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Ketuh Records Suspended Reality compilation caught my attention back in 2004, it had potential to become something interesting in the near future. Since then they've unleashed a flood of compilations upon us. In total there were three Ketuh compilations released last year, the recently mentioned Suspended Reality, Sonic Pantomine and Peacemaker in november. So far, 2005 has brought us A Little Lunacy, In Crypto and the just released Hyper Spatial Chrysalis compilation. That's one compilation every second month! I've totally lost interest in Ketuh because of this. There's always two or three good tunes on their compilations, but that's not enough for a purchase. Quality over quantity could render one excellent compilation every year, instead we are treated with a flood of mediocre releases. MP3 isn't killing the labels, it's their lack of quality control, and quantity over quality philosophy. This, of course, doesn't only apply to Ketuh Records.

The label will then be bankrupt and no more artists will be screwed over and over again, and we could really use a lot of bankrupts in this scene. Rule of thumb: don't make any business with something that isn't a business. There's another angel to this, if the artists talked amongst themselves about good and bad labels then noone would sign to the bad labels and be screwed over and over again. If labels doesn't want to sign this artists because he did the right thing, then these labels are probably planning to screw him again, so he isn't really missing out on anything. In my opinion this problem must be solved by the artists themselves. Here are some basic ideas: - while your on tour, talk to your fellow artists, are they signed to a bad label, spread the word and don't sign to that label. - If the label you're thinking of signing to isn't transparent about its business then you should probably think twice. - If the label you're thinking of signing to can't present you with a proper contract, think twice. - Contact artists that are already signed to the label and ask what their experience of the label is. - Spread the word to us, the consumers, then we can choose not to support the label.

Two interesting tunes: GMS vs. Dado, Dino Psaras & Dimitri Nakov - D.D.D. 'N' R & B Killer Buds - Everything Is A Copy What caught my attention about these two tunes was the old school vibe, scratchy sounds AND contemporary production. This vibe is also present on Misted Muppets excellent debut album. Xerox and Illumination's Temporary Insanity album is another good example, although it's a bit too clean. Vatos Locos' Attack and Release has also managed to represent this vibe in a very good way. The new Suntrip compilation also seems to be what I'm looking for, especially the Ka-Sol track. The recentyly released Killer Buds album does not qualify, it's pure copy and paste neo full on. The new Droidlock album is interesting but it feels too empty. What I'm looking for is old school full on night music with contemporary production.

Not this one.

This entire thread makes no sense at all!!! If you click a board members alias there's an option to ignore posts from that member... Bye, bye, stupid posts!

You have no clue at all. Go back to Shpongle.

You could also try Torakka's Far Out Express, but that might be too much neo full on or something to your ears. Monotonous!!!

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha Texas Faggott and monotonous in the same sentance!!! Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha Btw, I just remembered that there's a Mandalavandalz remix of Angelic Particles, it's called Otteen Otti. Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha Monotonous!!!

There's a section called reviews and then there's a section called parties and travel talk. If someone posts party information in the reviews section they either do not bother or they're killer spammers. It really doesn't matter if it's the first or the last, they deserve boom shankar shiva bitching. Just make sure to watch out for Shiva when he shows up!

Hey, Magic_Utopia, 1. Posting party information in the reviews section and adding an exclamation point at the beginning of the title to get your post in the top of the section sure is killer neo full-on spam!!!!! 2. Organizing a psy-trance party and not being able to spell psychedelic makes me belive your party will be the killer bomb!!!!! 3. Writing "killer" and "boom shankar" along side really says it all!!!! Killer!!!!! I hope Shiva shows up at your party and stomps it flat, that would be killer!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Try: Four Tet - Pause Telefon Tel Aviv - Fahrenheit Fair Enough Thievery Corporation - The Mirror Conspiracy / The Richest Man In Babylon Kruder & Dorfmeister - K&D Sessions Peach Orchestra - Reset Arovane - Atol Scrap Tipper - Surrounded

Then what's the point of selecting one tune per year, why not just select 10 excellent tunes representative of your taste?

I don't really see the meaning of your list. The tunes selected for 2001-2004 are in no way representative of psy-trance during those years. Why limit yourself to only one track per year? Make your friend a MP3 CD full of great music and let him explore the various subgenres of the music. He can then get back to you and tell you what style he likes the most and then you could really point him in the right direction.

Economic theory says: supply and demand. People are willing to pay for old Hallucinogen and Posford is willing to perform.

That must be one of the very best compliments you could get as a digital artist. Good work, btw!

This is a tough one, but I guess it would be something like: Twisted Liquid Sound Design Digital Structures

You can't disable sharing, that's how the bittorrent protocol works. It's a communist protocol.

You forgot to mention that it's 2-4 minute long low quality samples. I tend to preview at Saiko Sounds or Psyshop, and if it sounds interesting I'll download it, but most of the time it turns out to be yet another boring cut and paste release. I used to buy records based on these short previews, but there were just too many let downs. Fact remains, if the labels provided good quality samples I would not be forced to download.

No, it's not that simple. It's legal for you to download it (you're a Swedish resident, right?), but it's not legal for you to share it, and that's exactly what you're doing when you use bittorrent. If I understand your argument against downloads correct it's focused on the illegal sharing of artists hardwork rather than the actual download, and by downloading the new Shpongle album via bittorrent that's exactly what you've done. Posford and Raja Ram are probably crying in their jacuzzi's this very minute. If you don't have a good setup I doubt you'll be able to hear any difference.

The music download lawsuits in the US are, as I understand it, orchestrated by the cooperation of the major labels through the RIAA. The psytrance labels are not part of this organisation. RIAA focus on the major top 50 releases of its members, not small genre music like psytrance. The proof of illegal downloads are gathered by the RIAA and then sent to the police. It's not the police that are monitoring filesharing networks for illegal downloads. I'm sure you can download Shpongle without any fear of prosecution. That would be just lovely, or even better DVD AUDIO!

I've spent roughly $10000 US on psytrance and $3000 on non psy music. A lot of it thanks to downloads. I don't buy ANYTHING before I've heard it completely, there's just too much crap out there. Because the labels fail to provide adequate previews I'm forced to download music inorder to preview it. Thanks to downloads I've discovered tons of new music I would never have heard. I download almost everything people recommend to me, if it's good I'll buy it, if it's bad I delete it. The consequence of this is that my record selection is becoming more varied at the expense of psytrance, but my total record buying cost is increasing. The music download phenomenon is not as black and white as you describe it.

Ceriously Cinos, you don't have to inform us about every problem you encounter during the day. I haven't checked this topic since lunch and now it's full of completely useless replies from you. Please don't be so fast to hit the reply button, think twice.

Not on bittorrent yet? It's available on the biggest torrent site: Pirate Bay.

Cut and paste from Twisted.co.uk: "shpongle 3 nothing lasts is available now for pre order from the twisted online ordering page for a reduced price of £12.00 UKP. all pre orders will be shipped next friday 27th MAy 2005. worldwide release date is 06.06.05. buy it from twisted now and have it 2 weeks before any shops!"

First impression: Simply amazing! There's clicks and bleeps, morphing and shifting sounds and tweaked voices everywhere. The transition between tracks and the overall flow is excellent. There are tons of influences and variation among and in the tracks and still it doesn't feel unfocused. The sound quality is very sharp and crisp and it's a treat to listen to the album on a good surround setup. This is Shpongle all the way, so don't worry, you'll feel at home and at the same time you'll discover lots of new things: there are melodies, instruments and vibes that aren't the typical posfordian but executed with the typical excellence, care of detail and talent of Posford. The album ends a bit abruptly though. It's both an internal and external experience, and you'll have lots of flashbacks from start to finish. Another masterpiece really.