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    I just listened to Koxbox - The Great Unknown (the album) after a longer while and it never ceases to amaze me. I've known the album for some years now and everytime I listen to it, there's something new to discover (ever put "6 Cells" on headphones?). The album also makes huge sense as a whole in my opinion. So what I want to ask: What tracks or albums are there that you think are like watching a movie? The music doesn't need to be danceable, mixable (probably even shouldn't be) or of any particular genre or style, but it should be telling a longer story with unforeseeable twists and turns. I want things happening that I can remember, and I want to be able to discover something new each time I listen. I also have to mention Ubar Tmar - True as an example. Haven't heard that one in a while now, but I remember it being a box full of surprises. It's also an example where I think it doesn't make sense to listen to one particular track by itself, because they belong together as a whole (and hence the strange naming).
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    Votes: 1: Colin OOOD & Goa Travellers - 100 Billion Neurons 2: Profetia - Rage Against the Crashing 3: Dragon Twins - Foster 4: Cybernetika - Prismatic Reflection 5: Mellow Sonic - Psychokinesis 6: dSk - Biosphere ( Psybient-Soundtrack mix ) 7: Main Sequence Star - WOMFG 8: Veasna - Termination Shock 9: Recursion Loop - The Riddle Of Three Turtles 10: GoAtma - AtmaSphere
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    That'd hardly be fair considering different followership and age of the tracks.
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    I'm trying to find some information about a mysterious artist named "DJ Spyhunter". I have three tracks in my collection from sources unknown (probably from the KaZaA and mp3.com days...): Friendship 7 [7:33] Glowsticks 101 [6:20] Trancelucent [7:25] The style is very trancy and progressive with some acid hints. Not too much happening overall but very, very catchy and somewhat happy. I've uploaded a few snippets here: https://soundcloud.com/pdinklag/dj-spyhunter/s-KLwfX (cannot embed, it's a private share). Only "Friendship 7" - or rather parts of it - have been released in a mix called "This Is Rave Vol. 5", apart from that I cannot find anything. Does anybody know more about this artist? I'd like to know if there's more, and if there's a way to contact him. Thanks for any help!
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    My frequent use of samples made the decision a little rough for me, but I just submitted one of my newer tracks.
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    There's a FLAC link right next to the MP3 link (www.goagalaxy.com/music/011-planet-discovery.html).
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    I love the uplifting trance vibes in this one, looking very forward to it! Also: exceptionally nice covert art!
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    I don't get this kind of music. I just listened to 7 of those previews and they all had the exact same rhythm, bassline and that's it. No layers on top whatsoever, unless you wanna count all those noisy effects, which we've already heard 10 or more years ago. The only real difference I could tell between the tracks is the base key. Anyway, there's nothing new here. Who still buys this kind of stuff?
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    Actually not too uncommon in Belgium, it seems to work like that in club locations. And I gotta say, they actually managed to keep them clean. But yeah, it's still horrible.
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    Epic line-ups, horrible location. "Limited Capacity!!" must be a joke, the place was completely over-filled in the last two years. I had to go outside every so often because of lack of air, humidity and overheating. The little outside area gets barely any sound at all. Drinks (including water) are club-priced, own drinks are of course not allowed, there's a fee for toilets, and you cannot leave the building and get back inside. Please, just change the location. I'm not coming to Tribal Roots anymore as long as it's in that building.
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    That's not what I meant, I find most of his masters very good (but he could also to do less maximizing, goa doesn't really need it). I think it's amateurs trying to sound like him and other pros that can end up in a mess, because they don't have the resources, or the knowledge to use them right, or the knowledge to get there without them, if that's even possible. And, of course, it makes a huge difference if you get paid for something or if you can always say "well, it's just a hobby" (not accusing them of anything, that's just the way it is in my eyes). For the sake of this thread though, this would be an interesting topic to start a new one for. We should discuss the music here, and that's mostly pretty good. Proud to be part of it!
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    Thank you! I'll try my best to increase my output, a lot might be ready for release by next year! The loudness war is really bad news for goa trance. The problem with many free releases is that often, those who master them are hobbyists. Yeah, they may have some advanced knowledge, but in the end they are amateurs. When they try to get the overall loudness to compete with Tim Schuldt-like masters (and those are not always ideal for goa, either), you enter a world of compression and brickwalls, at least that's my impression. There's no reason whatsoever to peak at 0dB every few samples, but this message seems to be hard to deliver.
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    The Chakra remix of Taiyo does have some laughter samples I believe. I think Bypass Unit - Green Dreams has no vocal samples, just choir synths (which aren't samples). The gated one in "Helium" might be one, but damn I really can't tell, might as well be synthesized. Then, Tromesa - Pasma Czasu should be free of any vocal samples whatsoever, nothing comes to mind at least. Finally, Electric Universe - One Love?
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    I feel literally the same here. Every track I make ends up in my everyday playlists. And yes, if I can simply put something in a category - to me that means that you know something else that sounds very similar if not the same - I'll most likely dump it. It happens with plenty of newschool productions, sadly.
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    A word that I often use to describe the vibe is "empty". It's not like I can define "psychedelic", it's very subjective, but I don't think that a steady beat and bassline with plenty of random noise on it is psychedelic, no matter the speed. My personal problem with the dark hi-tech is that there's no way to recognize tracks, let alone artists, most just sound (read: feel) the same. It's true for a lot of oldschool goa, too (ManMadeMan comes to mind), and also for (too) many newschool productions - I have the same problem with those. But I always have the feeling that in Full-On, Progressive, and Darkpsy, the feeling of "sameness" is the most prominent in psychedelic music. "Glitches" were mentioned - interesting, because this seems to really split folks, too. I love psy dub, for instance, but I hate the glitchy type. It probably also adds to my disliking of hi-tech. I said "dark" above, because Hi-Tech is a pretty tough genre and I don't really get it. Gen-Ohm's "Something Cosmic" ( ) is considered Hi-Tech in some circles, and if you like classic trance, chances are you'll love this track. It's melodic, it has a positive and bright vibe. I can hardly put it in relation with what emerged from darkpsy, however. What's the deal here?
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    I wonder what will be discovered next? Anyway, quite some good stuff on here, good flow throughout the whole compilation. Track 5, however, is quite the oddball and I don't like it at all, skipped when it started to sound like Rotterdam terror corps (eh), but that's only my view of course... I'm pleasantly surprised by the track from Do.D Idea - never heard of these guys before, and they put out quite a track here! The closing track is sheer beauty.
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    What? I mean, I get where you're coming from, but I'd say the most interesting music wins in a competition like this, not what has been produced by the most experienced people. I usually find music by newcomers more interesting than music coming from people who released 4 albums before. Not saying production doesn't matter, certainly experience helps here like nothing else. But being unexperienced often means that you'll experiment more, and that's where the good stuff comes from. No need to feel intimidated - depending on the perspective, you might even have an advantage!
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    Nice! I'll enter a track in the next days for sure, I'll just have to decide which.
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    Oooh this is good news! Ever since I got the two Mind Rewinds about a year ago, I've slowly been discovering one gem after another on these, currently very happy with Subcoud's Greenflow. Good job with these compilations, can't wait for the third! I'd really like to add Tim Schuldt's "Radioactive Rain" and "Talking Souls" (Mama Indica) to my collection. They have been released on CD before, but those aren't easy to get. But Mind Rewind is vinyl only, right?
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    I feel almost sorry for this, but as great as some of their stuff is, California Sunshine also produced quite some crap... particularly Sinking Sand, and particularly tracks like these:
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    Let them sink in. With free releases, I usually download them at once, but it can take a while until I actually listen to them. I have yet to really listen to Proxeeus' album, for instance. There are days where I simply want to hear new music, and then I turn the new ones on. Days where you work in your home (dishes, laundry, clean up, etc.) or at the computer are good for new releases as well. After listening two or three times, I decide whether I want to keep a release or not (I don't mindlessly collect music that I won't listen to anyway). With CDs, it's a little different. I judge them by my personal hype factor and - of course - by provided samples. As for hype, with Suntrip examples: when a new Ra album comes, I won't hesitate to buy it immediately. The Prana Remix album didn't interest me one bit, so no buy. When I'm not sure (mostly the case for compilations), it depends on how much money I got left. One thing is important, I guess. Don't try to catch up with everything immediately, it's virtually not possible. Be in peace with not knowing everything the day it comes out, or the day after that, or even the week after that.
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    Antares' album "Exodus" might suit your needs here, although I think Kristian's music is very unique. By a rather long shot, the album "Om - Instant Enlightenment" may fit, not sure. It's a deep trance and ambient album from 1993.
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    Ott - Fairchildren

    pdinklag replied to survey1's topic in 2015

    Been following Globular since the Colours of the Brainbow EP, definitely the same league as Ott, but still only getting started. The first album, A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy, as well as his EPs, all free on Ektoplazm, are worth checking out.
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    Now these are some very interesting news!
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    There are people that say "never change a running system", but this is really a philosophical question that I've encountered numerous times (software developer here)... Generally speaking (non-Mac user): if you're concerned about your security, you should probably update (especially after 6 years - a LOT has happened). You should at least keep your browser up to date (and other networking software, for that matter), as SSL encryption changes a lot over time. If you don't, at some point, you might not be able to use HTTPS anymore, for instance. Apart from that, updates may have impacts on performance - positive or negative, always keep that in mind. If Lion is optimized for newer hardware, you might run into performance issues, but I really can't speak for Apples backward compatibility, somebody else will have to. If everything runs fine at the moment, you can keep your browser up to date, and you're not going to get new software and you're not eager to try new features in new OS X versions, then you should probably just stick with Snow Leopard.
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