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dude, I'm from AUSTRIA, a really small country looked upon to be quite "rural" around the world because our whole country has about as much inhabitants as one of those giant big cities in the US ... if they play this here it's definitely played in a bunch of other cinemas around the world as well. Just keep your eyes open, it's not advertised big

Saturn (a big electronics supermarket chain) always had the newest Goa Head volume. Also they have fairly many CDs from Yellow Sunshine Explosion. In the past they also had Spirit Zone releases, I remember prelistening the Beat-ific compilation at Saturn (the prelistening option was cool in the past, you could listen to the whole CD practically as long as you want ... now they have another system though).

Well, Jean Michel says that everything is done live in the video. And I really don't think these guys need attention badly so that they fake around, this is highly professional sound and highly professional players. I got the impression that pretty much everything is done live. At least people play constantly on synths, maybe some sub-layer that only consists of a few sounds was programmed or recorded readily and just a button needed to be pressed and not every note played manually, but the rest I'm pretty sure that they did live ... at least more than 90%. And I also don't think there was any after-mastering or any cosmetics as they did the recording live in front of an audience (only special guests AFAIK), so I'm quite sure they did all that you can see and hear in that video live. I'm only speaking about my impressions though. Otto, if you buy the DVD, be sure to see it first on a big screen, I think this is a must. I won't buy the DVD anyway, can't imagine this really having the special sound atmosphere and overwhelming 3D image quality that I had the pleasure to experience. That synth in the cinema room above the audience with Jean Michel's hand practically reaching into the room to twist knobs on it ... I'll never forget that ... and I'm sure you can never have this at home in that way...

SHIT, THAT JARRE CLIP YOU POSTED WAS A PART IN THE SHOW! EXACTLY THIS ONE! Only that it's not 3D... People, watch that, that is what I saw! The whole album in that style! Thank you, thank you, thank you! Now I have something to show friends But concerning the other dude you mention ... it's not about the skills, my dear devious, it's about the unique atmosphere and the wonderful sound! I don't care that much about skills, there are better players than Jarre. But the atmosphere is uniquely brillant!

Oh man, I just got home from this amazing show You might know it or you might not know it, but Jean Michel Jarre will release a 3D DVD with a film of the newly recorded version of his first album Oxygene on it. The release date is 30th November, according to Amazon and the release will be called Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygene 3D, Live In Your Living Room. I already saw this piece, just an hour ago - in a CINEMA! Yeah, that's right, they let the DVD "release party" take place in form of one - and only one - showing of the piece in a 3D cinema here in my town. And a friend of mine and me, we had tickets! It was amazing. The point is, the DVD shows 3D film footage of a live recording of the Oxygene album. A complete live recording with all of the old equipment! And since it's really a total live performance Jarre also doesn't play alone. "I recorded this piece on an 8 track recorder back then, so you need also 8 hands to play it live" says Jarre in the beginning ... and yes indeed, it's him and 3 other people playing the whole Oxygene album live in one go. Granted, it's practically just a DVD recording, but the fact that the film footage of the gentlemen playing was shown on a big 3D cinema screen and the 5.1 surround sound was coming from the professional cinema sound system really made this an experience I didn't want to miss. I heard sound layers I never heard before - well, how should I, all I own is a very old Oxygene vinyl from the 1970s, no sound overkill back then. The film footage just shows the dudes playing, but even that is an experience since they really do it on the old equipment, meaning sometimes they gotta tweak knobs on boxes practically as big as my cupboard. And sometimes the 3D effect is used in a nice way that especially comes good on the big cinema screen - sometimes it looked like the synth was in the room above the first few rows and Jean-Michel practically reaches into the room to twist a knob ... really cool. And also other instruments he used ... really, really worth watching. But it's IMHO only worth watching on a BIG screen and on a professional sound system! I will not buy this DVD, never, it would only ruin the good overwhelming experience I had and I'm not keen to see this all on a small TV screen even if it was 3D ... this could never come close to cinema! My mate liked it a lot as well, he's a big Jarre fan just like me. Although he thought there'd be more 3D effects such as visuals. There are practically no visuals. The dudes play in front of a visual screen, but you see it rarely. But I didn't miss visuals, it was a pleasure for me to see these guys playing live on all this old equipment and all so alive on this big 3D screen with awesome sound. Totally, totally, totally worth the money! The point is, there were not too many people around either (big big cinema room, only 25% full if at all), so it had even an intimate atmosphere although it was in a cinema. So if this ever is in your town GO SEE IT! IT'S A MUST! And keep your eyes open, this is not advertised big. It took place in a very big commercial cinema here and even though they hardly advertised it except for two little posters in the main lobby outhyped by all the other cupboard stuff of the other films. Have a look out, this is totally worth watching especially in a cinema! And if you can't see it in cinema, go buy the DVD

Another one bites the dust. Although I don't care too much about Spun. But the statement on psyreviews is quite good. Hits the nail.

right. chill. let the artists take their time and the final result will only get better. but what if you are run over by a truck in three months and it comes out in four months? that's called bad luck. (I'm waiting for an album too, bro. Really bad. REALLY BAD. I don't even want to say which one, every time I want to mention it my mouth cramps itself into a scream. So you know how bad it is.)

Bangin' progressive? Stuff that makes you shake your arse? I can think of: Ticon - Texas Magnusson ... DAMN YES! Atmos - Luxor ... it's the bassline, baby Chris Pointdexter - Darkness ... I prefer the original, some swear on the Ticon Remix ... try both, this is a gem Sonic Cube - Subminimal (Sonnenvakuum Online Remix) ... a real good one for the ass shakers oh and I second the mention of Tegma - No Time

that's the spirit!

Real traditional austrian music is something I quite dislike. But there's a cool and innovative duo who mix traditional austrian music elements with modern sounds: ATTWENGER. I'm a really big fan of them because they like to play around with sounds and language in a good way. Add an edge of left wing political vibe and weed smoke and you have a full concert hall with everything from punks to hippies in the audience who all dance to the same humppa beat ATTWENGER! listen to that stuff, these boys can make really cool music http://www.myspace.com/attwenger

yeah, just what I always say: bring that psy shop list back on, mars, please, will ya? A few updates from some of the users here about local shops they know and it could be a really good resource without much work...

That's annoying indeed It's always the same, the albums I await most eagerly I mostly await for a long time because just these are delayed - the more I want a piece the more I gotta wait. It's like they are plotting against me Hope it's out till the end of the month though. I want to include it in a bigger order and my fingernails itch already... ->

bummer indeed Why is it actually the case that I have to wait insanely long for EVERY album that I eagerly await? I mean ok, just some days isn't "insanely" long, but I hate to wait...

ah, I see, so I'll wait with my order...

I absolutely wish to see: MATENDA 12 MOONS AUDIOMATRIXX SILICON SOUND SHIVA CHANDRA SOLAR FIELDS EAT STATIC BANCO DE GAIA JUNO REACTOR FRONT 242 CARBON BASED LIFEFORMS MAKYO and non psy: FINNTROLL ULF SÖDERBERG and XAVIER RUDD

I'm not that proud, but I find it really cool that I got a Hallucinogen - The Lone Deranger Promo CD But I am proud when it comes to where I found this one: at the stand of a metal store on a CD market! It's always at the last place where you'd look for it

Psy music did not make me change my life. And that's actually the good thing: it did make me not change my life Meaning that I did not change my life into the life of one of those generic "others" out there - I don't want to bitch about society again, but you get the concept. It's through the psychedelic music that I have kept my free, freaky, different state of mind, you know. I mean, sure I developed, education, studies and such ... but there is now a general undertone to this all, one that makes me see things different than the rest of the world and that would not be there without psy so to say. And always when I hear the sarcastic and (in a way) hopeless statements of some other people I am fucking glad that I am not like them. Just recently I have thought about what would be if we were still in the middle ages ... and well, I tell you, if we were there I'd already have gotten crazy and would already be dead because they burned me on a pile of wood... So ... psy music changed my life by not changing it. And so it influenced it a pretty damn big time!

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haha, now I got it Yes, Elysium did make quite good music. I never got into his stuff though because I saw him here being such a drama queen, but some time after he was gone I discovered it and it was ok. Would not buy an album though unless it was really cheap.

good, original music? MATENDA! get his new album ... I'm sure you won't regret it

Yes, yes, yes! I CAN NOT stay still to this kind of music ... I always have to move. Although the times where I almost kicked the blunts out of peoples hands (and sometimes even did it, ouch!) because I was swinging my arms and actually every part of my body so wildly are long gone ... I can now move moderately and still feel great energy ... but standing still when the music is good is impossible, I have to move! I don't understand how one can not move to this music, it's impossible in my eyes...

cool pics the best installation I have seen were the decorations by Gansedoline: that photo from his website actually shows exactly the location where I have been to and one particular other little thing that I found really, really cool was a video wall shaped like a pyramid (with the top towards the watcher) and a special visual program that enabled to show a different image on every side of the pyramid with only one beamer ... that was really trippy stuff and I loved the idea

For the first time I don't need to declare myself bankrupt, so I'll get that one...

oopsie ... I should look more into that section, huh?

I own: Aes Dana - Memory Shell Carbon Based Lifeforms - World Of Sleepers Fahrenheit Project Part I Fahrenheit Project Part III Solar Fields - Reflective Frequencies Solar Fields - Leaving Home actually Fahrenheit Project Part I is no Ultimae release, they were still called Infinium Records back then does anybody know why the name change btw?