on a line, infinitely small ones etc.) would represent a 3 dimensional image. Just like the "timeline" that Procyon mentioned. A moving object in space would therefore be a series of these 3 dimensional images on that line where the object is pictured slightly different in each of those, just like if it were a movie -- note that to achieve perfection you'd have to draw the differences infinitely small, but you can't do that -- then, after all, even the human perception has a "refresh rate", so it's not even unnatural. You could then do that with 5 dimensions and more too (in 5 dimensions it would not be a single line but a pane, where each spot in the pane represents a 3 dimenisonal image)...

That's some big ("fat") slab of writing 0wnage right there above, sir. Brilliant! Anyway, I don't wanna interfere with your Bioshock playing -- go on with it, great game And: cool, I didn't think I was actually even a little bit older than you, Ormion. I thought I perceived you kinda as a "part of the inventory" here already since the beginning. Insejn, by the way, too ... but he is really here much longer than me. Too bad you can't find the post anymore

Yesss, yes I can! I'm so glad it still exists. I never bothered to merge my member name as it was offered, so you can't find it by looking for RTP. I had to scan through by hand, it was a helluva work. Here it is: http://www.psynews.org/forums/index.php?/topic/2893-minimalistic-psy-need-advice/ I got pointed over from Tranceaddict. That was a cool forum, but I haven't really been there in ages. But it didn't matter because I found this place here That has been more than 11 years ago. Shit, time passes fast...

The last few inputs are something well worth to consider. Thanks for the contribution. Can't say anything more definite at the time as I have merely been thinking about that right now myself, just reading the input, but I do say that I like the idea aswell -- and a lot too. We'll discuss it with the people involved and we'll get back to it, that's what I can say

Concerning games, the older days were the best imo. The first Unreal Tournament game was one of them that I loved most, also because of the soundtrack. I mean, listen to this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oE8heI-Ozc The point is that it made playing (and killing) not looking that "ultra cool" or whatever. The music was even relaxing at times (well, not that particular track -- and some others also not, but still). It made the game feel smooth and made me have a good time. And then there was Oddworld. Awesome ambient soundtrack, awesome graphical pictures (although 2D, but that didn't matter back then) ... what you want more? The point with the soundtrack was the high level of integration. It changed during action phases and always felt very fitting that way... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwSVs1wC8B8 By the way, on checking for Oddworld soundtracks I came across the news that they are going to remaster Abe's adventures -- good news for fans About the more modern games ... there is Mirror's Edge that has an awesome soundtrack -- which is mostly due to the fact that Solar Fields composed it ... and the guy has a hand for making good music, both ambient and upbeat, just as the gameplay needs it. If you want to "play" a Solar Fields track that's the way to go http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4776DKJnV9I And then there's my last contribution to what I like best -- the Elder Scrolls series. Actually I love all of their newer games, but Skyrim just has the most massive main theme. Jeremy Soule is the composer (and he also was the composer of the scores of the previous games) and I just love his stuff. It's practically classical music, but in an ambientish way, without the load of different sounds that classical usually had and which kept me from liking it. thanks to Jeremy, I begin to understand this music now too So ... my neighbors listen to this whether they want or not: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bc9ZuSmb1BU

Nice design I would rather prefer shirts from labels or artists though -- that's what I would pay money for. Or tie-dyed ones, but I'd rather make these myself (even though the last time I tried it looked horrible )....

I voted 5. It's quite in the middle on long-term average. Back in earlier days I'd have voted 6 or even 7, but nowadays I'd rather say 4 or even 3 ... so I think, 5 is a quite solid average. I hope it will not go below in the future though. Although I did a psychological test maybe a year ago ... and there they said to me that the "satisfaction with life" (happiness being a part of that) that I have is really low (such as maybe 1 out of 10) ... they were slightly worried about me. I don't know. Maybe it was just stupidly chosen questions, I don't perceive myself being that unhappy. Or maybe it's really that bad and I just don't realize.

Don't feel awkward, just go. Act like you're a swimmer who's going to training. But you also should consider if there's a better opportunity. Rivers and lakes in the urban area where swimming is allowed are a good choice. The likelihood that more people there are alone is also greater (maybe because they don't live too far away and just go for a swim when nobody else has time -- like me ), so you don't feel so awkward. Or try hotel pools. Many people do business travel alone so it's nothing awkward there to be at the pool alone.

Well, practically it should allow that. At least it allows to change the code that is already there -- every part of the skin can be changed that way and, I guess, also the workings behind the "change theme" thing. So it could be made real -- in theory. Obviously, it's asked for to put a link with that above syntax in place somewhere into the mobile skin so that people can switch back, right? The tricky part is obviously to get that "somelonghexadecimalnumber" thing right. And I have no idea yet how to make this...

besides the usual "dance like nobody's watching", I learned: + Nag Champa incense goes very well with cigarette smoke (in fact, it's a totally different aroma than either of the two) + half a dozen methods how to smuggle my booze past security control (here I have to say that I love whisky and they never serve good one on parties ... so I just have to smuggle it in) + about as many possibilities how to improvise earplugs ...

17? I discovered goa and visited my first goa parties at that age. Koxbox / Saiko-Pod, the first live acts that I saw. And I discovered this forum. Great times indeed But with girls, had no effect on these. I don't look bad, but I am a nerd and I am strange sometimes ... and shy. Girls didn't jump on that. => by the way, edit: if you wanna know what my first post here ever has been -- at the age of 17 of course! -- it was this thread: http://www.psynews.org/forums/index.php?/topic/2893-minimalistic-psy-need-advice/ (yes it's before my join date -- never synced the accounts ... took me some time to find it ... but I came across from the Tranceaddict forums and I found that post via the post date on TA where they sent me across )

I would say that the small metal piece would get carried away by the current rather than atoms being removed from it... Any even if you fix it with something, the cohesive forces in a "small piece of metal" are quite large. The chance is much more likely that the current will break / interfere with a larger metal object before doing the same with a small one. Don't know if that explains it right. But a large object will break more likely than a small one...