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1 hour ago, Tsotsi said:
Yea i feel that, Terraformer was such an advancement in skill and quality. Impressive too since Global Sect had trouble finding cosmic stuff for Space Of Power. They might have helped kick off the scene.
2019 has been my favourite year so far. I think the 2006-12 scene had a few classic albums that will stay on a lot of favorite lists for a long time, but outside of that list I say there is more quality from the last 7 years.In 2006-2012 I thought many releases sounded very similar, we had more variety (IMO) from 2014-2015 period till now. @Microdelic To be constructive, below some releases to check out:
JIS - Illusions of Reality
Omnivox - Fragments of Evolution
Proxeeus: anything from him but you cannot go wrong with his 2018 album Non-Euclidean Geometry
Ultimate Xperience - Lazarus Rising
Imba - First Encounter
Morphic Resonance - The City Of Moons
Crossing Mind - Beyond Duality
Artha - Dream Telepathy
JaraLuca - Fata Morgana
JaraLuca - Prologue
Hypnoxock - Eurythmia
K.O.B. - Identity Mash
GoaTree - Black Star Of The Death
Morphic Resonance - Perplexity
Veasna - 5ynergy
Median Project - Constellation (not a fan but if you like 2006-2012 then you will love it)
Battle of the Future Buddhas - The Light Behind The Sun
Xamanist - Out of Time
Psylent Buddhi - Secrets of the Atom
Sky technology – Rainbow Spirit
Sykespico - Perspective
Toxeed - Mysterious
VA - Dimensional Gateway Vol. 5
VA - Goa Trance Legacy Vol. 3
VA - 604 Syndroms (just for the Proxeeus track :))-
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To each their own, I find the 2006-2012 era vastly inferior to 2013-2019. Space Of Power is the definition of meh in my book
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I guess the stuff that fits the morning like Blue Planet Corporation, or the old California Sunshine albums.
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I am surprised no one commented that Transformation (Original Unreleased Version) is a different version of the track Phoenix (so I guess Phoenix is the remix of this track), while the track called Transformation (remix) in the album Second Phaze is a totally different track. Looks like the label or the artists themselves got the tracks mixed up, which is very strange. .
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Unreleased Goa Records01. A.S. We Were 09:25
02. Drop 07:38
03. Distance To Future 08:57
04. Floating Orbit 10:17
05. Forever After 08:01
06. Ancient Aliens (2002 Remix) 08:41
07. Hey! 07:53
08. Stoned Tribes 10:52
09. Freaky Fungus 10:01
10. Not Like Planet Earth 09:43
11. The Ghost Of Darkness 07:34Fifth release from this label founded last year, these eleven tracks were made by Finnish artist Aki Malinen in the early 2000s. It starts rather dark and shines more and more as the album goes.
First thing very obvious, the music is very creative and storytelling, it does not follow the typical formula of the genre. You can tell the artist was inspired by the golden era of goa trance and other kinds of trance music. Unfortunately it is impossible to ignore that the sound quality is not the best, it is like listening to a tape (muffled and low energy), the mastering crew did the best possible to restore these tracks but the original quality must have been pretty poor. However, back to the actual music, we have several gems in this release, the tracks have long, drifting pads floating above bubbling synths and it is pure old school, non generic but supremely creative and melodic.The best surprise for me was #2 Drop, this track is like a fairy-tale in itself, the artist created something very special with variations, twists, key changes and imaginative structure. Trance at its best. Another track really worth mentioning is #4 Floating Orbit, it sounds like a genuine tribute to Chi-A.D. - Exit Eternity (I said enough with this reference! :)). #5 Forever After and #10 Not Like Planet Earth are two other strong goa trance anthems offering bliss and storytelling with positive atmosphere. Great that such an excellent album got properly released.
Rating: 7.5/10.
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Forest Freaks Records1 The Sound is Revealed 7:02
2 Lonely Dogs From Siolim 6:59
3 Changes Come Harder 7:16
4 Passing Through 7:02
5 Defragmentation Inside 7:10
6 November 7:02
7 Unstoppable Fate 7:15
8 Just Us 7:08
9 Use Your Abilities 7:07Second album from Domas Gudelis straight from the power and smoothness of forest psytrance! 9 tracks of very similar length on which the artist acknowledged he spent more time than expected, but the final output was really worth the wait.
The music is more atmospheric and storytelling than your average forest, with more melodic and melancholic pads, and in total connection with what psytrance is supposed to be.This album will also please the people allergic to noisy forest, this release is quite smooth to the ears, it delivers a nice haunting, mystic and emotional touch and Domas did a nice job with the key changes. It is highly psychedelic, mental psytrance, it has all the ingredients we love in forest psytrance.
Favorite tracks: #2, #3, #4, #6, #8. Dohm set the bar high to start the year :)
Rating: 8.5/10.
Listen / Buy: https://www.forest-freaks.com/dohm-musicAlso available on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nueQ4hUZq2c
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Remote Music01. Under Attack 1 04:41
02. Dr. Cosis (Short Consultation) 05:31
03. First Buzz 04:29
04. Bumba (Bambalu Mix) 06:01
05. Rough (Playground) 05:14
06. No Convergence 04:32
07. Buzz 07:33
08. Under Attack 2 06:25
09. Bumba (Dub) 04:37
10. Tomorrow Is Always Deep 06:29
11. Spiritual Digital 07:49Cyborcosis are Jason Newell and Lucy Maundof, a duo of electronic musicians UK with roots in the early 90's house/trance/techno movement. I hesitated to post this review as the style is not purely psytrance, yet open minded psytrance or trance fans should be able to enjoy at least some of the tracks.
It covers several genres: a blend of breakbeat, some drum & bass, techno synths, and what we like here when it comes to trancy atmospheres. The trance sounds and pads works very well on the syncopated binary rhythms and use of poly rhythms, even tough the specific rhythm of track #2 can be a little off-putting.You cannot help noticing influences from The Prodigy and Chemical Brothers in the music, sometimes Eat Static as well. It is not very complex though, the overall sound is very 90's and innocent, yet refreshing.
There are some 4*4 beat tracks such as track #4, dreamy atmosphere in this one. For me the album really peaked with tracks #7, #9, #10 and #11, these tracks are simply catchy, they offer a sweet breakbeat / trance combination. I would do without the "deep shit" vocal sample in track #10 (and the vocals are too redundant) but I thought it was still the most convincing production here as the trance melodies were more developed and emphasized, more psychedelic and deeper.Nothing groundbreaking or very subtle but a decent release if you are into this kind of sound.
Rating: 6.5/10.Listen / Buy: https://cyborcosis.bandcamp.com/album/resonance-of-the-gods
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01. Xamanist - Out of Time
02. Walpurgisnacht Projekt - Omega
03. JaraLuca - The Prologue
04. Wizack Twizack - The Tesseract (rated it 7.5 but should be higher)
05. Psylent Buddhi - Secrets of the Atom
06. Sneila - Rebirth
07. Sykespico - Perspective
08. Hedustma - Forms 03
09. Static Movement – SiMiN (cheesy but grew on me)
10. Rezonant - Time CodeGood year overall.
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21 hours ago, Mallenaut said:
The only thing, I can say regarding this album, is: It's my guilty pleasure.
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This track from Ghreg on Earth never gets old:
Just the intro tells you it's gonna be dark and mysterious.
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On 1/2/2020 at 9:11 AM, Agneton said:
Calling his newer work commercial is completely wrong. Melodic trance in the style of Afgin had a peak around the start of the 00ies but nowadays is way less popular than Psytrance. You're applying definitions of the term 'commercial' as used in 2002, not 2020.
Was about to say the same. By the way if you are into euro trance, this is certainly not bad:
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This is not psytrance, you are looking at the wrong places
Just last year we had awesome tracks like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yOIPO68aD8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEmA9onupaA
And the whole Xamanist album - Out of time (not pure psytrance but a blend of several genres, most of it psytrance, progressive and a touch of Goa):
https://xamanist.bandcamp.com/
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Spiral Trax, 2019.01. Wizack Twizack & Nevarakka - The Tesseract 08:38
02. Wizack Twizack & Nevarakka - Maiden Voyage 07:37
03. Virtual Light & Random - Blasta From The Pasta (Wizack Twizack Remix) 07:11
04. Logic Bomb - Drop Target (Wizack Twizack Remix) 07:57
05. Wizack Twizack & Nevarakka - Drugstar 137 08:06
06. Wizack Twizack & Nevarakka - The PCP 08:04
07. Sienis - Party Groover (Wizack Twizack Remix) 08:03
08. Wizack Twizack & Nevarakka - Resurection 07:52
09. Wizack Twizack & Nevarakka - Voice Of Reason 09:06
10. Hux Flux - Finite Automata (Wizack Twizack Remix) 07:10QuoteSpiral Trax Records proudly presents the long-awaited return of Swedish psychedelic trance mastermind Wizack Twizack aka Tommy Axelsson with his magnum opus collaboration album complete with amazing superstars Logic Bomb, Hux Flux, Nevarakka, Sienis, Virtual Light and Random!
Born in Stockholm Sweden 1981, Wizack Twizack has been active in the psy-trance scene for over a decade now. He has released 5 artist albums, 2 compilations, many EP's + tons of single tracks on various compilations. He has played all around the world in great parties and festivals. He has two other projects – Fullon project Art of Existence (AOEX) with Nevarakka, and progressive project Circle.Wizack Twizack from Sweden used to be quite prolific in the psy-trance scene and this time he releases an album of 10 tracks, most of them are collaborations with an other Swedish composer, Nevarakka.
Preamble: do not get turned off by the first three tracks. They are decent tracks, well made and all but they do sound generic to me, even though the opening track is indeed good in absolute terms with a nice softer progressive touch.In my opinion this release gets really interesting from track #4. This remix of a Logic Bomb track is more technoish and I find the overall rhythm delicious and funky, even trippy. There is a balance here between a fresh and sharper approach as opposed to the first tracks.
Track #5 comes up as a nice surprise. Very different atmosphere to the previous track, there is a trance melody in the first half coupled with a very groovy and phat bassline, the melody in the second half sounds more uninspiring for me but the whole composition is stellar.The fourth and fifth tracks really unleashed the album for me, from that point it was never dull anymore. We have a variety of ingredients that make this style really interesting and a great experience on the dancefloor. Tracks #6 to #9 all have an awesome groove and are superb dancefloor material.
The remix of the Hux Flux track is an odd one, it has a strange kickline with a big echo but once you get used to it you realize it's a fine effort to end the album.The Tesseract is a success in my book, it offers a wide range of varied basslines, it is gritty full-on psy-trance that make you move, at times reminiscent of the old school genre. It is also playful, sometimes progressive or funky and most of the time trancy. It always keeps focus and clarity. It's a solid album that I recommend to all lovers of this genre.
Rating: 7.5/10.
Listen / Buy: https://beatspace-spiraltrax.bandcamp.com/album/the-tesseract
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Damn listened to it 3 times in a row now
if it was an original track I would call it the masterpiece of the year.
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3 hours ago, Trolsk said:
In general psytrance remixes of rock/pop music sucks, think GMS.
But, then there's the genius that is Psykovsky. He's made a remix of Scorpion's rock ballad Send Me Angel, and it's actually quite excellent:
https://psykovsky.bandcamp.com/track/send-me-an-angel-featuring-tan-tan
Some of you will undoubtedly hate it.
Imagine an insane Psykovsky set, and then Send Me Angel get's thrown into the mix. Mindblowing!
Indeed I was talking about it on the review thread. not a fan of covers in general but this one is really well made.
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On 5/3/2015 at 11:59 PM, ma05683 said:
a friend of mine played in a festival after a Aphid's Moon dj set back at 2007(Aphid played ,after the Dragonfly's album, stuff)
he started his set with X dream-STOP (the track from The Independence Trance Revival cd)
i was side by sound engineer console
with the intro of the track(from the very first sound effect of the track ) the enginner and his assistant gone FREAK (they were afraid about the speakers lollllll)
and at the end they minimise a little the output sound
in my opinion back then the sound of X dream's track was more painful(and better ,more heavier) for system than Aphid's modern tracks
i wait for any opinion on that
X-dream - STOP is a great track, true it sounds loud but it fits the style, very powerful track, would have fitted perfect in the Radio album.
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Let's quote it here
It is replay for following review of pd:
I think there are those options under the your messages: First one is you are not sincere and friendly. Second one is maybe you didn't listen enough that album. And i am sure if you listen few more time, that album possible to become your favorite!!! Or one other options, you already love that compilation but you didn't know to show your love....
I think you should to listen that compilation few more time and come here for to show your thanksgiving.I remember reading some of the posts from Goalogique on this forum and they have zero self awareness, to the point that I almost thought the whole thing was a troll job :)
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Just found a gem. Track 3 of this compilation, starting at 20:50.
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Listened to them all except Akanoid
Fav: Space cat, Black hole, Bodh Gaya, favorite in the album is Im Rachen Des Jaguars, Gada-Gong (nice mid-tempo), X-Frame, that slow part is great, Katayama, not an obscure track though, it is in many compilations, I still love the acidic intro, Raia, great track.-
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Listening to this now:
Track 2 is fantastic. But indeed the mastering ruins it all.
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19 minutes ago, Psychedelic Superbeast said:
its so sad for me because i think it is one of the most unique and precious Late Goa/Psychedelic works. Its a coherrent crazy-dark ride into the mind of a Scandinavian or nordic human.
Even if it sounds very metalic and surreal it fits very good for the forest. I was jogging some times with this album through the forest and it was awesome(beside the Quality :(((((()
Who was this one Guy who did this genozide to this album ?? xD
It's a unique album, now checking Discogs and indeed two different people doing the mastering: Mastered By – Alienated (tracks: 2, 3, 6, 7), Henrik Munch (tracks: 2, 3, 6, 7), Jens Bundgaard (tracks: 1, 4, 5, 8)
Producer, Written-By – Jeffrey D. Jensen*, Thomas Larsen
A shame, you would at least expect the mastering to be harmonious and similar throughout the whole album! I haven't listened to the album for a while now but remember for instance the hi-hats sounded very quiet in some tracks and louder in others.-
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On 6/30/2014 at 12:58 AM, reger said:
Alpha Circuit - Module Z was promising album ruined completely by lack of mastering, kicks are distorted beyond level of hardcore or jumpstyle music tolerances.
Can't remember where exactly I managed to find this album to listen to, but it was easily the worst mastering ever. You were not kidding reger the sound quality was really awful
Here is the review page
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About Alienated - Fluff Factory, if I remember correctly two people did the mastering on different tracks, so you have some tracks that sound good and the rest sound poor, I agree.
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Not old school (2014) but have to include UNTR - They were singing (track starts at 45:55). What a monster track
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E-Mantra - Drifting
in 2020
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Ensancha El Alma Records
01 - Your Journey Begins Now 7:05
02 - Fiat Lux (Live Version) 7:10
03 - Akashic (vs. Reasonandu) 6:21
04 - Petrichor 7:12
05 - Returning Home 6:45
06 - Sea Of Eternal Gloom 6:39
07 - Tale Of The Polar Drifter 7:17
08 - Long Siberian Night 6:06
09 - Farewell Philae 6:09
10 - Depth Of Nothingness 8:36
12th album by Emmanuel Carpus with his E-Mantra alias, the master of super psychedelic goa-trance but also prolific when it comes to downtempo and chill out trance. Five years after his last downtempo album Raining Lights (released on Altar Records), we are granted another relaxing journey. This album is chilly as it gets, yet combines slow trance with faster output in the second half of the album.
From the opening track we are thrown right into the frosty melodies, sound drops, light and floating rhythm, a really perfect beginning, then confirmed in similar fashion with tracks #2 and #3.
If you like 4*4 beat tracks on a slow tempo, you can find such thing in this album, track #5 in particular (Returning Home) is a gem with a brilliant sense of poetry, ethereal and pleasant melodies, chiseled and lace-like sounds.
Track #6 Sea Of Eternal Gloom is a surprise as the track lies on a drum & bass structure, in this track you will hear the more characteristic psychedelic sounds from E-Mantra in a mellow atmosphere and it will also be the case with the two tracks that follow.
With track #9 Farewell Philae we are back to the style of the beginning, if you have the opportunity to go for a walk around an icy lake during winter with this music in the background, I bet that would be a sweet experience. And our last track, Depth of Nothingness caught me by surprise again as it is a pure midtempo goa-trance composition with acid lines and the usual psychedelic vibes from E-Mantra, maybe the perfect transition to his next uptempo album? :-)
To sum up, this album has two sides: the very chill side and the more energetic vibes that come with it, whether you prefer one side or the other, all tracks are top quality without a doubt. Drifting is an album you can put on and then just lay down and drift to a cold land of fairies, where there is nothing but good things. Everything radiates floating energy and harmony.
A very good release to keep yourself relaxed for a while. Hope to hear something similar in the near future.
Rating: 8.5/10.
Listen / Buy: https://ensanchaelalma.bandcamp.com/album/e-mantra-drifting