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    What new music did you get today?

    in General Psytrance

    Posted

    It has been roughly forever since I last posted in this topic. 2024 was quite a shit show in general. Then I (maybe) waited for a few batches to arrive, and then waited three months more for one replacement. Anyway, here we go again. Let's start with the CDs. Something may have been on earlier lists already, something may be missing. Who knows at this point.

     

    Astral Projection – Let There Be Light
    Ka-Sol – Fairytale
    Mini Spacer – M.U.S.I.C.
    Xenomorph – Qlippoth
    Xenomorph – Demagoguery of the Obscurants
    Xenomorph – Netherverse
    Globular – Lifts the Curse of the Grey Goo Assimilators..!
    Gabriel Le Mar – Light of Unity
    Holeg Spies – Brave New World (Multimedia Pack)
    Banco De Gaia – Trauma
    Carbon Based Lifeforms – Seeker
    Elysium – A Journey through Time & Space
    Greg Hunter – Discography Part I
     

    Also, some dark ambient and disco and other cool stuff. B)

    What are you doing right now?

    in Off Topic

    Posted

    On 9/4/2024 at 5:54 AM, Tannenfolletti said:

    Wondering if anyone is alive on this forum anymore. 

    I'm alive. My candle has just been burning at both ends and therefore my forum presence hasn't appeared alive.

     

    But now I'm doing Bandcamp Friday shopping. B)

    What new music did you get today?

    in General Psytrance

    Posted

    Well, maybe not that much new (or used) vinyl. Here's everything somehow related I could find right now. I've managed to score some nice finds from other genres recently, though.

    Tor.Ma in Dub – Terra
    Deep Fried Dub & Italiks – Crown
    Palefield Mountain – On My Way
    Syb Unity Nettwerk – Life Support System (Mindscape Mix) / Sun Invaders (Full Moon Mix)
    Astral Projection – Let There Be Light

    Meanwhile, one counter suggested that this would be the 9000th reply in this topic. B)

    (And now the forum found my lost draft, which I had already re-typed yesterday...)

    What new music did you get today?

    in General Psytrance

    Posted

    It has been a while again. There's quite an incoming pile here, old and new stuff. Time to update various listings. I'll start from CDs...

    Set:01
    Kumharas
    Benza – Benza
    Society of Inner Light
    The Irresistible Force – Kira Kira (the 2017 disc, along the 2023 reissue/remaster release)
    Dub Trees – Nature Never Did Betray the Heart that Loved Her (2024 reissue/remaster)
    Pitch Black – Electronomicon (2CD version)
    Pitch Black - Invisible Circuits
    Acidum Influxum
    Veasna – Providence
    Vaporized – Human Odyssey
    Distant System – Distant System
    Tor.Ma in Dub – Life in Dub


    That should cover most of it. There's also some dark ambient from Cryo Chamber and some other things with no relation to this forum. I'll check and list vinyls in another post. It was already painful enough to lose half of this list once when I tried to click the tab but hit "close tab" instead. The forum had helpfully auto-saved exactly the first four words of it. :(

     

    Alright, time to rip a few discs with no digital versions and then stash this pile.

    Offers, discounts, campaigns

    in General Psytrance

    Posted

    Hello

    I still have a couple of things to wrap up today (or this year), but semi-relatedly, here are a few reminders:

    • Suntrip writes: Today is the last day you can use the "newyear2024" code for your 20% discount! (Bandcamp store)
    • Liquid Sound Design is clearing out. I think almost all of their stuff, excluding the very latest, is directly discounted still today. (store)
    • Despite the recent acquisition, Bandcamp Fridays do seem to return. The next one is announced for February 2nd so you can save up until then if you want to support your favourite artists and labels 100% again.

    Apologies for being a bit late with these, but there has been some royal mess and the general to-do backlog has been immense. I hope you can still grab something if you feel like doing so. ;)

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    What new music did you get today?

    in General Psytrance

    Posted

    On 9/13/2023 at 12:13 AM, thanosp81 said:

    Smooth and slow acid from Nick Barber, the way it's meant to be.

    Unfortunately I skipped that one, despite it sounding pretty good. As mentioned in my previous rant, there was a completely absurd amount of hassle with all of my summer orders when this was released so I couldn't handle any more logistics. My wallet was also bleeding, and UK shipping + customs really bite for single discs. Furthermore, it's a nice collectible, but I really doubt whether I'd really play the vinyl anywhere. I have to draw a line somewhere with shelf-filling collectibles...although it's pretty far out there. Maybe I'll eventually regret this skipping too. :rolleyes:

     

    Anyway...now basically all of those cursed orders have arrived (except one CD which may not be even pressed yet, thus not shipped either). So let's clear the backlog before I go shopping again. :lol: Many familiar and trusted labels here.

     

    Fractal Glider – Zactoglider
    Martin Nonstatic – Pulsatille
    Lauge & Aes Dana – Terrene
    Triquetra – Myriad Vision
    Morphic Resonance – Extrasensory Perception
    Triquetra – Access Denied 12"
    Virtuart – Pisces Moon Rising EP
    Hallucinogen – The Albums Remastered
    Gaudi + Savona – Havana Meets Kingston in Dub
    Hibernation

    ...and more disco. B)

     

    Offers, discounts, campaigns

    in General Psytrance

    Posted

    This is not secret because it's on Ultimae's pages:

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    From today until August 6, 2023 we’re holding our flash summer sales with a 20% discount on absolutely everything and that includes our notorious packs !

    You can use code summer20 in both our Ultimae.com store and Bandcamp to benefit from this offer ; by the way, Bandcamp is doing it’s special Friday again tomorrow.

    While we share good news… INKS, AES Dana’s sublime narrative album is back in stock ; the third edition CD, the Limited smokey Vinyl as well, obviously, as the INKS pack.

    https://ultimae.bandcamp.com/

    https://ultimae.com/ultimae-summer-sales-2023/

    Heavily Reggae influenced goa/ambient?

    in General Psytrance

    Posted

    All psydub, basically. :P

    Well, more seriously, a lot of roots reggae and dub runs at a tempo that could be described as emphasising (in drumming) only the 1st and 3rd beats of 140-ish BPM, so that we might want to call it 70 BPM instead. Coincidentally, a lot of classic and newschool goa runs at 140-something BPM, allowing a drop from the steady every-quarter beat to the halved reggae/dub pattern. I've sometimes used that in mixes to provide a break from the standard mayhem.

    Furthermore, if you play kicks for all quarter notes in reggae, you get the steppers rhythm (basically four-on-the-floor before disco made it cool and then it evolved into house) which was used in the classic era of reggae and it comes up in psydub as well. For example, check Vlastur - Steppa9, which is apparently named after that rhythm and it runs at something like 141 BPM due to that drumming, even though it has the half-time dub nature and bassline as well. It's not goa, but it shows how that crossover could work.

    Then there are some goa tracks which pull off that half-BPM dub switch within the track itself, for example Cosmosis - Spores from Space in its intro/outro and for a brief moment at 4:30 (while the full-speed bassline is still playing). Koxbox - A Major Problem in Australia was remixed to a dub version with that trick by Saafi Brothers, also using steppers-like drumming in some parts of it. Etnica in Dub album does that as well.

    Are we getting anywhere here? There are opportunities but also challenges in that combination of two quite different BPM ranges. The question might be if the combination can really exist smoothly or do we just have dub with goa hints and goa with dub hints...

    Offers, discounts, campaigns

    in General Psytrance

    Posted

    Bandcamp Friday returns from its summer break! The next one is August 4th. (Although I think I got a fake announcement from Woob already in July. :P)

    I had some random chaos, events and farewell parties on those Fridays in April and May, thus I didn't place any orders back then, and then the summer break started. Of course, I have some more of that stuff again, but maybe I could make a shopping list beforehand and act fast on Friday?

    Ultimae has some new releases and represses. DAT Universe released Fractal Glider this spring yet I postponed buying it. Suntrip has new 12"s and pre-orders for Acidum Influxum... The actual special offers, if any, will probably roll in on Thursday/Friday thus it's unlikely that I would have any time to post those, but remember to watch the spaces. Or share some ideas already now.

    What new music did you get today?

    in General Psytrance

    Posted

    Bah, let's do this. Or at least try. I've had tons of hassle this year with orders failing in almost every imaginable way. Now the queue of outstanding stuff may be shortening a bit. Some replacements and the Hallucinogen remasters are still on their way but it's about time to sort this incoming-pile.

    Arrived CDs, this year or so, probably in no particular order:

    and vinyl...

    ...and some disco and italo and epic synth stuff and other things that I don't feel like listing right now. :P

    Now I can finally archive these somewhere deeper and start pondering new purchases as Bandcamp Fridays are returning soon. :mellow:

    Upcomming, Preorder or Available Goa, Psytrance, Psybient Vinyl Releases

    in Artist News and Labels announcements

    Posted

    9 hours ago, psyhoe said:

    and why is this one even called 'deluxe edition'? because it's hand numbered? it seems it's not even a gatefold cover.

     

    Well, even the digital re-release is deluxe edition so it's not about the vinyl cover. At least there are four bonus tracks (two on the vinyl) and remastering. I think they're pretty much free to pick any name for the new edition as there have been no other re-releases in 23 years and thus the only point of comparison is the original. Anything that tops it is deluxer than that.

    Upcomming, Preorder or Available Goa, Psytrance, Psybient Vinyl Releases

    in Artist News and Labels announcements

    Posted

    Oh well, I finally gave in and ordered the Hallucinogen albums. FOMO or something?

     

    Actually, I must confess that for some reason I've never had any physical copies of these in any format. Somehow they managed to fall between all the usual reasons of buying (pre-mp3 era CD listening, DJing, habitual collecting etc.). Maybe they were a bit...too iconic? Everyone had already heard them a million times one way or another so why bother. Dunno. It just happened - or more precisely, didn't happen. Well, looks like 2023 is the year when that oddity will finally be fixed.

     

    The total with everything came to 100-ish €, but as some kind of justifications,

    1. the originals can cost that much each,
    2. the package looks neat yet still cheaper than some totally overblown Shpongle LEs, and
    3. with pre-charged tax, at least I don't have to deal with our customs and even more taxes for shipping too

    So, if you have FOMO or a vague feeling of guilt too, there's still a moment left. ;)

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    Offers, discounts, campaigns

    in General Psytrance

    Posted

    Hi

    Just a reminder about Bandcamp Fridays, which continue in 2023, starting in February (3rd). This time they have a convenient article listing all dates of the year. Note that June and July are skipped. Other months have it. https://daily.bandcamp.com/features/bandcamp-fridays-update

    I don't have any great tips offers-wise yet but for example, if vinyl is your thing, there may be some interesting stuff in that thread for your shopping list. Personally, I'm already waiting for Kurbeats - Folktronica 2x12" and I'm hoping that it will be available for orders on Friday. :)

    Sooo.. What happened? (2022 recap)

    in General Psytrance

    Posted

    This thread has already sprawled into a few different discussion topics. I'll pick just one of them for this post.

     

    I think that in 2022 I learned to listen to music again. Seriously. My recollections may be somewhat distorted already, but in 2021 there were just so many issues with moving, renovations, distractions, stress, maybe even hearing, that I was rarely able to find a moment when I could concentrate on music and really enjoy it. 2022 hasn't been exactly great either, but I think it has been better, especially the latter half. There was even a long-standing issue with HDD space and its organisation, complicating the simple task of downloading and extracting my numerous purchases. Buying stuff is something I've been trying to do and to promote, though, no matter what. Artists have had tough years and I have a constant fear of missing out. :P

     

    Well, now I have more disk space, a week off, and an immense backlog of barely touched music since 2019 or so. Let's see what happens. Reviews not promised, but that's another topic. Now I'll stop here and enjoy some Christmas delicacies.

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    Offers, discounts, campaigns

    in General Psytrance

    Posted

    Dubmission vinyl 50% off NOW:

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    To celebrate the final Bandcamp Friday of the year, we're having a vinyl sale - 50% off until 8am GMT on Saturday 3rd.

    To make things easy, we've just changed the price so there's no need for codes or secret links.

    The only tricky thing is availability - there are limited numbers or no copies at all of some releases in some countries. If Bandcamp quotes you £200 for shipping, it means there are no more copies in your area - sorry.

    If it helps at all, as of 8am 02/12/2022, we had the following titles in stock in the following countries:

    Gaudi - Sub Signals Vol.2 - UK & EU, USA, AU*, NZ*
    gaudimusic.bandcamp.com/album/sub-signals-vol-2

    Gaudi - 100 Years of Theremin - USA*, AU*, NZ*
    gaudimusic.bandcamp.com/album/gaudi-100-years-of-theremin-the-dub-chapter

    Gaudi - Theremin in Hand - UK & EU, USA*, AU, NZ*
    gaudimusic.bandcamp.com/album/gaudi-theremin-in-hand

    Isaac Chambers & Dub Princess - Back to my Roots - UK & EU, USA*, AU, NZ*
    isaacchambers.bandcamp.com/album/rootsology

    Pitch Black - Electronomicon - UK & EU*, USA*, AU*, NZ*
    dubmission.bandcamp.com/album/electronomicon-lp

    Pitch Black - Futureproof - UK & EU, USA*, AU*, NZ
    dubmission.bandcamp.com/album/futureproof-lp

    Various Artist - More Bass than Space - UK & EU only
    dubmission.bandcamp.com/album/more-hash-than-cash

    * denotes less than 10 copies left

     

    And Suntrip is 20% off for a while (until 19th of December). Bandcamp Friday is probably the best day to buy, though.

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    Use the code "Suntrip2022" for 20% discout on this bandcamp and "Classicgoatrax2022" for 20% discount on the Classic Goa Trax bandcamp! :)

     

    Now I really really really have to fly. Apologies if I made a copy-paste mistake somewhere. Enjoy. :P

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