the goa constrictor

When can I order this?

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Congratulations on the campaign! Please keep us posted on the printing and shit! So very bummed that the Nervasystem 12" didn't get funded =( I was real stoked on that... :/

Seb and Natasha are such great human beings. They are both so genuinely caring and nice and both seemed real humble and down to earth to me. Seb's music as Shakta, Digitalis, Hibernation, Kaya Project, 8-Ball, and Foxglove are all so awesome. Too bad that last Shakta album never got released. I wonder if he'll ever release the music from it, or if he still writes new psytrance music.

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Yeah, my guess is that Claudio n Simon had a falling out (likely over money/royalties) and Claudio didn't want to work on the project with him.

but, then again, people seem to disagree with me about a lot of things. so who knows...

I'm pretty sure that I've explained the problem with the new Union Jack in other threads, but I'm gonna explain this again. It's fairly obvious once laid out: Platipus Records is owned by Simon Berry Art of Trance is Simon Berry Simon Berry also collaborated with many different artists from the label too. Terra Ferma is Claudio Giussani Union Jack is a collaboration between Claudio Giussani and Simon Berry P.O.B. is a solo project by Paul Brogden Clanger is a collaboration between Paul Brogden and Simon Berry So this is where it gets frustrating to me as a follower of this label for just about 20 years, the name Union Jack has weight and merit. They earned all of the respect and love that people have for them. Union Jack is Claudio and Simon. The new "union jack" is actually Clanger. If Simon actually wanted you to be objective about the music and judge it on its own strength and merit, he would trust that giving it a new name, or simply making it a new Clanger album, would have garnered the same results. Simon is obviously trying to sell a few extra albums by using the Union Jack name. I like POB and Clanger a lot. I really enjoyed those releases and even considered trying to book POB for a party around 2000/2001 out here. So I have no problem with Paul and Simon kicking ass and writing killer music together. I just find it curious that they decided to give it the name of (arguably) the label's biggest name. Art of Trance was good n all, but Union Jack was easily the defining artist back in the day. Robert Miles bailed and shit like "Calling your Name" found some success, but Union Jack is legend. They are Union Jack. Simon knew what he was doing by releasing the new release under that name. It definitely got more attention than it would have if it was named something else. I just find it kind of lame and cheap.

Thanks for making digital downloads available! =) threadjack I started off with vinyl and, to me, CDs were never more than a necessary means-to-an-end stopgap between vinyl and the current digital world of Traktor, Ableton, and Serato. CDs were never collector items or old school. I'm real excited for the new Nervasystem 12" and I really hope it gets funded. /threadjack Thanks again for putting out great music and engaging in dialog with your listeners =)

Quietman was always the under appreciated crown jewel of Platipus Records.

In early 2000 while surfing for Internet porn, I came across a series of videos featuring the same two people in their room with Hallucinogen playing in the background. I forget the track but I remember it was off of Twisted. I posted it to the 604 list back then. If anyone was on that and has the shit archived, you might be able to find the link... because, you know, all links stay active forever.

Personally, I hate physical CDs and end up ripping them to FLAC immediately anyway. One thing that I learned over the past two months was that when I bought the Nervasystem CD and it didn't arrive for nearly two months, I sat around pissed and annoyed because I dropped cash on something and had nothing to show for it. Flash forward to the Deviant Electronics album. I also bought the physical CD to support the artist but it came with an immediate download of the FLAC for instant gratification. I still haven't received my disk in the mail yet but haven't needed to bitch and moan about it because I have the music and that's what I care about. I honestly don't have the time or patience to fuck with the postal service these days and I'm far more slow and hesitant to drop cash on failed media options. I love vinyl and will still buy that from a collectors standing, but since I am gonna rip everything digitally anyway, you may as well do it for me and sell me the best option. Also, if you sell digitally, you can sell the nice 24-bit audiophile stuff and give us audio snobs something worthy of our cash. A 16-bit CD rip is kind of ghetto in this day and age...

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I understand your frustration and have experienced it in the past myself. but sometimes those subtle differences really materialize in the context of a set and sometimes you kind of want both of them. this is one of those silly "a song is never finished" things that can become problematic if an artist doesn't make executive choices. There is that Planet Syncro 12" Vampire State Building. Red and Purple are the versions. Both songs are structurally very similar, but then they made two different tracks out of it. And depending on mood and timing, one version is definitely the better choice than the other. It's not necessarily a cheap way to fill a CD per se, they might simply recognize that there are differences in the tracks and that it was hard to choose, so if you don't have to pick one and can put both out, may as well give us both tracks =)

lololol Years ago I decided that I was no longer playing Psychedelic Trance and was instead playing Dissociative Trance. Even made a few mixes... lololol =)

look at the breakdown at 445. the wave forms are different. i can't remember the tracks off the top of my head, but it is clear that they are different. sure, they might be closer to the same, but they are two different tracks. there are many 12"s with an A and B side that are virtually identical. it's cool. sometimes you want to play one version and other times you want the other.

I totally just emailed you about this. Didn't see this posted in here first. Might want to make a clarification on the campaign page. There might be a bunch of people hesitant to contribute because of this. The funds might get raised much quicker if people weren't afraid of simply losing their money without getting anything in return =)

Thank you! I made "Class of 97" in late 2004 or early 2005, so it is nearly a decade old at this point. Shamanic Influences has some good stuff on it but it's not one of my more favorite mixes. If you like the retro stuff and don't mind a bit of other sounds, I made a mix in honor of our old friend Muschi (R.I.P.) that you might enjoy. http://goaconstrictor.com/music/rip-muschi/ Everything on it are tracks that he introduced to me, played out at some event, or reminds me of him for some reason or another. I also have a recording of the first **GOA PARTY** up as well. Your set didn't make it on, the recording could only do 8 hours, but if you wanted to relive that night of awesome, the music and such can be found here: http://goaconstrictor.com/thoughts/goa-party/ =)

Yeah, I'm still bummed that Son Kite's follow up to Colours never saw the light of day. I have a feeling that since Minilogue was doing well and then BNE went bust, they just didn't have the energy/care to try getting it released. And maybe BNE held onto the rights to it or something and it was out of their hands anyway. Such a bummer.

Hey man, PinaColada and CaraCum would be bummed if you tried to take their URL away from them. As for the new releases and re-releases, take your time and get it done right! Don't rush it to placate the impatient...

thank you. i appreciate the feedback =)

Yeah, I actually don't mind artists who are able to make a living out of it. Like my comment about Dick Trevor. He is a real nice guy and he has written some truly great stuff. While I may not be super into everything that he does now, I am so very happy that he can make a living off of it. Same with Deedrah and Seb/Shakta (although I really love pretty much everything that Seb does). I like that Deedrah seems to balance things by writing music of various styles. He has his big crowd sellout stuff and then other stuff that he just has fun writing. I also appreciate that he (and Dick Trevor) upload random stuff on Soundcloud for free download. You can tell that they appreciate their fans and acknowledge the good fortune that they are able to make a living like this. Also, playing small gigs all over the world for a long time has to be draining. I'd get burnt out from sleeping on floors too. So yeah, this is a weird topic. While I am bummed that I am not into some of the music some people are writing, I'm really happy that they are still able to do it and support themselves doing something so hard to pull off.

I totally remember special ordering Blue Planet on vinyl and CD the week it got released. I was waiting for that album for a long time. Was so stoked on it, however I am still annoyed that they left off some great tracks on the vinyl print. :/