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Actually I think is one of the tracks I was thinking of in the OP: 1983. Madonna take note!

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Fellow acid brains unite 1984. Again not so unexpected because he has the whole hip hop 808 thang going too.

I was listening to some 80's pop/disco music a while back and hearing the 303 being used in a very subtle way. Sadly I can't remember the track name now. This thread is for when acid is used in other genres that you might not expect to use acid. It's not the most surprising case because industrial is always experimental and outside the box, but this track has some lovely acid sweeps:

Yeah, internet is full of sad kids trying to get rise out of anyone they can... Psynews has less of it and more optimism. Best strategy is to ignore...

Cheers, although all I have to say to him right now is "Your music fucking rocks, and 20 years later, it still rocks!" Yeah some of it really sounds like dancing with the Pharaohs under the fat Egyptian sun, trippy hieroglyphs dripping off the pyramid walls. if only I could have been there at a 1996 party listening to Psychedelic Sun... Good night!

I never could work out if I really liked this one or not, time to give it another spin after all these years I guess.

I'm not 100% sure that I'm right about this, but I think that Marcello Bonifacii might be the most underrated goa artist ever. Even on these forums. The music is more mechanical than usual for goa, which appeals to techno fans but might put some people off. But his rhythm, oldschool sounds and acid lines are fucking perfection. Low frequency sounds that hit the spot, not like the shrill high frequency of some neogoa. It has that kind of hypnotic flow where you're about 2/3 of the way through a track and you suddenly forget what you're listening to or that you're even listening to anything - you fully slip into the flow of the music. Almost Hallucinogen / Pleiadians tier level. I'm surprised that you don't like Ominus. That album has some really great tracks IMO, especially Acid Tester.

Honestly I think it's a massive waste of time discussing politics on the internet. All you get every time are strong opinions and anger, nothing really educational or any facts that move forward the debate. I'm here to discuss goa and a couple of other related stuff, couldn't care less about political discussions on forums.

Many of the vinyl/compilation only goa tracks are massively underrated. Encens also is the bomb https://www.discogs.com/%C3%86ternum-Ensanity/master/174741

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Yeah, I don't know how many times I've had to explain this to people. The best artists have brilliant production and add lots of tiny modulations that keep up the tension. Not easy to do at all. I think that there is a grain of truth to the idea that house is easier... mostly because the core sounds have tons of patches in VSTis and there are loads of tutorials for writing it. On the other hand, it's really hard to manipulate digital synths to make authentic old-school goa sounds, so that's a big barrier right from the start. Modulating cutoff and effects all over the track takes a lot of time, it's another kind of complexity. Sometimes I listen to Forest psy and am blown away by the amount of little tweaks I can hear. Ultimately these genres of music are all about where you want to focus the complexity. Forest psy focusses on those hundreds of micro-sound effects, techno focusses on building one really tense, well-produced loop, goa focusses on the structure and melody. Each of these things can take a long time to do, a;though they take much less time once you are used to each particular production style.

If you are technically inclined you could set up your own streaming server at home, the most common solution is Icecast.

Don't lock yourself into Google Play man, take care of your collection manually and just buy some backup hard disks so the risk of losing it all is minimal. Google Play, Apple or whatever seem to offer convenience, but they will only let you down for one reason or another. Take care of your digital stuff yourself, it will pay off.

My assessment too. I love Mindsphere's more varied and driven tracks Mindrama, We Have a Dream, To Infinity, Ornamentation, and World Is Yours. But I'm not a fan of the overly gentle and soft melodies that never offer much surprise or energy. In fact I'm listening to We Have a Dream right now and the difference is night and day. All a matter of taste, though.

I sold my entire record collection about 5 years ago at about the time it became feasible to store a large music collection on a couple of hard disks... I don't hoard plastic

https://www.psynews.org/forums/topic/72160-battle-of-the-future-buddhas/

Yeah, I can imagine normal people watching that and immediately trying to find reasons to dismiss the message, "Pftt, hippie bullshit" Little would they know that Raja Ram is one of the most eloquent and positive people, and he is amazingly active for his age.

Best topic on Psynews. Now you truly know how vast the world and human culture is.

JESUS CHRIST Gurning Point is good! Miranda's pounding kick, modulated snares, and beautiful acid lines after beautiful acid line......... I'm in Goa Heaven

True that, but if we are talking about tracks that mix really well, that's a slightly different proposition. AP - Nilaya is a really nice choice.

It's a good documentary, great to see Simon， Astral Projection and others in their youth. The Roland part is interesting as are the juxtapositions between Japanese business culture, orthodox Israeli culture and Goa culture. Not sure about the showing of Gaza and war footage, maybe at the time they hoped that trance was the key to changing the hearts of people all around the world. Perhaps it has changed a lot of hearts but sadly the scene didn't grow to meet the huge early promise. It also reminded me of the reason why I love goa: it's the fusion of high-tech and spirituality. That's what the modern world needs.

Yeah that sounds like smart police to me. Just let people enjoy themselves!

Plot idea for a film or novel: in the future, the media hires people to commit heinous crimes just so they can be the first to exclusivity report on them. When a more honest media organization discovers this conspiracy and plans to report it, the evil media conglomerate ensures that the director and journalists of that paper are personally disgraced and the information is suppressed. But all these crimes and subsequent uncovering were themselves secretly commissioned by yet another media figure, who reports the full story and uses the public outcry to secure his own fortune and power.

Mars's review is hilarious. Relistening to this one yet another time right now. Wonderful release from start to finish.