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"Supported by" is a big thing in the EDM scene these days. I don't think it is at all informative but sometimes you just gotta go with the flow when it comes to promo.

Nice work!

Nice description!

Very nice! I hope you design some more in the future

Killer release! It immediately reminded me of the good old Ka-Sol sound: super heavy with ominous psychedelic melodies all over the place.

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1. Welcome OM (128 BPM) 2. Barbelith (128 BPM) 3. Strange Perceptions (129 BPM) 4. Gypsies & Jezebels (129 BPM) After years of relentless experimentation Ben Rama makes his formal debut with The Invisible Kingdom, a 4-track EP released on Drumlore, a Canadian techno netlabel. Originally from the East Coast, Ben Rama recently moved to the electronic music mecca of Montreal to further dedicate himself to his craft. Drawing upon the finest elements of techno, minimal, and progressive, this release is a precision-crafted gem loaded with heavy grooves, intricate rhythms, and nuanced melodies. Download it for free in MP3/FLAC/WAV from the Drumlore web site: http://drumlore.com/release/ben-rama-the-invisible-kingdom/

Process is rad. I will RT.

It's a great idea and it has certainly worked for some other bands. It isn't as if you are getting nothing for the pledge... so I wish them well in this experiment.

It's a 2 minute time commitment whenever you feel like it Since this thread is going slow I'll throw something into the ring to prompt some discussion: http://twitter.com/infectedtwitt

Science Of Ecstasy is one of my all-time faves so I'd like to get my virtual hands on this. Any plans to sell it on Juno? I never buy CDs anymore.

It would come full circle if Trinodia gave his opinion

I thought you were totally done with this discussion? Unless you have something useful to contribute perhaps you should keep your "final" word.

I notice there is no common thread where we can share our Twitter accounts. Is anyone else using the service? Find me here: http://www.twitter.com/Ektoplazm Not sure what the whole idea is? Twitter can seem like empty solipsism but it is good for some things: sharing links to new releases and Youtube videos, recommendations and warnings, short album reviews, and open-ended conversation. In essence, all the sort of stuff you might talk about on a forum except quicker and more to the point. Oh, and you can use it from your phone which is kind of cool. One of the reasons I am starting this thread is because I don't see a lot of psytrance people there. Plenty of pirate blogs have an account (and regularly update it) but not one major psytrance shop uses Twitter. Same goes for most artists and labels in the scene--where are you all? It's huge with the techno crowd though, go figure. Anyway, hoping to see some more people on there soon...

Interesting tangent: wealth disparity seldom enters into these discussions. Psytrance is big in developing nations as well as wealthy ones yet commercially-available music isn't discounted based on income or nationality. Many psytrance fans around the world have always downloaded music because a reasonable alternative to piracy doesn't exist. You think someone is going to spend one month's rent on a CD? Not when Internet access is super cheap by comparison. Anyway, I think the end result of this history of piracy in developing nations has led to strong support for free music--as evidenced by the many releases coming out of Russia, India, South America, and Eastern Europe.

Which release was that I wonder? Haven't heard any from you in a long time. Are you totally clueless? Surely you know what I mean. Yes. Some weeks I put in 30 to 40 hours working on the site, putting releases together, designing cover art, tagging and packaging, writing descriptions, promoting, and so on. I think the word you fail to mention is "dedication." You may have worked hard but you're also a public relations nightmare.

So you blame the public for the situation in the music industry? It is far more complicated than that. What about the fact that there are more musicians working in this genre than ever before? More options, more choices? Recorded music as a product is kind of flat and non-interactive (though we love it just the same). If you run the numbers you'll find that entertainment dollars are increasingly spent on interactive media like computer games. The entertainment industry has grown while the music industry sat around doing everything it could to avoid innovation. This is certainly true of psytrance, where labels spent more time badgering people with slogans like "copy kills your music" instead of adapting to changing market conditions. Part of the problem is that you just can't beat the live music experience--it isn't as if party organizers are suffering because everyone is sitting at home listening to pirated music! Anyway, there is no need to give up on quality simply because the music is free. Actually, I work very hard to agitate for higher quality free music. Professional mastering is not cheap but I regularly pay the fee to ensure that listeners have the best possible experience with the music released on the Ektoplazm netlabel. I also encourage all the netlabels I work with to take mastering seriously--and to perform some quality control on the material they are putting out. You would say this should be done with a price tag attached. I prefer the gift economy. And I am sure you will find many examples of artists who have gotten something out of releasing free music. Perhaps you're not one of them, but how much of that is a consequence of your approach to these matters?

Seems like a lot of tracks that are already available all over the place... I wish they'd dig out some of the slightly more obscure TIP classics (Overwind, Velociraptor, Natural Born Killer, or something like that) for a series like this.

It is nice to finally have some Trinodia on the site... we corresponded so long ago now it's real!

Different LAB I think... not the old Vibrasphere side project.

I think it's James Woods playing Carl Panzram: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Panzram

Beautiful music!!

It's a thoughtful summer blockbuster, a smart action flick. I don't agree with all the hype for the simple reason that there is nothing even remotely authentic about the dreams in this movie. Random tough guys with guns? Come on--how about something more surreal and, you know, dreamlike.