DeathPosture

Didn't you end up buying the U-Turn promo on Ebay? Or is my memory deceiving me? /DP

* Phyx - Kiss The Blade (Timecode 2006) Not yet on Discogs * V/A - Peakopath (Peak Records 2006) Not yet on Discogs. Strangely though, Peak didn't send me the CD, only the booklet + backcover... * Phatmatix - Sorcery (Yubai Records 2006) http://www.discogs.com/release/799232 * Quirk - Machina Electrica & Fornax Chemica (Wasabi Music Group 1998) http://www.discogs.com/release/245552 * V/A - Trance Psyberdelic (Moonshine Music 1997) http://www.discogs.com/release/162343 * Ololiuqui - Reverse Engineering (Spirit Zone Recordings 2002) http://www.discogs.com/release/56988 * V/A - A Dose Of Psychedelic Trance (Hypnotic 1997) http://www.discogs.com/release/131483 /DP

Patience my friend... They told me the same thing, but my first batch arrived yesterday...

Ok, this is not a record amount or anything - it's not even psy-related... But a couple of days ago, some American collector contacted me thru Discogs and offered me $50 for this: http://www.discogs.com/release/495362 I have no idea where I got it from and I don't think I've ever played it... So I accepted and he immideately wired the money to my Paypal. Pretty good deal! /DP

Actually, for the sake of proper argumentation, it would be interesting if you could open a new thread on this. And please, if you can, back it up with examples and we'll take it from there. I hereby give you carte blanche to use my reviews as an example of the review style you don't like as much as your own. No hard feelings, promise. /DP

Let's cut the pseudo-argumentation, and get down to the nitty gritty. You don't like my review style which is perfectly fair. Just gimme a chance to retort. I will. In time.

Since we're already side-tracking Alexander's topic, I'll take the liberty to retort later... especially since my name was dropped... And what the hell, it's been a while since we've had this discussion. I'm busy right now though. Writing a killer review describing a "drifting melody" in the middle and then a buzzing noise near the end. S.M.I²L.E. /DP

Oh, and I've added a "none" option to the poll which will probably give a more balanced result... Hope that's cool Ormion? /DP

I voted "more than 20" which has been the case every month for a while now... But of course, I'll buy less than that sometimes... I buy both from psysical stores, but mostly from the internet... Used and new for all kinds of outlets. Lots of older psytrance, but also more upfront stuff... My DJ gig also requires lots of DJ tool (rock/indie/crossover). I'm addicted! /DP

About time old man! *Added Basilisk*

Yeah, you bastard I cursed you for winning that auction! Haha... Nah, it's ok... I'll get it eventually... Actually I bought it when it was released but I foolishly got rid of a lot of minimal/tech-trance titles some years ago when I was fed up with teKkno... What a mistake that was... Ah well, live and learn... /DP

Congratulations on being banned on both Isratrance and Psynews.

A varied, but mostly great bunch today... 'cept for the token crap promo listed first. * Insomnia - Taking Control (Trancelucent Productions 2006) http://www.discogs.com/release/795592 * V/A - Far East Technology (ELF Music 2006) http://www.discogs.com/release/795611 * Hallucinogen - The Lone Deranger (Nova Tekk 1997) http://www.discogs.com/release/169708 Promo version - comes in cardboard sleeve - Thanks Piotr! * Digital Mystery Tour - Digital Mystery Tour (Twisted Records 2001) http://www.discogs.com/release/35820 Only one released missing in completing Twisted Records CD-wise + a couple of rare(ish) Israeli obscurities: * V/A - Ptzatzot 2 (Kajoonk Records 1998) http://www.discogs.com/release/351330 * V/A - Trance From Mars (Trance Recording Company 1995) http://www.discogs.com/release/602124 /DP

Peer pressure is a bitch... Only thing worse, is pear pressure! That's a fine looking collection you've got there. Impressive! But welcome on Discogs dude... Approach with caution - it might utterly annihilate your soul like it has mine... Added! Nice looking collection dude. Some real old-school gems included. Oh, and welcome to Psynews too. /DP

Thread moved to appropriate forum... /DP

Early 2000s = minimal craze. Everything was introvert/minimal techoid trance...

Holy shit, YouSendit tried very hard to install some kind of malicious stuff on my work station when I tried visiting the site... Beware!

Quasar – One Day Hi-res cover: front + back Artist: Quasar (USA) Title: One Day Format: CD (jewel case) Label: Mistress Of Evil Records (USA) Cat. #: MOE 66604 Distribution: Wirikuta Date: 15 July 2006 Track listing: Book 1: The Walk In 01. 00’12” By the Seashore 02. 00’25” Changing Channels 03. 01’17” Tune In 04. 06’17” Mission Control 05. 00’32” “…we have a problem…” 06. 06’40” Plan A 07. 06’17” Plan B 08. 00’44” …at Madame Zoe’s… Book 2: The Tranceformation 09. 00’36” Transmorphication 10. 06’40” Higher Circuits 11. 06’59” The Glum Leaper 12. 00’54” The News Book C: The Revival 13. 02’00” Rediscovery 14. 04’59” Disc Recovery 15. 01’02” Area 1-50 16. 06’28” Maximum Overdrive 17. 02’01” U.F.O.B.E.S.P. 18. 06’28” Solid and Clear 19. 01’06” The Eschaton! .m3u-playlist: http://tinyurl.com/mxygx (all tracks!) Review: Conceptual fractals confined within a gazillion ‘bom spankas’ and the steady beat of a drum… American producer and fractal cowboy Jason Frazier has been an active part of the Bay Area psytrance scene since the early 2000s and prior to this, his debut album, he has released tracks on 10 different compilations… Everything I’ve heard from his hands has excelled in being super-creative and very versatile stuff… Dark and banging, but not overly serious and boring… It’s been just the right mix of everything I like about modern psychedelic trance… So yeah, I was VERY excited when this album was announced by the lovely people over at the M.O.E. label based in San Fransisco. It’s been out since June, so this review is already long overdo… Let’s get to it… Let me take you thru the tracks… #01: By the Seashore #02: Changing Channels #03: Tune In The first chapter starts with 3 short snippets of samples, music and what can best be described as psychedelic radio flipping… This must have taken weeks of knob-adjustment, fine tuning and audio wizardry. And it pays off, as this is really, really well put together… Trip-friendly static indeed! #04: Mission Control “Imagine spacemen on the moon in the big space suits… But he’s also getting mission control that has the wider picture speaking to him. Way out from that cluster of stars”. The first regular-sized track is this acid-soaked, psychedelic trip that’s jam-packed with spacy samples and hardcore, melodic psytrance morphing both vertically and horizontally… Very eclectic stuff that doesn’t have as much as a single boring nano second… The lush digital percussion is the icing on the LSD-spiked cake… Top class! #05: “…we have a problem…” #06: Plan A After a short interlude (which plays a number on your stereo) we’re drifting deep into the darker realms of Quasar’s (nether)world… The bass is kicking harder now, but the trip is kept interesting by a snowstorm of twirling little melodies, raging noise pads and morphing synth excursions… It’s awesome, but it doesn’t work as well as a separate track as #4 did… It’s still frekkin’ excellent though! #07: Plan B “I feel that I am merely an agent. Giving you some keys which has been given to me to pass on to you. These keys are to unlock doors out of your present present. Door opening on new vistas. Doors beyond where you are now!” Charlie got lost on the trip, so it’s time to switch to Plan B. Damn the protocols and put on some more music… And oh my, what a great idea that was… The old trip-meter has been turned up, and this is a true psychedelic venture into the deepest, foulest recesses of Quasar’s mind… That’s all meant as superlatives mind you… Twirling acid-lines, digital farts and electronic burps are all over the place messing with your mind and making you seriously question your sanity! Alien music anno 2006! Stellar! #08: …at Madame Zoe’s… #09: Transmorphication More interlude, bite-size mayhem here, letting you catch your breath before the trip makes a u-turn, and fucks you right up again… #10: Higher Circuits “With the higher circuits life gets more and more interesting…” A glum, film noir’esque mood opens this track before it turns into a regular stomp fest of epic proportions… Subtle acid lines and laser beams are flying back and forth, nestling in between the irregular beats and the background bassline… Again, this is very high quality music, but it works better as a transition track than a stand-alone track (which of course was never the intention). #11: The Glum Leaper “Again and again and again. In the same kind of looping cycle!” Despite the name, this is anything but glum. This is one of my fav’e tracks with a progression level second to none. It reminds me of some ancient Holy Ghost track with its unique, eclectic progression and trippy nature. The whole concept is just so fucking awesome, that I constantly cream my pants when listening to this… I’m not even gonna bother trying to describe it – words doesn’t do it justice. It’s audio LSD and encapsulates everything I love about psychedelic trance! Pure bliss! #12: The News #13: Rediscovery “Scientist discovered today that all matter is ideas condensed into physical form. Everything is an illusion and we are the shadow of our true selfs.” Clinton is on the news with a top story that sends a friendly not back to Bill Hicks… Funny stuff… A couple of shorter tracks here which pretty much adds up to a full track… We’re still catching our breath with some digital tribalism and some ganja smoking… Transcending time and leading us on the more static… #14: Disc Recovery #15: Area 1-50 With some hardcore guitar tweaking, this Quasar’s way of flipping off The Chemical Mafia and friend showing them just how interesting guitars in trance music CAN sound… Tasty radio-flicking and genre bending + a friendly nod to George Lucas’ THX 1138… Oddball stuff for sure, but what it lacks in dancability, it makes up for in trip-friendliness! #16: Maximum Overdrive Another aptly named track here – this is tension-building, energy-bursting, propane-injected maximal psytrance packed to the rim with cascading melodies, trippy synth lines and more acid than you’d dreamed off… Pure Bay Area trance with all its perks, quirks, frills and thrills… More full on than anything else here! Awesome! #17: U.F.O.B.E.S.P. The next track revolves around UFO’s and Boltzmann’s Equilibrium Spectrum Program… What else did you think it would be about? Whatever the hell it is, it works as a low-key sonic meltdown that lets you sit back and digest things for a short while before the bombardment hits you again… #18: Solid and Clear “It’s a makes it sort of nice and solid and clear… I’m solemn… Aloha!” And what a bombardment this is… If the previous full-length track wasn’t hardcore enough, just wait until this bombshell penetrates your ears… Amazingly complex, this track is riddled with interweaved melodies, uplifting synth exploration and flaring acid lines tweaked beyond recognition… Holy smurfs on PCP stomping like crazy!! Solid indeed and extremely unclear! Phew! #19: The Eschaton! “There is one ancient Buddha scripture in which he’s asked directly ‘are you a God?’ and he says ‘no’. And the next question is ‘are you a saint?’ and he says ‘no!’. And the next question is ‘well what are you?’ and he says ‘I’m awake!’. ” And before it even began, it’s over... Or just getting started? The loop starts right here… An open invitation to play the album again. And again… AMAZING album… Really! In caps and all! I’ve had this on heavy rotation since it was released – and it’s still as fresh as the first time I heard it… To the untrained ear, this might seem like a ‘normal’ concept album comparable in size to, say, Kemic-Al’s The Dark Journal or Artifakt’s Artifakt II, but it’s not… It’s more than that. Sure, it’s divided into books, but there’s not the same level of consistency here… But hey, that’s not a bad thing. Not at all. This is one of the most diverse, eclectic and utterly jaw-dropping albums of 2006. A truly profound experience that it would be a crime not to try out… Trust me on this one, this album will be benchmarked by other producers, labels and so forth for a long time… I like everything about it. From the subtle artwork, to the progression, flow and direction… Also the production is real fucking sweet, not to mention the (most likely) years of studio time that went into writing all this. That investment really paid of, and this is such a mature album… Top 10 material for sure! Hats, socks and underwear off to the man himself Jason and to Mistress Of Evil Records for putting out such an instant classic! A no-brainer, absolutely essential purchase for any fan psychedelic trance… Enjoy! Favourites: 4(!!), 6, 7(!!), 11(!!!), 14, 16(!!), 18(!). DeathPosture External links: Quasar: http://www.quasartrance.com Mistress Of Evil: http://www.mistressofevil.com Discogs: http://www.discogs.com/release/711897 Saiko Sounds: http://tinyurl.com/pwbel Beatspace: http://tinyurl.com/qsham Wirikuta: http://tinyurl.com/p35zk Psyshop: http://tinyurl.com/nz3ha Juno: http://tinyurl.com/m7b6p

That's what Myspace is for you know...

True. Also I can easily spend $300 on a wild weekend of partying - money I'll never see again, so in that perspective it's not that big a deal. But in one fell swoop $266 is a lot of money spent on one record no matter how you put it.

I agree! Including all the tracks listed here... There's a couple of them I've never even heard!