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    Sooo.. What happened? (2022 recap)

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    9 hours ago, Richpa said:

     

    Recently, when it comes to psytrance, I'm more into full-on/Israeli stuff. Heck, I did a DJ set first time since 2011 this December in local club. And it was fun. 😋

     

    Tbf and in retrospect, the way Fullon is/ was slandered on this forum was so unnecesary and quite childish. It's just music... in general this forum has always been wayyyy too echo-chamber-ish for my taste, although it obviously had its good parts else I wouldn't have stuck around (for example the review section helped me discover some great music). 

    Sorry for the salty post and hope everyone is having a great day <3

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    Tell me?...

    in General Psytrance

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    You guys should go for the tried and tested method of doing a Google image search with the words hippie + girl + festival and see what pops up. Ain't that like the most obviously effective clickbait practice for this experiment (edit: while still remaining somewhat related to the music)?

    Political Albums

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    https://www.discogs.com/Various-Rabtu-Gawa-Paradise-Trance/release/363648

    The front cover also says "Benefit Tibet", and on the back of the front cover the story says:
    "In 1950 China invaded Tibet. The Tibetans have calculated that 1,2 million have died as a result of the Chinese take-over. In 1959 the Dalai Lama was forced to flee his home and now travels the world gathering support for his people. The Tibetans believe in a non-violent struggle for freedom. The deserve all the help they can get. 50% of the profit of this CD will go to the Tibetan people, who lost everything, even basic things like homes, clothes, food and medication. You will help to prevent one of the oldest cultures of the world from disappearing."

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    Psychonauts-Shadows Of The Moon

    in General Psytrance

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    On 6/6/2020 at 1:21 PM, Psychonauts said:

    Hi everyone! I am George Pantelidis, the one half of "Psychonauts". I'm glad you liked the track and our work in general. Actually i wrote the melody in one take, without quantize and things like that. That's why it has a human feeling maybe. Another thing is that the track is totally unmastered, because my partner  hurried to send it to the label for a release and i did't have the chance fix the mix and do the master. So  the track has some grittiness and punch....Kind of a primitive feeling....After all i am glad that people embraced the track and it was an instant banger!

    Thanx everyone who still listen to our music . :)

    Respect for your work! 

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    Progressive psytrance or minimal psytrance recommendations?

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    Don't know of any new releases in this style, but I do enjoy the occasional Shiva Chandra or M.O.S. releases from the 2000-2003 minimal era. They had something...brooding, soothing, dark yet they weren't over-the-top kinda "look at me I can play 50 sounds at the same time". Very refreshing to listen to from time to time, although I'd imagine how boring and monotome the scene must've felt back when this music dominated the scene...

    Essential new school goa albums?

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    9 hours ago, Tsotsi said:

    Rehashing an old thread instead of making a new one. With so many new releases since our last best of new goa/essential I wonder who has updated their list, or if the best has come and gone.
     

    I also feel like 10 albums is no longer able to properly explore all the essentials of the SWOG, 


    1. Khetzal - Corolle
    2. Artha - Influencing Dreams 
    3. VA - Terraformer
    4. Lunar Dawn - Kolovrat
    5. Sab Kuch Milegator - Kauas Aikain Taa
    6. Median Project - Constellation
    7. Antares - Exodus
    8. Morphic Resonance - The City Of Moons
    9. Hypnoxock - Eurythmia
    10. Celestial Intelligence - Perpetual Energy

    11. Hypnoxock - Eurythmia
    12. Celestial Intelligence - Perpetual Energy
    13. VA - The World Beyond
    14. Sykespico - Perspective
    15. Nervasystem - Timetravel
    16. Psylent Buddhi - Secrets Of The Atom
    17. VA - Temple Of Chaos
    18. VA - People Walk Funny
    19. Kadasarva - Steamagination 
    20. Ephedra - Journey Through My Head

     

    For me 'Essentials' refers to any album that properly displays a particular style at the top of the game.
     

    You got Hypnoxock mentioned twice in there :) (which is, as far as I'm concerned, one of the best artists around, so that's definetely Ok by me! :D)

    What happened to Afgin?

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    On 1/2/2020 at 9:53 PM, Padmapani said:

    even if it was not only less popular than psytrance but also less popular than goa trance (which i highly doubt), i'd still call it commercial if someone makes way more easy-listening music than before ;). music doesn't have to actually make you money to sound commercial.

    Commercial music, essentially I'd say, is music that was consciously written and produced with the purpose of appealing to the biggest possible crowd, given the current 'hypes'. That's definetely not what Afgin was trying to do with his Trance output, he simply and wholeheartedly loves this type of music. Complexity, easy-listening, etc. has nothing to do with the question how commercial music is, afaik. Honestly the term is so biased and that's why I'd rather not see it written in the context of this artist. We can discuss about it of course, this is just my honest opinion. 

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    What happened to Afgin?

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    On 1/1/2020 at 5:47 AM, Padmapani said:

    he has gone commercial i.e. he does regular trance now. on his discogs (https://www.discogs.com/artist/659162-Afgin) you'll see a few newer releases but they got no attention here because they're not psy anymore.

    as much as i loved old is gold when it came out i don't miss him terribly. his tracks sounded great when new but imho don't have too much replay value (similar to gms, alien project or goasia in that respect).

    Calling his newer work commercial is completely wrong. Melodic trance in the style of Afgin had a peak around the start of the 00ies but nowadays is way less popular than Psytrance. You're applying definitions of the term 'commercial' as used in 2002, not 2020.

    Secondly, to answer the OP, he doesn't produce as much anymore, but still plays sets quite often. Last year alone I saw him playing live in Beligum, Spain and Israel.

     

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