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Disagree.

Hi everybody, Sorry if this is a bit off-top, but is there a place to order Suntrip CDs from in the USA? The Euro prices on the website had me already freaked out, but I can't imagine what it would be like with the shipping. Boom!

This album is one of the most talented productions I've heard EVER! Surprised to see that it did not make it to any best list or review. All Faxi Nadu's albums that I have heard (via Ektoplazm - thanks to both of them!) are my favorites. This particular release is kind of a blend of techtrance and dub techno, which makes it a star of its own. Big up!

Psytrance can be good, commercial, old-school, or noob. Rarely more than one category at a time. Agreed?

That's an interesting idea, thanks. Still, what comes to mind is the original hippie scene, or perhaps folk music scene, which seemed to combine political activism with parties. After all, if you are into consciousness expansion, a little bit of social/political awareness would not be out of place, would it? I am not saying that one should become a radical - that, in my opinion, is often counterproductive, but if even a little bit of the energy generated at parties were channeled into some social issue, that, in my opinion, would be a lot. Of course, I know about some of the green-living attempts, etc. That's a good thing, too. Perhaps, some kind of ecovillage with psy parties held on the property would be a great thing.

It just occurred to me that the flourishing of psytrance in Israel in the '90s kind of coincided with the escalation of the US violence in the Arabic countries. Has anyone else noticed that? And notwithstanding the situation, few, if any, Israeli tracks seemed to address what seems to me and many other people an injustice. Moreover, the popularity of that Astral Projection track with a stupid Bible quote re: creationism has always buffled me. Then it only got worse, with gun-brandishing Skazi, Infected Mushroom, etc. and really ugly track titles and album covers by the latter, that seemed to undermine the very humanity of the people listening to this genre. (The claim to Infected Mushroom's outstanding contributions to the scene, which seems to be a very popular idea, is something I don't quite understand, either.) In general, I think that although some psytrance tracks seem to promote a more enlightened view of the world, the scene overall is largely hedonistically & narcissistically oriented. Any thoughts?

Sadhana is a bomb

So, here are the times for PDT (California, Nevada, most of Oregon, Washington, some Idaho; most of British Columbia, Yukon; Baja California Norte): Start: 12:00pm (April 18, 2015) 12p-1:30p - SHOOM (Digitally Imported / Suntrip Records, USA) 1:30p-3:00p - DJ NONSENSE (Spain) 3:00p-4:30p - DENISB (Norway) 4:30p-5:30p - SHAKTA (Kaya Project / Hibernation, UK) - Live recorded retro set! 5:30p-7:30p - DJ BASILISK (Ektoplazm, Canada) - YAY! 7:30p-9:00p - INFRA (DVSM Records, Sweden) 9:00p-10:30p - TWINPA (Goat Ranch, Germany) 10:30p-12:00a - DRAEKE (DAT Records, Italy) 12:00a-1:30a - DJ SOLITARE (DAT Records / Matsuri Digital, Canada) 11:30a-3:00a - SPORK (Norway) End: 3:00am (April 19, 2015)

Love it!