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    Non Psytrance Essential Albums

    in Other Electronica

    Posted

    Hey all -

    IMO this topic has turned out way better than I ever expected and really thank everyone for tuning in and contributing.

    What is interesting to me is that I really was looking for non-psy ELECTRONIC releases, but have gotten some great

    recommendations for non electronic music anyway and I find it very enjoyable.

     

    As a lover of sooooo much music that I could never have time to listen to it all, I truly love the idea of only making

    time for the classics, the timeless masterpieces that make music worth living for. Call it snobby or whatever

    I'm just finding out that life is too short to waste on music that really doesn't matter. And I'm not one of those guys

    who thinks that the stuff I'm not really in to personally is not important or classic or whatever just because its not in a

    vein that really moves me. But I do like enough music that almost no genres are left out (country music and mtv pop though...)

     

    So, in the spirit of how this thread has evolved, I will roll with everyone and deviate a little to share some of the albums

    I consider to be masterpiece classics that are not psy, not electronic, and I believe have not been mentioned on here yet.

     

    Genesis -

    Foxtrot

    Trespass

    The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway

    Selling England by the Pound

    Nursery Cryme

     

    King Crimson -

    Red

    Starless and Bible Black

    In the Court of the Crimson King

     

    Yes -

    The Yes Album

    Close to the Edge

    Fragile

    Yes

    Time and A Word

     

    Van Der Graaf Generator -

    H To He Who Am the Only One

    Pawn Hearts

    Godbluff

    Still Life

     

    Camel -

    Mirage

    The Snow Goose

    Camel

    Moonmadness

     

    Gentle Giant

    Gentle Giant

    Acquiring the Taste

    Three Friends

    In A Glass House

     

    Jehtro Tull

    Thick As A Brick

    Aqualung

    Stand Up

    This Was

     

    Gryphon

    Gryphon

    Midnight Mushrumps

    Red Queen to Gryphon Three

    Raindance

     

    Nektar

    Journey to the Centre of the Eye

    Recycle

    Sounds Like This

    Down to Earth

    Remember the Future

    A Tab in the Ocean

     

    Rick Wakeman

    Journey to the Centre of the Earth

    The Six Wives of Henry VIII

    The Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table

     

    Steve Hillage

    Fish Rising

     

    Triumvirat

    Illuminations on a Double Dimple

    Spartacus

     

    Yezda Urfa

    Boris

    Sacred Baboon

     

    Caravan

    In the Land of Grey and Pink

    Waterloo Lily

    For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night

     

    Eloy

    Inside

    The Power and the Passion

    Ocean

    Floating

     

    Greenslade

    Bedside Manners are Extra

    Spyglass Guest

    Greenslade

     

    Focus

    In and Out of Focus

    Moving Waves

    Focus III

    Hamburger Concerto

     

    and possibly the greatest and most talented band of all time

     

    Emerson, Lake & Palmer

    Tarkus

    Brain Salad Surgery

    Emerson, Lake & Palmer

    Trilogy

     

     

    anyway there is my additional 2 cents worth about some sorta psychedelic, or at least trippy music with a wide range of influences that really rocks my world when I'm not listening to Psy or Techno...

     

    these albums are definitely essential as musical pieces but I understand this progressive rock thing does not appeal to everyone

    if you ever want to give it a chance though - these are truly the great ones

    not a definitive list by any means, but a good list to start with.

     

    Thanks for participating in this thread everyone, I think its very flavorful and fun to be a part of.

    Cheers

    The ''Your favorite style except Goa'' poll

    in General Psytrance

    Posted

    No one else like SA psy the most?

    I got your back my friend

     

    SA stuff for me for sure

     

    Timecode, Nexus etc...

     

    Phyx, Abomination, Artifakt, Broken Toy, Tickets, Hydraglyph, Shift, Twisted System, Frozen Ghost and a host of others

    Love that South African sound...

     

    If I had to choose any other besides SA or Goa it would probably be prog

    Non Psytrance Essential Albums

    in Other Electronica

    Posted

    Freestyle Fellowship- To whom it may concern (the finest west coast old school underground LP)

    @rino

    for a tekno head kinda guy, you sure do have good taste in hip hop music

     

    I used to love the stuff myself, could not get enough of the real mc's who had skill and contributed something new to the music

    but lately all rap has just lost its flavor, the industry is really dead IMO and its having an effect on my ability to listen

    even to the old stuff I loved because I have so soured to hip hop music

     

    Nas - BIG - Jay - Em - Eric B & Rakim, Cube - Kane - Mobb Deep - Beasties - Gangstarr - Public Enemy

    and all things Wu-Tang related (GZA - Method Man - RZA - Ghostface - Cappadonna - Sunz Of Man - Killarmy - Gravediggaz - Deck - Raekwon)

    these are the top notch artists of all times (of course I prolly missed a few but you know)

     

    All great stuff, but still - I'd rather listen to Psy, Techno (the real stuff, thanks rino) and old 70s progressive rock ala ELP, Genesis, King Crimson and Yes.

    Non Psytrance Essential Albums

    in Other Electronica

    Posted

    The Fugees - The Score (used to be the best selling hip hop album ever, not so sure if it's still that way... essential nonetheless tho'!)

    Sadly, "Outkast - Speakerboxxx/ The Love Below" is the highest selling hip hop album of all time at 11 million copies.

    Eminem's Slim Shady LP and Marshall Mathers LP both sold 10 million.

    Psy, a sub-category of... Psy?

    in General Psytrance

    Posted

    OK everyone,

    If you're like me, you have probably tried to organize and re-organize, and re-re-organize your music library

    to get all your tunes in to nice little pockets so you can easily find everything.

    Also, though -- if you're like me, you prolly run into the constant problem of categorizing the stuff

    that is not directly NAILED by a certain genre.

    Examples of the main categories (IMO)

     

    Full-on

    Darkpsy

    Prog

    Goa

    SA/Dark-on

    Suomi

    Ambient

     

    [and obviously these genres can have morning & night sections]

     

    and so on and so on... my real trouble comes with stuff like old IM, or Eat Static, Hux Flux, S.M.I.L.E., Skazi (just to name a few)

    We always see people using "Psy" or "Psytrance" as a way to label all the stuff that does not neatly fit elsewhere.

    But WTF? How the hell does Psy always end up as a sub-category of itself?

    My challenge to Psynewsers... come up with a fitting name to replace this horribly misplaced and poorly tagged sub-category.

    We need a good catch-all -- something besides Psy or Psytrance.

     

    Psy to me means all of it, the whole scene...

    Anyway - I'm not saying I have the answer, but I know there are many brilliant minds on this forum and I'd love to see what you come up with.

    Hit me...

    and as always

     

    PsyON

    Non Psytrance Essential Albums

    in Other Electronica

    Posted

    So far so good everyone..

    Really loving the suggestions

    Its exactly what I need too, because of my lack of experience

    with all the non psy music

    I'm finding that there is more and more music I really love

    I just don't know what it is yet!!! :D

     

    Keep the lists coming...

    Cheers

    Do you really believe in it?

    in Other Electronica

    Posted

    For me, Psy IS the drug.

    I used to use a lot of different narcotics and enjoyed a lot of the different experiences I had while using them.

    Now that I am older, and a devout Christian, I no longer use illicit drugs.

    As such, I do still like music that creates a certain type of euphoria and state of mind

    that reminds me a lot of the old days.

    This is how I really still enjoy the music even though I neither believe in any of the above mentioned themes

    (except for God of course) nor use drugs. The music really just is the medicine, IMO.

    There is an awful lot to be enjoyed in this music regardless of what you believe or use.

    I just try to take it all for what it is, like reading important books or studying philosophers,

    writers, artists and scientists who hold different views. It is still educational.

    In the end, its really just music right?

    But it is fun to trip out a little to trippy music.

    And yes, I still stay up late, light candles and incense and dream about my younger years,

    just with a clear and sober mind now.

    Great thread my friend, thanks for posting.

    Cheers

    Non Psytrance Essential Albums

    in Other Electronica

    Posted

    So I was looking on Ektoplazm at Basilisk's "essential selections"

    and it has been very helpful to explore some of the more important, good and historical psy releases.

    (Excellent resource btw, and you should check it out) http://www.ektoplazm.com/projects/essential-selections/

     

    As a fan of all types of electronic music, I am wondering...

    What are the most important/great albums from the history of non-psy electronic music?

    I'd love to see your lists of the albums every fan MUST have/hear or at least respect.

    You can take from Techno, House, Breakbeat, Drum n Bass, Dubstep, Minimal, Tech-House, Electro... anything really.

    I look forward to seeing what my fellow psynewsers come up with.

    Cheers, and thanks for checking out this post.

     

    PsyON

    Filteria on the scales

    in General Psytrance

    Posted

    I dig them all

    each has a little different variation on the flavour which I think makes them all rich in their own right

    Personally I chose Heliopolis, maybe because its the one I have listened to most

    Or possibly just to not be on the Daze bandwagon (which I love btw)

    Anyway - love the Filteria sounds

    keep on making the juicy goodness - I love it all

    PsyON

    The major styles of psytrance

    in General Psytrance

    Posted

    One other thought I had that would make the site even more cool than it is now

    is to add your tags to the recommendations section.

    Be very cool for people to browse through your essentials lists by tag.

    At least I think it would be cool.

    Plus it really helps to know the style as you are investigating artists

    and records you may have never heard before.

    Anyway - my 2 extra cents.

    Love Ektoplazm...

    peace

    Why aren't there more American psy/ambient artists?

    in General Psytrance

    Posted

    i think the problem in the US is hip hop is a monopoly and has massive marketing behind it.

    hip hop has destroyed everything here in america

    not just music, but culture, language, clothing, television - EVERYTHING

    just can't believe the consumers still just gobble it up no matter how trite and unoriginal it is

    and the music is terrible... its just unlistenable garbage and it rules the roost

    too bad...I wish we had more psy/electro/tech-house/ambient etc producers that could get

    even 1% of the money and marketing that hip hop gets

    then america could really see some good music

    but the rule here is "if it aint on mtv, it aint music"

    and I can't even get started with whats wrong with the rest of american music

    producers/live artists/DJs - PLEASE MAKE THE AMERICAN PSY SCENE STRONGER

    much love and respect to all

    What will be next?

    in General Psytrance

    Posted

    Thug psy.

     

    Hoe slapping hippie gangztaz tossin' up their KFC meals 6 feet up in the air.

     

    Cadillac laced pimpz flossin' thick gold chains with platinum shiva symbols hanging down their hairy and unwashed chest.

    gangpsty it is very possible that hip hop could ruin Psy like it has absolutely destroyed everything else its touched

    would not be surprised if some darkpsy/gangsta rap etc was the next big thing. hard bass lines and brash drum sounds

    with some guy blathering on about bitches and spinnaz

     

    ok I'm going now, might actually throw up

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