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Doctor Who Spongebob Squarepants Dr. House Scobel (<- great german TV discussion series!) SNF (Saturday Night Fever ... pseudo-documentation-soap about stupid partying chav youth folk ... terrible, but the best to watch with friends if you are k.o. from sports, you'll laugh without reason all the time)

the best thing in this photo is the flashlight thumbs up, that's needed when one listens to ambient the decent way ... in the night

true statement... I always was looking in the artist news section much less than here maybe this is something to think about that I can get back to some time later... on topic, I liked Blumenkraft a lot, but rather not because of the "pirate tracks". The first one was marvellous. Missed out on Skylon, but sorta heard that it was not that great ... and I believe I even checked some tracks and didn't find them so attractive I hope they do something really good this time again...

yes a thanks goes to Insejn at this point already ... I guess if I were the sole admin it would have been somewhat difficult. I'm looking forward to get acquainted and be of more help soon. Right now I rather feel a bit like I gotta be careful I don't ruin anything, hehe...

Same here, I thought they were quite honest and friendly. It's sad to hear that they apparently aren't. Nevertheless, thanks for sharing the stories and informing people... maybe it could begin here? any ideas?

I was so busy this year, I almost missed everything ... everything except the new Etnoscope - Way Over Deadline album. Interestingly it has ten tracks ... hehe ... so practically you could say it's my top ten 2010 ... but that would be a poor statement still, listen to this, pure awesomeness: http-~~-//www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtCN2-HSF3E

This is an interesting thread, because I can't think of any "IFO"'s of other genres. It could be that I just don't know enough about some of them, but all the other genres I have come across out there so far never had a single piece that was so much in focus as IFO is in goatrance. Sure, you have some of the usual group of bands and such to define a genre, but there never is a single piece that a whole genre can attach to. And even though some people dislike IFO, it still is the focus point in the goatrance scene. I'll keep an eye out for that from now on, I find it very interesting...

thanks for the warning, man Yeah, the cord is actually ridiculous. More fit of inears than real headphones... I will take care. People worried about the cord should get the standard edition in black, you trade fancy colors against a better cord. But since I found a cheap store where the LE were almost the same price as the regular, I decided for the fancy color...

GOD FRICKEN DAMN, I am the man! Some days ago I remembered the sound of this act and forgot the name. And it fricken annoyed the heck out of me. I searched EVERYWHERE! Tons of backcatalogues of all dark ambient labels I know. Until I remembered "maybe I posted it here". And so I began searching through the posts here. AND I FOUND IT! Thank you, RTP from fricken 2 years ago, you made my day. Today!

AKG K-518 LE In some reviews, people say their sound is too much focused on bass. I, however, love them. They needed a bit of playtime to get really good sound, at the beginning I got almost headaches, but after two weeks, that's completely gone. Now nothing beats listening to progressive on them. Bass output on some (Panzar Produktionz ) stuff is downright massive! I had Sony MDR-V150 before (still use them) ... they feel like a bee humming compared to a jet engine that the AKG are. Plus AKG is an austrian company Only the cabe is a bit too short, unfortunately. That's when you take the LE. Go for the regular model to have longer cable, but no fancy colors...

well, I was (kind of) unable to post the last days because I burnt my hands due to quite a stupid move I pulled ... but now I think having only followed the conversation a little time was good because well, you guys have probably had the best idea IMO ... and that would be me joining up with Insejn! Seriously, this is absolutely good. I will try to get a hold of him to discuss this.

well, I don't find the newer Gappeq stuff bad. Gappeq is dark for me. It's the alias of dark. If I went to see Gappeq, I'd want dark ... and I want it exactly this way ... just like the album stuff. With the harsh sound and the "dead landscape". The beginnings were different and the tracks you mentioned are good, but I don't have a problem with the newer sound.

I also thought that it was not DDOS. It was some hacks using weaknesses in the board software as far as I was aware of what happened ... I don't know though. It's not the point anyway. Somebody has been attacking the servers. Who it is is a good question. There are people who think it's still Bruce/Jacob ... and there are even more freaked out theories about who these person(s) are... Nevertheless, it seems to get attacked from time to time. And I think that also was a reason for Mars to close down the Offtopic (not the reason, but a reason ... as in: the drop that made the dam break). At least that's how I got it, correct me if I'm wrong. Anyway, apparently there are quite some people up for something good. Sounds quite nice! How about if we throw ourselves together and clarify what we gonna do, who shall run the place (one vs. a group of people) and whatnot. I have reflected a bit myself and I think it would be too much for me to run the place. I mean, I might even be able to do it ... but in the long run you probably will not see the progress some of you (and even me) desire. At least if I keep my job... So what are we gonna do?

OK, I understand. Sounds doable actually. Do you currently have mods or do you do it all alone? Because especially for point 3 it would be very useful to have some help... The thing is this: I have a job where I cannot plan my workload well. So it can happen to me that I am at work all day and kind of dead when I come home. It will survive when I am not checking one day, won't it? Next thing is: what is when you are in holiday? Nevertheless you're right, it sounds very automatic. Thing is, I would embrace the chance to contribute to this, to make it better, different. A mere psy news portal is good, but as a whole it would be better if there was more... Ouroboros stated a valid point when he says that to build a community, a place is needed where you can discuss other things than just psy. There indeed are only so many times you can ask the question what goatrance to recommend. Over the years it feels like each of those question threads has practically become an "introduction" thread for each new member ... everybody asks the question once, some good sould provide suggestions and well, that's it But opening OT again is opening the door to a shitload of issues. What I prefer would be some modular structure of the whole psynews construct and not just one forum site. But I can't change the place alone. I only have a limited amount of time and energy I can provide.

OK, I am only posting now because I spared this thread until I have some time to properly "digest" the news It's quite sad that Mars is retiring. I'd like to use this opportunity to say a big, big thank you. Without you, Mars, I'd eventually sit at quite a different point of life, music-wise. So, thanks a huge lot for keeping it up all the time. As for the retirement and take-over of the boards, I'm really kind of excited now because I'd actually be in the position to say yes. I have a job and have not much time because of it, but a recent makeover shows that I do have a bit of time and I can use it for something productive. And it's even better when it is plannable (to a certain extent) like this forum activity because I like when the process is more regular. In fact, I am confident that I could do it. And I like the board. I also like how it is now, without Offtopic, focused on information and news about the scene. I think this is quite important. Offtopic can be discussed on so many other places, I'd prefer if this place here stayed like this now. Lots of scene people coming here, posting news, reviews and discussing releases. It's perfect. I also have technical knowledge. I'm a graduated student of IT. And it would even be good for me if I can use/learn more skills because in the current job I have I feel I don't fully use them. I have often wanted to contribute to the scene, to give something back for the good things I received. I tried to make music, write reviews and such, but the music attempt failed terribly and of the reviews I don't really write many. So? Maybe this is the chance I should take? An additional benefit might be the relative distance I have to personal issues of members, fights and such... Hehe, I feel like writing an application letter ... yet this is voluntary work, lol. But I do not want to say a yes yet. Mars, can you describe a typical day's work on the forums? What do you do when you come home from your job (at what time you come home)? What is to do?

haha, with that comment I actually meant that I am so musically naked that I did not understand the terminology you used so I can't even say whether the description is well or not

hey man, thanks for answering I was just surprised that it has nothing to do with psytrance, you know. When I read the thread title, I thought AvB would play Psytrance now because he plays your (psy) tracks... And I now understand that you don't wanna ditch all what you have done before by changing your alias. That would actually not be very wise. cheers

great video! It's great to see how it was 14 years ago ... you can feel a sort of vibe in there that is not here today (and it's not just the music). But I was 12 at that time ... oh my gosh... Could say now that I wished to have been into psy back then already, but it wouldn't be just I guess. I have made my experiences the way I did and am satisfied with them, wouldn't want to change anything. Still, cool for the people having been there...

Etnoscope - King Size Rizzla from Drums From The Dawn Of Time it's so great, I love that track

this is really awesome! I like the energy that comes across... On the other hand it might lose a little bit of the intimate warmth that a Didgeridoo and this whole live band setting ususally provides in music as it's kind of overpowered by the effects from other instruments. Great though nevertheless. If they came here, I'd totally go see them! An austrian band called RhythMen does music that is in that vein actually, but they have a higher "warmth" factor so to say. I couldn't find a good video from them though, only have dug up ones that show them only playing acoustic ... so it's somehow like the following, think a little electronic besides it

It's time for good news! PANZAR PRODUKTIONZ, "newskool Progressive" label of the first hour, has released another compilation of crunchy, biting true-to-the-core progressive trance! And it's freely available again! Nine new tunes from their roster, a variety of styles! It ranges from colorful dance pieces (such as the tune from Pusherstreet & Etnoscope) over more "massively" arranged tracks up to characteristic progressive stompers made in the style of former Panzar Produktionz releases. Those who knew their first promo compilation, Progressive Bunker, will love it instantly. I'd say it's even better than Progressive Bunker as the artists and the sound has developed further, making it sound even more progressively wonderfully awesome, you really can hear it in the tunes! It is so good to see the Panzar Produktionz project develop further and see that they really mean it, stay true to their principles (releasing kickass progressive trance) and improve their quality on top of that; in my opinion this deserves full support. Get this if you don't want to miss out on a great new progressive trance release with a bit of the vibe from the sound from the old days, sound that comes from the heart and not from the cash machine! V/A - Tank Fuel can be downloaded freely from http://www.panzarproduktionz.com/Download.html All progheads, show your support and get it

yeah, the evil of the samples ... more songs with same sample and you get a salad when the only thing that you remember is the sample ... but frankly, it almost always is... oh and by the way ... I'd never ever would have recognized any song by the description in the first post. never ever. does that speak for anybody else? I don't wanna feel musically naked...

Ahem ... can anybody enlight me what "Alien Jesus" has to do with Protoculture & Armin Van Buuren? Other than nothing that is... Apart from that: I have dug up that Protoculture track "Early Bird" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEbMwlv26fE) because Lemmi's video is down. But what I hear is actually quite awful to me, I must say. My opinion. What is this? This has nothing to do with Psytrance at all. Actually it wouldn't even belong on this forum if Protoculture had not made it... "The new low" ... well, if it's PSYtrance you wanna talk about here, then that would fit, however, that is not PSYtrance... Hey, Protoculture (when you're reading this), can I ask why you didn't choose another alias? Would have been way more logical. This way it's just confusing. In both ways, to and fro. What's with the people that like the one style and not the other, vice versa?

was going to recommend that aswell cheers

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