Veracohr

Yes sir!

What first made an impression on me was probably the Chemical Brothers in the mid 90's, but I never really got into listening to them, and never had an album. The first electronic music I think I actually listened to regularly was perhaps Moby's "Everything is Wrong". My first real start (after which I didn't stop listening to electronic music) must have been Paul Van Dyk.

Clerks 2?

Am I the only one who pays for things anymore?

http://www.presspauseplay.com/entries/123-here-we-come/

That's odd, it's still being printed.

I'm pretty sure the movie they talk about is their documentary. Documentaries are considered movies. I haven't watched it yet.

Well honestly the videos you posted didn't say much about the movie the guys made.

Well hopefully I've made my point. I personally use 3 of the non-web, non-document applications I posted images of, plus one not-pictured game (Civilization 4) on Mac OS.

Some of the comments in the trailer you posted first sounded really naive. Hopefully the whole movie is better. This subject comes up a lot on another forum I frequent, I think in part because a lot of the other members there are older and have been in the music industry for 20-30-40 years in one way or another, and have seen a lot of things change in that time. One of the most common things that is said when this subject arises is that while it's great that so many people have access to the technology to create, record and make available music, the downside is that it has decreased the "signal to noise ratio". Meaning that the people who make mediocre or bad music are heard by a lot more people because of the internet, and on top of that more people try their hand in making music because some of the tools available make it so easy. But then they produce crap. Another aspect is that while a good songwriter might have a greater opportunity to be heard and appreciated, because of the huge number of people on the internet in general, actually getting anyone on the internet to not only listen but stay interested for more than 10 seconds is much harder. How many true stars did Myspace Music enable? How many did YouTube enable? Or to look more toward the future: how much music have you come across that is not connected to the 'old' model of the music business (profit-focused labels) will really last in your listening collection? I'm talking about multiple kinds of sources here, like "love-based, for-profit labels" (Suntrip), "free labels" (Neogoa), professional-sounding & self-released (for charge or free), amateur-sounding & self-released (free download), etc. Consider all the new music you hear, and what's the ratio of keepers/tossers? Personally I like that the tools are cheaply available and the distribution is easy with today's technology, otherwise I'd still be writing shitty songs on my guitar and playing them for annoyed friends. But I also recognize that it's easy for me to not just casually jam, but concretely produce shitty music, and I can instantly recall that shitty music just as easily as I can the good music. And shitty or good, I can make it all available to billions of people online, and all I have is my own judgment about my own music as the last buffer between me and the criticism of the masses. In the "old model" of the music business, there were many people between the artist and the consumer who could potentially put a halt on a final release of the music. So like you said, there are pros and cons. I think that it will take still another 20-30 years for the music industry to go through (even more) changes and finally settle on some new 'norm', most likely something much more decentralized, hopefully something that can accommodate both for-profit and for-free music to a more or less equal degree. And also hopefully we can leave behind the label-created, manufactured stars chosen for their looks. But it's not for me to figure out, that's all way beyond me. My trains of thought lie elsewhere.

Surfing the web and writing documents huh? That's all you can do on Macs?

Enjoying some tasty beer after going for the wine a lot lately.

I was born the same date Sublime mistakenly quoted in their song about the Los Angeles Rodney King riots. He sang the wrong date but they named the song with the correct date.

I haven't changed mine in a long time:

Kind of an interesting listening experience right now: listening to Astral Projection's "Dancing Galaxy". I guess it's been a while since I listened to this album on my good monitors instead of crappy iPod headphones, because I keep hearing sounds I don't remember hearing before.

+1

I haven't checked it out, and I probably won't unless my friends all abandon Facebook for it. The only reason I went to FB in the first place is because it was easy to talk to friends. I'm not very social in person, and I feel no need to be online either.

Not too bad, although how much I can stand fullon varies day to day. I'll have to take some time to listen to other videos in this thread.

Do you happen to know any songs/artists in this style?

+1 That song is on Reactivate 10 along with a bunch of other awesome "normal trance" songs. A friend of mine used to have a cassette copy of a mixed version of that compilation, which I then made my own copy of. It was awesome, but I didn't have the whole thing. Then the comp was re-released in 2006 and I about blew my load. It wasn't mixed, just separate songs, but it's still pretty awesome. Except the last song. Tracklist: Li Kwan – Point Zero Jones & Stephenson – The First Rebirth (Red Jerry Remix) DJ Misjah & DJ Tim – Access Friends, Lovers & Family – Tribute (Bucket & Spades) Pan & Trex – Iceman On The Beach Luxor – Superstitious (Nursery Mix) Blue Alphabet – Cybertrance PH 1 – Sizzling Love Sushi – Osaka Acid Urban Trance Plant – Ready To Flow Legend B – Lost In Love (Sysex Style Mix) Komakino – Can't Stop

You can watch them for free on the Youtube and Vimeo links. That's free. If you were thinking "free video" in a physical format, like a DVD or something, I think that's a asking a bit much.

Etnica - Equator

That was fucking awesome!

It wasn't meant to be. I'm sure anyone who plays the same songs year after year for 15 years can tell you it gets boring, but when that music is the most popular part of their library, they have to do it. That's just part of being a popular group who sticks around for a long time. The one time I saw AP they played some old music. I know if I were in that place I'd be pretty bored with it.