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Sienis - Form Another Perspective

I don't think I have the skillz to make an album better than everything else that has been released this year & get it released in the next 3 days but I'll give it my best shot

I just found when I review an album I listen to it more carefully & it sounds different. Often I have too many distractions when listening to music. usually my own wandering thoughts & I miss a lot. But when I focus enough to write I often find a lot of releases sound (even) better. For example I was initially disappointed with Solar Fields - EarthShine as it's got a lot of subtlety to it. But when I reviewed it it sounded sooooo fucking good and every listen since has been that good

My favourite releases of the year Trance Sienis - From A Nutter Perspective Sattel Battle - Sounds Cool Solar Fields - EarthShine VA - Mainspring Motion Eat Static - De-Classified Tea Chairs - Tea Chairs VA - Twist Dreams Scorb - Ipso Fvcto Chill Spielerei & Mantacoup - Cold War Sync24 - Source Asura - Life² VA - Oxycanta : Winter Blooms Cymphonic - Strataradialis Mathias Grassow & Thomas Weiss - Insights Shulman - The Endless Rhythm of a Beatless Heart The Orb - ...The Dream not sure how many of these are from the last 6 months though

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Yeah, in an ideal world the artists & labels would get much more money. Hell these people should be subsidised by the government for helping entertain us

Yeah but I also can't wait to hear from the people whose lists are and hear them complain that nothing released this year was any good even though they haven't listened to ANY of it

Yes! I don't even think of it as dance music, more brain music (the good stuff anyway)

Well done! You should start thinking about what your CMT will be!

Yeah, but it's better than nobody making anything at all.

Trentmoller - The Last Resort

What's the one in the centre?

Sweet! Shulman - Invention

Glad to hear it Glad someones making money somewhere out of CDs & Vinyl

I need to stop again. I am happy with those though

nice

Damn fine stuff

The difference in shipping prices is a dirty profit making scheme! There is no reason that the shipping price from the same place should be different but it is in so many cases. I've bought things off of ebay in the past not noticing that some git is charging $15 for shipping Dirty disgusting bastards trying to make an extra buck Jikkenteki ships free to worldwide but some people see the cheap price tag & automatically assume it's shit. They can't believe that someone would sell anything good so cheaply. Yes people are cynical as fuck these days and that's probably why you only find shit in the sale bin in psy shop. If they put a new album in there a lot of people would just assume WOW!!! That must be so goddamn shite, I'm not bothering with that and it could actually have a negative affect on sales. About the £10.00 price tag on OOOD - Free Range, well that's the strength of the Pound at the moment. When I was in England 5 years ago a CD would cost between £14 & £18 in the shops and it's the same here in Japan. I buy off Saiko Sounds because even with the shipping it works out much cheaper, but I'm closer to Hong Kong than you are in America so the postage would be cheaper. I must note that on orders over 2 or 3 CDs I find it cheaper to have it shipped via courier but I don't know what it's like in the US. I also find the shipping lightening fast too What you really need is for the US$ to recover soon or maybe you could start your own business importing. You said there were many people at parties so there is a fan base in the US & probably everyone is sick & tired of shipping costs on imports. If you buy in bulk from the labels you could probably get cheaper shipping & maybe a discount on what you buy then you could sell them for a small profit to others in the US. Start small & build it up so you could be the North American Equivalent of Saiko Sounds

Cool! This is the first year in ages that I'm actually struggling to narrow it down

Solar Fields - Small Little Green Cubes

Some Christmas presents. Mainly from myself...

Trentmoller - The Last Resort

Various Artists Twist Dreams Suntrip Records 2007 Tracklist 1 Cosmic Silence - Psy Spirit (8:01) 2 Aerosis - Contorsion (9:04) 3 Red Gravity - Momentary 29 (7:28) 4 Talpa - Till We Meet Again (7:52) 5 Merr0w - Utopian Society (7:54) 6 Khetzal - Trancefuzion (8:32) 7 K.O.B. - Weight Of Oblivion (7:08) 8 Afgin - Dimensional (8:48) 9 Ra - Gates Of Tiphareth (6:04) Suntrip, a record label dedicated to bringing us New Goa music with the feel of the (g)old days of Goa with the fresh sound brought by modern production. This compilation I think really has accomplished that lofty goal. A lot of the tracks make me feel like I'm back in my teens listening to the same kind of music that first brought me to this genre while still sounding up to date & modern. 1. Cosmic Silence - Psy Spirit Straight away into a banging goa track. Even after just a few minutes you can feel like you are listening to something that could take you on a journey in your mind. The melody, the atmospheric synths all sounding a little acidic and all of high quality. The only thing I don't like it is when it kicks off, it seems just a little badly timed. The sample ends half way through a roll & the energy I was expecting to be produced is somehow missed. Shame because everything else is top drawer stuff. 2. Aerosis - Contorsion A harder track by Aerosis with darker sounding synths and a more subdued melody. The melody becomes more prominent later on coming to the front to show off it's high pitch eastern technological sound more clearly. It seems to move back and forth between the background & the foreground of the music. Sometimes very noticeable sometimes less so. The music twists & turns a lot with a very enjoyable progression. Good track. 3. Red Gravity - Momentary 29 A very trancey track. Incorporates elements of goa, psy & trance into a pretty nice track. Then melody is reminiscent of the olden day s of goa while the beat is more trancey & the production very psychedelic. When the melody shifts around the 4 minute mark my jaw drops in awe. I'm happy there is still music being made that can change direction so sharply yet naturally. 4. Talpa - Till We Meet Again A typical Talpa track. Very psychedelic fairy tale stuff with a hint of goa thrown in. Talpa has always made good music but for me often ruins tracks with poor samples. This track though is unblemished, the beat is a driving force & the string like synth drones in the background like a summer evening in a mansion by the sea. Lots going on in the background & if you sit back & focus you can hear a lot more than on a casual listen. Much better than I first thought. 5. Merrow - Utopian Society This track is the complete opposite though. On first listen I thought wow what an amazing track & yeah it remains pretty good but it's more more shallow. What you see is what you get & after repeat listens it doesn't grow or evolve. It's a very static track. What I have always loved about goa is that so many tracks sound different when you listen to them at different times & in different moods. This though always sounds the same to me. Not bad but not great either. 6. Khetzal - Trancefuzion Now here is an artist whose music has never ever sounded the same to me. I've listened to his album Corolle so many times but it sounds new each time with lots to discover. This track has a sample I'm not so keen on, a bit cheesy but it's just at the start & gives way to a thumping good track. The beat is a little too hard for my taste but it's the female vocal that subtly morphs in & out of the track sometimes quite prominent more often almost unnoticeable. The melody does the same thing but is more progressive in it's aggression. It starts of small but grows & grows into the focal point of the whole track making the beat I thought was to heavy unimportant. Very nice stuff as you'd expect from Kehtzal. 7. K.O.B. - Weight Of Oblivion Featuring Klara Steiner on vocals that are pretty subtle like the Khetzal track. Background wails adding atmosphere to the track and making it sound very psychedelic. More prominent is the melody which seems to have little in the way of structure & manages to sound like an old computer game, but not in such a great way like others have managed. I think because this has accidentally ended up sounding like something else I can't help feeling it's ripped off another track. No idea what it is though & it might be in my imagination. Gets a lot better towards the end with a lot more feeling in the music. 8. Afgin - Dimensional Starts of a bit boring with the kick dominating everything but the it comes good after a few minutes with the melody sounding stronger. Not quite as intricate as it could have been but deep enough to keep me happy on repeated listens. The nicest times of the track are when the beat leaves & I'm left with the impression that it would sound better with the foot taken off the pedal a little bit. 9. Ra - Gates of Tiphareth A downbeat track to close the compilation with and for me this is the best so far. I always enjoyed the ambient side of Goa & with the new style which often goes a little faster than is ideal for me, the more relaxed stuff these days sounds every bit as good as the good old days. This is no exception. It's detailed & dreamy with a melody that coils around my brain after it's been blasted by the preceding trance and kisses it better. The flute gives it a sense of mysticism & in the background the warm drone adds a lot of atmosphere. Very nice stuff. I'd like a lot more like this. As a whole this is a very nice compilation. There are a few tracks that don't seem to have reached the high standards of the rest. My criticism of them comes mainly from the disappointment that they don't compare well to the great tracks here. As a compilation this is definitely a safe buy for anyone that knows & likes Suntrip's earlier stuff. If you don't but you are a fan of Goa then you should check it out anyway, along with Suntrip's other releases.