djmaxfactor1995

That hurts. If I could remember where my walker was, I would get out of this custom geriatric chair and...where am I? Tatsu, I really have no idea, I have not been to a party in years, I am so old, I have to take drugs just to take drugs. (See, I am hysterical). :DI am just joking around with you. I am very happy that there is a good scene. Maybe one day I can see it. (Again, hilarious).

http-~~-//www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6kBjszuMNw " I made this with fruity loops 8 and its one of my first songs so please leave comments and rate the track.put your speakers up , chill, and smoke some weed" (uploader) Judge for yourself: The End is Nigh?

FYI: Am I not making you laugh? Cuz I wrote some pretty hilarious stuff. if I do say so, myself. I that humor is missed and it makes me seem so somber and serious. Jesus. Sorry, about the Morgue=like posts. I have lost my humor, well that's all I got so.... Oh, btw does Switzerland allow people the right to die? J/K...but seriously do they?:lol:

I think it is just going through cycles. To think that this revelation of music is an anomalous is very ignorant. How many times since the first reproduction of a musical work has there been incredible advancements and milestones. The music needs to recirculate and refresh. The music just needs F5 pressed. Then, the newer artists will become fresh because Goa will be fresh. HOWEVER, I am scared of one thing,

+ I think Europe is much further ahead as far as a nightlife. In California. No Alcohol from 2am-6pm. So the entire foundation of the club culture has had this time frame . So underground is where to go. But, I don't know if there are any venues left, I guess I will have to go out to a party and report back. Kind of like, "This is Grandpa Factor reporting for Psynews. It's 11:30pm, I have heartburn and I locked my keys in the car...back to you, Tatsu!" God, I feel so old...to go to a party. Do any of my old raver buddies still go out? Well, I got to go with my Party Buddy and Soldier of the Sunlight, Ivo. That is if he can stay out while his wife and daughter stay home. WTF? I definitely envy you, Tatsu. Let's just say, I would be surprised if there were even a Goa/Psytrance party to go to. I know that Shpongle is performing at the Fillmore in S.F. That Mask looks spooky. I will be there. I hope. I haven't been to a psy event in years and the last time Hallucinogen was here, was 1999? Except it was last night so I missed it.

Did I say that more female Goa Dj's would make everything better? I am sorry. Just a DJ would be cool. But I was not referring to DeeJays, I was referring to the Audience. And, regardless of how crude and poorly communicated, more women would really make it better. Do you realize how much better guys behave with females around? OFF TOPIC...I think there are probably more downtempo, ambient female deejays, than other genres. Anyway, I was discussing the audience and there are way more men than women that attend Goa/psytrance parties. Maybe in your Swiss Utopia, it is 50/50. But, GOOOOAAAAAHHH/PSIGH....is a serious male, Caucasian dread-lock cloning experiment. The "unwelcome and weird vibe that sublimates the Ipod Shuffle-mix that has replaced the psy-dj. It's so nonconformist, it conforms. I would get in a good 4-5 hour groovy tranced out dance to Doc Martin, I would occasionally pan and scan. I saw others dedicated to the groove...no words just smiles and diverse looking audience with a good vibe of masculine and feminine energy. But, Psytrance, I would try to look around while dancing like I was having a seizure. Cuz, the nonstop goa-beat made me want to stay and dance, unfortunately the A-GROOVY beat made me want to leave and run. This must have caused me to spasm. So, I could make out the 95% male audience, dark clothes, Caucasian, most long-hair, 50% dreadlocks, all lanky-and same Thorazine-induced facial and arm ticks. No smiles, no souls, OH! There was one girl...she was only attractive because of the She. One constant -- toxic body odor infused with urine and patchouli oil and no matter how many Nag Champas I lit, they could not overpower the unwashed, bacterial bliss that was misting from their pits--gross. This made me laugh. http-~~-//www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSfnosgf8gw

I was asking for specific albums, not a critique of the timeline. Thank You. This Took Me 4 hours to put together. The beginning, I just put an album down because there are too many good ones. 2000-2002--slim pickens 2005-2011--don't know many so it was easier. 1999 had a lot of good releases, but I did not put it. Okay, here goes: 1995: Juno Reactor -- Beyond the Infinite 1996: Etnica ------------ Alien Protein 1997: Hallucinogen -- The Lone Deranger 1998: Celtic Cross --- Hicksville 2000: Asia 2001 --- Dreamland (that was the most difficult year) 2001: Electron Wave -- The Uncertainty Principle 2002: Charasmatix -- Soma Agents 2005: Shpongle ----Nothing Lasts...but Nothing is Lost 2006: KoxBox --- U-Turn 2011: Ovnimoon -- Magnetic Portal That was difficult. Whew! Challengers?

I don't get a good vibe from Timothy Leary. He seems like he needs 3 rohypnol, skunk bud, taco bell and 28 hours of sleep. McKenna, on the other hand, I find much more intelligent and realistic. I don't have any idea of a psytrance scene because the last I saw was over a decade ago. But it was not an illusion. There were distinct paths that would take you to different scenes. I actually found the psytrance scene the most real and least manipulated, except for the one "Goa Twilight Group." The music was so dramatically different, yet fit right next to where you have been going. The difference that I was so hyped about was the possibility of shaping the scene, the way that was most natural. That meant cutting edge technology, separate but equal main room. No disambiguation of access. No special clothes or style, just honor the music and enjoy. The Deejay would have a challenging role...no more slow, minimal house or fast minimal trance, techno...this was faster orchestrated dance music. Each track a composition, but meant very little alone. So, the Deejay would have to carefully mix and the audience would have to be in the groove and the Deejay, audience, promoter, and producer would be in harmony. Time stands still and the energy and motion transcend space and time and we become psychonauts. This is my scene and it did not manifest. Either the producer was not represented, the promoter was too scared to have a psytrance rave...so another room was added. Main(House/Breaks/Progressive Trance), Down-tempo, DnB/Jungle, Psytrance/Techno. Yes, I miss the naivety that I had when I was 18 and had no idea of different scences. It was just House, Techno, and Progressive Trance. Mixed with Funky, Tribal, Breakbeats. That was all the electronic choice we had. It was just great to get away from the fucking guitar, drums, long hair, no style, excessive alcohol. This was like Goa--No Rules. But, the music progressed quickly. The problem is the sometimes the music fell into the wrong hands, or the promoter glorified the wrong deejays. If I were open to manipulation and I was listening to a Tiesto set right now, I would probably not be writing this or about to be involved with assisted suicide. I swear if Satan's Cock were money, Tiesto would have wads of Satan in his mouth, and he would trying to take the devil's soul. No Scene vs. Tiesto Scene= No Scene for me.

Auryn, If the question were, "What does 99% of psynews.com's audience have in common?" Answer: "Just a big hairy 30 something guy..." I kid and I joke, but the truth is pretty close and that makes this computer screen a whole lot more attractive. Screw Mars! Psynews Needs Woman. Psytrance in general needs women. I have another theory, yes another. Psytrance would be a lot more popular, a lot more friendly, a lot more pretty, a lot more creative, a lot more evolved if it didn't scare away so many woman. How many hot woman would flock to the DJ Booth with Goa Gil trainwrecking at 180 BPM? NONE! How many hot woman would flock to the dance floor if it smelled nice, no incense, no patchouli, no dreadlocks-unless your black. Awesome lighting, dancing and mixing with some sort of style, not Grateful Dead Dancing. All of the ones with an IQ high enough to know that DJ Tiesto does not have a Tortilla Chip named after him -- any day now. So, I am ranting again, but am I wrong? Open your mind and your fly will follow. I mean heart.

Here is my full cassette label: sorry about the smearing...I am not very good at online photo editing...but if you want to see the full thing, I email you the pdf

That must be a rhetorical question. I am always ranting about something. I feel like such a douche bag. I can't believe that I did not recognize you...after 16 years. What a shit heel you must think, I am. My good friend and former partner in the psyscene, Ivo just pulled the Original Master Cassette Cover Designs from storage for his and my demo. You remember how we give thanks artists featured on the mixtape? Like, special thanks to "Etnica, Hallucinogen...?" Apparently, he used one of your tracks. To me that is a great honor, because he doesn't take this art lightly. And, he is my mentor. I thought you would want to see this: ^ "RESPECT AND APPRECIATION ASTRAL PROJECTION, SHEYBA, HALLUCINOGEN, ELYSIUM...." That should kick start your weekend...you're a living legend. You actually had two fans. J/K... Thanks for sticking around. And keeping it real. Ivo and Max Factor (Shriyantra Bee--aatch) LOL (I am such a hypocrite with the anti Goa and you should see my cassette label with the chakra enlightenment and the shriyantra 002--I am such a schmuck). I love it though. The laughter, alone is worth it.

http-~~-//www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXPn84rPSBk Not sure how close this is to 2010...as it is supposedly the rough draft. Regardless, my best suggestion for you: Stop looking outside, make your own damn track. Only you know what you want, so make it yourself. I think you have gathered a plethora of market research to get excited about it.

Hey, I have not read it, but I know of it. I may have read bits of it on Wikipedia. I can' stop reading about that stuff: philosophy, logic, semantics, statistics, material physics, theoretical physics, law, etc. One thing I know, I have learned much more about the real world outside of school. The subject matter is for us to learn in order to self-teach. Teaching myself instead of some professor means that I get to pick the material, the due date, when and where, and most importantly, I get to choose if I want to finish or not. Most of academia is unknown because it is not used in the real world, unless absolutely necessary. Take ethics, for example. I don't even know if it would be taught unless you were getting a businees degree. Business Ethics is the glue that holds capitalism, free markets, competition , free trade, etc. together. Exactly, ethics is the idea that makes these other ideas work and just like these other ideas. It doesn't exist. There is no free trade, free markets, capitalism, competition. Only what society holds up to block your view of this bullshit. Ethics is a code of conduct that people abide by when doing business. A code of conduct based on fairness, and equality, in theory, awesome, but reality, all bullshit. Guess what? Semantics studies the way we use language to warp the way people see the the world. Meaning that semantics is very important. Not syntax, semantics. For example, many people talk about the "glass" and the quantity of whatever. The way we view that glass is supposed to measure optimism and pessimism. Bullshit. It's semantics. The amount of whatever in the "glass" has nothing to do with our view of life. It is the words we use in the situation. Like associating empty with pessimism or full with optimism. It's really great to use semantics. I don't know for sure, but if you don't get many replies don't worry, that means what it means. The question is the same place as the answer. Have fun. The mind is still the most powerful resource in the universe. DJmxf

For a second I thought I might be off. But, are you kidding me? Elysium...You know when you started making Goa? Well, if these guys weren't American, I swear they could have easily been tagged and have gone the Goa route. This is the stuff that people were looking for back in 1994-1995, not just to dance, but they wanted to trip harder, So I suggest checkinig out my American Goa Pioneers: Hardkiss Brothers and Rabbit in the Moon. Check out this Album by Hardkiss. it has a track called Delusions of Grandeur by Rabbit in the Moon. It's like trippy, breaks, housey, trance. This was the shit back in the day: These guys got picked up by the mainstream pretty quick. Anyway, David Christoper and Bunny are old friends of Ivo aka Acrodot(Glitcmachines) and mine. http-~~-//www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwKBIIjZvUQ

See what I mean in 1995: Out of 18, 7 are V/A's...Now try to consolidate that into these guidelines...I can't wait to see what you kept. Nice Website!!!

Because I wanted your best 10 years. Since there has been more than 10 years of this music, I wanted to make it challenging by random access of the past -- no linear. Oh I forgot to do mine... this is gonna be difficult. Thanks Penzoline -- I look forward to your top ten.

The last time I saw so many V/A albums was on late night TV. You know: Best of Soul...Decade of Duets...Best of the 80's, etc. With Goa/Psy, they are used as debuts. What happened to the 8-10 tracks by the same artists. I present all of you with this topic. Please list your Top Ten Goa/Psy Albums of these ten years: 95-98; 00-02; 05-11. For example: Etnica – The Juggeling Alchemists Under The Black Light (Acceptable) Etnica – Totemism - Etnica Remixed 1996-2006 (Not Acceptable) ¿Comprenez-vous? EDIT: These are the my ten: 1995: Juno Reactor -- Beyond the Infinite 1996: Etnica ------------ Alien Protein 1997: Hallucinogen -- The Lone Deranger 1998: Celtic Cross --- Hicksville 2000: Asia 2001 --- Dreamland (horrible year) 2001: Electron Wave -- The Uncertainty Principle 2002: Charasmatix -- Soma Agents 2005: Shpongle ---- Nothing Lasts...but Nothing is Lost 2006: KoxBox --- U-Turn 2011: Ovnimoon -- Magnetic Portal

How are you Jason Panandani aka Flashback. (That's a cool stage name for you because your track sounds like Hallucinogen, yet twisted because you don't do psychdedlics but its you-- everyone please check out this guy's track on Sound cloud: I was surprised...and maybe I am reading this incorrectly. This from the source that Wikipedia cites on the topic of Sadhu: Those who follow the fast track, mostly men, are the sadhus, the 'holy men' of India. For thousands of years they have been around. Once they must have been more numerous, but even today there are still four to five million sadhus, constituting about half a percent of the total population ---Dolf Hartsuiker. Sadhus and Yogis of India Oh and the LSD he uses is confused with Soma because it is actually "Electric Kool-Aid:" a mix of rum/vodka and fruit juice with a sheet of blotter (100 squares) or Liquid LSD into a big punch bowl...one helluva a prom.

I have some ideas...I can tell you about 10 seconds before it ends...another track is mixed in. Where did you get this CD? DJMix?. Anyway, I will do some digging and see what I can find. I think it is circa 1995 so anything is possible.

Yes, I think its a good idea. But my problem is that we actually need that service. That means that people value money more than themselves and of course, everyone. I never bought E form a random person -- only on the honeymoon. The early 90's in the SF Area were serendipitous. It was like a new flower power had evolved. We were Generation X. X was perfect to describe our multifaceted, unknown, and dubious future., we were the Dead Heads of Techno, but we we did not attempt to mask our cause with dreadlocks, activism, and patchouli oil. We grew up watching a society of lies. As society that we were taught to pledge the flag, and freedom of religion. We were taught that capitalism and democracy are the best choice because we were the most free and affluent. We were taught that Drugs are bad, yet cigarettes and alcohol (killers of more than any other drug) are not drugs. That alcoholism was a disease and the cigarette companies lied to us. We were raised on beer is good, even good for you. If you drink one a day. and we are bombarded with beer and woman. And told, "Just Say No," by Nancy Reagan. We were, somehow drafted into a War on Drugs. That is anything but cigarettes and alcohol. We did not take this mockery of our humanity, lightly. We gathered for War, but the battle was one of the Mind, just like the War on Drugs. And as the War on Drugs, we were unaware of any battle. We united. We were the children of the baby boomers, we were the future. What a load of bollocks....we were there to get fucked up and listen to music never heard on sound systems never mobilized. We did not worry about if the E was good, it was the best. There was no vice cops, there was no vice: . We wanted to push the limits of our experience. It was about the best. And the best cost money, Our parents paid the bill, as usual. At one point, my dad, literally was going to invest in a Rave. That's when things started to get weird. The bad trip, the fear seethed in. We wanted a silent investor, no commercialism. No capitalizing on our souls. And, you got it, the raves got more publicized, the fewer venues were available, the decline of our purpose, we witnessed. We did not gather to fight the power. We gathered to and had the most underground raves in the most commercial venues. Everyone made decisions based on love, not fear. I know it's sounds schmaltzy, but I know that this was a global phenomenon. It was so new and so natural. And we all want it to last forever but it doesn't and when you need an outside organization to test your drugs for authenticity, you have shifted to fear. You can't trust the person that you got it from. Your not at a rave, anymore, you are at a concert. And the star is DJ Tiesto.

I have a more specific, and I believe difficult challenge. Thanks for the great topic Rotwang aka The Mod Scientist. (That is a compliment!) Check out "Top 10 Goa/Psy up-down/dark-light/left-right/hard-soft/minimal-full-on/inner-outer/old-new...whatever only rule: Must be the same artist/band (no remixes-no special cameo-original artist-album) For example Hallucinogen -- The Lone Deranger -- Twisted Records. Find the one that was to be released pre-summer 1997, not September 1997. This is good for everyone. I didn't know that it was supposed to be released earlier .... so try to get the artist's originally released album. So, The catalog number for this is TWSCD1--not NTD 91006-18 (Nova Tekk)... This is a challenge...just ask OOOD and Elysium. Again no Various Artists or DJ MIX(ie. Deck Wizards, This is Goa Trance Vol 37, and no DAT's. It must have a UPC. Rotwang: You are better at converting my gibberish into a coherent topic. Can you please redirect this? Of course it is up to you, and your fine posters. Thanks, And I got a surprise for all you nostalgic and fanatical Psy/Goa archaeologists. But, I got to go, so I will post it later.

Thank you for your eloquence and honesty. I confuse myself, daily. I find that these forums are a wonderful opportunity to work through the confusion. This psyte(site), I find to be atypical of other social websites. Unlike many forums that are overly techie or impersonal, I find psynews members to show more compassion, intelligence, and insight. Most importantly, I feel I am able to be vulnerable. Please watch this video it is about vulnerability and is outstanding! (I can't seem to get it to embed ) http-~~-//www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_on_vulnerability.html Ahhh...that is what I call the Tao of Life. That freedom and passion and realization that you feel, I wish it were infinite. Do it for as long as possible. Because, how it should be and how it becomes is only a matter of time. I remember the feeling you describe, the best part of life. Every shred of your being knows this is our purpose. Amazingly, this knowledge is constantly tested and some people start to doubt it. And, eventually they surrender to the notion that they we were not thinking clearly. This is the function of our society, today. Ironically, it is these moments of absolute clarity that are so obvious are also dismissed as trivial. That ignorance and denial does not bother me. The whole drug-blaming rhetoric supporting this ignorance is and absolute abuse on our humanity. "You were just high, you don't know what your talking about." This dismissive and irreparably destructive thinking is what pisses me off. It pisses me off because the reason I know what I am talking about,is because I was high. Immediately discrediting someone because they were high is so utterly moronic. It is boggling that most people, even drug users, speak this way. If they say you were drunk, you don't know what you are talking about...I can believe that. But, to lump all drugs as having the effects of alcohol, bullshit. Anyway, I don't want to max out the servers by writing about this. And, what you are feeling is much more important. Your experience with parties, I hope everyone has the same. It's pretty disgusting and that Gestapo-like raid is, again the function of our society. As Bill Hicks chanted, "You are free...to do as we tell you." I had a similiar experienc at a rave outside of L.A. There was a Sheriff helicopter and no one could hear or even could believe they were serious, but the teargas that was used, quickly dissolved any illusion. I just hope that change is of our value system and not of our destruction I don't think that more info about drugs and pill testing from government or organizations is a good idea. The government for obvious reasons. Did you ever encounter that organization that would have a table at a party and they would test your XTC to see if it was genuine? dancesafe.org . Not really as altruistic as you imagined. More like capitalist schweinehunds.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6kBjszuMNw Is this goa/psy? I will tell you why...