Basilisk

Looking forward to it all

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Music is a continuum, not a set of discrete categories. Still, in the case of Ticon, I would say their newer material retains less of that psytrance flavour than, say, Ace Ventura. When the BPMs drop below 130 and the music shows more influence from electro house and minimal techno than psytrance I think it is reasonable to say it is more of that world than the psytrance side of things.

There is a difference between progressive psytrance (Ace Ventura, Liquid Soul, FREq, Symphonix, Neelix, etc.) and progressive trance (James Holden, Shiloh, Luke Chable, etc.). Compare the two and it will be abundantly obvious for the most part.

This is a very distinctive release... buy it on sight!

Nice cover as always!

Here is my list of mastering services: http://www.ektoplazm.com/2010/psytrance-mastering-directory Most charge in the 20 to 40 EUR per track range.

EXCIZEN - SUFFOCATE 01 - Suffocate (Remix) (127 BPM) 02 - Vapour Club (131 BPM) 03 - Renesans 63 (136 BPM) 04 - Prototypea (131 BPM) 05 - Suffocate (129 BPM) Serbian producer Excizen (Miroslav Bako) joins forces with Ektoplazm to present Suffocate, a sizzling set of five new techtrance masterworks. Each track is bristling with menacing bass lines, polished chrome atmospheres, and high-tech rhythms, all primed and ready to devastate dance floors of the future. Drawing upon cyberpunk lore, Excizen articulates a musical vision of machine consciousness and dystopian dread that will leave you breathless. Featuring original photography and design by Basilisk. Download it for free in MP3/FLAC/WAV format direct from Ektoplazm: http://www.ektoplazm.com/2011/excizen-suffocate

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KOAN - THE SIGNS: ENTANGLEMENT 01 - At The Sunset (Early Mix) 02 - Entanglement 03 - Cave Entrance 04 - Return To The Pearl Island 05 - Evening Flight With Souram 06 - Secret Map Of Cortes 07 - By the Crystalline Cliffs 08 - On The Red Flatland 09 - Shanu's Vision 10 - The Chase 11 - Vaiteri's Trial 12 - The Return Of The Conquistadors 13 - Aerial Cricket 14 - Big Trouble In Rio Grande 15 - Diego The Pirate's Broken Circle 16 - Shadows Around The Corner 17 - Night-Time Talk With Coyote 18 - Meeting At Mercedos 19 - House In The Wilderness Part 1 (Meeting With Jose) 20 - After The Taste Of Rose The Gypsy's Brew 21 - A Firefly Wearing A Blue Hat With A Small Lamp 22 - Inside Oko-Shika 23 - House In The Wilderness Part 2 (Night Flights Over Sonora Desert) 24 - Meeting With Don Ernesto's Shades 25 - Santiago's Passes 26 - Trapped 27 - Boarding Action 28 - Under The Waterfall 29 - Night Rendezvous With Mercedes 30 - Lone Wagon (feat. Tatyana Kalmykova) 31 - At The Dwarf's Cave 32 - Riding A Crocodile 33 - Nebula 34 - Exposure 35 - Jaguar Fights Don Ernesto 36 - Sabotage (feat. Tatyana Kalmykova) 37 - Return 38 - Shanu And The Bear 39 - Liberation 40 - At Dawn (Later Mix) Omnitropic is proud to present The Signs: Entanglement, an epic world-beat, deep tribal trance, cinematic downtempo album by Koan (Daniel Roeth & William Grey). Spanning more than two hours of airtime with a total of 40 tracks, this release is a mega-mix of selected works from 2004-2009. Through evocative storytelling Koan invites you to take an unforgettable journey into the heart of magic and mystery. Cover design by Basilisk using original photography by Alex E. Proimos. Download it for FREE in MP3/FLAC/WAV format direct from Ektoplazm: http://www.ektoplazm.com/2010/koan-the-signs-entanglement

Alright, here it is! http://www.ektoplazm.com/2010/uth-distant-instincts

Sorry for the delay, my connection has been incredibly bogged down in the last few days... I've even brought my laptop to a friend's to plug in and upload but it's taking a while! Will have this posted ASAP.

V/A - ENTHEOS AUDIO ARCHIVE 4.0 01 - Pharoelidae - Four Seasons (96 BPM) 02 - Echopilot - Signal Stream (70 BPM) 03 - Adham Shaikh - New Day (131 BPM) 04 - Anahata - Astral Harvest (144 BPM) 05 - Planewalker - Tachyon Helix (150 BPM) 06 - Ekoplex - Inseparable (144 BPM) 07 - Akhentek - The Labyrinth Experience (144 BPM) 08 - Osiris Indriya - Break On Through (135 BPM) 09 - Neto - Intent (120 BPM) Entheos Audio Archive 4.0 is the latest in a series of compilations profiling the sound and of the Entheos Summer Solstice Conference and Festival, a yearly gathering of the tribes in the Pacific Northwest. Compiled by Akhentek and Basilisk, this collection showcases the talents of several Canadian and American psytrance and downtempo producers, many of which are regular fixtures of the festival line-up. Pharaolidae’s “Four Seasons” is named after the amount of time taken to sample musicians and complete the song. Full credits of those involved: Alcvin Ryuzen Ramos (flute, bogorobo drum, jawharp), Jay Richard Walter (bass guitar, piano), Theda Phoenix Miller (vocals), Ray Vincent (synths), Margonaut (flute), and Akhentek (synths, tweaks, editing). The entire compilation was mastered by Akhentek and features artwork by Onbeyond Metamedia. Download it in MP3/FLAC/WAV or buy it on CD direct from Ektoplazm: http://www.ektoplazm.com/2010/entheos-audio-archive-4-0

Let's see, what is on my list so far? Dissociactive – Total Transformation* Orestis – Recursive Consciousness Psykovsky – Tanetsveta V/A – Audiogenic Forces V/A – Bestiary V/A - Cycle Of Secrets V/A - Dreamshadow* V/A – Freaks United V/A - Galactic Synthetic* V/A – Jupiter Toadstool V/A – Parvatrip A few more freebies from my site: Cybernetika - The Scythe Of Orion* DoHm - Swampology Ork Monk - Speaking Stones Septagram - The Forbidden Path Of Olympus Setanic - Glowing Mushrooms Suspiria - From Darkness To Illumination V/A - Typhoeus Vritra: Spirit War * = not darkpsy to the purists but still "dark psychedelic trance" and high energy. I'll have some more to add when I get a chance to do some random listening of whatever I've acquired over the course of the year. Looking at the list above I am certainly missing some key releases that I haven't even heard yet...

Released!!

Is it good?

Impossible Mirage on SoundCloud:

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New one, for Mukti:

Twilight style psytrance on Ektoplazm: http://www.ektoplazm.com/style/twilight

Sure, I just try to break down that association since it implies that free music is just music that you couldn't charge people money for. Plenty of artists release great music for free because they see the value in it.

It's psytrance this time, though of course there will be a few excursions into breakbeat mode I should probably note that though there are only 7 tracks this is a full-length 80 minute album... so, plenty of long voyages here! If the next round of mastering goes well there's a chance we can have this online this weekend

I haven't heard the new album but I am generally a die-hard Gappeq fan and like pretty much whatever he releases. I'd be surprised if he went so dark that there was no essential quality to his music anymore. I trust this guy.

Great release... not sure why we would have to pay though his full-length is planned for release on the Kahvi netlabel from what I know!

CYBERNETIKA - THE SCYTHE OF ORION Lost Technology (150 BPM) Impossible Mirage (150 BPM) Tyrannis (143 BPM) Transmitter (149 BPM) Cryostasis (147 BPM) Molecular Probe (153 BPM) Calling Mercurio (137 BPM) Ektoplazm is tremendously proud to present The Scythe Of Orion, the latest science fiction masterpiece by Cybernetika, a German producer revered for his eclectic genre-bending experimentation and heavy use of epic storytelling elements in electronic dance music. Cybernetika’s synthetic fusion of dark and energetic psychedelic trance with elements of industrial, drum ‘n bass, and classic Goa trance will send your mind spinning into the far reaches of outer space as the tale unfolds. As with his other album releases, Cybernetika has composed an epigraph to set the mood: “Invisible yet observing, the strangers transcended to a higher form of existence eons ago. As legend tells, the strangers once were like us, before they evolved into invisible deities no longer bound by time and space. Only a single relic of their ascension remains, holding the wisdom and the secrets of this superior civilization: The Scythe of Orion.” This album has been professionally mastered by Kri @ Audiovalve and features artwork by Thiago Schmitz. Download it for free in MP3/FLAC/WAV direct from Ektoplazm: http://www.ektoplazm.com/2010/cybernetika-the-scythe-of-orion