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=============================================================================== Phototropic Records presents: Zolphinia - Utopia =============================================================================== Release Notes: This is the debut album of Zolphinia, a journey to Utopia. Zolphinia is known for his track on Jelly Marbles (Time Travel) and OiG 3 (Land of Gods). Release Info: Genre: Oldschool Goa-Trance Tracks: 8 Playtime:87:29 min Catalog#: PHTRCD04 URL: www.phototropicrecords.com email: info@phototropicrecords.com Release Date: 21.Jun.2008 Tracklist: 01 - Anunnaki (11:01) 02 - Mental Universe (10:13) 03 - Fifth Dimension (8:33) 04 - Planet Colour (10:40) 05 - Innerspace (9:21) 06 - Utopia (11:09) 07 - Land of Gods(Remix) (9:21) 08 - End of Society (7:11) Credits: Coverart by Vajra @ Buddha Mantra Mastered by Digitoxin @ Phototropic Records Buy the CD here: http://kunaki.com/MSales.asp?PublisherId=114152 For Paypal/European bank transfer payment mail to info@phototropicrecords.com Samples available at www.phototropicrecords.com For Belgian oldschool fans: Agneton will sell this CD (and other Phototropic records CDs) on upcoming parties, so you can buy there. For Austrian oldschool fans: I typically have some CDs with me on parties, so if you want some, tell me.

=============================================================================== Phototropic Records presents: Zolphinia - Utopia =============================================================================== Release Notes: This is the debut album of Zolphinia, a journey to Utopia. Zolphinia is known for his track on Jelly Marbles (Time Travel) and OiG 3 (Land of Gods). Release Info: Genre: Oldschool Goa-Trance Tracks: 8 Playtime:87:29 min Catalog#: PHTRCD04 URL: www.phototropicrecords.com email: info@phototropicrecords.com Release Date: 21.Jun.2008 Tracklist: 01 - Anunnaki (11:01) 02 - Mental Universe (10:13) 03 - Fifth Dimension (8:33) 04 - Planet Colour (10:40) 05 - Innerspace (9:21) 06 - Utopia (11:09) 07 - Land of Gods(Remix) (9:21) 08 - End of Society (7:11) Credits: Coverart by Vajra @ Buddha Mantra Mastered by Digitoxin @ Phototropic Records Ok, wanted to post this in the new releases section, don't know how it ended up here (i probably should't do this kind of stuff before the morning coffee kicks in). Well, if you want to review, thats the right place i guess

Good to see some more Goa released. But 5 of the 9 tracks are already released, some of them serious classics most people know for 10 years or more. I'd say it gets a + for adding to Goa released this year, and a - for the fact that most parts are nothing new. Digi

Hi! Well, the topic already says it... Coverartists wanted! If you want to contribute, PM me, or mail to info@phototropicrecords.com Payment is in Phototropic CDs Digi

??? I don't know about that. There are two Pandemonium! albums coming up on pressed CD, but Goa Gate is a CDr album... Digi

Ok i don't share the negative opinions. At first it sounded like classic lame indian sounding chill music but the more i listen the more i like it. Its quite atmospheric and has depth. Now i sure listened to it about 20 times and it does not get boring, it gets better every time i listen to it. For me, this release is sure one of the better chill releases of 2008. Digi

Ok found out track times in original post are wrong, here is the correct list: 01 - Goa Gate (6:36) 02 - Sarcophagus (6:57) 03 - Three Eyes (6:29) 04 - Secret of an Amulet (7:03) 05 - Sending Love and Light (7:05) 06 - Transphinx (7:39) 07 - Organic Humanoids II (7:11) 08 - Water Goddess (8:02) 09 - Guardian of the Gate (9:29) Due to popular request: If you have no Credit Card and want to pay with Paypal or European bank transfer, mail to info@phototropicrecords.com. Current price INCLUDING shipping to Europe (with Euro/Dollar rate of 3.May) is 10Euro for one 8$CD and 17Euro for two 8$CDs! Harald aka Digitoxin

Yes its CD-R, but price is cheap so i guess its ok, also it sure looks better than homemade CDR. Pressing CDs does not pay off at those quantities (no release sold over 20 Cds yet), so i sure won't start pressing 1000CDs to sell 50pcs (also the 4 releases would have required an investment of ~4500Euro so far, which would come to a non recoveable loss of 4000Euro i guess just for whats already released). There will be real CD releases for albums for which i expect higher sales, and first release is already on the way. But not every album reaches quanities that make pressing an option. If someone wants to be European reseller, i appreciate that, but i don't have time to handle every single CD. Also, if anyone has a better idea of selling (not one that makes me loose 4000Euro/quater-year), contact me. Harald aka Digitoxin

=============================================================================== Phototropic Records presents: Amithaba Buddha - Goa Gate =============================================================================== The story: This debut album is called "Goa Gate", a trip where you follow Amithaba Buddha through a series of different gates and portals in order to explore different worlds and dimensions... But in the end, Amithaba Buddha will leave you in front of the last gate, where the Guardian of the Gate is standing and where the final challenge is up to you... Can you pass the last Gate all by yourself? Release Notes: This release is brought to you in the new Amithaba Buddha style, which unifies old Amithaba Buddha (known from Psyramid EP) and Lost Buddha (known from Regeneration EP) into a single new Goa-Trance style. Release Info: Genre: Oldschool Goa-Trance Tracks: 9 Playtime: 66:33 min Catalog#: PHTRCD03 URL: www.phototropicrecords.com email: info@phototropicrecords.com Release Date: 1.May.2008 Tracklist: 01 - Goa Gate (5:17) 02 - Sarcophagus (11:12) 03 - Three Eyes (7:16) 04 - Secret of an Amulet (8:24) 05 - Sending Love and Light (8:27) 06 - Transphinx (9:50) 07 - Organic Humanoids II (7:08) 08 - Water Goddess (6:16) 09 - Guardian of the Gate (7:59) Credits: Coverart by Filipe Santos and Rossana Silva Mastered by Digitoxin @ Phototropic Records Buy the CD here: http://kunaki.com/MSales.asp?PublisherId=114152 P.S.: Due to the low Dollar, this CD can be purchased at low price. For example, in Europe 8 Dollar is only 5 Euro! For the same reason shipping costs are not so high either for international shipping.

=============================================================================== Phototropic Records presents: Nolax - Persistence 2.0 =============================================================================== Nolax Persistence 2.0 was first released on 30th June 2007 as 128k mp3 (now hosted on ektoplazm.com) with the promise of a CD release, and here it is. There are small changes in the tracks, and new mastering. "Persistence 2.0 is firmly entrenched in the old school revivalist movement. Nolax draws upon the Eastern mystique of mid-nineties Goa trance while composing fluttering cosmic melodies and luscious atmospheric panoramas. Nowhere is this more evident than in his remake of Shakta’s classic song Lepton Head, originally released in 1996. As a result, this album emanates a genuine quality that is sure to be appreciated by all fans of old school Goa trance." Basilisk/Ektoplazm, http://www.ektoplazm.com/ Release Info: Genre: Oldschool Goa-Trance Tracks: 10 Playtime: 79:35 min Catalog#: PHTRCD02 URL: www.phototropicrecords.com email: info@phototropicrecords.com Release Date: 14.Apr.2008 Tracklist: 01 - Intro (5:17) 02 - Pareidolia (11:12) 03 - We already were on mars (7:16) 04 - Androids do dream 8:24) 05 - Autofab (8:27) 06 - Confusion (9:50) 07 - Shakta - Lepton head - Nolax Remix (7:08) 08 - We are the spoon (6:16) 09 - Silence of the drums (7:59) 10 - Aggression (7:46) Credits: Coverart by Anila C Mastered by Digitoxin @ Phototropic Records Buy the CD here: http://kunaki.com/MSales.asp?PublisherId=114152

VA Jelly Marbles is available as CD now: http://kunaki.com/msales.asp?PublisherId=114152 digi

=============================================================================== Phototropic Records presents: Amithaba Buddha - Psyramid EP =============================================================================== This EP features the freshly mastered early works of Filipe Santos, project name Amithaba Buddha. Release notes: This is the second release of Phototropic records, the new oldschool Goa label. This release is available as free ogg and CD. Release Info: Genre: Oldschool Goa-Trance Tracks: 2 Playtime: 14:34 min Catalog#: PHTREP01 URL: www.phototropicrecords.com email: info@phototropicrecords.com Release Date: 14.Mar.2008 Tracklist: 1- Amithaba Buddha - Psyramid 7:47 2- Amithaba Buddha - Mental Maze 6:47 Download it here: http://phototropicrecords.voellig.org/Amit...HTREP01_ogg.rar Buy the CD here: http://kunaki.com/MSales.asp?PublisherId=114152

Great to see experimenting with new distribution models.. its really time for a paradigm shift. And kunaki.com has a really interesting offer. Musically its not my style, but anyway good luck with your label. digi

For now, flac/wav is only for contributing artists. If you are an artist and didn't get the lossless version yet, contact Filipe or me. Later, there might be 30cents/flac if i find/make a webshop or other scheme that supports that, but found nothing suitable yet. digi

=============================================================================== Phototropic Records presents: VA Jelly Marbles =============================================================================== The Concept: Remember when you were a kid and used to play with marbles and how fun was it? These marbles are back! But this time these marbles are going to play with you. Phototropic Records presents Jelly Marbles, a goa-trance tale where 10 marbles will roll you to a journey that you will never forget. There are 10 marbles, where each one has something special inside... ...perhaps a colour, a flavour, a soul, a galaxy or a door to another dimension... ...who knows? Follow the marbles and they will reveal you its secret. Welcome to Jelly Marbles! Release notes: This is the first release of Phototropic records, the new oldschool Goa label. Phototropic records will bring you new Goa in every distribution method possible, from free download to real CD, to spread the vibes of oldschool Goa-Trance. This release was mastered at Phototropic records to bring you an oldschool release at a sound quality that, until now, was reserved for commercial releases. Also, this release does not use blurry sounding mp3, but nice sounding ogg format. Release Info: Genre: Oldschool Goa-Trance Encoding: ~192k Ogg VBR (Q=6) Tracks: 10 Size: 116,2 MB Playtime: 78:42 min Catalog#: PTRCD01 URL: www.phototropicrecords.com email: info@phototropicrecords.com Release Date: 19.Feb.2008 Tracklist: 1- Mysterious Wizard - Visions of India 7:32 2- Zolphinia - Time Travel 8:41 3- Artha - Mahabharta (Short Version) 7:01 4- Pandemonium! - Yupi Alam! (A Sliding Story) 6:50 5- Amanians - Acida 9:40 6- Travma - Helezon 6:39 7- Agneton - A New Hope (Pan´s Ice Cream Remix) 6:56 8- Cyan - A New Galaxy (Live Remix) 8:34 9- Astrancer - Blazar 9:16 10- Brain Technology - Amazon Warrior 7:33 Credits: Coverart by Filipe Santos aka Pandemonium! Compiled by Filipe Santos aka Pandemonium! Mastered by Digitoxin @ Phototropic Records And here it is: http://phototropicrecords.voellig.org/VA_-...PTRCD01_ogg.rar

The problem is that there is too much compression on the whole band. You can only compress 3db away on the sum of all frequencies, else the track will "fall apart" and/or start pumping. So you need to compress for example mid + high down to 2db and the bass to 3db and sum it up so you have 5db dynamic range left. Now you can compress 3db away on the sum which leaves the track with 2db dynamic range, a good value for goa. Digi

Ok i also think i need to say some things, at least because i got an extra chapter on the metapsychic webpage: Metapsychic says on their site i "stole" Phillipe and destroyed the label. Here is what happened: I am starting a new oldschool label called Phototropic records. For a CD release i pay 1500 euro advance, and there are no further payments (like percentage). This offer is not just for specific artists, anyone can apply and i will listen to the album (btw compilation payment is 150 euro/track), so you can also apply with single tracks. Nolax told Phillipe about this offer and he accepted with his Pandemonium album. Thats the story from my side. I don't want to hear i am working on a conspiracy or something. Also i won't apologize to Metapsychic (which is what they seem to expect) because i don't see I did anything wrong. Now i put my offer in public for anyone to see, so anyone can see there is no stealing, "illegal" stuff going on or anything else, it is just a normal offer as a label, valid for all oldschool artists, i won't force anyone to do anything. Digi

Great album!!!!!!!!!!! Supermelodic and fast, thats the way it should be Thats an A+++++ for Mindsphere. But i don't like the mastering, i can hear some serious pumping from compressing, also <300Hz there are phase errors (no offence i just say what i am hearing)... Greetings Digi

Hi! This is the announcement of a new oldschool goa label, which will complement Suntrip and also do what Metapsychic did (before they died). Planned are Pandemonium! CD, Nolax CD release and possibly everyone who sends or uploads a good demo.... Online releases are also planned, and maybe with some new concepts like professionally mastered online releases (very important for oldschool tracks which are typically very much on the musical side of production More infos will be posted when things get sorted and further planned... Digi

Hmm sounds a little to cheesy for my taste. But: The Agneton track is great... no cheese, quite psychedelic. Would love to hear more Agneton tracks digi

I don't like this compilation. Great music but the sound quality sucks. Even worse, it is caused by bad mastering. For example Jungle Hippie that was posted in this forum was mixed oldschool and a little flat, but now its totally distorted. It has not improved, it was made worse. To be specific, i still listen to the original Jungle Hippie sometimes, while i instantly deleted the Hyperactivation version because of the distortion that was added, making it almost unlistenable. To me it looks like musical effects that are used on single instruments were used in a process that should only involve sound stuff like compression.

Hi! The Pareidolia in WAV at metapsychic is not the 2.0 Pareidolia, it is the old version "mastered" in a way so that there is 70% noises that sound like the pitched version of crumpling with a plastic bag and 30% Pareidolia Metapsychic has been informed and also got the new 2.0 version but refuses put the new version in the shop Because of that i must say: don't download the "mastered" Pareidolia there, its the worst sounding version ever. digi

Superfantastic! I hope you are already working on an album ) Digi

Nice track. More melodic than the promo that was posted here a while ago. I think the track should be built more around the slow melodies, because they are the nice ones... but its also a nice track the way it is now. Digi