PsyTrance Discussion and Stuff ver. III

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^Oh brother, that sucks :( Any hope of retrieval?

I guess the lesson is: back your stuff up, even if its just a copy of the song file. One can always reconstruct it, with new samples; tis quite enjoyable way to remix a tune as such. But yeah, I hope it works out...

Currently I am realy liking Chromosome- DMT Cowboys; nice and uplifting without being repetitve or cheesy. Sweet production there too....Also I downloaded the Destination GOA albums 1-11 and been bangin them hard....some fucking great tracks in these albums; I've only listened to a 20th if that so far, so more great tunes to enjoy. Space Pussy is possibly my favorite Hallucinogen song...

Anyhow, heres some tracks I've reworked recently; three in fact of ten that I have decided is my "first release" :D Probably going to press it (CD) myself- well, self funded of course, then just give it away to whoever wants it. Finally getting some live material happening too...:)

Hmm, may as well actually post the songs too- this one is Subtype, a pretty standard morning trance song https://www.yousendit.com/download/WnBSckhWeWFJMHZIRGc9PQ

This is Mohawk, a more progressive tune- https://www.yousendit.com/download/WnBSckhVdVVCSWQzZUE9PQ
 
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UnfortunateSquid said:
New Vibrasphere is good, but not amazing. The best tracks are the remixes, which is never a good sign.

Anyone heard Talpa - When the somberness becomes a game?
Daft title, music sounds a bit suomi "fairy tale nightmare" style, but I'm enjoying it thus far, a bit different to the norm.
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Yeah purchased this about a month ago, it's quite good but I have to be in the mood for it.
 
^Yeah DMT Cowboys is an awesome album, but there's one synth line on one of the later tracks that just sounds really off and makes me cringe when I hear it. Not at home so I don't know which one it is, but it sounds really ravey and almost out of key,
 
^Hmm, I'll has a listen to see if I can hear what you meann. To be fair, The Spirit Molecule trumps the rest of the songs IMO.
 
The last melodic trance album that impressed me was Mr. Peculiar's Infinite Evolution. Little else has struck me as all that interesting or innovative. Any advice?

I've basically gone all "dark" with my psy for 99% of what I listen to. But, I certainly would love some innovative melodic trance that holds my attention. M.E.E.O.'s Highlight Me Please was pretty good. I found the DMT Cowboys album boring though...
 
The latest S.U.N Project album is okay....not sure about the vocoded singing, but they do the guitar thing better then most.

Also Sun Control Species- Scienca Nueova is a nice proggy album. Atmos- Tour de Trance is good besides the shocking name.....
 
^Cool, I'll check it out. DMT Cowboys is a "good" album, but compare it to a brilliant album like Protoculture- Refractions, and its utter crap. Sadly, that is the psytrance scene of today.

turkeyphant said:
There's just no need. People who encourage this by buying it should be ashamed...
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The pirate bay my friend.....gone are the days I would spend money on this music ;)

Now I have heard the worst psytrance ever- Cybercartel. Every song uses the same HUGE FUCKING CLAP sample ( I belive its of one of the korg drum machines)- every song starts with a boring intro, the beat kicks n after 32 bars- stops after 64 for a pointless cymbal driven buildup- and then back in with open hats. It is utterly horrible- depedning on the BPM is the only thing that determines whether the songs will be slightly different. But that clap, its almost as bad as Danceclap 01 from Fruity Loops; the most over used clap sample in trance. At least they don't use the dreaded notbad.wav kick, C-Kick or IM Kickdrum.
 
I've recently been enjoying:

Ghreg on Earth
Alien Mental
Fraggletrollet
Haunted Castle
Acid Goblins
Kindzadza/Osom
Dylalien
Ocelot

are all modern "non-crap" artists. I just think that the melodic content of tracks has gotten so out of hand and cliched. Melody is great, but it HAS to be tasteful, which is rare within trance.

Megalopsy/Frantic Noise have some neat melodic trance.
 
^^^yep
Thankfully they are

Wooden Monsters - Warriors of the Acid Forrest
http://www.discogs.com/Wooden-Monsters-Warriors-Of-The-Acid-Forest/release/1159035

recent favorite cd.

Acid goblins and friends, the goblins have 2 new tracks on here.

Also on the Comps:
Psychedelica Hungarica
Multiple Personalities 3
Shadow Enuin

All really fun comps.

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Oh and Osom's new album "Midnight's Shared Blossom" is absolutely out of control, especially if you enjoy the really glitched out russian style. My friend played a few tracks this past new years and it tore up the dance floor, massive production.
 
Acid Goblins/Haunted Castle is still probably one of the best sounding sets I've ever heard. One of the parties where you're sober but you still dance yourself beyond exhaustion. Was gutted when they couldn't make Xibalba.
 
Yar, Acid Goblins are great; not too zippy-zap as to be unlisteanble, but nicely rounded. Thanks for reminding me of them- am now gonna chuck on Wooden Monsters..:)

I'm still gleefully digging my way through all the oldish Destnation Goa and Goa Head series....some really good stuff there. Also a really nice ambient mix by Youth, as well as Labrytnth by Juno Reactor...
 
swilow said:
^Cool, I'll check it out. DMT Cowboys is a "good" album, but compare it to a brilliant album like Protoculture- Refractions, and its utter crap. Sadly, that is the psytrance scene of today.



The pirate bay my friend.....gone are the days I would spend money on this music ;)

Now I have heard the worst psytrance ever- Cybercartel. Every song uses the same HUGE FUCKING CLAP sample ( I belive its of one of the korg drum machines)- every song starts with a boring intro, the beat kicks n after 32 bars- stops after 64 for a pointless cymbal driven buildup- and then back in with open hats. It is utterly horrible- depedning on the BPM is the only thing that determines whether the songs will be slightly different. But that clap, its almost as bad as Danceclap 01 from Fruity Loops; the most over used clap sample in trance. At least they don't use the dreaded notbad.wav kick, C-Kick or IM Kickdrum.
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Haha! C-Kick has the fattest low end ever.
 
Sundrops is a great new goa release. Some older cds I recently picked up were Eat Static - Abduction (from 1993??!!) fucking amazing stuff, Total Eclipse - Delta Aquarids, matenda - energy loader, and (A better life through) Chemistry - Dragonfly records.

goa till i die
 
Psykovsky - Da Budet is a new album I have been blasting recently. Great stuff if you like crazy russian style.

And for fast fun suomi check out Tutankhamon 9000 - Lost in Luxor, one of the most "fun" releases I have heard in a long while.

Oh and Procs - The Lonely Land of Tada is now one of my favorite trance albums in the past few years.
 
Dalfir said:
Haha! C-Kick has the fattest low end ever.
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I know, it sounds great too- but so overused. I find that if I play the C-Kick sample repetivly, it stops sounding like a kick, and just sounds like a higherpitched click ontop of a low bass note. But yeah, she is a fat one. To make that type of kick simple takes hard compression (I assume C-Kick means compressed kick)- put your threshold wherever, but use your attack dial to start compressing about 10ms into the kick; the first ten milliseconds will zoom up (in amplitude) very quickly, creating the infamous CLICK. One must be careful as this may clip and distort, but if you have a duller kick noise, compressing like such will give some more high frequencies. Ideally, a not very good compressor is used too...

I actually have trouble mixing with C-Kick, as I tend to like my basslines lower. Unless you clear a lot of low freaks for it, C-Kick quickly turns to mud I've found, or just a lil popping noise...

Hah.

psycosynthesis said:
"Human Structures", at about 4 mins in.
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Yeah, thats the bit I thought you meant- its fucking shit. Comes from nowheere, adopts a weird time signature, plays a crappy melody with that reall churnng ravetone, then gone. I find it odd when artists just let by such a crap section of their songs.....I mean, I will never listen to Human Stracutres again, and that means I won't lsten to the whole DMT Cowboys album again....
 
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