Basilisk

Top ten of all time? That's tough. I have a "hall of fame" on my site: http://www.ektoplazm.com/projects/essentia...s/hall-of-fame/ If I had to break it down to just ten it might look something like this (broken down by major styles)... http://www.ektoplazm.com/projects/essentia...ctions/top-ten/

I was writing about social tendencies, not universal laws. You're on a different path, manufacturing self-identity by playing the roles of old school Goa rebel and forum troll. It just so happens that you're dead wrong if you arbitrarily think no new music exhibits complexity, intelligence, and meaningful creative ideas comparable to the acknowledged Golden Age classics.

I can haz psytrance?

No, that's not at all what I'm saying. :wank:

Some time has to pass before we get that "classic" feeling from music. I still remember thinking nothing of a lot of new music in 2001 or whatever... now looking back a thin slice of it has the same classic feel that the mid-nineties Goa style has. Today I was listening to Cosma - Nonstop on my bike ride home and I was just blown away with how deep and emotional it is. I think it isn't a matter of the best trance being made before 2000... but the fact that you need to wait a while for a critical threshold of positive memories to crystallize into nostalgia... this has one interesting corollary: if you aren't listening to new music in a similar way to how you listened to old music you won't ever develop anything like the same feelings for it. Flashback to the nineties... if you were going to golden parties and having peak experiences and tracking down rarities on vinyl and treasuring every find, well... you aren't going to ever have the same feeling for a bunch of new stuff you mass download and skim through on earbud headphones or whatever. There is a funny sort of chicken-and-egg story in here if you stopped going to parties years ago because the music lost its magic. You have to ask whether the magic is gone or whether you no longer participate in a way that lets the magic of new music work on your consciousness.

Taste is a strange thing... The Predator is still among my favourite Filteria tunes ever. Very glad to have been able to put it out.

Looking forward to it gonna blast some people into outer space with this one!

How about my "hall of fame"? http://www.ektoplazm.com/projects/essentia...s/hall-of-fame/

I agree, those Genecom vinyls are pretty nice. What is this release like? http://www.discogs.com/Various-Ethnotechno.../release/140428 Anything good here? http://www.discogs.com/label/Omnisonus Random old stuff I've (mostly) never heard and know little about: http://www.discogs.com/Illuminatae-XVXIII/release/26984 http://www.discogs.com/South-Of-Trance-The.../release/262721 http://www.discogs.com/Vallenato-Prolog/release/169018 http://www.discogs.com/Ramin-Feat-B-Flame-...release/1309927 http://www.discogs.com/Sub-Quaker-Do-You-D.../release/193369 http://www.discogs.com/Humpback-Dog-Tooth-...l/release/63059 http://www.discogs.com/Legal-Mission-Forci...release/1449888 http://www.discogs.com/Various-Chap-1-Pri%.../release/370184 http://www.discogs.com/Ulanbator-Sputnik/release/35520 http://www.discogs.com/Internal-Terror-Bad...a/release/54705 http://www.discogs.com/Interphaze-Bitstream/release/77765 http://www.discogs.com/Various-Dungeon-Of-.../release/360991 http://www.discogs.com/Various-Yellow-Chapter-1/master/17454 http://www.discogs.com/Brainwasher-Cosmos-EP/release/457837 http://www.discogs.com/GGE-Vital-Space-Uni.../release/350859 http://www.discogs.com/Various-Trance-Mani.../release/434679 http://www.discogs.com/Suns-Of-Arqa-Govind.../release/619137 http://www.discogs.com/Various-A-Taste-Of-.../release/416806 http://www.discogs.com/Various-Hypnotic-Tr.../release/314403 http://www.discogs.com/Sundog-Psychedelic-.../release/165809 http://www.discogs.com/SMILE-Space-Music-I.../release/180710 http://www.discogs.com/Boom-Operators-2-Fe...SA/master/62604 http://www.discogs.com/Various-Trancemaste...ap/master/23139 http://www.discogs.com/DID-Alcyone/release/111736 http://www.discogs.com/Various-Tantra-Andr.../release/467710 http://www.discogs.com/Guillaume-La-Tortue...release/1324823

Idle speculation: they'd want a LOT of money for it.

Kudos for using Bandcamp... now if only the digital release cost less than the CD.

Killer! The last Cold Project release was a real nice surprise... I'm sure this is gonna rock too!

Where can I find more like this? Dark, industrial, pulsating, abstract, hard psychedelic techno... http://www.discogs.com/Chris-Liebing-Speed...ism/master/3542 If you haven't heard it yet give it a try. A lot of Speedy J's other stuff didn't really speak to me (yet) but this is killer stuff.

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Hell yeah! Khainz is just about the best thing to happen to psytrance-derived techno/progressive/house/whatever in ages!

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I generally recommend Juno these days.

V/A - ENTHEOS AUDIO ARCHIVE 3.0 01 :: Akhentek - Infinitron Class Flagship (144 BPM) 02 :: Nexus7 - Aarzach (145 BPM) 03 :: Clone - Token Toker (140 BPM) 04 :: Osiris Indriya - LouZ (128 BPM) 05 :: Phobosphere - Serious Vacation (115 BPM) 06 :: Neto - Cepheid Variable (90 BPM) 07 :: Progress - Rain Road (80 BPM) 08 :: Psyentifica - Entheogenic (99 BPM) 09 :: Ekoplex - Forest Shaman (110 BPM) 10 :: Pharoelidae - Transposition Burst (112 BPM) Compiled by Basilisk and Akhentek, Entheos Audio Archive 3.0 showcases a dazzling array of psychedelic trance and downtempo music reflecting the uber-spirit of the Entheos Summer Solstice Conference and Festival, an annual gathering of the Pacific Northwest tribal dance community. The story begins with powerful full-on psytrance but quickly drops into deep dubby soundscapes and hazy broken beats before cruising to a shimmering finale. Although heavily stacked with Canadian content, this compilation also includes a pair of offerings from our American kin as well as a special guest appearance by Norwegian producer Phobosphere. Entheos Audio Archive 3.0 has been mastered by Akhentek at Ilum Studios and features artwork designed by Onbeyond Metamedia. Download it for free in MP3/FLAC/WAV format direct from Ektoplazm: http://www.ektoplazm.com/free-music/entheo...dio-archive-30/

V/A - ENTHEOS AUDIO ARCHIVE 3.0 01 :: Akhentek - Infinitron Class Flagship (144 BPM) 02 :: Nexus7 - Aarzach (145 BPM) 03 :: Clone - Token Toker (140 BPM) 04 :: Osiris Indriya - LouZ (128 BPM) 05 :: Phobosphere - Serious Vacation (115 BPM) 06 :: Neto - Cepheid Variable (90 BPM) 07 :: Progress - Rain Road (80 BPM) 08 :: Psyentifica - Entheogenic (99 BPM) 09 :: Ekoplex - Forest Shaman (110 BPM) 10 :: Pharoelidae - Transposition Burst (112 BPM) Compiled by Basilisk and Akhentek, Entheos Audio Archive 3.0 showcases a dazzling array of psychedelic trance and downtempo music reflecting the uber-spirit of the Entheos Summer Solstice Conference and Festival, an annual gathering of the Pacific Northwest tribal dance community. The story begins with powerful full-on psytrance but quickly drops into deep dubby soundscapes and hazy broken beats before cruising to a shimmering finale. Although heavily stacked with Canadian content, this compilation also includes a pair of offerings from our American kin as well as a special guest appearance by Norwegian producer Phobosphere. Entheos Audio Archive 3.0 has been mastered by Akhentek at Ilum Studios and features artwork designed by Onbeyond Metamedia. Download it for free in MP3/FLAC/WAV format direct from Ektoplazm: http://www.ektoplazm.com/free-music/entheo...dio-archive-30/

V/A - THE FUTURE OF LIGHT 01 :: Oxya - Tau Feeling (8:59) 02 :: MetzAnima - Maia Gaia (6:40) 03 :: Frequency Surreal & Erofex - They Still Hold Peace In Their Hearts (5:27) 04 :: Jash - Betun Brasilero (6:32) 05 :: Dark Fox - Stelar Madness (Majestad Valkyria Remix) (6:08) 06 :: Erofex - Mental Peace (7:17) 07 :: Kusillo - Digital Anima (4:00) 08 :: Virtuaz - Devil Eather (7:29) 09 :: Le Guide - Kranum (5:19) 10 :: Trebolactiko - Alpha State (6:30) 11 :: Etrea - Condor al Revez (4:33) 12 :: Paul Jove AKA Pituko - Sun Stars (10:49) The Future Of Light is the first downtempo and chill out compilation from Neurotrance Records, a Bolivian netlabel. Compiled by Erofex, this release features relaxing and meditative music with light tribal beats, much of it with a distinct South American flavour. Conceived as a “journey of light,” the story wanders along a path where everything is possible and limits are left behind. Download it for free in MP3/FLAC/WAV direct from Ektoplazm: http://www.ektoplazm.com/free-music/the-future-of-light/

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When I return to Toronto in July I will be working on getting a cover done... actually put together a photo shoot some months ago specifically for the album. Just need to do the work to get it all into a cohesive design and then we'll launch it on Ektoplazm. (Unless Rennis makes other arrangements with another label of course!)

Lots of love and full support, Rennis. It has been great to work with you all these years and I hope you come back to music some day

A bit off-topic... but here's the old school set I played for the solstice:

Way to build customer rapport.