i was in london in feb. and asked the same thing on here; i dont think there are any psy-shops anymore in camden but i would definately visit the inspiral lounge (in camden). good food and atmosphere.
it sounds authentic to me...and i like it a lot actually.
this probably turned out to be the most productive rickroll in the history of rickrollling...
not much in the way of new information (some stuff about his summer gigs in the USA and metal sharon); no firm release dates for the new shpongle or hallucinogen 4
worth a read as always though...
http://www.twisted.co.uk/artists/hallucinogen
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some company in japan just released a sequencer/synth package for the nintendo ds. this article explains pretty well how it works and what it can do:
http://www.siliconera.com/2008/03/12/aq-in...ll-synthesizer/
here's a youtube video of it in action:
i dont know how well suited it would be to making psy (given the limited range of sound complexity and effects), but it might work well as sort of a musical sketchpad while on the go--or a live performance tool (if you could use it to trigger loops on a pc). especially sweet i think is the feature allowing multiple copies on multiple DS's to synchronize.
such a nice album. i listen to it at least 2 times a week on the bus, never fails to put me in a better mood. and i never would have found out about kettel if werent for psynews
that is indeed pretty overdone. if ever get good at making music id like to record myself reading passages of the dune books in an ominous voice, there'd be so much great material. also i dont think there are enough tracks (if any) that sample the new battlestar galactica--there are some lines in that show that would go perfectly in psy tracks.
good to see another NE ohio resident on here. this place is like half an hour from where i live, although ive never been there...is there anywhere i can find out what events are coming up?
the new psyreviews main page:
It always seemed like he was getting more and more disgusted with the genre but it would be nice if he had kept the archives and podcasts up even if there weren't new reviews. I always enjoyed reading them (even the negative ones) and often LOL'd in the process. And it was the only place ive ever seen a psytrance track referred to as 'homeric' which is an achievement in itself.
i dont know how old xyla is, or what gear she uses, but she obviously knows how to use it and ive always thought she was pretty hot...
edit:
more in keeping with the topic, ill bet the woman from analog pussy would be your type:
i went, it was awesome. although seone had a very loud soundsystem, all you could really hear was the (extremely bumping) kick and the high frequencies. despite that it was a great time and im definitely stoked for oood's next album now.