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Try ITP-Lose Your Illusion! Its great, and not a single track under 146. (I reviewed it )

Im currently on track 8, its my first listen, and damn if this ain't some Great work from all the artists involved! So far, loving track 2, 6, and especially 8! great stuff! Thanks a ton!

NP: Lemurians-Input Flip (Procs remix) Just finished the dl of Element of Time's VA-Vapour! :monkeydance:

and how much are they marking it up for that transparent sleeve? "OOH! OOH! The new Infected album has TRANSPARENT SLEEVES!!" Yeah, so transparent you can't even see them.

NP: Wombat-Ride Control SCS album (supposedly ) due out soon! More Wombat too. Either on Open or Zenon, I forget...

I got quite a few before I heard about this... Most I bought direct from Nikon, head of Psybertribe, so I know at least those he got paid for... But the last thing I bought, recently, was VA-First Oracle, and on inspection saw that fateful logo... I know for sure that Psybertribe is going digital, and you'll be able to DL their releases soon. As for legal actions, I haven't heard anything. Im sure, though, it won't be long til something happens with ZMA. On Isra, where Maxim from Vertigo posted this first, they were recommending a Rent-A-Killer! Vertigo and Deja Vu have made a new label, Indigo, I can't help but wonder if that is because of being fucked by ZMA... Though, I don't know that Deja Vu ever distro'd on ZMA...

I think something is in the works... I really hope everything works out for everyone affected... BTW, here's some links to label sites who disto through ZMA, so maybe you can find a way to go around them. www.vertigo-records.com www.psybertribe.org www.night-oracle-records.com http://www.noizeconspiracy.com/home.html Support the labels and artists working to bring us great music! Not the greedy fuckers snapping up everything they can!

lovely ASCII Nemo!

Cosmo is funny, happy, and not serious. Its always seemed to me that Highko is more serious, and as a result Highcosmos is more serious. And, after the first few listens to Gravity, I didn't really hear anything to like... But after a few more, and a few MORE listens, I found a whole lot to love. Especially trk 6, his homage to Kindzadza. Love it, especially at the end where it does the whole reprogram-your-life thing. "Your wife is Diane..." Its happy smiley night music.

Cosmo makes the best LSD music IMO. One of the best in that style. Id say COsmo, Whicked Hayo and the stuff that Kindzadza has been making recently are all tied for first place in the LSD-lovers branch of pure psychedelic.

I the Doors! NP: Brisker and Magitman-Clockwork (Slow Release-Open Recs) this one too!

CPC that Polish dark artist (painter), fuck I forgot his name... Jimi Hendrix Steve Harris (bassist for Iron Maiden, fingers=blur) Robert Venosa

NP: Chemical Reaction-The Posession From the new Triplag VA-SamowareZ

I made some nice euphoric ranch the other day. It was great on the salad. OH!! You meant Trance....

Its very sad that we have to deal with this kind of shit... I would recommend that anyone who wishes to get music distributed by ZMA go straight to the label itself, and get digital copies or something... Im sure they would be happy, especially after getting fucked over... And boycott ZMA. If Hercules has no clientele, he has no business. He already lost all his credibility.

I make music so I can try to get the crazy noises I hear in my head out. And its a whole lot of fun! I can sit at the computer (and have!) for 8+ hours without even noticing that much time has gone by!

Dark Nebula has some moments, but never really gripped my brainstem. The vs or join or whatever on Psionic Earth (digital psionics) with Scatterbrain is pretty good. The sample choices in that one were pretty good IMO. Scatterbrain, however...

Today I downloaded free from Triplag, their VA-Asylum of Darkness. Yesterday I dl'ed SamowareZ, another Triplag VA, and bought but haven't been able to DL (I think the connex reset, it stopped at like 10 megs...) VA-Vapour yet...

Kindzadza-Purple Eye (VA-Joker's Necropolis-Deja Vu) Track 2 in a KDD tribute mix Im working on. Listening to the rough draft right now.

I swear at him all the time. Maybe thats why I had such a fucked time getting that flat tire taken care of... Fucking immortal omniscient deity of SHIT! NP: Secret track on CBL-World of Sleepers

fuck. First thing I see on Psyshop, in the upper corner, "CD of the Week"

WTF?!??!! I swear to God I pushed the damn button only once!!!!

Baba Jelly-Sexyzzz From the compilation The First Oracle, on Psytour's Night Oracle records. Great release! Check my review.

Artists: ITP Title: Lose Your Illusion Label: Sundance Format: CD Country of Origin: Israel Released: February 2007 tracks: 10 ITP (Individual Thought Patterns) are Erez Yaffe and Sami Sabin, 2 musicians from Israel. A colorful cover by Farb0 suits their sound like well-fitted jeans, and certainly foreshadows the atmospheres found in the tracks. Guitars, Oud, Darbuka, and vocal work by Erez and Sami, with female vocals by Shani Peleg, and rants by George Carlin. Deep, smooth, powerful, colorful, silly, cynical, experimental are words that I would use to describe ITP! So, lets take a look here shall we? Track 1-Stop Killing The Animals You Stupid Fucks II Nice bouncy bass, a bit faster at 148bpm than a lot of full on, trancey melodies, silly George Carlin samples... A great track to start out an album with! A taste of what's to come! Track 2-ITP on Nitro-Daylight Murder Starting with a clean 16th note bass and some nice tribalish percussion, this one's got a bit less power than the previous. Melodies are still here, still nice. Some nice samples work in and out. This one could work nicely at night time. Sorta industrial-ish sounds... Another good one! Not so cynical as the previous, more a serious dancefloor track. Track 3-Advertisement Another cynical-funny track with more George Carlin, this time ranting about how people get ass-raped by companies who use mind-control to get them to buy garbage they don't really need. Jumpy bassline, twinkly sounds bring the track in. Nice and mellow-smooth beginning brings in some nice psychedelic noises, then the 16th bass kicks back in, driving the energy up a level. Then a neat little hip-hop ish section with nice breakbeats, then more jumpy bass. Tasteful e-guitar work, nice chimey sounds. Another nice one! So far, this is a great album. Track 4-Lose Your Illusion part 1 Some more nice breakbeat ish stuff begins this track. Nice minimal bass starts out, clean as usual, nice percussion, also as usual! Nice slow gradual building of energy, this one would work really well indoors, at a club. Typical Israeli break, not too long like some I could mention... More neat little breakbeats. Then it sort of fades into the next track... Track 5-Not Responding Starting out fading out from the previous, into a sorta neat little melody floating around the chimey sounds. Then a galloping bass comes in, and the initial melody gives way to a bit more chimes. Then comes a near-cheesy melody, taken the wrong way Im sure it could be considered cheese. (Inside the cover it says: "Not Responding super kitschy melody by Dotan Israel ) But it works well here, and just listen to the rest of the track! It gets better... More guitar, still well done, a 16th note bass, then some vocals (by Shani Peleg). Atmospheric chimey break, brings to mind the Nutcracker... Then some more kitsch, and some more breakbeats. So far not a bad track but not my favorite... Track 6-Knul Hfaf Bash Strange name... This one is nearly entirely in the 3/4 time signature. BododoBododo... This kind of time sig always strikes me as mellower, not so energetic, and for some reason Im always waiting for it to pick up... But not here! Not at 160 bpm, this one reminds me of Juno Reactor's Conga Fury, with an Israeli twist. I guess this is where the Oriental Melodies come in, it is indeed a very Middle Eastern melody. Powerful track! Track 7-Guatemala This one is definitely my favorite of the album, nice smooth morning track, typical Israeli sound but so well done... And the spanish guitars... Melts in my mind, not in the cd player! Trance and traditional Spanish style, ahhh... So nice! Vocals suit it well. (No words, just singing) Building up more and more powerful through out, Im sure this one will move some asses on dancefloors. One of my favorite tracks, not just on this album! This one definitely puts ITP on my 'to watch' list! Track 8-Happy Flight More silly Carlin samples, wondering what Ive wondered myself a few times... More of a minimal track, though a pretty fast one at 150bpm. Nice and clean, though it doesnt really grab me... But not bad! Track 9-Gato Escaldado The second fastest track at 155, vocals and classical Spanish guitar work bring this one in. It seems to me to be focussed mainly on the Spanish melody, which is pretty cool! More 3/4 time in the middle of the track. Ends sort of mellower than it began, but after all its the last trance track of the album! Track 10-Lose Your Illusion part 2 An acoustic guitar track finishes up the album! Never heard that on a trance release before! Playing around with the melody of Part 1. Nice finale to a good release! With so many different aspects to these tracks, it seems that everyone who likes good, colorful, often experimental trance can find something on here to like! Spanish guitars, both acoustic and electric, crisp production, tons of well placed synth sounds and samples, very tasteful vocals. A quite varied album, some may say it may not flow as well as it could... It works well to me! Some tracks have a very much Israeli sound to them, but not like the cheese that Israel is often known for. This is high quality work, not just some sound-school graduate in their cubicle, but real musicians making real, meaningful music. It certainly seems we should see more from these guys! I for one am looking forward to it! Favorite tracks: 1, 2, 7!!! All in all I give this release an 8.6/10

NP: ITP-Gato Escaldado Love Spanish guitars.. Im in the process of writing up a full review...