Amygdala

You should give John '00' Fleming's "Global Trance Grooves" a spin. There is some pretty sweet trance/techno fusions going on. The show has recently been built around a deep-trance -> techno -> psytrance formula, that can be quite awesome. Pick them up at soundcloud - A

Thanks man! Actually, I'm slaving away in the studio as much as possible. That's only somewhere between one and two hours every evening, so it takes a good while to get something done. If I can manage two (single/EP) releases on JOOF a year I'll be happy - so that's roughly five tracks a year. I have had three or four tracks rejected for release - so I promise to straighten up and fly right - A

Wonderful story, thanks! Let's just believe that life panned out well for him Recording and tidying takes a while, yes - I only have something like 6 hours a week in the studio, so outside-the-box stuff is at a minimum... Sadly.

CCO? If that means no-strings-attached, cleared for take off, then hell yeah - grab it and go! Dishwashers can be really good. I have a large dinnerplate that makes my dishwasher go "ka-plunk-tchii-ka-plunk". That could work... - A

Fun - I like getting weird stuff from weird sources. I once waited 30 minutes by a big road for a truck to come by. I had a tascam stereo recorder with me, and actually got a pretty good sample - after some processing: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/15984873/ShareYourShit/PassingTraffic.aif

Can we hear it...?

The first one. Indeed - I did the same with one of those whistles on a boiler. It made a pretty good pad, but mono...

Share your shit. If you sit on something good, give! Don't lock up potential in your own private stash of swag, if the world could benefit from it. The cost of uploading a file is sooo infinitely close to zero, and the joy of a nice juicy sample is priceless. A producer and friend of mine (NASA, shoutout done!) recently told me, that he asked one of the big accomplished artists for the Hallucinogen signature hihat. The reply was: "it's a very rare sample". And nothing else. Well, no more. Enough of that! Lets make it un-rare: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/15984873/ShareYourShit/RareHats.aif Got something digital and rare? - A

... And here's a link to the release at JOOF, with some other goodies in the sidebar... http://www.joof.co.uk/release/amygdala-neither-here-nor-there/

Hi all - happy to announce the release of "Neither Here Nor There" EP on JOOF V.2 Three diverse tracks: A sassy progressive journey track, a blasting trance furnace, and a rusty groove-edged technoid thingy - all with a DJ friendly version. Give 'em a spin, and enjoy! Spotify: http://open.spotify.com/album/1qXHYvJI0wJaUixQFYo7uq Beatport: http://www.beatport.com/release/neither-here-nor-there-ep/1274228 iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/neither-here-nor-there/id846582910

... Still working on it - I get so precious little time in the studio these days, so I have a pretty long turnaround

Shaped... That could be something, yeah... I tend to forget about highpass filters, but I will give it a go - thanks for the siggestions

Hi fellas... I have been trying to create something like the itchy sound in the beginning of this track: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BchElolGQLU ... Can't do it. So whaddaya think - how's it done?!? If you manage - thanks! - A

Yes, Jikkenteki is a quite nice guy, definetly... Since the topic says "artists", I'm gonna go ahead and bend the concept of "artistry" so it includes Basilisk. He still posts here, yeah? Wait..... Yes! - A

Not givings to everything else, Elecctroplasm is one of the most marvelous pieces of music. Anywhere.

When I was a kid, I had a couple of dreams in which I had some Erasure records that didn't exist. I don't remember listening to them, but they were two or three EPs with four tracks on each. Being a kid, I had a hard time separating the dreams from reality, and I actually went looking through the entire house to find one of the non-existing EPs. I was completely sure it existed, but obviously never found it, and has since convinced myself that they were never there... So yeah - well, not so much psy, but the principle applies - A

I definetly agree on that - I don't think my taste has changed that much, but I think I have gotten better at finding the gems (the ones that are gems for me...), when it comes to full-on. I still dig melody heavy stuff, but timbre oriented music without (not bereft or void of, though) tunes are shining more and more through these days. >The truth is though, that once you've got your phat kick and bassline down, there isn't that much sonic space to add layers onto. This at once limits the amount of complexity that you can get >compared to goa But, to mee, that "limited sonic space" is exactly where it's at - this is where the craft comes in, and separates the artists from the herd. The expertly built rhythm section is rare enough, but when it is accompanied by solid atmospheres on top, blasting away, that's pretty decent! Limited sonic space or not, it is never actually "limited" - sonic space, however much constricted, is infinite. About complexity - I don't see melody as something separate from groove, fills, SFX, ... that can add complexity. Two different noise sweeps can be just as different as two melodies, major and minor. The difference between them can even be greater, bit-by-bit. It's probably just a matter of taste and attention...? > In addition, previous full-on tracks have already tried just about every permutation of breaks and build-ups that you could imagine, That can be said about melody as well. Maybe even more so, as they have been around far longer. > Goa has much fewer rules, and far more diversity That is definetly true! Genre-discussions are always tricky, because Goa having fewer rules, just means it's less of a genre... It would be like saying "I like cake better than fois-gras". While true, it's a pretty weak statement... Thinking about it, to your credit, your definition of "Full-on" is probably waaay tighter than mine (as my definition of Goa is tight as... Sumthin' really tight!). I am a dunce with styles and genres, so that's probably just it Sorry about the colours, I am not quote-formatting 1337, so it helps me this way. Hmmm, I just realised what I missed about Psynews - good talking! - A

When full-on first started appearing, I was off it instantly. Mainly (I think) it was because Transwave got nuked, and Absolum booted up his Full-on-ish project. I have long since explored many styles under the psytrance umbrella - and now full-on is appearing more and more often. I have had a ton of melodies in my head over the years, and I find it nice to tone it a bit down, and go for the pure energy, as Mars puts it. I strongly disagree with this statement. I agree with the majority of what Acid Brain writes, but the quoted is simply wrong. Full-on (as I see it), is about maxing completely out, and get every single last drop of sonic power out the membranes of the speakers. That takes incredibly devoted effort, enginuity and study. Some of the overstated breaks are indeed ridiculous, but many are marvelously complex - it is insane how some people can tear a piece of music apart, and assemble it in a supernova without killing the drive and pulse. I still write tunes. I like it too, but I am leaning way more towards less-is-more in the melody department, and then let groove and SFX max out instead. Tunes are predictable, full-on elements messes up the mind.... For me - A

Easy. I walked into a cyberdog shop in Camden, London - got out with this: No return.

Kia Ceed - epic family container... Currently in the slot is Teletubbies. FTW. - A

I understand completely - listening to Laughing Buddha now just makes me think they have both sample CDs and synths in common... As well as ideas and inspiration! - A Edit: København dér? Vildt nok... Jeg sidder i en kælder i Århus

Lot's of stuff to listen to now, thanks!! - A

Judging by Laughing Buddha - Sacred Technology (the track), I would say that you will enjoy Tristan thoroughly! Especially the "Chemisphere" album. Give that a go - fasten your seatbelt... And thanks for the pointer to "Sacred Technology" - A

Hah, I have a JV-2080 in the studio... My first real synth. It has been with me a loooong time. It has the Techno expansion board, which was fun to play around with... Not too many of the sounds made to any tracks, though.

Radi: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=philosomatika Second link... It's gone. I liked it too, but it became much too speedy for me. Yeah, forgot to mention the forums of DI, they're good to. Kind of fun to follow the monthly shows and comment - I was they had a better platform for that than forum, though. - A