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Artist: Miraculix (Thomas Hammarstrom) Date: 09-27-02 By: Danger Q: How did you get into the psyscene? How was it then ? A: The first trance CD I bought was the Goa-Head1 compilation. Don't really know how the trance scene looked by then because I started going to parties years after that. Q: How long have you been involved in making music and what was the inspiration and the idea when you started ? A: Can't say what the actual idea was because I was so young when I started getting involved in music. My father was kind enough to give me a synth when I was only seven years old. We went into a music store to buy me one of those cool electric guitars, but we came home with a syntherziser instead... I got the guitar a few years after that. Q: Any collaborations with other artists in the future ? A: It's impossible to say at the moment, but that might be cool..! All I know now is that Jonas Bergvall (former member of Logic Bomb) wants to make a remix of one of my tracks named "Stop them!" We're close friends so I'm fine with that. I used to work with a friend of mine named Daniel Hagenfeldt on a club trance project and mabe I might do something with him as a sideproject later. on. Q: Where does the inspiration come from when building a track ? A: Dancefloors... shouting-screaming-jumping... Dancefloors! Q: What was your aim with your album, what's your opinion about it ? A: I really wanted to do a full-on album for the dancers and I'm so glad with what I've acomplished so far with the 9 tracks on the Detonator album. Q: What equipment are you using to make your music ? A: I'm using a PC AMD 1500 running Cubase VST and a whole loads of software, Novation Supernova2, Roland Mc-505, Korg Poly6, Alesis Dm-5 drum machine, Alesis NanoBass, a Behringer Mx-8000 24 channel mixer, a Behringer compressor, a Alesis MidiVerb4 effect, Behringer Truth studio monitors, a Zoom Sampler wich is for sale cause I never use it. Q: Whats your favourite Miraculix track and why? A: Actually I'm so happy with how the album turned out, it feels like all the tracks on it are my favourites! Q: Future plans, releases and a second album? A: The plan after the album is to get some tracks out on various compilations and whenever I feel ready for it, produce another album for Alchemy Records. Q: What do you think of the psy-scene nowadays? A: Hard to say because I only visit other countries while I'm there doing gigs and I don't get to experience much more of the scene there then the parties I'm playing at. The thing in Sweden is that we've got these really nice outdoor parties in the forests during the summers. The police on the other hand doesn't like these parties because most of the time there are a'lot of people doing drugs there. Most of the time they just drive out to the party location to make a great entrence with their big blue jackets to frighten people not to take drugs, but sometimes they even shut down the music and makes sure people go home. Q: Best and worst party? A: Best parties are when people show up and are really feeling up for dancing the night away. The worst parties are the opposit or when the police shows up. Thanks for the interview !

Artist: Mind Warped (Kent Friedman) Date: 06-20-00 By: Anoebis Q: Hello Mind Warped and thanks for doing an interview with us!! A: Thanks for the opportunity! Q: Let's start with the first question... How, why & when did you start with producing music? A: I started back in college (1993) with a guitar, drum machine and a few odd synthesizers with the intent of creating some sort of fusion between the modern techno sounds I was hearing at the time and the primarily British pop music I had grown up with (Duran Duran, Pet Shop Boys, Slowdive, Ride). At this time I joined a project called Madmen In Vienna which continues to this day. A few years later I came across a compilation CD featuring Hallucinogen's 'LSD.' At the same time I was listening to a copy of Juno Reactor's "Transmissions" album, randomly picked up off the Novamute Records catalog. I had a feeling that this was special music and at the time I could only imagine the people and the studios involved in creating this music. I was curious for more and before too long I realized that this "psychedelic trance" was something completely new; a departure from the rest of the techno around at the time. I felt there were deeper layers of meaning within this music and it was the complexity and transformative nature of this music that made it so alluring and refreshing. I think for some reason some people are more intrigued by resonant filter sweeps and other such atmospherics, and somehow I managed to fit into this group and was blown away by the ever-evolving sounds found within this style. Once the bug bit me I was hooked and thus began the exploration of how to make trance music. For many years it was difficult to find anyone in the US who was interested in producing trance and I had to do a lot of learning on my own through careful listening and self-exploration of analog synthesis. Even to this day there are only a handful of US artists with commercial releases so collaborations and cross-fertilization of ideas are still rare. There are some young producers in New York City that are looking like they have some serious potential though - so look out! Q: Why do you make Goa-Trance and not other kinds of music? A: I actually also create techno-influenced pop music when I'm not writing trance! I think I make trance music because it appeals to my interests in altered levels of consciousness and allows me to share the experience with others. I think trance music is interpreted in so many ways by different people and it truly is a mind-expanding cultural phenomenon. I also appreciate the sacredness of all music and it ties in nicely with the religious imagery and rituals found in trance dancing and trance music in general. Q: How would you describe Psychedelic/Goa-Trance? A: This music can mean a lot of different things to different people, and it has fragmented into so many different styles now that it's hard to describe in a nutshell. To me psychedelic trance is best characterized by any electronically generated music that facilitates passage into a transcendental state on the part of the listener. Of course people all over the world enter altered states with many different styles of music, but I think trance is especially geared towards this experience. There are of course many non-electronic elements in this music as well but I think the tones generated by synthesizers tend to stimulate our minds in unusual ways and contribute to the trance experience through mechanisms of perception that are only partially understood. I think the almost human-like qualities of some resonant filters impart a particularly vibrant effect on the listener. Q: What do you think of the Goa-scene at the moment? A: I can't comment much on other areas of the world but I would have to say the the New York City scene is particularly vibrant at this point in time! There are often several indoor events and outdoor renegades on the same weekend. There are so many artists, DJs, musicians, promoters involved now and the international influences in New York make for a particularly fertile scene these days! Q: Psychedelic Trance is changing at the moment, it becomes more like Techno, is it a good or a bad thing? A: I can't say that I feel that any change is necessarily good or bad. Artists are responding to their sonic environment with a new focus, and this is never really a problem for me unless the quality of the music is compromised by external influences such as money or fame. I have enjoyed seeing the various styles evolve within trance music and I hope the trend continues. I think the breakbeats, industrial elements, progressive sounds, minimalistic styles, etc. have all broadened the scene in a positive way. Q: What's your favourite Goa Group, Album, Top 5 Goa Tracks? A: I can't say that there is one group or album that is my favorite, as different works of creativity shine in their own unique ways and can't fairly be compared to one another. I can say that the albums that were very influential to me initially include Hallucinogen's "LSD", Juno Reactor's "Transmissions," Cosmosis' "Cosmology," and the early TIP compilations and Astral Projection albums. There are so many great tracks I don't think I could narrow it down to a list of five that would have much meaning. Q: What's your favourite track that you made on your own? A: My current favorite track is called 'Circadian Rhythm' and is produced under the alias of Shape Shifters. It's currently unreleased but we'll see about that soon I hope! Q: Here in Belgium you're a pretty known artist after you're album Fluolizard, do they know you too in America or is there still a big difference between America and Europe? A: I think trance music is still kind of "underground" in the US in that the mainstream population does not understand the difference between a trance party and a "rave." I think that most DJs and hardcore trance-fans are aware of what Hugh Sharpe and I (the two members of Shape Shifters) have been creating although we could certainly could be doing more to promote ourselves. Both Hugh and I have busy schedules with school and work which sometimes limits how much time we have to promote ourselves and play at parties. Q: Where do you get your inspiration? A: My inspiration comes from people, parties, the visual artists, and of course the musicians and DJs involved in trance. I think I also get inspiration from the natural beauty of the real world and its transformative qualities as well as other people and cultural phenomenons that don't strictly relate to trance. Q: What kind of equipment do you use? A: The list has changed over the years but now includes: ProTools|24 on a G3 running Studio Vision Pro, EMu e64 sampler, Novation Supernova, Waldorf Microwave XT & Pulse+, Yamaha FS1R, EMu Morpheus, Ensoniq DP/4+ fx, dbx dynamic processors, and a Mackie mixer and a smattering of older Roland and Korg analog synthesizers which I don't use as much now that I've got the modern gear. For live performances I control my synths with a Powerbook. Q: What are your future projects? A: For now I am developing my sound under the name Shape Shifters, which includes collaboration with NYC DJ Hugh Sharpe on numerous tracks. Thanks a lot from all the Goa people community, and give us more great stuff as soon as you can ))!! Thanks! I look forward to performing live in Europe in the future!

Artist: MFG (Aharon Segal & Guy Zukrel) Date: 08-29-00 By: Gustav Q: So...could you tell us a little about yourselves? A: Guy Zukrel is 30 years old and single, i'm (Aharon Segal) 30 years old, happily married and have a 4 years old baby girl and expecting a 2nd baby boy in about 4 months. We've been playing electronic music together for many years, we met in high school when we were about 15 years old and we never stopped playing together since then. Q: Were you involved in any musical projects before MFG? Did you play in rock bands like most people seem to have done? A: No rock bands, we were always writing original electronic music of our own in various styles, nothing really that good that could get us famous, but we had a lot of fun and so did our friends who always support us Q: How did you get in touch with psychedelic trance music and when? A: While we were trying to make our first album of electronic industrial music (in the sound of Skinny Puppy, Front 242, Front Line Assembly) a very good friend of ours played us some tracks by The Infinity Project (TIP) and we liked it a lot, until that day we were sure that electronic music must be dark and heavy and then we found out that the same instruments and sounds can be used for a different kind of pure electronic music, a happy style, with positive inspirations that we didn't know before, and we simple fell in love with this type of music. We then wrote a couple of tracks and went to meet Oren Kristal from Phonokol Records which said that we sound too dark to enter the scene and played us (for the first time) an Astral Projection track called "Let There Be Light" (i'm sure not if that's the right title!?) and we left, after two days we came back and Oren thought that we forgot our keys in his office but we came back with our first psychedelic trace track "Shape The Future" and right after we played him the track he signed us for 3 albums on his label. That was a very quick start for a new band like ours, and it took about a couple of months till our first album "The Prophecy" was released in Israel, France and the UK. Q: What's the best/worst thing that has happened to you as MFG? A: The best thing was the way it all started, so fast (as i wrote above), we found ourselves touring all around the world, meeting lots of people and having lots of great time. The Worst thing is that the trance scene was starting to fade not a long time after that, and we could feel that happening when our second album "New Kind of World" was released, less sales, less shows around the world, also through our third album "Project Genesis", but we survived because we also have a day work and we knew from the start that being a trance artist is not enough to make a living. Q: What do you think about the progressions in the "scene" during these years. Have things gotten better/worse or is it just the the same? A: As i said above, we had the chance to experience the trance scene in it's best days and also lately when it started to fade, but it still exist in it's original underground size, we think, which is good. Q: Which musical artists do you admire the most? (both psytrance/non-psytrance) A: From the trance scene we like our friends Astral Projection, also Hallucinogen, some of X-Dream, old Transwave and Etnica and some others too. Outside the trance scene we like bands like Skinny Puppy, Front Line Assembly, Front 242, Numb and lots of others, they are all playing dark electronic industrial music. Q: What kind of studio are you using now? I only know you used to share one with Astral Projection long time ago. A: We only used Astral studio once when we recorded our first (non-album) track "Shape The Future" and then we also wrote the track "Radial Blur" together for Astral album, since then we always used our own little homey studio with our own equipment. Q: Do you have any sideprojects for the moment? As far as I know, Guy Zukrel is involved in Emuna & The Passenger. A: That's all of them, we wrote a couple of tracks with California Sunshine, released some tracks on compilations but not any side projects beside those you mentioned above. Q: Which track of yours are you most proud of and why? A: Aharon: i like "Why" from our 3rd album "Project Genesis" the most because i find it more deep and interesting than the rest, but i also like many of our other tracks too ofcourse... Guy: "When We Dream" from our 2nd album "New Kind Of World", and i also like all of our other tracks too. Q: I've heard very little of you as a live band. Your name is very rarely found in the line-up for parties, except for some far-away parties. How come, is most of the time spent in the studio or is your personal life pretty demanding? A: We played a lot around the world through the years, believe me, but maybe because we also have a day work and sure we have our own personal lifes you couldn't find our name everywhere and in every party. We also didn't release anything in the last year so beside of a few shows in the USA we didn't preform anywhere, but soon with our new album i'm sure everyone will get the chance to see us in his county, so get your self ready to party with us, we're coming back really soon... Q: At least the last months I guess you've been quite busy working on the new album. How long has it taken and when will it be ready? A: We started working together again about a couple of moths ago and we believe our new album "The Message" will be ready in about two more months. Q: You have changed sound quite alot during the years as MFG, especially with Project Genesis; going to darker, more alienated sound. Can you give us a little hint about the sound of the new album? A: We have 6 tracks ready so far, we plan to write two more and one Ambient track (we never wrote an ambient track until now), the album sounds like a new MFG album, a bit melodic, a bit darker and always new, we never give up, we always try to create new atmospheres otherwise we might get bored... Q: I hope we expect some heavy touring when the album is finished. Is that planned? A: We are ready, it all depends if the party organizers will like our new album and will like to invite us to play, we sure hope to reach every country on this planet (and beyond) with our new album and meet all of our fans. Q: Would you like to give any special message to everyone reading this? A: Well, i must say that although people like to relate the Psychedelic Trance scene to drugs, we don't use drugs to write our music so we would like to recommend all of our fans and listeners to save their lifes and listen to us without using drugs, we think drugs kill people and their personality, hiding the truth from them and stopping them from doing things in their lifes, we plan to write something about it in the booklet of our new album, i hope we will. Thank you very much for you taking your time to do this interview! Best Regards, Aharon Segal & Guy Zukrel MFG.

Label: Medium Date: 11-12-00 By: Mindbender Q: Tell us of the beginning of Medium Records? What made you establish a record company and how did the beginning go? A: At the first i start to be a DJ after a some time Important Records ask me if I like to create a Label and i did it (Full Moon Production.) But i had my problems with this Company and so i sayed it is better to do it by yourself And so it did it. In the beginning it was hard There was not to much money and Artists but i had a good name as Dj and so the Artists below in my Words and so we start with the Compilation Goodfellas Q: How did you choose the name Medium? A: I think the Music is the main Medium to get on a Party into Trance. So every Track on our Label is a Medium to give the People what they are looking for. Q: Could you give us a short history of your label? A: Medium is founded 1999 from me and my Partner Thomas We found us on a Party here in this Area where he made the Backline and the Soundsysthem. We had from the first moment a good Time and so we become to be Friends. From there we did together Medium and it goes well Q: How would you describe the music that you release? A: We release the hole Spectrum of our Trancemusik You find on our releases from Ambient to progressive and psychedelic Trance every style of our Music. So every CD or Vinyl is a suprise and you will never no what is on it We try to do our best that you can listen to the Music at home or on a Party and we are everytime open for something new Q: What artists does Medium work with? Any upcoming, never heard, killer artists? A: We work with a lot of DJs and Artists About my worke as DJ wold wide i know a lot of people and everybody like to worke with us We had releases with :Man with no Name , Atmos , Tim Schuldt ,Johann Bley, Noma , Andreas Krüger (Der dritte Raum) and a lot more Check our releases under www.medium-records.de We will have some killer next year with the Bitmonx and Auricular for sure. Q: How do you see the future of your label? What new records are you releasing? A: I dont know our future but this moment it looks very good for us We try to do our best that we like to be a good Label with some good Music not only made for the Partys it have to be Music for everytime in your Life The next releases are: Mahasuka Vibration 3 Elevator Bitmonx and Haldolium Bitmonx Album and a Compilation from our DJ Sascha Q: What will be your style of music in the future? The same as before or not? A: It is very important that a Label is open for the future and the Music of this. We like to stay in trance from the hard night into the Morning Glory But we will see where our Music is going. In the end the people on the Partys have to show me what they like to heare in the future Q: What artists would you like to work with? A: I worked with the most of Artists of our Music and it is not important that the Artist is famous. So i like to worke with everybody when the Production is perfect and nice.We like to give everybody achance so long the music is made for the floor and the people at home. Q: How about your growth? Has Medium grown and what do you think about it? A: Yes inside of 16 month we came bigger as i hoped and this is a good feeling when you do worke like this it is very important that you know that there are some people in the world who like your music. and when there are comming more and more then it is like a dream Q: What other labels do you appreciate? A: I have no special label and i like to listen to every record witch i find but for sure Spirit Zone,Aurinco , Free Form, and Flying Rhino did a good work Q: What are your favourite records and artists? A: Man with no Name is my favorite artist and in this Moment is our new Vibration my best record. Q: You're also a DJ. What type of music do you play? Do you anything else to say about DJ'ing? A: DJing is a hard work for sure and you have to be very mental at your worke Iam open for every style and i take o look on the Dancefloor and i hope everytime that i find the right music for the right time. In the End it is trance music in every style Q: Does Medium arrange parties? If you do, how have they been and which was the best one? A: We have a lot of promotor who like to do labelpartys with us they rent our deko and soundsysthem and we make the line up but we do no partys by ourself and i thing every party what they made with us was the best. Q: Tell us about the best party you've been to? A: The best was for sure the japan partys the people are crazy and open for every style of our music the city (tokyo) is like a hit in your face and all in all it is everytime a Advanture. Q: How about the worst one? A: i thing it was here in germany there was not enough people and the promotor and all workers runs away with the money in the end we was alone there it was a shame for everybody. we never saw some money and the people who payed for this party standing on the floor, with tears in there eyes it was a nightmare Q: What do you think about the psy-trance scene globally? Should psy-trance become more popular or is it better underground? A: The hard psy-trance will be for sure made for the underground but there are some bands like Element and iam sure they will find a way to be popular. And this will be good for our Music Q: What do you think about the musical evolution of psy-trance itself? A: Psy-Trance by himself has no more evolution but a lot of artists create from this Music a new style like progressive or elastic trance. This is very important for our music here is the way to go from the Underground into the Overground. Psy-Trance by himself is made for a small part of people in ths world but it is to hard for a lot of people so it is and have to be a special kind of music for special people Q: Do you have any advice to those, like me, who dream of setting up their own label some day? Or practical advice to those who are already in the process or even just got the company set up? A: Belive in your work. Be fair to your Artists Check your Money before you start Be open for different music also when you dont like it but the people on the floor like it. Give your music to some good Djs before you release it and take a look on the floor if the people like it. Make a good Cover it is more important as you know Good Luck Q: Finally, do have anything you'd like to say to the Medium fans out there? A: I hope we have some fans and i like to say thank you to everybody and when you see me everywhere in this world speak to me and tell me when we do something wrong. Save our music Copy kills our music Thanks a lot for this interview. Thank you and i hope we see us again Helsinki was a good Party and the people are very good, big thanks to Peter the Promotor of this Party his worke was perfect I had some good days in my Life You can have more infos about Medium label at http://www.medium-records.de !

Label: Mechanik Sound Records (Fred and Gemma) Date: 02-10-03 By: Mars Q: How & when did your Mechanik adventure start and > where are you based ? A: Well, Gemma and me wanted to be more indepandent on my produtions , wanted to have a better control on this , also work more closer was an important point which bring to this idea ,.,and we were a band of friends (Hyper Frequencies, Ananda, Jessy, The Yeti) so we talked all together and thought we could work all of us in this project, that was in february 2002 and that's how it came. Q: How did you choose this name ? A: Well it was quite obvious, Neuromotor, Hyper Frequencies, we thought that our label had to be very clear...so mechanik was the closest so far. Q: Could you describe us the style of trance you want to favour to be released under your label? Do you favour a particular country in the musical orientation of your label? A: We would like to keep the line of Hyper Frequencies, Neuromotor, we'd like some dance floor staff , Yechnoid psychedelik and defenetly rock our next compilation gonna give to the people an obvious flavour .....called "Psycho Laboratory" (note : it's released today !!) Well about the country we wanted to be connect with some scene like Brazil that why we released Lotus Omega (even they are not there, but they were really inspired). I played lot of times there, i feel in love with this country. But we are not gonna stuck on one country, there's so many good productions everywhere in this world ....so we ll probably release from all over. Q: How do you see the future & growth of your label? What new records will you release? A: We are positive when we think in this term, we are tying to be most professionnal as we can, at that time. We are still learning the way it goes, but fortunatly we have a good team which feel really involved in this label, so that helps. We'd like to bring some good productions out, work with other label, events in differents countries, and actually we have a project which is a T.V program well, we're on it so we ll talk about it when it'll be ready. Our next release should come out around marsh 15th, it is a compilation called as i said before "Psycho Laboratory" which contains the artists we like now and we wanted to see all together on the same album : Hyper Frequencies, Xenomorph, Parasense, Neuromotor, Skazi, Beat On Phobia, CPU, Lotus Omega, Talamasca. Then after it we ll release a new Fyper Frequencies album , which i should say it is a blaster one...it is a subtile mix between techno, rock psychedelik, hypnosis, acid...well u'll see, we are kind of proud to produce this artist. Q: What artists would you like to work with? A: Silcon sound, Biodegradable, Skazi, Psychaos, Xenomorph and Parasense...we have planned already with all of them to do something, let's be patient it's gonna come. Q: Is there another particular label you appreciate a lot for its musical orientation? A: Yes, for sure Acidance, Shaffel, 3DVision, and a lot Ultimae Records. Q: Do you organize parties with your label ? A: Yes are actually planning a tour with a lot of promoters, like Japan, Costa Rica, Brazil, Spain, Mexico, and France this should start around jully... Q: Are you used to DJ in some parties? If so, what kind of stuff do you play in these parties ? A: 60% Neuromotor stuff, and mostly the music that we are going to release, like CPU, Hyper Frequencies, Xenomorph, Parasense, Syriuisness...I play dark and psychedelik mostly, but it depends on the party; i also played groovys and melodic. The only type i'm not used to play is progressive. I like it but doesn't fit in my set, and well i don t have any of those tunes, so... Q: What do you think about the psy-trance scene globally ? How do you think it's evolving ? A: What i think is we can be happy, this is growing up we play it all over, the music is changing new people are comming...Well it is not anymore trancy like it used to be but it is stomping and it is rocking the earth. It's an answer to our life and to our system...i really enjoy to be a part of it ,and i beleive in our future . Q: Finally, do have anything else you'd like to say? A: ...(seems not) You can have more infos about Mechanik Sound Records at http://www.mechaniksound.com !

Artist: Masada Date: 12-14-01 By: Mars Q: First of all, what is your musical background (studies, first compositions) ? A: We started making music long ago (Mathias in the early 90's and Torsten in the 80's). Mathias was into different styles. He started out making music with Soundtracker/Protracker in the Amiga era. He has also done soundtracks for radio and smaller films. Torsten started with synth/electron back in the 80's, turned into italio disco in the late 80's and then progressed into funk and ambient. He also did some tracks with Fasttracker 2 in the group Phluid. Q: How and when did you start to make psytrance, and why did you choose to make psytrance over any other medium of music ? A: Both Mathias and me started listening to different kind of psytrance. Back then it was stuff like Astral Projection, Man with no name, MFG and melodic stuff. We liked the atmosphere of psytrance. We thought it sounded fresh and inspiring. I remember that it reminded me of JM Jarre's old stuff at the double speed and with massive drums. Another thing that apealed to us was that you didn't need any vocals. Another thing is that we are both creative human beings, I think we have to be creative to feel good about ourselves. We are not the kind of person that sits around doing nothing. Q: Which other music styles do you like ? A: Besides psytrance Mathias listens to a lot of different music, mostly pop/rock (for example Spiritualized and a fantastic band from Iceland called Sigur Ros) but also electronic music like Air, Orbital and Underworld. Torsten is deep into detroit, ambient, some reggae and stuff like Air and Manu Chao. Q: What do you do in everyday-life except making music ? A: Mathias works in the telecom business with broadband communications and Torsten is a full time musician. Q: Do you project to release other tracks soon ? A: Our upcoming debut Oceanic will soon be out on Tsunami Productions. It's the first album in a serie of 4 albums. Most of the tracks on Oceanic and the 3 others are older and more melodic stuff than we make today. A better sample of our current sound is the upcoming 12" on Koyote Records with the tracks Bollen and Centralen. Q: Which of your own tracks do you like the best ? A: Torsten: Bhongo Bhonged, Bollen, Centralen, Population with large heads. Mathias: Invalid K-bytes, Population with large heads, Signal Degraded Q: Your favourite psychedelic Groups & Albums ? A: Torsten: Wizzy Noise - Cybermancy, Absolum - Wild, Logic Bomb - Headware, and some of SUN Project and The Delta. Mathias: Hux Flux - Cryptic Crunch, Power Source - Cosmic Waves, Wizzy Noise - Cybermancy, Son Kite and Logic Bomb. Q: Where does your inspiration come from when building a Track ? A: Torsten: It often starts when I hear something in a track that I like. Could be a sound, a bassline or just a mood. Going to psyparties is another huge source of inspiration. Mathias: I listen to a lot of music, not necessarily psytrance. It gives me a great feeling of creativity. If that doesn't work I usually log on the Internet and look at the incredible number of downloads and great feedback we've recieved on our mp3.com site, that's something that inspires me to make more music. If this doesn't work either, I drink a bucket of coffee... Q: What kind of equipment do you use to make your Tracks ? A: We used to be a Cubase/synthesizer act, but after discovering Vaz Modular and VSTi's we decided to go 100% software more or less. We have a couple of "hardware" synthesizers left, but we hardly use them anymore. Using software synths is a fast and easy way to write music and today's software sounds so good we don't feel like we need additional hardware. When we write music we do it seperately, we lives in different cities and collaboration is hard. Q: Future projects ? A: Keep on making good music with Masada and maybe collaborations with other artists. Q: Is there any artist you'd like to work with ? A: It would be great to something with Wizzy Noise for their hybrid of psytrance and techno with evil breakbeats. SUN Project is another band that makes real funky psytrance and working with them would be very nice and inspiring. Q: What kind of stuff do you play as DJ in parties ? A: We don't DJ (yet?) Q: Some tips for the beginners who make music ? A: Try listening to other artist and then exerimenting with your own gear and try to make something that sounds good. Imitation is often a good way to learn, but if you keep imitating others you won't progress. Q: When & where was your best party ? And your worst one ? Our best party was when we played at the same party as Astral Projection in Sweden. The audience was +1000 and the atmosphere was wild. People went bonkers when we entered the stage. The worst party was our first appearance at a party called Vampires. The organizers supplied us with one working speaker and a reciever as amplifier. The sound was so distorted that everyone in the audience left the room in 10 minutes and we ended up playing for ourselfes. Q: How do you think trance music will mutate in the future ? A: It would be great if psytrance and techno could come closer. We like hard and minimal stuff, but pure detroit techno can be dull after listening to it for hours. Maybe trance will be more influenced by electro. We think that there will always be a more melodic side and one monotonous side. Q: What do you think of the MP3 revolution ? A: MP3 is here to stay and we have mp3.com to thank for a lot of our success. It gave us a chance to share our music with the people without having to release an album first. We have recieved hundreds of letters from people listening to our music and that feedback kept us continue. Q: And what do you think of people downloading them without buying the stuff ? A: If it's possible to "steal" music or software, people will continue doing it. I think it's impossible to avoid that. The good thing with it is the posibility to "try before you buy" or listening to music you would never hear if it wasn't for mp3. I think it's all good and a natural development. Thanks for the interview and we wish you good luck for the future!! Big thanks to you too! Cheers!

Artist: Luminus (Amir Dvir) Date: 07-07-00 By: Anoebis Q: Hello Luminus and thanks for doing the interview... How, why & when did you start with producing music? A: Hey Anoebis and thanks for publishing this interview and contributing so much with the site. Actually, im dealling with music since i remember myself. the first time i picked my first guitar i was about 8-9 years old... and as i child i always liked heavy metal bands... started with Iron Maiden/Guns n' Roses/Metallica shit.... and later on much harder stuff as Sepultura/Cradle of Filth and shit... when i was about 12-13 years i bought my first computer and started checking out all these BBS (to whom which doesn't know - it was the early age of the internet) and downloading all these wierd music tracker files, back than it was S3M and shit like that... and i liked it!! so i decided to try it myself since i always was into music.. and i found out its pretty easy for me. so i made a few cheesy dancy pop tunes and went to some "Demo Contests" and participated. there i met Miki Litvak (ex-Shidapu to whom who remembers) and learned alot from this guy about all the programs and helped me with sounds and all the inpiration for starting my way as a trance artist....so finally i was about 15 when i made my first "trance" track . Q: Why do you make Goa-Trance and not other types of music? A: Well i guess i just like the vibes and the energies in this music... also, its much like heavy metal with the power and the energies in the music, a thing i like very much. Q: What do you think of the new, progressive Psychedelic Trance/Techno? A: After a few years of damn hard screaming and scratching psychedelic trance, people have come to conclusion that its time to chill out a little bit (for my opinion) and started to low down the BPMs and more deep stuff (e.g. scandivian new stuff, flying rhino and much more), and i can say that this wave has caught me too. Q: Why is there such a big difference between the European and Israeli Psychedelic Techno? A: This question has one simple answer - The Mentality. almost always you can feel by the act of the person how his music gonna sound. Israel is a country with alot of sun and alot of beaches means its much lighter.. for example germany is a cold country and thats why the music there is much darker. Q: How do you think that Psychedelic Trance will evolve in the future? A: People will dress like monkeys and eat bananas in the north beach of Pakistan.... now seriously.. i have no answer for that question cause psychedelic trance is a freestyle music (more or less). Q: What's your favourite Luminus Track? A: My favourite is "Diablo" that was released on the german label "Shiva Space Tech." and also on my album. Q: I've read on the cover of "Hypnotica" that your next album will be different from the Luminus albums, can you tell us more about that and what will be your new name?? A: Yah, thats true. i guess now it the time im supposed to reach out other level with my music. these days im working on few tracks with every one of them is a TOTALLY diffrent styles, i wouldn't recognize myself if i was hearing it for the first time so i guess im on my way to find a new style right now and im not really locked on anything. about the name... HELP ME PEOPLE!!! cant find anything yet. Q: What are your Top 5 Goa-Trance albums and artists? A: 1. Hallucinogen - All the Albums 2. Etnica - Alien Protein 3. Prana - Geomantik 4. Green Nuns Of The Revolution - Rock Bitch Mafia 5. M.F.G - The Prophecy Q: Where do you get your inspiration? A: I live in a beautiful and peacefull village in the center of israel where i shove all my inpiration from and also from my dog - Shetz that all the time im composing music sits near my legs and licks them. Q: What do you think about Free MP3 sites like Napster? A: Acutally, i just finished reading an article about Napster and that genious kid who invented all this shit, to tell you the truth i really dont like it as an artist but im sure that if i wasnt dealing with music i was doing the same stuff. Q: What kind of equipment do you use? A: My studio contains: Mackie 24*4 Mixer Akai s3000 Sampler Clavia Nord Lead Synth Roland SH-101 Synth Waldorf Pulse Synth Roland MC303 Shitty Synth Zoom 1204 Multi Effect Alesis Multi Effect Gina Sound Card DBX compressor Roland midi keyboard Event 20/20 monitors all running on pentiumII 450mhz. not too big... but enough for now. Q: What are your future projects/releases? A: As i said before no projects for now... chilling out a bit and trying other stuff after 2 albums. Thanks alot from the Goa-community and give us more great music as soon as possible! )) Thank you!! good luck with the website and keep contributing so much to the trance community. byebye.

Hello everyone ! We are sorry that the party stopped at 5.30. The cops came with the needed papers and they made us stop the music in the middle of Silicon Sounds' wonderful live act...shame ! Anyway we hope you had a wonderful time until 5.30 We are very sorry for this situation although we can only be disappointed by the cause of all this : at first we thought this was due to complaints with the noise, but there were also fights in the parking and the sum of both decided the cops to stop everything...extreme shame !!! That's all the more worse as we had done literally everything to secure that party. We had thought about every detail, we had told the owner 10 times : "you are aware, right ? Techno music, all night, boom-boom, until 9AM" And it was all right ! Sorry it ended up unexpectedly like that. So OK time for some to learn again what's PLUR : In order to make you forget this painful night more easily, there will be a FREE private "Suntrip" party soon. We'll tell later who/when/where, but as far as I know, it will be fully melodic and Anoebis that couldn't play this morning will be on the decks ! Watch for updates soon.

Kob - Fylonetic (new Filteria acidic project)

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And reminds me from Transit Festival 2004 in Spain Tetraktys was playing, opening the festival, and it was raining mad...and crash Aaah good festival times. I hope nobody got harmed this time either.

I am fully supporting this decision. I also veto'ed not to have the ban length lowered because enough is enough ! There is no reason to make a poll about that, even though I'm cohnfident about the result. Goazzz you may be sarcastic with your "put a smile" rule, but if you look at the rule, they say on the first line : Shall there be Peace/Love/Unity/Respect in ONE place in the world, do your best so that it's here. Once you are on Psynews, you are open, you accept its members, share with them, contribute in a positive way.. And later : - Of course, you may not like something and say it. You may agree or not on someone's point, and say it too. But be a gentleman/woman doing so. Be constructive !. I'm sorry but Cinos was very far from that, not to say the contrary !

Nobody knows. He disappeared in september 2003. I gave up trying to have him on the phone in july 2005.

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Please read and respect these rules/guidelines before posting new reviews. HERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REVIEWS. NOT SIMPLE COMMENTS, NOT DISCUSSIONS, BUT REVIEWS ! 1. Please use the appropriate release year before posting . If you're posting in a "multiple year" thread (ie. 2002 - 1998) then specify the release year in the thread title. 2. If you’re an artist / label that wants to promote a new release please use the “Promos” group and not this one! ANY promos found in the reviews section will be moved. 3. This section is for psytrance reviews and psytrance related genres reviews only! If you want to discuss the best releases this year, what albums should be considered “classics”, the reviews section layout, the quality of reviews, the latest Tool release, want to request a review, etc. etc., then please use the General or Off-Topic sections of the forum!!! This is intended for psytrance music and subgenres only so no reviews of parties or other music genres. A bigger tolerance will be allowed for old stuff (stuff released before 96) since back then there wasn't an "official definition" of psytrance. 4. BEFORE posting a new review, check if a review of the album hasn’t already been written. If it’s the case then write your review in the already existing thread and do NOT open a new one! Finding older topics should be easy, use the “Search” function: type part or the whole album title and don’t forget to limit the search to the subforum of the year you want to post in. If you're starting a new thread for a compilation then you should ALWAYS write the title under the format : "V/A - Name of comp". So that all the compilations will be easier to find. So do NOT start a topic with "VA" (no "/" between the V and the A) or "V/A :" (":" instead of "-"), "VA Name of Comp" (no "-" between the V/A and the name) etc. 5. When opening a new thread put the name of the album and artist in the topic title and make sure it doesn’t have any typos (or else the search function won’t work). If you made a mistake, you can easily re-edit the title by using the “Edit” button at the end of your post, if that function is not working, then report your topic to moderators asking to correct the typos. 6. Please say WHY you like/dislike an album and don’t write childish one-phrase reviews like “This is a killer release!! 10/10!” or “This sucks. 0/10”. Reviews like that are not very informative and don’t do much except annoy others who are looking for full reviews … Also, if you have received an album as a promo directly from the artist/label try not to be an ass-licker in the review… most of the time it shows and it’s VERY annoying not to mention that in the long run your credibility as an objective reviewer will be tarnished. 7. Personal grudges against artists or reviewers are not welcomed and will be deleted and might lead to moderation so try to use your brain before posting. If you have anything to say to the artist or another reviewer you can always PM (Private Message) or e-mail them. 8. It would be nice that whenever someone opens a new thread for a review they start with the full album stats (pic of the cover, track names, label, release date, etc.). 9. We advise and ask you not to write reviews for samples of releases. It's best if you post in the Reviews section after having listened to the whole release. Happy reviewing and as always, suggestions are welcome (as long as you post them in this thread and don't open a new one)

Please read and respect these rules/guidelines before posting new reviews. HERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REVIEWS. NOT SIMPLE COMMENTS, NOT DISCUSSIONS, BUT REVIEWS ! 1. Please use the appropriate release year before posting . If you're posting in a "multiple year" thread (ie. 2002 - 1998) then specify the release year in the thread title. 2. If you’re an artist / label that wants to promote a new release please use the “Promos” group and not this one! ANY promos found in the reviews section will be moved. 3. This section is for psytrance reviews and psytrance related genres reviews only! If you want to discuss the best releases this year, what albums should be considered “classics”, the reviews section layout, the quality of reviews, the latest Tool release, want to request a review, etc. etc., then please use the General or Off-Topic sections of the forum!!! This is intended for psytrance music and subgenres only so no reviews of parties or other music genres. A bigger tolerance will be allowed for old stuff (stuff released before 96) since back then there wasn't an "official definition" of psytrance. 4. BEFORE posting a new review, check if a review of the album hasn’t already been written. If it’s the case then write your review in the already existing thread and do NOT open a new one! Finding older topics should be easy, use the “Search” function: type part or the whole album title and don’t forget to limit the search to the subforum of the year you want to post in. If you're starting a new thread for a compilation then you should ALWAYS write the title under the format : "V/A - Name of comp". So that all the compilations will be easier to find. So do NOT start a topic with "VA" (no "/" between the V and the A) or "V/A :" (":" instead of "-"), "VA Name of Comp" (no "-" between the V/A and the name) etc. 5. When opening a new thread put the name of the album and artist in the topic title and make sure it doesn’t have any typos (or else the search function won’t work). If you made a mistake, you can easily re-edit the title by using the “Edit” button at the end of your post, if that function is not working, then report your topic to moderators asking to correct the typos. 6. Please say WHY you like/dislike an album and don’t write childish one-phrase reviews like “This is a killer release!! 10/10!” or “This sucks. 0/10”. Reviews like that are not very informative and don’t do much except annoy others who are looking for full reviews … Also, if you have received an album as a promo directly from the artist/label try not to be an ass-licker in the review… most of the time it shows and it’s VERY annoying not to mention that in the long run your credibility as an objective reviewer will be tarnished. 7. Personal grudges against artists or reviewers are not welcomed and will be deleted and might lead to moderation so try to use your brain before posting. If you have anything to say to the artist or another reviewer you can always PM (Private Message) or e-mail them. 8. It would be nice that whenever someone opens a new thread for a review they start with the full album stats (pic of the cover, track names, label, release date, etc.). 9. We advise and ask you not to write reviews for samples of releases. It's best if you post in the Reviews section after having listened to the whole release. Happy reviewing and as always, suggestions are welcome (as long as you post them in this thread and don't open a new one)

Please read and respect these rules/guidelines before posting new reviews. HERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REVIEWS. NOT SIMPLE COMMENTS, NOT DISCUSSIONS, BUT REVIEWS ! 1. Please use the appropriate release year before posting . If you're posting in a "multiple year" thread (ie. 2002 - 1998) then specify the release year in the thread title. 2. If you’re an artist / label that wants to promote a new release please use the “Promos” group and not this one! ANY promos found in the reviews section will be moved. 3. This section is for psytrance reviews and psytrance related genres reviews only! If you want to discuss the best releases this year, what albums should be considered “classics”, the reviews section layout, the quality of reviews, the latest Tool release, want to request a review, etc. etc., then please use the General or Off-Topic sections of the forum!!! This is intended for psytrance music and subgenres only so no reviews of parties or other music genres. A bigger tolerance will be allowed for old stuff (stuff released before 96) since back then there wasn't an "official definition" of psytrance. 4. BEFORE posting a new review, check if a review of the album hasn’t already been written. If it’s the case then write your review in the already existing thread and do NOT open a new one! Finding older topics should be easy, use the “Search” function: type part or the whole album title and don’t forget to limit the search to the subforum of the year you want to post in. If you're starting a new thread for a compilation then you should ALWAYS write the title under the format : "V/A - Name of comp". So that all the compilations will be easier to find. So do NOT start a topic with "VA" (no "/" between the V and the A) or "V/A :" (":" instead of "-"), "VA Name of Comp" (no "-" between the V/A and the name) etc. 5. When opening a new thread put the name of the album and artist in the topic title and make sure it doesn’t have any typos (or else the search function won’t work). If you made a mistake, you can easily re-edit the title by using the “Edit” button at the end of your post, if that function is not working, then report your topic to moderators asking to correct the typos. 6. Please say WHY you like/dislike an album and don’t write childish one-phrase reviews like “This is a killer release!! 10/10!” or “This sucks. 0/10”. Reviews like that are not very informative and don’t do much except annoy others who are looking for full reviews … Also, if you have received an album as a promo directly from the artist/label try not to be an ass-licker in the review… most of the time it shows and it’s VERY annoying not to mention that in the long run your credibility as an objective reviewer will be tarnished. 7. Personal grudges against artists or reviewers are not welcomed and will be deleted and might lead to moderation so try to use your brain before posting. If you have anything to say to the artist or another reviewer you can always PM (Private Message) or e-mail them. 8. It would be nice that whenever someone opens a new thread for a review they start with the full album stats (pic of the cover, track names, label, release date, etc.). 9. We advise and ask you not to write reviews for samples of releases. It's best if you post in the Reviews section after having listened to the whole release. Happy reviewing and as always, suggestions are welcome (as long as you post them in this thread and don't open a new one)

Please read and respect these rules/guidelines before posting new reviews. HERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REVIEWS. NOT SIMPLE COMMENTS, NOT DISCUSSIONS, BUT REVIEWS ! 1. Please use the appropriate release year before posting . If you're posting in a "multiple year" thread (ie. 2002 - 1998) then specify the release year in the thread title. 2. If you’re an artist / label that wants to promote a new release please use the “Promos” group and not this one! ANY promos found in the reviews section will be moved. 3. This section is for psytrance reviews and psytrance related genres reviews only! If you want to discuss the best releases this year, what albums should be considered “classics”, the reviews section layout, the quality of reviews, the latest Tool release, want to request a review, etc. etc., then please use the General or Off-Topic sections of the forum!!! This is intended for psytrance music and subgenres only so no reviews of parties or other music genres. A bigger tolerance will be allowed for old stuff (stuff released before 96) since back then there wasn't an "official definition" of psytrance. 4. BEFORE posting a new review, check if a review of the album hasn’t already been written. If it’s the case then write your review in the already existing thread and do NOT open a new one! Finding older topics should be easy, use the “Search” function: type part or the whole album title and don’t forget to limit the search to the subforum of the year you want to post in. If you're starting a new thread for a compilation then you should ALWAYS write the title under the format : "V/A - Name of comp". So that all the compilations will be easier to find. So do NOT start a topic with "VA" (no "/" between the V and the A) or "V/A :" (":" instead of "-"), "VA Name of Comp" (no "-" between the V/A and the name) etc. 5. When opening a new thread put the name of the album and artist in the topic title and make sure it doesn’t have any typos (or else the search function won’t work). If you made a mistake, you can easily re-edit the title by using the “Edit” button at the end of your post, if that function is not working, then report your topic to moderators asking to correct the typos. 6. Please say WHY you like/dislike an album and don’t write childish one-phrase reviews like “This is a killer release!! 10/10!” or “This sucks. 0/10”. Reviews like that are not very informative and don’t do much except annoy others who are looking for full reviews … Also, if you have received an album as a promo directly from the artist/label try not to be an ass-licker in the review… most of the time it shows and it’s VERY annoying not to mention that in the long run your credibility as an objective reviewer will be tarnished. 7. Personal grudges against artists or reviewers are not welcomed and will be deleted and might lead to moderation so try to use your brain before posting. If you have anything to say to the artist or another reviewer you can always PM (Private Message) or e-mail them. 8. It would be nice that whenever someone opens a new thread for a review they start with the full album stats (pic of the cover, track names, label, release date, etc.). 9. We advise and ask you not to write reviews for samples of releases. It's best if you post in the Reviews section after having listened to the whole release. Happy reviewing and as always, suggestions are welcome (as long as you post them in this thread and don't open a new one)

Please read and respect these rules/guidelines before posting new reviews. HERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REVIEWS. NOT SIMPLE COMMENTS, NOT DISCUSSIONS, BUT REVIEWS ! 1. Please use the appropriate release year before posting . If you're posting in a "multiple year" thread (ie. 2002 - 1998) then specify the release year in the thread title. 2. If you’re an artist / label that wants to promote a new release please use the “Promos” group and not this one! ANY promos found in the reviews section will be moved. 3. This section is for psytrance reviews and psytrance related genres reviews only! If you want to discuss the best releases this year, what albums should be considered “classics”, the reviews section layout, the quality of reviews, the latest Tool release, want to request a review, etc. etc., then please use the General or Off-Topic sections of the forum!!! This is intended for psytrance music and subgenres only so no reviews of parties or other music genres. A bigger tolerance will be allowed for old stuff (stuff released before 96) since back then there wasn't an "official definition" of psytrance. 4. BEFORE posting a new review, check if a review of the album hasn’t already been written. If it’s the case then write your review in the already existing thread and do NOT open a new one! Finding older topics should be easy, use the “Search” function: type part or the whole album title and don’t forget to limit the search to the subforum of the year you want to post in. If you're starting a new thread for a compilation then you should ALWAYS write the title under the format : "V/A - Name of comp". So that all the compilations will be easier to find. So do NOT start a topic with "VA" (no "/" between the V and the A) or "V/A :" (":" instead of "-"), "VA Name of Comp" (no "-" between the V/A and the name) etc. 5. When opening a new thread put the name of the album and artist in the topic title and make sure it doesn’t have any typos (or else the search function won’t work). If you made a mistake, you can easily re-edit the title by using the “Edit” button at the end of your post, if that function is not working, then report your topic to moderators asking to correct the typos. 6. Please say WHY you like/dislike an album and don’t write childish one-phrase reviews like “This is a killer release!! 10/10!” or “This sucks. 0/10”. Reviews like that are not very informative and don’t do much except annoy others who are looking for full reviews … Also, if you have received an album as a promo directly from the artist/label try not to be an ass-licker in the review… most of the time it shows and it’s VERY annoying not to mention that in the long run your credibility as an objective reviewer will be tarnished. 7. Personal grudges against artists or reviewers are not welcomed and will be deleted and might lead to moderation so try to use your brain before posting. If you have anything to say to the artist or another reviewer you can always PM (Private Message) or e-mail them. 8. It would be nice that whenever someone opens a new thread for a review they start with the full album stats (pic of the cover, track names, label, release date, etc.). 9. We advise and ask you not to write reviews for samples of releases. It's best if you post in the Reviews section after having listened to the whole release. Happy reviewing and as always, suggestions are welcome (as long as you post them in this thread and don't open a new one)

Please read and respect these rules/guidelines before posting new reviews. HERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REVIEWS. NOT SIMPLE COMMENTS, NOT DISCUSSIONS, BUT REVIEWS ! 1. Please use the appropriate release year before posting . If you're posting in a "multiple year" thread (ie. 2002 - 1998) then specify the release year in the thread title. 2. If you’re an artist / label that wants to promote a new release please use the “Promos” group and not this one! ANY promos found in the reviews section will be moved. 3. This section is for psytrance reviews and psytrance related genres reviews only! If you want to discuss the best releases this year, what albums should be considered “classics”, the reviews section layout, the quality of reviews, the latest Tool release, want to request a review, etc. etc., then please use the General or Off-Topic sections of the forum!!! This is intended for psytrance music and subgenres only so no reviews of parties or other music genres. A bigger tolerance will be allowed for old stuff (stuff released before 96) since back then there wasn't an "official definition" of psytrance. 4. BEFORE posting a new review, check if a review of the album hasn’t already been written. If it’s the case then write your review in the already existing thread and do NOT open a new one! Finding older topics should be easy, use the “Search” function: type part or the whole album title and don’t forget to limit the search to the subforum of the year you want to post in. If you're starting a new thread for a compilation then you should ALWAYS write the title under the format : "V/A - Name of comp". So that all the compilations will be easier to find. So do NOT start a topic with "VA" (no "/" between the V and the A) or "V/A :" (":" instead of "-"), "VA Name of Comp" (no "-" between the V/A and the name) etc. 5. When opening a new thread put the name of the album and artist in the topic title and make sure it doesn’t have any typos (or else the search function won’t work). If you made a mistake, you can easily re-edit the title by using the “Edit” button at the end of your post, if that function is not working, then report your topic to moderators asking to correct the typos. 6. Please say WHY you like/dislike an album and don’t write childish one-phrase reviews like “This is a killer release!! 10/10!” or “This sucks. 0/10”. Reviews like that are not very informative and don’t do much except annoy others who are looking for full reviews … Also, if you have received an album as a promo directly from the artist/label try not to be an ass-licker in the review… most of the time it shows and it’s VERY annoying not to mention that in the long run your credibility as an objective reviewer will be tarnished. 7. Personal grudges against artists or reviewers are not welcomed and will be deleted and might lead to moderation so try to use your brain before posting. If you have anything to say to the artist or another reviewer you can always PM (Private Message) or e-mail them. 8. It would be nice that whenever someone opens a new thread for a review they start with the full album stats (pic of the cover, track names, label, release date, etc.). 9. We advise and ask you not to write reviews for samples of releases. It's best if you post in the Reviews section after having listened to the whole release. Happy reviewing and as always, suggestions are welcome (as long as you post them in this thread and don't open a new one)

Please read and respect these rules/guidelines before posting new reviews. HERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REVIEWS. NOT SIMPLE COMMENTS, NOT DISCUSSIONS, BUT REVIEWS ! 1. Please use the appropriate release year before posting . If you're posting in a "multiple year" thread (ie. 2002 - 1998) then specify the release year in the thread title. 2. If you’re an artist / label that wants to promote a new release please use the “Promos” group and not this one! ANY promos found in the reviews section will be moved. 3. This section is for psytrance reviews and psytrance related genres reviews only! If you want to discuss the best releases this year, what albums should be considered “classics”, the reviews section layout, the quality of reviews, the latest Tool release, want to request a review, etc. etc., then please use the General or Off-Topic sections of the forum!!! This is intended for psytrance music and subgenres only so no reviews of parties or other music genres. A bigger tolerance will be allowed for old stuff (stuff released before 96) since back then there wasn't an "official definition" of psytrance. 4. BEFORE posting a new review, check if a review of the album hasn’t already been written. If it’s the case then write your review in the already existing thread and do NOT open a new one! Finding older topics should be easy, use the “Search” function: type part or the whole album title and don’t forget to limit the search to the subforum of the year you want to post in. If you're starting a new thread for a compilation then you should ALWAYS write the title under the format : "V/A - Name of comp". So that all the compilations will be easier to find. So do NOT start a topic with "VA" (no "/" between the V and the A) or "V/A :" (":" instead of "-"), "VA Name of Comp" (no "-" between the V/A and the name) etc. 5. When opening a new thread put the name of the album and artist in the topic title and make sure it doesn’t have any typos (or else the search function won’t work). If you made a mistake, you can easily re-edit the title by using the “Edit” button at the end of your post, if that function is not working, then report your topic to moderators asking to correct the typos. 6. Please say WHY you like/dislike an album and don’t write childish one-phrase reviews like “This is a killer release!! 10/10!” or “This sucks. 0/10”. Reviews like that are not very informative and don’t do much except annoy others who are looking for full reviews … Also, if you have received an album as a promo directly from the artist/label try not to be an ass-licker in the review… most of the time it shows and it’s VERY annoying not to mention that in the long run your credibility as an objective reviewer will be tarnished. 7. Personal grudges against artists or reviewers are not welcomed and will be deleted and might lead to moderation so try to use your brain before posting. If you have anything to say to the artist or another reviewer you can always PM (Private Message) or e-mail them. 8. It would be nice that whenever someone opens a new thread for a review they start with the full album stats (pic of the cover, track names, label, release date, etc.). 9. We advise and ask you not to write reviews for samples of releases. It's best if you post in the Reviews section after having listened to the whole release. Happy reviewing and as always, suggestions are welcome (as long as you post them in this thread and don't open a new one)

Please read and respect these rules/guidelines before posting new reviews. HERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REVIEWS. NOT SIMPLE COMMENTS, NOT DISCUSSIONS, BUT REVIEWS ! 1. Please use the appropriate release year before posting . If you're posting in a "multiple year" thread (ie. 2002 - 1998) then specify the release year in the thread title. 2. If you’re an artist / label that wants to promote a new release please use the “Promos” group and not this one! ANY promos found in the reviews section will be moved. 3. This section is for psytrance reviews and psytrance related genres reviews only! If you want to discuss the best releases this year, what albums should be considered “classics”, the reviews section layout, the quality of reviews, the latest Tool release, want to request a review, etc. etc., then please use the General or Off-Topic sections of the forum!!! This is intended for psytrance music and subgenres only so no reviews of parties or other music genres. A bigger tolerance will be allowed for old stuff (stuff released before 96) since back then there wasn't an "official definition" of psytrance. 4. BEFORE posting a new review, check if a review of the album hasn’t already been written. If it’s the case then write your review in the already existing thread and do NOT open a new one! Finding older topics should be easy, use the “Search” function: type part or the whole album title and don’t forget to limit the search to the subforum of the year you want to post in. If you're starting a new thread for a compilation then you should ALWAYS write the title under the format : "V/A - Name of comp". So that all the compilations will be easier to find. So do NOT start a topic with "VA" (no "/" between the V and the A) or "V/A :" (":" instead of "-"), "VA Name of Comp" (no "-" between the V/A and the name) etc. 5. When opening a new thread put the name of the album and artist in the topic title and make sure it doesn’t have any typos (or else the search function won’t work). If you made a mistake, you can easily re-edit the title by using the “Edit” button at the end of your post, if that function is not working, then report your topic to moderators asking to correct the typos. 6. Please say WHY you like/dislike an album and don’t write childish one-phrase reviews like “This is a killer release!! 10/10!” or “This sucks. 0/10”. Reviews like that are not very informative and don’t do much except annoy others who are looking for full reviews … Also, if you have received an album as a promo directly from the artist/label try not to be an ass-licker in the review… most of the time it shows and it’s VERY annoying not to mention that in the long run your credibility as an objective reviewer will be tarnished. 7. Personal grudges against artists or reviewers are not welcomed and will be deleted and might lead to moderation so try to use your brain before posting. If you have anything to say to the artist or another reviewer you can always PM (Private Message) or e-mail them. 8. It would be nice that whenever someone opens a new thread for a review they start with the full album stats (pic of the cover, track names, label, release date, etc.). 9. We advise and ask you not to write reviews for samples of releases. It's best if you post in the Reviews section after having listened to the whole release. Happy reviewing and as always, suggestions are welcome (as long as you post them in this thread and don't open a new one)

I created 10 forums, 2000+ threads and 18000+ posts in the database tonight. Looooots of work and programming. This is now done ! yet not publicly visible There are probably a few duplicate releases with the existing ones and the new ones, so there will be a few more days of "merging" before all is set visible to all members.