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Are you saying that Psyshop does that on purpose? From a financial point of view that simply doesn't make sense. Psyshop is a company made to make money - then why on earth would they stock less of a batch of CD's, when they know they are going to sell? It's probably the fault of the distribution instead. I don't know if you can count on the Psyshop charts, but it wouldn't surprise me if they were true - acts like SUN Project, Vibrasphere, Atmos, Symphonix, Electric Universe, Sesto Sento, Space Tribe, Neelix, Liquid Soul, Neelix etc. are very popular, so it's no wonder they've made it to the top20. You might wonder about some of the more unknown releases like New Perspective vol 2. and the Minoru album, but they are both from pretty big German labels and have both been featured as CD of the week. Saikosounds has a chart as well by the way: http://www.saikosounds.com/english/top_ten.asp

Artist: Kliment Title: Secondary Motion Label: Iboga Digital Cat number: IBOGADIGITAL33 Format: MP3/WAV Release date: January 2009 Buy release here: https://www.beatport.com/en-US/html/content...ondary%20Motion Release information: Kliment is the solo-project of Bulgarian producer Kliment Dichev, and he's a name to watch out for. On his new, second digital EP on Iboga Records, he presents two smashing progressive trance tracks which show his great potential: phat, bouncy rhythms, tribal-esque percussion and deep, yet atmospheric trance-atmospheres are the trademarks for the Kliment sound - fresh, yet not catering for the current trends, and maintaining a true trancey sound. Enjoy! Tracklist: 01. Secondary Motion 02. World Of Crystal Links: Iboga Website: http://www.iboga.dk Progressive Tunes: http://www.progressivetunes.com Iboga on Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/ibogarecords Kliment on Myspace: www.myspace.com/klimentd Iboga Records group on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=7523410676 Iboga Records fanpage on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Iboga-Records/9018909835 Buy release here: https://www.beatport.com/en-US/html/content...ondary%20Motion

Artist: Perfect Stranger Title: Stardust EP Label: Iboga Digital Cat number: IBOGADIGITAL32 Format: MP3/WAV Release date: January 2009 Buy it here: https://www.beatport.com/en-US/html/content...401/stardust_ep Release information: With the release of the Perfect Stranger album "Free Cloud", Israeli Yuli Fershtat once again established himself as one of the most influential progressive producers in 2008. Using a fusion of melodic progressive and psychedelic trance with pumping techno grooves, the album was not only an interesting crossover album for the connoisseurs, but also a broader success, resulting in high ratings on both the techno and psy-trance charts on Beatport.com, and more importantly: great reactions on dancefloors around the globe. Now we're proud to present a follow-up EP for the album, with remixes for the two tracks "Stardust" and "Free Cloud". The first "Stardust" remix is from the Russian brothers in the duo Moonbeam, who have had huge success in the last couple of years with a repertoire ranging from progressive house to melodic techno and deep minimal releases on labels like Traum, Proton, Black Hole, Armada, Ultra, Songbird and Tribal Vision Records. The second remix is a massive tech house remix from the Israeli producer Eitan Reiter, who has received much praise for his psytrance-project Loud, a storming progressive/electro house remix from the up-coming duo Felguk, as well as a remix for "Free Cloud" made by Perfect Stranger in cooperation with the Israeli DJ A.Balter. You might remember him from the extraordinary remix he made for BLT's "Patterns Of" last year. All in all a release with broad appeal and high quality. Support by names like Armin Van Buuren, Groove Amarda, Nick Warren, Adam K, Hipp-E, Dave Spoon and 16 Bit Lolitas. Enjoy! Tracklist: 01. Stardust 02. Stardust (Moonbeam Remix) 03. Stardust (Eitan Reiter Remix) 04. Stardust (Felguk Remix) 05. Free Cloud (Perfect Stranger & A. Balter Remix) Links: Iboga Website: http://www.iboga.dk Progressive Tunes: http://www.progressivetunes.com Iboga on Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/ibogarecords Perfect Stranger on Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/perfectblt Iboga Records group on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=7523410676 Iboga Records fanpage on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Iboga-Records/9018909835 Perfect Stranger fanpage on Facebook: http://www.new.facebook.com/pages/Perfect-...ger/10109749055 Release on Beatport: https://www.beatport.com/en-US/html/content...401/stardust_ep

The MOS mentioned at that festival could also be Sprout's MOS, who's making electro/tech house. A totally different project: www.myspace.com/manuelsofia

Well, I guess I don't know anything about sound quality, because in my opinion artists like Infected Mushroom, Ace Ventura, Domestic, Astrix, Son Kite etc. have just as good sound quality as the artists you mentioned - if not better. I might not like the music from all these artists, but judging sound quality isn't really a matter of musical taste.

That just happens to be one of the most obnoxious magazines in the world. Stupid teenage-humour, useless articles and pictures of dolled-up attention-whores.

I HATE jumpstyle and hardstyle. Of course taste differs, but I simply can't stand it - it's terrible. What makes it even more terrible, is the fact that it's huge among teenagers around these parts...

They were really big some years back, but I never really understood the hype. They have made a couple of fairly good tracks over the years (including their sideprojects Ouija and CON Sequencer) but generally I don't think their music is of high quality. Actually this applies to all of the "live" psytrance-acts I have heard: Star Sounds Orchestra, SUN Project and Hilight Tribe. Ok, it might be interesting for some to witness their liveshows, but in my opinion their music is quite mediocre.

Who mentioned anything about begging artists to give out their tracks away for free? I am certainly willing to pay for good quality. Lots of artists and labels have joined the digital download revolution and released their backcatalogue digitally on sites like Beatport.com, and the more people who request it, the more labels will join in. I can't see how that can be a bad thing - more people will gain access to some wonderful old gems, and the artists and labels might even make a few bucks without much effort. That being said, releasing old tracks for free COULD also be an option for some. Just look at what labels like Flying Rhino has done. And last but not least - what if you don't want vinyl? I respect the format, but in today's psytrance-scene it almost has no merit. As a DJ you rarely see vinyl-setups at gigs anymore, the format is extremely unhandy, and the result of ripping from vinyl to a digital format is almost always of doubtful quality.

Yes. There's actually development in moods and atmosphere in this set, and not just the non-stop small-children-being-raped-by-huge-aliens-in-a-blender terrorcore music he's known for nowadays. Oh well, taste differs

A few months ago: http://forum.isratrance.com/b-n-e-records-closed-down/page3/

320 kbps.

I bought this as digital download on the Digital Structures website back in 2007 I think.

I've been looking for a decent version of Tegma - Revolution (Son Kite Remix) for ages. Was so glad to hear BNE was going to release the entire Son Kite backcatalogue digitally, but after they have closed down, it doesn't like it's going to happen after all... The track has been released on a compilation though, but it's hard to track down.

The release is now also out as digital download on Beatport.com: https://www.beatport.com/en-US/html/content...ail/151817/time

I prefer Family Of Light as well

Now also out as digital download on Beatport.com: https://www.beatport.com/en-US/html/content...l/148786/reboot

Artist: Atmos Title: Tour De Trance Label: Spiral Trax Format: CD/MP3/Compactstick (CompactStick features 6 extra tracks) Released: December 2008 Review: Without exaggerating I can safely say, that "Tour De Trance" is one of the most eagerly-awaited releases this year. A new Atmos-album was announced well over a year ago - first planned to come out on Digital Structures, but after a long while without any news, it was suddenly announced a few months ago that the resurrected Swedish label Spiral Trax was the new home for this long-awaited new album. So Tomasz Balicki aka Atmos is back with the same label who released his first two albums (not including the Atmos/Echö-Lab release "Overlap" from 2001): The landmark release "Headcleaner" from 2000, which I personally consider one of the best albums in the history of trance-music, and the amazingly positive follow-up "2nd Brigade" from 2004. Both albums today are classics, just as tracks like "The Only Process" and "Klein Aber Doctor", and therefore expectations for his new output are enormous. Get ready for a "Tour De Trance". 01. Stay Awake [126 BPM] As on the first two Atmos-albums, "Tour De Trance" starts out slow and atmospheric. "Stay Awake" is over 9 minutes long and starts out quite deep, but slowly evolves into a more positive mood, including synth-pads which remind me of some of his pre-2000 stuff, and a long, hypnotizing male voice-sample. Great, laidback opener, which even gives slight associations to the amazing opener on "Headcleaner", "Fill The Hat". 02. Skintrade [128 BPM] In "Skintrade" there are also some oldschool scando-trance elements present, and with some really cool, laidback grooves we're certainly in no hurry to get to the dancefloor. Although the rhythm is underplayed, the sublime, quite moody atmosphere still puts this tune in the trance-category, and the soothing female vocals are the icing on the cake. Beautiful. 03. 46 DAZ [128 BPM] Things get a little more pumping with the strangely titled "46 DAZ". We're still not going throttle though, but "46 DAZ" has more dancefloor appeal than the previous two tracks, due to the more full and distinct and full bassline. Again there are some great female voice-samples, and even a bit of soothing singing. Sweet tune. 04. ToWhatMyMindAttend [128 BPM] "ToWhatMyMindAttend" starts out rather calm with some gloomy pads, a groovy rhythm and some deep male vocals, but that all changes after three minutes, when the rolling bassline the dancefloor has been craving for, is finally introduced. At first it's rather minimal, but over the next couple of minutes it slowly progresses even more and when the high hats kick in, it's full power morning trance. Sublime. 05. Ride The Flow [128 BPM] We're halfway through the album with "Ride The Flow" - a track which I have quite ambivalent feelings about, as the track is somewhat impaired by some very dominant male voice-samples which are quite over the top cheesy for my liking. Apart from that, it features some beautiful strings and uplifting pads, and if it hadn't been for the voice-samples, this would probably have been my favorite track on the album. 06. Nick Of Time [130 BPM] The tempo is raised a bit with "Nick Of Time" - one of the fastest tracks on the album. The groove is still reserved though, and it fits the mood of the track perfectly. At first slightly moody, but after the middle breakdown we're introduced to a beautiful melodic section, moving into deeper territories again, before we finish with a hint of the uplifting melodies once again. Class! 07. Power ON [130 BPM] "Power ON" is a small, 4-minute breakbeat interlude. An interesting little tune with elements of robotic voice-effects, oldschool house synths and some elements I associate with old demo-scene music. Cool intermission from the 4/4 stuff. 08. Into The Groove [130 BPM] After the small interlude, Tomasz puts us back into dance-mode once again with "Into The Groove" - undoubtedly one of the most dancefriendly tunes on the album due to the addictive rolling bassline and groove. On "Tour De Trance", this is probably the tune that reminds me the most of "2nd Brigade", and with the optimistic melodies I predict this tune will be one of the DJ-favorites from this release. Great morning trance. 09. Jellybean [126 BPM] On the final track, "Jellybean", we're back in the starting tempo, 126 BPM. It features a very electro-influenced offbeat bassline, some pristine, crystal clear sounds, some very distinct, almost naive melodies and some bass-heavy breaks. Generally an ok track, but doesn't match some of the best on the album. Bottom line: These are interesting times for the psychedelic trance-scene. Where many dark psy and full on artists seems to be competing who can produce the most intense and obnoxious music, some progressive producers have gone the other way; slowing things down below 130 BPM while still keeping it trancy. Perfect Stranger recently took the techno-route on his "Free Cloud", and now Atmos has taken a mellower direction with "Tour De Trance", slowing things down even more than on "2nd Brigade". Despite some minor flaws, "Tour De Trance" is a sophisticated, classy album with elements of both oldschool Atmos-trademark sounds and newer progressive house sounds, and an album which proves that progressive trance can be both very melodic and subtle at the same time. Also, despite being low BPM and a reinvention of his old sound, Atmos doesn't try to blindly follow the trends of electro and techno, and that deserves some credit in book. My guess is that many people will initially disappointed with this release, and I doubt it will have the same dancefloor-impact as, lets say "Headcleaner", but that doesn't really bother me. To me, "Tour De Trance" is more of a trance-journey with the home listeners in mind and when given some time, I am sure a lot of people will appreciate it in the end. Also - in the right time and setting, most of the tunes here, can create magic on the dancefloor. Great album. Favorites: 1, 2, 3, 4 (!!), 6, 8 (!!) Verdict: 8/10 Links: Spiral Trax website: http://www.spiraltrax.com/ Spiral Trax Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/spiraltrax Atmos website: http://www.atmotech.com Atmos Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/atmotech CD at Psyshop: http://www.psyshop.com/shop/CDs/spt/spt1cd026.html CompactStick at Psyshop: http://www.psyshop.com/shop/Sticks/spt/spt1cs026.html

Release is out now: http://forum.isratrance.com/Compilation/

One of my favourite dark psy tracks. The video is from the movie "Blueberry" by the way.

Wouldn't really call it a stormer. Heard the whole thing (except the compactstick-tracks), and although it is indeed a good CD, I wouldn't say it's as much of a dancefloor-minded album as his other albums. Not saying that's a bad thing though

Son Kite - Live In Tokyo DVD.