Dolmot

I had to check it and now I wonder if he's really serious. http-~~-//www.youtube.com/watch?v=TF9rl-bGcr0 According to the objective and informative Discogs profile, "Inevitably the hottest new prospect on international psy trance scene". Alright.

It sounds familiar...like I had heard it several times semi-accidentally. The rhythm is somewhat similar to Joking Sphinx - Nysos. Could it be that or related? There were that kind of grooves coming from France back then.

30k, nice.

Humm...Illogical Logic?

OK, I'm in. A grand per day and we're done.

It could be the same mix that was available as "Live at the Brotherhood Beach, Tel Aviv" in 2002. There is one track listing of it, but it differs a lot from the actual track names of Amen so it's either bogus (likely) or contains early versions of names (unlikely). The last track is listed as "Burning Up (2002 Remix)". Its progression is highly similar to the released Burning Up so there might be a bit of truth in that. Maybe a live-only mix? (Edit: try this)

This arrest took place in 2004. Apparently he had marijuana and 24 pills of benzodiazepines, which are quite commonly prescribed in the US. I haven't heard of any arrests after that - in eight years, that is. Is this a bit tame scandal? It would be easier to believe the "addicted "part if there was at least one report of repetition, I didn't find any but maybe that's just my limited research. Meanwhile, the tone of that message reminds me of this... http-~~-//www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCSA7kKNu2Y Yes, I'm heartless and I demand better scandals.

Nonono...some ways of ingesting our favourite paint solvent / neurotoxin simply are cooler than the rest. Make no mistake there.

Got it today. How's that for accurate timing?

Desiderii Marginis - Procession album It's nice, for just sitting and calming down as I started my summer holidays.

Is it possible to get this into the same order with Altar shop stuff?

It's good.

Have you ever tried? And "blindly" is absolutely the key here. People can also "definitely hear" the difference in their $20 000 speaker cables, but only if they know the setup. There's a lot of boasting around, but after a proper test many self-proclaimed golden ears have to eat their humble pie. I could quite safely make a bet that even properly encoded 256 kbps CBR or 192 kbps VBR cannot be distinguished from the original in a listening test. (However, I buy all my music in lossless, just because getting a crippled version feels wrong in the days when transfer and storage costs for lossless audio are negligible. Why buy a worse product than we had in the early 80s when CDs were introduced?)

Back in stock at Psyshop... (I ordered my copy before posting this, just in case. )

Where do all these tracks come from? This game would be more interesting if we heard something about the DJ / radio show / whatever. Now these just come from nowhere in large piles and then disappear. Besides, describing the source would also help in identification.

I also enjoyed the set greatly. A lot of it is familiar but still well worth listening. As for the track...is it The Big Blue, either from Daze or the live version from Planet Riders?

I find it quite nice too - even included it in my 2009 yearmix. (Yep, the original is that old.) It has some clubby vibe, true, but AP still manages to produce tracks with good groove and clear whole-track structure instead of just repeating a single loop for eight minutes and adding a few pointless squeaks to random locations. I don't think I'm going to need any of the remixes but hey, if it's finally a real release, I approve it and take a short break from mudflinging. Thanks to TIP as well for getting things moving.

I'm making a presentation for a seminar which is only held for formal annual reporting. The topics are technical, they vary wildly, and it's unlikely that they'll be of much interest to anyone else. In fact, I expect most of the participants to daydream through it and to use the printed proceeding as a pillow. How much effort should I spend on this?

What's there?

The new Celt Islam album is good and follows that style quite closely, I think... http-~~-//www.youtube.com/watch?v=IazaH0nOUwA (That clip is skipping, cutting and generally crap. Get the real thing.) For a few quick classics in North African/Middle Eastern style, see: Adham Shaikh Toirés ...although at some point I usually get fed up with all the ethnic yodeling and move back to honest instrumental dub. Fortunately I don't have to pretend being a model world citizen all the time within the walls of my own home.

Who wouldn't love that heavy machine beat?

That would make a badass lead sound.

Is that track lowpass-filtered to 1250 Hz? That's surely an odd version of the Biocandy I know... (Kind of neat garage-mastered cassette effect, though. I almost like it.)

Cool stuff, absolutely...but am I supposed to listen to warez copies for three months (or try resisting it) before the actual release?

I just realised this is a very special CD. I can read the track listing. It has a clear font (not some goddamn hippie squiggles), big letters and good contrast. (Have you ever tried reading, say, Synthetic Flesh's labels when DJing at a pitch black club?) Also, the titles are real words, not some pseudo-ethnic nonsense taken from a language the artist doesn't even speak. I was able to fill in the titles in extraction software without consulting Discogs. For this reason alone, I give it five stars.