the goa constrictor

I grabbed a bunch of stuff from Bandcamp last Friday during the sale. Some of the one's I'm liking a lot right now are: Pororoca - Hollow Flower Farm Funky Gong - Matsuri Digital - Be Humanized Hibernation - Ambient Re-Works 01 VA - The Square - Acid Disco

yeah, I do not ascribe to the theory that music sounds better on vinyl. Sometimes vinyl has a better mastering job and other times it does not. Especially in the 80s when CDs were new, a lot of mastering left much to be desired. I know some artists were never happy with the mastering of certain releases done by the label, so they go ahead and remaster them independently later on. Some times a track gets licensed for a comp first and it gets one mastering and then the track gets used on an album with a different mastering. I was kinda bored during COVID quarantine and was thinking about how much I love the song Spectral Blue from Electric Universe. When Tsuyoshi dropped it last summer at ZNA, it was kinda this moment I honestly never thought I would get to experience. No one respects that track. The mastering on the vinyl left a lot to be desired though. I kinda wonder if it was remastered or if that sound system just made everything sound full and legit. Then I was thinking maybe it had different mastering from different comps (I have multiple copies of Slinky Wizard and Hallucinogen tracks on many comps that are a bit different sounding) and maybe Tsuyoshi was sourcing his Electric Universe version from a specific release (or maybe an old DAT master) Apologies if I started a stupid thread. lololololol Fuck the COVID

Today is my first day working at home. Will be doing it all of this week and then might be week-after-week indefinitely after that. Will be weird Stay golden everyone Thinking good thoughts about y'all <3

Apologies if this is a redundant topic. I did a brief search and didn't see one matching. Feel free to point me to it and delete this one if necessary. Essentially, the mastering of a track is essential and mastering has changed much over the years. Some artists have remastered parts of their back catalog, others had different masterings for different releases (12", cd comp, cd album) and these can vary in sound. I know Matsuri has even released comps with two different masterings on the same compilation to provide different sonic experiences and help match those tracks to others when mixing. This seems to be more of an issue with older tracks and vinyl releases than most modern releases. I thought it might be nice to kinda have a place to capture this info and ask questions. Maybe there's a track you like but it sounds kinda weak on the release you have but on a different comp/source it sounds more full. Then again, maybe this thread is stupid and pointless. Fuck a global pandemic... lol

damn but things need to get built, so I guess it's not too shocking in some respects

I work for Aging and Disability services and we're restricted from visiting the majority of our clients. Shit's weird AF in my office/community right now.

How y'all doing with the COVID and quarantine stuff? Any local news worth sharing?

This is a fantastic suggestion

I fucking love that album. Have it on double vinyl

100% I really appreciate diverse line-ups of music which allow me time to sleep and eat. Time to socialize and read in addition to the time to dance and find transcendence...

we do share much in tastes!

My connection with any/all music ebbs and flows. I can get into streams wherein I only listen to audio books or podcasts and every single piece of music I put on, I have to change or stop in a minute. My brain just doesn't click. Then I get into patterns of a variety of music n tempos. Other times I can't get enough 303s and want all of the acid. Some sprints will be everything! I used to get weirded out by this. WHAT DOES IT MEAN? DO I NOT FEEL THE SPIRIT OF GOA ANYMORE? lololololololol I learned to stop overthinking and worrying and accepted who I am for me. I do notice that, as I've consumed SOOOOOOOOOOOO much music in my life, and now there is such a bounty of tracks being released, it takes a certain level of crate digging to find new music that moves me. I think this slows down my purchases and collection growth, as I just don't have the time/energy to do the digging; but that's okay. I came into this music in the mid-90s when I was 16 and going through puberty and coming into consciousness. It was the soundtrack and backing pulse to so many of my life's growth moments and periods of change. The music began to branch into new sub-genres and new collectives formed. There is zero way for me to re-experience or recapture the magic that once was, but that's like wanting to recapture your virginity. Appreciate the gems you find, move on from the busted rocks, and the world will be right... Six-oh-4-Life

I just pre-ordered this 2x7" !!!! https://jjstore.bigcartel.com/product/new-liquidizer-2019-vinyl-7-singles

SUN Project in the afternoon is fucking perfection

the goa constrictor - 20 20 = 40 (1hr27min/320MP3/216.5MB/©2020) Genre: Psychedelic Post Solstice Morning Reflection Goa Trance Direct Download/Stream: goaconstrictor-202040.mp3 3rd Party Stream: Hearthis / Soundcloud / Mixcloud Tracks written or remixed by: Bumbling Loons, Dark Soho, Darshan, Dede, Johann, Mirson, Oforia, Originals, Prana, S.U.N. Project, Satori, Spacenoize, Spies, Texas Faggott, The Delta, Tsuyoshi Suzuki, Vertical Mode, and Xerox. More info and track list at: https://goaconstrictor.com/music/202040/

ha! <3 love ya mate!

of course my taste has changed. my tastes in everything has developed and become more rich that's life

It's about $1k to fly into Athens but it's like an 18hr drive from there. Would it be better to fly in closer and connect from there? I suppose that's not too bad of a drive. I'm really considering it...

...and speaking of values... THREADJACK ...a much better deal released today is the Name Your Price Ocelot album! 16 tracks, not all are my speed, but for the price, there is a lot to love here: https://moonkoradjirecords.bandcamp.com/album/iconoclast /END THREADJACK

Nick Taylor! Brought him out for a festival in 2005. Would love to hear him again. I'm very tempted in figuring out Romania and coming out to Aspara for this =)

I love this thread and I've not even read it...

I was wondering if you were still doing this. Felt like ages without an update. Interchill is a very legit label. Low key and always on point. Good stuff indeed... +1

I finally got to witness the great S.U.N. Project live at ZNA Gathering and it was everything 16 year old me had hoped for when I was first listening to them in the 90s. Perfect sunny afternoon music.

Yeah, sick can mean all sorts of things depending on inflection and context. Same with Fuck and Shit Yay for language!!!

Yes That is a compliment https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Sick