Starlancer

When you are triping even a fart may sound melodic...Does this mean that you understand farts better? Could you care to review them to us people who only enjoy them?

I strongly disagree. Music is not made to fullfill listeners needs ? Sorry, but if someone wanted to make music only for himself than he wouldn't release it to the public. And if music wasn't made for me, i surely wouldn't spend my time and money on it. Music is a two way path. It is made by the artist for the people, a process were they both have something to gain.

In this compil the Lish remix of Wizzy Noise sounds very good. The Astral Projection track sounds full on but at least you recognize theis sound and their energy. All the other tracks are typical full on, they sound the same. It doesn't worth it.

This week was Younger Brother - Crumblenaut. Their album was better that i thought at first .

Psy : Astral Projection - Dancing Galaxy (I don't know if i would have undertsood psytrance if i hadn't heard it) Non Psy : (too difficult, just what came to mind) Queen - Princess of the Universe.

I disagree, i don't think music (and many other stuff u mention) is all about taste. People may be different but they also have many things in common and both these aspects are eQually remarkable. For example, i think that the best album of 2004 was Colours by Son Kite. I was happy when i found that some people here agreed wih me, that we somehow connect and feel the same in spite of living in different parts of the world. None of my friends listens to this kind of music and the only way for me to share my views is through this forum and these threads (and this goes for many others too). If you find it lame is like a friend told you : "Hey man i found this album really good" and you reply "Fuck off lamer, why the fuck do you bother me, music is all about taste". I also think that there is such a thing as best. The only problem here is that many albums ,especially from the "golden era" reached the "best" level and it is difficult to pick one. Im sure that mos people here place the mentioned albums at least on the "way above above average" level. You said that noone will ever agree. But most of the posts here have at least one common album.

Yep, i agree. But what started with minimal, continiued with full on, only this time full on is easier to reach "wider crowds". And regarding AP, no, Amen was not minimal, but it tried to be in some parts (like the track Technodrome) which i found pretty lame. They tried to go with the flow and against their own selves (as many other artists did) and ofcourse they failed.

Imo when the minimal movement startes all psytrance artists lost their identity and originality, they all produced minimal. Listen to Astral Projection - Amen album. Even AP made one or two minimal tracks (I still remember the reviews on the old reviews section praising Technodrome as the best track on the album - i always laugh when i read it). Or is it a coincidence that in another topic the best Etnica album was NOT Nitrox? My point is that when they all found out that minimal was popular, they all started producing it, even if it wasnt what they really wanted to do. Im sure you agree that this isn't the essence of art. Well, if this isn't the cause of every commercialisation, then what is it?

I didn't understand you. What has full on (early or not) got to do wih minimal? Minimal was before any kind of full on.

Am i the only one who thinks that it all started with the minimal "movement" back in 2001 ?

It is a very rare album indeed, very old. I think that was their first, not Alien Protein. We 've heard it because we downloaded it. Im sure nobody would mind downloading an album so old which is out of the maket for a long time. And btw, i heard Alien Protein in 2001-02 for the first time. True masterpieces never sound "dated".

Alien Protein is the best for me. Second comes Equator and Juggeling Alchemists Under The Black Light (though totally different styles). I love the chill tracks in Nitrox (the rest is crap) and Plastic E.P. (some of their best tracks there). I also liked True Protoss Warrior (maybe because i was a starcraft fan when i was younger).

.............................. Etnica - Mad Crickets ..............................

One more Greek voted. Hey we have 7.4%, not bad.

I dont know if anybody ever noticed the similarity between X-dream - Panic In Paradise and Logic Bomb - Neighbour of The Beast. They seem to share the exact same melody despite the huge chronical gap of their releases. Can someone else confirm this, because at some point i think i might have done an error on the mp3 files name or something.

Gamise ta.

Well , this came out of nowwhere. Anybody got some info? Trancedance I hope he wont dissapoint us (like some others did)