thanosp81
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6 hours ago, Dolmot said:
You had covers? Luxury! We had to browse thrice-xeroxed mail order catalogues, text only, 6 pt font. Then you made a lucky guess based on whether the name sounded promising and started waiting for a couple of weeks while the postman was wrestling bears and wolves!
Damn
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24 minutes ago, Padmapani said:
what is this? why haven't i seen this earlier? but i think they're taking the concept of limited edition a bit too far. as of now there's no realistic way to get access to the tracks on the fourth cd (the other ones aren't new to be as they have been released on the web before) anymore.
Well, that's what a Limited Release is. The concept of printing 300 copies LE and then 500 that are not LE does not make sense for me TBH. The majority of the tracks on the 4th CD can be found scattered around VA releases apart from a couple that are truly unreleased. Even those though Moris is probably gonna have them available in his Bandcamp at some point as a separate release.
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Cases like this reminds me of the need of physical media. The artwork is not just there to provide a box to store the cds but to tell a story, invoke emotions and provide an intro of what you will find inside.
The old times (before the internet) you didn't know what exactly you were getting when you were buying a cd. You were relying either on the artist's or label's reputation. But if you were really digging then the cover was your only hint
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And forgot to add
Yes, tears.
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Not crying but pretty close. One of the tracks that does this for me is the excellent...
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5 hours ago, Dolmot said:
Has anyone received the discs? Or even a shipping notification? Or any information whatsoever since the Oct27 update which said "You will be notified via email once your Vinyl is shipped"? I'd really need this information due to current circumstances, but it's been quiet on all fronts...
Well, I received mine either last week or the one before, can't recall. So maybe you should check with them.
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Aaaaah. Psychonauts.
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2 hours ago, gfp1 said:
are you sure you aren't imagining things? there is absolutely nothing in psytrance that sounds anything remotely like what you are describing...
Have you heard/do you remember every single track?
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50 minutes ago, antic604 said:
I'd obviously love Cosmosis, but frankly the audio quality of the material Bill used for his Retro v1 and v2 is atrocious - some of the tracks that I know were released on CD were 'sampled' from vinyls or DAT without any correction, so they're full of cracks, pops and hiss. No care whatsoever was taken to bring all the tracks to similar volume level and tonal (frequency) balance, so if that was to be the case for Digital Reprints release then I hope it won't happen...
True, although remastering a release of only 100 copies you can understand that it would make it prohibitively costly I am afraid. Although I remember you sometime in the past asking for Retro 1+2 to be released on cds. What changed from then? Hadn't you noticed the sound back then?
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I can guarantee you one of them is coming to Digital Reprints. Who would you like to see?
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1 minute ago, Penzoline said:
I thought it was pretty grouvey! Nothing like the old koxbox but still definitely refreshing psytrance.
Just to prove that we don't worship them. We just like the sound made back then. And obviously due to age we are a little bit harder to please
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On 08/10/2017 at 8:50 AM, Trolsk said:
The "old gods" had lots of talent. Back then music was made with hardware, which was expensive. So to actually make a basic track you would need to buy hardware for several thousand euros. If you were prepaired to make that investment you probably already had some talent. Today, the cost of making a track is the cost of a computer. The results, anyone can make music, and that doesn't lead to quality, it's leads to quantity.
Also, depending on the hardware the the group/artist had invested on this had an impact on their sound making distinct from other artists.
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47 minutes ago, psychedelic chipmunk said:
sca, AP, Koxbox to name some, made some excellent music. So for THAT music they deserve all the praise imo. I don't worship what, for example, Tala is NOW, I praise him for what he used to be. No different with any other goa "god"
Even Koxbox's last album was bad. And no reason to talk about AP, I have given up on them years ago.
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oh wow. they sound so movie like
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16 minutes ago, Richpa said:
It's kinda interesting to see CBL releasing music on the same platform/label with bands such as Emperor, SYL or Arcturus. They're in great company indeed.
I don't mind where they release it as long as the music is good. However, it would be nice to see them putting the same attention on the cover design as they are doing with their music.
Unfortunately, all 4 CBL releases on that label fail short, too short tbh.
However, Nattväsen, wow, haunting.
Anyone knows where the samples are from? The girl's voice sounds like
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1 hour ago, antic604 said:
Got it. Not impressed so far
You are getting harder and harder to please
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11 hours ago, mars said:
It's not THAT difficult overall. But most labels can't only live in the past and also have newer stuff to release. If you're in for getting into this niche and re-releasing some old gems, I'd be happy to give you some hints, really.
Another thing we could do IMO is release some old vinyl-only tracks on CD (or digitally). Like you said, oldschool Goa music is hard to find as downloads (well, it's finadable but you need to read cyrillic...)
Can I have those hints pls?
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2 hours ago, Grayling said:
Anyway, more to the point, I have to agree with the folks who observed that there was plenty of bad goa produced in the '90s, but the good ones are remembered. To an extent I'd have to agree that there isn't as much innovation in songwriting today vs in the '90s, but I find plenty of albums that I'd rate good to great.
It's funny though because back to the 90s one of the reasons Goa changed to Psychedelic was because it wasn't innovative any more. In 2-3 years time ppl thought they had heard everything Goa could give them. To be fair the problem was that Goa reached it's height production wise almost from the get go, mid 95 to mid 97.
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I'm not a 'chill guy' but the 2 so far box sets you released are simply an amazing artefact if you consider everything.
If in the future you release some mostly up-tempo package I won't be a backer but a very likely buyer.
I always believed there is more quality chill music in digital format than uptempo to be honest, hence why I've sticked with chill so far.
However, proper Goa coming up in the near future if that makes you happy
And thnx for your kind words. I do what no label would do since there is no financial benefit to it, hopefully Globular will be a success as well.
BTW, does anyone think they may sell for crazy prices in the future? Maybe I should keep some extra copies for myself, hehe
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Last few copies are available now on Bandcamp or on Discogs. Or you can contact me directly.
https://digitalreprints.bandcamp.com/album/mixed-remixed
https://www.discogs.com/Kaya-Project-Mixed-Remixed/release/10266605
Next week Globular Kickstarter starts
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So it wont be included in MR4 or Analog...3. Same.
But still, plenty of cool music out there waiting to be released.
What new music did you get today?
in General Psytrance
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The digital files are not meant to be for sale. Bandcamp does not allow you to list music without being available for sale so the workaround is to set the price ridiculously high. during the kickstarter campaign though the digital files are available for 15 £. And remember that in the end nothing stops the artists selling those tracks in their Bandcamp. i do not limit the artists in any way apart from the physical box set obviously. you can actually try and ask them.
when i started Digital Reprints one of my goals was to prove to the artists/labels that there is still a benefit from physical releases. i dont know if they get it
but it feels so ****ing amazing to hold those 3 releases in my hands 
hopefully the price tag makes a little.more sense now