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    Juno Reactor - Gods & Monsters

    in General Psytrance

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    I think it's pretty good. Not psy-trance by any means, but Juno Reactor has never really been all that much about psy anyways IMO.

    I'll be curious to see what people are saying about it in, say, two years. Much like their last couple albums, or even Shpongles albums for that matter, generally right after release the bulk of comments seem to "crap, crap. crap" but after some time passes, I notice that opinion shifts for many and I suspect this album could far in that category as well.

    Telling a story, or poor track selection?

    in Music Making and Production/Industry

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    I just went through the set again and I am pretty happy with it, but for future reference would you guys wonder what the hell is wrong with the DJ if he/she went from euphoric progressive to something as drastic as full-on/dark psy? Or would you just shrug it off and consider it "story telling," especially if the mix was smooth and felt all right?

    Depends how snobby your crowd is I guess. When I DJ it tends to go all over the place, often starting tech, then going prog, then funk, then straight up full on, and possibly ending with some goa goodies, but usually it goes over well and if you find some good transition pieces across sub-genres it doesn't really seem all that weird.

    What music are you listening to right now?

    in General Psytrance

    Posted

    I heard the samples... sounded bloody awful if u ask me, but I haven't heard the full version. Don't think I will too :P

    I liked their first album though ;) (sort of, but not really)

    One thing I've never understood is why all these guys doing "metal guitar" tracks always seem to end up with really simple and crappy riffs that have no variation at all. Some of these guys are obviously decent players, so why do pretty much all of the psy-guitar tracks in the last 6 years or so sound like stuff a guy playing for 4 months could have come up with?

    What music are you listening to right now?

    in General Psytrance

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    Uni - Uni

    God damn this is a good album, much better than La'Movin :D

    Seeing Uni live in a small club in Kyoto back in the winter of 98/99 was probably the final step in my conversion away from drum and bass to focusing exclusively on psy. Nice guys too, I was quite surprised when I played with them last summer to find out that they knew who I was. Then again the Japanese psy-scene isn't all that big either I guess. lol

     

    NP: Started and finished a track with weekend and listening to the three tracks I have for the next album, figuring out where to go next with this. Considering all the bad shit going on in my life now, dark down-tempo seems to be the name of the game for the next several tracks :(

    Jikkenteki - Flights Of Infinity (PAR-2 Productions 2008)

    in Artist News and Labels announcements

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    In case anyone is interested, I have a limited number of hand numbered, signed copies of the "Flights Of Infinity" CD available. The usual price of $10 per CD which includes shipping anywhere in the world, applies. I can also include any of the other PAR-2 releases for discount if ordered together. Unfortunately I can only take payment by Paypal for this but PM me if interested.

    Psytrance in Japan

    in General Psytrance

    Posted

    Really, I thought that people were not allowed to throw parties in Yoyogi anymore.( I always see people singing or playing an instrument solo when I go there).

    Me too. I seem to recall several of my promoter friends who used to regularly throw parties there complaining that they needed to get permits now and that they were rather difficult to obtain. It's no secret that the trance scene was targeted by the police in Tokyo due to all the drug use and such starting a few years back and it really hit the scene hard. Last time I played down there was earlier last year, but there was a definite difference from even the year before that. The quality of the events I have played down there has generally gone down hill rather considerably and today the bulk of the events seem to mostly be friends renting a club and doing fairly half-assed parties. There's nothing wrong with that in and of itself and they can be fun, but when I compare those to the events I went to back in 99-01 there is a huge difference. Most of the artists I know here also are saying the scene has really been going down the tubes and everyone is quite down on things at the moment. There are a few good medium sized organizers who are still doing nice stuff (Psy-16/Sonic Traveler and 6 Dimension Soundz/DAT Mafia come to mind) but they are becoming few and far between.

    Engrish psytrance-releases

    in General Psytrance

    Posted

    Wow.... I am almost 90% sure that Yabai label isn't a babel fish translation, but at least they tried ^^;.

    Being an English teacher in Japan I would agree that it probably isn't a babel fish translation. After awhile here you tend to be able to notice "Japanese" English mistakes fairly easily.

    What new music did you get today?

    in General Psytrance

    Posted

    What do you think of this one?

    Do you think Ben sounds like Lou Reed?

    The last two tracks he sings on I have yet to wrap my head around properly, but the rest of the album I think is excellent. Juno tracks I initially dislike have a tendency of growing on my like a year later so the jury is still out on those last two, but the rest is solid and filled with atmosphere, which is probably the most important thing for me in music.

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