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The longest song I have: Mortiis - Født Til Å Herske Part 1 ( 27:24 ) Part 2 is only 25:24 long ... anyway. These are two long dark medieval ambient songs and they're BRILLANT!

I WAS a trancehead once. I WAS. Now I hate it ... I am so happy I've found psytrance ... I was a real trancehead back then with gel hair and sports shoes and only listening to trance music ... Tiesto (Urban Train), AvB, Talla 2XLC, Mauro Picotto ... yeah, I loved it. Back then. Now I hate it. I am off it. 99% of that trance stuff I was into sounds now very shallow and boring and monotonous and cheesy after I was converted to a psyhead. You can't make me listen to trance again, never.

Eeeh ... why didn't you listen to the whole tracks of the album at the link I gave above? Because psyshop samples are not really suitable for getting a solid overall impression... I would not say it sounds like Lish though.

Currently: (especially the title song) But it varies Generally it's some viking metal, some folk metal and some dark medieval ambient that I like very much besides the psytrance/ambient stuff. And ... oh yeah, how could I forget that! THIS one will be one of my forever non psy favourites: (don't bother checking out his recent stuff though ... it's no good ... this was his best album (besides the medieval ambient he did before) ... and there will never follow another masterpiece like that )

I'd say I like modern psy somewhat better than old psy. Now don't get me wrong, there's also some great oldschool stuff out there and it's a pity that it doesn't exist anymore. But it's still the case that the oldschool stuff is too intense for me on the long run. I enjoy it sometimes ... and indeed, it's great music that can twist your brain. But not too much of it please... In contrary to this stands the modern progressive psy, that comes with lesser 303 mayhem and more well and wisely placed sounds and rhythms and twists. And that's what I prefer. I like a light and groovy psychedelic cocktail, but not with too much psy in it ... you know me I could listen to such stuff forever nonstop! And the modern stuff - the modern progressive stuff, to be precise, because Fullon is generally not quite my cup of tea - can give me what I need. Thus I voted for modern.

Ah, yeah, Ayamaya ... it's also on Goa-Head 19 ... but let me (and all others out there) tell you, if you know Ayamaya you don't know the new Feuerhake!

wow I think I might have about 1/76 of your amount (250 tracks) - if you count in CDs

I just kinda wanted to give Quazzi an honorable mention - without him I'd not have this album ... it fitted at this place

Hmmm... That's rather difficult for I can not really recall what CD I've listened the most to this year. If it would be just a song then I could be quite sure that it was Finntroll - Jaktens Tid ... but that's not psy anyway... I guess it's Makyo - Shringara ... and actually not even so much as CD itself, but I listen a lot to the mp3s of it (and did already before I obtained the CD - but I really have the piece, go ask Quazzi ). That's mainly because my CD drive lately sometimes doesn't want to play them discs or spit them out again! (just like now, that's because I'm off now to restart again )

I'd say it's more than 25000 tracks... ... Indeed, it IS MORE! lookie: considering that some tracks are double released and such ... I'd still say it's about 40000... And Psydb does not have all psy releases in this world (still, a huge part of them, but not 100%), mind that!

Mh, dude, yeah, new S-Range is kinda fullon, that's right ... but it still has got these characteristic spacy sounds and atmosphere to it which I love S-Range for - even despite it has gotten a fullonish feel. And I'd say many of the soundscapes it contains are somewhat more intelligently arranged than the average fullon stuff. Many playful changes and such. It's just the best in this special sound direction out there that I can get - and none of the fullon out there comes close to it. And it's all not made to be taken that seriously anyway

oh hum, well, guess you can't do anything about it when you don't like that style... I confess I too miss the old Feuerhake sound a bit, it was very original and tribal ... but I still like this new piece very much because it brings some freshness into this full-on loaded pool of awfulness that is called psy today Clubby-progressive all the way!

huh? do you mean this as the german word or are you just referencing to that track with the same name? and why?

Did you know? I just stumbled across it FEUERHAKE (Remember Feuerhake? Excess All Areas anyone?) will come back! A new album is scheduled for release on 3rd June this year Now, the question everybody might have: HAS HE TURNED FULLON? Well, no. In fact, he hates Fullon. That's for sure because he told me that after I saw him live on this new year's eve. But he didn't stay the same either - the sound has changed. Only in what way? Well, the new album will come out on Synergetic Records! Insiders can therefore already guess for the sound: it's clubby-progressive! Indeed, clubby-progressive was also his set that I got to enjoy on new year's eve. But I love clubby-progressive. I think this will be my new favourite genre of psy lately. I also enjoyed (and still enjoy) Sonic Cube's Filter big time... The sound? Here it is - prelistening of all full tracks possible: http://www.suntribe.at/synergetic/syncd15/info.html OPINIONS?

oh crap Electric Universe will come here in autumn... but if their recent stuff is fullon I dunno wheter I'll be at that gig or not. anyway... My favourite oldschool artists are: Dimension 5 Ra Astral Projection Man With No Name Koxbox

I once listened to 99% trance music. DJ Tiesto and his companions. Was pretty fanatic back then as well and damned every other music genre to hell without even knowing it. Luckily one day I got the bigger picture Now I hate trance for it reminds me of that phase back then

first and second ones are very nice and the last one looks interesting

wow, that's quite an interesting variety! 15% classical? cool

Interesting Some people say 70% psy ... man, that's quite a lot...

I'd just like to know, I'm curious. Name what musical genres (roughly, no subgenres) you listen to and especially their percentage of the total amount of music that you put into your player! Me: Psy : 45% Ambient/Chill : 25% Metal: 15% Dark Ambient: 10% Misc/rest: 5%

that's exactly what I meant Make them really stoned and then put on ambient stuff! They'll dig it! that's true, I have yet to meet somebody who does not at least partly like it ... but Thievery Corporation is not psy

What I can play to my non-psy friends: Chicane (everything) Chilling Matenda - Lucky Smile Makyo - Soar Angelic Puff Dragon - Sazanami You know what's funny? As I was in Amsterdam with friends I bought Aes Dana - Memory Shell & Solar Fields - Leaving Home ... and I put in those albums as we were all completely stoned on one evening - AND THEY FOUND IT AMAZING! BOTH ALBUMS! The music that they normally utterly hate was pure bliss to them! It was the right stuff, all of their music would just have made us feel bad (you know, that was really strong stuff ... some good pie and some good weed and some good shit ... uuuh yeah ... I thought I was dead again, but at least they enjoyed it )...

Yes, they do deserve respect for the things they have done. I totally agree. But just because somebody has done good things in the past it doesn't mean that it will continue like that. And when the output they produce now isn't worth anything I don't see any reason to still support them! What benefit do all their good tunes in the past have when I see them performing only shit when I go see them live now? Yes, respect to the past, absolutely, but when the artist has detached himself from the own past and is producing crap now I don't see why I still should give him any respect. It's quasi a different artist. They should have changed their name, then people wouldn't bitch. But of course Astral Projection was already famous, so they continued with that name ... just as IM.

No! I would never pay money for interviews. Never. And neither do I want to foster this in any remotely possible way. Charging money for interviews, that's something this scene really does not need IMO! If we reached that point it won't be far until "pay twenty Euros and I sign your CD"...

Dude, the new psytrance is supposed to sound different to the oldschool stuff. And it's good IMO. Very good. I am not talking about fullon, I hate fullon, but the prog stuff coming out nowadays is very cool shite. Old School is retro to me - it invokes somewhat similar feelings in me that you describe ... but in today's music I don't even want to hear that anymore! It's GONE. It's PAST. It belongs into the past - and not into the present. Nowadays there's something different. And it's good like that, because when I listen to oldschool nowadays I get reminded of the past and that it was good. That is the essential point for me