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Yep BOTFBs just seems to get better and better with each new album. RA and Morphic Resonance in my opinion haven't done a bad album.

It's great music. I always tended to focus on their first two, so I haven't listened to it quite so much, but it may partly be because the others came first. Either way I would still rate it in their top four but I think I just slightly prefer A Posteriori. I was quite disappointed with Michael's last one though

Flying Rhino's First Flight and Retrodelica compilations are totally fantastic. Obviously Twisted Records because Simon. I bought one or two things from Transient Records when I first stated collecting Goa as well. So those were the three I was most aware of at the time.

Concentrix – Concentrix. People don't rate that album very highly but I like it. Hobbely Whobbely is a great track! It sounds really organic and weird. https://classicgoatrax.bandcamp.com/track/hobbely-whobbely

Richard Wahnfried - Time Actor [1979] I am making my way through Klaus Schulze's very extensive catalog of pioneering electronica. One very interesting release is his first collaboration released under the alias Richard Wahnfried, Time Actor: It was released in 1979, yet the music is incredibly trancey, more so than Schulze's earlier music. So this is possibly groundbreaking in the trance scene. I really enjoy it. The only thing is a lot of people will really dislike all the weird, eccentric talking and singing but I kind of like it. The first half of the album is the best in my opinion. The singing in track 6 was too much for me and the closing tracks are a bit more rock influenced.

https://demontearecordings.bandcamp.com/album/highlight-me-please This is a fantastic album. A real gem. And yeah I see what people mean when they say it sounds like Hallucinogen. Because it does, a bit. Similar sort of grooves and energy and just like Posford's work it sounds very original and quite distinct from your typical psytrance or Goa tracks. It also reminds me a little bit of M Run with all the wild crazy sounds. Really cool. 9/10

For long stretches it is quite minimalistic, ambient, drifting into the background, and at other points it really picks up with an energetic beat and a few more layers. It's like at times your attention wanders elsewhere and you almost forget it is there and then it surprises you with a load of alien weirdness, which is cool. Definitely worth a listen and I would say this has aged very well.

Listening to it now here: https://orbitalofficial.bandcamp.com/album/omen-remastered with an extra 3 tracks. It's OK but in my opinion In Sides is by far Orbital's trippiest release and makes me wonder what they would have made if they ever crossed over fully into the psy scene. Not that they needed to - I am quite sure they must have made a lot more money doing what they did. I do wonder what the Hartnolls think of Goa and psytrance though, whether they would like any of it or not.

Unreleased Elysium material

https://thehypnoticlforoom.bandcamp.com/album/the-singles-2023-24 Some newish Kristian Thinning goodness I hadn't heard before, Stereo Dwarf. Very repetitive but I think it is supposed to be. Hey, don't think I ever realized he got banned from here!

Lots of sleeping, lots of coffee drinking, too much doomscrolling, computer games, lurking on old forums like psynews, occasionally making crappy music almost no-one will ever listen to, other computer nerd stuff. I like to spend time close to nature as well but I don't seem to do that anywhere near as much as I used to. How about you?

I.M.D – SOL Altar Records |ARDEP112| 1. Sol 05:52 2. Brillo 09:23 3. Danza 08:22 4. Armonía 06:54 5. Sol (Continuous Mix) 30:30 https://imd-music.bandcamp.com/album/sol Whether you call this psychill release a short album or an EP doesn't really matter. The deep, lush, warm pads wash over you as gentle synths pick out melodic patterns and melt into the background. It is a very pleasant and soothing listening experience indeed. 1. Sol We are introduced with an extremely gorgeous and rich pad and lots of delightful birdsong. I don't care how often birdsong gets used in chillout music: the birds were here first and they will always sound fresh even as I tire of just about all genres of human made music! A nice bass comes in and it builds up to a fairly lively drum beat with little bits of melody. Then we get some tastefully done acid lines and it culminates with the beat coming back and stronger layers of melody. 7.5 / 10 2. Brillo A whisker more tension exists in the opening pads here with a more epically spacey feel and some trippy tinkley arpeggios. Some high piano notes pick out a melody. The meandering synth that comes into this is really nice and trippy too and a little after 5 minutes we get another layer of acid on top of that. It's all quite yummy. 7.5 / 10 3. Danza We have a more tribal beat with this one. I think this is my favorite track. It builds up a really nice rhythm with a great bassline and layers of melody. Quite intricate and conjuring up mazelike patterns inside my brain. It gets gradually stronger as the track progresses. This probably reflects some of Marco Cajero's South American heritage. 9 / 10 4. Armonia I find this track extra relaxing and mellow but the lead is strong enough to keep it interesting and the sounds are all gorgeous. An addictive melody. It makes me feel really good. 8.5 / 10 I have to be honest here and say there is not really anything groundbreaking in most of the arrangements here, apart from track 3. However, where it really does stand out is in the production and the textures and richness of the sounds, and in that regard they are possibly the best I have ever heard, or at least one of. I just listened to my favorite psychill album, RA - Unearthly, before this, and this is not a million miles away in terms of quality and listening pleasure, and I think the pads are better in this. Another thing I love about this release is how it does more with less. It doesn't rely on a ton of different samples, instruments or any vocals unlike much other psychill, and yet I think it sounds better for it. The sounds it does have are just utterly gorgeous. And it has enough engaging melodies and rhythms to catch your interest unlike a lot of ambient. I wanted to call it minimalist but that isn't really fair as it gets quite layered, it just builds up gradually in a pleasantly relaxed way. Excellent release! It's a great antidote for when you're feeling a bit crappy. 8 / 10

Listening to it now and all I can say is that the modern full on psytrance producers could certainly learn a thing or 12 from this!

Yeah I would definitely be interested in what you think of IM The Supervisor. I wouldn't give that album more than about 2/5 either to be honest. It is just that in reviews people sound like they think it has no redeeming features at all, whereas I did enjoy a few interesting melodies.

Infected Mushroom – IM The Supervisor I wanted to see what all the fuss was about. You know what, I didn't find it quite as awful as people made out. Yeah, their vocals are epically cringey, the full on basses are boring and there are a few cheesey or overly pop melodies, but there are still lots and lots of bits that sound pretty good. Not really a good album, but nowhere near as bad as a lot of Goa fans would have had me believe.