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He is actually playing live the same evening. So I'm wondering about that as well. Hope he pulls out some old Koxbox tracks.

As the title says. It should be "Anything you always wondered about AND want me to ask him?" of corpse

I bought 4 CD's from Wirikuta last weekend. I can't wait to get into them. Especially Fuzzion and Bigwigs. Ps. Can't say I agree with your statement about minimal though.

I think you're right. Techno is really big right now, so Psy-Techno seems like a logical "next step".

Elysium declared psy-techno as the new big thing (and he is probably right). What do you people think about this Spanish (?) label and that artists on it?

Hail minimalism!

Sadly seems like he hasn't released anything (under any name) since 2002.

I know this discussion is on a totally different track now. But I really think Auryn's analysis of retro-music deserves a second thought. This is why I always try embrace whatever new wave is greeting my ears. I can see that some people today (and back then) viewed the Progressive wave as a treacherous assassination on GOA Trance. I didn't experience the evolution like that at all. I remember accepting the fact that what could be done within the boundaries of traditional GOA Trance simply had been done. I remember X-Dream saying that as well. I was super bored with all the clones flooding the scene and I just needed something new. I view albums like "Headcleaner" and "Minimal Animal" just as much as classics as the old GOA trance mastodons I love. To me it's not this OR that. It's this AND that.

This review thread of the first Yumade album sums up everything you said very well - http://www.psynews.org/forums/index.php?/topic/34611-yumade-danz-ego/page__p__469650__hl__%2Byumade+%2Bdanz__fromsearch__1&do=findComment&comment=469650 That's why I love this forum. You can always go back and study that attitudes of yesterdays scene (or yesterdays geeks hehe). NP: Yumade - Danz Ego

Why hasn't anyone released a compilation collecting Paps's output yet? It's really annoying that you have to buy a comp for each track he released. Oh well... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75WyIlYKr-w Anyone else who dug/digs Stéphane's style?

New Cujorius One interview coming up in the interview section for those who care.

I'm sure you know more about that than me. What's the new thing now then? Auricular's Audion album derserves mention as well. It's very much the kind of stuff I'm looking for. http-~~-//www.youtube.com/watch?v=pG-7H--Qt7c

Haldolium's Daegue and H2 are kinda up my alley. But the bass is a little more in the background. I know Zerotonine. Need to check out the rest. Thank you.

I always wanted to check out Planet BEN. Thank you.

When you have 5000 people showing up at a Full-on party and you barely have 30 people at a progressive party, I think that kinda takes the validity out of that statement.

Very underrated album. I rarely hear this mentioned whenever someone talks about Minimal Psy. Creamcrop Records was just an all-round awesome label.

I would first of all like to say hello to all the awesome people on this board. I can't explain how much knowledge I have gained (and am gaining...) from this site. This is what makes the internet super duper great. I hope I'll be able to pay you back with some quality contributions. I am currently working on an in-depth interview with Cujorius One that will be posted in the interview section real soon. I realize that some of the releases I am going to mention didn't come out in 2001. But it seems it was around that time a new minimal sound emerged and got popular in Psy. At least here in Denmark. The first album I remember getting into was Atmos "Headcleaner". I remember it reminding me of X-Dream's "Psychomachine" track off Radio, but with a heavier and more pounding sound. The next releases I got into was Shiva Chandra's Auricular, Krumelur's Minimal Animal and a couple of Tenka's track released on various compilations. I kinda lost track of the style (and Psy in general...) after that only to come back now realizing that Minimal has been exchanged with Full-on. I have with the help of this forum tried to track down more stuff in this vein. But it seems the output was rather limited. Especially considering the impact it seemed to have at the time. This is a little list of releases that have made my list thus far: Atmos - Headcleaner Atmos / Echö Lab - Overlap Cujorius One - Creating A Second Sun Cujorius One - The Art of Mindfucking Genetic Spin - Lowrider Genetic Spin - ON/OFF Krumelur - Minimal Animal Shiva Chandra - Auricular V/A: Farmer's Choice - Traktor Schalllabor Digital X-Perience: Dreamsession - Leviathan Recordings Undefined Emotional Frequencies - Leviathan Recordings Daneism - Ayahuasca Records Releases that I haven't gotten into yet: AKD - AKD Beat Bizarre - Lewd BUFO - Bug Eyes Intact Instinct – Supply From Below Intact Instinct – Plattenfedermanometer (Disco Slickers) Kopfuss Resonator - Slotmachine Noma - Navigator Sonnenvakuum - Phonotonie (I really dig Die Sonne's The Rip track and consider it a classic in this style.) Source Unknown - AM Reciever I often hear Zenon Records mentioned whenever Minimal Psy comes up, but I think most of Zenon and Sensient's (except Cujo) output and style is very different to what I'm looking for. Hope you guys can help me out

Thanks for the great review.

This one is really hard. But the following albums have been very stimulating: Atmos - Headcleaner Cujorius One - Creating A Second Sun & The Art of Mindfucking Genetic Spin - ON/OFF Haldolium - Daegua Shiva Chandra - Auricular I have recently been checking out some of Horns And Hoofs Entertainment's releases like Bigwigs and Fuzzion etc. I just ordered a huge batch of CD's from Wirikuta. The tracks I heard sounded really promising. So I can't wait to get into it.

Koxbox was one of the few early Psy acts who had access to a big professional studio. The gear and production methods used on this debut album might be old-fashioned, but the quality is very high even for today's standards. The same goes for Dragon Tales.