Krell

I dont disagree with this. Feedback is 3 things. - The Good - The Bad - Constructive Critisizm & Encouragement where needed. But, always relative to the topic at hand - and I dont think labelling djs as "not artists" and putting forth arguments which just display ones disrespect for their work + relevance on the basis of personal taste goes under any of those 3 points I just drew up. Best Wishes Krell

Well - Even if you can get a piece of software to align beats perfectly then the demands for creating even better flow thru correctly timed track selection increases. Even when you have learned to manually beatmatch perfectly, its STILL very difficult to mix technicly (beatmatching isnt everything, its only 1 basic skill). If something becomes easy, the demands for perfection & creation increase further, it raises the bar by which you are judged. Software is the future of Djing - Theres no doubt about it - But, technique is only 1 factor in DJing - Being very good at mixing stuff together doesnt make you a good DJ, actually most of the crowd at psytrance parties do not give a shit about whether you are super good or just average- What they look for is the track selection, the flow & the storyline in the set (no software will ever be able to do that - its art - not technique/sport). The thing about technique is that its easy to understand and measure for people who do not really know what goes into talented Trance DJing. But the fact is flow & track selection are more important than technique....... (its the music that matters, the sequencing of the tracks more than the technical transition from track 2 track). Good DJs try to be the best they can at all aspects of DJing, therefore our technique is important to us. Very simple. Any DJ knows that he can choose tracks for the flow or the mixes, the easier it will become to choose tracks for flow (while still being able to mix them at least ok), will actually increase the demands for DJs who can create special sets where a story is told... The future holds no rewards for DJs who are only technicly good. Best Wishes Krell

7:04 :-) Theres a cut/swoop in the sound, thats it :-) Like a corkscrew effect hehe

I would like chickens then. Best Wishes Krell

Mixing old school is difficult due to the production of the tracks, the kicks do not stand out as they do with modern full on & progressive (and are often very high frequency) - the mastering is a lot different and bad complicating things. Also, the tracks are often fast (beyond 145 bpm) which makes them harder to mix @ cd players with only 0,1 pitch precision. Yeah, mixing is hard - often when people hurry into mixing they will think "oh this is easy, no problem" - but once you point out all the errors they are making and where they need to improve those statements often turn to dust pretty fast. You learn, that it will never be good enough, never perfect. The best sounding mixes are normally also the easiet mixes, while the hardest mixes are often the ones who will sound crappy... So, the quality of the mixes is proportional to the time you spend scouting for compatible and usable tracks. (which takes a lot of time if these tracks are still to be very good and interesting musicly).. :-) Krell

@Charlie Quote Charlie "I've never understood why they're so popular, it's just tracks that are alreay out there but mixed together." It is what you describe there AND tracks specificly selected to enhance each other by a very musicly dedicated person who spends a lot of his/her life listening to and finding new magical tracks. On top of this, this person (the dj) makes his own experiences as to what will work in a dj set and not - DJ sets are journeys thru trance inducing music which will stimulate different sorts of trance states in the listeners mind. Trance states can be manipulated and taken advantage off by combining tracks in certain sequences to form passages which again create a virtual journey through sound. Quote Charlie "For that reason I don't have much respect for DJ's either, they don't create the music, they're not artists, yet people go crazy over them. Why? It's weird." Well you should, since DJs are the backbone of the parties - Djs are artists, just like producers - They present a different artform than the producer - but an artform it is. Let me qoute something to you from my resume Quote Krells DJ resume "The art of Djing is creating a seamless flow through different trance inducing soundscapes & keeping an open and pure mind when choosing whatever music goes into the experience. There is a lot more to talented Djing than beatmatching & playing the latest most hyped up releases – To create a special & almost sacred trance experience the DJ has to have great wisdom & knowledge concerning both trance states and journeys through music. " Feel free to pick out any of the aspects of that qoute and I will be happy to explain it to you in greater detail. I have been a psytrance DJ for more than 10 years now, and I ask for you to respect that I know something of what makes up a great trance music experience. Quote Charlie "Yeah, I appreciate it's sometimes nice not to have a break in between tracks, especially if you're clubbing, but ordinarily I like to listen to tracks in their entirety. I often find the beginning and ending of tracks are the best parts and mixes always drown these out or cut them off completely." Actually, I dont always cut off the beginnings and endings completely - I do it most of the time, but sometimes I will include them and perform a fade mix (most basic mixing technique). I do this because sometimes intros and outros are very well done and will add more to the experience than just beatmixing the tracks. Quote Charlie "An artist is someone who creates something new from scratch. DJ's use existing material and blend them together, it might well be a skill to blend tracks together in the way you described but it's in no way an art form." A DJ creates a trance inducing experiences using existing trance inducing sounds/tracks - The total experience of the progression of the music, energy levels, mixing technique as well as what ever themes are weaven into the mix which will complement each other is the art. As a DJ you just dont find some tracks you like and spin them in some random order to get it over and done with(like winamp), you try to anticipate what will be the right music for the right time. As such you are constantly emerged in one large transitional state where you might know where you want to take the music and you need to find a way to get there without falling out of the seamlessly progressing flow you are trying to CREATE. There, do you understand now ? You CREATE flow through choosing & mixing tracks which again CREATE the total experience for the other participants in the a musicly induced trance journey. (optimum flow means the tracks will add to each other and make it all more intense/deep/interesting or whatever). Some link it to shamanism / vision quests and so forth - and yes, it does include some of those elements - But in truth, the DJ goes in between the shaman and the musician/producer and lends things from both of those roles + combines it with whatever other talent he/she can draw from. It IS a creative & artistical process requiring talent, you envision the journey and then you try to create it with the tools you have (tracks, cd players, turntables, mixers). Tools+Talent+Vision=Art. Just in case you still didnt really understand this - Let me rephrase it - PsyTrance DJing is the art of creating trance inducing musical experiences, which resemples journeys through soundscapes with a focus on mind altering experiences. (there are many Art Forms within "Djing" - This is the art of Psytrance Djing). The artistic expression is the sum of the total participant experiences created by the DJ set. THAT is the art. Not the mixing, not the singular tracks themselves - but the total experience. You know, deep trance is something skilled trancers can first achieve after listening to the same tempo / sound / stimulant for 20 minuttes (according to the trance institute). http://www.trance.ch - Soooo, listening to small 5-10 minutte tracks will never use trance inducing music to its fullest potential - Which in essence means you are missing out on something truely remarkable if you do not realize the value of DJ sets. Forgive me for going into so much detail - But, its sort of a personal quest of mine to increase awareness of what the art of Djing is - Especially since DJs are more and more being redelegated to a secondary role at especially commercial events since the crowd will go to the party to hear the names releasing CDs and not for the music. Presenting music, freely, openly and seamlessly THAT is the task of the DJ - His/Hers specialty, its an area at which the DJ will always excell generally. (even though some producers are VERY good at it, Jaïa or Son Kite for instance). @radi6404 Quote radi6404 "hey rian, why you want opinions of your mix, i think mixing is nothing special and your winamp can mix tracks together, too so mixing for me isn´t a skill at all. sorry i don´t watn say something against you but mixing is so easy taht i can´t get why you want an opinion of the set, anyway the tracks are choosen well. I´don´t know why we have djs because the most artists add transmissions in their tracks so the cd´s are like sets." Everybody can learn to mix, with time - but its is one of many things that goes into Djing (its a basic skill). Other basic skills for other artists include Drawing, Painting, Playing an instrument or even Fucking - these skills are nothing special either - However, there is a big difference between how good people are at PERFORMING THEM. Actually, people never really appreciate basic skills unless they loose their ability to perform them on a basic level... (only a FEW ever achieve the ability to perform basic skills at high artistical levels though). Anybody can mix, but not everybody mix just as well... And remember, this is only "technique", there are other aspects of DJ sets "flow", "storyline", "genre balancing", "moods", "knowledge of trance state manipulation" and plenty more which are at least as or even more important than the technique part - For some reason, people who lack the fundamental understanding of what goes into the art of Djing always focus on the superficial side of it which is the technique - Funny thing also is, that some of the worst DJs imaginable have great technique but their other abilities suck (this is why many psytrancers will enjoy a Goa Gil low technique set more than the best mixing DJ out there - other factors are more important than technique). So, getting feedback on how good you are at balancing out these different factors is paramount if you want to become better at DJing. Do you now understand why Rain wants to share his ART with the rest of us ? Btw, you say mixing is so easy ? Have you never tried it ? Tell me something about it - Since, if its so easy, why do sooooo many DJs suck at mixing tracks together then ? We have Djs because we NEED people who are good a selecting, timing and using music to create complete trance experiences - its very simple. Artists sit around in their studio nerding over creating great tracks within whatever genre they create, while they will often listen to R&B or whatever different music they can just to get a break from the electronics. In essence, a person needs TIME to find new great music and time to understand & analyse it. A producer is in his set limited by his own tracks, and this will be a limiting factor in any set he is trying to create. Its great for maybe 1 - 1½ hours, but then for most artists(producers limited to their own tracks) its usually over. DJs are free of these limiting factors, they have all the music of the world to choose from, all they need is to understand what it will do to the audience & how to mix it together to maximum effect in a given situation (party, radio, downloadable set - whatever). EASY TO CREATE GREAT MIXES ? Takes me around 2 weeks to create a 2-3 hour set which I will get very positive feedback on - And thats NOT counting the time it takes me to find the tracks (which is, on average, 2 hours of constant listening to new music everyday). And I have been practicing for a decade now, and rating the text I have just thrown in your face, I shouldnt look like a complete moron I think ;-) Re-evaluate your statements please :-) Best Wishes Krell

Well - I consider the track chillout :-) So its for foreplay. Perhaps foreplay with a bit of activities in it hehe. Oood also made a track, which is the ultimate penetration track - I believe it is Heliopause, theres a "swooosh" sound in it hehe. But, its not like I have music I use specificly for sex/lovemaking etc - I have thought about mixing up a set for it, but I think the passions are better off leading the way instead of the music :-)

I know :-) You just replied to it - I qouted badly. Sorry

No, thats sick...*disgusted*

Religion is poison - Mao Zedong

Andromeda "Fluting Around" - its sensual. I prefer chillout for foreplay though... Progressive Tribal House for endurance fucking 125-135bpm and full on or dark psy for the climax 145-155 bpm

Yeah, we want some covers with cute ass on them - or else it doesnt matter ;-) I dont print out covers either, and I dont burn sets to CDs - Some do though, mostly for the car or at work - But, I dont hope they sit around glancing at the covers there. However, I do like mixes to have covers or something visual when you download them - Like Kaas progressive war set, or some of Basilisks sets. (just for pure presentation on the net) *wraps Basilisk in danish bacon and poors sauce all over him* *stops* *leaves to make himself some food that doenst involve cannibalism* :-) Krell

I heard IM just when they started putting lyrics in their tracks - In the first liveset it was only "Im the supervisor" which had lyrics and I could cover my ears for the duration - The rest of the live set rocked, pure melodic mayhem and everything that made IM good. About a year after, I heard them again - Now every 3 tracks seemed to have singing in them, and the whole formula for the tracks was "put your hands in the air, scooter time".... Not my taste, actually it sucked so much my friend and I had to leave the party due to the agony of it. Still - I dont think everything IM creates is pure shit - Not at all - I really like tracks like "frog machine" and "horus the chorus" soooo... It depends. Of course, Im sad to see the new paths they are taking, but quite frankly I would rather see artists evolve into something I dont like, than see the copying the same sounds again and again.... Im sure, in the future, some of the IM guys will hit their mark with me again... Untill then, I might make a bit fun of them - but I wouldnt read more into it than general audio nausea which cannot be avoided, you cant please everybody anyways :-) Best Wishes Krell

You can download it from here http://www.doei.org/misc/DJ_Krell_-_Openin...09-05_-_VBR.mp3 The mixupload.com links dont work at the moment because they are upgrading their site. Best Wishes Krell

Thanks for the compliment :-) I hope you like the Progressive Trance/House set better then :-) I will of course also record some Progressive Psytrance set in the future(since thats definately also a genre I spin with great enthusiasm). One step at a time, next up is a nighttime psychedelic trance set (which I dont think will be to your liking either hehe) :-) After that, I enter my progressive psy cycle, and then its chillout, and the its progressive house/trance once more (around january). Best Wishes Krell

Hi Tatsu - Shades of Light has been released now and can easily be ordered @ psyshop HERE There are also samples so you can check it out before hand :-) Have a great day :-) Krell

The first release on Virus Tekk Records is the compilation CD "Shades of Light" which features tracks from both well established artists as well as a handfull of newcomers. Musicly the album consists of different shades of Psychedelic Trance ranging from both dark nightime music to light morning tracks. All in all a complete journey thru Psychedelic / Full On Trance music, compiled by Rishi aka Jakob Rosenkrantz, who is also the label manager of Virus Tekk Records. Read Review @ Trance.Net Ordering can be done thru Psyshop HERE Tracklist - Shades of Light - Virus Tekk Records. 1.Rishi - Mind And Matter 2.Ganesh Project - Mono Star 3.Intersys - Shades Of Grey 4.Toxical - Freak Out 5.Psynutz - Psy Storm 6.Nasa - A Bit Closer To Heaven 7.A.M.F - Dwell On Dreams 8.Vipasana Feat. Khepri Duo - Systematic 9.Logarythm - Virus Infection More info about Virus Tekk Records - DJs & Acts @ www.virus-tekk.com

Master Tempo distorts. At least on my cdj100s Best Wishes Krell

Amplifier - NAD C370 2*120watt@8&4 Ohm - Dynamic Power is 350watts pr channel in 4ohm, and 10ms bursts. Speakers - QLN612 Powerhandling 350Watts - 2 6½ Inch Mid, 1" Tweeter & 12" Long Throw Peerless Subs. Frequency response 28hz-22KHz. 31kgs each. I feed them from either my computer, or Pioneer CDJ100s + Vestax PMC-270A mixer + long cables. Audio cable is from Tara Labs I believe. Whos next in the pissing contest ? :-) My neighbours never complain, but the people living upstairs will whine if I just turn the volume knob from 19 O´lock to 22 O´clock position :-(

Just listened to the set - Very nice mixing, often I didnt realize a new track was coming before it was dominant, also especially in the first part the after effects of the exiting track are very pleasant / makes for a cohesive flow from track to track. Also great to hear good old Amtrax shine once more. I think the flow worked better than it did in "rise" - though its hard to judge when the set isnt that long. Still, I basicly like it - but mostly the track to track flow. Some of the tracks where a bit blunt / uninteresting (for my taste), but when the next track presented itself in mix the smooth introduction of the new groove gave more energy to the experience which was nice. A lot of the track selection reminded me of DJ Banels set at VooV this year, still this set is a lot more uplifting. All in all, very nice mix. definately recommended for anyone who is into uplifting progressive, which retains a number of psychedelic influences. A very dancable set this is Best Wishes Krell

I thought the new Miniloque tracks where moving into electro & techno more than progressive house/psytrance/deep trance. So I was told, from a reliable source. Havent heard much other than the progressive house stuff yet though - but Im guessing its just a matter of time. :-) Krell

Thanks to www.mixupload.com you can now also stream this mix/set. For streaming, go here.: http://www.mixupload.com/index.php?act=mli...ysong&s_id=2187

Thanks to www.mixupload.com you can now also stream this mix/set. For streaming, go here.: http://www.mixupload.com/index.php?act=mli...ysong&s_id=2195 Also, I have decided to post the tracklist now as well, which I am sure will please a lot of people. Simply didnt feel right to have a set online, with music made by these brilliant artists without being able to credit them all & their labels as they deserve. So, I can argue with anyone whether to share the tracklist, but I lost the argument with myself in the end you could say :-) Tracklist 01 John Con Vs Nikola Gala "Swing 2 Harmony(Matthew Dekay Mix)" DK Records 02 Blue Soul "Another Day" Klik Records 03 Espen & Stian "Dominating Male" Vapour Recordings 04 Fitalic "Thought(Atmotech Remix)" Sprout 05 Clubbervision "First Experience" Noctambula Records 06 Jerry Bonham "Seventh Seal (Tweaked Line Mix)" Saw Recordings 07 Dousk "Lovelasting" Blaq Valve Recordings 08 Sub6 "7th Son(Fitalic Remix)" VP Records 09 Tilt "Twelve(Dousk Mix)" Lost Language 10 Greed Feat Lesley "I see you(Miniloque Remix)" SOG Records 11 A. Matsumoto and DJ Yoshi "Dreamer(Luke Chable Remix)" Precinct Records 12 Alexander Kowalski "Belo Horizonte(Album Mix)" Kanzleramt 13 Inkfish vs Martin H "Eye am(David West Mix)" Baroque Records 14 Sultan Feat. Stephanie Vezina "Shivers(Mannel Mix)" Shinichi Recordings 15 Dekay vs Proluctors "Bad" Dekay Records 16 Heiko Laux "Diminuendo" Kanzleramt 17 The Greek Feat Stephanie Vezina "G Pal Strings of Life Mix" Shinichi Recordings Enjoy :-)

Well, how many events you play at and how big they are - Thats also modified a lot by how good promotion you get. That more than anything else I think. Best Wishes Krell

The compilations releasedate was today - but, since the CDs actually first arrived at the HQ just now - we still need to distribute them. Talked with the label manager and he thinks within a month is a safe bet. To keep up to date, checkout this thread every once in a while http://forum.isratrance.com/viewtopic.php/.../72936/forum/41 Its sure to be updated once there is some concrete information on exactly where to buy it. and thanks for taking the time for giving the set a good listen :-) Best wishes Krell