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    PSYTRANCE ME

    in General Psytrance

    Posted

    Just like most things in life, you need to start from the basics/the beginning.

     

    I'd recommend to also start to listen the predecesors of goa/psy. Like FSOL, Orbiral, the detroit techno sound, the balaeric sound, acid house, acid trance, old school german techno, indsutrial.

    This will also help you with your mixing, since at the beginning, there weren't so many channels or effects but still they produced fantastic music.

     

    Then, you need to also have your personal taste. Do you want to play goa? Prog? Minimal? Full-on?

    With Prog and Minimal you can play around with your cd or mixer effects (that's if you have some decent gear) or even an isolator (very common for house music). For goa, that's much harder to do because of all the layering, it's more of a matter of knowing the tracks rather than fiddling around with them.

     

    That's some small advice from me. There are Pro DJs and artists in the forum who can give you much more technical info.

     

     

    Indeed: the roots of Goa go way back: to psychedlic rock at least.

    BUT i never heard that music (psy-rock) until I was in my mid-twenties.

    First started with (commercial) dance, techno, rave, new beat and trance: than boomed me into goa trance and psychelic techno (as mentioned on the cover of the "goa head" series - I always feel psychedelic techno is a name we are forgetting too much).

     

    And to be honest I'm very happy for the way it went, cause Goa music is really a blend of all that was summed up. It is good to see people from the newer generation feel the need to discover the roots of psychelic techno and Goa trance; cause imo this is what today biggest virus is in 'neo' goa: no historical and musical background of the genre resulting in a generic/superficial sound and a diffrent perception of what a goa melody (and so melodic goa) really is.

    Psysutra - Gamma Phoenicis

    in 2014

    Posted

    sounds like a crossover between hard trance and goa especially with those loud kicklines

    [...] - it has a very nostalgic sound and it sounds quite different to anything else produced these days

     

     

    You have fully understood what we ment to do with this album!

    Thanks and much apprectaited :)

     

     

    PS the hard kicks might come to you in the end ;)

    Chi-A.D - Earth Crossing (Amakusa Records)

    in Artist News and Labels announcements

    Posted

    I adore the CD and the music.

    Not a bad word, cause I love what Amasuka does/did already.

     

    Walking on eggs here :P - haha!

     

    ...but is it only me? But trough my monitors (Equator D8 - and that's not a bull shit speaker) the music sounds very noisy, especially on the high tones it is sharp and very harsh. Correct me if I'm wrong... or is it due to the source files (mp3?) that there was no option and this was the best result to obtain?

    Artha - Dream Telepathy

    in Artist News and Labels announcements

    Posted

    Is it fair to expect it in Nov/Dec?

     

    Looking forward to it! :)

     

     

    Will receive the masters today, will listen for some eventualities or needed corrections and pressing will be on the way.

    Tomorrow we receive from Artha his text for the booklet and the art work is done...

     

    There will be an Artha set in israel the 15th October, so we are hoping to make that our official release date ;)

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    New Born - Nothing But A Title

    in 2015

    Posted

    An Absolute masterpiece,

    I've been in quite a few raves here in Israel which Tom played in, and I must say his style is truly unique, the deep sound, the precise and powerful baseline, the mind blowing melodies and beautiful progression,

    each and every track on this album is pure joy to the ears, offering a mix of old and new Goa sounds, speaking of sound - I've found myself many times just appreciating his ability to produce sounds that I did not even think to exist.

    He's my favorite Israeli artist today by far, and I think his commercial success is a matter of time should he have the right publicity.

    A true pleasure for your Auditory cortex :).

     

     

    I cried when he played first time live in Belgium. :):wub:

    His melancholic tracks drive me crazy :)

    In Israel - as he told me - he can't even walk the streets normally any more: goa super star handing out signatures (no joke) - lol! :P

     

     

     

    A mixed bag, the fact that there are 21 tracks allow any listener to like at least a few. But sorry, so many fillers in this album.

    Actually at first listen, my first thought was: nice album, refreshing, morning, melodic. But after four or five listens I got a bit bored with it. It lacks something, but it is certainly not bad as background music. Now I usually picks 3 or 4 random tracks to play and it works better like this.

    Tracks 2, 3, 4 on CD1 are quite wonderful, especially Omen.

     

     

    Thanks for your honest feedback :) Appreciated.

    Let me add, well actually it is not just a mixed bag :P;) haha!

    Let me tell you why (cause we worked long and hard on putting a logic into the album):

     

    a ) CD 1 (compiled by dj Psara) = newer material from post 2010 - a complete new period in New Borns goa music making: harder, faster. But the focus here is "pure dance music", dancefloor stuff.

     

    b ) CD 2 (compiled by me) = all material from 2000 - 2007 - all tracks were selected on their deeper trance vibe, depth and story telling and especially the very melancholic and a bit darker feeling into them (just like 'the Observer" is - all that music is from that specific period).

     

     

    He and we really wanted to show both sides of New Born :) We hope this way we succeeded?!

    Oforia - Read More...

    in 2016

    Posted

    @Draeke & @HappyHorse - what's with the hostile posts between you two? It leads nowhere. Just ignore each other... and focus on releasing more great music on your labels :):D

     

    No hostility mate, I've bought all his DAT (mafia) releases. Just messing around a bit :)

    Life's too short not to make jokes ;)

     

    Note: I just thought it was a bit sad that my words in the first post were interpenetrated as "bashing" which was not my intention. I just don't like the sound of the kick and baselines here :) Silly me :P ...tried Solving it with a joke (but that wasn't clear enough I see?).

    Oforia - Read More...

    in 2016

    Posted

    @happyhorse, are you bashing it only because it is modern? you got to accept modern productions, except neo-goa producers want to have the full on kick and that bass line and that is what is the standard top quality producer use. I for one, if i want to go to a full on party, I like the production to be exactly like Oforia does, super psychedelic lines indeed with top of the genre, actual and modern bass lines/kicks.

    I don't think there is anything bad in this album and in fact I consider one of the best in the modern full on genre that i have heard so far, bridging perfectly with the past in terms of psychedelicness.

     

     

    I just looked up the definition of "bashing": "Bashing is a harsh, gratuitous, prejudicial attack on a person, group, or subject. Literally, bashing is a term meaning to hit or assault."

    ...and I don't see it appear in my words here. BUT I'm happy for you, you can see more as I can, and in conclusion you have less limitations that me. :)

     

    Furthermore:

    -Hmmm, did I state that I don't like the kick and baseline cause it is modern? Nope, just don't like it at all, the sound of it just kills my mood.

    I heard much modern music with deeper kicks and baselines than this. I actually - SUPRISE!!! :P - listen to more (modern) music than only goatrance.

    -Hmmm, lol, and as far I can recollect I run a label that mainly releases modern made music ;) Maybe I don't like the music we release ourselve? :P

    Draeke: you are funny :lol:

    Oforia - Read More...

    in 2016

    Posted

    Well crafted but I thought it was a little bland.

     

    7 / 10

     

     

     

     

    Indeed.

    Production, mixing, story lines,... all very good indeed. Ofir shows he didn't loose any of his producing skills. At such a high end performance, also here. Qualities used on such a top level he can be concidered as one of the goa mixmasters (imo).

    BUT why this generic kick and baseline all over the place? Fiels so wierd and upper clean.

    I can't feel home in this music. Music (imo) should be first off all about that: a warm house to feel onceself at home. And that can only be if sounding deep, warm and organic - like real li/ofe.

    Psychedelic Music & The Human Brain

    in General Psytrance

    Posted

    I introduced my aunt and uncle - people of almost 60 - to goatrance just a few days ago. They never heard it before.

    Played "UX - Master of the Universe (live remix)", and they adored it.

     

    My aunt grabed her head and stated the following: "This music does something with my brain." :)

    Are you a grumpy old goa trancer?

    in General Psytrance

    Posted

    Hi my name is Tom, I'm 36 years old, and I'm a grumpy old goa trance.

     

    I own very few discs beyond year 2000. Besides the DAT records and suntrip re releases, post 2000 discs are maybe 5.

     

    If you are a grumpy old goa trancer.. whatsup!

     

    If you are, but found good stuff, I'm open to listen to suggestions.

     

    If you have post 2000 suggestions I'll listen. I might be selling myself short...

     

     

    Why did you suddenly join psynews? I see you are new since June 2016 :)

    This isn't a 'secret' double account to search for compliments? :P

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    Pioneers of goa trance

    in General Psytrance

    Posted

    No one mentioned Blue Planet Corporation.

     

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    ...and no one mentioned "Baas Complex" :( I have 2 CDs of old material here from 1991 - 1993.

    Not meaning to brag, just indicating that indeed Goa music dates back to earlier than 1994... Ow God I love that sound.

    Just like this dj set:

     

     

    Can't post it enough :P

    Truly bad goa

    in General Psytrance

    Posted

    Hey wait a minute... I remember, some time back now, when in the middle of DAT ripping session I found a ludicrous goa track!

     

     

     

    ...and there is the proof "NOT ALL OLD IS GOLD".

    Myth busted!!! :)

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    Truly bad goa

    in General Psytrance

    Posted

    the topic explicitly stated that it's only about oldschool.

    besides, the choices (wonderboy, omegahertz) would be too obvious.

     

     

    Bwa, would be too easy :P

    Labels like Cronomi, Spacedock, Neogoa, Suntrip,... never take any negative feedback on their music releases personal. It keep us vital and aware we have to keep on doing our best. Good for the scene, artists, labels, dj's,... to get feedback as oxygen to make the best we can :)

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