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Artist: Various Title: Still Fresh Vol. 2 Label: Spintwist Records Date: July, 2011 1. Still Fresh SIDEFORM 2. Floorward AUDIOMATIC 3. Nice Day DJ FABIO AND MOON 4. Osc On VAISHIYAS 5. Learning to fly INTERACTIVE NOISE 6. Windows of our soul (Krama rmx) AUDIOMATIC 7. Twist N Spin PHAXE 8. Audiolslave VERTEX 9. Fe Natural KULARIS 10. I dont want JISER I think I shall use that every time there is an album with a Zyce sighting. It's not a bad thing, but he shows up more often than the wary fat kid. Google it, you'll see. Poor bastard...just wanted to show up to Chong Lee's graduation and now he's infamous. Because I've been lucky enough to find several outstanding progressive trance compilations recently I felt I should try and keep the ball rolling. Spintwist Records is a label started by Vaishiyas and this is the 2nd installment of the Still Fresh series. The tracklist is impressive, but obviously the first thing you notice is the cover with the vampire teeth and the...what is that, a mango? I haven't been out of the country in 2 decades so I don't know how the world is taking this recent vampire infestation, but here it has flown past embarrassing levels. Vampires aren't real. F*ck where did you get bit, Key West? Whatever. They are not real. Lemme let that sink in . Go ahead...I'll wait. Yep, they aren't real. I realize I have just pushed every goth, pre-teen, and chick waiting for the perfect man over the edge so let's talk about it. Being a vampire sounds pretty cool doesn't it? Immortality? Oh yeah, until you outlive anyone you ever cared about. And God help you if you become one before puberty. An eternity without getting laid? Having sex with a 10 year old is still pedophelia you sick f*ck. Where's that f*cking wooden stake, I'll do it myself. No wonder that little girl in Interview with a Vampire was so pissed off. Say goodbye to eating normal food. Burgers, fried chicken, spaghetti...gone. Nope, now you have to feed on the blood of the living. This would have immediate impacts on three industries. Fast food, video game, and the swingset makers of America. There's a movie that hasn't been made yet. And why are there no fat vampires? You figure they would be the easiest to catch. Talk about a food source that can't get away. Anyway less food choices than a vegan. I saw this Swedish vampire movie where the chick had one piece of chocolate and got violently ill. One piece. As a vampire now you have to be wary of churches and their crosses. It'll burn you. There's a church on every corner like there's a liquor store and pawn shop in every hood. So now your movement is restricted even further. "Yep...I'm strapped." Most importantly however you cannot go in the sun because it will kill you. No surfing, going to the beach and checking out the bikini clad ladies...hell, you can't travel by day unless you're in a box of dirt. Can't even go to the store and get some milk and even if you could, you can't drink it. So...I love the beach, double whoppers, my family, and the ability to go outside way more than the "romantic" idea of being a vampire. They're just not real. If you feel the need to bite someone, go bite fatty over there. Now zombies...that sh*ts real. Still Fresh- Sideform are Drasko Radovanovic and Milos Modrinic and I haven't heard a bad track from them. Not one. They released their debut album Moving On this year and I've been meaning to check it out. This one has a driving beat with good effects and washes in typical wide open progressive style. Gots some ummph it does. Kicks in the door with a good groove and serves as a good opener. Floorward- German Benjamin Halfmann also released an album this year called Weekend Society. The bass and kick are punishing as effects echo and bubble to the surface. At the break the main melody arrives and picks up outlying melodies that thicken it up. The groove is pretty good also. 2 good tracks right out of the gate. But like a fat kid on a see-saw...it's going down. Nice Day- Don't know who these two are, but may I suggest careers as magicians rather than DJs? Only a magician could take a 30 second track and stretch it to 6 minutes. It's a Billy Idol sample used repeatedly over a weak beat. Craptacular. Hulk...gonna...chuck. Osc On- Label head on deck! Now this had a really cool percussive vibe and a great bass line trick that only shows up at the beginning of every measure. It's funky as sh*t and wished it would continue, but when the plucky lead sound and the hi-hat are on the same beat it sounds jumbled. There was potential here. Learning To Fly- This is Hugo Venegas from Mexico and he houses things up. Any points he got for a funky flow are summarily revoked with a God awful sample that kills all flow and coolness. Even Oj thought this was a bad idea. Windows of Our Soul (Krama Rmx)- Holy crap there is more cheese here than a porno with a story. Absolutely terrible but the worst is yet to come. We've all heard bad samples, but when this one said and I quote.."If you think you're not dreaming...you just forgot your dreams." How f*cking poignant. This is why people make fun of our music sir. Twist N Spin- Kevin, you can clean this sh*t up right? Well, not really. More housey style with a simple melody. It's like diet coke. They took all the stuff that made Coke great and you're left with this. What happened? Audioslave- Ok, we've made it to the Zyce appearance. Vertex is a duo that released the awesome Ocean album, so perhaps there is some salvation here. It's got some nice oscillating waves and a thumping bass line. I'll give you that. Not the most elaborate thing I've heard from this project, but it's a beacon of hope amidst a sea of crap that's for sure. Fe Natural- "Although there have been suggestions that space time may have a discrete structure I see no reason to abandon the continuum theories that have been so successful." Meh. Just throw it on the pile with all the other never to be remembered generic crap. It's not terrible, but I've had farts that hang around longer. I Don't Want- What a fitting title to end this exercise in get the hell out of my CD player. It may seem a little harsh, but you drove me to it. F*cking hell this went downhill fast. That sound you heard was the screeching halt my run of good progressive albums came to. I was going to compare this to chinese food, but at least with chinese food it takes 20 minutes to get hungry again. After the first two tracks and the Zyce appearance this was a brutal disc. Full of bad samples and unmemorable boring rhythms. Still Fresh? Hardly. Maybe you could get full on this if like an apple you cut out the brown areas. Maybe. But you would need like, 6 apples. Psyshop Beatspace GoaStore Mdk

Artist: Various Title: Extrasensory Perception Part 3 Label: Mikrokosmos Records Date: March, 2011 1. Galactic Mantra (Liquid Soul rmx) OVNIMOON 2. Beat it EARSUGAR AND DOUBLE CLICK 3. Phantasy MA'CO 4. Dark Matter (Egorythmia rmx) ACE VENTURA 5. Outer Space NERSO 6. Psy Tribe E-CLIP 7. Wide Awake EARSUGAR 8. Unity Consciousness AQUAFEEL 9. Ages of history (Human Element rmx) MIDIMAL This is the 3rd installment of the Extrasensory Perception series compiled by Martin and Liquid Soul. Don't know much about the label, but they seem to have assembled quite an impressive tracklist with all well known names. Both of the previous parts had some really good tracks so I'm liking where this is going. Besides, after the excellent Forensic Science and Future Nature 2 this could shape up to be a natural hat trick. You see a hat trick is when All right, all right...keep your shirt on. Galactic Mantra (Liquid Soul Remix)- Not this again...a 10 minute remix and you leave this in there? The first two minutes is a robotic voice telling me all that it is. Liquid Soul tackles a track off the Ovnimoon album Geometric Poetry or, the one with that jellyfish on it. The rest of the track is fine with a break composed of some delicate synths that grow louder and more distorted. A good track that would've been better without that annoying crap in the beginning. Beat It- Yeah that's not in here. I've never been a fan of Earsugar, but that descending bass will get your backfield in motion. Nobody was more shocked than I when I found my kid's babysitter was this talented. It changes to a more common galloping bass line and then goes on to lose all the originality it once briefly posessed. The break is nice as a lead shimmers across its surface but for a track to come out so strongly it certainly did exit with a whimper. Phantasy- While nothing stands out, it's a solid progressive track with plenty of stabs ripping across open space. Good effects and soft synth touches. Dark Matter (Egorythmia Remix)- Because nothing says I can do anything better than you like a remix, Bob Lazovski comes correct with a remix of a track by Ace Ventura from the 2nd part of this series. If artists think of their tracks as their children, is remixing a track from someone else like spanking someone else's kid? It's definitely dark sounding and pumping just like the original. But where it tops the original is in the bigger bottom end and thicker effect set. There is a lot more going on and it comes off as a stormer with a sinister smirk. Like the guy who banged your wife and it was so good, she left you for him. Can you imagine if remixes were like that? If someone remixes your track and it's better than the original, they get the rights to it. Nasty business that. You don't mow another guy's lawn! Outer Space- The Dragon is one of the best progressive trance producers around. Period. Did you hear Exploration of Infinity yet? You should. His tracks are loaded with effects that create big wide open spaces and make for great storytelling. This is a smooth jaunt through space that has a drifting quality. Deep, rumbling sounds provide a backdrop as effects ring off the ship's hull. There isn't one big melody to grab on to, just small ones that act as guiderails. Good stuff. Psy Tribe- Geez having this guys go right after one another isn't even fair. Marko released Shuma which is one of my favorites this year. He and Dragan make the same type of stuff. Hugely lush, melodic soundscapes stuffed to bursting with effects. This one is more aggressive than anything else on the comp, crossing into that psygressive area. Wait...they're twins aren't they? That would explain their similar sounds. "Dragan what's with the sour puss? And Marko...damnit you couldn't find a clean shirt?" Wide Awake- Earsugar is back for another go and I still don't feel what he's trying to do. I guess his minimalistic style doesn't appeal to me. I like big melodies and huge soundscapes, and that's not what he makes. We can try pounding a square peg into a round hole, but it won't ever fit. He's the atari 2600 to my PS3. Unity Consciousness- This is Vladislav Koumpatidis who was brought up in Greece but was born in Siberia when I was a senior in high school. Dick. He brings the galloping bass line to the table and loads up on effects. The break is pretty wide open as he introduces a new lead and the bounce is maintained. I like it, with it's shimmering quality and acoustic guitar touches. Ages of History (Human Element Remix)- This is why nothing is more important than the Human Element. I loved the original from the Sunday compilation (very good btw), with its massive scope it was like standing on top of a mountain. This is DJ Martin with the closer and it has a bit of a sleek house groove. Imagine floating through a dream where everything is just out of focus with minimal interference. The break is an ethereal bit of cloud surfing where you're feet never touch the ground. It's smooth and far from intrusive. Superb. This is the definition of a strong finish. The first three tracks were ok if a bit on the light side, but from the Egorythmia remix to the outstanding Human Element Remix, this was a great ride. Well, minus the Earsugar tune, but I don't care for his music anyway. Quality melodic stuff with lush atmospheres. While not as good as Forensic Science, it's still a worthy addition to my collection and a worthy sequel to the last one in the series. Good stuff Mikrokosmos! Psyshop Beatspace GoaStore Mdk

Dear all, this is a mix I made on the 3rd January 2012 and I can say that it is one of my best ever, I was really inspired and the flow is just perfect. No fillers and a great track list that I will post later on, but just know that all the tracks are very new from and all released. Download Link: DJ Draeke - The Year Of The Dragon (2012) If you have troubles for any reason downloading from the provided link let me know and I will post a mirror on sendspace.

Hello everyone, my full on topic was a success and i got loads of recommendations and ideas by the community here . I would like to to the same with the best progressive trance albums/compils/tracks that came out in the last years. I am familiar with Tribal Vision and Jaia productions but i think the newest outputs by them are more or less from 2008-2009. So I was wondering what's the best stuff out there 2009-2011 ? The newest the better, if you can. Cheers! After all your answers here is the list of all you suggested (more or less) 2009-2011 Ace Ventura & Captain Hook - The Jolly Roger (2011) Aewock - Into The Spiral (2011) Behind Blue Eyes & Krusseldorf - Kisses From The Clouds (2009) Captain Hook - Human Design (2011) D_Root - RootArt (2010) E-clip - Shuma (2011) Elea - Stellar Connection (2009) Ellis Thomas - Head Music (2011) Even 11 – Particles in Space ft. U-Prag Drummers (2011) Flowjob - Sway (2011) Gaudium - Session of Progression (2011) Hi-profile - Plugged (2011) Infinity - Control Group (2011) Loud - Free From Conceptual Thoughts (2010) Loud - The Remixes (2011) Nerso - Exploration of Infinity (2011) Osher - Twilight (2011) Saeg - Sophisticated Abstractions (2010) Sideform - Moving On (2011) Sphera - Airstream (2010) Suncontrolspecies - ii (2010) Sunstryk - Pure Essence (2010) Suntree - Inside (2009) The Riddler - Questions (2011) Time in Motion and Flexus - Smooth Vibrations (2010) Time in Motion - Four Degrees (2011) Vertex - Ocean (2010) Zeitgeist - Darwin (2011) Zeitgeist - Spirit of The Age (2010) Zeitgeist - The Century Of Sins (2010) Zen Mechanics - Re:Modified (2011) VA - Abstract Visions (2010) - Iono Music VA - Antimateria (2011) - Nuuktal VA - Audio Addicted (2011) - Audioalchemists VA - Beach Atmosphere (2010) - Iono Music VA - Crosslink 2 (2010) - Iboga & Tribal Vision VA - Extrasensory Perception 3 (2011) - Mikrokosmos Records VA - Forensic Science (2011) - Iono Music VA - Future Nature (2010) - TesseracTstudio VA - Kosmics Playground (2010) - Prog On Syndicate VA - Perun (2011) - Glitchy Tonic Records older stuff: AKD - ProgressinG (2008) Antix - Twin Coast Discovery (2005) Bus - Morebusinesslinkyouthere (2005) Dousk - DIY (2006) Fitalic - Atomic Atmosphere (2006) Nasser - Checkpoint (2008) Sensifeel - Eyes Of Truth (2007) Vibrasphere - Archipelago (2006) Vibrasphere - Exploring The Tributaries (2007) VA - Iboga Set:7 Declivity (2007) - Iboga

Label: Furthur Progressions Genre: Progressive Trance Format: Digital Download on all good digital stores Release Date: 1 November 2011 Catalogue number - FPREP007 This EP, compiled by Wicki, is a showcase of talents from Inside and Outside of the UK. Following a move from Denmark to England in 1999, Wicki has now been DJ’ing since 2002 and she’s long wanted to showcase some of the talents she has encountered along the way. With tracks from UK, German and Danish artists it is a tour de force of European progressive! Tribalistic Society – Prosac Avenue OOOD – Tyger Tails B3yond Control – Super Collider Solar Spectrum – Inspiraled Previews on Soundcloud: http://soundcloud.co...sets/insideout/ Starting of this little musical journey on track 1 is Danish artist Tribalistic Society aka DJ Bes. He has been making various guises of progressive trance and techno since 1998 and with Prosac Avenue he successfully showcases a great ability to write really well structured melodic progressive trance with a lovely flow that makes you wish you were dancing outside in a field with the sun rising. Moving on to track 2 we find none other than UK trance veterans OOOD. These guys have been around for as long as there’s been psytrance and with Tyger Tails they are showing more of their multi faceted skills. The four members of this band all bring their own individual skills to the music table and here it has resulted in a super funky bum wiggling piece of progressive trance. Track 3 is a debut track by UK artist B3yond Control aka Mike Method. Also otherwise known as one half of the well established electro/breaks act Monk3ylogic. He is spreading his wings into other genres and has with Super Collider created a driving and groovy piece of progressive trance with plenty of psychedelic sounds to keep you entertained as you bounce around on the dance floor. Last but absolutely not least on track 4 is German artist Solar Spectrum aka Braincell. Also one half of the successful psytrance act Rastaliens. Solar Spectrum is no stranger to making psychedelic sounds and Inspiraled is a great example of how to make trance sound like you’ve taken a time machine back to a dance floor in 1999, or to another planet inhabited by extraterrestrial musicians! Artist Info: Tribalistic Society www.soundcloud.com/tribalisticsociety OOOD: www.facebook.com/oood.music B3yond Control: www.soundcloud.com/b3yondcontrol Solar Spectrum: www.solarspectrum.ch Wicki: www.facebook.com/wickedwicki2 Furthur Progressions: www.furthurprogressions.com Cover photograph by Lily Holman www.lilyholman.com

http://www.altar-records.com/alwoods.html What a nice surprise, this album comes out today courtesy of Altar Records and it is a very nice piece of work. At first I was a bit skeptic because I have never heard the name of the artist before and after a quick check online i couldn't really find much, but i decided to give it a go and listened to it anyway. It opens smoothly and progress into what we can define as a beautiful journey into the lands of progressive trance and downtempo vibes. The production is good as well as the mastering and the artwork, Zen did it as usual and it looks pretty brilliant! Let's go through the tracks: 1 The opener is great, has the beat but is somehow relaxing and that sets the mood for the whole album, nice. 2 The first of my favorites, excellent use of a voice in the background, dreamy and psychedelic, the way it should be. A superb track with an oriental touch, bravo! 3 Near Light: Good solid track, could have been a little longer maybe but it prepares you for the nice journey that is about to begin with the next track. 4 Psychedelic Dream: is a very relaxing track, possibly my most favorite on the whole album, really floating out there and that gave me a sense of inner peace. 5 Low Red Moon, it's an OK track, actually is the only track that I don't like too much, but it has an interesting moment right before the end. 6 Sun Trap is the most "positive vibe feeling" track of the whole album, it feels like summer, a great track that would be surely reserved to melodic and joyful sets. 7 Samo8raki: Is another favorite, it is entrancing and captivating, with the repetition of the word used in different ways so that it creates a deep connection with the rest of the music, mystical atmospheres and excellent use of pads. 8 Kerkini Lake: The closing track is a middle tempo acidic track that tells a story, it has its apex in the middle where an intriguing melody appears in the background, a great closure to a very nice album. Another solid release from Altar!