Jon Cocco

DRIODLOCK - ELEFANTRONIKA 2005 Elefantronika is one of the better, if not best psytrance albums of 2005. It has a pretty good amount of melodies; it's psychedelic, and while several tracks seem so-so (fillers?) there are some very good songs here, (some great melodies) especially in the first half! Going through each of the tracks... This world isnt real - Fast, cool clicks, beats, sounds, and a fairly catchy tune wrapped in psychedelics... a pretty good way to start off the album before the better tracks arrive. I like those whirling noises like wind that is mixed into the song occasionally. B- Just Another Simulation has parts that almost sounds goa-ish for me! all those melodies and all. Around 2:52 introduces some nice melodies that stand out... the harsh, radio voices samples.. this is a song that, (around the halfway part) developes further with some fresh sounds and catchy melodies on top of what was created before. The song stays entertaining throughout. Order The Future is VERY cool and full of energy. This is one of the best tracks on the album! Can this artist PLEASE make a follow-up album with all really good/great songs like this one, the several before this one, and Strange Days especially?? That would really be great if he did! My Life Is A Trip is not nearly as good as the song that follows or the three previous ones before it. Nevertheless it's not bad, but it's not THAT good IMHO either, and it doesn't take off (that would be the next track) or travel to any place arresting to me. It's got a hard kickdrum, some nice melodic bits and psychedelic sounds too, but after the half way point, it gets repetitive. Strange Day is arguably the best song on the album. The track with the woman echoed voices going .. "Very... very.. very..." and a decent amount of high pitched, catchy melodic bits all blending very well. Then, a super cool melody is dropped on top of everything which REALLY tops things.. More creative, catchy melodies would have been great if incorporated nto several of the later tracks on the album. R U Coming? ... it's cool, compared to the last track I was hoping for more. Silly Rabbit ... Some cool drums mixed in, more subtle. It's not a fave though. At this point I'm looking for some other great or arresting moment, like in Strange Day. Who Am I? - The "slows down" before speeding up approach is cool. Some cool drums mixed in and whispering voices give a nice touch and add character to a song that could have used more maybe. Mutants r faster than u ... The album has showed it's most colorful flavors by this point, or sooner. This sounds kinda laid back in it's structure, design. The best tracks have already came and gone, and compared to some others, I consider this a filler. Wake up Your Satisfaction is okay. A more strong, maybe super psy- downtempo song or something more unexpected would have been nice to create a more distinct and unique, memorable closing. Oh well. The overall album is well done. The best tracks and parts seem to be in the first half of the album. From what I've read, other listeners seem to agree. The album has much more positive than negative for what I consider both. I agree with Seraph that it would have been nice if he ended the album differently, as opposed to with a song similar to the others. Still not a bad final song, just at this point we realize the album has reached it's peek and now it's over. There are some really good songs here that are psychedelic, melodic, and fun to listen to. Elefantronika is a big improvement over Phonic for a Replicant. which I believe was the name for Droidlocks debut. Regarding some comments above about the tracklist. Someone really messed up. The same sample title for the song, Strange Day on Saikosounds is the same sample in the song, "Order the Future" on psyshop. Which song is which?!! Both of their tracklistings (saiko and psyshop) are different to date. That's kinda annoying. BEST TRACKS: 1. THIS WORLD ISN'T REAL ... B- 2. JUST ANOTHER SIMULATION ... B 4. STRANGE DAY ... B+ 5. ORDER THE FUTURE ... B Overall Score: B- or 8/10. Samples: http://www.saikosounds.com/english/show_ar...p?artist_id=895

Nightmarish stuff??? Ummm.. maybe you're referring to Xenomorph's next album... or hopefully MEGALOPSY's follow-up to this one, which surely does NOT sound nightmarish in any way. Of course, that would be great if it was. You have the right idea. I too would like to be so impressed that I shake my head in disbelief. Alas, much of what you wrote sounds more poetic than actual truth. It kept my attention until I heard the album, which isn't bad but surely not amazing or excellent as you, or who ever wrote that made it out to be. I actually did end up buying this album soon after writing impression in this thread in March 2005. listened to this album once after buying it... ONCE!!!

Based on the G.O.E. samples, I like it. Finally some meat to go along with the potatoes. Almost all other dark psytrance albums I've sampled this year don't sound right, like teases, appetizers, as if "trying" to be dark, which comes off as not scary or cool, just lame or weak an disappointing. Track 3, The Invisible College sounds very catchy. I like the little tunes and melodies existent in Sigilweaver and Thoth Sphere. Although several tracks seem to stand out more than the rest in terms of what I consider "better" the album seems to avoid fillers, which is nice if it's true. Where is any artists passion in creating fillers? *Pshhh.* While a bit heavy at times, it retains this brooding tone and change-up in sounds and song direction that I find interesting, rather than mixing just a bunch of noise or demented, twisted sounds around a kickdrum. The tone sounds strong and condident. The album has character and arresting moments, but unfortunately those moments are more subtle; some elements or rare "surprise" moments that jump out and "whoa" the listener would have been nice. Nevertheless, this is VERY dark psytrance. The overall tone seems industrial, (maybe even gothic) through-out. Absolutely perfect for church. I can't think of one 2005 dark psytrance album I considered great or even good. The only other dark psytrance 2005 album I got in that year was Megalopsy: The Abstract Machine, which I found decent, had some pretty good parts, and overall I didn't find it THAT dark or very good either. Ghreg on Earth may be one of the big surprises of 2005 yet. It seems to have snuck up on everyone.

Good question.

So.. was this a thread about albums people considered "worst of the year" or what? It seems to have been misguided because someone didn't agree with someone else's "worst albums." I thought I'd continue in that direction because that's currently where the threads at... and since preference is all subjective anyway. I agree that Sphongle 3 wasn't magical like the first two. It didn't feel innovative or nearly as special. I would certaintly not call it a classic or a masterpiece. However, I enjoyed the album and consider it one of the better albums this year in comparison to much downtempo releases in general. Many people familiar with the earlier Sphongle work described Sphongle 3 as feeling "more of the same." It didn't help things that so many had such high expectations. We don't usually realize that we often HYPE things in our mind. So some expectations weren't met. I suppose this could be a reason for someone considering it a "worst album of the year," due to the huge disappointment from the individual who expected more and felt more disappointed than some others. I'm not going to argue whether IM's albums was one of 2005's worst or not because it's all how you percieve things. As an album, IM the Supervisor was disappointing to me because I, and many of you I've seen, obviously expect more from IM based on their earlier work. However it's not as much about "more" as it is about style and direction. I gave that album a C+ or a 7.9 out of 10 because I felt the decent and good songs that do exist on the album, slightly raise it above average, especially when comparing IM the Supervisor to most of 05's psytrance releases. However, if I were to compare IM the Supervisor to IM's earlier work, well you could imagine how low a grade it would get, because IM's earlier work isn't one grade or one level better, it's LEVEL's beyond what they've been producing lately. However, that's from a view point from someone who enjoys their earlier style. Regarding hype, our expectations create self-hype. I don't have a "WORST" albums of the year list because I would think most people would try to avoid and not focus on the worst albums of the year, hence not buy them. I realize sometimes people gotta get it out of their system and share their feelings toward albums they considered disappointments. More so, I realize people buy albums based on artists they like, and so it's easier to be disappointed when you have other albums by that same artist to compare it to. Therefore, I think if this thread was called, "Albums that most disappointed you in 2005," people would stay more objective because as soon as someone says, "Okay this album was one of the worst," it's just inviting others to say, "Relative to what?!" My two cents anyway.

I totally agree with you on Scatterbrain (will a follow-up ever come out?) but are you referring to Penta's old or new album or both? Both albums sound totally different to me, and I thought Penta - Pentafiles was really good dark psy. The second was a disappointment when compared to the first I felt. I just sampled Psykovsky's debut album. I find some of it... interesting. Layers of twisted sounds, little melodies, but sometimes it sounds more twisted, crazy, and fast, than it sounds dark in tone and nature if that makes any sense. Nonetheless, some tracks sound interesting to me. At times, parts seem a bit too fast, harsh, scattered, and noisy. Track 7 for example I find highly annoying, like the song isn't nearly as focused as some other songs, it doesn't flow as well. Scattered and noisy sounding is a big gripe I have with most dark psytrance albums being released today. Of course, what you consider "scattered" or "noisey sounding" is a matter of preference. Nonetheless, some people seem to agree. However, he has lots of cool sounds mixed in all over the place, and at times -- just when I think the songs getting repetitive, it changes. I really enjoy the melodies, chimes, samples, and rare echoed voices. Sometimes it's hard to appreciate those softer, more elegant elements due to all the percussion and industrial sound. After reading the great words that someone said about the track, Wishful Sinful, I heard the sample on psyshop and thought how repeptive and boring?!?! Then I listened to the longer sample on Saiko sounds and (although the sample quality is less) I thought it sounded very good, catchy. So I sampled all of the "longer" samples, and now I have a much better impression of the album. I like it, however I won't list it with the best of the old dark psytance albums. I feel that this album sounds much better than than most dark psytrance albums being released today. According to the samples: http://www.saikosounds.com/english/show_la...sp?label_id=591 ...there are two tracks on this album by OSOM. Why would there be two tracks by another artist on someones debut album? Unless I'm missing something.

That's quite a collection of terrible album covers you've managed to compile. However, you're missing Yahel's album cover. That was one of the WORST album covers of the year, period!!!

I think I found my copy on amazon.co.uk for a very resonable price. That was several years ago. It's impressive what occasinally pops up on that site. Cassandra's Nightmare is just evil [great] dark trance. You may be able to get some of their tracks off limewire or KaZaA if you haven't heard them in full yet, that is, until you find the album. If you keep looking, you'll most likely find it at a resonable price. Good luck. I couldn't agree more. There was a magical quality about those albums (back then) which I feel few, if any, have achieved since. Maybe it's because those albums came out around the time artists were inspired by goatrance, the melodies became dark, not uplifting or beautiful, but dark... Maybe it's because those albums were so enjoyable to "just" listen to.. (not specifically listen while intended for dancing to) and now days it seems labels intend to make it super-accessible for dancing over the clever "listening" elements, (ambience, for example) thus limitiing the artist to certain non-formulatic structures, such as when the music/beat stops.. interesting atmosphere begins; sample, strange, eerie sounds or voices, etc) because that isn't dancefloor friendly. Then again, the first two Dark Soho albums were dance floor stompers and great for "just" listening to also, so maybe it's just the talent has changed, but it has knowingly changed, meaning that there is a reason. I feel that almost all dark psytrance albums today lack the imagination, juice, character, style, risks, and depth of the great old ones. Do these new dark psytrance artists today not realize that dark psytrance is not all about twisted psy-sounds and noises around a kickdrum? There is like a certain energy or feeling I get when listening to those [older] dark goa/psy albums that I rarely [if ever] get today.

Wow... with exception to the last one, I totally agree! I'd add the first two Dark Soho albums, The Delta (first album) and Penta - Pentifiles, and it does NOT get much better than that!

Dude, that thread was posted in March of this year, nearly 10 months ago. Now is a much more appropriate time to post a fresh thread that hasn't been corrupted with incomplete album lists and uncertainty from those unsure of their TOP albums. Plus, I post a "Your Top Ten" thread once a year on this site. I always wait until the end of the year.

What are your TOP or most FAVORITE albums of 2005??? 1. VA - APSARA ... B+ ... A wonderful psy goatrance comp. 2. KHETZAL: COROLLE - B+ ... This will win best album of the year here. I know it. 3. ANTIX: TWIN COAST DISCOVERY - B or around 8.5/10 ... The progressive (Full ON?) trance album of 2005. It's that good. 4. NYSTAGMUS: THE IMMACULATE PERCEPTION - B ... A pretty good album. Some very catchy melodies and the Tommy sstory is unforgettable, but once you've heard the story the music loses replay value and allure. There are some very good and few great songs on this album. Some people complained that the second half has tracks sounding stolen or too similar to Classical Mushroom but I can't confirm it. I know the second half is where my favorite songs are on this album... Hopefully his next album will push things further, much further, as Talpa did on his debut, and both keep the IM sound OUT!! A very cool release nonetheless. 5. JAIA: FICTION - B or 8.5/10 ... Cool album, unique, melodic, has feeling at times more than others... just don't compare it to Blue Energy! 6. GHREG ON EARTH: SIGILWEAVER ... B ... The best dark psytrance album of 2006 IMHO. 7. Droidlock: Elefantronika - B- or 8/10. Very psychedelic, melodic, interesting... the first half of the album is really good. The second half is decent. There's one song that's really something... 8. PLANUM: ELABORATE - B- ... Check out my full review in 2005's review section for Planum! 9. SHPONGLE: NOTHING LASTS BUT NOTHING IS LOST - B- ... Many people were disappointed with this one. However, it's pretty good when compared to most downtempo/chill being released in 2005, (has some great moments, parts, melodies, etc..) but it's not THAT good when compared to the first two brilliant albums that many consider masterpieces; classics. I too expected more for a final (?) Sphongle album. Why not? The first two albums put the benchmark so high. It's like while making this album, the masters had fun, too much fun or not because I don't feel as though they pushed the bounderies with this third album as they did with the first two. It's different, somewhat rehashed with good ideas, and just not what many people familiar with their earlier work imagined it being: a magical masterpiece...far from. It's good but not great or superb as a whole I feel, and that's where the disappointment lies. 10. TRIPSWITCH - CIRCUT BREAKER ... B- ... One of the best downtempo album of the year. Not all tracks are great and few are decent at best IMHO. Overall this is a beautiful release with several very strong songs. Follow ups: WATERJUICE - MELBAPHONICS ... B- ... Umm yeah, can you say underrated? I don't know which album by them I liked more, but this was deff different being downtempo/chill trance. It has some good songs.

2005 wasn't the worst year, but it was definitely a disappointment when compared to 2004. When I don't have enough good/great albums to make a Top 10 List, that's NOT a good thing. Oh well, there's always 2006 to look forward to. New Filteria.. and possible new Talpa... and (*keeping fingers crossed*) Transwave (?!?!) is enough to peek my interest. 2005 was somewhat more of a breather since so many TOP albums came out in 2004. Regardless, a great December surprise album would have been nice. Oh well.

It's now available on psyshop and yes, that opening song Dirtbag, sound terrible because of the cheesy lyrics! ("I'm a liar, set things on fire.") Wtf??? It sounds like some crappy Limp Bizkit song that never made the cut to Limp Bizkits 2003 most disappointing album to date. What the hell is a song like that doing as the opening song of Psycrafts new album?!?! It's a big turn-off. Stick to psytrance guys!!! This album could have started off with a cool downtempo sound before those cheesy lyrics began. There are like better ways to sell your music and get recogntion. IM has a huge name. You don't. Be original. And for the record, if you're gonna have singing, make it NOT CHEESY. Since when did singing like a country singer lyrics that go "I'm a Liar... I set things on fire" sound cool??? It sounds dated and what are we listening to, soft rock or psytrance? I think it's humorous how the paragraph for their album at psyshop says that the opening song (with lyrics) was mixed by none other than Infected Mushroom) lol.. like thats some amazing thing now that IM is becoming more of a joke to their original fans in general. IM's name sounds more infamous now than famous due to the controversial direction they've taken. If I was a psytrance artist, I don't know if I'd want to have IM's name attached to my album unless they really made it awesome, which the opening track IM supposedly mixed here, is anything but. http://www.psyshop.com/shop/CDs/hom/hom1cd045.html Anyway, speaking of the actual psycraft - computech album. Track 9 (Night drive) also sounds cool with those chopped up female voices. I like how they cut the voices up and made it sound like a melody. Some of it (tracks 3, 6) sound darker and more aggressive like their previous album, NEW MOVES, which I unquestionably find their best album of the three and it's actually pretty good. I don't remember any singing on their last album. However this one I'm not so sure about. Many psytrancers will find the first song is a big turn-off, which is why I'm a bit surprised as to why they made a singing track their first song. Is it just me of is singing THAT popular in psytrance? I find it RARELY works. For example, The Moon track in TALPA is how to do it correctly. If you can actually make it through the first track without setting yourself on fire, it doesn't sound bad -- after the first track. However, I don't think it sounds good either. Several tracks seem pretty cool, and thats just based on samples. I do own their previous album NEW MOVES and I really like it. See samples for NEW MOVES below. The tone and feel is wild and darker on their last album. Some of the melodies were catchy, with several very creative moments, and the voice and fx samples I remember being chaotic and intense. I liked that very much on their last album and this one sounds more general, it's taking less risks, more full on, etc.. http://www.psyshop.com/shop/CDs/hom/hom1cd033.html

Ypsilon5 - Binary Sky has some good, maybe great songs! The best songs seem to not surprisingly be in the middle of the album. Unfortunately, it takes some time I feel (several tracks) for the album to really pick up and lift off with the higher amount waves and melodies and basically more exciting, energetic goatrance songs. At times it's very beautiful and I wish they spent the time to make every track really good or great (with some Top killers) as Filteria and Talpa basically did, because just several tracks on this album seem like they could have been more developed, intricate, and imaginative. Regardless, this is one of the few albums of 2004 which is Goa-Trance. It's one of the best albums of 2004, being placed somewhere in the list after Filteria and Talpa and maybe after one or two others for me. I look forward to their next release. Whatever happened to the old review thread of Ypsilon5 from 2004? I tried to search for it and can't locate it. Are those threads deleted after a year or something?? Does anyone know?

Good album. Unique, different, and pretty catchy. This album's chill, prog, trancey, world-influenced maybe downtempo and something else too. Glad to see him go in a more individual direction down a less common (full-on) path and not sell out his name from his masterpiece debut (Blue Energy) popularity. Lot's of work and feelings seemed to flow into this JAIA album. I realize the new direction, style, and sound on JAIA - FICTION is totally different from JAIA - BLUE ENERGY, which is a great album, period. . But for the record, I think for some it will be harder letting go of the older JAIA goatrance sound, because that's what is so strongly remembered for many. However, times change and so I think it's productive to judge this for what it is, and not in comparison with the original because both albums are in two seperate digital genra's now, if that makes sense. For the record: I wish this artist would make a goatrance follow-up to Blue Energy, the classic album almost everyone seems to love.

I just posted a full review of this album in the 2005 Review Section!

Planum - Elaborate 2005 Review Eleborate is a melodic (morning trance. [psytrance, occasinally harmonic sounding) album with some IM influences and sounds. Don't worry, Planum's style isn't nearly as "ripped off" as Misted Muppet was in my opinion. There's alot of creativity and new stuff spinning around here. PROS: - At least several very well done songs. - Many good ideas and [some] good/great melodies and moments! - The song's change multiple times within each track, taking you places. - Tracks 4 & 5, the piano! Some great work with the piano really compliment the song. - This artist likes [instrumental sounding] drums, ALOT... which is a good thing because drums are cool. - The wierd, child-ish, incoherent voices are track 5 is clever! Many people like random, unexpected stuff like that in psytrance! It's fun!, so take more risks! - The rarely used floating sounds downtempo-esque, melodic ambience (first 40 seconds of track 2 and 3) is great when it's used. More of that cool emotional tone would be nice! Just don't forget to develop the stronger melodies within and/or around it. - Certain songs I almost lost all interest in... lifted off and redeemed themselves in the very end, creating a positive turn from a once negative impression. I just wish they were more entertaining earlier on before the [melodies] take-off. (example: track 7) - Parts where a melody is created multiple manually mixed in sounds. I mean like in Talpa, (which I loved) when a melody is comprised of multiple, different sounds. Imagine four or five voices saying each word to make up a sentence and apply that concept to a melody. You get the point. This takes place in track 3. Yes! I I like this more intricate mixing. More of that in the future would be great, and with more layers/sounds that compliment too. It would be even cooler if some awesome and developed melodies were added, somethinig track 3 could have done but didn't. At least it's good. CONS: - This Album contains certain songs that are comprised of so many idea's, (which can be a great thing) many of them never develop, [the song sometimes changes when it finally has a great thing going] which makes the track sound less congruent and more difficult to groove or to get into. It's like the artist didn't know the direction he wanted to take in certain songs, so he took several decent ones over one really good one. Example? The last song. It's so relaxing and catchy as a downtempo song. The beat kicks in and it's still good as it maintains these chill melodies and backround sounds. Suddanly a heavy guitar enters the mix and it's a little too much for the rather peaceful direction. Sure it's unique, musical, and used to transition effect with drums, but it definitely didn't seem necessary. Thankfully the song doesn't end after the guitar but further develops into something even more beautiful. I wish he'd stay on that sure direction and not effect it too much with with other genre clashes when you have such a nice groove going. Develop the groove, don't drop a heavy guitar. Track 1 has a melody that starts at 2:19 into the opening. That sound lasts for shorter than the sample on psyshop. Why? It's the best, most catchy part of the song and it NEVER repeats or develops and get "deeper." I was hoping he'd mix it in again somewhere. The melody towards the last third is fairly good and it would be cool to capitalize on greatness. - Certain songs feel more empty than other songs. The real touches of greatness are only occasionally felt in certain songs, such as the last several minutes of track 4, 7 and several others. Certain songs seem like they could have used more time, imagination, and development. This guy has talent. He has some great ideas and knows how to incorporate them and make them flow (many times) to say the least, so why does this seem inconsistent at times? I suppose you can argue that each person likes different songs more than another one (which is obviously true) and I'm speaking of just several songs here. It would be nice to see more "strong layered melodic waves and energy/climax" as he does during the end of track 7. Greatness is inconsistent on this album even if the artist achieves it at times. Give me several really superb songs. - Weak, cover. Can the album cover get any weaker looking? Obviously it's the music that counts but a cooler cover never hurt anyone. Plus, its the first thing people see before clicking on the photo to sample and potentially order the album. Just don't make it cheesy, desperate (i.e: sexual) or lame. More creativity would have been nice. A bunch of lines like a bar code or whatever is kinda boring.

Very pretty! There are some very creative and talented artists here. I wouldn't be surprised if some of the psychedelic album covers come from some of these artists. I really enjoyed looking at the pics. After reading some comments above on why they're sized smaller, I too feel that it would be very nice and appreciative if the pictures were sized big enough to at least be able to fit them to our cpu desktops. I wouldn't be concerned with others stealing ideas or copying them, by adjusting them to a bigger and more detailed size... because these are clear enough right now to see them well, just not big enough. They don't need to be sized big enough for a poster on a wall, but a desktop seeems fun. I think many artists would be happy to hear that others enjoyed their work enough to have it up to look at each time they went on their cpu. Well anyway, something to think about I suppose. Regardless, nice site, photo's, and some beautiful artwork!

I wouldn't say anything specific ruined psytrance for me, but their are things that hurt my impression of psytrance, things that irritated me enough to list. 1. Disrespect. 2. Seeing once classic or great artists (AP, Pleiadians, Sandman, Talamasca, etc..) sell out to the full-on TREND and sound. To see them continue to make music that is half-assed or just decent or crap sounding. Like some great artists have done... it's better to end with a masterpiece so that everyone remembers you as great... than come out with another album ... without the charm, magic, passion, and energy as before. In short, when you don't feel it anymore, stop, or take a break. Don't just produce CRAP because your name is famous and will sell copies regardless. Like why make full-on anyway when everyone else is doing it? You barely stand out? It's like 50 people all selling similar food at a food court with little distinction between foods. Sooner or later the taste has gotta get jaded and the customers are gonna take their business else where. 3. SINGING IN GOA & PSYTRANCE!!! ... and NO, I don't mean the cool female vocals, singing in Talpa, or those female ones in IM Supervisor's Muse Breaks RMX, etc.. I mean the CRAP in the opening track of IM the Supervisor. OMG!, and when I first heard MWNN's singing in the Earth Moving Sun album...ack! I ENCOURAGE INNOVATION, EXPERIMENTATION, etc.. Some of our greatest inventers and creaters developed from taking risks... but get a CLUE what sounds CATCHY and what doesn't. *SINGING "USUALLY" RUINS PSYTRANCE.* 4. People who act like, say, or think they NEED drugs to enjoy this music. As if their is NO other way to enjoy psytrance. 5. A GREAT artist duo whom doesn't get their AWESOME 2000 album distributed and released *cough* Chi-A.D.'s Exit Eternity... when hundreds, no, THOUSANDS of albums come out each years that are truly forgettable in comparison. 6. Okay, the drug samples, references, and track titles have BEEN old. It's dated. Enough with the CHEESY drug samples and track names of drugs.

I have no problem with the rules. Regardless of how and why this happened, I think many people (including myself) took and said things for granted at times. If this change helps eliminate bullshit, fine. No one likes their freedom taken away or restricted. The rules were obviously placed for those who abuse their freedom and bother others [and/or] the site. Those who weren't a problem before shouldn't be a problem now. I have never felt my freedom was limited here, and I don't know to what extent (if any) the new changes will or will not affect me. This can be a great place to communicate with others and learn and share great info and thoughts. I came here several years ago to learn, contribute thoughts, idea's, and reviews, and talk with others about this music. I enjoy being on the same page as others who also enjoy the music I like. Although I've imagined Mars as the eye in the sky like in Lord of the Rings, I've also imagined him as this guy who enjoys some of the same music I do. He manages this community for people to share their thoughts. No one likes their community to be trashed, because it ruins it for everyone else who hangs out. Much of what he says is just common sense. It's enforcing respect, which is a good thing. I can understand certain people being warned or banned if they act with bad intentions. I really dislike spam and people who talk shit to people across the planet who they don't know just because they're having a bad day and want to vent out on someone whom they can hide from after throwing stones. It's like pushing someone when their back is turned or slapping them in their sleep. It's just disrespectful. In conclusion, this place can be better without the bullshit. That stuff only brings down a site that is usually and otherwise positive and cool. Knowing this place can disappear at any second should be a reason to appreciate it more. I'll be posting less for now on because I want to minimize what I say to things more meaningful, constructive, and what I feel passionate about.

Well I just noticed something. Maybe this is what DeathPosture meant when he said boring track titles... The track titles on saikosounds appear to not be properly titled as they are on psyshop. On Saikosounds, the titles appear as TCCD014-1 TCCD014-2 TCCD014-3 etc...

I also never got into his other album(s)... This however sounds pretty unique. Occasional atmosphere. Some interesting melodies. Voice samples and sound fx. Oh yes, the melodies really compliment the songs, they accentuate the songs, like when all other sound stops but the nice melody tune playing all alone in what would otherwise be total silence (for several seconds before the crazyness kicks back in) I like that! Some of it seems to throw those unpredicable placements and moments (i.e: abrupt changes or creations in sounds, breaks, melodies, edits, distortion, other experimental mixing, etc... Based on the short samples at psyshop, this ever so slightly reminds me (at times) of a concept or two found in the unique, dark, twisted, (sometimes random in a good way), stylish coolness of Scatterbrain. The dark melodies at times, which I found so cool in Sandman - Witchcraft seem obviously inspired by something, maybe that, maybe not. They're different either way. I find it interesting that one minute I'm listening to some type of funky trance and than the next it morphs into something like psytrance or horror trance. Could be interesting. Maybe a bit too distorted, changing (at times) and unique for it's own good... or maybe this is a far better album than many of us know right now. I gotta hear longer samples. I liked what I heard on http://www.psyshop.com. Whenever I listen to every sample on an album straight though.. that is a very good thing.

I can not find this on http://www.psyshop.com or http://www.saikosounds.com... This album on amazon.com and amazon.co.uk has NO available samples to stream. Where is this album available to sample and order?

Wow....thanks RAH!

I think we're in agreement more or less. I actually think what you wrote was very respectful until the second part. If you're respectful, you'll delete the second part. Two wrongs don't make a right. I own and very much enjoy Yahel's first two albums. However, that thread isn't the topic for that. My gay "comment" was not intended to bash or discriminate homosexuals in general. It was intended to be humorous in a mean way ... even if some people found it not funny. It was not intended to offend anyone on the forums even if it did. It was strictly based on Yahels 2005 cover. There is a difference from calling an artist posing like THAT on his cover, a "narcissistic gay queer whatever," and calling a person (like myself) a narcisstic homosexual. Because by doing that, you're personally directing that towards me, who did not put out a cover or a picture that is obviously going to attract negative feedback. I had a pic of myself like some people on here, because I couldn't find a way to post a pic of myself with everyone else's for Moni to put in the psytrance photography book (on this site) existing in the off-topic forums. I personally have a girlfriend. I have several gay and bi friends. I am straight. What a person chooses to be is their perogative. Those are my views with those things. This thread is for fun. Mean, shallow, stupid FUN. Humor. Let any such mean and disrespectful humor not be taken out of context. And I still truly feel he looks like a real flamer on his cover. The threads getting all serious with these posts. It strays from the fun people are having with a cover that really does look gay and lame.