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Indeed, Human Blue is quite original scando trance music I don't know soo many tracks from him though ... wanted to buy the Diskovery Channel album, but wasn't impressed by it during prelistening, so I didn't... Of the tracks I know I like Sandal Wood very much ... Dream Creator is very good too. And Rollercoaster I quite like too. Breaking Limits wasn't bad either. What I find strange is the fact that Human Blue can also have rather ... unusual tracks for the people who think they know his style. Like Stonehenge(Remix), Nebula or Calculated ... they are somewhat strange ... absolutely not what I associate with Human Blue. That's why I'll always prelisten compilation tracks from him...

Earplugs

The sample is too short IMO... But it's good.

Well ... I'd say minimal is more or less progressive ... at least it's rather a subgenre of progressive than a genre of its own or a subgenre of fullon/goa/dark/whatever...

You forgot Dimension 5 in that list, Nhjo But apart from that, great idea ... good luck ... I think you gotta need it...

There's the track Amphasis - Helix on Goa-Head 13. Other than that I know nothing...

Well, I'd say yes it is. On Colours there is only one track that's not really progressive IMO and that is Games And Watch. But if you see it from a different perspective it can be proggy too ... it just depends ... progressive psy doesn't always have to be so smooth and all that like you describe. There is progressive that is very groovy and housy and there is progressive that is pounding and trancy and there is progressive that is fast and driving.

Oh yes, the borders are not very clear especially in this EBM/Industrial/Futurepop/Darkwave/Trance corner ... it's a bit wishy washy and there can be found elements of various styles of those genres in various songs. But that's not really a bad thing Anyway, when it comes to this I just like it more the harsher, non-trancy-synthy way.

Okay, I checked a few of that stuff now. But mmmh ... you know, this Future Pop stuff sounds almost like Darkwave in my ears. It reminds me so much of that music they play in "goth clubs". It's Darkwave ... with a bit less depressive and "pseudo-dark" themes maybe, but still. And point is, I don't quite like this music so much. I don't hate it, you know, it's ok, but "just" ok, you know ... so I better check out more into the industrial music direction, that gives me more kicks! Still, thank you, for now I know what music I am about to expect when it says Future Pop somewhere

Okay, you're right, nothing is wrong with changing style. In fact this already brought many new tidings in all various genres of music. But when the style is changing to something NOT GOOD (and judging from those narrations it obviously was not good!) ... well, then I have the right to critisize. And when the artist then just says "accept it" ... well, I mean, what else should he say ... but still, not good to me...

Tsk, tsk ... people, this piece isn't even released yet! It will come on June 20th. And I doubt you all got the official promo You should at least be a bit more subtle about it ... it's just too obvious

Thanks for the big list of recommendations ... I will definitely check out some of that stuff next time I'm bored Oh ... yeah, those two tracks are different to the others. I don't like them so much though, I prefer the others - even though some of them have a bit of a more commercial undertone, I don't care about that, it's great music I also know Slaughter House. That one isn't bad...

Well, I'd not say not to that

Hehe, that's what I call cool: today I went into this one used CD store where I once saw a Frontline Assembly album (but I didn't buy it back then). It was still there - even cheaper than before ... so I bought it It's the Implode album. And it's actually pretty good! Even the not-so-powerful tunes. Anyway, I think I'm meanwhile getting into the sound and moving away from that power fixation towards real sound exploration Still, thanks for your recommendations - I definitely will check out those tracks! Maybe I will check that out ... sounds quite good new musical doors opening ... I like that

Yes, the original version of Front 242 is pretty crap. But you should give the FLA remix a listen - it's TOTALLY different compared to the original! Oh yes. They come to Malmöfestivalen ... and play a free show there! A FREE FLA SHOW! Damn, I am SO jealous because of that ... If I had known this then I would have planned my trip to Sweden this year and not last one

I was thinking the same

hmmm... Well, I checked it out and ... to my definition it's not It's an okay track, but not more.

Is it POWERFUL and kickin'?

Okay ... I gotta say I totally love this track! I recently rediscovered it (I remember listening to it back then as I was in driving course and afterwards I didn't want to listen anymore because it reminded me of driving course and learning and stress...) and am again amazed how good it is. Gosh, I love it ... it's so damn great ... I played it so often meanwhile it's already at the edge of overplaying. So what I'm asking now is ... well, guess what. I NEED GOOD RECOMMENDATIONS OF SIMILAR SONGS PLEASE! Now of course I wasn't an idiot - I have checked out myself already some stuff. Frontline Assembly for example - after all they did that remix. Well, I must say that despite being fond of them because their sound is good I haven't found another tune of FLA that's as POWERFUL as this remix yet - got any specific recommendations? I don't hope this remix is a "one hit wonder" of them for me? Also Front 242 ... it's quite good, but I didn't find such powerful stuff of them. Their original Headhunter 2000 track is absolutely not my cup of chai The KMFDM stuff I checked out is also ... not powerful. But I fucking need more ... this one track is really sooo damn good! I need my fix of more such POWERFUL stuff as this! PLEASE! (What genre is that btw? Industrial?)

Euh ... wern't some of you guys that were going to a party where Frank spun saying his set was really crappy? And one of you even asked him about that and his only response was like "Artists change their style - accept that!"? ased on those posts back then I wouldn't set the expectations for the new album high...

UP / ENERGETIC / PUSHING / HAPPY / CRAZY : All sorts of psy (except darkpsy!) ranging from fullon to progressive - can be anything from Hallucinogen over Etnoscope, Silicon Sound and S-Range up to Son Kite ... generally rather higher bpm. POSTITIVE / HAPPY / CREATIVE : Progressive psy with not so high bpm ... I'm liking this stuff because it doesn't push you so much and is generally still having a positive overtone. When being in a creative or playful mood I enjoy stuff like Shiva Chandra TRANCED / DEEP : Koxbox or Saikopod is ideal stuff for me for those phases - although I could enjoy almost anything psy in general ... dark or not dark, low or high bpm, doesn't matter. ANGER / PUSHING : Darkpsy in general ... although sometimes it doesn't even have to be that dark, but rather fast. Some Industrial too ... even some industrial noise (Institut - Unto The Last Man). Also black metal in general I listen to when in those states of mind. PARTY / NON-PSY CRAZY EVILISH (kinda) / ENERGETIC : In that situations I enjoy nordic humppa metal ... stuff like Korpiklaani or Finntroll (searching still for other bands in this sector) ... or other folk metal, but non-epic and fast and crazy. PARTY / SOCIAL : that is a broad category and contains many different music types - it also depends on the party and the people. From metal over rock up to jazz or electronic even to pop music this covers everything that I find enjoyable on a scale from high up to down to the level where I can barely bear it without running away. When I'm social and talking to people I don't notice the music anyway. CHILL / SMOOTH / SOCIAL : Ambient, chill and electronic music, but rather less focus on the ambient genre. Stuff from Thievery Corporation, Tosca over Jean Michel Jarre and Mike Oldfield up to Enigma is what I dig in those situations. RELAXING / CHILL : There I like chilled music with ambient in between. Puff Dragon comes smooth then. Also Bluetech ... or Red Seal. Ott is smooth too. Chilling Matenda too. DEEP CHILL / DREAM / MEDITATIVE : One word for it: ambient. Ranges from Carbon Based Lifeforms, Aes Dana, Solar Fields and Healer for deeply chilled or dreamy states up to Makyo or Padmasana for almost meditative states. SAD / DEPRESSIVE : Depressive music ranging from melancholic dark ambient up to depressive neofolk. Also depressive black metal like Burzum - Det Som En Gang Var (his best piece IMO) or doom metal. DARK / DEEP : Generally dark ambient. But not too melancholic pieces ... stuff like Ulf Söderberg fits. Need to get more in this direction ... but I'm seldom in the mood. NON-PSY DREAMY : There I enjoy metal (Viking metal, to be precise) - and epic medieval ambient. That's where the "epic" folk metal also comes in. Also some black metal-ish stuff. As you see I like to dream off to various kinds of music - I just pick what I like. I tend to pick rather monotonous stuff if I'm tired so that I can slep off to it - Summoning for example, slept off to that already more than once ... but it's great stuff. TIRED / SLEEP INDUCTION : Dark medieval ambient. I sleep off best to this stuff.

but most of all it must be KILLLAAARRRGH!!!

Good choice ... if I had won I had picked that one... Cheers to faze and congrats to the winners

That's basically where we stand today ... in a nutshell: PSYTRANCE | | ------------------------------- | | | DARK PROG FULLON And that's also the genres where evolution will happen. Dark will become the new fullon concerning people bitching about it (because soon it will get too stereotypical ... many say it already is ... what's missing yet are the big commercial motherfunkers - just wait, they will come ). Prog will morph even more with club and house music making the hippies bitch about it because it will get too clubby and scene-ish and "hi society-ish". And Fullon will go even more in the guitar-and-singing direction so that one day there will be "fullon" on MTV and kids will rock off to it and everybody will shake their heads. As you see, Oldschool is not on there. Although I think there will happen some development in that sector I still don't believe it will be possible to start another Oldschool avalanche where it gets a global acclaimed presence (and recognisation of the big labels) as a genre where evolution still happens.