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Good sound quality is very subjective. Some like their music dark and muddy, and there are artists who produce that way on purpose. It all comes down to taste. I personally am not a Shpongle worshiper, but I can appreciate them for sure. You will find a large number of people who would disagree with you that Shpongle has poor sound quality. As for really crisp clear sound quality, newer progressive and/or minimal, and some full on releases have "good" sound quality in that way. Sound quality in that way does not always equal inspiring music however...

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Psynews picked up where Trip left off. There are other sites, but Psynews is best even in its current state. Let's hope for the new version. Otherwise, Isratrance is good for some stuff.

My opinion: they are good... but not that good, and it has always been that way.

I think EP is usually used to describe a single record with 2 or 3 tracks on it. They seem to release an EP before the actual full album release when they release the whole album on 2 or 3 records in one package (and on CD). Or sometimes they'll just release an EP with a popular single and a remix or two of it. EP's are like vinyl equivalents of CDS (or vice versa).

"and to me it sounds to progressive / housey" ... yeah, and commercial. Not very psy. Which doesn't have to be a bad thing for my tastes, but it sounds a little bland.

If you were to use "Goa Trance" in it's more generic way though, yes, Astral Projection and Infected Mushroom is goa trance or psy trance or whatever... If you like those two artists, Seraph has some good suggestions for you. My personal favorites of his list are: MFG - New Kind of World Etnica - Alien Protein Pleiadians - IFO Electric Universe - Stardiver Cosmosis - Cosmology Transwave - Helium <--not easy to get anymore Three that he didn't mention that you should be able to get: X-dream - We Created Our Own Happiness X-dream - Panic in Paradise Man With No Name - Teleportation I especially recommend Man With No Name for those that like older Astral Projection. And this is just the early stuff. There is so much more...

Electric Universe - Stardiver (hasn't been mentioned yet and probably my second favorite album of his). And nobody has mentioned... Jaia - Blue Energy (or Jaia - Blue Synergy is almost better because of the extra CD) Also, Kristian has made some very good suggestions. My personal favorite album from that time is Astral Projection - Trust in Trance a.k.a. Trust in Trance 3 A couple of really good compilations from that time are: Distance to Goa 4 !!! Distance to Goa 5

You can buy it from this online shop which is a reputable shop. It's in stock too! http://www.saikosounds.com/english/display...ease.asp?id=572

I sold my copy because I thought it was horribly boring. Very flat, linear, and plodding. A couple of ok tracks but not much more. However, I've never liked music like this (minimal with no melodies or energy). I heard other people rave about it, so I think it depends on what style(s) you prefer.

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I can't. Ignore my previous comments.

Call me a cynic, but I put more weight on a review from somebody who didn't get an album as a promo or whatever. Might be a great album. Might not. I'll have to listen to some samples to decide. Sigh... I wish the review section of this website still worked.

Sounds pretty good. I wish I could be there.

So can we get a review from someone who didn't get it for free?

WHAT?

been that way for a while...

Transient used to be good back in the day. If you can pick up some good older stuff it might be worth it. They still release AP and Cosmosis stuff (as mentioned) which is always worth a look for me. Other than that, I must say that they have been disappointing and mediocre for a some time now. Their compliations are rather unexiting and I can't think of a great artist album released by them in a while. I find that sad and keep hoping for a rebirth of that label. Dragonfly on the other hand is one of the older labels doing a really good job still. Good compliations good albums good oldschool sound but updated a bit.

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I CAN FIND THE CAPS LOCK KEY.

It's not a new track anymore though...

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