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You saw it LIVE? You bastard I only had the joy to view it in the cinema (the "Oxygene - Live In Your Living Room"-DVD ... which had the same material you saw (I'm sure, I recognized the exact song in the video you posted - also with the same bassline different to the original one from back then) and also shows them playing live) ... but that was good aswell - 3D image, dolby surround, comfy seats ... you know, in the film you definitely also get a better view of the equipment than if you just sit in front of a stage, which makes it a bit up for the "not live" thing I'd love to have it seen totally live ... but well, it was the best I could get. Still, I will definitely catch this guy live one day, I'm sure. Glad you liked the performance Did he use this odd little desk-like thing with an antenna on it aswell? And the stick synth that he grabs like a guitar?

haha, yes, it's actually a good question where to draw the line... I'd still think Kraftwerk should be mentioned though. At least on a side note. Anyway, nice list, Kai-Q...

great news :posford:

I didn't even think of that. What a good person I am ... too good

Would be cool if Solar Fields won. Magnus would deserve some attention. Hol Baumann should become well-deserved second though! Who's Laura B anyway...

Healer

yay! she will come to Vienna but I won't go... Would go if Hallucinogen or Shpongle came ... yes, I'd go see these, even though I don't like them THAT much... However, I still prefer Hallucinogen ... Shpongle is too weird ... actually they're both too weird ... but Shpongle more...

Hooray for Magnus! The new ambient album is actually planned to be released later this year And no matter what, I bet it will be one of the best ambient stuff this year ... this man can't dissapoint, I consider this to be impossible.

Haha, no, not again ... I already got arsed today Nice try though. Respect!

Quite awesome stuff

Bwahahaha Incredible! Is it only in our scene, that promo texts for releases are THAT engrished?

I think these guys know what they're doing and use anon proxies all around the globe. You'd only block the russian people who really want to buy your stuff...

I'm quite shocked nobody mentions Kraftwerk. Granted, they don't make music you can describe as "trance" nowadays, but you can see that the roots lie there. If you want to go back to the origins, a glance towards this great band is inevitable. Their song Trans Europa Express for example ... that was 1977 and it already shows elements of what modern electronic music later on became. They also had releases before (Radioaktivität) ... but I recall them having less of these elements, that's why I picked that song. The aforementined Tangerine Dream and Klaus Schulze are to be considered aswell IMO, although that's rather the ambient department. Also Jean-Michel Jarre - especially Jarre made some compositions later on that are more upbeat...

I was thinking the same ... OMG

I've never mixed a psy set. At least for now. However, I hope I'll do that one day. Psy or ambient. I'd like to do some mixes ... but I ain't got no skills... Only once, quite some years ago, I stood in front of a mixer, mixing charts stuff and that. Started out quite okay, people liked it, but then I decided to get drunk and threw in blackmetal and other stuff ( ) and decided to be a poser twisting knobs with no idea whatsoever ( :wank: ) ... at least I don't remember what happened, so it's not embarrassing, but I had been told they don't want me on the decks next time

Indeed, these sites already exist for ages... And you can't do anything. But nobody can. And they rip almost everything, even releases that actually are no releases. I don't think the loss of profit is that high though, otherwise music industry would go on a bashing spree against them and not against p2p. I also don't think that many people will download that peculiar Kokopelli release from an illegal russian site. First because you're not that well known compared to pop or other stuff and second because not that many people like these dodgy, probably troian-infested sites... I bet you lose ten to twenty releases maximum. Is that worth to go up the barricades? I wouldn't. The effort you put in it far outweighs the profit you have from that.

32 euros for a ticket ... phew ... but I understand, it's Shpongle. And it's even more ... flights and hostel and such ... I know I get a holiday with it, but still... Anyway, let's for now say that I'd even pay it. Then there are still two disadvantages. First: is payment via bank transfer or cash in the mail possible? Because I ain't got credit card or paypal. Second: I have absolutely no idea where I'll be in October. If I got my Diploma in September (hope so) then I'll most likely be somewhere in Asia at that time. The second point nobody can predict. But does anybody know about the payment types? I searched around the site but could not find an answer.

yeah, right You know, I actually hate to get bumped because it lets me drop out of my thoughts, besides that I don't like physical contact. But that's just what I have to expect when dancing in a crowd, so it is impossible to get pissed off about that. I sometimes bump into others aswell, that's just human. Either I stay and take into account that I get bumped now and then or I go, that's the options (and in 90% of the cases I don't even think about that). But never to get angry. How pathetic would that be? If you can't cope with bumping, don't go there... Oh and +100 for that "put your hand on somebody's back"-technique. I always do it like that, the universally best way to advance peacefully through a crowd of people. But on these chav trance parties many people are actually there because they are looking for some kind of trouble. It's not that they can't stand getting bumped, but they just want to beat somebody up or pose with their machoness. Add drunken stupor or badly mixed speed or other drug cocktails to that and you have a bunch of pissed off creatures who don't hesitate to get on the nerves of anybody peaceful around. It's like I can feel this in the air when around them. And that makes it so uncomfortable - that and the fact you actually must take care what you do (not bumping into anybody), where you look (don't ever look at the chicks for an instant too long) and what you say (hold your mouth in the toilet queue - or actually don't hold your mouth, because then you face comments like "what's with you asshole, why don't you say anything, think you are too cool for this place or whut?") ... awful... Oh and forget that universally best technique with the hand on the back ... chavs just think you're gay and wanna fuck with them and that makes 'em pissed off aswell

I don't mix, so I enjoy ... always enjoy That's probably also the reason why I'll never start mixing music. I alwys want to enjoy, nothing more

indeed, Wildflower is a fantastic track the whole stuff on myspace sounds beautiful... I'm really thinking about buying this.

AP records website says it's obviously going to be out in April. I can't wait! :posford:

It's not about hypocrisy, dear Traveller, it's just about the pure egoisitc fact on which parties I have a cool time

Mmmh, this sounds nice (checking out right now) Very good

I have been to a trance open air last summer. Paul Van Dyk was coming, so I thought I'd go see him. Well, I witnessed two fights in the middle of the crowd and from one I even got hit as a bystander. Nice, huh? Because you don't only have to look out that you don't bump into anybody, you also gotta keep a lookout if others begin a fight so that you don't get hit by anyone of them. And the music was quite dull and uninspired (I only like the old PvD stuff, but he didn't play any). All in all an experience that I can afford to miss with a smile next time. you're right ... that's actually the reason why psytrance parties are quite peaceful, because many people are on some substance and the ones who aren't (mostly) know it and don't make stress. At least in general. I mean yeah, I also occasionally witness a bit of ennerving stuff going on, yeah, but never violence. And it's no comparsion at all to trance parties (from my point of view). I didn't go to that many, but I kinda always was nervous there ... and I felt instantly at home on my first psy party as I saw the contrast. Still, I wouldn't want to have Yakuza's there. I'm actually happy that in my little country we don't have this kind of violent openfaced mafia stuff. It's there still, but hidden (yep ) and nobody wants stress, you know? That's why you're quite safe here if you know where to go and stay off chavs...

Nice company you got there at your parties, mate