Progressive Anarchists

Everytime I finish a new song, I perform the following steps to enhance the quality and also the loudness: 1.) I apply low-pass and high pass filters on the most tracks to filter all ultra-low and ultra-high frequencies which aren't really audible. This damps the amplitudes clearly in many cases. This step can be skipped for all instrument tracks which already have a low peak but sound loud enough. 2.) If the first step is not sufficient to raise the track volumes enough without clipping, I play around with limiters and compressors. There is no common plugin I always use. It heavily depends on the track content which one is ideal. Playing around with the settings I try to damp the amplitudes and keep the audible difference as little as possible. 3.) If some remaining tracks still sound to quiet and are nearly on clipping, I try to search for alternative patches and sounds. 4.) Now, the requirements are met to adjust the mixer settings of all tracks to find out the best interaction. If some sounds remain to much in the background due to the dominance of others, this problem may be solved with different panning or in the case of atonal elements or drumkits with a slight pitching. 5.) If some tracks could sound more expressive, I apply EQs, reverbs, chorus or modulation effects on them. 6.) I export the whole song now. If it should just become a freebie for Soundcloud and similar platforms, I continue with the Audacity program (a free audio editor). With the visibility of the waveform, I use included limiters there to exploit the given dynamic range with a loudness that matches the similar music. But if the music is for a commercial release, I forward the exported audio to a mastering engineer. If a vinyl release is planned to, a different master is required than the one for Spotify, Deezer and whatever.

This is our bandcamp site offering our physical releases: https://progressive-anarchists.bandcamp.com/ And this is our very old-fashioned 90s-style website: https://www.progressive-anarchists.org/

https://progressive-anarchists.bandcamp.com/album/la-laguna-negra It has been over four years since we released our album West Meets East. So it is time for another physical release. Our new EP 'La Laguna Negra' comes with two tracks merging the typical 1990s Goa sound with post rock. The first idea was to re-arrange the tracks to get a playing time which matches the size of a 7-inch vinyl single. But the current waiting times to get a vinyl release pressed are too long and the prices have increased too much. For this reason, we decided to release this EP physically on CD containing the tracks in their full length. The CD is available exclusively on Bandcamp as a limited edition of 55 (only 45 of them are offered). The digital release is also available on all major download and streaming platforms. We hope you enjoy it.

It's XMAS time. Therefore we offer free Bandcamp download codes and a discount on the vinyl album. Go to our website using the following link to get your code: https://www.progressive-anarchists.org/xmas.html

Sula Bassana - Shipwrecked (re-issue on color vinyl) https://sulabassana.bandcamp.com/album/shipwrecked https://www.sulatron.com/xoshop/lng/en/sula-bassana-shipwrecked-lp-colour-3027.html

The biggest problem with Nothing Last was that the album resulted in huge production costs and Twisted had to spend a big amount of money before they ever sold any item of it. For that reason, the profit margin is very low with the result that the majority had to be sold before all the invested money has been covered. It will surely be sold out one day and only a few ones are still available but for Twisted Records this was like if they had to give a long-term credit before there was any profit. Under normal circumstances if someone offers an ordinary vinyl release, the production costs are covered if half of the edition is sold and acceptable if all the others are sold over months or years but with a small profit margin like on Nothing Lasts, the case is different.

I think the quality deficite did not affect the vinyl pressing itself but the production of the media book. So it is possible that they got only 1000 media books (covers) but have many more of the vinyl records which will be sold inside a different cover at a later time.

and again (one year later): Black Friday @Bandcamp https://progressive-anarchists.bandcamp.com/

During the black weekend, we offer our vinyl album for a reduced price for €8.50 at Bandcamp until sunday 23:59 CET. https://progressive-anarchists.bandcamp.com/

Just finished. Musical influence: Juno Reactor, Ozric Tentacles, California Sunshine This is a free soundcloud release yet but maybe we will increase and remaster a few of our most recent songs to release an EP because our album release was more than one year ago now.

The repress is still available after 3 days while the first issue was sold out a few hours after beeing released. You may still get one if you hurry: https://shponglemusic.bandcamp.com/album/tales-of-the-inexpressible-remastered

I would prefer an album release - on a single record or as double vinyl - that does not matter. If you like to start a crowd-funding project, you may check out Diggersfactory because they manage the crowd-funding, the pressing and finally shipping. Furthermore, the project is fully searchable and people may find it if they just search for "Psytrance" projects there. By the way, we also self-released an album on vinyl last year, but it was completely pre-financed by us without any crowd funding. Our pressing was done by Flight 13 and we are very pleased with the result. If you want to get pressed a small edition, a large part are the fixed costs of it. Some pressing plants offering a full service (including the master cut, the pressing and the cover printing) have web-based online price calculators on their web pages. You may play around with them to find out a lucrative solution for that what you consider to do. And you should also note how many records you expect to sell and how many you need to sell. If the edition is too small, the production price per item is higher than anybody may pay for the record. If it is too high, you will never sell them all.

Is anything known if this album will be released on vinyl like the last one?

Trying to combine old schoool goa trance with dubstep and to play bass using an incredible effect chain:

AFAIK, Ott repressed the Fairchildren album. That's why it was unavailable for more or less half an year.