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  1. It would be nice to see the Entertaining Thread, which was in fact very funny, resurrected somehow... It was one of the best in the O/T. Maybe I should ask Santa Claus...
  2. My own prototype live set using Ableton and loops created using Renoise. So far so good, some tracks need work, at least one is crap used as fillertil I make more, but a good few are really good imo.
  3. awesome, man! thanks! I was just thinking today how long its been since I got any fresh samples... :clapping: I know what you mean about finishing tracks, my hdd has tons of half tracks. Get to a point where I just dont know what I was trying to do when I started making them... Sometimes I can go back later on and finish em up.
  4. d/ling, been looking for something and this mix may just be it...
  5. Have you ever had a lucid dream? They're incredible, you literally can do ANYTHING. Flying is just the tip of the iceberg. Imagine it, and its real. As real as reality. Feel the gravel crunching, smell the river flowing, but those major differences, that make it such an incredible experience... What if we could do the same thing in our waking lives? Just how much of what we call 'reality' is actually 'out there', and how much is solely a product of our perception? Lucid dreams are nearly indistinguishable from reality. If the mind can fool itself that convincingly, almost by accident... What else can it really do? With all our science and technology, we still have no definite idea of exactly what our minds really are, where they exist, or how they really work. The most fundamental aspect of being a sentient organism, and, we have NO CLUE. You may already be dreaming your reality. Toxic-Perfect Crime (Noize Conspiracy) Abomination & Slug-Bleed (Nexus Media) Brethren-Mayhem (Nexus Media) Error Corrective-Grem Vib (Wild Things) Phatmatix-Time Distortion (Yabai) Commercial Hippies-If You Can't Stand the Heat (Nano) Chromatone-Mitochondria Rmx (Geomagnetic) Tristan-If Only (Nano) Cyanescens-Psychotropic Investigations (Digital Psionics) Tikal-God Bless (Spirit Zone) Polaris-Music Vibration (Solarsiv) Aphid Moon-K-9 (Nano) ITP-Guatemala (Sundance) Astral Projection-1,000,000 Years from Today (Transient) 11 vs Symphonics-Space Criminal (ELF Music) http://www.sendspace.com/file/xebebq
  6. Artist: Whicked Hayo Title: Soundbreakers Label: Night Oracle Tracks: 9 Mastering: Shulman Release Date: 25 May 2008 Discogs: http://www.discogs.com/release/1294229 Whicked Hayo are 2 guys from Belgium, Dan and Morad. Ever since I got my hands on Night Oracle's first release (aptly titled) The First Oracle, and heard Deadly Cargo, I was on the lookout, eagerly awaiting more releases. Ketuh's Psychic Imprint only made it that much harder to wait for their album... Then finally, a very nice person decided that I needed to have this album (thanks forever, you know who you are)! So, lets have a look, see if all that anticipation was worth it! Track 1- Tribe of the Whicked (vs Hilight Tribe) Im sorry to say I haven't heard much of Hilight Tribe alone, I do know who they are and that they are in fact a many-piece band, which I always thought was cool. So anyway, this track starts out with some definite Hayoisms, leading into a nice droning voice, giving way to breakbeat style percussions, ending with more vocals singing kirtan style chants. Nice intro, would also work well as an intro to a chill/downtempo set. Track 2- Area 07 Alright, enough slow stuff, say the guys! A clean pumping bassline on this one, pumping that madness right into the cerebral cortex where it belongs. A surrealized melody wafts around the crunched out squidge-lines, almost reminiscent of Azax Syndrome at his best. Nice one to start a set IMO. Track 3- Vertel Nekeer A faster track than the last one, but somehow seems a little slower. A good bounce on this one, still Hayo as all hell, but this one could almost work in an indoor club set (think of the first couple tracks on Electrypnose's 'Le Tireur...'). The percussion and bass make this one feel less aggressive than some of their other stuff. Sometimes, I almost get a hint of Sienis in there. Ends up with a jumping multi-octave bass. Great track, but not my favorite of the album. Nice to hear some variety though! Track 4- Mol Life Extension Creepy samples start this one, then that oh-so-clean bass that I know and love that just makes your head bob even if you've already been decapitated, makes your feet stomp even if you just can't take it any longer. No sitting down here! "Bathe the earth in electromagnetic radiation"! I've always thought of Whicked Hayo as perfecting the style that others made famous. Aggressive, headbanging, squidge your corroded brain all over the dancefloor type stuff, speaking to you from higher dimensions... Track 5- PC Naar de Reet Another pumping bass on this one, and more of that Hayo that they do... so well! Metallic sfx swirl out from more directions than its possible to perceive with the human mind. Man, I'd sure love to see Whicked Hayo play a live set! Maybe they'll come to the US soon... Cuz this is EXACTLY the kind of stuff I want to hear when Im in the mood for some brain twisting! Not really a melody on this one, but I really don't miss it. This ones all atmosphere. Track 6- Please, Don't Fuck With Us OK guys, I wont fuck with you, just put the potato and the... rhesus monkey... down, I don't want anyone to get hurt... This track starts with a very similar (if not the same) sound as the last one, making it a nice smooth transition. More of that lovely clean bass pumping along, jumping along, sphglumping along, driving me on and on to that higher state of consciousness... A sorta unnerving state of consciousness, but, since when does staying safe and comfortable lead to anything but... Being safe and comfortable? Progress and evolution are brought about by challenging the old 'norms'. So please, don't fuck with us. ;D Track 7- Tripsaus Mmmm.... Tripsauce bubbling on the stove... This is a kind of bass/percussion I think of as 'jumping', or like, I dont know, sprinting with cybernetically enhanced legs at something like 200km/h over mountains. I always love tracks with this sort of rhythm to em. More of the usual Whickedness, I can't seem to get enough... 'I don't know what they done to me, but, I remember, it was horrible...' Oh yeah, this is the stuff. Makes my brain tingle just listening to it, I can only imagine what 'assisted listening' is like! Which reminds me... Track 8- In Sickness and In Health Ahahaha, funny sample, goes with the title . A deeper bass than Ive heard on the album yet, and a bit faster too. I could describe the bass as some really big piece of living rubber, in 5 dimensions, flopping around! Puduhwuduhpuduhwuduh Sickly effected lead crunching and scraping around that big rubber tongue thing like some sort of extradimensional orgy. So far this is one of the top candidates for my favorite on the album. I know Im gonna be playing this one a lot! Track 9- Iets Anders A rockin fast one at 160 bpm. Sometimes to me, fast stuff sounds too gimmicky, sometimes, its just the right stuff for the right time! This is definitely one of the good ones, sure to get some heads moving. More of the usual, again (and thats a good thing). So, to sum the album up, basically, if you like Whicked Hayo you'll love this album. To me, they have this strange way of being totally perfect for crazy nighttime without sounding dark. I'd never think of this as dark-evil-scary, just, strong and energetic. At times their tracks sound similar to other artists, but, every time, they bring something of their own to the table, as if to remind us to listen with open ears, or we may just miss something incredible! Some of these tracks could even work during the light hours, if you wanted. A versatile sound Ive always been attracted to, like a moth to flame... Mastering work by one of the great mastering... masters... Shulman (I don't know many other releases in this style that he's mastered...) gives it a unique polish. Verdict: 11/10 for defying my expectations. Favorites: All. Especially 7 and 8.
  7. Sure, I would! Especially if the free release is mp3 and the CD is of course CD quality. I feel kinda lame playing mp3's in a set. Maybe its just me, but, in certain 'moods' you really can hear the difference in quality. CD audio just sounds fuller, especially in teh lower end.
  8. Ive totally been neglecting new psytrance... As is evidenced by my now playing: Venus in Furs by the Velvet Underground.
  9. And half, maybe more, of learning to play keys is having keys to play... If you're gonna be workign lke w/ Ableton, the trigger pads come in handy for switching loops over. My own MIDI controller has 16 trigger pads as well as faders, knobs, keys and a joystick. (Korg microKONTROL, damn keys are so small is the only problem)
  10. Most programs (as far as I know) allow you to use the normal computer keyboard as a piano-style keyboard to key notes in and even record live riffs... And you can modulate effects using automations input with the mouse. I used Renoise for years before finally getting a MIDI controller. BUT, its a LOT easier to have a separate keyboard with sliders and knobs. Keys are bigger and generally feel mroe like an instrument, and the KNOBS... Try putting in a whole track's worth of automations and you'll understand why its so much easier and faster to just twist a knob instead of clicking in everything. For live performance a midi controller of some kind is basically essential. I mean, theoretically you COULD get by wihtout one, but again, its just so much easier when its all right there in front of you without having to pull up certain windows, fuss with a mouse, or whatnot. You just can't mess around with a normal computer interface quick enough to be able to pull off a good sounding live set. And again, those knobs are the greatest.
  11. a lot of South African artists make that pounding twilight almost-dark stuff. Check out Timecode records, MMD records, Nexus Media, Afrogalactic recs. ARtists like Twisted SYstem, Brethren, Artifakt, Zion Linguist, Noise Anomalie, Frozen Ghost... Also, check out Wildthings records, and Error Corrective, they're one of my favorites in this style! Check those labels, Im sure you'll find more to love that I forgot to mention.
  12. Many ways... If Im just listening for enjoyment I try to clear my head of thoughts as much as possible and let the track do its thing, without letting style, producer, or anything get in the way of really appreciating the music. If Im listening as a DJ I think about how it would fit in a mix, what general feeling the track has, a lot of times I think of the 'color' the music makes me think of, which Ive found helps make a mix flow better. If Im listening as a producer I try to hear what sort of base sound was used and what kinds of effects made it the trippiness it is, basically I try to break down the sound and see if I could theoretically reproduce it. This producer mind often comes out during normal listening, usually an OMG THAT WAS AWESOME I GOTTA LEARN THAT!! There's also car-listening, which isnt listening per se more like background ambience. Sure passes the time on the lonely Nevada highways, though!
  13. Generally I also just stop working on it and do something else, something not music related usually. Drinking works, though, if you get that wild hair and decide to try and work on it further you can drunkenly mess the whole thing up . Whenever Ive tried to keep working when discouraged my heart's just not in it, and htat will reflect in the track.
  14. You can always make new automations, I know it wont sound like the original, but at least you can try to salvage something... But, whenever that's happened to me generally I get discouraged and forget about that track... But dont delete it, try letting it sit for a few months, let it get new again and see if you can make it something different.
  15. Ive got a reasonably small stack of CDs that I dont listen to/hate/just wanna get rid of, just seeing what people think these would be worth. Most are nothing really special/rare/sought after, so Im not expecting a whole lot. Id actually prefer to trade but Ill be happy to be rid of these regardless . Make an offer. Cybervixen-Kundal My Lini (Geomagnetic) Lucy in Space w/ Diamonds-Emerald City (Creon) Neelix-No Way to Leave (Sinn-Tec) Koxbox-U-Turn (Twisted) VA-Enigmatic World Israel (Enigmatic Sound) (Dont look at me, Psyshop sent this to me w/o asking) VA-Bass For Your Ass (Groove Control) ESXS-New Hymns for Goddess (Mechanik Sound) (old CD possibly in bad condition, and probably still in Psyshop's cheap bin) VA-Psionic Tales (Digital Psionics) (mixed CD) Phyx-Kiss the Blade (Timecode) Freq-Gosub 20 (Iboga) VA-Psycho Cell (Discovalley) (Dupilicate buy, unopened) Psyfactor-Evil Inside (Trishula) GMS-Emergency Broadcast System (Spun) (yeah I bought it... Id gladly give this one for free to anyone w/ their order. But I aint payin shipping just to give this away, you can bet on that!) So Im just seeing what I can get for these at the moment, let me know if you're interested. I also have these that Id rather not part with but will for the right price: Derango-Tumult (Inpsyde) (not in the best shape I think, but Id need something good for it.) Ocelot-Dream Selector (Vertigo) VA-Hate (Golden Dawn) (#363/500) VA-Multiple Personalities (Manic Dragon) Some stuff I really want: Cujorius One-Creating a Second Sun, Art of Mindfucking any the Delta KURO-Satisfaction VA-The Dissidents VA-Cold Cuts VA-Complexity Bigwigs-National Heroes of Sonic Parralel VA-Solstice Black 1 & 2 VA-5 Tons of Flax Nuclear Ramjet-Mission to Sedna VA-Chronika ch2 VA-Refresh and basically anything that could be called psy-techtrance...
  16. McKenna. I mean, the guy was one of the shining stars of psychedelia but man, how many MORE TRACKS ARE THERE GONNA BE... THeres only so much one can hear about DMT before you're like, "Yes, yes, we KNOW ALREADY..." Theres one track w/ matrix samples taht I think is pretty good, 9West's track off "Nuance" (the dreaded blue/red pills), it just seems to work in that one, but for the most part yeah, same as McKenna... Basically anything from any overblown big budget Hollywood movie seems like a lack of trying IMO. Its like stealing the feelings invoked from that movie that everyone's probably seen, so everyone knows what to expect. Try digging a little harder, producers! Theres plenty of great movies out there that aren't huge names. But, discounting a track just because it happens to have a certain sample, without first really listening to it, is pretty lame too. Give it a shot before you just say 'Fuck that Matrix sample and that lazy producer'.
  17. The one track I love and can't get enough of no matter how many times I play it: Terminator-Scary Boubles (dark mix) from Vertigo's 'Acidsport'. Really IMO one of Zolod's top 3 if not the #1 Terminator track.
  18. Found some more nice ones: http://www.sub-machine.net/content/blogcategory/18/31/5/15/ Tetraktys, Kali Frogz... Look around, theres other stuff on there too...
  19. Its a Terrano-vibrator. Duh. (I happen to quite enjoy that release, though, the cover looks even worse IRL... Who cares though it rocks) And, WTF is with all these Israeli guys on their covers sporting sunglasses and intense looks? Who decided THAT was cool?
  20. NP: Solead-Lay Down (Lime Light 2-Tribal Vision) FTW.
  21. :blink: WTF... That poor beast! Subjecting it to such humiliation...
  22. Rhian Sheehan-Hiding Place (Fiord Remix) THIS is how fluffy trance should be done! :posford:
  23. I was just wondering if there were any "cool" places to shoot the sh!*.
  24. So after trying the search and finding that 'IRC' is one letter too short and nearly going apeshit... Any good IRC's that anyone frequents, maybe even about psytrance? And preferably in English? (IDK if this belongs in the Tech Talk or not...)
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