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Funny you should bump this release. I was going to post about it elsewhere a few weeks ago but got delayed by various things. However, I wasn't going to review it. Instead, I'd like to find out the correct track listing. Quoting Matt (Label manager) from the first page: What is printed on the CD and copied to Discogs is: 01. Skanda's Tail 02. Mezmorized 03. Telementery 04. Karmic Implications 05. Language Of Silence 06. Raspy Honks 07. Colonization 08. Witch Doctor 09. Earth Tremors While the label site and Paul's old site say: 01. Skanda’s Tail 02. Mezmorized 03. Language of Silence 04. Witch Doctor 05. Telementery 06. Karmic Implications 07. Raspy Honks 08. Colonization 09. Earth Tremors I only have the vinyl version, where the listing should be correct. If I recall correctly, it corresponds to the latter listing. Noticeably, "Karmic Implications" (track 6) should have a sample reflecting its title. Similarly the major stomper track 8 is actually called Colonization and so on. Does anyone remember/support this? I can grab some samples from the vinyl for checking. If this is all true, then there are probably a million P2P and YouTube copies, where the track names are wrong.

Well, there will be slightly less snow than usual so skis are not 100% essential. Still recommended, of course. Cities will be mostly empty. Everyone's sunbathing on lake ice or visiting rock festivals. Gnomes have their own forest parties but they won't be telling us. If travelling by rail, reserve three extra hours per trip (any trip), just in case. Public nudity is commonplace. Everything is expensive. There's nothing to see in the so-called urban areas so just walk/ski half a mile from the centre and you'll be deep in a forest. Sleeping under a spruce is fine. You can try to spot a gnome. Watch out for swamps. Don't participate in a sauna contest. Welcome.

PortaMento, mostly. I also want to hear the AP album, but holding one's breath would be unwise.

Enichkin's 2010 album had several tracks with high BPM body and experimental beatwork on top. Hard to say, how accurately this matches your description, though.

Omega Centaurus was 1997... Anyway, a brief 2010 goa review mix: 01. (00:00) Globular - The Continuum Process ["Colours of the Brainbow", Gliese 581C 2010] *+ 02. (02:45) Etnoscope - Might & Magic ["Way over Deadline", Panzar Produktionz 2010] *+ 03. (07:50) Somnesia vs PharaOm - God's Tears ["Energy Waves", Suntrip Records 2010] 04. (11:10) Crossing Mind - Psy Crise ["The Holographic Paradigm", DAT Records 2010] 05. (18:25) Goasia - How Deep Is Your Trip ["Dancing with the Blue Spirit", Kagdila Records 2010] 06. (24:25) PharaOm - Cellar Door ["Dimensional Gateway", Neogoa.tk 2010] *+ 07. (31:30) Dhamsuta - Lucent Venture ["Goa Overdose", Underground Alien Factory 2010] *+ 08. (37:15) Daimon - Grimoire ["Project DIY - Belgians United", not on label 2010] * 09. (43:40) Astrancer - Koilon ["Spiritual Rising", Ezel-Ebed Records 2010] 10. (51:55) Artha - DNA ["Fluori Dolby", Cronomi Records 2010] *+ 11. (61:50) Merr0w - Citrus Circus ["Temple of Chaos", Suntrip Records 2010] 12. (69:40) Deimos - Chest Pain ["Ruptured EP", Diggarama 2010] *+ 13. (75:30) Tara Putra - Mashala Dub ["Space Forming", Gliese 581C 2010] *+ * Free(!) release + Also available on Ektoplazm.com Very direct download (127 MB VBR, 82 min) Track list in .txt Completely enjoyable upbeat albums were few and far between (as usual for me), but there are always some good bits here and there...maybe...

We have a winner.

OK...fairly recent goa.

What's the thing with Citrus Circus? I've seen it in three different mixes this week. (One of them mine. ) One possible explanation is that it's a tight track, but worldwide conspiracies are more exciting.

Might be nice, but clips like there's no tomorrow. Chillout doesn't quite work when overamped 200% gabber-style... Or is it just me?

Your art was better than mine...

I try my luck with MFG - New Kind of World, because the 2LP is currently frontmost in a stack of loose records right behind me.

Here's a quick one. Remember to post something in return...

It kind of reminds me of Silicon Trip but not quite...

KLF - What Time Is Love 1988 or so. Quite a classic for sure.

Well, yes and no...there have always been workhorse orchestras/bands playing cover tunes as cheaply as possible. They didn't have to be brilliant, only good enough to bring some audience in. They didn't have to be creative. The same jazz and swing arrangements were played everywhere. If that's not purely commercial performing then what is? Similarly the rock era saw endless "The Whatevers" groups - essentially cloned boy bands of those days. You may have heard of the famous Beatles audition, where Decca stated that "guitar groups are on the way out". That's how generic the concept was already back then. They played mostly cover songs in that session, by the way. It's really nothing new that managers, promoters, record companies etc. try to make a quick buck wherever they can. The big audience is rarely looking for the best talent. Some simple entertainment will go a long way if marketed properly. That's how it's always been. Millions of teens want - and try - to be rock stars just for the money and fame, regardless of their true talent. Of course, nowadays we have autotune and playback tapes so you can occasionally get away with precisely zero talent. Also, in these internet and software days it no longer takes a full studio session to produce something for wide distribution, so more and more people have a chance to try their luck. There's not even the lowest kind of record label filtering to reject the utter failures. But really, check out some 50s top lists and releases. You'll find enormous amounts of copycat concepts, cover tunes, hasty production and cheap tricks. A lot of it has been forgotten for good. For every Beatles there were a thousand unsuccessful clones. I'd say you can find vastly more creativity and originality today. A lot of it will end up being mediocre or plain crap, though. It's the Sturgeon's second law.

Are you serious? I thought it was 1) bad music to begin with, commercial or not 2) immensely hyped in every possible media, thus impossible to avoid 3) officially over in early 2009 But hey...maybe there's a major neo-dubstep movement 15 years later, and you can boast having all the oldschool stuff in original pressing...

Agreed. Definitely one of the most anticipated releases of 2025.

I'd say the intro is sampled from the beginning of Liquid Crystal Vision, consisting of Gil's speech and an ambient track called Visitation Arena. (On the DVD it continues with Shpongle.) Then The Nommos - Djembe Folie from Primal Meltdown is mixed in. Correct me if I'm wrong.

I try to minimise the clanking in my collection, but there are some more rhythmic bits in Desiderii Marginis, Herbst9, Inade, Camanecroszcope, ATOI and Sephiroth, to name a few. Is any of those close to what you're looking for? (Anything faster than that and I'll refuse to call it ambient...)

A poll about musical tastes is subjective? Actually, we get paid by Suntrip to rig the vote. Nobody really likes the music. As an alternative explanation, people who like a certain kind of music will vote for it? "Hate everything else" is something you just made up. Still, it's true that people may prefer some kind of music to something else. ... What's the alternative? To use a deterministic algorithm to calculate the artistic merits of every album? To ban the majority from voting because they're wrong? To replace the majority vote with your opinion, because it's less subjective? OK, you have this somewhat sensible suggestion: It's not as far fetched as one might think first. We are already limiting choices by only including certain genres. We are dividing stuff to up/downtempo, even though sometimes there's a grey area inbetween. However, 1) This division is even harder to make. 2) Three of top ten uptempo albums received less than ten votes. If we split stuff even further, the whole thing will be totally swinged by single individual votes. Not very feasible considering the current participation. 3) I'd say the top 20 is already about half-and-half of your suggested subgenres. It's entirely possible to reach a top spot with modern style releases. They just need to get a bit better. If you want Hujaboy (#86, supported by one voter) to top ten, there's not much else you can do than start your private voting without letting anyone else in. Would it be less subjective then?

Right... The good: They finally released something. The bad: It's bad. I'm not a diehard "1996 only" purist when it comes to AP or trance in general. I enjoyed Amen. I even included One in my "best of 2009" mix. However, this EP is too much. It's a gratinéed loaf of limburger cordon bleu in nacho sauce with occasional parmesan sprinkled on top. Thanks but no thanks. The ugly: I actually expect Duke Nukem Forever to deliver faster and better than AP's album. I wish even a quarter of this DJmag spamming time was spent on discovering deep trance again. Oh well, I'll try to concentrate on the good part after all. Too much negativity going on in these happy hippie circles.

38 replies already? This must be a popular EP.

That probably depends greatly on your definition. I bought this once and thought "heh, psychedelic house", but you may be thinking about something completely different. http-~~-//www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_-VwklPCo4 Then there are piles of non-melodic stuff from psy labels as everyone wanted to be similarly innovative since the year 2000 goa crash. A lot of it is called "progressive", even though it's really just house. Who came up with this progressive nonsense? Something like Fabel vs. Antix - Patterns is totally house, but they want to call it psy/progressive trance. Go figure. Pitch it down and it's either hypnotic or boring, depending on your view. I also think that the post-2005 "electro" house trend was among the worst ideas ever. That's when I stopped collecting the whole genre out of frustration, but that's another story.

Sounds good, but all my download attempts pause and crash somewhere around 100MB. Does anyone have a mirror or something?

I don't miss living in a pop. 5000 municipality, where the only music available was a few rock and schlager cassettes in the gas station's bin. No internet as we know it, no specialised radio stations, no way whatsoever to even hear any underground music, let alone buy it. I totally prefer these days of internet, online mixes, streaming samples and Discogs marketplace, thank-you.