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.
Shpongle - I would compare the first album to exploring a rainforest, peaking at the tribal drums and chants of DMT. Second album is more like a trip around the earth, with lots of world elements. Third album moves too quick for my tastes, but it's more like a series of dreams. My favourite is Are You Shpongled? by far, and the peaceful ending when the live instruments come back in is such a beautiful return to Earth (reminiscent of the end of Floyd's 'Wish You Were Here' actually), that it really rewards listening to the whole thing through.
"Human teleportation, molecular decimation, breakdown, reformation, is inherently
purging. It makes a man a king."
I love the squelching sound that comes in towards the end of Maia - shame it doesn't last more than a couple of bars, it's the total peak of the track. But to be honest, I am leaning heavily towards Psychill - in that it is very hard to put together a Goa album without sounding repetitive, but Shpongle manage to structure the album so that you CAN'T not listen to the whole thing. And my my, Are You Shpongled has been my #1 album for quite some time now, I also have one of the 500 rare releases. I feel "enlightened" after listening to tracks like The Answer.
Wow, someone watches a lot of movies. Myself, I'm far too critical to watch as many as that. I find myself going back to the best films, e.g. The Godfather, Back to the Future, Star Wars, some of the James Bonds, Lord of the Rings and other great series.
Unfortunately Goa/Psy festivals are hard to find these days, and I'm not really sure I want to be one of a mass of drugged-up people...
Hating the whole minimal/electro obsession at the moment in mainstream electronica, mainly listening to the great stuff that was produced 93-01 before electronica screwed up somehow.
Hallucinogen - LSD: One of the first and the best as you say. Fast, interesting, so many layers.
Pleiadians - Maia: Amazing, builds itself up into a total frenzy. The screaming, squelching noise at the end has me in hysterics, the track is personified (monsterfied)!
Astral Projection - Mahadeva: Great "benchmark" track, after repeat listens not so interesting though
Doof - Double Dragons: Sounds like it was MADE to go after LSD. Great track.
Man With No Name - Teleport: Simple song structure, and a nice sample towards the end gives it a theme - another "benchmark" sort of track, one of the best.
Jaïa - Mai Mai: My my, this is good. Light, melodic, uplifting! Needs to be listened to with the right EQ.
Etnica - Trip Tonite: Mysterious, dark track, swirling track. Another big thumbs up
Charm - Brain Structure: Absolutely awesome "combination" of sounds, but not much changes after the first 2 minutes
The Light - Dusk: Astoundingly good track and my favourite alongside Maia in terms of technical skill - it is almost minimalistic but very psychedelic. Also it's on one of my fav albums ever, Northern Exposure South coast.
Boris Blenn - Jeboa-Electrogarden: For some reason this is insanely addictive, I keep hearing it in my head wherever I go. Not much happens in the song, but its memorable and clever how the same starting element is repeated for 13 minutes.
Electric Universe - The Prayer: Amazing start, and another fast paced monster from Boris Blenn. He's one of my favourite goa trance acts, if only the CDs weren't so damn hard to get hold of.
The Infinity Project - The Answer: Beautiful ambient track, even if not a lot happens.
Once again I owe it to Karan, else I would never have heard of all this awesomeness, and the furthest I would've got in this genre would've been Shpongle!
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.
I'm halfway through a list on last.fm of some of the best Goa tracks, with a bit of Psy.
http://www.last.fm/user/ltennant1/library/playlists/34dy7_goa_%2526_psyt...
Recommendations helpful, but it's not finished yet. And if you don't know what last.fm is, I highly suggest you try it!
Shpongle - I would compare the first album to exploring a rainforest, peaking at the tribal drums and chants of DMT. Second album is more like a trip around the earth, with lots of world elements. Third album moves too quick for my tastes, but it's more like a series of dreams. My favourite is Are You Shpongled? by far, and the peaceful ending when the live instruments come back in is such a beautiful return to Earth (reminiscent of the end of Floyd's 'Wish You Were Here' actually), that it really rewards listening to the whole thing through.
"Human teleportation, molecular decimation, breakdown, reformation, is inherently
purging. It makes a man a king."
I love the squelching sound that comes in towards the end of Maia - shame it doesn't last more than a couple of bars, it's the total peak of the track. But to be honest, I am leaning heavily towards Psychill - in that it is very hard to put together a Goa album without sounding repetitive, but Shpongle manage to structure the album so that you CAN'T not listen to the whole thing. And my my, Are You Shpongled has been my #1 album for quite some time now, I also have one of the 500 rare releases. I feel "enlightened" after listening to tracks like The Answer.
Wow, someone watches a lot of movies. Myself, I'm far too critical to watch as many as that. I find myself going back to the best films, e.g. The Godfather, Back to the Future, Star Wars, some of the James Bonds, Lord of the Rings and other great series.
Unfortunately Goa/Psy festivals are hard to find these days, and I'm not really sure I want to be one of a mass of drugged-up people...
Hating the whole minimal/electro obsession at the moment in mainstream electronica, mainly listening to the great stuff that was produced 93-01 before electronica screwed up somehow.
My comments on some of my favourite tracks:
Hallucinogen - LSD: One of the first and the best as you say. Fast, interesting, so many layers.
Pleiadians - Maia: Amazing, builds itself up into a total frenzy. The screaming, squelching noise at the end has me in hysterics, the track is personified (monsterfied)!
Astral Projection - Mahadeva: Great "benchmark" track, after repeat listens not so interesting though
Doof - Double Dragons: Sounds like it was MADE to go after LSD. Great track.
Man With No Name - Teleport: Simple song structure, and a nice sample towards the end gives it a theme - another "benchmark" sort of track, one of the best.
Jaïa - Mai Mai: My my, this is good. Light, melodic, uplifting! Needs to be listened to with the right EQ.
Etnica - Trip Tonite: Mysterious, dark track, swirling track. Another big thumbs up
Charm - Brain Structure: Absolutely awesome "combination" of sounds, but not much changes after the first 2 minutes
The Light - Dusk: Astoundingly good track and my favourite alongside Maia in terms of technical skill - it is almost minimalistic but very psychedelic. Also it's on one of my fav albums ever, Northern Exposure South coast.
Boris Blenn - Jeboa-Electrogarden: For some reason this is insanely addictive, I keep hearing it in my head wherever I go. Not much happens in the song, but its memorable and clever how the same starting element is repeated for 13 minutes.
Electric Universe - The Prayer: Amazing start, and another fast paced monster from Boris Blenn. He's one of my favourite goa trance acts, if only the CDs weren't so damn hard to get hold of.
The Infinity Project - The Answer: Beautiful ambient track, even if not a lot happens.
Once again I owe it to Karan, else I would never have heard of all this awesomeness, and the furthest I would've got in this genre would've been Shpongle!
Lars