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Hello everyone, since there isn't any review of the compilation, I will post my own view of it. I will also share the stories on how this one came to be and how complex was to release it. I am very proud of it, since we worked very hard and the result is really brilliant. I won't speak of mastering as for me this series is really very well done with the audio marvels of Colin OOOD that took the tracks and gave them new life, balancing every aspect and making them sound the best they could. CD1 - Unreleased The opener, Questions by RA, is a real killer, it comes from the original demo of the band, that never saw the light of the day, and although not credited on the sleeve (by mistake) was also produced by Lars Lind. We amended this on the entry on discogs. We then have Jubilation by Dharma 7, a really mystical tune, composed in the heydays of goa trance, and it sounds rough but polished and has a very haunting feeling to it, I really love it. The melody that kicks in also is very well done and takes the track to another dimension. Next we have Alkaloid. This is Sam from the UK (now relocated to Spain) that produced this track a long time ago. But the quality of the music is really there, it has a mega psychedelic apex in the middle, that makes you think you are listening to Etnica and their mayhem of layers, vintage '96. But it is not them! So that is an indicator of the quality of the music, as they are pretty much some of the best producers that ever made music in this genre. It also was found on a DAT tape in the hand of a New Zealand party goers, who had it next to Etnica - Shadow Dance, curiously named as Etnica - No Name. So, I wasn't the only one making this connection with its sound. Shiva Chandra's Atmosphere, was a track found on a tape in possession of Max Etnica, and was grouped together with other tracks of Daniel. The original DAT title was just Daniel - Atmosphere (misspelled as Outmosphere, who knows what the real title was!). Daniel confirmed it to be his tracks, but wanted the title changed to Atmosphere as he could not recall making up that other name. Great track of the past, a bit rough in some parts maybe but that surely deserved to be included. Little Blue Men. Here we go, this is a true bomb. Very fast, hyper psychedelic and I can guarantee that when I played it in a DJ set in Belgium people really lost it. It's absolutely stellar in every possible way and we have to thank the Swedes for allowing us to release this very old track, long forgotten by the authors but highly sought after by many DAT collectors! It took us a while to find a good master copy of Dr Snuggles Dilemma as the band had no tape of this. Dr Snuggles was originally a cartoon character. Magus. Well, who hasn't dreamed of seeing this track finally released? It is a dream come true. If you know the Greek psychedelic scene you also know that this mythical band was playing some of the most intricate, dark, crazy, mind exploding psychedelic tracks ever made. They were real geniuses in the use of mad samples and combined humorous vibes with swirling acid lines. It's an absolute storming track and we have to thank a Greek friend for helping us in getting the authorization from one half of the band. The other half was happy to help, and was already a contact of mine, so it was half easy, half hard. But I am so glad it could finally come out. I want to say that even if the track is called Black Holes (Remix) it's actually a Re Mix, meaning the original mix was just weaker and they rearranged a few elements to make a better final mix, but there is not really an original version of the track, as the other one is very similar but less finished. Opale - Lord of the Minds. Greg is a real psychedelic warrior. His tracks are absolutely stellar. They are dark and very energetic, and this one features a samples taken from Lord of The Rings. He always likes to use samples from movies, and other tracks he has all feature samples from Hollywood productions. But that's just the starting point, he then creates great atmospheres around the tracks filled with acid driven mad lines, curtesy of his collection of analog synths. And we are glad to have him on board with this tune. Wizzy Noise - Pleione. Well, if you were trading unreleased tracks back on mIRC, ICQ, Napster, Soulseek and WinMX in the late 90s you will surely remember how hard was to get your hands on Wizzy Noise tracks. Often called the Pleiadians of Greece they were creating some absolutely mind-blowing tracks and we needed the help of all the Pantheon to be able to release this monster track. Wizzy project is frozen since 2008 and just a miracle and a pro-charity compilation could make it happen. I was really jumping for joy when I heard the good news, everyone should enjoy this jewel as a sacred offering. It probably won't happen again. Blade's Anthropophagi refers to some tribes who practice cannibalism. The concept is of course dark and obscure but the track is absolutely wonderful in terms of creativity. It has some strange solutions in it but we found it pretty original and unique. I want to add that this musician from Montecarlo made his way into various DAT tapes of the 90s as even XP VooDoo was playing his music in his sets and I think this one surely deserved to come out. Mystery Machine is a British project, and this track was liked by Danny Rampling who played it into a radio show. It only got that single air but yet people were looking for this track for a long time! I remember some blokes from up north writing me to thank me because they finally could enjoy this track, complete and in full quality. I also found the sample pretty interesting and even if it sounds a bit trancey I think it has some defined psychedelic moments in it. CD2 - Vinyl Only tracks Kharma - Harmony. This was a project where Blade from CD1 took part, together with some friends they created a track that is absolutely goanish even if it was released into a progressive trance vinyl on a label that was not specifically related to the goa scene. Back in 94-96 in Italy and in many other EU countries we had this scene that was called "progressive" without any other words next to it and in many clubs DJs were playing a mixture of tracks that more than often were on the verge of being goa, alternating them with more commercial and melodic tracks such as Children by Robert Miles that was one of the most famous anthem of the genre together with X-Form, Florian F, Enere and many others. So this track comes from that era and that genre, reminding me of when I was clubbing in '96 on the Italian coast. Awesome times for sure and this track capture that essence perfectly. Doof - Let's Turn On (Tuned-In Mix). This is probably the last vinyl-only track by our dear Doof that was so kind as to license almost every track he has ever made to DAT Records. We think that this mix deserved to come out as it is less known than the original and the recently released 'Desk Mix' which is a magnificent 9 minutes stormer. But this one is not less interesting, it is very hypnotic and a favourite of DJ Solitare who used to play this back in the days in his sets more than often. I also consider this to be a gem of a mix, which can work very well on the dancefloor, surprising a few peeps as it is very little known. Try it, I like it a lot. Ushuaya - 3 Months. I was thrilled when we recorded this one from the tapes. I immediately understood something was different and then I checked. It's the speed and the pitch. We ripped 3 copies of the vinyl and in all of them the length was different, it was a bit off-tune and so we sent this version to Tim himself who confirmed this to be the real deal, that's how the track was composed and how is supposed to sound. So, back when the vinyl was pressed, something went wrong and they released a track which was not at the right speed/pitch. No worries, it was the 90s and it worked wonders anyway, but here for the first time you get the correct speeded track with a fantastic remastering, a real treasure! Hux Flux - Time Slices. Notably one of the best tracks ever made by Dennis. Seriously, just listen to it, it is absolutely crazy. That ghostly effect it's out of this world and the track is a marvel, it is intense, fast and groovy, a real treat. I am so happy we could finally get this baby to CD and although we could not find a DAT master, we ripped several copies of vinyl and the sapient hands of my friend DJ Sunborn, restored and cleaned this track spectacularly. Then the remastering gave it new life and we really have a jewel here. Deviant Electronics - Catacomb. The last vinyl only of the band really deserves to be here, it's a 10 minute majestic composition. It has a cool vibe to it and makes me want to run and jump. It is very well produced and I was really happy to be able to use it for this compilation. I don't know if Zion604 had any plans for it, but we asked and they were happy to let us use it for this compilation. We thank them for this. I am sure you will be happy about this one as much as I were when selecting it. Cosmosis - Emanations. What's there to say? It's Cosmosis!! There is really no need to say much, the master of psychedelia hailing from the UK has done it again with this track and just as in his other famous tunes there are all the elements of a winner track. That feeling that you immediately understand is one of his tracks is present. It's really unmistakable and sooooo aciiiiiid. I really love his sound, it's brilliant and amazing at the same time. Thanks for this one Bilbo! Semsis - Soundvandal. Originally, we had voted for another track, but since the authors could not be found anywhere, we went for the next in line, which was this great track by Semsis. Everyone knows the flip side of this EP and few ever mention this track to my knowledge. However my good friend DJ Solitare used to play it in his set in the 90s and was very happy we finally picked it. Iain was really awesome and so kind to donate this track for the release. Hiscore - Identify. "Do you identify this object?" Now tell me this isn't the craziest track you've ever heard, pretty mental right? I think it is an absolute stormer and although I usually play it a little pitched up for mayhem effect, it works perfectly also at his original speed. I was happy we could find a deal with the band and with the help of a friend I could acquire this song and donate it to the compilation. The sound that emerged with the mastering is really outstanding and we have a true killer here. Gangguru - X-3. I call these guys the French Etnica as their sound is really somehow similar to the sound of my friends back in 1996. The kick they used is also somewhat similar and the melodies are all there, very special project this one. And I am very thrilled to say much more will come from these guys, as I have been speaking with them and we are preparing a full length release. Anyway, this particular track, is really cool and it is mysterious for me how they could not release something back in the 90s as they clearly were much better than a lot of artists who were produced and released. Mysteries. But it's not too late, we will give this music a new life now and this track is a superb example of their technique. Encens - Howl. A super fun track by Marcello who was super cool and donated the track to the cause last minute as we couldn't get the authorization for another track. But hey, this is a real winner, a fabulous track and I love the sample in it. It really is a great track and I am sure a lot will enjoy this vinyl only track that perfectly closes our compilation. Ideally all these stories would have gone into the booklet, but believe it or not we had no time to go through this phase and the graphic solution I invented, hopefully was appreciated by all of you. The photos were taken by me and my friends, and all the vinyl off my collection scanned and retouched as to look like they were 45RPM 7" singles. I hope you liked this idea and that you enjoyed the hard work behind the whole compilation. Now please, support the cause and buy the cd original, the sales will help this charity: http://www.mangotreegoa.org/ To buy the CD it you can conveniently go here: DAT website: www.datrecords.it Bandcamp (CD only): https://mindrewind604.bandcamp.com/ Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/Various-Mind-Rewind³/release/8136678 Please note the release is available only in physical format at this stage. We are not sure if we will be able to sell files too, maybe in the future.

Yes I realize what mantra asked, how mars reacted and the lecture of antic. I don't intend to particularly criticize but the use of such words, are for me offensive and that's all i wanted to underline, together with my opinion of waiting until the release is out, which is relevant. It is obvious that anyone, who works for months on a release, is not really happy to hear negative vibes even before the fruit of his labour is out, that's all.

@antic, you are coming up with an harsh words such as asshole... why is that? The music is killer and promising even just from samples and that is what counts, i wonder why people complain about mastering before releases are even out and just judging some samples. Get the release, listen to it and then we can hear your opinion in a review thread. Criticizing before the time has come it is just wrong in my opinion. Your comparison is interesting and very subjective but i think all these matters, should come out later on, in another thread, don't you think?

All tracks are from 1995-1998, as usual, there are no new productions.

@Manuser, yes it would be something for the future, but the matter is not forgotten. I hope you guys liked the sample, the full tracks are really great and mastering sounds really good.

Samples ahoy!

It will happen, it is already signed on and agreed, but most likely end 2016, early 2017, we will see how it goes, i have 4 releases coming before that!

it sounds so familiar, but, it might be a very rare track. I just discovered for instance that some artists had some vhs only tracks, such as Virtuart with Goagogo released only here https://www.discogs.com/DJ-Serge-Hypnotic-Trance/release/1651479, maybe it is that one, who knows!

yes microdelic, as crazy as they were

Hello everyone, it is with great pleasure that I can finally announce the tracklist for VA - Analog Trips. I am sorry it took so long but, we wanted to be 100% sure about all tracks, since we ran into sound troubles and we couldn't find a perfect rip for one of the tracks. I am positive you will all be thrilled about this release as we were creating it, me and Mark aka DJ Solitare. It's the second of a series of three, that has as a theme the Analog sounds/vibrations and from Dreams we shifted towards Trips this time, denoting the music here is quite trippy in itself. All the tracks have been tested and carefully selected by yours truly together with Mark and we are sure you'd like the diversity but also the consistency and the quality of the music contained. With no further delays, here is the front cover and below, the tracklist: Tracklist: 1 Medicine Drum - Angelic Force W&P By Andy Guthrie, Chris Deckker 2 Elysium & Yaco Vam - Tears In The Rain W&P By Kristian Thinning Andersen & Yacco Vijn 3 Gus BUS Till - That Sounds Swell! W&P By Gus Till 4 Earglobe - Spherelobe W&P By Simon Posford, Nick Barber 5 Excess Head - Expo W&P By Graham Wood 6 Opale - Krakoa W&P By Greg Bailay 7 Green Nuns Of The Revolution - Lost & Found W&P By Dick Trevor, Matt Coldrick & Andy Smith 8 Etnica - Human Geometry W&P By Andrea Rizzo, Carlo Paternò, Maurizio Begotti, Max Lanfranconi 9 Doof - Giving Godhead W&P By Nick Barber Hopefully released sometimes in June, as soon as it is pressed and delivered to the distributor, i will know an exact release date. The release will have a wonderful 8 page booklet with histories about the tracks and how we found them, all nicely packaged as usual. The graphic came out real nice and we wanted to dare a bit , with a lovely model that allowed us to use her portrait for this angelic compilation. Cheers!! Draeke

hahaahaha well maybe Jos saved one for me, i had asked but then we never spoke about it also i am buying less and less, just the fundamentals, as i prefer to invest in the production of dat rather than collecting now.

Will there be more copies to buy @Suntrip? I missed mine

the only thing i can think of is that he is now taking care of his dental hygene other than that, some slick tunes as usual...

@TWF pink and black, cool ones, design agreed with Nick yesterday afternoon! @TGKC EEeeeEEEeeeeEEE back atcha! @BBB later on, after analog trips is the next in line, sorry, time is tyrant and delays happens all the time with my releases... but they eventually all come true !

Spring is here, so I have to share some general news: 1 I am about to announce the tracklist of VA - Analog Trips, but we need to wait for a track to be found in good quality, as it is always a great issue to find the tracks we want to release in the best possible quality. (artwork is finished and all other tracks have been mastered as well but we realized this particular track, needed to be found in better quality as it was weaker than the rest) 2 I can confirm that Nick Doof agreed to the making of the t-shirts, so I will resume that project too now and I already have 3 designs for them, will see what looks best with him. 3 I am also working on pressing more vinyl but, again, not to jinx anything, I will announce only when I will have a crowd-funding taking place as you know vinyl are very expensive to make and I need to see how many would want a copy.

Very good news, this finally saw the light of the day. I want to share some background info. I had contacted Gilles some years ago to start working together and at the time Dimensional Records released his previous album, one album had to come out on DAT, but I was swamped and I had signed already contracts with other artists, so I had to follow an order of release. Long story short I had a talk with Suntrip as they were able to release more records than DAT per year and we agreed that we could have a participative release where I'd be involved in track selection, and executive production. The work was carried out most by Suntrip but most of the tracks were the same that I would have released on DAT, should it have been released with my label. I am very happy and proud of the work they've done and that I've helped with and the release sounds spectacular. Something to be really enjoying as its music is distinctive and special. Marvellous mastering and crystal clear sounds from master of psychedelia Toi Doi! Please support and buy the CD

@psydmt have you heard the Alkaloid track? it is that tune you had in your tapes, remember? That etnica no name... that was discovered some years ago

This thread certainly went beyond a promo announcement, I have enjoyed the music and find it very good and professionally made, I am sorry that the release was not properly released when the time was right (last summer) but am glad that finally is out now. This album deserves to be heard and if Kris can read me here, the music is amazing, i love all the tracks and find this release super good. You should perform live mixes and oldschool tracks in your sets because they are history, and part of this scene. I think we should really leave the negative vibes out of this release, I have read comments about political views, criticism to races and what not. All that has no place on psynews in my views and we should just comment the music here. As for every released record in the world, there will be people who love it (like me) and people who find it mediocre or even bad, but that should not stop other people enjoying it and should certainly not lead an artist to decide not to perform his own music, regardless of comments and critiques. I hope the cd will be spread more and that the music will be heard, at home and at parties, as it deserves to be heard.

All the shippings are managed by Marek in Poland, if your pack has not arrived after the 14 of march, then write an email to mindrewind (at) datrecords.it and inquire there, every pack was shipped around the 1st of March, we had received the copies just a couple of days before that, so it is only logical not all the copies have arrived yet. All orders have been shipped, i can tell you that, and all have a tracking number, so if after 2-3 weekes they have not arrived, we can track it online . I myself got my copies yesterday 8th of march, so that should be an indication, some places get mail faster than others, that's all. Thanks for the support!

@thanosp81, for once I am not in charge of any shippings/managing orders. All is dealt by Joseph in Malta and Marek in Poland who prepares all the packs and ships them. So any issue with delays, refer to them. In any case, I know all packs are being shipped in order of arrival, and none will be forgotten.

It has arrived, and just in time for the official release date, which is today 1st of March You can see some photos here: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1157298690987552.1073741829.226487347402029&type=3 And we also launched a bandcamp page to help sales, to move more physical records, I hope you can all order a copy for a good cause! https://mindrewind604.bandcamp.com/ Enjoy and Rejoice!

I was really busy with my huge schedule so instead of releasing it myself next year i worked with Suntrip to make it happen sooner, I will however probably release some tracks of Toi Doi in the future, I am thinking about an EP. In any case, the album is really stellar and I am sure it will make a lot of people happy, we also decided the tracklist together with Suntrip, for the best possible release ever of psychedelic madness goa by Toi Doi

It indeed is real and @Ankur, Gizmex aka Marek is like a distributor in Eastern Europe for goa trance, he acquires large volumes of everything that gets released and resell it from Poland, a really special person who helps us with the manufacturing and shipping of the mind rewind series. In any case, I can see that the cd was pressed and it is nice that people can finally get it.

they should always release 2 versions of their albums, one with vocals and guitars and one instrumental version, you know, for the fans from 20 years ago

I think that whoever paid for the release and did not get his money back, should contact someone close to Tal in israel, and try to see if maybe someone can help them get the discs they paid for ? I know that everyone who ordered in the last months did not get any pack from the label itself but since the discs are indeed pressed, they should be delivered to who paid for them, it is the only logical thing to do.