mars

Stange how fast people forget here. http://www.psynews.org/forums/index.php?sh...st&p=914419 http://www.psynews.org/forums/index.php?sh...st&p=914517

Inpsyde Media re-released a few cds too.

Try: Vibe Tribe (quite melodic albums) Chemical Drive (especially the latest album) Space Buddha (also latest work) but if you're looking for serious, i mean, serious full on, check South African stuff: Nexus Media releases.

BPC - Arcana

Apparently it's the same (except that it's mixed with Apex in the album of course whereas it's unmixed here)

I am listening to the release at the moment (Draeke gave it to me after I helped him to package a couple of things for the cd factory -- don't ask, I'm hermetic) I just finished the first cd which is full of classics or hard-to-find ones. Overbloody Flood, Midian, Genetic, Generator, Aquablue, HemoStatic, Lubiantia, etc.....Fabulous tracks and lots of great memories! I just started the 2nd cd. I'm on a track called Hemo Static 2. It's suuuuuper good!!! So atmospheric, so touching. After that there are other tracks which I have never seen the name of...wow. I browsed fast, there are tracks that sound like typical BPC golden period, others like earlier works. There is even one called DNA that looks like another version of Arcana. All seems very promising. It ends with 3 classics Antidote, Cyclothymic and Crystal. All I have to say: :posford:

Funny to see this topic the week the new Antidote album is released. Total Eclipse is awesome music imo and they made dance one entire generation of goafreaks. I lived in their hometown at the end of my teens and I had the chance to attend overwhelming live performances from them. Dancefloors always became super hot with them. In 1996, Total Eclipse, Transwave and Jaïa were recognized as having "the french touch", they had the sounds, the rhythms, the flow, the little spark that made them so popular. They used to be in the top of the tops, with a solid and deserved reputation that's for sure. The last ultra good live act I saw from them was on 31/12/1999. Since, well, they've been much less active. Recently I relistened to thir first two albums: it sounds like old goatrance now. The production and the masterinig are 15 to 13 years old. But it's still a massive psychedelic content with full storytelling that only a couple of artists are able of nowadays.

For me, AKG K240 MKII, nothing else. It has a hell of a pure sound for 117 euros. The other AKG mentioned here are very close when it comes from the sound though. Then it's a matter of budget. The Sennheiser's are more "bassy" ans squeeze more your head, so it's up to your tastes and comfort expectations

Note: Suntrip didn't promote this topic That's great to have done it btw because I receive lots of excellent propos as the moment, and yet cannot promise anything because we have booked our next release(s) already and don't know ourselves when is our next compil (end of the year? begining of 2010? what if the cd continues to collapse?). So it's better for them to take the oportunities where they are rather than waiting to be hypotetically selected within the 8/9/10 tracks of our hypotetical next compil. ...All this despite the fact there are a few stunning tracks we got recently that I'd REALLY like to release.

Yes it's foreseen. Just go to http://www.suntriprecords.com/shop/, add a CD on your basket, and switch to https://www.suntriprecords.com/shop/basket/ In the table, there is a column "Fragment". That's supposed to mention which track you want from the release. But it's not completely coded yet. The order part is not, whereas the download part is (downloads are treated as separate independant tracks, internally). Since I'm the only coder, tester, deployer, maintainer, and since I have a family life, I can't dedicate much time on it. New features will come, be sure of it. I work in the IT industry, so I know how frustrating it might be to wait for a feature for an indefinite time. So if you want a few tracks in flac, we can do that "out of the process". Just send me an email @suntriprecords.com and I can arrange that for you.

We're happy other labels release Goatrance too. I purchased Pure Planet 3 and several Phototropic releases and find them very good. An intelligent thing would be to show some unity and not repeat the mistakes from Metapsychic times. That would help stabilizing everyone's reputation. Right. And we never said we didn't send targetted promotion. Good reviews made by enthusiasts help selling, which helps funding new releases, especially in these very difficult times. But I ask reviewers to be 100% honnest. We may miss something and must be able to notice, correct it and bring back killer vibes next time.

Kehtzal Climax Absolute Transwave Blue Planet corp (to some extent)

I have inside infos. It's 100% ready. Now problem is to know when it's gonna be released, as Gabriel says on his blog.

Back to the point then: Lots of updates and a bunch about Radical Distortion on the Suntrip Newspage http://www.suntriprecords.com/news/ And there is an extract to listen to !!!

Nexus Media music maybe ? South African psytrance is pretty unique. http://www.nexus-media.co.za/

Well it's possible as long as it doesnt degenerate into offtopicing.

...kindergarden... 1 month.

I heard the promo of the Atomic Culture album "Disco Fever". I have mixed feelings. It sounds indeed like the linear Atomic Pulse style with Protoculture buildups & melodies on top. I expected a little more research. What's too bad is that when I hear such music in a party/festival, I don't feel like dancing. Just vaguely movinig my feet which having a beer and chatting with people. It's not moving enough although it has quite shiny vibes. It's more home psytrance or psytrance for people on mushrooms. It would have deserved a more twisted and energetic flow all along imo. And despite this mellow side, I think it's much better than anything full on I listened to recently. So if you're looking for a borderline full-on album, that one's for you.

You're being more annoying day after day bwhale. I respect everyone's opinion, but it would do no harm to be more polite and elaborate on your point instead of just denigrating. If you had worked already in your life to achieve something, such as a CD release, instead of spending days hidden behind your keyboard shitting on everyone, you would already show more respect, hindsight, and be more humble. That said, I know how much a label gets out of a cd, so I doubt the 4000 euros or so, that the release sale will produce will help much the cause. Better than nothing. Anyway, looking forward to hearing the music. Ah and by the way there is a specific forum for labels annoucements. Thank you.

Me too. Late gets 3 months off for public insult (and I'm kind here). It's not personal. It's to learn how to behave. By the way please people act better on this topic. This is not THE ONE thread for offtopicing. Else I'll close it and you won't be able to complain about moderation anymore. That's a predicament when you think about it

Please read and respect these rules/guidelines before posting new reviews. HERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REVIEWS. NOT SIMPLE COMMENTS, NOT DISCUSSIONS, BUT REVIEWS ! 1. Please use the appropriate release year before posting . If you're posting in a "multiple year" thread (ie. 2002 - 1998) then specify the release year in the thread title. 2. If you’re an artist / label that wants to promote a new release please use the “Promos” group and not this one! ANY promos found in the reviews section will be moved. 3. This section is for psytrance reviews and psytrance related genres reviews only! If you want to discuss the best releases this year, what albums should be considered “classics”, the reviews section layout, the quality of reviews, the latest Tool release, want to request a review, etc. etc., then please use the General or Off-Topic sections of the forum!!! This is intended for psytrance music and subgenres only so no reviews of parties or other music genres. A bigger tolerance will be allowed for old stuff (stuff released before 96) since back then there wasn't an "official definition" of psytrance. 4. BEFORE posting a new review, check if a review of the album hasn’t already been written. If it’s the case then write your review in the already existing thread and do NOT open a new one! Finding older topics should be easy, use the “Search” function: type part or the whole album title and don’t forget to limit the search to the subforum of the year you want to post in. If you're starting a new thread for a compilation then you should ALWAYS write the title under the format : "V/A - Name of comp". So that all the compilations will be easier to find. So do NOT start a topic with "VA" (no "/" between the V and the A) or "V/A :" (":" instead of "-"), "VA Name of Comp" (no "-" between the V/A and the name) etc. 5. When opening a new thread put the name of the album and artist in the topic title and make sure it doesn’t have any typos (or else the search function won’t work). If you made a mistake, you can easily re-edit the title by using the “Edit” button at the end of your post, if that function is not working, then report your topic to moderators asking to correct the typos. 6. Please say WHY you like/dislike an album and don’t write childish one-phrase reviews like “This is a killer release!! 10/10!” or “This sucks. 0/10”. Reviews like that are not very informative and don’t do much except annoy others who are looking for full reviews … Also, if you have received an album as a promo directly from the artist/label try not to be an ass-licker in the review… most of the time it shows and it’s VERY annoying not to mention that in the long run your credibility as an objective reviewer will be tarnished. 7. Personal grudges against artists or reviewers are not welcomed and will be deleted and might lead to moderation so try to use your brain before posting. If you have anything to say to the artist or another reviewer you can always PM (Private Message) or e-mail them. 8. It would be nice that whenever someone opens a new thread for a review they start with the full album stats (pic of the cover, track names, label, release date, etc.). 9. We advise and ask you not to write reviews for samples of releases. It's best if you post in the Reviews section after having listened to the whole release. Happy reviewing smile.gif and as always, suggestions are welcome (as long as you post them in this thread and don't open a new one) (Text written by Moni, just adding it to this subforum) /mars

How long did it take me to clean up this thread? Damn... 1) This is a review and as long as there is no review section for other electronica, this belongs here. Genres don't have a straight limit and are melting and intercommunicating. So there are releases like this one that relate to many genres. SHould it be here or not? Noone has the right answer. Still, I wouldn't like to see a Britney spears review here, ok? 2) If you want new sections in psynews, ask for it. There are dorect requests to the admin/mods, there are polls, there are normal threads, etc. 3) Review sections are not here for you alone. They are meant to inform others about a given release. You wanted to share your opinion? You want others to listen to your beloved album isn't it? You don't want them to read pages of crap and fights instead, right? 4) Murphythecat gets one month to read how to properly review, to train to keep a cold blood, to learn to factor his replies, and on top of all to understand point 3). Beware, next time is perm ban. 5) The Joker gets one month too to learn that reviews are not a place to make other members furious, neither to fight, and to undertsand point 3). Beware, next time is perm ban. 6) Penzoline gets away with it but it was close. 7) Topic closed.

I listened to Rama's Clockwork Knight and I reckon this is enthusiastic and euphoric Goa music, with indeed cool bass changes. Well done.

We tend to be really strict on quality and story telling so I dont really agree with you. I guess anyone into hardtechno would say all goatance tracks are cheesy so it's a matter of tastes. I listened to the tracks you mentioned and I don't find them cheesy although they don't satisfy me completely (and again I'm talking by my tastes). - Cube sounds nice but suffers from the "too mcuh in all directions" syndrom in the end. - Transmorgriphication has a greaaat flow but what's happening at 3.56 is too bad imo. It adds cheese whereas it's completely unneeded when you hear the marvels that happen after. Serious storytelling here. Same at 4.50. The keyhanges in the end are cool because they emphasize on the euphoric feelings. Overall the track is supersolid. I agree I would dance like mad on them in a party, but I wouldn't release them. Strange it's leeting me the same kind of feeling as a OmegaHertz track for example. It appears to confirm what you told about our tastes and what we release at Suntrip. I've been into psy for 14 years and electro for 18 or19 years so I think I know what I want. Fortunately we're 2 people at Suntrip (and sometimes more when we compile) which helps giving more fun in the compositions. I swear we'll overcome ourselves for our next compilation (2010) and I promise it will whip your ass!

Well, you didn't say anything. I asked 5 days ago if this cd sold on psyshop was a cd or a cdr. Had it been a real cd i'd have bought it on top of the limited edition I have. We had no answer, so we had to figure it out by ourselves. Keep cool, anyways I am NOT criticizing the fact it's on a cdr. What counts for me is the music. But I repeat, if it had been a cdr on psyshop, I'd have bought it because I know I can still play it in 30 years. Now about how long cdr can be read, it's highly variable depending on the type of the cd, how it was burnt, and the usage you make of it. I still have my first ever 1x burnt cdr from 1995 or 1996 and it plays. I have noname cdrs burnt last year at 52x, and I'm sure they won't play anymore next year. This is a long debate. I know the cds you burnt this compilation on, I burnt the RA promos on the exact same ones, and I'm sure they will last long enough.