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    track(s) of the summer?

    in General Psytrance

    Posted

    hey all,

     

    with festival season ending I was wondering, what would you consider the track of the summer to be? You know, like THE track that was played time and time again at different places and made everyone go crazy?

     

    I'm sad to say that I haven't head any that were made recently at least :( Just the same Juno Reactor - Pistolero, 1200 Mics - Mescaline etc... Maybe you guys were luckier than me?

    Armin Van Buuren likes... OTT

    in General Psytrance

    Posted

    hmmm well ok, Armin is playing house music just to be in but hey, has anyone taken a look at the psy scene lately? I've been to 2 (rather) large festivals this summer and I couldn't get ONE track that really impressed me and that wasn't already released years ago... it's all turning to shit IMO.

    Armin Van Buuren likes... OTT

    in General Psytrance

    Posted

    So lately there was an interview on Armin Van Buuren asking him what he was currently listening to on his iPod and he replied... OTT, bet you didn't see this one coming (OTT himself didn't see it coming either lol). We might actually have an Armin in Dub album in the coming future!

     

    Well, I’m a big freak for ambient. And I’ve discovered this new guy called Ott; you should check him out. I found him on iTunes, and I actually found him through Spotify, and I just love his stuff. It’s kind of ambient dub. It’s really weird but it’s a lot of electronic music and I really like what he’s doing. It’s kind of completely weird but it reminds me a lot of the Delirium productions and Conjure One and that sort of sound – the sound that I really miss. A lot of dance music is pop right now, and it’s not a bad thing necessarily but my heart is more with that sort of stuff.

     

    full interview here

    Is Pharell's Happy THE WORST SONG EVER?

    in Off Topic

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    Ah, nice to see that I'm not the only one who fucking hates it. Worst part is the youtube inteview with Pharell on Oprah where he starts crying cause he realises that this song makes people all over the World happy... WHAT A FUCKING TWAT!!!

     

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYFKnXu623s

     

    Although after seeing that inteview I can't stop thinking of this when the song is on the radio hahaha ;)

     

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sbFhOeqTzY

     

    PS

     

    Wouldn't that be more appropriate for

     

    it's not Bob Marley, it's Bobby McFerrin...

    Recommend me some good drak psy please :)

    in General Psytrance

    Posted

    If you liked Orestis I think you'll enjoy these too:

     

    Akes-2012 Remixes

    Dragon-Spirals Of Time

    Silent Horror-Seance

    V/A-Infinity Keepers 2

    V/A-Circus Obscuri

    Yata-Garasu-Soul Resonance

    V/A-The World We Live In 2

     

    thanks mate, I knew I could count on good ol' Ormion for some good picks. I acutally listened quite extensively to Silent Horror a few years back and then for some reason completely forgot about it, thanks for reminding me. Especially liking the Akes album from your recomendations :)

    Recommend me some good drak psy please :)

    in General Psytrance

    Posted

    well I can't really say I'm up to date in psytrance anymore, although I still have a certain knowledge of newschool releases, however I realize that my dark psy collection is SERIOUSLY lacking new material, I think the last dark psy album I really enjoyed was Orestis - Recursive Consciousness and that was like 3 years ago (my how time flies...). So anything new in the scene? Some artists that I should know about?

     

     

    Shpongle - Museum of Consciousness [Twisted, 2013]

    in 2013

    Posted

    Good but not great... at the same time, Shpongle has put up SOOO many quality tracks over the years that I guess it's pretty hard to keep the standards. The most notable change from previous albums is that this time, instead of taking you through a World trip (with musical influences ranging from latin to indian) this time they're taking us through a movie trip, for example minute 7:15 from Aquatic Garden uses a sample from Twin Peaks (Laura Palmer's theme to be exact ;) ).

    This also sound much more "contained" than older stuff, you don't have that "wild ride" feeling anymore, which kindof makes it boring after a while. 3/5 from me.

    finally some REAL acid trance!

    in General Psytrance

    Posted

    I know there are a lot of Platipus fans out there who regret the times of acid trance, it really had something unique to it that no other style had IMO. Well, technically it never died cause Platipus has still been active ever since the Union Jack days, however the certain something-something was missing from their new stuff.

     

    BUT, for once I hear a new track that has ALL the ingredients that made acid trance great back in the days:

     

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEnp31ZoDWY

     

    so, anything else like this around?

    26 signs you’ve outgrown music festivals

    in Off Topic

    Posted

    (taken from here)

     

    1. You actually want to eat breakfast. Not snort it.

    2. Your LSD trip is spent happily making a Venn diagram on future life plans. In the woods, away from all music, completely alone.

    3. You realize your music tastes vary greatly from the majority. You stand bewildered in the midst of an arm-swaying, eyes-closed crowd asking, “What is this shit?”

    4. You no longer want to do business with the guy in patchwork velour pants. They’re hanging well below his ass. He’s itching his scalp. You can’t tell if he’s tan or dirty. No, you do not want to buy his mushroom chocolates. That he made in his kitchen. With his hands.

    5. You start brainstorming ways to capitalize. How much is that kid in the Mexican blanket poncho willing to pay for a peanut butter and jelly sandwich?

    6. You seem to be the only one here without their parents’ AMEX card.

    7. You have an epiphany that all Grateful Dead music sounds the same.

    8. You brought a book to catch up on during down time.

    9. One night of intense partying is actually good enough. Buying a three-day ticket for $350 was maybe a little excessive.

    10. You enjoy the late-night bands from the comfort of your sleeping bag.

    11. You’re asked to take someone’s vital signs. They are not good.

    12. You feel severely under-dressed. You didn’t know that a bindi, feathered headdress, and pleather vest were the required attire now.

    13. You seem to be the only one capable of setting up a tent / making a respectable fire. Dude, that flicker of light you keep blowing on is a tad emasculating, no?

    14. You’re wondering why no one wants to tour the art exhibit with you. “…Is that just someone’s drug tent?”

    15. You’re perfectly content making papier-mâché masks in the family zone all day.

    16. There’s no way in hell you’re going to swim in that pond.

    17. You don’t see what the big deal is about glow sticks.

    18. People start rolling around in mud. You’re appalled. That is manure, people.

    19. You brought sunscreen.

    20. You came to see a band you like. You offer no opinion on the ones you have not heard of.

    21. You’re worried about contracting a UTI from the questionable foam they’re pumping into the dance tent. And from everything else. In general.

    22. You see the irony in the abundance of plastic floral crowns at the “Save the Environment!” presentation.

    23. You spend a lot of time wondering which country manufactured everyone’s clothes.

    24. You keep hallucinating your Nana in the crowd. What is she doing over there by the hula hoops?

    25. Tossing the inflatable whale around was fun the first six times. Now it is annoying.

    26. It’s Sunday morning, and you are packed and absolutely ready to go.

     

    Ok, I'm not completely there, but some points on this list got me worried (especially no.3, 20 and 25 ;)). How about you?

    The big goa-evolution topic

    in General Psytrance

    Posted

    very interesting topic!

     

    The main problem IMO is that the definition of what is goa is ever-more narrower as the years go by. Early day it was just trance, PERIOD, thus there was HUGE room for evolution since the definition of trance was extremely broad, just take a look on very old trance complilation's tracklist, various artists, some of which wouldn't even be considered trance at all were on there. Then came the initial split between "normal" trance and goa, then goa in its turn subdivided more and more until the dozen-or-so substyles that we have today.

     

    The problem is that, in order to have your music called "goa" these days, artists are forced to abide by some very strict and limiting rules compared to back in the days, obviously when an artist has to start thinking in terms of "oh wait, I need to have this and this and this in my track or it won't be a goa track", creativity is greatly impaired and you end up with a scene where everything seems to be a copy of everything else. I don't think there's room today for acts like Quirk, Sandman, Shaolin Wooden Men or... Yamabikaya(?) Something as revolutionary as Pleidaians - IFO was back in its time simply wouldn't get a record deal these days IMO. The last artist to take goatrance to new uncharted territories was Ka-Sol IMO, and we all know how hard it was for him to get a record deal.

     

    Of course, I am also aware that money is a very important factor here, the days when dread-wearing hippies released a few tracks on vinyl and made more money than a CEO are certainly long-gone, I can definately understand an artist would think twice before dedicating himself to a narrow scene which would mean that he'd also need a day-job just to put food on the table (thinking of Ketzhal here).

     

    So for me, although goatrance will always have a special place in my heart, the scene is pretty much dead in terms of evolution (it has been YEARS since I haven't heard a new release that would challenge my top 20 goa tracks ever list). Worst part is that I don't really think there's a remedy to this, it is simply that times have changed and one has to live with their time (not meaning that I won't enjoy dancing my ass off at a goa party every now and then ;) )

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