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    Misheard samples :)

    in General Psytrance

    Posted

    stuff like this seriously get me all in an OCD fit... suddenly that's the only thing I can hear when listening to the tracks, and I can't make it go back.

     

    every time I hear that etnica track I'm gonna hear freakin' penis now... dammit

    What books are you reading now?

    in Books and literature!

    Posted

    I really really have to adapt to my new lifestyle (working full time). I'm still buying records and books in the same pace but I've got considerable less time to sit back relax and immerse.

     

    Just now trying to read some, guilty pleasure, Star Trek books to get them out of the way for some of the more interesting ones I've got from Paolo Bacigalupi Dan Simmons Neal Stephenson Katzuaki Takano Tony Gonzales.

     

    Tony Daniel - Savage Trade (TOS)

    Out of the Loop Orchestra on interstatefm.com (27/6-2015 20:00-01:00)

    in DJ Promotion

    Posted

    Hello!

     

    To celebrate the conclusion of the first and second out of the loop competition it is now time to make a stream with one track from each CD (20 in total) on interstatefm.com ( http://interstatefm.com/index.php?title=2015-06-27_%2820:00-01:00%29_Mergi_And_His_Out_Of_The_Loop_Orchestra).

     

    Here is the links to the topics on psynews,

     

    https://www.psynews.org/forums/topic/68872-out-of-the-loop-need-to-get-back-into-it/?p=1042053

    https://www.psynews.org/forums/topic/70366-out-of-the-loop-need-to-get-back-into-it-part-2/?p=1052712

     

    The stream is set to 20:00 (timezone CEST) running to 01:00 (yes! there'll be 2 and half hours of competition tracks and a second half freestyle Goa/Psy mixin'!).

     

    I know you can tune through VLC & winamp, also in FF if you copy a few files from the site. The stream will be recorded (only sound). The stream, on the other hand, is an audio webcam stream.

     

    Well met!

     

    M/

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    Recycling of sounds in production

    in General Psytrance

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    Essentially all sounds are sampled. I think very few producers create their own sound from scratch (I only know of Richard Devine who is a "sound designer"). A friend at the university I went to created his music in MatLab of all things.

     

    Even playing an acoustic instrument is copying because you haven't built it, you haven't tuned it. You are playing on something that someone else created.

     

    I see someone mentioned prodigy and I couldn't help but remember a video...

     

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    Out of the loop, need to get back into it (Part 2)

    in General Psytrance

    Posted

    Summing it up:

     

    I: Artifact303 - Back To Space (Padmapani) ( https://www.psynews.org/forums/topic/61549-artifact303-back-to-space/?p=1052621 )

    II: Cybered - Acid Box (Manuser) ( https://www.psynews.org/forums/topic/69871-cybered-acid-box/?p=1052689 )

    III: Ephedra - Journey Through My Head (Starkraver) ( https://www.psynews.org/forums/topic/69798-ephedra-journey-through-my-head/?p=1052708 )

    IV: Various - Erta Ale (Penzoline) ( https://www.psynews.org/forums/topic/61143-va-erta-ale/?p=1052084 )

    V: Various - Ten Spins Around The Sun (Anoebis) ( https://www.psynews.org/forums/topic/68653-va-ten-spins-around-the-sun/?p=1052617 )

    VI: Maiia - Sky In Diamond (IronSun) ( https://www.psynews.org/forums/topic/69790-maiia303-sky-in-diamonds/?p=1052618 )

    VII: Electrypnose - E7 (Scandinasia) ( https://www.psynews.org/forums/topic/70505-electrypnose-e7/?p=1051930 )

    VIII: Psysex - Mind Penetration (Celaripo) ( https://www.psynews.org/forums/topic/69863-psysex-mind-penetration/?p=1052702 )

    IX: Hutta Heita - Hutta Heita (Juril) ( https://www.psynews.org/forums/topic/70041-hutti-heita-hutti-heita/?p=1051929 )

    X: Polyphonia - Beyond The Ocean Of Time (Ormion) ( https://www.psynews.org/forums/topic/63174-polyphonia-beyond-the-ocean-of-time-quantum-frog-productions/?p=1052083 )

    Ephedra - Journey Through My Head

    in 2014

    Posted

    Artist: Ephedra

    Release: Journey Through My Head

    Year: 2014

    Label: Goa Madness Records

    Cat-#: GMRECCD002

    Rating: 4/5

     

    Tracklist:

    1) We Are Not Alone In The Universe

    2) Beyond Spaces

    3) Crispy Biscuits

    4) Souls In Trance

    5) The Walk Of The Little Green Man

    6) Little Molecules

    7) Experiments

    8) Bubblized

    9) Smiling Sun (2013 Edit)

     

    This album certainly got all the stuff you'd ever want from a Goa CD. Expansive synth leads soaring melodies and screeching acid layers. Solid album this one indeed. I prefered the tracks in middle as they had these really nifty flowing basslines, but the rest of the tracks are indeed really good as well.

    Psysex - Mind Penetration

    in 2014

    Posted

    Artist: Psysex

    Release: Mind Penetration

    Year: 2014

    Label: Hadra Records

    Cat-#: HADCD42

    Rating: 3.5/5.0

     

    Tracklist:

    1) Mind Penetration (Intro)

    2) Kuobo Lover

    3) Igor Resources

    4) Awake

    5) Old School Renegade

    6) Cosmic Perspective

    7) Automatic Bom Barrier

    8) Free Fluoro

    9) Visible Light (Invisible Bud Mix)

     

    The first few tracks are really slow and hard to relate to, the album gets going way too late. I really do not understand what the purpose was for this move. On the other hand, once it gets going at track 5 it's going alright. It flows and grooves, they seem to start enjoying the production resulting in the sound getting vibrant and full of life. Unfortunately it is a bit too late to bring this album back into the limelight.

    Cybered - Acid Box

    in 2014

    Posted

    Artist: Cybered

    Release: Acid Box

    Year: 2014

    Label: Horns & Hoofs Entertainment

    Cat-#: HHCD009

    Rating: 4/5

     

    Tracklist:

    1) Acid Box

    2) I'm Bad

    3) Nobody

    4) Wild Tuba

    5) Stalwart

    6) Analog ID

    7) Micron Slutterz

    8) Quite-K - Vasya Exhale (Cybered Remix)

    9) Kraken (Featuring Chumahod)

    10) Blunder (Featuring Elder Stuff)

     

    I haven't heard this kind of atmospheric contemplative technotrance since MidiMiliz - Passages album on boshke beats. It just swiftly rolls over you and takes you on a journey. Really nice to hear this kind of stuff 15 years later. Of course I have the soundmute CDs, but they come off as really hard techno CDs compared to the more progressive psychedelic techno style from Acid Box.

     

    It's dark sinister but adventurous and with detective rustin cole going on one of his epic deprecating rants about humanity in Nobody the tone is set. This might not be everyones cup of tea but I seriously like these deeper tracks that do not necessarily bombard you with epic synth leads or "nutty" out of place effects.

    Artifact303 - Back To Space

    in 2011

    Posted

    Artist: Artifact303

    Release: Back To Space

    Year: 2011

    Label: Suntrip Records

    Cat-#: SUNCD22

    Rating: 4.5/5.0

     

    Tracklist:

    1) Magnetic Fields

    2) Trancemission

    3) They Will Communicate

    4) For A Better World

    5) Tropical Sunset

    6) Mysterious Fantasy

    7) Beyond Lightspeed

    8) Close Encounter

    9) Delirium

     

    Epic. Grande. Soundscapes that certainly propels you back into space. I'm probably not the first to glean the AP hommage on this album (I see I guessed correctly), the Astral sound is everywhere and They Will Communicate is simply Nilaya in disguise. But it is really really well done this stuff. Every sound is at the right place, no odd "nutty" effect out of place or piping in at the completely wrong moment. Just a solid well thought out album that takes you on a really grande ride.

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    Maiia303 - Sky In Diamonds

    in 2014

    Posted

    Artist: Maiia303

    Release: Sky In Diamonds

    Year: 2014

    Label: Ovnimoon Records

    Cat-#: OVNICD093

    Rating: 3.5/5.0

     

    Tracklist:

    1) Sunday Morning

    2) Duality

    3) Sky In Diamonds

    4) Moonlight Pixies

    5) Go Ask Yourself (vs Cybered)

    6) Universe

    7) Atman

    8) Neverland

    9) Glory

     

    A well produced album, though unfortunately a bit short. I've checked up on the earlier work and it seems the Maiia moniker is for her ethno-ambient stuff and Maiia303 is for the more dancefloor oriented stuff.

     

    It is rather unusual for this kind of music to incorporate acoustic elements but as that is the background from which the producer came it leans on a bit of traditional instruments and the odd bits of cultural ethno elements. Of course it has been done to great effect by particularly some of the more trancey Shpongle tracks for example (Tales of the Inexpressible and crystal skulls tracks), something this album is very reminicent of.

     

    Unfortunately this is yet again an example where someone boxes themself in and seem to play by the book. Short dancefloor snippets with ethno tribal elements throughout, of course there is nothing particularly bad about the album but I get the feeling that something is holding Maiia back in this case. I don't see why she wouldn't be able to do a nifty 10+ minute live studio jam recording... the tasty ingredients for my ears are there!

    V/A - Ten Spins Around The Sun

    in 2014

    Posted

    Artist: Various

    Release: Ten Spins Around The Sun

    Year: 2014

    Label: Suntrip Records

    Cat-#: SUNCD32

    Rating: 4/5

     

    Well... hmmm... I like this. It flows nicely and there is certainly no fillers on here in my opinion. I liked the remix CD the most but everything is of very high standard all around.

     

    The ambient CD contains one very epic Solar Fields track and the main problem with this is that, while still good stuff, it casts a pretty long shadow over the rest of the tracks on the CD.

     

    Otherwise I guess this is most certainly, along with Erta Alé, a consistent and well produced compilation with its sights set for comprehension of the current state of trance. A very good starting point if you have been out of the loop for awhile.

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