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I don't mind the additional exposure... what I do mind is bandwidth theft. Several pirate blogs have been linking direct to my content (particularly lossless packages) after stripping away any credit or links back to my site. That's not so cool. On another front, a group decided to rip the first release on my netlabel. According to their .nfo they have 635 releases. It wasn't hard to track them down on IRC. Amusingly enough, they post on Isratrance. It sort of makes me wonder how many forum regulars moonlight as suppliers/rippers/couriers for the various MP3 groups. Probably a bunch, I'm guessing. Anyhow, like I said... it's funny. I mean, someone actually takes credit for supplying releases from my site. Making a sandwich takes more effort than that but you don't see anyone handing out medals of valour for a ham and swiss on rye, do you?

I've been collecting for a long time but still lack many classics... this is in part due to a cash shortage--I've been pushing everything I've got into my web site and netlabel, and paying exorbitant fees for golden oldies simply isn't possible any more. With that say, I have two suggestions for you: 1) Look into re-releases from Avatar, Inpsyde Media, and others (D5's album on Suntrip for example). 2) Consider buying vinyl. Demand is not as high so you might find some classics for a much more reasonable price than you would if it were a CD being sold. I've got a bunch on my for sale list if you'd like to take a look. But of course vinyl doesn't suit everyone...

It seems like you do care quite a bit (as anyone who checks out your posting history can see). Anyhow... Trishula has released some great stuff. I will check this out.

No, it's true. What this scene needs is for one of the major distributors to take a hard-line and digitize everything in their catalogue... or for Saikosounds to finish building their download service. What percentage of new releases actually make it to legal download services? Maybe 10%? You end up with all the TIP World and BNE you can stomach, but none of the brand new, exciting labels. Beatport recently announced that they were going to require a minimum sales volume from their label partners. This is completely asinine. Why limit possibilities when inventory costs are nil? The way to succeed in the digital media economy is to 1) offer as much selection as possible, and 2) provide powerful means of finding content (smart search, community recommendations and other "wisdom of the crowd" features, tell-a-friend, and so on). Beatport fails both of these criteria--their psytrance catalogue is extremely limited and their user interface is clunky Flashturbation with an incredibly weak search. While their business will no doubt continue to succeed, it does little for the state of digital download sales of psytrance music.

It is now 2008... a very large portion of casual listeners do not purchase CDs. Many people have gone completely digital--they listen with their portable media devices, and have no use for plastic. Psytrance still doesn't have a central, authoritative source for downloading commercial music legally. If you use a search engine to look for a release you often find pirate blogs before running across label home pages or shop links. In reality, the psytrance industry--for all of its interest in the future--has not adapted well to the digital revolution. Therein lies the problem... On a lighter note, does anyone other than myself find it rather funny that the MP3 groups have been pirating free releases from my site? :wank:

There's always Avatar.

There's another good question... does uber-Goa fan Radi even buy his music?

This weeks blandness award goes to...

Wrong as usual, Radi. Many of us still listen to genuine old school... maybe not all the time though.

Wow, I was going to mention the exact same track! Here are a few more oldies: Eat Static - Forgotten Rites Juno Reactor - High Energy Protons Ololiuqui - Swampin' Planet B.E.N. - Welcome To The Future (1991!) Prana - Message To Eastedge (horrible production but still a memorable tune) Encens - Venus Zen Rainbow Spirit - Sirius Shuttle Genecom - Sunchase Technossomy - Pyramid Spectral - Moonstone

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I think just about everyone around here has one not too many vinyl fans left! :drama:

Exactly! :posford: Old or new... you don't have to choose.

Check out the distinctive lead in Liquid Soul's Dreamdancer and Beat Bizarre's Drive. Prahlad also has a song with this melody in it... where is it from? Sounds like some old school trance or something but I can't place it...

1,000+ downloads in five days! :posford: And there have even been a few CD sales Thanks for your support everyone!

Amazing work! I hope to get to a full review soon... but this is the real deal! Intelligent next-level psytrance!

If anyone here uses Digg and would like to give our first release a boost, please do! http://digg.com/music/Ekoplex_Enter_The_Dr...load_CD_release

Surprised to see this here? NIN have just released a CC-licenced instrumental album out of nowhere... available for free download in 320k MP3 (along with all sorts of options to buy deluxe versions, lossless packages, etc.)... here is the site: http://ghosts.nin.com/ At the moment they seem to be suffering from server overload... so you may want to pick this up from their official torrent on The Pirate Bay: http://thepiratebay.org/tor/4059158/Nine_I...Ghosts_I_(2008) Here is the text from TPB:

Be sure to check out Anakoluth! His upcoming EP marks a return to the classic minimal style of Zerotonine, Noma, Atmos, and other space travellers of the Y2K era.

We're working on getting a remastered edition put together with new cover art... this will be available from Ektoplazm as a free download or CD to purchase. It'll probably be out within the month

We've just surpassed 150,000 downloads... wow! That didn't take long. I guess we should start gunning for a million by 2009?

DD releases are smashing I have a good one to post today--the first netlabel release on Ektoplazm proper! http://www.ektoplazm.com/free-music/ekople...-the-dragon-ep/

Psytrance 1) Braincell - Transformation Of Reality 2) Goasia - From Other Spaces 3) Bigwigs - The National Heroes Of Sonic Parallel 4) Vishnudata - Dreamforce 5) Gappeq - Speaker Seeker Chill Out 1) Kuba - Through A Lense 2) Younger Brother 3) Outolintu - Odd Man Out

The new artwork looks good! Matches the other PAR-2 releases nice work!