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I like the cover and it's hopefully a sign of him and Raja Ram returning to the roots

I think it's really bad. The live drums, the rock/metal riffs and lame artificial crowd noise doesn't do it for me. And there's nothing "live" about this recording. Even though they are experienced musicians they haven't played as a band long enough to trust each other and go out on a limb. This is a carefully rehearsed show and not once do I get the feeling of being there in the moment, which should be essential for a live recording. I have always been impressed by Posford's ability to reinvent his sound and they major effects his ideas have had on the psychedelic trance sound. I do understand that artists might find it more fun to play with instruments and with friends, but if Younger Brother and Hallucinogen in dub live is his new sound I'm not sure I will follow that path. I would rather prefer a live Hallucinogen album, and it's a good way of making more money of the Hallucinogen trance sound everyone loves. A live Hallucinogen album would be as magnificent as the Daft Punk live album.

Be careful what you wish for:

I agree 100 % and I often get annoyed when I listen to a great album where the cover of the album doesn't match the music. The problem is that the bad cover art gets in the way of the audio visual images in my mind. My best example is Twisted's Unusual Suspects compilation. It's a great compilation, but the cover is so lame. As is the case with most Twisted covers post Demented when Twisted decided to change their graphical profile.

Besides the Talpa follow up album, here's my disappointments: Gappeq - Speaker Seeker One of the most exciting new artists of recent years, but nonetheless an uninspiring debut album. One of the biggest disappointments. Cosmosis - Trancendance One of few old school artists that have managed to develop his sound, and then suddenly it's the well known and boring full on formula. Ocelot - Dream Selector The Vector Selector album is amazing, I just love all those strange alien sounds, and the idea of him turning melodic (as was the case with Dream Selector) was very interesting, unfortunately the album didn't work for me. Koxbox - U-turn All talent obviously left with Ian Ion. X-dream - We Interface There's no denying that the X-dream guys are one of the most important acts of psytrance, but the We Interface album is well crafted boredom. The Delta - Minusman Same as above x 10. Prometheus - Robot.O.Chan His first couple of singles are really good, but the album just doesn't do it for me. It's like he's trying to be more intelligent and avant garde then he actually is. Same applies for the Corridor of Mirrors album. Quirk - Quality Control Their debut album is one the essential albums of the golden years, their follow-up is one the biggest disappointments. Deedrah - Body Soul Impressive sound quality, among the best I've ever heard on cd, but the tracks doesn't go anywhere.

Will be one of the top ten best albums of 2009. No psy-trance albums on that list so far.

I understand that artists get disillusioned about the trance scene, but I can't understand how über cheesey new age ballads are the answer.

Some of you might know Zomby as a dubstep artist, but his debut album, Where were u in '92?, is old school breakbeat and hardcore, and it's excellent nostalgic music! He claims that "this album was produced using 92 studio techniques using the Akais2000 and Atari ST with Cubase". I don't know or care if that's the truth, all that matters is that it's a great album. Any similar old school recommendations would be appreciated. I had some old tapes with some great breakbeat, but I've lost them, and I would love to listen to some of it again.

Nice job with the interview. The questions were relevant and the answers felt honest. Any ideas on what his techno alias might be?

You should look for Ubar Tmar - True Sandman - Witchcraft Shaolin Wooden Men - Supermindway Spiral Active Project - Spiral Active Project Texas Faggott - Petoman's Peflett V.A. - Shamanic Trance mixed by Tsuyoshi Suzuki Odd Harmonics - Coincidentalism - Demon Tea - 2000

You are looking for: Ubar Tmar - True Odd Harmonic - Coincidentalism Shaolin Wooden Men - Supermindway Process - One Drop or Two?

Warp Records and the London Sinfonietta did something similar to some Aphex Twin and Squarepusher tracks: http://www.warprecords.com/londonsinfonietta/

I can't help you, but if you could manage to get those tracks released it would be excellent! Good luck!

Great work draeke! I would prefer a gold or black disc in a jewelcase. It depends on how the color of the artwork corresponds to the color of the disc. But I'm sure you'll make all the right decisions, this is after all your (and our) dream come true!

I just heard Interstellar Overdrive, not the Pink Floyd track, but the psytrance act. Wow, that's my kind of psychedelic trance! Dark, weird and with some haunting melodic parts. Who are they? Why are they unreleased? Are there any more tracks besides Dark Awakening and Part 4?

It was a long time since I enjoyed a Wizzy Noise album, and with this album I consider them to be off topic as far as psychedelic trance is concerned.

Best album of 2008 so far

I recommend all of you to visit Illuminus MySpace site and listen to their tracks. Even though I'm personally fed up with the ethnic downtempo sound Illuminus manges to make it seem fresh and of high quality.

Tell him to upload some of his old unreleased goa/psy trance dj mixes for his fans.

I know I'm not the only Nuclear Ramjet fan on this site so I thought I would tell you all that there's some really good free music at their website: http://www.nuclearramjet.com/ I especially recommend the different remixes of Brightness and Delta1. The Brightness remixes are Nuclear Ramjet at their best: deep, melodic, space trance.

A classic tune is a tune that can stand the test of time. A classic psychedelic trance tune would be a tune that can still blow people's mind's ten years later. I doesn't have to be known by many. Hallucinogen can still play all over the world based on albums that are more than 10 years old, that's classic stuff.

I'm an old school fan and just as Pawelek I dont' think the current new school trend is all that. I like Suntrips compilations and the Filteria albums but the rest of the albums haven't been that exciting. I can enjoy one track at a time from most of the albums but I can't enjoy the albums from start to finish, there's something missing. ...and don't get me started on the net labels that are dedicated to the new wave of goa trance... Ra is ok, I've been listening to them since before their debut album. I have an old demo tape of theirs, their best stuff in my opinion. I'm not sure what my verdict on the 9th will be, but I'll keep you updated! :-)

...by using that logic the upcoming Guns 'n' Roses album will have the most soul ever!

I've been looking for Electronomicon for such a long time! Dub mission deserves recognition for re-releasing this album. An essential album in any serious electronic music collection.

My recommendations: Anahata - The Unmade Sound Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works I & II Global Communication - 76:14 Healer - Wonderground Padmasana - Padmasana Robert Rich - Rainforest Sync24 - Source The Infinity Project - Mystical Experience V.A. - Floatation V.A. - Oxycanta V.A. - Oxycanta Winter Blooms