pr0fane

Then go for AKG K271 Studio

I have them as well, and while they are excellent for DJ'ing, I find them way to stressful to wear for everyday use. For everything else than DJ'ing I have a pair of AKG K271 Studio's - and it's probably the best buy of my life

"Fullon guys" ... what are you then, a "goatrance guy"? For gods sake, stop putting everyone into little boxes. Just because I like some fullon, doesn't make me a "fullon guy" - we are actually a lot of people who appreciate more than just one particular style of music.

Amen.

Pathetic, just pathetic. ... and yes, I like both good full on and good goatrance.

Artist: Setherian Title: Postrancepose Label: Oxygen Records Format: CD (Jewelcase with standard 4-page inlay) Released: November 2006 Cover: http://oxygenrecords.com/img/data/releases...ian-front-b.jpg Review: Launched in 2005 by DJ's TV and Nem, Oxygen Records has already built a quite good reputation as a morning label, with so far 3 compilations ("Satellite", "Parsec" and "Occurrence") and a full length album by the Portuguese act Spectra. The labels 5th release is by the Brazilian act Setherian, also known as DJ Seth. Setherian has appeared on several compilations on labels like Com.Pact, Midijum, Aeon, Groove Zone, Kagdila, Yellow Sunshine Explosion and of course Oxygen, and 2 years ago he released his debut-album "Multiverse" on Glowing Flame Records. An album I, after listening to some of Setherians later releases, regret that I didn't buy back when it was released. His 2nd album is called "Postrancepose" and with no less than 10 tracks ranging in BPM from 120 to 145 BPM, I had my hopes up for something special. 01. Klosterfunk [130 BPM] The album starts with Klosterfunk - now I don't know if Kloster means anything in Portuguese, but in Danish it means Monastery, which gives the title (Monasteryfunk!?) a quite weird touch from my perspective. That being said, it's a really nice laidback opening track with big pads and droning bass that nicely sets the tone for the things to come. Definitely good stuff. 02. Fakin Nathex [127 BPM] "Fakin Nathex" on the other hand is a completely different track, much more digital and rough than the opener. It has some quite funky grooves, a very sharp kick, lots of strange electro-effects and sadly also some very annoying voice-sample usage. Surely a different kind of tune from a psytrance-artists, but didn’t do much for me. 03. D-Fraktion [130 BPM] The electro-craze is continued in "D-Fraktion", and this time with even with more edge and power, although still not with a lot of dancefloor appeal. There are some quite distinct acid-influences, and at times the pads provide some well-intentioned smoothness to the rugged base of the track, but overall I can't say that I really liked this one. 04. Diplik [136 BPM] After a short but very beautiful intro, "Diplik" kicks the album into more straightforward progressive psytrance with a steady 4/4 beat. Sadly there are once again some slightly annoying voice-samples (this time a robotic voice saying "Electricity" a few too many times), but the rest of the tune is actually really good - funky and melodic progressive morning trance. 05. Trodden Fire [140 BPM] In the 5th track, "Trodden Fire" we get into the 140-BPM territory - it starts out with a quite funky groove for the first half of the track, before escalating with a rolling more full on ish bassline in the last part where it reaches a quite Human Blue-ish peak, apart from the offbeat melodies and a bit more surprising twists and twisted effects. A really nice morning tune - uplifting, but without the cheese. 06. Moving Targets [144 BPM] "Moving Targets" is a bit more easylistening than the previous tracks, relying not so much on twisted effects, but more on straightforward melodies, bass and pads - again quite much oldschool scando-sounding fused with some full on elements. The brightest track on the album, and another really suitable track for those magical sunrise hours. 07. Critical Overflow [145 BPM] The intensity rises yet another notch with "Critical Overflow", starting with what sounds like an old movie-sample before introducing a pounding full on sounding bassline. I'm guessing this will be the biggest dancefloor tune on the album - it's a bit more serious and hard-hitting than the rest, and not quite as naively uplifting. Another great track. 08. The Shining [140 BPM] The last dancefloor track on the album is "The Shining", a deep and very melodic track that again gives some nice flashbacks to older Scandinavian trance. Think something along the lines of S>Range in the "2001"-days with the production-quality of today, and you have a winner of a very dreamy progressive morning-tune. Surely one of the biggest standouts on the album. 09. Reentrant Uperiodic [120 BPM] The final part of the album starts with "Reentrant Uperiodic". It starts with a quite long beatless intro, which gives the impression of a very laidback ambient track, but surprise surprise - after around 2 minutes we're introduced to some rather squeaky bass and synths, and it does get quite intense along the way. 10. Aidiemist [120 BPM] The album concludes with "Aidiemist", and this a real hidden gem. Think very laidback breakbeat fused with deep, minimal techno using some simple, but beautiful uplifting pads and stunning chord stabs. It's definitely not your everyday standard psychillout tune to fill out the last 7 minutes on the CD, and I consider this a real standout track on the album. Would love to hear more of this by Setherian in the future. Bottom line: Setherians 2nd album " Postrancepose " certainly stands out from the current giant mass of morning albums in many aspects - it's not an album consisting of only dance-floor tunes, but instead it provide something more and something different, with elements of both full on, progressive psytrance, electro and minimal. Different doesn't always mean good though, and I had a hard time connecting to some of the elements on the album (especially track 2 and 3), but when it works (and for most part it does) it works very, very well. I'm guessing this won't be an album you'll get at the first listen - some of it surely took some getting used to for me - but if you're really into the melodic morning sound (be it progressive or full on), but is looking for something more diverse and a bit away form the norm - still bright and uplifting, but without all the cheese, this is definitely one of the better releases this year. Favourites: 1, 5, 6, 7, 8 (!), 10 Verdict: 7/10 Links: Oxygen Records: http://www.oxygenrecords.com

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They stopped calling themselves Blue Vortex. Now they have two projects called Rumble Pack (full on) and Natural Flow (progressive). One of the members also has an upcoming progressive project called Motion Drive.

Artist: Various Title: Think Different Label: Echoes Records Format: CD (Jewelcase with standard 4-page inlay) Released: November 2006 Review: Echoes Records is a brand new progressive label based in Israel. A few years ago progressive labels from Israel where very seldom, but with the uprise of the whole progressive scene worldwide, we're also seeing quite a few new progressive labels from this very full on dominated country. Behind Echoes Records stands DJ Osho, an Israeli DJ who have played in countries like Marocco, Turkey, Greece, Denmark and in the past have compiled a couple of CD's for Spliff Music and Groove Control. The first release from Echoes Records is "Think Different" - a compilation featuring a quite tempting tracklist with 8 tracks and remixes. 01. Perfect Stranger Vs Ace Ventura - Perfect Ace [135 BPM] Two of the biggest ambassadors for the progressive scene in Israel are Perfect Stranger and Ace Ventura, both signed on Iboga Records. Here they have combined forced on the aptly titled "Perfect Ace", and in my opinion it's among their very best work so far. It features some slightly modified Al Pacino samples from Scarface for humorous effect, and it has a very big, crowdpleasing breakdown with a very impressive dancefloor effect. Amazing stuff. 02. Paste - Down On The Streets (Echotek Remix) [135 BPM] Up next is another Israeli artist, Echotek, with a remix for Pastes "Down On The Streets", released on Plusquams "Wireless" compilation last year. Echoteks sound is usually a mix of progressive and full on, but here he's definitely focusing more on the progressive side of things - it doesn't quite have the punch and deep, raw appeal as the original, but on the other hand the energy is slightly higher and it is more suitable for playing at daytime. Ok remix. 03. Fusi & Johnson - Respect [138 BPM] Fusi & Johnson is the moniker for the two Germans Fabio and Mapusa Mapusa, some of the most well-known DJs and producers on the German progressive scene in the last many years. "Respect" doesn't bring much new to the genre, but it is a fine track nevertheless - the grooves are quite funky and it has some very likeable melodies that'll definitely cause a lot of smiles on the dancefloor in an afternoon set. Solid german festival-trance. 04. Vibrasphere - Capsize [137 BPM] Vibrasphere is definitely one of my favourite acts, and 2006 has been a great year for fans of their melodic trance-sound, with a full length album, one single and some appearances on compilations - mostly of very high quality. "Capsize" maintains the high quality they are well-known for - it's not quite as in your face melodic as some of their newer stuff, but more on the dreamy, subtle side as we know from their "Lime Structure" days. Epic sound. 05. Ace Ventura - Go With Da Flow (Morax Remix) [132 BPM] Ace Venturas "Go With Da Flow", previously released on Flows "Globalize" compiliation is remixed by Morax from Israel, the progressive soloproject of Michael Reznik, also known as being part of the techtrance project Triac. The intro is kind of weird, but the track picks up very quick, mixing a hard, relentless tribal groove with the slightly uplifting elements from the original. Nice remix - better than the original. 06. Tegma - Bratislava Next [130 BPM] With 3 successful full length albums released on Digital Structures, Candyflip and Tribal Vision, Tegma is one of the biggest progressive acts to come out of Sweden, and here they are continuing the style from their last album, "Around The World In 80 Minutes". Tribal and psychedelic with elements of both progressive house and trance, but sadly it didn't do as much for me as any of their later releases. Weaker than expected. 07. Fitalic - The Way [130 BPM] Robin Fitter from Holland recently released his debut album "Atomic Atmosphere" on Tribal Vision Records, but has for many years been a big name in the progressive house scene, with releases on labels like Bedrock, Vapour, Pangea, Nascent, Iboga, Plastik Park and Sprout. "The Way" is taken from the album, where I found it a solid track, yet one of the more anonymous tunes on the album overall. A good, deep, progressive house track with tech-house influences and nicely filtered male voice-samples. 08. True Lies - If You Wanna [130 BPM] To conclude the compilation is "If You Wanna" by the True Lies - the housier sideproject of the Symponix-brothers, also known as DJ Montagu & Golkonda and organisers of Tshitraka, one of the biggest annual psychedelic festivals in Germany. The track is kind of mixture of progressive/electro house and German festival-psytrance, but I find it kind of forgettable - lacking any real energy or distinctiveness. Bottom line: "Think Different" won't go down in history as one of the best compilations released in 2006, but it does have some very strong points that'll make it a valued tool for DJ's in the coming months. What really makes this compilation worth the bucks is the Perfect Stranger/Ace Ventura and the Vibrasphere tracks - two absolutely stunning highlights. The rest ranges from pretty good to quite forgettable, but overall "Think Different" is worth the money, and Echoes Records will definitely get some well-deserved attention for this release. Favourites: 1 (!!), 3, 4 (!!), 5, 6 Verdict: 7/10 Link: Echoes Records: http://www.echoes-records.com

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Artist: Various Title: Slow-Release Label: Open Records Format: CD Released: November 2006 Review: Open Records is a completely new label based in Australia. Behind the scenes we find the 2 DJ's Suspekt and Woodsman - probably not very well-known on the northern hemisphere, but a couple of highly requested DJ's down under. On the labels debut-release, "Slow-Release" we find 8 previously unreleased tracks and remixes made by a mix of artists from down under and abroad, from very well-known acts to acts previously unknown to the public eye. 1. Antix - Le Lascard (Embark Remix) [130 BPM] The compilation starts with a remix for "Le Lascard" from Antix's last album "Twin Coast Discovery". This particular track was undoubtedly among my favourite tracks on the album, and here it's reworked by Embark - a new and, judging by this remix, quite promising producer from Australia. It's more simple and tribal, and doesn't quite match the epic quality of the original, but it grooves very nicely, and the breakdown with the classic theme is very blissful and well-done. 2. Brisker & Magitman - Clockwork [130 BPM] Israeli act Brisker & Magitmans career has skyrocketed in the last year - their full on project Elec3 has had great success, but more so their progressive sideproject Brisker & Magitman is in high request in the progressive house/progressive trance scene, with releases on major players like Renaissance, Audio Therapy, Method (Baroque), SOG and Tribal Vision. "Clockwork" is a fine little track, although it in all honesty sounds like some of their older material, it's a sweet track - simple and deep, with a melancholic piano-melody. 3. Eegor - Prime Groover (Marathon Mix) [129 BPM] Eegor is another newcomer from Australia, and here we're fed with his own aptly named Marathon mix of "Prime Groover", running for almost 11 minutes. It holds some of the same qualities as the Embark remix for Antix - deep, tribal progressive house with a "psy" edge, but to me it seems to miss a really distinguishable theme that makes it worthwhile for the 11 minutes. Not bad, just too much of the same. 4. Fog featuring V-Point - Seduction [128 BPM] Another Australian newcomer, V-Point, teams up with Fog from Greece on "Seduction". I have mixed emotions about Fog and his earlier project Elastic - on one side it's very enjoyable deep, tribal progressive which reminds me of Antix in their "Lull" days, but to me he seems way too stuck in the same formula - and this track is no exception. Add to that some quite misplaced percussion and you have the weakest point on the CD. 5. D-Sens vs. Sirius Smooth - Tribalizer [132 BPM] D-Sens is the solo project of one of the members of the French progressive psytrance project Lunaspice, and here he teams up with yet another Aussie newcomer, Sirius Smooth on "Tribalizer". What a great tune this is - it has a wonderful, deep bubbly bass, and a suburban-style club sound, yet still maintaining some of that big outdoor atmosphere. Solid work. 6. Sun Control Species - Nameless Blameless (Antix Remix) [132 BPM] Antix follow up with a remix for Sun Control Species' "Nameless Blameless", previously released on Zenon Records' "Intelligent Manipulation" compilation last year. Compared to the rest of the tracks here, this remix is probably the trendiest, with sort of subtle electro-ish touches, a big trancy anthem, yet still staying true to the psygressive outdoor sound. Certainly a good remix. 7. Wombat - Ride Control [133 BPM] Up next is Wombat - the new sideproject of one of Australias most well-known progressive producers, Sun Control Species, and "Ride Control" is naturally oozing of quality. It's slower than the majority of the previous Sun Control Species tracks, incredibly deep and with a big, massive sound that'll work wonders when chugging on an outdoor PA. Big tune. 8. D-Sens - Save The Children [125 BPM] Frances D-Sens finish the compilation with "Save The Children", the slowest track on the CD, once again staying true to the concept of deep, tribal progressive. The groove is very lazy, and although it maybe isn't quite dancefloor-appealing for the peaktime, I find it very suitable for the opening or afterhours for a party. Nice comedown for a good compilation. Bottom line: Okay, "Slow-Release" perhaps isn't the best progressive compilation released this year, but in a time where progressive releases either seem to be following the electro-housey D-Nox & Beckers direction or the more full on'ish Liquid Soul/FREq direction, Open Records seems to have found another niche with this mixture of progressive house and deep, tribal progressive psytrance. The quality is consistently pretty good, and even the newcomers seem to have something to deliver. Judging by this first release, Open Records is certainly a label worth supporting. Favourites: 1 (!), 2, 5 (!), 6 (!), 7 Verdict: 7/10 Links: Open Records: http://www.open-records.net Open Records @ MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/OpenRecordsAustralia

I still have mixed feelings about this. On one hand the production is absolutely stunning, and it does contain some good tracks that I could easily imagine playing in a full on or techtrance set, but on the other hand it is undoubtedly the least challenging and musically interesting Koxbox/Saiko-Pod album to date. Good album overall by todays standard, but given the fact it's a Koxbox album I must say I'm a bit disappointed.

Psyhouse? Check out some of the Mark Allen and Tim Healey stuff from 2001-2003. Quirk, Hopefiend and stuff like that.

Even with dial-up I think the download should be done by now

Title: Digital Delights part 2 Made by: DJ pr0fane - Denmark Style: Progressive psytrance Date: 6th of November, 2006 Total playing time: 73:34 minutes Format: MP3 (VBR) Size: 103 MB URL: http://www.doei.org/misc/pr0fane_-_digital...ghts_part_2.mp3 About "Digital Delights part 2": I recorded the first part of "Digital Delights" around the same time last year, and like the first part, part 2 contains some of my current favourite progressive psytrance tunes, mixed as seemlessly as possible to fit on a CD (for promotional purposes). The set starts out with the opening tune from the upcoming El Zisco album to be released on Dance N Dust Records, and slowly evolves from deep and groovy proggy running at 133 BPM towards faster and more euphoric sounds by artists like Ticon, FREq and Vibrasphere, before peaking at 140 BPM with uplifting and full onish dance floor fillers by artists like Allaby, Aphid Moon and Protoculture. Enjoy these Digital Delights :-) Tracklist: 01. El Zisco - Minimus Intrus // Dance N Dust, Unreleased 02. Motion & Side-A - Activated // Groove Zone 03. Spanner - Pagan Pulse // Flow 04. Behind Blue Eyes vs. Perfect Stranger - Diamond In The Rough (Perfect Stranger Edit) // Flow 05. X-NoiZe - Let Yourself Go (Ticon Remix) // HOMmega 06. FREq - The Moon & The Earth // HOMmega 07. Vibrasphere - Desert Plain // Rhythms Of Peace Records 08. Vibrasphere - Thermal Twist // HOMmega 09. FREq - Our Instincts (Joof Mix) // Iboga Mexico 10. Aphid Moon vs. Protoculture - Systematic Anomally // Oxygen 11. Allaby - Cloud 9 (The Electric Ant Remix) // Nano 12. Allaby - Imaginarium // Alchemy About me: 24 year old Jannick Andersen from Denmark is one of the rising DJ-talents of the progressive scene where he, known under the name pr0fane, is starting to get noticed nationally as well as internationally. His love for electronic music started with acts like Kraftwerk, Jean Michel Jarre, Prodigy and Chemical Brothers - in 1997 he discovered psychedelic trance, and since then he's been a loyal follower of this scene, though in later years his taste has developed more and more towards progressive sounds. After being a bedroom DJ for a few years, pr0fane got his first official gigs in 2004, and since then he's played at various indoor and locations in Denmark, most noticeably the Middle Earth festival 2005 and Scandinavian Electronic Music Festival in 2004. His dedication and skills are also starting to get noticed abroad, and he has so far played in Turkey at the Soulclipse Festival 2006 as well as the two German festivals In-Deep-An-Dance Festival and Naked Festival this summer. His taste is quite broad, which enables him to play very varied sets, depending on the different factors of the party like crowd, location and time of day - from delicious ambient and chillout-sessions, over electro/tech or progressive house to progressive psytrance and full on psychedelic party music. In the last couple of years his primary focus has been on the uplifting side of the progressive spectrum though - always with a mix of cutting-edge new sounds and a few memorable old gems here and there, maintaining an interesting flow - and of course with the technical skills to back it up. pr0fane is currently an official DJ for the Israeli progressive psytrance label Dance N Dust Records. Link: My personal website: http://www.sunrisesupplies.com

Neurobiotic in the beginning of next year.

Silicon Sound and Jaia present Even 11 - Oblivion Pixel & Wrecked Machines - R.P.N.G.C. (Silicon Sound Remix) Absolutely epic tunes - the definition of trance as I see it. Can't wait for the upcoming Silicon Sound album

Both are stunning releases. Better than most of the Shpongle albums

16 Bit Lolitas - Chuck Nology. Great EP, also including "Passing Lights"

Smells like they where covered in full on basslines.

Is it me or did radi just fart? Phew, what did you have for breakfast?

Artist: Fitalic Title: Atomic Atmosphere Label: Tribal Vision Format: CD (Jewelcase with 8-page inlay and DJ case insert) Released: September 2006 Cover: http://217.160.138.169/pic_b/tvr1cd011_b.jpg Review: If you've been listening to progressive house for the last couple of years, odds are that you have heard of Fitalic. The act contains of Robin Fitter from Holland, who has had a lot of success with his mixture of tech house, tribal house, progressive house and progressive trance, releasing on well-respected labels like Bedrock, Vapour, Pangea, Nascent and 19Box. In later years his name has also started to become quite well-known in the more psychedelic-oriented progressive house/trance scene, gaining support from labels like D-Nox's Sprout and Plastik Park, Iboga, Very Progressive, Plusquam, Nervine and lately also the Czech label Tribal Vision Records. Tribal Vision Records is also behind Fitalics new debut album "Atomic Atmosphere", containing 9 tracks of which 8 where previously unreleased. 01. Lost In Space [122 BPM] The album starts with "Lost In Space", a 7-minute long beautiful chilled intro, somewhere between lounge, laidback electronica and breaks. It has a very charming, almost naïve vibe to it, and I consider it one of the best album-openers I've heard this year. Great work. 02. Liquid Motion [130 BPM] "Liquid Motion" is co-written with a guy called Andres Bink (I have never heard of him before), and with that tune the album goes into steady 4/4 beat territory. It has the Fitalic-trademark bouncy grooves, and has some simple and quite positive melodies, lovely little key-changes and is generally a nice and very charming little tune for warming up. Lovely. 03. Atomic Atmosphere [130 BPM] Following up is the title-track for the album, "Atomic Atmosphere", also recently featured on an EP-release. It goes a bit deeper than "Liquid Motion", more tribal and not quite as uplifting, and generally I think it's among the weaker tracks on the entire album. Not necessarily bad, but doesn't really have any distinct features to catch my attention. 04. The Way [130 BPM] "The Way" raises the quality once again, getting less trancy than the previous tracks, more tech-housey and deep, with some very delicious chord stabs and a cool breakdown with a nicely filtered male voice-sample. Maybe not the most distinct tune on the album, but not among the weaker tracks either. 05. Airflow [132 BPM] With "Airflow" we get a short break for the 4/4 beat stuff with a breakbeat tune much more energetic than the album-opener. I have mixed emotions about breaks - when it's well-done I can't get enough, while I find mediocre breakbeat almost unlistenable. "Airflow" is somewhere in between - it certainly isn't unlistenable, but I couldn't really connect to it either. Does supply some variation though. 06. Manufactured Miracles [130 BPM] We're taken back into 4/4 territory with "Manufactured Miracles", which was previously released on the "Lime Light 2" compilation from Tribal Vision Records, where I considered it among one of the highlights. I still consider it a good tune - it has a massive big-room sound, trancy and uplifting, but with very solid house-grooves. Will work wonders both at peaktime at a club, as well as in the afternoon outdoors. 07. Into The Night [130 BPM] With the aptly named "Into The Night" the album is taken in a deeper direction. It's the longest track on the album, running for over 10 minutes, and is more tribal than the rest of the tracks, a bit deeper than the tracks in the first half of the album, and with some slightly melancholic melodies thrown in in the finale. Ok tune on its own, but among the weaker tunes on the album. 08. Twisted Difusion [130 BPM] "Twisted Difusion" continue in the deeper, tribal direction from "Into The Night", but with much greater effect. It's even deeper than the predecessor, one might even say it's relatively gloomy, and it contains some really well-placed spoken voice-samples by Cagri Eralp, who also have provided vocals for artists like DJ Tarkan and 4Mal. Great stuff. 09. Distructible [130 BPM] The album concludes with yet another tune for the dancefloors, and "Distructible" is certainly not your average "ok-we-have-8-minutes-to-spare-lets-make-something-chilled" closing-tune. It starts out pretty standard, but more and more layers of melodies are slowly added along the way, and it develops into a very charming and delightful melodic tune - quite subtle, and very suited for the afterhours. A really nice ending for the album. Bottom line: Ok, after listening to this extensively for well over 3 weeks I still have quite mixed emotions. On one hand this is, track by track, definitely among the better progressive house/trance albums I've heard this year, and I must say that it's also refreshing with a progressive album that doesn't fall for the current electro trend, but on the other hand - as a full-length album I feel that it doesn't quite reach its full potential, despite the two breakbeat-tracks thrown in at the beginning and in the middle. If you would have asked me one week after I got the album, I would probably have rated it at 7 out of 10, but after repeated listens I have moved up to 8 - most of the tracks have really grown on me, and if you can ignore the laughable cover (by far the worst on a Tribal Vision release so far), I can highly recommend buying this. Favourites: 1, 2 (!), 6, 8, 9 (!) Verdict: 8/10 Link: Tribal Vision Records: http://www.tribalvision.cz

Yep, played in the chillout on the first night and on the alternative stage on the day they re-opened the main stage.

I am pleased.