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I would be negligent if I did not mention Omar Rodriguez. And of course his major band, The Mars Volta. Just listen to the guitar solo at the end of this song. It's orgasmic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBkdv6FZLsE The Mars Volta - The Bedlam in Goliath

NHJO might be well known around here for his remix of Mahadeva, but I personally think this track is his best work!

Try not to think too hard about that polyrhythm or you might go crazy.

So so many. Alternative platforms that are as heavily trafficked? Few.

If you don't like what is being produced in Goa Trance, I suggest you produce it. I don't care if all you do is spend a few hours in (name your favorite software). I want to hear it. Send it to me and I will listen to it. No two artists have the same interpretation/production style and Goa Trance is open to anything and everything. If there is anything this genre has taught me is that it is the closest to good, honest, inclusive, expression that is not found in the vast majority of other genres. Of course, the labels have their own sound/interpretation that they like and want to release. If you don't like Suntrip or Neogoa or whatever, make your own label. I want to download and/or purchase your albums. Go search soundcloud for someone whose style appeals to you. Check around here on psynews. Lots of people post all kinds of crazy stuff, even a certain Bulgarian who happened to like steep mountains and had a thing for Boris Blenn. There is no sense in being critical when you are a part of a genre that literally can be produced and distributed for free. It's your personal expression. I produce goa trance, I don't even know why. It's just an impulse. I have ideas in this head of mine that have to come out. I don't know if what I produce is even remotely good. That's not for me to say, but it's out there. And of course the greatest reviews I can give are contained within those tracks. Words are pretty meaningless.

I love what I hear!

Wow, ektoplazm has been with us for so long. I remember back it was really just beginning. I was looking for psytrance parties in Toronto back when Basilisk still did darkpsy gigs and he would post upcoming events on the site. It's been a weird journey for ektoplazm. I can't tell just how much Basilisk is still involved, but for whatever it's worth, I have to give it credit for surviving this long. The hosting bills, the server space, the bandwidth, reviewing submissions, are all just so mind boggling.

But it's ok, I lost faith in humanity a long time ago.

Awesome! Congratulations! I hope you have decent employment and living arrangements for the time being. I graduated in January 2013 with a Bachelors degree in Computer Science and it was extremely hard for me to figure out what to do next. I knew I did not want to move back in with my parents, so I had to find employment as soon as possible to pay the rent. I took crappy jobs for about 2 years before finally taking the plunge and just quitting to find better work more suited to what I am capable of. That was the hardest 4 months of my life back in late 2014. I wish you luck!

Pretty sure more packing layers would increase the weight and make shipping cost more and extra jewel cases are cheap.

All genres? Easy. The Mars Volta - Cassandra Gemini This song will play at my funeral.

The first time I tried 4-FA which is a stimulant/empathogen, kind of somewhere in between speed and MDMA. It was one of the first really warm days in spring and I was off of work. I grabbed my bike and took off on a ride. What ensued was one of the most blissful, beautiful experiences of my life. I was listening to RA's Unearthly and I can remember so vividly what it sounded like. It was just a wall of sonic ecstacy blasting through my ear buds. The harmonies were combining together in incomprehensible ways. Like imagine a high pitched, highly complex phaser with tons of feedback whirring, penetrating directly into your brain. Every piece of dissonance in those minor chords was heightened to an extreme and yet it was so beautiful. As I was riding I passed people and it was like I understood what it meant for people to truly love one another. Those depraved social creatures that used to disgust me were not together out of a mutual need for attention, but because of a simple desire to be a part of each other's lives. --------------------- And oh yea, listening to Goa Trance while bike riding is one of the most glorious things ever. I can feel the rhythm of my pedaling and the rhythm of the music, and then rocking my head and upper body back and forth. So long as I don't have to pay too close attention to my cycling I can easily fall into trance and ride for hours.

I had a lovely time with this album over the weekend. Lush pads, breathtaking, hair raising strings wash over every single one of these tracks. Some of the earlier ones on the album have a slightly slower pace, while some in the middle have a faster, more upbeat pace. It is brought full circle by the final track on the album, "Inner Peace" which is very much ambient, practically beatless. There are wonders behind these compositions, contemplative moments, extremely well crafted. It might not be the most complex downtempo stuff I have ever listened to, but I enjoy its sweet simplicity. This would be a nice album to sit on a warm sunny day and just watch nature run its course. Highly recommended to those who like a softer touch with their downtempo music.

About to head outside and work on my new bike. Spring is near! I may have to re-invert my avatar pretty soon.

I think it means he likes you, hopefully in a platonic kind of way!

I'm sorry. I'm a deadly serious person and thus cannot participate in such silly threads. I know not how to be silly, though I am willing to learn! Through pain and hard work I might be able to achieve such an important life skill. Sincerely, 100% Serious

I've got ideas swimming around in my head. If something presents itself to me I will definitely keep you in mind!

I don't know. I kind of like the aliased version. Just imagine the possibilities.

I spent a lot of bike rides to work listening to The Feelings last summer which I feel is often overlooked. I also greatly enjoy The Prophecy.

The Omega Point http://www.ektoplazm.com/free-music/the-omega-point Almost forgot how good this compilation is.

This is the 9th album released under the name Entheogenic. As some of you may have noticed, I really enjoy me some Entheogenic. Each album has had something special within them for me to discover and A Singularity Encoded is no different. This album continues the trend of the last several Entheogenic albums including more vocals and acoustic guitars than albums of old. What is immediately noticeable to me however, is the unique songwriting on display here. There is something less formulaic, less switching back and forth between repeating sections that sometimes make the other albums hard to listen through all the way. This was something I definitely heard in Enthymesis and I am glad it has become a trend. In some strange way, that I believe to be intentional though not at all obvious, is the way the album repeats certain phrases. Pieces including a descending bass line and vocal lines from the opening track Oak Seers, play in Hamra Dum (in a different tempo) and Asherah (harmonized against completely different melodies). Various dub sections pop in and out of Star Wisdom of Bon, Asherah, and the closing track Genuine Abstract. Finally, Star Wisdom of Bon starts off in 5/4 just to mix things up. I have often felt that previous albums from Entheogenic have had a very "loose" mix to them. I feel there are tighter, more thought out effects and sonic landscapes to this album. I can tell a lot of time, thought, and dedication was put into this album carefully constructing it. Overall I think A Singularity Encoded is one of the best Entheogenic albums to date and never feels like a quickly thrown together palette of similar effects and dull songwriting. A Singularity Encoded is imaginative, bittersweet, and balanced. If you are looking for a nice, downtempo, yet highly psychedelic album, this is for you. If you like Entheogenic, you should probably listen to this album and give it a shot. https://entheogenic-usr.bandcamp.com/album/a-singularity-encoded http://www.entheogenic.net/index.html

Only Yesterday Directed by Isao Takahata What a beautiful movie!

That's what I was afraid of. Now I am off to find some real field recordings that do not loop. http://freesound.org/