Paul Eye

Hmm, what happened in 2022? Let's see... I deleted all my DJ sets from SoundCloud (and cancelled my pro subscription) and YouTube in June. I did play a whopping 8 gigs during the entire year, mostly with not much inspiration, and half of them were birthday gigs with people turning 40 (I mean, a few years ago I played at people's 30th birthdays, we're slowly getting old here...). The highlight of the year (again) was the finale of our series of top secret goa trance beach parties. We decided that a decade of doing these was enough and went out with a blast: a 10 hour nonstop back to back gig with 7 (or was it 8?) DJs on constant rotation. No laptops, just one pair of SL1200s and Nexus CDJs. Even I played a few vinyls even if I'd never done that on a gig before. What else? I've mostly turned into a reclusive hermit, didn't go to a single party unless I was playing (actually no that's bullshit, I did go to one or two where I wasn't playing but didn't really enjoy myself, bleh). Emptied all my social media accounts too (didn't close them though for various reasons) and been spending (too much) time just by myself. This can't be good in the long run but I can't be bothered to do anything about it right now. In general I've lost most of my interest towards anything "trance" (not all of it, that's impossible), trying to find some enjoyable metal and/or heavier rock bands instead (or even some electronic music with guitars etc), with not much success, but still some, that's a plus So uh, did I forget something? Probably.

That being said...(old news I guess but) HOLY SHIT NEW BABYMETAL ALBUM INCOMING 😮 I have it on preorder and dammit XD it'll still take about 2 months before my CD arrives from Japan (release at the end of March)

Yeah, Aleah had a voice like no other and it still pains me that nobody will ever see ToE live. I've actually been trying to hunt down some other metal in the goth/doom flavour with (even remotely) similar atmospheres and female vocals, but not much has come up. Suggestions welcome

UnityVerse Music & Visionary Shamanics Records are proud to present the second chapter of their collaborative compilation series: Unified Visions Vol 2. Psybass & Psydub vibrations provide the vehicle for this psychedelic journey into uncharted territories of the mind. Audio Alchemists & sonic sculptures from around the world have once again joined label heads, Cosmic Touch & Mystical Voyager, on their mission to bring you these unified visions. Tracklist: 1. Cosmic Touch - Shankara Dub 2. Wise Tree - Returning 3. Phyredelic - Invert Your Focus 4. Psybos - The Raven 5. Space Surfer - Burning Ice 6. Looney Grandpas feat. Gnomad - Bliss Abyss 7. Dejalum - Fractal Bubbles 8. EMOG - Fragile 9. Advanced Suite - Some 1 10. Hypnotizer - Jungle Market (Naturelement Remix) 11. EMOG - Ayao (Whirlin Merlin's Wobbly Dub Remix) 12. Echosphere - I Will Never Forget 13. MAOA - Taklamakan Dub Released November 4, 2022 https://unityversemusic.bandcamp.com/album/unified-visions-vol-2-va https://visionaryshamanics.bandcamp.com/album/unified-visions-2-va

UnityVerse Music proudly presents the first release in 2022 from label founder Cosmic Touch. The Leela, also known as the dance of the divine or simply the game, is what the Hindus call the creation of the universe. The element of surprise is a key factor in the game, get your 3rd ear ready & enter the realm to explore these 4 hybrid bass music tracks. Tracklist: 1. Flow State 2. The Leela 3. Blissful Reckoning 4. Secrets Of The Circumference Released June 27, 2022 https://unityversemusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-leela-ep

Well here's a bit of a blast from the past (and me crawling from under my rock at least for now). 11 years ago on this exact date (11.11.11) me and my then-girlfriend played a downtempo set at a People Of The Butterflies party named "Eleven" (the idea of the party being that all sets were played by couples). I lost the original material for the set years ago, but a while ago my ex told me she'd found the mp3 version on a friend's computer. I asked her to send it to me, and here it is back in my hands again. The set is quite rough around the edges since I'd been somewhat actively DJing for about a year by then, but it does have a certain charm and a tracklist with some perhaps unexpected choices. Tracklist: 山本千夏 - Early Bird Woob - Giant Stroke Xerxes - My Favorite Kind Of Silence Omnimotion - Love Song 坂本真綾 - 記憶 -there's no end Aligning Minds - Just A Glimpse Astralasia - Tantric Afterglow Bar Luunarikka - Ancient Eyes Uth - Ethereal Dream Massive Attack - Teardrop Perpetual Loop - Eastern Sunbreak Solarians - And Then I Fell Krusseldorf - Forest Fever Eguana - Passing Through Your Mind Androcell - Dub Gardens Juno Reactor - Pistolero (Bombay Dub Orchestra Remix)

How was I mentioned here over 9 months later 😆

An to add to the topic: anything by Entheogenic. I simply can't stand their shitty plastic "psybient" at all.

I can certainly agree with the Jiggle of the Sphinx part here (and to a certain extent, Deranger too). I mean, there's an obvious reason why there's a gap of silence after Gamma Goblins 2 (with those 6 first tracks mixed into a seamless journey): the album actually ends there. The 2 last tracks are more like an afterthought, or filler to get the release to "album length". Deranger had a single release anyway already (and yeah yeah so did Trancespotter but it fits well into the album continuum). Of course, the album isn't everyone's cup of tea. I bought my (golden CD) copy from a friend of mine back in 1998 or so because he didn't like it (I can't recall if he ever really explained what exactly he didn't like about it).

I'll have to check this out one of these days Also, not meaning to piss on your shoes or anything, but I'd post the link to Matsuri Digital's own Bandcamp, not the one that goes via Beatspace https://matsuridigital.bandcamp.com/album/quantum-audio-laboratory

Reading and listening to the lyrics, it's right there. She knew her time is coming to an end. From a comment on Bandcamp: "It's the dark beauty of someone literally singing her own requiem." And to think she was younger than I am now when she passed away.

Yep. It's up there with my favourite albums of all time Interesting to note is that Aleah did have a bit of a psy scene / downtempo connection, doing vocals for artists like Xerxes and Omnimotion. And curiously enough she collaborated with Simon Posford and George Barker in 1999:

If you want a graceful (as described by the band) mix of metal and alternative rock, you can't go wrong with Human by Nature's finally released debut album. I saw them play their debut gig in late 2016, and have been practically waiting for an album ever since https://hbnearth.bandcamp.com/album/el-imys

To celebrate our first milestone of 10 releases, we circle back to where it all began. UnityVerse Music proudly presents "Portal Mechanics Vol 2". Audio Alchemists from around the world have once again gathered to hold open the door into inner space. With a variety of downtempo and psychedelic subgenres present, this journey is carefully crafted for a smooth ride through the UnityVerse. Tracklist: 1. MAOA - R.A.I.N 2. Cosmic Touch - Every I 3. Advanced Suite - Automatic Cascades 4. Cosmic Touch - Transformation (Dubnotic Remix) 5. Dejalum - Quantum Nature 6. Phyredelic - A Cup Of What 7. MettāKin - Mana Placidius 8. Wise Tree - pause. Released February 13, 2022 https://unityversemusic.bandcamp.com/album/portal-mechanics-vol-2-va

I have no idea if you're trolling, or if this is just some elaborate inside joke XD