DeathPosture

I feel the same way...

* V/A - Think Different (Echoes Records 2006) http://www.discogs.com/release/837090 * U2 And Green Day - The Saints Are Coming (Mercury 2006) http://www.discogs.com/release/826940 * Evanescence - Call Me When You're Sober (Wind-Up 2006) http://www.discogs.com/release/837201

So you mean samples, not lyrics right? You could ask in the "lost tracks" forum for unindentified tracks. Or try http://www.psydb.net for older tracks with samples. Welcome to our forum too...

Fair enough. You do a good job promoting the Bulgarian radio + the Rila mountains. Same here... I buy what's good. Sometimes it's Danish (Iboga stuff, Trentemøller, Koxbox) but as often it's not Danish. And I will not buy a mediocre release just because it's Danish... /DP

Artifakt! /Thread moved to general. /DP

Neat! I'll look into this..

Texas Faggott - Back To Mad has some Backstreet Boys action too...

Right on! Looking forward to it!

Me too... Can't wait to hear the finished thing...

Ohøj! Well, in all fairness I agree - not the most classy pic from the night... But in fact it wasn't taken by me - it was taken by the girl I went to the party with - using my camera. I guess she was enthralled by the sheer beauty of that smashing body... Anyway, did you guys take any pictures that you'd like to share? If so, please post them here... /DP

Ohøj! Well, in all fairness I agree - not the most classy pic from the night... But in fact it wasn't taken by me - it was taken by the girl I went to the party with. I guess she was enthralled by the sheer beauty of that smashing body...

Move the fuck on already !! Go watch some porn, get drunk, hug a tree or beat up some chavs or something...

Yawn. Move on already!

After things have settled down, let me remind you all again of one simple fact: It's either Psynews with moderation - or no Psynews at all. Mars has stated this several times. If Psynews doesn't have moderators it will be taken offline and we'll all be rendered homeless. Now is that really something we want after almost six years? No, I think we can all agree to that at least. So all you nihilists are just gonna have to accept that there are moderators - and that moderator's jobs are to moderate. Sometimes we're lazy (hell, I'm one of the laziest - Nemo is one of the busiest. That's why we have a whole team to fill in for eachother) And the utopian vision about 100% non-biased moderators is not gonna happen. We're just human after all - and we can't spend our entire time awake monitoring every little detail and figuring out if one person got mistreated. We do this in our spare time and none of us get paid. Deal with it! Being a moderator is a bitch and none of us asked to become mods. We're just doing it for the love of this site - and constant bickering and pointless pseudo argumentation isn't our idea of a good time. We try to be casual and believe me, we've let a LOT of shit pass unnoticed... But sometimes we gotta react and make sure things doesn't get out of hand. With a little corporation it's not that haerd. We have guidelines here and if everyone took a moment to read them it would be so much easier for everyone. It works on other forums, so it can work here too. The mods are not here to make everyone else's forum experience miserable. On the contrary. We're here to make it smooth and enjoyable for everyone. But we require just a little of you too ...Behave! Now let's all step back and try to get along. It's not that hard. /DP

Koxbox – U-Turn Artist: Koxbox (Denmark) Title: U-Turn Format: CD (jewel case) Label: Twisted Records (UK) Cat. #: TWSCD29 Distribution: Twisted Date: 21 September 2006 Track listing: 01. 06’56” Crazy 02. 07’52” Buffer Overdrive 03. 08’24” No More Ghosts 04. 07’43” Next Stop 05. 08’08” FM 17 06. 07’21” This Can’t Be Real 07. 07’27” Acid Drome 08. 08’06” Side Effects 09. 08’49” Voice Of Review: The triumphant return of Koxbox… Legendary act Koxbox has always been trance royalty – in all shapes and forms. Founding members were Danish pioneers Frank Kiehn Madsen (aka Frank'e), Ian Johansson (aka Ian Ion), Peter Frellesen (aka Peter Candy) who left the group in 1998. The musical styles they offered ranged from technoid EDM over progressive tech to full-fledged acid-drenched goa trance. Their various guises have also included Psychopod and later Saiko-Pod which was an offshoot for more in-depth electronica. When the Danish group first catapulted onto the acid-techno scene in the early 1990ies their sound was already lusciously refined EDM, and the band has successfully managed to revamp their sound throughout the last decade. When the global goa trance movement was preparing its worldwide assault in 1993/1994 Koxbox was omnipresent with their acid-ridden teKkno and when they released their debut album Forever After (Harthouse/1995) they successfully fused old school techno with (at the time) modern day goa trance. A legend was born. What really elevated the group’s status was their triumphant 2nd album Dragon Tales (Blue Room Released/1997) which is unquestionably their opus magnum and an album that has forever carved its name on the list of most seminal goa trance albums of all time. Just before the turn of the millennium Peter Candy left the group and Koxbox took a new direction with their very mature and progressively built The Great Unknown (Liquid Soundz 1999) album. Seven years later Koxbox is now a one-man act (Frank’e) though old-time pal Ian Ion joins in on a few tracks here… I’ve always been a huge Koxbox fan and I still remember the first time I saw them live @ Hurricane Harbour in Aalborg, Denmark in 1997. An amazing experience which will be etched in my mind forever. Suffice to say, I’ve been VERY excited since this come-back album was announced on the legendary UK-label Twisted. The impressive list of guest stars on all the tracks didn’t do much to curb my enthusiasm either… Let’s find out if the magic is still there… Let me take you thru the tracks… #01: Crazy The first track was made with Tube (Pini Alon) one of the Chemical Crew guys… I’ve never been a Chemical Crew fan, but this track sure has its moments despite it being blatant full-on… I’m not a fan of the guitars or the rolling bassline… But everything else here works like a charm… The twirling synth cords and the heavy tech-reverbs are really lush. The melodies are plush and the stretched pads are the sexy icing on the cake along with the subtle touch of ancient psychedelic Koxbox. One of the better Ibiza-trax I’ve heard recently… Approved! #02: Buffer Overdrive “I had a really strange dream…On television!” Next up is a track that Frank’e made in cahoots with legendary French goa maestros Frédéric Holyszewski (Dado, Deedrah, Synthetic) and Christof Drouillet (Absolum) – together better known under their Transwave alias and that fact does not go by unnoticed here. The familiar flaring, uplifting melodies from 10 years ago are still very much present in this delicious track. Transwave has been dissed a lot lately for their disappointing turn to generic full-on, but luckily there’s nothing boring or formulated about this… Sure, it’s full on, but it’s damn tasty full-on and I’m sure it will revive some people’s faith in modern full-on. Mine included. This is trippy, smile-cracking full-on psytrance. Lovely. #03: No More Ghosts “No more ghosts, no more fuzzy pictures!” On this track Frank’e is joined by none other than Eat Static/Ozric Tentacles (Joie Hinton & Merv Pepler)… And this is where the fun REALLY starts. The plot has thickened, the ante has been upped, the stakes have been raised and the old party-boom stick has been hammered to the ground unleashing an unprecedented wave of psychedelia… Hell yeah, this is AWESOME stuff… A pounding, heavily filtered marching bassline pumping alongside an unsane doze of tweaked acid-lines and sonic TIP.World’esque antics… A gargantuan track which continues to render me short of breath… Awesome! #04: Next Stop Christof is back for round two on a track which unwillingly becomes a little less appealing following such a monster of a track… It’s not bad though – this type of acid-ridden full-on is still miles above the mind-numbing, generic stuff pouring out of Israel these days… What we get here is high-pitched, fast-paced, cord-catapulting, drilling psytrance which is bound to keep most dancers extremely busy on the trance floors… In essence it’s DJ friendly stuff. In-your-face dancefloor napalm – that’s less efficient for wholesome sofa trancing… A quality ‘filler’ so to speak. But miles above what would normally be described as a filler or transition track. #05: FM 17 Old-timer Mino (Meir Vaknin) of Orion-fame joins Frank on this track – and this is another instant classic that will teleport you right back to 1997… After a somewhat eerie and minimal intro, all hell brakes loose when the track morphs into a pure old-school techno fest with a hard-hitting, pounding, steady bass… The trip-factor is taken up a notch when the synths enter the equation and everything goes ballistic half way thru when the pace increases and unreal amounts of acid is unleashed… Forget everything about uplifting full-on and fluffy melodies; this is über-murky tech-trance with enough acid to kill a middle sized African country… This will suck you in, chew you up real good and spit you right back out in a matter of seconds… Un-fucking-believable! Stellar track! #06: This Can’t Be Real Frédéric Holyszewski is also back for a second track with Frank’e and whereas their first attempt leered heavily on full-on this is much deeper psychedelic techno… The main attraction here is the hypnotizing, deep pounding mesmo-beat which this track is built around… Driving, focussed cross-over trance which has an unprecedented fresh sound… Great for dancing, but even better for trancing and romancing… It’s pretty simple really, but so very lush too… Very interesting! #07: Acid Drome And for the final three tracks Frank’e is joined by his long time companion and fellow Koxbox founder Iao Ion (Ian Johansson)… The Overlord himself! And yeah, this is exactly what it says on the box: Old-school, acid-ridden, low-ripping, flesh-stripping, overwhelming psychedelic techno with more than a few surprises in store… The punch is relentless and the stamina is downright impressive… These guys still know exactly how to fuck with our heads, move our feet and drop our jaws… Resistance is futile – you *will* surrender to the vibe… Trust me on this! A massive choon! #08: Side Effects This is another one of those Ian Ion/Frank’e trax that you’ve had wet dreams about for years and years… That’s right; this is Koxbox at their best almost up to par with their prime work 10 years ago… Fast-paced, propane-injected, dancefloor-friendly, spliff-worthy psytrance with a big old slice of techno thrown in just to freak you out even more… Murky at times, nightmarish at others, but always 100% focussed and incredibly well produced… I’m running out of superlatives here, so let’s just say that this is another sure-fit instant classic on so many levels. Eclectically brilliant! #09: Voice Of On the final track Frank & Ian are joined by techno-wizard Xavier Morel – and oh my, I’ll be damned if it doesn’t manage to get even deeper, murkier and more deranged… This is pumping, slap-in-the-face psychedelic techno… Wall-to-wall maximal stuff that will freak out your cat, annoy your neighbours and scare the living shit out of your mates… Heavy stuff, but so well carried out that you can only ponder what the fuck just hit you… Immensely thrilling stuff and the perfect way to end a truly remarkable album. So there you have it. An absolutely essential Koxbox album which has immediately earned itself a place in the annals of psytrance history. As always the Koxbox sound has matured, evolved and sought new directions – which undoubtedly has left old-schoolers and purists disappointed. Not me though – I love how this album flirts both with disaster (full-on) and gives the finger to the same full-on crowd (techno) and still manages to pay homage to legacy of ancient goa trance at the same time. There are no bad tracks here, but obviously some are better than other – and seen in that light I prefer the technoid tracks over the full-on ones… But as a whole this album works as the near-perfect entity underlining that Koxbox is still very much alive and well. Hats off to Frank’e + friends for creating something so special and eclectic. This will stand as a benchmark album for years to come. Trust me. The stand-out tracks rub shoulders here and especially the second half is absolutely riddled with one monstrous track after the other… The star parade of guest stars all contribute interesting input and Frank’s touch is still as magical as it was back in 1991. The subtle, but lovely artwork also sends a friendly nod back to the artwork of 1995s Forever After. Well done Twisted Records for once again catapulting Koxbox right onto the psytrance A-list. This album is absolutely essential and I’ll give it my warmest recommendations… Enjoy! Favourites: 2, 3(!!), 5(!!), 6, 7(!!), 8(!!), 9 DeathPosture External links: Koxbox: http://www.koxbox.dk Twisted Records: http://www.twisted.co.uk Discogs: http://www.discogs.com/release/792578 Saiko Sounds: http://tinyurl.com/uoher Selectadisc: http://tinyurl.com/y7fg45 Beatspace: http://tinyurl.com/y5n4c3 Amazon: http://tinyurl.com/y8mk2r Discobole: http://tinyurl.com/sdutc Wirikuta: http://tinyurl.com/u69le Psyshop: http://tinyurl.com/ta3pd Wakyo: http://tinyurl.com/wrr9h Play: http://tinyurl.com/ukt2v

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* V/A - Evolution Of Expanded Consciousness (TIP.World 2006) http://www.discogs.com/release/698548 * X-Dream - The Best 1991-2001 (Solstice Music Europe 2006) http://www.discogs.com/release/677374 /DP

Where do you stand on emo cougars?

http://www.psynews.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=11270 http://www.psynews.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=10621

DJ Tools: * My Chemical Romance- The Black Parade (Reprise Records 2006) http://www.discogs.com/release/815226 * The Killers - Sam's Town (Island Records 2006) http://www.discogs.com/release/798584 /DP

Doesn't that referee whistle have an ambiguous look? I'm thinking balls!

could be an option too... /DP

Run that by me again... This time slowly!

Looks like a VERY solid list. Recommended by the friendly people over at Psynews. Go for it man! Ahahaha! Spot on! Nope, but it pops up on Ebay every now and again... /DP

Simon B answers to the critique here