Basilisk

You argue there's a lot of Filteria worship in this forum... so the correct response is to make sure to rain on everyone's parade, is that right? You freely admit you're more likely to comment on something if you dislike it... good vibes, anyone? I'm not making rules here; I'm just commenting on what seems to be persistant mean-spirited tendancies that plenty of psynews members seem to have. What sucks is that the closer an artist is to the community the more likely people feel obligated to rip into their efforts, which is simply disrespectful if you ask me. It's fine to dislike the artist's work, perfectly okay to talk about it, but I think some people take it one step beyond, that's all. I don't expect anyone who does so to realize it, since they're perfectly content to argue endlessly, but I don't think that changes anything... Hopefully that's all I need to say on that subject. Probably not, knowing people

Hahah... it's true. I think my enthusiasm is contagious

Of course people can say what they want. You missed the point of my message entirely. Let's consider two facts about your first post here (which I was not commenting on originally, btw): - it's posted six minutes after the thread was opened - you cut and pasted instead of actually writing anything original Maybe I'm the only one here who raised an eyebrow over this.

I am way hyped for it but I think this thread could turn ugly. Everyone has to say something about this and some won't pay any respect to the hard work this guy puts into his music... I know there's the impulse to comment on something if it's popular, especially if one disagrees, but can we all just remember that he reads these forums too? Artists are human beings and some of what the regular psynews ass clown squad says is downright vile. A little bit of conscientiousness for your fellow man would be wicked to see I haven't heard it at all yet but I sure am looking forward to it... now play nice

Hallucinogen was one of the artists that got me into it... I remember way back, being an EDM fan, and nabbing MP3s from a site called The Temple. Back in those days disk space wasn't so plentiful... I remember coming to a junction and nuking all the Astral while saving everything Posford was responsible for mind you I'm a rare sort - I think his productions are stellar, but I don't worship him like a god. To address the real question here however... I find it's less and less as time goes on. People are realizing that there is somethingly seriously going on here. I still get bugged by ignorant fucks about the trance association, but we can blame DJ Tiesticle for that. Change happens slowly... it just so happens that I think several other "popular" forms of EDM are creative dead-ends but psytrance never ceases to amaze me... and the thing is, when I take a step back and I put myself in the new listeners shoe's... it's overwhelming. What quality! It just goes to show that I'm probably way too biased but in observing what people have to say... psytrance is becoming one of the more respected genres of EDM these days - it's what a lot of people turn to when they get bored of the rest and want the full experience.

The only guys that bother me are the ones that DO NOT STOP when you ask them to... wtf?

This IS a sick EP since we're commenting frivolously SICK SICK SICK

That's awesome... I'm glad it was cleared up. I was not happy with what the stores began listing the tracks as, especially with respect to the 11/13 track discontinuity.... so this explains it all! Great going and what a brilliant album!

I think so too... I've thought about how to design such an intuitive system, but it would be quite a project!

-shrug- no details in my mind right now... it's worth more thought, I think - this global issue of the wealth gap. The thing is, Antiscarp doesn't give a shit. The tracks aren't mastered, it isn't released to be crowd pleasing, it isn't packaged as a whole... I love what they do but it's not pro and it ain't trying to be. I think a physical release is often going to trump a digital release in terms of how professional it seems - it's substantial, right? But I can see a really well done digital release trumping a lot of the shoddy releases that come out. People respect hard work and quality control, and I don't think that is exclusively tied into the traditional label heirarchy and the need for purely commercial releases with no other options. Is the industry ready for this? Yeah I'd say it's ready for a kick in the ass. Much more on this later. I'll probably save most of it for the articles I'm authoring on the subject.

The current practise seems to be widespread copying and "pooling" by which groups of fans in developing nations make combined purchases and then copy for everyone in the pool... so an immediate solution would be a country-by-country licensing system authorizing a certain number of copies for some nations, which would at least give the official nod to the practise and perhaps even encourage more to buy into the idea... that's just an off-the-cuff thought however. My greater goal is to encourage the liberation of sound and the promotion of the free alternative as a viable means of music distribution. I think a lot of people confuse my quest as one of total overhaul... it's not that. I'd just like to see much more music being released for free in a professional way as an alternative to the commercial system of labels and distributors. The last half decade has seen enourmous change in technology and especially in the purpose and kinds of releases that come out... I mean, look around. Why do new artists put out whole albums? Promotion, in most instances. It's a bit of a waste though, as so many of them aren't very polished and don't show the kind of maturity a lot of trance fans desire, but it sure is good enough for the vast teeming hordes. Why not release these albums for free to the net, with a professional presentation? That's even better promotion, imho. There are just late night ideas though... I've got to get on with writing my articles on the subject. Then again I post half-baked ideas to get some dialog going to make my essays more ironclad

I don't think "added value" helps all that much, since most people are still just in it for the music... and, in many instances, the cost of a CD simply cannot be factored into a budget. A glaring anomaly is the fact that this is an EDM (electronic dance music) scene which, perhaps more than any other, permeates countries with a much lower gdp/capita i.e. the third world, yet everything still has a first world price tag associated with it. This comes up on forums but snooty Europeans quash objections with the problematic argument "well, you have internet access, don't you?" This is grossly insensitive to the reality on the ground, which only highlights the need for industry reform even more.

Careful with my ratings - 6/10 is above average and 7/10 very good. I'm careful to keep it somewhat coherent. In 2005 the only progressive releases which rated higher were Inner Circle and Refresh. That's it.

I've not found any tracks in a major scale with mixmeister... it's what I use, and I guessed the accuracy was about that much. Without a trained ear it's all I've got to go on, but you can always sort it out when you mash tracks together and suddenly think to yourself "hmm, something's not right..." A while back I looked through my -entire- collection and wrote down how many songs were in each key to make a pie chart showing harmonic distribution in a random statistical sample... I'll get that online some day

Change the question. Instead of asking what we can do to save labels, ask what we can do to help the artists. The reason I say this has to do with why labels even exist... what are they for? Do they provide an essential service? Some of them do, I would say. Do all of them? Do we need so many? Does all music need to be physically available, or would it be beneficial to some artists to distribute some or all of their music for free on the net, bypassing the traditional label heirarchy altogether? P2P and drooping music sales aren't so much a problem to be solved as they are a changing condition wrought by the advances of technology which the scene now must address constructively, imho.

Review: http://www.ektoplazm.com/reviews/prisoners...social-success/

Working on it I disagree. Big disappointment. I posted a short review of this on the isratrance "request a review" thread. Glowstick twirling shite, mostly. I think that was the general sentiment of my response

I like 18 out of the top 20 (and the other two I don't really know) so I think it's a good result. Enough with the bitching.

Since the thread has come up again, I should say... the 13 track experiment I spoke of earlier is actually my newly released mix entitled Mystic Revelation. Feedback from people in the know would be appreciated. A word on the intended structures... as I've mentioned, I don't have any classical training in music, so I could have made a mistake somewhere... but as far as I know, this mix descends through the harmonic spectrum from keycode 5, 4, 3, etc. all the way around the wheel and back to where it started in keycode 5. I've had people tell me they feel like they are "falling down the rabbit hole", which is obviously the desired effect. There's a lot of guess work going on though

It looks interesting. I'd give that a shot... How do you figure? Not by my reckoning. Trance has distributed bottlenecks across the wheel where there are very few songs in some style, so I can't see this being possible. How do you find the key for your music?

RIP. He was a talented artist, and from what I hear, a good friend. It's too bad.

Hardcore upgrade d00d.

I think it's the degree of repetition that becomes an issue for some listeners here.

Since I'm reviewing the CD now I'd pass on the recommendation for CHI-A.D. - Waverider and Human Blue - Electric Harmony. Solid classics from Medium Recs.

Off-hand I can't think of any label other than Discovalley which manages to keep up a decent quality level on their comps... guess it's just a matter of taste.