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Well would you look at what we have here
https://mfgmusic.bandcamp.com/album/lost-treasures-best-of-rarities-compilation
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On 5/24/2023 at 8:49 PM, Parasphere said:
Hehe funny stuff as usual @Tsotsi
Interesting concept and norse mythology theme. I like the idea of a fewer tracks for a EP compilation kinda format. 3 is a good number.
Thanks Para, agreed on the track amount. With my life at the moment 3 is the magic number. I sometimes can't get through one track without interruptions so this is great listening.
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Title: HODDMINE vol. 2
Artist: Various
Label: Kali Earth Records
Release: May 1, 2023Tracklist:
1. Spindrift and Balcosmos - Baldrift
2. C-P-C - Bibro
3. A10n - Sanguine RitualKali Earth Records is full steam ahead with their Hodd series.
Hoddmime is a representation of the enchanted woodland guarded by the Mime Troll, serving as a sanctuary for the remaining humans who weathered the storm of Ragnarok, it's not like the Nørse to hide from something like Ragnarok, that's some pussy British shit. But ain't that just why we love fantasy.
This concept went for the a sound leaning towards an authentically immersive Organic Forest Psytrance experience. When they say 'forest' they don't mean machine gun bam bams. No no, we mean something that was made to be played in the deep forests at a dance floor just to the left of a broken bridge that no human has crossed for centuries (Because of the troll obviously).
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Spindrift and Balcosmos - Baldrift
An aptly named song for what I’m guessing is a first / new collaboration between artists. A mix of ethereal background atmospheres and bubbling flickers. It has a distinct Spindrift flavour with the hypnotic-technoid-forward-march. The 5 minute break is the most demanding section of the track snapping your mind out of itself and bringing your attention back to what is going on.
There is plenty going on but at the same time the track develops at a slow hypnotic pace. I always find it hard to put Spindrift tracks into words as at one time they are foresty while on the other they are digital and full.
Oh look at that, I found the words.
C-P-C - Bibro
I’m not familiar with C-P-C but gather that he has a darker style. The track reminds me of BOTFB and Cydonia with it’s drive, pushed mostly forward by the background atmospheres. The bass is about as deep as bass can go with a heavy sub-bass rumble behind it. The dark low mids almost feel like part of the sub-bass creating a desolate soundscape where hope was lost centuries ago. Even the brighter lazor shots feel like they echoing off the dilapidated walls of a building that the humans left to ruin.
A track for the dead of night and one that I bet is a lot of peoples favourites due to it's old school underground nature.
A1on - Sanguine Ritual
Ahhhhh A1on!
Is there an artist more deserving of international praise and attention? I’d make an entire review just on A1on if I had the time. When I move to Europe maybe I’ll be his unofficial manager (Pro-bono baby) whether he wants me to or not.
I’ve listened to a lot of modern psytrance and all of the new Goa. Some forest and a little bit of dark Psytrance.
Very few artists have the depth and width to their music that A1on does. No matter what system you listen to his music on, you get a giant soundstage full of lush and alive sounds. The kickdrums are full bodied and coloured to the max digging as far down as they can go and rising up with full power over and over again without ever disturbing the rest of the mix.
The mids and highs work together to create amazing rhythms, melodies when he wants them and his sounds act like strokes of a paintbrush that builds entire worlds of shifting nature. The tracks can be dark, uplifting, full, light, rhythmic, melodic and other adjectives too!
Who do I need to blow to get this guy booked at a festival? The crowd would lose their mind these tunes. They’d work at a forest gathering, a goa fest, a full-on party and a commercial progressive party. Just the power of his bass alone should have people 4 days into a drug fueled festival salivating with erections (A hard thing to do).
But he also has the kind of storytelling that pushed the most famous producers into the spotlight (Astrix, Menog, Psykovsky).
This track specifically is all of those things. Part tribal, part natural lushness, full bodied and a little bit emotional. While retaining the storytelling we've come to expect from the guy. This is the kind of organic forest sound that makes me lose my breath as the forest troll bellows his good vibes my way.
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And that's that. Another successfully put together compilation from KER. Different from the darker harder and colder themes explored in the Vol. 1 with a more natural feel to this one.
There is a lot more to come from KER and their Hodd series so keep your eyes peeled. At this rate it will be all you can find in the 2023 review section.
https://kaliearth.bandcamp.com/album/hoddmine-vol-2
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20 hours ago, astralprojection said:
Nice. Seba is probably my favorite. Netsky very close in terms of production quality, I just cannot get tired of secret agent.
You seem to like a bit more hard and darker style, meanwhile I like it a bit more light and melodic.
In any case there's plenty to go around. It's my favorite genre besides goa trance. In fact they are very similar in alot of ways. Transcendental feelings, levitation, elevation, euphoria and high production quality. It comes from the same part of the brain
Yea I prefer the dancefloor over what they call the 'liquid' dnb, but some more loungy stuff is cool too.
After so many years listening to goa I gotta say, the shorter track lengths are kind of nice, makes it a lot easier to just chuck a track on for a quick listen. But I also find myself wishing some tracks were twice as long lol.
Netsky for sure has great production, the subbass of dnb in general is one of the draw cards, just so heavy, but Netsky subbass is even better than that.
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On 4/13/2023 at 8:39 AM, DoktorG said:
Katedra We Are Not Alone
2019
The MoonShip (mix 2019) 7:57
First Contact 10:41
Ring of Fire 8:58
Nagual 10:40
You Are Not Alone 9:15
Alienated Hallucination 10:20
Radiointerference (mix 2019) 9:50
The Edge Of Spaces 9:05
Drone Trance - Chthonic Swampdelica
Was I sleeping or in a trance? Why did someone not tell me that there was a new genre when I woke up? Did anyone else notice that drone trance somehow slipped in under the radar and became a thing. Along with all things slo-core like drone metal (Sunn 0 and Bong), dark ambient (Lustmord et al), and drone jazz (Neptunian Maximalism), there is now drone trance, and I name Katedra's We Are Not Alone as a foundational album in this new genre.
I don't know which mix I am listening to, but this is interesting and original music. This is Sloa Goa with a relatively slow, measured, unhurried pace. The rhythms tend to the industrial and have a grinding quality to them, which at times seems a bit linear and monotonous; I occasionally wanted more syncopation and percussive drama and different drum and cymbal sounds. However, the simple rhythm section avoids the plasticky psytrance sound completely and does tend to create hypnosis in the listener. Moreover, the simple pounding drums and pulsating bass are well balanced by rotating and whirling Goa melodies full of reverb and echo, often quite quiet and subtle, and most of which do not build to climaxes. This is the opposite of extroverted full on psytrance with its plastic rhythm section and bold shiny leads. Further, the bass is heavy and the sound is quite soft and muddy, almost lo-fi. The overall effect is entrancing - sucking the listener into a deep, dark vortex of murky chthonic intrigue. This album is all about the subconscious, that reptilian soup of instincts, repressions, desires, illegalities, unacceptabilities. Whilst this album reaches out to the stars, it also reaches deep within. So whilst all the ingredients are familiar, the way they are mixed together is unusual enough that a strange new dish is created: introspective swampdelica. Original! Just goes to show that there's more to this genre than we often think; imagination is the main limitation. ~*~
PS - beautiful cover art!I never managed to find a way to summarise this album properly but this review is spot on.
I didn't have a wide enough range of listening genres to make the connection with drone, but again...spot on.
I still put this album on a lot, everytime I do one track leads to another only stopping when all the myriads of life get in the way.
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12 hours ago, astralprojection said:
Cool. Which tracks are your favorites from the thread?
Seba, Sub Focus and Netsky hit the spot as well although, Netsky's "Power" track is what got me into dnb two months ago
I put a playlist together with all the tracks I could find on Spotify to listen a bit more conveniently. Have some other tracks in there too.
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On 4/4/2023 at 11:22 PM, psytones said:
Old: Listen to NeuroTranzmitterZ -
https://on.soundcloud.com/pQEcqNewer: Listen to vectorSelector -
https://on.soundcloud.com/uuJux? Yeah
Yea to NeuroTranzamitterZ
VectorSelector is a bit chaotic and 8bit. Although i do see two tracks with him and Ocelot.
I'm still leaning into Pop & Bass.
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This thread is great. I've recently gotten into dnb, I'm using Spotify to explore a genre for the first time and it gives you the same sound over and over again (think of all the progressive psy you would hear if you searched for 'psytrance' on Spotify without knowing how to narrow it down).
So in a way it feels like I'm at the surface level of the genres with so much more to find.
That being said some of the fluffy commercial tracks are pretty good. I'm into this one at the moment
It's generic. But it's too of the line generic.
Dnb has gotten my interest since getting a decent pair of iems and being able to hear so much of the frequency spectrum. In particular the sub bass. It has me asking where the subbass is in psytrance?
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Artist: Various
Title: Hoddmine
Label: Kali Earth Records
Release: April 1, 2023Tracklist:
1 - ShivaOm - Mine
2 - Yamarāja - Different Planet
3 - Sab Kuch Milegator: Data Scream
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I like the idea of a mini VA and I like a label like Kali Earth Records putting them together. I have to admit I’ve seen the Hoddmine/Hoddmime/Hodder? series be promoted over the course of months and am still clueless as to which release is which, which album cover (or album cover landing page) is for which release and what the deal is in general.
Are the album covers complete? Is there a cover to come? I have a distant memory of a similar cover being a place holder for previous releases yet to receive the cover art treatment.
Let’s pretend it’s neither here nor there, let’s look at the music.
3 releases starting with ShivaOm who I’ve heard on plenty of recent Goa focused compilations. Normally using big Blasting kickdrums and some solid acid melodic work.
This track is a lot smoother but just as full as other works that i’ve heard from him. Going for a forestry rhythm instead of melody attack with plenty of psychedelia sprinkled over the top. A dark-psy intensity and background sweeps underline the track giving it that haunting atmosphere. The lower mid tones and melody separate it from the other tracks in that it hits the most frequencies which I personally find absolutely delightful. The final 'melody' is sublime and sweeps through my brain causing more delight.
Next we have a name that’s new to me. Yamaraja with Different Planet. A more dark psy kick and bassline that is still presented with a softness rather than a sharpness. It’s fast but has a warm signature and a good sense of space throughout the track. The Kickdrum goes deep and causes plenty of eye shaking wobbles, the low end is the star of the show for me as I just bask in the solid power of it all.
A deep night track with some sparkles up top and distant eerie wails. It does what night psy does by pumping along without any serious breakdowns or builds but presents itself hypnotically.
The final track was full on anticipation for me. Sab Kuch Milegator is simply one of the most unique musicians out there, every track of his has the potential to surprise and wow you, sometimes that comes 9 minutes into a 12 minute track and sometimes it’s the entire journey.
Data Scream has a brighter coldness to it, with a lot of focus in the upper treble of the track but never reaching into sibilance territory. But that's data for you, a cold binary truth that occasionally screams at us in pain. The track is true to it's title and you gotta respect that. SKM has a knack for building tracks around a series of sounds and he smashes this one out of the park.
The excitement comes in at 6 & ½ minute mark as the psychedelia is picked up a notch and the soundstage begins to open up even more. As the background noises get louder and come closer to the front of the stage the groove increases tenfold. I wish that part lasted longer as it’s the most arm waving danceable part of the track. But we don’t get to decide what artists do and overall the track has a nice build to it but I think could have focused on that build a bit better.
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Three decent tracks with my favorite coming from ShivaOm as it feels like a strong mix of the two tracks that comes after it.
Worth a listen and then deciding for yourselves if it is worth a purchase. I always like to support KER and their unique releases. I would suggest creating some more distinct differentiation between the series or throwing a (Vol 1) / (Vol 2).
KER releases have felt a little more erratic lately, sometimes dumping several similar albums on us at the same time as several similar looking upcoming releases which makes it harder to sort through and organise.
But Tsotsi is here for us so don't worry.
Here to organise
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Never disliked any of the people on this forum who got a bit extreme. To me I always treat people like that as "can I handle this person" and in most cases I want the answer to be yes.
I missed a lot of the drama but saw it back through the threads after it was all done. Of course some things he said were pretty horrible and there fear might be that that materialises in real life but I never got that vibe, I hope he is ok. But I also hope everyone is ok and of course everyone can not be ok.
I hope everyone left here gets to experience inner peace atleast sometimes (at the very least)
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Full album from Ankrosado
Your last has been a delight. You are incredibly talented. Insta buy forever from me.
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Sab Kuch
. Great line up.
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Damn I forgot to check if a Digital option only had been added after commenting on the Bandcamp release of this.
@drezz Thanks for adding this, I'll give it a share as well, glad you have enough for the vinyl. I would get it even though I don't have a player but am traveling countries a lot and am moving houses.
I've backed the Digital release Good luck for the rest of it.
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The things we ruin to protect ourselves. It never ends.
I think your label design is tight. A shame our species is hell bent on bubble wrapping every part of ourselves to protect us from the terrifying record label barcode virus that maybe 2 people would even bother to scan.
On that note. If I'm gonna catch a virus, I would rather catch it from KER.
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7 hours ago, Proxeeus said:
Well to be fair 2023 is 4 weeks old sooo :p
I've drawn my line in the sand, if I don't get a Pnakotic full length album in the next week I'll start my own pandemic. You're all too busy dancing around Arambol I suppose.
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20 hours ago, DoktorG said:
Thanks for your comment Tsotsi; I tend to agree with you that Filteria and Morphic Resonance are not the most subtle of artists (which is not to say that subtlety is automatically good or that being upfront is necessarily bad).
Absolutely agree. No value judgements needed for Goa, it has all kinds of shapes. Morphic Resonance blew my mind more than several times through City of Moons. Agree with your estimation of that album.
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We got all the time in the world....Unless you've seen the state of the world, then maybe not so much time. I try not to let the never ending bad decisions of our species get me down.
I recently got the MFG Masters of Psytrance album https://mastersofpsytrance.bandcamp.com/album/masters-of-psytrance-vol-2 from back in 2021. Thought it was a new release until writing this post. Very good stuff. I've also had a few stockpiled albums from years back that i haven't listened to yet (Aurora Sidera anyone?)The pandemic years actually got us a lot more music than 2023. Everyone's out in the sunshine now it seems.
One 2023 release I can recommend is the Ankrosado album, for sure underrated and maybe even unheard of - https://ankrosado.bandcamp.com/album/inner-space
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People might be starting to learn that an endless supply of music streaming hasn't made them more excited for music but rather some background noise that they don't need to think about. Vinyl feels more real as far as a listening experience goes. I still like digital. But need to force myself to listen to an album through and through without skipping to some other new release halfway through.
AP really do nail it in their subtlety you got that right. Filteria and Morphic just seem like the least subtle artists in the genre and aren't known for their delicate touch. You would think you could get some synergy there, a new approach rather than someone else with a soft touch coming to do what AP has already done.
But it's hard to move past such a classic sound.
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Gather round thee children.
Throughout my listening life I’ve held off from buying certain albums. With the way I consume music I sometimes only listen to albums for several weeks and then have another 3 dug up from the pits of Bandcamp begin calling out to me. The search never ends and it cheapens things, so sometimes I wait until the right time. Well, with the recent acquisition of the sweetest sounding iem and a midweek day off that everyone forgot to make plans on (Thanks for becoming irrelevant Captain Cook). It goes to show: Everyone forgets everyone eventually.
Long story short Aurora Sidera was one of those albums.
1 - Skizologic comes out with one of the deepest hardest pounding kickdrums that begins a boring project right into your cranium (That's boring like the drill style). He makes tunnel after tunnel and starts feeding his pipes of acidic extravaganza right into them. An energy storm of full and smashing tones.
2 - Nebula Meltdown doesn’t waste anytime picking up where we left of with nice silky line of melody into our bodies. Have I ever really appreciated the coolness of this artist name? It matter not, the track is an entrancing conglomerate of its parts. Melody 1 and 2 both swing their way through the final verse and then it’s decided we don’t need any more of that. One of the songs that instantly make me want to replay it.
3 - Dragon Twins take control of the low end and throws shackles on us for the hell of it.He didn’t have to do that, we would have come along. A looming low acid melody taunts you with what might materialize from it. The spacing and separation of tones phenomenal as everything retains it own magic from around the sound field. A flaming gift just for us.
4 - I suppose this is a more recent Morphic Resonance track than his current batch, although I know that guys has talent and can do lots of things. This one of those things. It has a lighter sense of air to it while still sliding in his evil basstones and red hot leads. The second half slashes itself through my brain leaving pieces of cerebrum in its wake. Thank god I have a day off tomorrow. Holy fuck.
5 - Artifact303 and E-mantra ♥️ my heart. This is like looking down on a newborn sleeping. But sounds more like a newborn which is not sleeping. That was meant to sound like a compliment. This aint ya floating space trance. It’s screeching and crawling through rips in time-space changing the pace and tone up with each tear. Each change up is gilded in the most cosmic of tones and never stops feeling like a strike to the core of your filthy soul.
6 - Knowing Crossing Minds style more now than when Aurora Sidera was released doesn’t take away from the feeling of being introduced to him in this track. The way he composes himself in the first third is magnificent holding a big ol line of acid right the way through it. The melody comes back and thank god for that, it’s about as catchy as it gets and stays in your head long after the track is over.
7 - Mindsphere comes in with an absolutely tight intro and big modern deep and round hit of kickrum n bassline. I’ve never heard a Mindsphere track that feels rushed. He takes his time and likes to get deep. Depth is the right word for this track. As far down as his kickdrums reach his hi’s sparkle and shine. The track doesn’t just sound good, it looks good, it smells good, and you can feel this track vibrate at you as if you have a new pair of iems with bone conducting sub-bass drivers shoved right into your ear sockets.
8 - First track I heard from Celestial Intelligence was Anapa, Words of Wisdom or some other incarnation of theirs. And they’ve been able to continue that enthusiasm for them since. So BIG expectations. I can’t remember how they sounded in 2015? Can You? Well they sounded textured, energized and full of crazy ideas. Ah the youth! They hit you with that near piercing high note melody that a 53 year old concrete driller wouldn’t be able to hear no more and drive the track home right from the very first note.
The track is good as you can imagine a track being. Razor sharp acid lines, a fake outro, the whole kaboos. You only fake-outro a track if you know that you’ve made an anthem that people are going to want to hear more of. That’s called self-awareness baby and this is all the proof you need to know that it gets you to where you need to be.
9 - I wouldn’t have known who Amtinaous was if ti wasn’t for the Classic Goa Trax label. And it wouldn’t have mattered if I did. That was just a fact.
And facts are fun
You’d be mistaken in thinking this is going to be more chilled out from the softer intro. But when has Suntrip come to the table to fuck spiders? It grows and grows to the size of a complete Disco Tek Acid Banger. Just because the speed has stepped down doesn’t mean we are free from a cranial brain slicing from Denshi Danshi and Amtinaous’ with their brain-axe surgery.
It feels nice to still find albums that can thrill you so much. It's true: Sometimes good things come to those who wait.
https://suntriprecords.bandcamp.com/album/va-aurora-sidera
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Artist: Suduaya
TitleL SoulQuest
Label: Self Release
Date: June 17, 2022Tracklist:-
1. SoulQuest Opening
2. Mulhadhara
3. Svaddhistana
4. Manipura
5. Anahata
6. SoulQuest Interlude
7. Vishuddha
8. Ajna
9. Sahasrara
10. SoulQuest ClosingYou gotta love Crowdfunding. It gives us the opportunity to purchase things without any idea of how it’s going to turn out. All based off a singular pitch. Shark tank for the proletariat. And no you don’t get to share in the profits of the product. But you get to share in using the product to drive profits, like the good little workers that we are.
Recently while surfing the campaigns for the next pair of dress shoes that feel like sneakers or another pair of the best sounding true wireless earbuds ever I came across a diamond. A sure thing. Ol faithful Suduaya securing funding for his next project before it is released. What an idea. I’ve seen it before with other artists and it’s a great idea. When someone like Louis-David Roquefere does it, it gets even more exciting.
So what’re ya going do but back a sure thing. I had more confidence in this than the time I put my life savings in the crypto market in April 2022. A SURE THING
Sometimes the only thing safer than the most volatile market ever known to humans is trusting an artist that has never let you down before.
In this album you find beautiful introductions. Multi-instrumentalism, jazzy instruments, bassy moments, emotional story lines, cloudy atmospheres, uplifting melodies, tracks that twist and shift direction before you see it coming, rumbling sub-bass, soft delicate melodic tones that feel like they could snap if they were just touched the wrong way, songs overflowing with love and positivity, downtempo hypnotic trance mixed in with hand beaten drums, vocals, flute clicking, you’ll find joy, harmonies of electronic and natural layers Do i need to go on?
I’ll go on
There are myriads of elements creating symphonic adult only bed-time tales that fine, would also be alright for small children but only small children with a good taste in music, other children can get fwarked. there are gentle moments of eastern string plucking and dense layers of synths sifting over the airwaves like a thick. There is a goddamned interlude, Clapping, clicking, tapping,
OH MY GOD I’M SO FUCKING RELAXED BY THIS MUSIC!
How are you not supposed to be put into a state of bliss by it, how are you supposed to not find yourself surrounded by a calm sense of understanding towards the pains of the universe. Are you a demon? Are you a demon from hell? Is that what you are? Well I’m not because I paid for the extra tier on indiegogo that said “Not a demon from hell” it’s cheap and easy not be a demon and damn it feels good.
Audio mastering has been done by Aes Dana which simply means high quality resolution and depth given to each track. I've listened to this on cheap plastic true wireless headphones and a high iem. It works either way but the higher the end the higher the pay off.
I don't know how many chakras I have. But each one is vibrating to a higher plane as tracks like Manipura rumble away. The perfect track for flying through clouds or crossing the Bifröst.
It feels good to listen to this album from start to finish, it feels good to skip around randomly, it feels good to force your friends who like heavy metal to listen to Sahasrara as you lecture them on the Baghavad Ghita like they’ve committed a hate crime. It feels good to fall asleep to Ajna as you’re driving on a busy highway. And it would feel good to fall asleep to Soulquest Closing if it didn’t mean that album had ended and there were no more beautifully dreamy tunes to soak every single one of your clavicles in. That actually, that feels bad.
But it's 17 minutes long and I love a long goodbye.
Hey whats this button do?
Repeat album continuously?
IT FEELS GOOD TO LISTEN TO SOMETHING SO GOOD.
Life, aint so bad.
https://suduaya.bandcamp.com/album/soulquest-album-2022
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Hoping for the remixes to go your way. Man with no name neogoa remixes are always amazing, Possessed by Cosmic Dimension one of the of the best tracks ever. And Centavra remixing Etnica
it would be criminal not to agree to that. Will someone tell the relevant authorities that? Do they want to be fugitives?
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Found this little potential gem from 2020. Haven't listened yet but what a surprise to have another Double Dragon release.
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Happy new year to you and everyone!
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7 hours ago, GS Concept said:
Thank you for your feedback bro, but point is that on this album work 2 russians and 2 ukranians guys (cover art and mixing + mastering) ... we keep our friendship in this madness times
I didn't connect those dots. You all did amazing, I think best solo release in this style since Artifact303's first album.
Proxeeus: Weep From Within (OUT NOW!)
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You're missing out on the Global Sect VA Liquid Symphony.
Two great Morphic and Proxeeus tracks but packed with others as well.
On this album. I actually came back for a video review, first impression, but I filmed it on an old SD card and don't have a slot for that on a single device in the house.
So it's lost for now.
Essentially it has a rhythm and rawness that we haven't heard on his last few releases. It is nothing like Mountain of Madness or Weird Tales but carries a similar expressive feeling for me.
Much more advanced technically of course.
The warm tribal kicks and bass lines were the biggest surprise for me.
Arkham Asylum a favourite at the moment. Super groovy stuff from a serious master at the game.