moni

i got this compilation VA - Source (2004), because of the track Fractal Glider - Fractured, great track there is also a track Skazi - Dreams on this compilation it's playing now and i'm getting depressed.

it's something goa'ish style no it's not dark. like nemo said .. trancey, but not dark.

yes, it's good

track 9 is the best np: VA - Pyrexia funky psy breaks

dude, i hate you i wrote a review yesterday, it took about 4 freaking hours!

very nice cover: Bubble - Airless (Mushy Records, Nov. 2005) CD .. debut album of Bubble

nice!

i'll try PKS, i'll try. my only problem is time.

well i'll tell you one thing. in every event where there is dancing, drinking, "drugging", good mood and energy, you will find occasions to take shots. some of them will contain people moving or talking or yawning or making funny faces while dancing. generally, artists and djs' image can be harmed by people that post pics of them in a funny, ridiculous pose. also, people dancing mad at the music they love may be interpreted as "oh, what a druggie event". so in the end, it matters HOW you do the pics, HOW you use them later, WHOM you show the pictures. example: Sungirl, known russian dj and producer. never heard her spinning. but there were published some certain pictures that made people use sarcasm and irony when speaking about her. it affected her image. and then, some people in the scene, who are pretty public, also care about their privacy. let's say maybe party/festivals organisers. especially underground events. i was in this festival last summer, one of the security guys fell in love with the location, the river, the colorful decos, etc and asked me if he could bring his camera and make a short video. i said yeah, why not (i knew it was just for himself). but other people from the crew were against that because they did not trust that security guy. everything was fine though.

well well. pictures are good. pictures are fun. everybody knows i love pictures. i am all for pictures, but it depends what you're going for. if you use pictures as a weapon, you won't be welcomed in my area next time. but if you're going for the positive part, magic, of the party .. go on! show the world the beautiful people dancing, show the decos, show the cute djs, show the atmosphere, show anything you want.

VA - Midnight Storm - Nexus Media, January 2005 Tracklist: 1. Lemurians - Take Off To The Cosmos (Shift Remix) 2. Azax Syndrom - The Covenant 3. Brethren - I.E.F 4. Digital Talk & Azax Syndrom - Hagi Gat 5. Artifakt - Retch 6. Shift - The Face 7. R.A.M. - Nice But Dimm 8. Twisted System - Twisted Tiger 9. Scorb - Let's Go Raving "Well well well, what do we have here!" - this is what i first said when i found out about this compilation, quite some months ago. I must say i'm guilty for not listening to the CD entirely, as i got stuck on 2 tracks on this one, particulary. Well, now i have a day off from work, so i said let's play some south african sound, let's play Midnight Storm. This compilation is very well described by the title and by the cover. Sharp, colorful, dark, fire, lightning and thunder like. Activate seat-belt, safety vest, and anything else you might think of: 1. Lemurians - Take Off To The Cosmos (Shift Remix) The compilation kicks in with a strong, playful and trippy track, it has the purpose of installing energy and setting borders (practically none, hehe), and activate dancefloor flames. Pretty mad, almost pushes your brain to the limit in some parts, but later on you'll wanna hear it again. Psychedelic full on that grows on you, good track. 2. Azax Syndrom - The Covenant To me this track is generic dark psychedelic full on, a good track but not outstanding. It fits well in a dj set, but it won't make you neither happy nor unhappy. It has repetitive parts, stop, build-up, kick, climax. It's approved. 3. Brethren - I.E.F "Where is everybody?" - this voice sample starts the track. Well i'll tell you where they are. On the dance floor, preparing drinks and a towel. Twisted, psychedelic, twirling, powerful and fast, oh oh oh i need a break! And Brethren gives the break. The build up is pretty loose and it brings in cool short melodic pieces. Many layers on this one, quite few stop-kick tricks in this track. The last minute of this track is MAD. 4. Digital Talk & Azax Syndrom - Hagi Gat This is what i call a "cold, calculated" track. Everything inside here seems to be made by a very well calculated scheme. Powerful kicks, cold melodic passages, builds-up, climaxes, twirls. It's a sharp, mad track, with a pretty cold geometry. 5. Artifakt - Retch "What the f*ck is going on down there?" This is the silver bullet in the gun. The track kicks in with a weird drum intro .. and then bang, shot in the head. The bullet will be hard to remove, trust me. Dark full on at its best. It's a very good experiment in combining dark bass line and crazy layers with high sounds and combinations of sounds. It's hard to describe Artifakt's style, as he is so different and outstanding in the whole scene. It's best if you check the samples and figure out on your own. I'll just say that you'll find in this track a lot of variety and entertainment, a lot of experimenting, many layers and sharp sounds but i say accessible. It's a fast, balanced, energetic crazy track that will be the attraction of a dj set .. When this guy tells you to "Open your mind to me..." do it, he knows his job very well. 6. Shift - The Face Since Nexus Media is the product of the "saffer" psytrancer Shift, he was expected to deliver a good track for his product. And you have it here. It's a phat track, dark, psychedelic, trippy, with blasting bass lines, loaded with atmospheres, heavy melodic layers, energy, and the cutest female voice sample: "Come on ... Are you OK? Shall we call 911?" Another good track for a dark / full on set. I like this track a lot, it's a heavy one, and yeah, I am ok, go on, give me more. 7. R.A.M. - Nice But Dimm Random Access Memory - Nice but Dual In-line Memory Module? haha (well, according to discogs.com, R.A.M. stands for Rampant Angry Men). R.A.M. is a project made of Scorb (psychedelic) and NRS (psy-techno), and this track shows it. You'll hear a fine pumping techno layer between powerful kicks, bass line and trippy melodic lines. Very nice, sensitive, melodic lines in the first half. I like this track, it has many layers, but i wish they kept the pumping technoish level up all through the track, it had a nice effect. They got me interested. 8. Twisted System - Twisted Tiger Another powerful track, but an easy, time-to-also-breath track. It's quite a bit uplifting even, it has a playful geometry, has many melodic lines, all arranged in a certain order .. one melody ends, another one starts. To some people this tune may be a dance-hard moment, to others it may seem like generic melodic full on, depends on each one's perception. It's a fine track. 9. Scorb - Let's Go Raving Lovely name for this one! Hehe, i sense experiment has been nosing around in this track as well. Cause it offers again variety, surprise elements like course changing, samples put together to form short melodic pieces, trippy melodic lines showing up in the background and disapearing. To me variety means entertainment, i feel entertained while listening to this one! Then some generic parts as pause, build-up, kicks, climax. Nice uplifting melodic climax!. Pretty nice track. This compilation is all about full power .. dark, psychedelic, twisted full on. To be played deep in the night, when the dance floor is warmed up, and ready to sweat like hell. Warning: do not play this CD if you're not in the right mood or if you don't have the energy for it! I like it a lot, it's a midnight storm indeed, very powerful and if you don't pay attention, you might miss some nice psytricks ... go inside and "read" the tracks, they are valuable, high-quality productions. I say this is a very good compilation, it contains good tracks, some of them are outstanding, which makes this a must-have CD. Links saikosounds psyshop

Shift - The Face

dudes, y'all make me wanna drink more!

cool, i'm gonna give this one a listen as well

dark psy, the bass lines are "lower", more minimal, i don't really know technical terms Artifakt - Artifakts (2003) <- south afrikaaaa style Time Lock - 10 Seconds Away (2004) (Electrolite track is among my fav tracks ever) VA - Midnight Storm (2005) (check especially the Artifakt - Retch track on this one, first listen will shock you, second one will make you an addict. Shift - The Face is also good) VA - Moon Unit (2005) Ocelot - VectorSelector (2005) (nice, especially track Snickety Snack, pretty psychedelic) Penta - Funraiser (2005) (Past Holidays is a crazy but funny track, feat. Homer Simpson singing sample) VA - Crazy Goblins And Wicked Pixies (2005) (Claw's track is the best on this compilation) others have been named already. i'll leave some for when Gnomie comes. he's dark fan.

Emou - Love Is Blindness

how

time for a chillout/downtempo/dub mix (maybe needs some modification, i just thought of it in my lunch break) Title: Moni's Chill Out/Downtempo/Dub Set - "I Know You're Out There" Terra Nine - Axiom The Omm (Squad In Dub Mix) Shpongle - Once Upon The Sea Of Blissful Awareness Bluetech - Forgiveness Abakus - Rainbow Warrior Bluetech - White Magnesia Entheogenic - Walk On Air Asura - Lost Eden Elysium - Fairytale Aes Dana - Season 5 Altitudes - Altitude 1 Deedrah - Pampampampam The Delta - As A Child I Could Walk On The Ceiling (Dub Edit) Soundaholix - Technofari (3rd Ear Remix) Bluetech - Alchemie Dub Blue Planet Corporation - Wild City ... sometimes i wish i was a dj

seraph is a Member again. the old reviews will be restored soon. they just need some repairs. mars is still working, be a little patient. psynews will be fully restored soon, with everything and everybody that is missing now. maybe some people noticed that psynews has been reopened graduately, as we had to sort out the hacking issue and some internal issues of the forum. i appreciate all the work that mars did for us, thank you boy. you rock. i would like to thank everybody for your support (this includes other forums) and for your kindness. forums are made of people, and we are proud to say that we have some damn good people around here. please stick with us and be part of our big psynews group, you'll allways find friendly smiles, good info and knowledge in music, entertainment and educational stories. nothing has changed .. but for the better. as i said in isratrance, we're not done yet, so here goes another episode of psynews. maybe part 3? it's nice to be home again

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nasty one

same here sort of, but i have a big imagination.

ok! ok! guys! .. just don't shoot ... don't hurt anyone ... !

so while i was looking to find some samples at psyshop, you dlded it. great. samples not available at saiko :/

The Journey Man