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GOD NO!

yes, yes, me too! Etnoscope's new album is one of the three most anticipated albums of mine this year

Depends. In general I rather dislike vocals (SUNG vocals, vocal samples are mostly very cool). But there are exceptions. For example the vocals in Banco De Gaia - Obsidian ... I love them ... in fact that song is nothing without vocals! And arabian vocals I generally like very much But in many cases vocals (sung vocals) are rather an element that reminds me of cheesy commercial stuff and that's not good.

I would not pay more than 50 Euro for a collectors item, no matter how rare it is. I don't want to support this price-hype, you know. You can find good and fairly rare items for pretty cheap sometimes ... that's the opportunities I look for

Raison D'Être would classify as dark ambient IMO. It's mystical, but still in a dark way (The Slow Ascent for example) ... and there are also some more melancholic pieces (Mesmerized In Sorrow for example). It's not as dark and sick and that as other artists in that genre, but still. Seconded what you said about Sephiroth! You did know that Ulf Söderberg is the same guy, did you?

"Current bid: US $132.50" What the ...? And still more than 2 days left! Dudes, you are crazy ... I would never pay so much for one CD, no matter how rare

"coldmeat.se" ... hehehe... Raison D' Être is dark ambient ... and for people who like that there's quite a lot to discover on Coldmeat ... ranging from some gothic-touched stuff over medieval soundscapes over sick asylum/cathacomb melodies up to pure noise. Cold stuff! Anyway, my favourite ambient artists are: Makyo Carbon Based Lifeforms Aes Dana Solar Fields Puff Dragon Banco De Gaia Tangerine Dream Klaus Schulze And Sephiroth / Ulf Söderberg for dark ambient!

Ask him what's his favourite incense and his favourite chillout artist I'd like to know that.

I voted for Digipak. It is true that it's actually a disadvantage that you can't replace Digipaks when they are broken or have scratches. And yes, they get scratched easily and are far more vulnerable. But that's cool in my eyes. It makes it special. It's not some shit burned CD you can throw into a corner and forget, it's a digipak and you must take good care of it. When you do this it will stay good for ages long. And it's far cooler to hold a very old CD in a digipak without any major scratches or whatever in your hands than to hold this same CD in a jewel case which was replaced just recently. Digipaks show how good you treat your babies. And every stain will be there forever. It's far more personal, the digipak stuff People who don't want it simply should store the CD in a jewel case with the booklet and leave the digipak itself in the shelf, this way nothing gets broken or damaged or whatever...

I got myself this album I like the sound. You all know I am not the fan of "too psychedelic" things, don't you? So I appreciate this one ... it's a nice and fresh and actually very clubby contribution to today's progressive scene And I find it especially funny how everybody says Last Jedi is bad ... during prelistening this one was the one that gave me the smile in my face - and not the first track! Seriously, I think Last Jedi is a damn good track! The first half lacks a bit, I agree, but the second half is absolutely cool, brings a grin to my face! I don't see the point why people don't like it, haha ... for me last Jedi is not worse than the rest of the tracks. All very good (And about the engrish vocals ... I can understand what he could mean with "broken Jedi" ... "broken" in german can also mean emotionally down.)

Hmmm ... so basically you mean Ticon made a poser live set par excellence? They behaved like if they were some kind of rock star or something? That's what I wouldn't like too. I mean, I also don't want an artist just doing his thing and being digged into his sound and stuff and just performing his live without looking at anybody on the dancefloor ... you know, I want a middle thing, I mean, I want to see some guys live so I also wanna see them "rock the dancefloor" in a way - you know, interacting a little with the people, but too much of it is even more crappy than nothing at all. I still would prefer an artist not looking up from his desk a single time to "poser live"... Although Ticon make so good music that I definitely would go to see them live despite this not so wonderful feedback. I just consider myself warned to expect a poser appearance

Nice to dream of the perfect festy My dream psy festy would be: Day 1: Scando Trance/Progressive 16-18: Atmos 18-20: Vibrasphere 20-22: Tegma 22-00: Son Kite 00-02: Ticon 02-04: S-Range 04-06: Matenda Day 2: Psy 16-18: Shiva Chandra 18-20: Magnetrixx & Morganixx 20-22: Asarualim 22-00: Feuerhake 00-02: Koxbox (old stuff please ) 02-04: Sun Project 04-06: Etnoscope Day 3: Chill 16-18: Chicane 18-20: Enigma 20-22: Solar Fields 22-00: Carbon Based Lifeforms 00-02: Entheogenic 02-04: Puff Dragon 04-06: Makyo ... I think more than 3 days I wouldn't emotionally get this mindfuck anyway.

Eskimo will come here too. And I won't check him out. That poser. I rather save my money for a good CD!

You know, Skazi tracks and the like have become some sort of "you better go home now"-signal to me. It's like fate would tell me with a gentle voice: "mh, better go pack your things and leave, you won't be going to miss anything here anymore". Seriously. This already happened to me a couple of times (four times this year already ... oh wait, I just have been to four parties this year yet!) and I instantly got the hint, washed down the rest of the water I had left in my bottle in one gulp, turned around with a smile, went for my jacket and waved goodbye. I have never regret it so far. Funny detail is, that I have never heard a Skazi track before the liveact I wanted to see yet. Never. Only some time afterwards some DJ spins some ... and then I'm going. It's just as if they would play it as a wink for me

I saw them live last week and they performed a lot of tracks from the new album ... and it sounded really, really good, in fact this was actually the best live set this year so far - and it won't be easy for other artists to top this I can't say what the sound really is like on a home stereo though. All that I know is that I listened to samples and what I heard did not knock my socks off compared to what I heard live unfortunately ... so hmmm, I dunno...

I second that! I also second Carbon Based Lifeforms ... they got a new album coming out approximately in September and probably have some interesting stuff to say Etnoscope could be quite nice too. They are working on a new album too if I am not mistaken... I'd also have nothing against an S-Range interview. But there are a couple ones out there (also about the new album), so I'd say focus on the stuff that more people want first

no it doesn't with me ... or is there a completely other domain???

Well, I don't find Banco De Gaia's tune "turkey" at all ... in fact it's one of the best tracks on this CD for me (because of the incredible ending!), altogether with Man With No Name's Osmosis. It's some of the other tracks which I don't find that special ... but anyway... All in all I'd say get it, no matter what psychedelic sound you are into now, this CD is a classic featuring many of the good old psy/goa artists and is interesting for everybody that likes or does not know the old sound (pretty cool booklet with some infos about the artists (and ad articles for the Earth Love Fund ) for the people not familiar with the sound). And it's good for the rainforests! So get it

Jubilee ... isn't that the label where Deep Dive Corp released their stuff after Free Form went down? Didn't know Jubilee were connected with Free Form Records. But it's cool nonetheless that at least they are still existing...

I can only second the positive feedback of the others about Quazzi I ordered a CD from him and it arrived today very well packed and in good condition. Deal went without any problems. Absolutely recommended trader!

No clue where the sample comes from ... but the sample in the middle of Padmasana - Universal Consciousness has the same female voice... About the new album, it will be out in September ... no exact date yet though.

At first I also kinda felt that a rating system (like it's present in most other music reviews) was missing ... but after some time I realized, that all is good and that you don't need a rating system. Ratings are subjective, you can be misled by them ... everybody has a different rating scheme and such, you know? When it's a good review then a rating doesn't matter anyway, with the support of some samples from Saikosounds and the review everybody can pretty easily judge if the music is good for him or not. I mean, of course I won't have anything against the optional adding of a line, saying "I rate the album 80%" or whatever. But the manner of the reviews should stay the same...

Well, I saw Tegma live last night and they played several tracks from the new album and what I can say is that live the stuff sounded pretty good! I agree though, on the samples it doesn't come across so well.

Okay. No, he isn't saying it, I admit that. But to me it appears that he kinda says like that, you know? I as a fan feel mocked at with this action. Kinda. When he does sign stuff anyway then why is he selling the signed copy then, wouldn't make much sense, would it? Or are the people that bid so much for it a bunch of complete idiots?

That in itself is the point. By having a laugh with that he's arsing his fans. Kinda. I find it very arrogant and elitist of him to say like "well, if you want a signed copy, then show me what you would pay for it" in this way. The ones who have the money get signed copies ... and those who have nothing don't get anything. I don't matter if it was out of fun or if he was just experimenting or if he needed the money, I think this was a lame move and he deserves no respect at all for this one.