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I think that a 3cd with elysium music would be great and also the live material is really good. My only concern would be if people are willing to pay for this release when all the files were available for free before. In the case of cosmosis, his tracks were never given out for free.. But i would love to have it on cd for sure.

@visine well that is really just your point of view, I do believe what I do is close to perfect, what are a few mistakes on 196 tracks released on DAT Records and 60 on the Mind Rewind Series? I would like to see you do better, and the amount of work that went into creating these releases is immense. Not only to find the music in itself, but to arrange everything from the pressing, the artwork, the mastering, the contracts with the artists and writing the promo releases texts, interviewing the artists and writing the booklets and then again checking everything with my collaborators, which are not amateurs but professionals. The problem with the crop circles single was yet again a mislabelled track on a dat tape. The glitch on the etnica vinyl is the pressing plant fault and they promised me to repress that track on an EP but even if I have asked like 20 times they are pretending to be deaf to it, a lot of time has passed and they "forgot". That one, wasn't my error, as the track on the CD sounds fine, they fucked up at the pressing plant. The only mistakes I recognise as my fault are to have released 2 mislabelled tracks, and two tracks at wrong speed, but that's all, and yet again on 196 tracks. If that for you is being FAR from perfect, well sir, I have nothing else to discuss with you in particular. @BASS-O-MATIC there is one track by Lotus Omega released on a crop circles release and of course this happened because i have ripped the master dat tapes of lotus omega and on one tape that track was included in a liveset as "crop circles - no name" they later renamed it as "Cosmic Creative Rays - Effortless" and if I may add something both this track that was unreleased and the track by Evolution that was a vinyl only, probably wouldn't have been released ever, if it wasn't for these mistakes. I do like to read all the drama that my releases are creating and lovely drawings @Agneton!

@visine as goes without saying, it is not easy to make everything perfect all the times, but I do try my best. That said, none of the errors were intentional and we tried to address each and every problem in the best way we could. If you are not satisfied by the releases of DAT Records, I am sorry to hear that. But to state that I have done nothing to rectify our mistakes, it's far from the truth. Unless you have a particular issue that you want to discuss with me in private, then please let me know. Cheers

yes Before Big Bang, but at the same time, they did produce similar acid trance in their career and were experimenting in '95 a lot with sound, so to me and to the band it sounded like an Etnica track, and many people told me it sounded for them too. Just Joske told me "no way this is Etnica" but I disagree with him, for me and even for the band it could totally have been something they had produced

Furthermore, please read this: At DAT Records we constantly aim to provide a portal to the golden age of trance, when the music was new and a global scene was starting to emerge. While the ‘90s were seen as a halcyon age with creative music and a unique atmosphere at events, there were also a few challenging aspects to the scene. One was the frequent mislabeling of tracks on DAT tapes as music was being traded in various circumstances. DAT label DJ Solitare recalls many such situations, including a case a track by Avi circulating as a live mix by Hallucinogen in 1998 and several tracks inaccurately attributed to X-Dream, and in our recent transfer work of DAT tapes made in the ‘90s we regularly come across inaccurately identified tracks. Unfortunately this kind of situation could occur not only with amateur DJs but also amongst producing artists - and as a result of such a mislabeled DAT tape, our recent 3-disc Etnica release features a track that was inaccurately attributed to Etnica. The track ‘Party Druid’ circulated on DATs for decades and was dutifully copied from a DAT tape filled with Etnica productions by label manager Draeke when archiving the band’s output. It naturally made its way into DAT’s latest Etnica release covering their early compositions, with the artists having noted that while they didn’t recall the details of producing the track (as was the case with some of the experimental works on this release), they recognized it and recalled having played it. It has come to our attention that this track was indeed mislabeled and is in fact a track by the project Evolution entitled Alien Phenomenon - a longer mix than the version that appeared on his album, which was on the same High Society label as Etnica’s first album. Since learning of the error, we at DAT have been in contact with Andreas Roll, the artist behind the Evolution project, who was very understanding of the mishap. Andreas has been most gracious, with no expectation of the set being withdrawn and repressed, simply requesting that the error be addressed online. We are of course very regretful that this CD set dedicated to Etnica features a misattributed track produced by another artist - a completely unintentional and unanticipated throwback to ‘90s era of track distribution. We hope that DAT Records supporters will be as understanding of this unfortunate error as the producer of the track was, and will continue to enjoy what is still a remarkable release of a key cross-section of Etnica’s early productions.

It's very difficult to say what we will release as hardly any material has survived from the 96-98 era that has not been published. We still are looking for alternate/live mixes of tracks from "alien protein", we know they exist (as a video footage from the era survived and the band has done those) but almost no tape has survived, they kept more the early material and there are other tracks from 94-95 that are unreleased. We will however try to release all that is left from 96, albeit is little now. We published that sound on the second cd of Live in Athens 96, that was the best we could find for the time frame you guys mention but still a few surprises will appear. I have to add however, that the taste for proto goa has grown on me a lot after listening for 20 years to the 96-98 sound and right now, I do prefer the early productions and the trance/proto goa sound. There are also a lot of people who danced in the late 80s and early 90s that simply love this sound and they are a huge part of the market as well, so expect other releases in this vein, without of course neglecting the goa sound of later years.

Etnica are legends in the Goa and Psychedelic Trance genre, and they should be known to everyone who has partied in the last 25 years. DAT are immensely proud to reissue their first original creation, "The Juggeling Alchemists Under The Black Light" album, including rare and unreleased tracks the band produced between 1993 and 1995. Cover: Released into a triple deluxe Digipak, it features a 16 page booklet with the history of the Etnica group. It is a stellar edition and a real collector’s item for whoever wants to own the first and incredibly beautiful album of the Italian Maestros. Tracklist CD1 - The Juggeling Alchemists Under The Black Light 01. Etnica - The Gili's Voyage 02. Etnica - Infinitive Dream 03. Etnica - The Gili's Voyage (Ketu Remix) 04. Etnica - Vicky's Dream 05. Etnica - Moon Influence 06. Etnica - Spheric Koncept 07. Etnica - Mystical Appearance In Goa 08. Etnica - A Tribute To Goa 09. Etnica - Intense Visitation (Visitation Of Energy Mix) CD2 - Mystical Vibes 01. Etnica - The Gili's Voyage (Early Mix) 02. Etnica - Mystical Appearance In Goa (Remix) 03. Etnica - Asian Code 7 04. Etnica - Still Botta 05. Etnica - Party Druid (Sonic Shaman) 06. Etnica - Synthesis (Shadow Of The Moog) 07. Etnica - Fractal Gates 08. Etnica - Acid Shell 09. Etnica - Chemical Trance (Original Mix) CD3 - The Early Years 01. Etnica - Fingers 02. Etnica - Gollum 03. Etnica - Big Dust In Chapora Fort 04. Etnica - Whales 05. Etnica - Bali Island 06. Etnica - 38° Parallelo 07. Etnica - Pacific Love 08. Etnica - J.H. Sound 09. Tribe - Gilligan's Island 10. Etnica - Evolis 11. Etnica - Big Dust In Chapora Fort (Piano Remix) The Juggeling Alchemists Under The Black Light is Etnica's first album, a seminal release in the history of Goa Trance music. It was first released in 1995 and has been sold out for a very long time now, so DAT Records searched the archives of the band and found some incredible tracks from the era which had never been released, including some very early demos and test tracks that the band has kept for all this time, since its inception and their first productions of 1993. This spectacular triple digipak will satisfy every fan of the band, and the music contained is really floating, magical, and very special. It also includes many trance and proto goa tracks that will be loved by everyone who danced in the 90s but will also be very appealing to the new generation, since every track has now been mastered for this epic release. We do hope you will support the hard work behind this release that took over 2 years to prepare for release. It is with great pleasure that we want you to once again dance and trance to the magical music of Etnica. Prepare for a tribal trip, you'll be teleported to a jungle of sounds and feel the mystical vibes of this marvellous album wrap all around you! Released: 6th April 2018 Pre-Orders: 26th March 2018 order your copy @ DAT Records http://www.datrecords.it/dat/online-shop-2.html About mastering: yes the original album was transfered from DAT to CD on high society, thus it was mastered for the first time on this release.

@OopieBecause we don't think those tracks are on par with the rest of the album.We might release them somewhere else or on another reissue (maybe alien protein ?) but for now they will remain unreleased. Believe me, we chose the best of the best and speaking of which, the release is coming soon, pre orders will start next Monday, also on bandcamp for all the fanatics !!

Hello everyone, sorry it's all been a little slow, and it's time for me to add some proper reply to this thread. Everything has been in the work since a long time, I signed the deal for etnica 3cd in 2015 when i was last in Ibiza with the guys at the studio, and as you can see the cd is going to be finally published in April 2018, did i plan such a long time needed to finalise things? nope, it just happened. But in the meantime I pressed IFO vinyl and many more things happened, so i always work at different projects simultaneously but then i still follow a certain release schedule that was decided a long time ago. There are even more releases that are in the pipeline and not announced, but i cannot announce every release from datcd10 to datcd18, can i? I have plans and ideas for many other discs and even for some vinyl. Contracts have been signed already and tracks have been paid for for some upcoming release. Heck , Analog Visions is almost ready and some tracks we have paid for in 2014, so as you can see, it's just not so quick when dealing with oldschool artists and tracks. Sometimes it takes forever to find a good dat version, and then to get an agreement too, but we want to make things in the best possible way and i can't wait to sign the deals for the last few tracks that i want to publish on Analog Visions. GangGuru album is ready too, but i still need to get the tracks mastered and the artwork done, however the tracklist is final and all is ready, so it will happen soon, together with Analog Visions and not even mercury retrograde will stop us . I also have to add that I am personally volunteering in Thailand at the moment, helping kids at an association called Asian Center Foundation, I welcome you to check them out, they are a Christian organisation that has helped kids in Phuket since 2001 or so, and I am doing a lot with them, loving every minute of it. Because of child protection agreements I cannot really post pictures online of the kids with us, but they are having an amazing time and each and every time they smile, they fill my heart with joy. So that is what I am doing until may but then I will be back in italy and in the meantime in the evenings i am following DAT Records sales and progress in my releasing schedule (slowly but steadily). So thanks for the support and about Mind Rewind 4, as usual not many are helping, but I managed to get the license for at least one track, so it's a start, a vinyl only that will hopefully surprise many as it's not a "common one". Cheers

it is a courtesy to other members to post when you found the track, which one is it. In this case it is Conflict by Green Nuns, but when you edit state what you found

The track you guys look for is Insomnie (Live Mix) licensed to DAT and will come out, sometimes, sooner or later

I might have some doubles in my collection and a lot of white labels i might part of since i have the commercial editions, let me know if there is a wantlist and how many records are you willing to buy at once, so i can check and make a proper list if you are serious

that lightning into tree photo: "Nope. This is a long-exposure light manipulation photo with a lightning bolt photoshopped in. As the Museum of Hoaxes points out, this image was created by Darren Pearson, who also goes by the name Darius Twin. Pearson does some very cool work, but they're all heavily manipulated photos in some form or another." taken from a website exposing hoax photos.

You are right Juril, they all happened except that Zoon & Taigan Sunset released their tracks on other labels.

https://www.mixcloud.com/draeke/dj-draeke-zna-2017-remixed/ ZNA 2017 Remixed Here is the set that I have played this summer at the global retro goa trance gathering that is the ZNA Festival. I have had a splendid time and I have decided to share the set I have played, remixed and recorded again for this purpose. The original mix played at the party featured some unreleased versions of some of the tracks that I play here and that should not be published online yet as they have been licensed and will be released on upcoming DAT Records releases. That said, I do hope you'll enjoy the mix, I surely did playing it at the festival. Draeke

The CD is real and I got my copy yesterday, listened while driving, very very good, it's still very actual as this music really doesn't age. Production is great on all the tracks and so is mastering, congrats!

I have the promo sheet. i can confirm it does exist.

it was closed for summer, now it's back online

I hear your call Mantra and understand your point of view, i know there is a marginal market of people going digital but this is a retro compilation and we have kind of made it with certain parameters and respecting the general consensus, it was made to be a physical release and we originally made some agreements with the artists and the contributors and original creator of the series all backed up the CD only project. I don't think we can change this pattern easily, if you just want to support the charity then go ahead and pledge a donation to them , they are doing an amazing job for the kids in Goa! I understand that you are disappointed but if we can make this volume 4 any different, we will do it, i will bring the idea up to add a digital version for this edition and see what happens.

@KiNG i never knew you hated CDs but however, we have just announced details into the newsletter, to which anyone can subscribe here: https://tinyletter.com/dat_records

OK I finally spoke with Martin in person who told me the whole story of this track. Back at Ozora it was a brand new track he composed for the festival and had no name. Right now it has a name but he is not sure about it so he wouldn't tell, but it's a track he will eventually release, but he says he might have some artists remix it first as well but he knows people want it.

Flexy-discs? well that's retro, welcome to the 50s That aside I would love to be at this party.

Welcome Grayling and thanks for doing that

insta bought, vinyl .. thanks Suntrip!

yes it is confirmed, but first the compilation and mind rewind 4, then etnica and then more!