Trolsk

I really liked your mix! There are some really good transitions between tracks, good track selection and overall great flow and vibe. Looking forward to more mixes.

Psychedelics are not a shortcut to a constant change of behavior, they can however make you aware of alternative paths, but when the trip ends you are the one that will have to choose to walk a new path. If you choose a new path it will require constant practice. If you choose not to, then it is escapism. For any one interested in psychedelics and change, and for post-psychedelic users pondering their experiences, I can recommend Zig Zag Zen: Buddhism and Psychedelics.

Spot on!

It is sad that the Israeli artist do not choose to express their political views. Back in the 1960's psychedelic culture and the movement against the Vietnam war were one and the same, and psychedelics was one way of making people realize the meaningless of war. Fast forward 40 years and it seems to be all about escapism. That might explain the rise of the easy digestible neo full on sound and ecstasy in Israel: consumerism for a traumatized generation. I can recommend the documentary The Attack of the Happy People about ecstasy consumtion in Israel.

There is no denying that there are escapist elements in trance culture, but in my opinion that is not the purpose, but the side effect of being in a trance state or having a psychedelic experience. For me trance and the psychedelic experience is about waking up and seeing the world in a new light, the opposite of escapism.

My respect for Infected Mushroom would have been regained if their new music video featured clips and photos of innocent civilians that got killed by the Israeli and the Palestinians. It's possible for them to use their, um, "fame" to promote peace between Israelis and Palestinians. What I am curious to understand is why political statements by Israeli psytrance acts are a taboo? Israel is a country with an actual ongoing conflict where a lot of innocent people have gotten killed, and therefor I kind of expect that the Israeli psytrance scene should use its parties to promote peace, respect and understanding, but that is not the case, as I understand. The closest thing to a political statement from an Israeli act is Fatali's album cover for his album Faith. There's an Astral Projection tune called Free Tibet, but to my knowledge they have never commented on the Israel and Palestine conflict. My idea with this topic is not to start a heated debate about who is responsible for the conflict, please respect that. As an outsider I am curious to get some insight in to the workings of the Israeli scene, and the lack of political statements has always seemed strange to me.

I assume you missed The Best Compilations ever thread a week back? Here's my list: Accidental Occidentalism - Symbiosis - 1995 1st Flight - Flying Rhino - 1996 3rd Flight Slipstream - Flying Rhino - 1998 4th Flight Velocity - Flying Rhino - 1999 Black Rhino - Flying Rhino - 1997 Yellow Compilation - TIP - 1995 Phosphorescent - TIP - 1996 Beyond Colour - TIP - 1998 Halluci-nations - TIP World - 2000 Mu Clear Compilation - Nippon Crown / TIP - 1997 Dementertainment - Twisted - 1998 Demented - Twisted - 2000 Made on Earth - 2CD - Blue Room Released - 1997 Pulse 6 (CD1) - Sub Terranean - 1998 Joker's Files - MDMA - 2000 Vibration 2 - Com.Pact - 2000 Beats and Beyond - Surreal Audio - 2000

Here's my rushed and biased review: Excellent release! The beauty, the melodies, the trance, the oldschool. Love it. It's the soundtrack to my late night bicycle rides. A Blueprint for survival will certainly be one of the top ten best albums of 2009. Even though I have already heard several of the released tracks, the new mastering makes them sound like new. Really crisp and beautiful stuff. Highly recommended to all.

A blog post from Brittish newspaper The Guardian about bubstep and ketamine: "The drug ketamine has long skulked around dance music's fringes, but has it found its synergy with wonky's disembodied beats?" Feeling wonKy: is it ketamine's turn to drive club culture?

All Neum tracks Tarsis - Vacuum Tarsis - G-lock Haldolium - Deagua Native Radio - Chiba City Blues Process - One Drop or Two? V/A - Third Flight: Slipstream V/A - Fourth Flight: Velocity V/A - Mechanism

V/A - Airborn - Flying Rhino Records

My list in no particular order: Accidental Occidentalism - Symbiosis - 1995 1st Flight - Flying Rhino - 1996 3rd Flight Slipstream - Flying Rhino - 1998 4th Flight Velocity - Flying Rhino - 1999 Black Rhino - Flying Rhino - 1997 Yellow Compilation - TIP - 1995 Phosphorescent - TIP - 1996 Beyond Colour - TIP - 1998 Halluci-nations - TIP World - 2000 Mu Clear Compilation - Nippon Crown / TIP - 1997 Dementertainment - Twisted - 1998 Demented - Twisted - 2000 Made on Earth - 2CD - Blue Room Released - 1997 Pulse 6 (CD1) - Sub Terranean - 1998 Joker's Files - MDMA - 2000 Vibration 2 - Com.Pact - 2000 Beats and Beyond - Surreal Audio - 2000

This year's best album, so far.

I listened to Music for 18 musicians (on Spotify) yesterday , and I'm very impressed by it. Great recommendation!

I know exactly what you mean

Techno Viking

This might be what you're looking for, bossa nova covers of pop songs: Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 - The Very Best

Probably all samples used by GMS. All Matrix samples.

Understandable as Duvdev has everything to lose and Erez everything to win.

A lot of movies get shown at Cannes even though they're in post-production, and several movies get re-cut after they've been shown at Cannes. Oh, and the movie might not have been part of the Cannes competition...

I just stumbled over this at Twisted's Younger Brother page: "Meanwhile Benji and Simon are working with Philip Ridley on the soundtrack for a film called Heartless, which is set to be one of the UKs biggest movies for 2009 which premiered at Cannes in May 09." I watch a lot of movie's, but I'm not familiar with Philip Ridley and I can't recall that his movie did get any special attention in the Cannes 09 reports I've read. Any rumors or comments about this movie or his previous work?

The entire point of this topic is that we want another Classical Mushroom album, not more crap. For every new album they release it's a new big step away from a new Classical Mushroom album, and the current progression of their music points towards the Eurovision Song Contest, sadly. Simon Posford should start a new collaboration with Erez and save him from Duvdev. Then Posford and Erez could create amazing music together, and Raja Ram and Duvdev could create their own electronic rock band. It's a win-win-situation for everybody.

It is only a matter of time before IM decide to enter the Eurovision Song Contest, it's the next logical degradation of their music...

DotShop has some good stuff, too bad their closing down...

Old school fun