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For me it's neither Psyshop nor Saikosounds! I don't like Psyshop because they only have payment via credit card or via ridiculously high COD fees thatI'm unable to pay ... last time I wanted to order a CD there the COD would have been more than the CD costs! Saikosounds is a good shop with good selection, but I can't order from them as well because I ain't got a credit card and because bank transfer fees to their account in the UK are so high I nearly exploded as I had to pay that last time! That is not Saiko's fault, I know, but still, can't do that anymore, too expensive. But there's one shop left: Wirikuta! Wirikuta is in my own country and accepts COD! And because they are in my country the shipping costs and the COD fees are both low (well, "low" is relative with 6 Euros something, but they are the lowest fees of them ALL and if I order more items the costs spread, so it's ok!). And Wirikuta gets most relevant new releases ... so: Wirikuta for me, this way I'm as happy as I can be (hey, that's a verse!)

1st question: S-RANGE - SPACE there I really like all tracks 100% indeed, that really is a good album aswell... For the second question I second Seraph's answer for Son Kite - Colours...

Yes, it is Atmos - Cable Enable from album Headcleaner...

Well, I think if you expect the type of insane fast tribal drum trance madness that Etnoscope was famous for until now you will see that the sound has changed ... some of the songs are even ambient ... although of course it still mostly has this typical Etnoscope vibe going on. The sound obviously has gone a bit slower, funkier, more groovy and intelligent, warmer, more home listening friendly ... but still not loosing the roots. To me it's really good stuff. Especially the clip from Twilight I like a lot! But most of the others are great too Oh, btw: the clips are in 320k mp3 quality! Look in the studio section...

yes, yes ... the new album from them is quite controversial to their usual concept... heard some samples myself and well ... apparently they just wanted to shovel some money from it by using the name Haldolium...

Ah yeah ... and soon we'll have pictures of label owners posing with their guns and saying "try to get your money and I'll shoot you in the head" ... "PLUR" psytrance scene of now has become as rude as the blackmetal scene meanwhile...

Yeehaaa! :posford: I already thought Etnoscope were dead because I never heard from the new album again they were speaking of already years back... But apparently they are back again. Yes, indeed. One of my favourite psytrance bands is back on track and working on releasing a new album! YAY! Judging from the new samples they put online apparently they make a bit chillier style now, more progressive, not their characteristic fast tribal percussion madness anymore ... but the sound is warm and nice, I quite like what I hear ... this release that's boiling there on their stove could be a new gem Site -> http://www.etnoscope.com/ I'm very happy now

Ah, it's not that bad ... you gotta dig a bit, but there are still lots of good and original artists out there. And I don't even speak for psytrance only. There still is some killer new album stuff from top notch (meaning GOOD!) psytrance producers scheduled for release this year which I wanna spend my money on...

I don't review much ... I guess I have posted one real review so far if you don't count that S-Range promo... That Matenda release I reviewed I probably did after the first few days with five or six listenings in total. To some of you that might be like nothing ... but to me it was almost too much, at the edge of overplaying. The Matenda I put into my record player after that review some times again and my judgement did not change and will not change. I can say I'm generally quite quick with my judgement concerning releases ... like, two listenings and I know whether this is good or not. And more I don't wanna give it anyway if it's not good. Most often it doesn't even need two listenings, most stuff instantly flashes me with first listening. And generally the impressions I have after the first or second listening tend to last quite long - that is years. That is not the case when I listen to it too much though, then it gets old quickly (yes, even the utmost best stuff!) ... yes, seriously, if I listened to the CDs I own in the first year as often as you (probably all) do just in the first month, it gets overplayed! That might sound strange to some, but it is like that. And thus I actually only listen to mediocre stuff often and treasure the good stuff for special occasions

YES!

(Tatsu, the guy's name is Nagmanda ) I too made a succesful trade with Nagmanda. All went well and the condition of the stuff was good too ... the vinyls and CDs play well and some of the covers just needed some bit of adhesive tape here and there to look like new. What really had a positive impact on me was that plastic sleeves for the vinyls were supplied ... I ran out of those before, so thanks again So ... overall a nice guy with fairly good prices. Can recommend him!

S-RANGE & MATENDA!!! Human Blue & 12 Moons ... or Matenda & 12 Moons Hmmm ... I don't think that would be too good, you know ... there's this saying in german that goes "zu viele Köche verderben den Brei" (too many cooks make the meal bad), which means that if too many people work on something in the end nothing useful comes out...

yes, yes, yes Once there was this dude who used to scream this "fasteer!" in such a desperate and begging tone I always had to grin when he did it despite normally this goes on my nerves

Yep, that's a good post ... I knew the german version of it before that they posted on goabase...

yes, I also like Indian Summer a lot... The songs on Archipelago are a tad too melancholic for me btw ... they're great in winter ... but nothing for summer ... IMHO...

I don't even have that money...

Damn, when will they release that new album at last? People are talking about it since years!

-> All artists that Spiral Trax stood for (for me) have either changed to other labels or they stopped making music ... like Noma I don't really think good ol' Spiral Trax times will come back

You know what's odd? Just yesterday I've been thinking of Spiral Trax again... Good to hear that they're back. BUT: exactly my reaction ... what the duck does Arsetricks do on Spiral Trax? They better should release the new ATMOS album ... but Atmos already signed with Digital Structures for this one... Well, then a new S-RANGE maybe? Oh no, Anthony already signed with Liquid Records... At least the Bakkelit v. 2.01 and the Ease Division 3 releases are good news And fortunately there's a sentence that calms me down a bit: "But don’t you worry – we are not going completely psychedelic on you, our roots are in the progressive sounds and that’s where we will dwell…"

I always thought "Goa Trance" is the term for oldskool goa trance ... and Psytrance is the sound that's around today - all that fullon, prog, dark, suomi... I thought parties nowadays are only called goa parties because they want to be cool and "Psy Trance Parties" would be the right expression. Also the music is often referred to "Goa" in the outside world because all the not-insiders (meaning the average type of people who haven't a big psy CD collection at home and only go to parties sometimes with friends) get this term and don't need an explanation as it would be the case with the term "psy trance parties". And furthermore, the word "goa" adds to the flow of language. Viennish slang is: "Oida, i geh auf a goa morgn, kummst mit?" ("Ey, dude, I'm going on a goa tomorrow, you go with me?") - that has flow ... "Oida, i geh auf a psytrance festl morgn, kummst mit?" ("Ey, dude, I'm going on a psy trance festy tomorrow, you go with me?") - that has not so much flow

I don't really have a favourite instrument, but there are some that I like to hear quite a lot. Synth is one of them ... but actually not the typical "acid" TB-303 type, I rather like warm and "long" sounds, so to say. Either that or if the effect is sharp then it shall be short and not this typical repetitive acid 303 loop... Apart from synths I also like the didgeridoo a lot. And trumpets and bagpipes I also like ... but those rather not in psy - except the bagpipe in that Klopfgeister track ... or the trumpets in Red Seal songs...

like Solar Fields and Skazi

My list... (yes, I have a list ... I like to remember whom I've seen ) Acan Aphid Moon Asarualim Astral Projection Atmos Dark Soho Echotek Etnoscope Feuerhake Goma Grapes Of Wrath Herbal Essence Human Blue Indika Infected Mushroom Koxbox & Saiko Pod Logic Bomb Magoon Marco Menichelli Magnetrixx & Morganixx Michele Adamson Mittelstandskinder Ohne Strom Para Halu Prisoners Of The Sun Quantum State Rastaliens Rinkadink Rythmen S.U.N. Project S-Range Silent Sphere Sirius Isness Slug Son Kite Space Tribe Tegma all of them on one night gigs, no festivals If I ever went to a festival I'll take a diary with me and write down whom I've seen ... and I'd also have it to make artists write something in it maybe if I could get a hold of 'em...

RIGHT! Please you guys from Ultimae, please change it. PLEASE! Your past digipaks with no gloss, they were so good! As for the question ... I guess I prefer digipaks. It's more personal and it teaches you to treat your releases nicer. And it's cool, because the more marks they have, however little they are, the more memories you connect with them... And my digipaks will never break (as "tear in two"), because I treat them nice. What the hell are you people doing to your CDs anyway ... the CDs I bought new are still looking new after 20 years in my collection, yet when I buy used ones they always got marks, scratches and fingerprints! I bet, every single mark or fingerprint or whatever on my CDs and digipaks is not from me but from the people who owned them before me! I don't get it how one can be so rude to his releases that he tears a digipak - yet I myself have a torn one. Got it for 1 euro though ... well, better a torn one (with Cds in perfect condition, strangely) for 1 Euro than a new looking one for 15 Euros And jewel cases only break in the mail. That's what they can do really well. A digipak doesn't break! At least not when you treat it somewhat nice. Be gentle to it! Like you'd be to a good looking lady Anoebis, you should leave the digipaks at home if you go to gigs ... this way they won't get worn out so soon. But I assumed you got one of these CD cases anyway, no?

sounds quite nice you got more?