it's been a long time... in the mean time I've read Red Mars and Gardens of the Moon (individual of your list, I found your list later and thought: wow, similar music, books and philosophies)
Wow, I just realised that I said "high" instead of "hi"... all this darkpsy is getting to my head. I love Furious, it just leaves me shaking my head each time that I listen due to its pure complexity.
I really listen to ambient most of the time but occassionally psy. The albums which really stuck with me are Hallucinogen - Twisted, Pleiadians - IFO, Electric Universe - Cosmic Experience, D5 - Transdimensional and Derango - Tumult.
Haha, high again Karan. I've moved on to being an ambient connoisseur mainly now, but I still love Goa at the right times. Tbh, I prefer Darkpsy the most. There's a lot of rubbish out there but some is wicked. It's great that you can categorise Darkpsy into three main areas too:
* Scandinavian [dark forest] (Derango)
* [Extreme] Russian (Furious)
* South African [Horror] (Frozen Ghost)
Favourite tracks are Furious - Powered Psidm (gives me the energy shot that I need) and Frozen Ghost - Deranged.
In my opinion, good darkpsy does everything that goa does but better, but I'm sure that you'll disagree. I keep coming back to Pleiadians and Hallucinogen still though :)
Wow, I listened to Agalaia today (thanks to your recommedation) and was awestruck. I think I'll write a review of it on Discogs. Truly a sacred and enligtening album, very underrated.
I like your list but it's a little too dub orientated IMO... and why is Clicks and Cuts on it?
One track that springs to mind worth mentioning is OOBE by Orb, that's a masterpiece.
Wow, I listened to D5 again and wasn't quite as impressed as in my first listens. Still awesome, but I was a bit over the top with the previous comment, some of the tracks are a bit boring :D... Deep Space D5, Psychic Influence, Beetlesnuff and Flow are very good, however. Still prefer them over Etnica, I personally think that the Etnica sound is slightly dated now - I love Deep East and Trip Tonite though.
Hehe, there's no surprising you. Ultimae records is fast becoming an addiction for me, the packaging is absolutely BEAUTIFUL, as is the music - plus all their CDs bar none are great (apparently)!
I just received Dimension 5 - Transdimensional in the post and it is MINDBLOWING! Sorry, but all other Goa artists have been surpassed in my eyes ... I guess I just love the chord progressions and purple acid. Never gets boring, check out Psychic Influence.
Juno Reactor - Beyond the Infinite is also awesome in the first half, but it gets boring in the second IMO - the culmination of Ice Cube after the first two tracks is spooky.
Soon I shall be able to make your collage out of real CDs! Or not, if IFO, Cosmology, One Love all stay at ~80 euros... anyways, I'm getting more into the psybient side of things now - Entheogenic, Asura, Bluetech, Carbon Based Lifeforms etc. One piece of advice - check out Ultimae Records (I don't mean Ultimate Records).
Hmmm, I deicded not to put them in since all of those three work under so many different names that nobody seems to connect between them, thus they destroy their own popularity! Plus I can't edit the poll now it has votes anyway :/
Har-El Prussky alone as you say is Brainflowers, Unnatu, Adrenalin Drum, BSF, C-Life, California Sunshine, Carribean Sunrise, Dazzle Pulse, Godfather, The, H.S., Liquid Child, MG-3, New Bit Generation, Psy-Kick, Strawberry, Testkard 225, Unnatural Oforia, Virtual Obsession, X-Wave
Thanks for your support, but I can't really be bothered to write any more to the blog unless it gets some more visits, I will need to hire some recruits to do the work for me :D
Sly Ed is okay, but I prefer some of MWNNs other stuff, especially on his Moment of Truth album which I own. Sugar Rush Refined is my favourite track there probably.
Z to A I didn't like, it started well but didn't build into anything; and the vocals just didn't do it as you said.
I was pleasantly surprised to find Crazy Ducks, that's what Last.fm is good for - otherwise artists like them would get even less exposed than they are already.
There are so many underrated artists in Goa and Psy, a shame it's such an underrated genre, considering that anyone would trip out to it in a club. Jaia for instance, he's practically unheard of but made an album about hundred times better than anything Tiesto could put together.
Hi karan!
it's been a long time... in the mean time I've read Red Mars and Gardens of the Moon (individual of your list, I found your list later and thought: wow, similar music, books and philosophies)
Anyway, I think you should watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FAuJbpL1uo
Absolutely stunning magic video with Juno Reactor's distinct soundtrack.
Haven't got around to Nietzsche or Marx yet? You need to interview more...
Wow, I just realised that I said "high" instead of "hi"... all this darkpsy is getting to my head. I love Furious, it just leaves me shaking my head each time that I listen due to its pure complexity.
I really listen to ambient most of the time but occassionally psy. The albums which really stuck with me are Hallucinogen - Twisted, Pleiadians - IFO, Electric Universe - Cosmic Experience, D5 - Transdimensional and Derango - Tumult.
Haha, high again Karan. I've moved on to being an ambient connoisseur mainly now, but I still love Goa at the right times. Tbh, I prefer Darkpsy the most. There's a lot of rubbish out there but some is wicked. It's great that you can categorise Darkpsy into three main areas too:
* Scandinavian [dark forest] (Derango)
* [Extreme] Russian (Furious)
* South African [Horror] (Frozen Ghost)
Favourite tracks are Furious - Powered Psidm (gives me the energy shot that I need) and Frozen Ghost - Deranged.
In my opinion, good darkpsy does everything that goa does but better, but I'm sure that you'll disagree. I keep coming back to Pleiadians and Hallucinogen still though :)
So you have to read 2500 books to consider yourself well-read? This list would do much better if it was cut down to 50 or 100 books, to be honest.
Wow, I listened to Agalaia today (thanks to your recommedation) and was awestruck. I think I'll write a review of it on Discogs. Truly a sacred and enligtening album, very underrated.
I like your list but it's a little too dub orientated IMO... and why is Clicks and Cuts on it?
One track that springs to mind worth mentioning is OOBE by Orb, that's a masterpiece.
Wow, I listened to D5 again and wasn't quite as impressed as in my first listens. Still awesome, but I was a bit over the top with the previous comment, some of the tracks are a bit boring :D... Deep Space D5, Psychic Influence, Beetlesnuff and Flow are very good, however. Still prefer them over Etnica, I personally think that the Etnica sound is slightly dated now - I love Deep East and Trip Tonite though.
Hehe, there's no surprising you. Ultimae records is fast becoming an addiction for me, the packaging is absolutely BEAUTIFUL, as is the music - plus all their CDs bar none are great (apparently)!
I just received Dimension 5 - Transdimensional in the post and it is MINDBLOWING! Sorry, but all other Goa artists have been surpassed in my eyes ... I guess I just love the chord progressions and purple acid. Never gets boring, check out Psychic Influence.
Juno Reactor - Beyond the Infinite is also awesome in the first half, but it gets boring in the second IMO - the culmination of Ice Cube after the first two tracks is spooky.
Soon I shall be able to make your collage out of real CDs! Or not, if IFO, Cosmology, One Love all stay at ~80 euros... anyways, I'm getting more into the psybient side of things now - Entheogenic, Asura, Bluetech, Carbon Based Lifeforms etc. One piece of advice - check out Ultimae Records (I don't mean Ultimate Records).
http://soundcloud.com/larst/mescaline-lt-remix
It's much harder than I thought to remix Goa tracks, I tried plenty but they all sound too much like the original or horribly wrong...
Link to the original is a few posts above
Hmmm, I deicded not to put them in since all of those three work under so many different names that nobody seems to connect between them, thus they destroy their own popularity! Plus I can't edit the poll now it has votes anyway :/
Har-El Prussky alone as you say is Brainflowers, Unnatu, Adrenalin Drum, BSF, C-Life, California Sunshine, Carribean Sunrise, Dazzle Pulse, Godfather, The, H.S., Liquid Child, MG-3, New Bit Generation, Psy-Kick, Strawberry, Testkard 225, Unnatural Oforia, Virtual Obsession, X-Wave
Thanks for your support, but I can't really be bothered to write any more to the blog unless it gets some more visits, I will need to hire some recruits to do the work for me :D
Lars
http://goa-planet.blogspot.com/
Sly Ed is okay, but I prefer some of MWNNs other stuff, especially on his Moment of Truth album which I own. Sugar Rush Refined is my favourite track there probably.
Z to A I didn't like, it started well but didn't build into anything; and the vocals just didn't do it as you said.
Great track by Total Eclipse, but I can't find Next Stop Oblivion.
I'm not sure how Goa-ey this is, but I love http://www.last.fm/music/1200+Micrograms/_/Mescaline?autostart ... being an Anarchist idealist myself, the wild "Let's all take Mescaline" is almost like a call against authority - I like it!
I can't get hold of Fiction...
I won't need it though - luckily for us, I just realised you can get the whole of Vibrasphere, Astral Projection and Twisted Records on Last.fm!
I was pleasantly surprised to find Crazy Ducks, that's what Last.fm is good for - otherwise artists like them would get even less exposed than they are already.
There are so many underrated artists in Goa and Psy, a shame it's such an underrated genre, considering that anyone would trip out to it in a club. Jaia for instance, he's practically unheard of but made an album about hundred times better than anything Tiesto could put together.