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Definitely an album that will grow on you if you allow it to marinate and kick around the 'ol brain bucket. It's so emotional and packed with atmosphere. The sound and flow don't throw you into their tale, but gently guide you. This is dark melancholic cloud music. And I love it. Stunning from beginning to end. Mdk

Ooh I wanted to hear this one! Good review. . MDK

Artist: Tristan Title: Way of Life Label: Nano Records Date: December, 2014 1. Talking In Technicolour (Dancefloor Deluxe Version) 2. Killerwatts - Another Planet (Tristan Remix) 3. Time and Space 4. Excitement Generator 5. Parallel Reality 6. Melody Maker 7. Multi-Dimensional Consciousness 8. Enlightenment 9. Fearsome Engine - Seeding Life (Tristan Remix) This dog inching his way along this train is a perfect metaphor for this album. There is a lot of motion and for the first few tracks I'm actually interested in what's going to happen. Tristan Cooke is not a newbie and knows what it takes to craft a psychedelic track. This is Nano style full-on that should captivate, but after a little bit I'm like..."Where the f*ck are you going dog?" I keep watching him claw his way to the front of the train, but he never gets there. Imagine one of your co-workers telling a joke he "heard" from a friend but drags it out because he can never quite remember how the story should go. Annoying. And time consuming Eventually you stop hovering around the donut table cause you know he's gonna be there. You don't need that. Eventually you need to get to the f*cking point. But all these tracks sound the same. No up...no down...just straight ahead. I listened to this four times in a row and fell asleep during three of them. The last time I actually fired up Candy Crush. Or put another way... We all love hand jobs. We do. But if there's no passion in it and I don't get to finish it's just a lot of uncomfortable tugging and awkward stares. I'm not saying this is an utter disaster because it's not. But I suppose based on past work I've come to expect a lot more from Tristan and this is just a ho-hum effort. Drug samples and lazy full-on ain't gonna cut it. So that's what this is to me. A listless hand in my pants that turned out to be a disappointing waste of time. Psyshop Beatspace Mdk

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I actually just ordered it and it arrived about a week ago. This is a fabulous compilation of goa trance that continuously pushes the power ever forward. Melodies bleed like a head wound and I even like the California Sunshine track. Bom Shankar is super and when are we going to get a full length out of Laughing Skull? Great comp. $20 bucks well spent. MDK

Congratulations on 40. Great age. I'm older than that. MDK

Artist: System Nipel Title: Deep Into Matter Label: Trancelucent Productions Date: May, 2006 1. Dream Vision 2. Lift Me Up (Feat. Visual Contact) 3. Steal The Robot 4. Afronomical 5. Deep Into Matter 6. Fair Telly (Feat. Electro Sun) 7. Guest For The Future 8. Donkey Drunkey 9. The Misted Muppet - From the Legend (System Nipel Remix) 10. Unlimited (Chill Out Remix) Need I say more? It's cavity inducing full-on from a time when full-on threatened to choke the life out of anything psychedelic. This has more in common with euphoric trance than psy with galloping bass lines, cheesy melodies, and of course what would a full-on release from the mid 2000's be without some house-like vocal. I've heard worse, but if you take this in one big gulp you might want to make sure you have that insulin pump handy. I'd link to it, but as of this writing Psyshop and Beatspace are both out of stock. *Wipes tear* But lucky for you there are a few sellers on Discogs that would be happy to sell it to you for waaay too much money. Mdk

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Most of the time they are harmless. Very rarely leads to a retinal detachment, but it does happen on occasion. More than anything your eye doctor will tell you that it's something you monitor. Most likely worse case scenario? PVD. Posterior vitreous detachment. As listed it's worse in bright light (sunny day with snow on the ground is the worst) and they can get worse with age. High blood pressure can make them increase. If I can give anybody any eye advice it would be this. Do not. Under any circumstances. Sleep in your contact lenses. Even if they say you can do so on the box. Mdk

Not like I don't have plenty of stuff to listen to, but I came across his album Implosion that I downloaded of mp3.com many moons ago. It's just a sh*tty 128 mbps copy, but it's still impressive. Anybody have any info on him other than the Discogs stuff? I haven't heard his other album Species listed on Discogs, but if it's anything like Implosion it might be worthwhile to see if we can get that released in better quality. I'd pay for it. Mdk

From my end I appreciate the explanation of things more than cryptic or snarky comments. Let's save those for the reviews! Surely I cannot be the only funny guy on the internet. For the record I in no way believe that Anjuna gives two sh*ts about my money. Their mission statement says they don't do it for the money and I have no reason to believe otherwise. Sure it sucks that I still don't have the Moonweed CD, but it will eventually get here. No reason to lose sleep over it and I still have lots of music to get through until it arrives. I would also love a download after pre-order purchase as it would make everyone relax, feel more patient and secure about their purchase, and I know it would get the reviews out faster. As consumers we don't see the behind the scenes problems and I'm sure the label hates the fact that things don't go well as it becomes a reflection on them. So the moral of the story is communication. As long as there is that everything else will work itself out. Mdk

Artist: Various Title: TIP Singles Vol. 3 Label: TIP Records Date: February 1998 01. 08'08" Growlmonizer : Growlmonizer 02. 07'43" Slinky Nuns : Stun Gun 03. 09'28" Sas/Ban/Tony : Xtra Terresticle 04. 10'35" Lotus Omega : Lighthouse 05. 06'26" Systembusters : Skuffed 06. 07'53" The Infinity Project : Overwind 07. 10'53" The Deviant : Mururoa My Love 08. 09'57" Psychopod : Stop The Carnage 09. 06'52" GMS : One Small Creature Sometimes you have to get away to really immerse yourself in the music. Normally I'd be hitting the trails, but having to explain to my wife that her two angels were a bear's second breakfast while I was twirling is not a conversation I'm interested in entertaining. So what's a reviewer to do? Get a little alone time with an old friend that never asks for anything and gladly takes everything I throw at it. The toilet. Sure it ain't the most comfortable seat in the house... "Do you mind?" ...ahem, as I was saying it's not the most comfortable seat in the house, but the interruptions are delightfully limited. The third chapter in the TIP Singles series finds itself smack dab in transition. Ah she's a Bonnie lass this one. Not supermodel hot, but pretty enough to not catch sh*t from your boys when you get her in the crosshairs. Neither melodic nor minimal it surfs the nebulous are between goa and psy with loads of effects and bubbling sounds designed to create an atmosphere. Back when GMS didn't elicit mandatory eye rolls this compilation strikes with a harder psychedelic edge some might simply write off as aural nonsense. But if you devote some quality time to get deep inside this (might I suggest the toilet) you'll be rewarded for your efforts. I wasn't but I prefer a compilation that doesn't treat melody like it has the AIDS virus. It's definitely not gonna be on anyone's top ten list, but it will appeal to those of less discriminating tastes where melody isn't a requirement. The one thing I'll say is don't go into this with glory day goa expectations or you'll be sh*tting angry. And that's not healthy. Mdk

Artist: Various Title: Prana Remix Ep Vol. 3 Label: Matsuri Digital Date: December, 2014 1. Alien Pets (Filteria's Kami-No-Michi Remix) 2. Boundless (Skizologic Remix) 3. Alien Pets (Trinodia Remix) 4. Boundless (Nervasystem Remix) Having reviewed the first volume in the series it seemed only natural to tackle another one. Missed the second one (on my way to Beatport as we speak) but the third volume gets two resounding thumbs up from me. Two of the best known Prana tracks get a makeover and they will be a welcome addition to your goa arsenal. Filteria and Trinodia knock it out of the park with their storming versions of Alien Pets. The Skizologic remix is rather low key, but still good. The Nervasystem remix cuts the tempo and has a funky, sinister vibe to it. It's all superbly done and sounds great. After being disappointed with Volume One I feel pretty good about throwing 6 bucks Beatport's way. Beatport Mdk

Artist: Hiyarant Title: Collision Label: MMD Records Date: November, 2007 1. Collision 2. Smug 3. Mechanism Version 2.0 4. Lead Better 5. Fire 6. Osaka 7. Frozen Ghost - Multiprey (remix) 8. Right Off 9. Use {R Frien} Dly 10. Untitled "You will witness what has happened here today and you will tell of it later!" "That's right "Gloria" you're not my mother! And I f*cking hate meatloaf!" How to describe this, how to describe this...Thumping kicks, often impossibly low bass lines that could move tectonic plates, and night time acid washes that would peel the daylight off of a beach. It's hard and aggressive (at times being an all out bombastic assault) with ample metallic sounds and cool samples. If you think the South African sound is all over this then give yourself a cookie. MMD is that label from the dark continent not named Timecode or Nexus Media. This album is perfect for when you wanna get all aggro and break some sh*t. Girlfriend slept with your best friend? This'll do. Dipsh*t cuts you off in traffic? Turn it up. Step mom throws away all your best porno mags? Yeah this is what you want. BTW Gloria I love meatloaf so you can send that sh*t my way. Had to mention this as well. After 42 seconds of what sounds like tuning a radio (tracks 10-15) the final track is...well it's kind of...you know I don't know what the f*ck it is. Psyshop Beatspace Mdk

Artist: Various Title: A Pinch of Psychedelic Label: Space Tribe Music Date: June, 2005 1. Space Tribe - A Pinch of Psychedelic 2. Electric Universe - Fully Awake 3. Space Tribe & Sirius Isness - Dead Serious 4. CPU - On Air 5. Dark Nebula - Pheremone 415 6. Eskimo, Legohead, & Ozzy - Imaginary Headphones 7. Theoreme - Sapporo 8. Psywalker - Hellfire 9. Safi Connection - Full On String Fully Awake That's it. Game over. Even if every other track on this compilation was a Skazi track. The same Skazi track remixed by Skazi's three legged blind dog, Fully Awake is so unbelievably bad ass that you still buy it. It is for my money one of the best psytrance tracks from Boris and quite possibly my favorite of all time. Luckily that Skazi nightmare has yet to be wrought upon us and we could easily just download the one we want from Beatport. Of course this album is not just a one hit wonder with almost equally brilliant stuff from CPU (yes, that one), Space Tribe of course, and an acidic choon from Theoreme. Well worth a purchase. Mdk

As someone who went to school to become an optometrist I can tell you that unless the floaters are ridiculously problematic surgery is the last thing you want to do. We usually just live with them and as you noticed they get worse when in bright conditions. You see it's a piece of the gelatinous material in front of the retina called the vitreous that sort of pulls away from the eye, creating the floater. Now as a myope you have to watch the condition. The worse the myopia the greater the risk of retinal detatchment. That risk however is quite small. Tomorrow we'll discuss the need for adequate sun protection. Mdk

Mother f*cker. Guess I'll have to wait until 2 AM to give this a go and have my own party. Great review Bill. Mdk

At least you're cleaning the bathroom. That's I good thing. MDK

After ordering it in early December I received an e-mail that it had been sent back to the label. A few weeks later I received a new email that it had now been mailed a second time. That was a week ago. We shall see. It's not just Anjuna on my end. I'm still waiting for two CDs from Zion604. Usually they're great, but this time...maybe since the radical distortion album didn't come out since January 15th that's why it's taking so long. At least I got downloads from them. Are you mad at me Israel? MDK

Artist: Kalya Scintilla Title: Dance The Spiral Never Ending Label: Merkaba Music Date: January, 2012 01 - Rises In The East (80 BPM) 02 - Whomp Shanti (85 BPM) 03 - Bone & Stone (70 BPM) 04 - The Sands Of Grime (90 BPM) 05 - Break Belief Bounce (feat. Alice Spacedoll) (100 BPM) 06 - Listen With Your Heart (70 BPM) 07 - Caravan Planet (100 BPM) 08 - Swaggered (104 BPM) 09 - Way Of The Tarot (95 BPM) 10 - The Velvet Squish (70 BPM) 11 - Dance The Spiral Never Ending (feat. Alice Spacedoll) (105 BPM) "I'm all about that bass, bout that bass, no treble!" Get it big guy. Smooches! "Sure I could get up at dawn..." "Go to a job I hate that does not inspire me creatively, for the rest of my life..." "Or I could wake up at noon and learn how to play the sitar." F*ck you Daisy you can have that little mouse d*ck motherf*cker. Take Asian melodies, some oh so juicy bass, and throw in random glitchy electronic swagger and you've got this album. Originally released in 2012 it is now being offered freely by your favorite free music site. I think this guy loves him some weed based on sample usage and track titles. The album itself is a great mix of ethnic acoustic instruments and the ever present wobbly bass. But it's not just bloops and bleeps around a bass line. I mean that's in there, but there are melodies and intricate layers as well. Some of the coolest things I found in here were drum loops from songs you've heard on the radio. The track lengths are also kept fairly short (none reach 6 minutes) to keep the listener from burn out. Pun intended. Free at Ektoplazm Mdk

Artist: Psychaos Title: Chaos To Order / Mindwash EP Label: Transient Records Date: January, 1998 1. Chaos To Order 2. Mindwash Joti and his warped mind bring you Chaos to Order. Futuristic cyber-goa with an eerie android sample. Dark atmosphere for sure and I felt totally out of control. Mindwash is less gripping yet still has the same dark vibe and wanton destructive pattern. Side note Mindwash was re-released on Zion604's Phoenix compilation back in 2013. But you goa heads already knew that didn't you? Mdk

Artist: Dragon Twins Title: Only For The Wicked Label: Neogoa Date: December, 2014 1. Entwined 2. Only For The Wicked 3. Daimon - Codex (Dragon Twins Remix) 4. Time Has A Mouth 5. Inner Caveman Dub Neogoa is a netlabel that has been hooking your broke ass up with quality goa trance music since the last white guy was president. At least it seems that way. To be honest if you aren't aware of the massive contribution Neogoa has made for goa trance then I also assume your network consists of two dixie cups and a ball of yarn. Run by Richpa this label has been instrumental in providing some of the best goa music FOR FREE. One of his latest releases is this EP by forum regular Djuna aka Belgian Mathias Pico aka...Dragon Twins. Seems funny to me that Dragon Twins is one guy. Twins...two. Anyone else? The EP opens with an eerie ambient intro and launches right into Only For The Wicked. A screechy tune to be sure, but a great set up to his remix of Daimon's Codex. Now in the spirit of full disclosure that track is one of my absolute favorites. The remix is different yet no less bombastic and I enjoyed his take on it greatly. Time Has a Mouth is a psychedelic goa track with a hydra like number of heads. Thumping kick and squirrely 303. The final track is a downtempo goa one that crept along alien bubbles. Really good stuff. Bottom line this is a great EP (again for free) with good flow and great goa trance. The artwork is impressive (hi-fives Richpa) and the mastering by Stryder gives this a clean sound for hours of repeated plays. There has been some debate as to whether the mastering takes away from the quality of the music (a complaint that is unfortunately leveled against a lot of releases). I'm no audiophile, but I can tell you this. It fills my house with some awesome sound. Free at Ektoplazm Mdk

Artist: Various Title: Nataraja Label: POF Music Date: 1995 1. Joking Sphinx - Cralacoffo 2. Blue Planet Corporation - Antidote 3. Danshi-Denshi - Tikitatum 4. Man of the Last 3rd- No Name 5. Prana - Mugen 6. Synchro - Colourblind Shellfish 7. Amanite FX - The Secret of Mana 8. Magnetic Pulstar - Pulse (Man of the Last 3rd Mix) 9. Emmanuel Top - Tri Cid Ladies and gentlemen here we have proof that not everything goa trance related from 1995 was worth a sh*t. Antidote is the obvious star here, but all the people reading this already have that track. So what else? I suppose a wink and a nod towards Tikitatum and the Secret of Mana are warranted, but after that it's slim pickings. The majority of this compilation seemed offended that I was awake. Since I'm shelling out honorable mentions, one has to go to Emmanuel Top for making one of the most boring tracks I've heard in quite some time. Kudos sir. The only way this would be worth saving is if the edges of the disc were super sharp. And you were a ninja who left his throwing stars at a Starbucks waiting for your Venti Iced Skinny Hazelnut Macchiato, Sugar-Free Syrup, Extra Shot, Light Ice, No Whip. I have no idea what that gibberish means. I found it on the interwebz. Mdk

Yeah it's good, but it ain't no Alien Jesus... tee-hee. Mdk

Know what I take from this re-release? Blue Energy and Sillenium. That's all. Blue Energy is a classic in goa trance with great melodies and delicate attention to detail in the mode of Blue Planet Corporation. Blue Synergy has Sillenium and...not a whole lot else. Still it's a worthwhile get and something I would consider paying a hefty sum for. Mdk