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    So how do you perceive/define Psytrance?

    in General Psytrance

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    Psytrance is 3 things :

     

     

    1_It is trance that is psychedelic, and begins with Goa trance in the late 80's.

    2_It's a term used to distinguish Goa trance from less organic, more modern forms of 604. It includes darkspy, full-on, prog, and all that is not Goa.

    3_It's a precise form of psychedelic trance that is not full-on, not dark and not full-on and that sounds like forest, but with a more tech-ish feeling.

     

    Example :

     

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAZ0y8kOY8k

     

     

    So, psytrance is :

     

    1_all psychedelic trance including Goa

    2_all psychedelic trance, excluding Goa

    3_a specific subgenre

    fantasizing and music - concept in music

    in Cultural / Spiritual zone

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    Does your favourite music inspire to you images or visions?

    Yeap. Fantasy landscapes. I've made a post about it months ago (https://www.psynews.org/forums/topic/69084-connecting-psy-music-to-landscapes/). Actually, it is the reason why I listen to psy-music, because it permits me to visualize coloured visions and beautiful sceneries.

     

     

    Does this differ depending the music type you listen to?

    There are differences, but it always take me to my own universe : deep European landscapes with magical surroundings.

     

     

    Does every music type has it's own kind of visualization or an agenda of concepts?

    I think so.

    2015 : The experimental year ?

    in General Psytrance

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    LOL, you're absolutely right. But you know, I wanted so much to listen to Simon 2015 that when I listened it was honey to my ears. That's what I call the true power of the mind.

     

    And I will lose all my credibility saying this (shame on me !) but since I was able to listen to this, and this my mind put his desires so hard into the tracks, that I actually find these tracks not that bad. And I listened like 2 to 3 hours to this.

     

    Now, I authorize you to kill me. Please.

     

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    Beyond that matter, I hope that this topic won't shift away from its actual purpose.

    2015 : The experimental year ?

    in General Psytrance

    Posted

    Hello people.

     

     

    It is only february, but we already had very exciting things happening in the Goa microcosm.

     

    It has never been my cup of tea, but in the golden days, there existed (and you know it) a special kind of Goa, that was either labelled as freeform or experimental. Usually, it consisted in drunken melodies with a thick bassline. But overall, it was crazy psychedelic stuff born to repell the boundaries of psychedelic madness.

     

    Example ?

     

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m08-lBRAvpA

     

    This species died out. Until now ?

     

    02 February, Fuzzonaut releases Fictionnal Grooves, an EP reviving forgotten flavors of madness.

     

    16 February, Ufomatka releases his debut EP (gloriously entitled : The EP)

     

    Earlier today, I had access to the Soundcloud page of a mysterious Norwegian label called SunVillageRecordings. These past few days, it has released very experimental pieces of Goa, including :

    _two EPs The Nature of Space and Transcended Reality

    _an album from Hallucinogen (insert joke) entitled The Power of the Mind

     

    All this stuff is absolutely psychedelic, and just as in the past golden days, it's pure Goa that borderlines Psytrance.

     

    Now, there is an upcoming compilation by NeoGoa that is called The World Beyond and that has been described as a "dark, twisted and very experimental compilation" including 4 tracks of unusual length.

     

     

    I am just poiting out what seems to be a new trend in the Goa world for the next few months.

     

     

    EDIT :

     

    By the way, it really do seems that Hallucinogen 2015 isn't Simon Posford.

     

    Link to the related section.

     

    EDIT 2 : Confirmed 300%. However, the fake Hallucinogen seems to be part of that experimental trend as well, so I won't remove it from this post. Be it a genuine artist or not, the style of the music isn't trivial and takes place in a certain context.

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    The album that dissapointed you the most

    in General Psytrance

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    Answering the main topic :

     

    my greatest disappointment so far has been this :

     

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzQn2kkuqEs

     

    I enjoyed so much Algae Forest, Bioluminescent Bay and Druids Gathering. Exceptionnal Goa Trance. I enjoy CoaGoa's style a lot, it really takes me away. But this EP was just tasteless (except the melodies in Frozen Love). I really hope that the upcoming album will be faithful to the most genuine tracks of CoaGoa.

    The album that dissapointed you the most

    in General Psytrance

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    Now that you raise the subject, it seems to me that The Inner Shift is a hard to listen, and that Crossing Mind's major issue is to remain coherent within his tracks. The moods are too changing IMO, and the track fade away into a complicated shapeless cloud exhausted with emotions. That is why I prefer the first album, even if Optronic Circles had SO MUCH effects on me.

     

    As for "Back to Space", it sure is one of the best album of the newschool era, but unfortunately, I do agree with you on one point : the tracks could have been pushed further. The potential was not unleashed at 100%. Rather at 80%. Some tracks lack a bit of consistency, and it is hard to fully appreciate them while being sober.

     

    Nonetheless, it's one of my favourite ever, and I listen to it every month since 2 years.

    Floaters

    in Off Topic

    Posted

    I've only seen them once. I was all alone, in a prairy. The sun was bright, the wind was cold, and as I sat in the grass, they appeared all around me. It was beautiful.

    Selling my entire CD collection soon! (~1100 CDs)

    in For Sale/ Trade

    Posted

    MERCI FABIEN !!!!!!!!!!!!! MERCI MERCI MERCI <3<3<3<3<3

     

     

    Steuplé steuplé steuplé ! Je veux ceux-là ! Tu me les fais à combien ????

    Ceux en gras et en rouge, je les veux encore plus !!!!!

     

     

    Astropilot - Here and Now

    VA - Organic Visions

    Nova Fractal - The Call of Goa

    Space Elves - Terrestrial Planets Finders

    Nebula Meltdown - Stardust Chronicles

    Mindwave - Insight

    E-Mantra - Nemesis

    E-Mantra - Pathfinder

    E-Mantra - Arcana

    Crossing Mind - The Holographic Paradigm

    Crossing Mind - The Inner Shift

    Artifact303 - Back to Space

     

     

    Je peux,dis ? je peux ?

     

     

     

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