Dolmot

Hey, even his mix CD had Prana on it. Cool guy.

What's "thumpy", exactly? I've heard plenty of different kick styles even in oldschool goa. Of course, one important historical aspect is that goa parties and music have their roots in 80s synth pop, where a basic drum machine kick was used as an electronic replacement for a common bass drum. It provided a steady, mechanical beat (or a rhythm) without totally dominating the track. Think Kraftwerk, for example. You can hear that kind of "beach beat" in a lot of early goa like Total Eclipse and such. Many composers were also simply limited by hardware. They didn't have everything and the kitchen sink to choose from. Then again, a lot of that applies to early techno, house and "normal trance" too. But quite soon many totally different variants were introduced. In some "French style" goa the melodies totally dominate. For example, in many Underhead tracks I wonder whether someone accidentally left the bass gain completely down. Green Nuns was so acid-drenched that you probably couldn't fit a massive bass in there. Conversely, the Ominus family was stomping its way through your roof already in 1996. I've got a few "what the hell is happening" looks when Psychlopedia - The Gurningpoint comes in after more lightweight stuff on a big system. Dimension 5 had its characteristic long & low decay. Etnica / Crop Circles has fascinating tracks, where the kick peak itself is barely noticeable, but the decay blends into a solid bass wall. Some may find it weak, I find it extremely groovy. Meanwhile, a lot of techno becomes boring if it only has the "rope skipping" 4/4 kick with nothing else in the low end to support it. No amount of tweaking of the kick sound itself can help that. Of course, the mix greatly affects how it comes out. If the majority of energy is at ~50 Hz, taking it or cutting it makes a world of difference. A lot of goa/psy was produced and mixed by one man shops with budget equipment and varying levels of professionalism so the final sound varies correspondingly. Obviously people also have their own preferences on whether the bass should be earth-shattering or just a supporting element, and production/mastering will reflect that. I think the kick in general is overrated, and producers should listen to funk and write cool basslines instead.

Yes...

I listened through the Psysutra album. It was 71 minutes (or whatever) well spent. My quality of life improved. Well, Friday and beer helped too.

Hipit eivät intistä innostu. Sounds good to me, though.

Last week: - Ra - Earthcall - Crossing Mind - Beyond Duality - Proxeeus - Weird Tales - Veasna - Energy - Banco de Gaia - Live at Glastonbury 20th Anniversary Edition - BMI Goes India - Flooting Grooves - Monosodium Flootamate - VA - Strange-Eyed Constellations - Andrew Heath - Flux - Eastern Spirit - Lucid Dreaming

Nah, I was just unpacking my previous orders and calling it a day. Didn't feel like rushing to shop more. Next time let us know a bit earlier than 2-x hours before the deadline. However, I already have six of the seven albums mentioned here...

I have two big parcels of fresh CDs next to me, but I'm doing loads of mind-numbing paperwork while trying to figure out various regulations, which are in fine print legalese, self-contradictory or both. In some cases I'm also fixing the paperwork of other people, who got paid for doing it, yet still managed to screw it up. What a jolly Sunday.

He's certainly given us cancer.

I think you might find it's 30000 he needs.

This week: - Virtuart & Friends - Pitch Black - Futureproof - Pitch Black - Filtered Senses - Tor.Ma in Dub - Mara'akames Gathering One 5CD order of 2016 stuff is in, and I'll probably place another this weekend.

"The"? There are probably more than ten different Pleiadians references in this thread, hardly any of them "this is identical to --". Examples from this page: And you're making your own comparison right there too...

You mean there's Skazi and Talamasca in them?

Cooking, drinking coffee, listening to Virtuart, cooling fancy beers, waiting for sauna. I'd say it's going pretty well.

Wait what? Let me check... Crap! My CDs! Gone! Those bastards!

Hey, don't open your Christmas presents early!

Well, we don't judge. (Men du borde logga ut i alla fall.)

Where?!

#1 reminds me of Section X. Space Control, Identify and Atlantis all have fairly similar loops. However, their released versions are faster, whereas many other (hard)trance tracks back then were based on similar patterns. Cannot tell for sure. I'll leave further investigation to people with more free time...

...utopia?

Sure. Ridnitšohkka, the highest peak within Finland: (Seen from Halti which has a slope with 7 m higher elevation on Finland's side. The peak is in Norway.)

Great to see all this discussion about Finland.

About 41 min is Aiwana. Damn, it's been a while since I listened to these...

I don't see any good reason to exclude vinyls.

I could try denying it but I wouldn't fool anyone so better just admit it.