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Maybe; I haven't checked. I have about 150 records in my pile of unplayed stuff, and somewhere in there I have a virtual symmetry test pressing on eye Q. I'll try to check tomorrow, now I'm going to bed.

You can forget prices like that for vinyl. The demand is very very low these days.

Some eBay bargain bin stuff today: Galaxy - Solar Synthesis http://www.discogs.com/release/76401 I keep crawling closer to completing Blue Room Various - Bluetooth http://www.discogs.com/release/67129 Various - Technobotanic Tryptamines http://www.discogs.com/release/356404 Arovane - Icol Diston http://www.discogs.com/release/62573

Hey, I might have that. I have a virtual symmetry mispress on eye q that I haven't played yet. It's among the 150 vinyls in my queue...

There are two kinds of URL formats for items on ebay right now, and both work on all the ebay.* servers. Here are the two versions for this item: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...item=4864826122 http://cgi.ebay.com/_W0QQitemZ4864826122 In your original URL, you can cut out everything between the slash and the first underscore, and then everything after the digits - it will still work. About this record; I already have it, and this was with a plain sleeve instead of the printed one (which I have). But mine is in VG condition and this was NM, so I will replace my current disc with this one =) It's nowhere near their later releases in terms of musical qualities, but as a collector and huge etnica fan I want this in as good condition as possible, of course.

The original version of Indoor - Progressive Trance sold for something like 350 bucks once. This was before the reissue was announced though. Now you'll be lucky if you can sell it for 50, and you may not get over 30 for it.

Bebakus has an IMMENSE collection, which means theer isn't all that much missing, When you're in that spot, you can spend a little more on each of the remaining records. At least thats how I feel about it. Also, judging by his buying pace, he has solid financial resources, which means he'll put up a big fight over this. He won auctions for some very rare CDs I sold once, so I know he can go very high. I doubt someone will outbid him once he's decided he wants this, but I think it will go up some still, probably past 200. The last one on ebay went for 250 euro. This is probably the highest value oldschool goa record in the world.

Possible candidates: http://www.discogs.com/release/48841 disc 3 http://www.discogs.com/release/93825 disc 3 http://www.discogs.com/release/127978 disc 2 http://www.discogs.com/release/55700 disc 2 http://www.discogs.com/release/94339 disc 2 or disc 3 http://www.discogs.com/release/122149 disc 3 http://www.discogs.com/release/400843 disc 3 http://www.discogs.com/release/535820 disc 1 or disc 2 http://www.discogs.com/release/94024 http://www.discogs.com/release/165428 http://www.discogs.com/release/94110 http://www.discogs.com/release/127977 http://www.discogs.com/release/114381 http://www.discogs.com/release/17789 http://www.discogs.com/release/54041 http://www.discogs.com/release/132591 http://www.discogs.com/release/127979 http://www.discogs.com/release/136664 http://www.discogs.com/release/165451 http://www.discogs.com/release/253571 http://www.discogs.com/release/136663 http://www.discogs.com/release/222071 ...so, plenty of possibilities there.

Various - Psychic Orgasm Vol. 1 http://www.discogs.com/release/348224 X-Dream - We Created Our Own Happiness http://www.discogs.com/release/71702 Various - Explorations - Electric Safari Mix http://www.discogs.com/release/233021 ...plus som random 1 euro a piece finds in a second hand store, need to evaluate which I keep before I post here.

haha, WTF is it with that record? =) I want both discs though, silly collector me... Picked this up at the post office just now: Various - All Boundaries Are Illusion http://www.discogs.com/release/307117 Just missing one CD from this label now and it will be complete! There is also a promo-only 12" not listed on Discogs, but I have it =)

I'm pretty sure there is no mix by that name - at least not one sanctioned by Frédéric and Christof, and certainly not released. Where did you find it?

OK so it appears the Violent Relaxation promo was made in 200 copies - Simon wasn't entirely sure, but he was the label manager and is probably the most reliable source I can find. I'll update the Discogs entry too.

Amen. For some bizarre reason I had rated it a 4, but that's been adjusted now =) I've been re-listening to a lot of my old FSOL records lately, and they are absolutely amazing.

Very much so; I think there were like 200 copies of the promo version made, I'll see if I can find out from Simon Ghahary... EDIT: I've mailed him and asked.

Total Eclipse - Violent Relaxation (Promo) http://www.discogs.com/release/499015 FUCKING HELL, here I was thinking I was FINALLY getting the retail blue room CD version, but ooooh no.... Still, pretty neat to have 2 of this rarity =) I will trade this for the retail Blue Room version straight off - any takers? Anesthesia - P.V.C. http://www.discogs.com/release/58301 At least one Blue Room record got off the wantlist today...

Shuffle is generally what you call it when you shift the second and fourth 16th note of each quarter bar forward somewhat. Forward as in to the right in the sequencer, i.e. delaying them somewhat. This usually creates a sense of "groove" or "swing", but IMHO detracts from the potential hypnotic effect of the music. As stated previously, I normally like my trance "straight".

You may not notice at first, but Procs has quite a bit of shuffle trickery going on. I'm pretty sure it comes and goes in some tracks, just to fuck with the listener =) I personally prefer my trance straight though.

And I seriously do this =) Book me! I'm cheap!

Various - Spirit Of Goa http://www.discogs.com/release/625436 Bought it only for the unmixed version of track 2...

Etnica - "Starship 101" and... uhm.. Prana - "Scarab" maybe, but unlike those other two, I'm kinda tired of Scarab. Charm - "Brain Structure" is still at the very top though. Oh, and a few really unknown gems: Underhead - "Orojuna" and Spund Pollution - "Where". I used to be very sure about the Charm track, but it's not an obvious top 3 anymore. Top 10 though.

I don't understand you people who say "rather skazi than mtv/radio/whatever". If the choice is between skazi and commercial radio for example, I'd go with silence. Why should I hang around just because there once was a slim connection between this fuckwit and psy-trance? Dancing is worth NOTHING to me if the music makes me feel sick. And no, I can't even laugh at Skazi. At parties I've walked out on waaay better stuff than Skazi... this weekend I left during a DJ set by Jan Müller. I don't care that he's a legend and has made a bazillion awesome tracks - the music wasn't good and the party wasn't good. I left.

Ebay! They were $1.99 each =) Sometimes Chaos Existence sells big packs of goa vinyl on ebay, always with lots of peyote and later koyote stuff in them. I just need the Myosotis CD to have Peyote completed now...

Vinyl ohoy: Cypher - Arsenic http://www.discogs.com/release/531263 Sam Spacey - Ambient Flip De Trax http://www.discogs.com/release/117504 Synchronized Science - Electric Sunrise http://www.discogs.com/release/79054 Shiva Chandra - Mendrem / Libellula http://www.discogs.com/release/245017 Yuji Hosoe - Day Dream http://www.discogs.com/release/292500 ManMadeMan - Palladium / Single Cell http://www.discogs.com/release/103633 ManMadeMan - Down On Earth EP http://www.discogs.com/release/85334 J.A.P. - Fragments of Reality http://www.discogs.com/release/74787

Haven't heard that stuff. I have the two DLS (DeLySid) albums and they're not very trance-related other than being mainly electronic. I guess they made other stuff too.

Which track of yours turned out most similar to what you had in mind when you started creating it? Which track of yours would you enjoy hearing the most today, and why? Also, the opposite - what's your least favourite, and why? (Of the released ones) What, if any, dance music artists have inspired you? And what about non-dance music artists? Could you name a few records that have been very influential for you personally? Who would be your dream collaboration partner, and why? What do you feel is the strength of psychedelic dance music today? (Given that you follow the "scene" at all) What is its weaknesses? What to you feel is lacking?