franki

Loving those samples!

Not to my ears! I don't mind some of the softer side of dubstep absorbed into chill & dub, like Globular and Ott have done, but I detest the screeching, glitchey stuff. I certainly don't like dubstep ( or any kind of breakbeat tbh) dropped into psytrance sets. There's nothing that ruins the flow and vibe more to my mind, especially if you're tripping. I've had to leave the main floor at a party because someone started dropping glitchy breaks and it really unsettled me. I like the warm massage of psytrance on the odd occasion that I take anything these days, not spikey uncomfortable harshness.

Was having a good listen again through the headphones last night. Really is a superb collection!

Yep. Recommend both of those!

Sounding good!

Oh man, I love that album! (And Incunabula.) I actually prefer it to Solar Fiields & Aes Dana. I think there's much more going in in these tunes than your average Ultimae release (but I do find them a little tedious tbh), small nuggets of genius, like the string sounds as Silverside is finishing for example. I can't really describe why I like Amber so much - a combination of things, I guess... it was way ahead of it's time, blended techno, electro, 80s electronica and more organic chilled sounds, plus seeing them perform amazing live gigs at that time probably added to my love for the album. I still buy all their CDs today, but I'm not a big fan of the newer, more experimental glitchy noise they put out. Just skipped through it again to confirm, but yes - it remains one of my all-time favourite electronic albums!

Cool thanks!

Has anybody bought this yet and have any thoughts to share?

Orichalcum & The Deviant's CD is superb.

Nice!

I do like the new Fileria album, but for me it's a little too busy. I prefer Nebula Meltdown's Stardust Chronicles tbh.

That should have got it. (I right clicked the photo on FB and copied the URL from Properties.) Sweet collection by the way!

Excellent - can't wait!

Sounds great to me, as I only buy CDs and generally don't download albums. (Even free ones.) I'm not familiar with a lot of your releases for this reason, so can't comment on track choice right now, but I'll try to check some out and see what's what.

Ordered!

Excellent! Can't wait!

Look forward to this!

Shakta - Silicon Trip.

Great news!

Just got round to putting my psytrance and related music on Discogs. Here's the link if anyone's interested in seeing my collection: http://www.discogs.com/collection?user=Franki23

Beyond The Infinite is my favourite. There are some amazing tracks on there. The start of Ice Cube where the beat first drops is awesome. (The whole track is really!) I lost interest after that album, tbh. They seemed to try to diversify, but I wasn't keen on the new elements they introduced.

I don't know if it would be viable but would be useful. To be honest Psyshop & Beatspace are also good for checking releases (I've not used Goastore,) it's more the move towards self releases via Discogs & Facebook and Bandcamp that I find a problem. How do you keep track of it all? Bandcamp's o.k. if you know who you're looking for, but how do you find new releases from artists you've never heard of that you might like? On Arabesque, Psyshop etc, you can just play the samples of all the new releases that might be of interest and they're all there in one place.