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    in Off Topic

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    You guys don't even know the low's this shithead can reach.

     

    Don't do this. It is wrong by all means. The best way to criticize is to be examplar.

    Commercialization of psytrance - where do you draw the line?

    in General Psytrance

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    It's all about the quality. Underground music is much more creative, more intense, more intelligent, more innovative. The artists express themselves through the music. There is a need of personnality.

    Cheap commercial music proposes a product. It sells something and uses recipes to make people buy it, at the detriment of the creativity.

     

    Personnally, I wish that underground music ceases to become underground and go mainstream. Standards need to be raised.

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    So now Armin van Buuren is producing "psytrance"

    in General Psytrance

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    Well, it's not that bad. It's commercial and very extremley formulaic/unoriginal, but it does the show. 

    Cheap is good sometimes. 

     

    Moreover, that's the kind of stuff that make people want to dig into more serious psytrance. After all, I myself first listened to extremely cheap commercial trance (Van Buren stuff, euro trance, Israeli full-on) before getting into regular, and then into the most obscure and underground parts of the scene.

    USA

    in Off Topic

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    However, let's give the world, and the forum goers a peaceful and optimistic picture of the future - we all deserve it.. including you

     

    Of course that the future is bright, and it's not optimism. But we need to face our demons.

    USA

    in Off Topic

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    This needs to be contextualized with what has happened this year all around the world :

     

    _destitution of the President Rousseff in Brasil

    _Panama leaks (that proved the corruption of many major politicians in countries as different as Saudia, Uzbekistand, Iceland and UK)

    _Brexit

    _terror attacks in Europe and the Middle-East

    _political scandal in South Korea

     

    There are connections. The world is shaking, and multiple epiphenomenons are being manifested of a profound global disease.

    Crossing Mind - Beyond Duality (SUNCD42)

    in Artist News and Labels announcements

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    But most is messy, sloppy and chaotic with a lot of false sounding or incredibly tacky / cheesy melodies and instruments and no real structure to the songs (e.g. "The Foolish Mind" at 3:20, "Alpha Centauri" at 3:10).

     

    Oh man, I disagree so much. These parts are awesome.

     

    I am easily disappointed by Goa music. I've quite disliked many of the recent Suntrip releases (like City of Moons), and I am always honnest in my opinions.

    I do think however that the Crossing Mind project has a certain style whose apex consists in harmony, precision, and antichaotic stuff, and I understand your uneasiness. He is doing with his music something contingent, that he could not have done.

     

    But I do consider that these experimentations are most tasty, extremely enjoyable, and really moving. They do touch my heart. But contrary to his last album, I feel more energy in this one.

     

    I also firmly disagree about the supposed 'cheesiness' of this sound. These sounds are unique. They are sweet and child-like, but I've never heard something like this before. This sweetness is the part that I like most. They are like little characters diving into a major phantasmagoric whirlpool. In other words, sweet melodies create an epic story-telling that adds a profound dimension to the music.

     

    This album is fantastic. But it is not the Grand Oeuvre of Crossing Mind.

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    End of the world and the despicable fear mongering

    in Off Topic

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    I would never oppose free speech, but when free speech becomes a crime, it's treated as such.

     

    In France, we have this principle. You are free to say whatever you want, but you may be sued and condmned afterwards.

    We can't prevent from speaking. The best thing to do with fear-mongering people (be them neo-fascits, hate preachers, propagandists, etc.) is to speak with them and counter them with arguments.

     

    Moreover, a few ridiculous videos stating an end-of-the-world delirium are not worth being criminalized. If they boost your anxiety, you are the first responsible of this anxiety. Feelings can be mastered in the same way that an animal can be tamed. If people are gullible, it is their own fault.

     

    Overall, there is an increasing fear-mongering speech that is slowly growing in the world : it comes from nationalists, conspiracy theorists (be careful with that term, because it is use to discredit some real critical speech), millenial Christians and Muslims, various cults, etc.

     

    In France, for instance, the most visited political websites are conspiracy theorists/far-right propaganda platforms. And many people (people sensitive to far right ideas, or who have growned in lower-class homes, or who are religious) in France believe in a conspiracy.

     

    Why is that ? It is because our political system is utterly corrupted. To condemn those who spread rumors would be hypocritical, because if they are efficient, it is due to an increasingly uneasy social climate born from the current globalized system. This is what needs to be adressed first.

     

    This kind of videos is an epiphenomenon of a bad social condition that needs to be fixed. Our people sees conspiracies in the same way that an ill person will have hallucinations out of fever.

    End of the world and the despicable fear mongering

    in Off Topic

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    I have a question to you : why do you need our thoughts ?

    I do agree that some content steer up a gutsy feeling of terror. Such videos uses trick to create a feeling of uneasiness that is akin to mechanisms displayed in an horror game or movie for instance. They have no value other than revealing some information about the content of the Western psyche.

     

     

    They go through all of these prophecies and link them to our current time and say how the end is near.

     

    I will surprize some people by saying this, but prophecies are to be taken much seriously, and it is very true that major prophecies belonging to various world religions have been fulfilled within the last 50 years.

    Many things that are happening in the world today are described in ancient Books, pointing out to an upcoming "End of Times". They bring comprehension to the evolution and future of the human destiny, and are to be treated with seriousness and respect, and shall not stir terror, but rather hopes, and invite us to prepare psychologically and spiritually to something quite enormous.

    I have studied these matters, and these apocalyptic prophecies do not point out to the end of all things, neither of the world or the human race, but to a turning point in the History of man. The human race shall go through changes similar to that of the Hebrew people coming out of Egypt in the Biblical myth.

     

     

    Describes whose involved and the weapons used - when that does not come true, I feel that should be criminally punishable.

     

    Obviously, these rumors are bad, but such measure would infringe on the freedom of speech.

     

     

    These videos have become so artistic it is easy to believe and even easier to scare people.. all so the creators can make some extra money via youtube. It is the definition of despicable and should have real consequences.

     

    There are 2 things we can do :

    1_Not watching (dah).
    2_Educate ourselves. People who lack a critical mind or a certain education (or who have more empathy/imagination) are more likely to be tricked.

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    What are you looking for in music?

    in General Psytrance

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    What I'm looking for in music :

     

    1_Energy.

     

    Rythmic or melodic effects can feed my mind in the same way a meal can feed my body. It can even help me feeling stronger.

     

    2_To connect to my inner universe through idiosyncrasy. 

     

    This is what is most important to me. Psychedelic music (and some others) is a (musical) environment that works best with my own mind. It expresses with sounds my own psychological patterns, and therefore creates around me an environment that facilitates my connection to myself. It is like a support that excites my sensitivity and creativity. This idiosyncrasy allows me to get ideas, to relax, or to delve into my own feelings. I use it to create stories, to explore my inner universe, and to make awaken dreams.

     

    3_To chill and relax 

     

    4_To trip

     

    Listening to music while being in a state of hypnagogia (transition state from being awaken to being asleep) is like using recreative drugs, except that it's free and does not damage the health.

     

    5_Entertainment

     

    Some musics are built onto very cool concepts, and offer entertaining panoramas.

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