astralprojection

wow very cool music. Totally pleiadians-esque aswell as artifact303 on so many of the bubbly/creamy leads. Very well done! =) so for production quality and mixing skills id give you a very very high grade ill have to come back later to comment on the actual writing/story of the music. Seems very good though at first listen. I already like this album alot . Jesus the production is stellar, havent heard this quality since Back to space. yep. Ego Structures my fav for now. and damn it sounds so close to artifact at least many elements of it. which is very impressive; as i would consider artifact the king of new school software production skills.^^ edit: no mechanotronic is my new fav. Wow. Hallucinogen LSD anyone? (that one part) and tons of artifact and i fully adore it ive been waiting on this 4/5 so far. this my friends is new school goa at its finest. a must get. im buying it. probably write some more things about the music later. maybe. edit: id say its just as good as artifact (quality), radical distortion and e-mantra (which are the three i think it sounds closest too) and i never heard of JaraLuca before (ignorance on my part) so thats quite something and im a little blown away by how good it sounds. track after track. edit: changed to 4/5 as i feel the 5 is reserved only for masterpieces and im not sure if it is yet.

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OK thanks so much for that extremely valuable input now I know the k712 are garbage.

man this thread was a fun ride im a bit of an audiofool myself although i keep telling myself im not and that im smart and that eveyrthing i believe is true anyway i definitely like my SRH940 for goatrance. the bass is super punchy and very subby. but eons away from overly abundent. in fact bass heads seem to think this is a bass-shy headphone which i find incredibly strange. its just right. however Filterias music seem to sound a bit bass shy on them not a diss btw :O treble is clear as heck and you hear everything. there is however a bit of a "sound" to them that makes them sound a bit "niche". the k712 from akg is a different story; they have a muddy midbass bump - that is annoying asf but can be EQ corrected quite a bit. and the bass detail on these is the best ive heard on anything really. can hear pitch on these in the sub region like no other. treble is nice and detailed and very natural; but do have a slight bump that again can be eq corrected. Sonarworks has a great k712 profile if you use it at 40% mix. the worst part about the k712 is that they require a fusion reactor that cost as much as the can itself. the sennheiser ie8 has an amazing sound for an IEM - it sounds almost like a normal headphone. and a good normal headphone at that. very relaxed sound, wide soundstage, clear and detailed, but slight mud to the midbass same as k712. didnt try eq them yet. the worst part about the ie8 is that they are BOOOOOMY. but they have a bass control that at the lowest possible setting make them sound good enough in the bass range to be acceptable. they are also the most comfortable in ear headphone ive had. the dac im using is either the UR22 or the dragonfly red. yep its been a good year for me! so much candy ive been able to find for cheap.

i agree (from viewing the youtube clip) that psychrobatic is an excellent dj and his skills are superb very creative and fun to listen to.

thats a really cool tune, interesting mix too. what kind of goa mix you had in mind? like a rework/remake? in goa style?

I think you're confused i never said I thought he was good. I haven't even heard a set of his. Just bits and pieces here and there

Do more quizzes!!

Well techno is way different noone knows the tracks everyone just knows the djs :p And on and on that goes. Also I think most of that music is explicitly produced and released directly to the djs. At least a big bulk of it. edit: i mean the big names like carl cox and the likes. they have those massive 10k people gatherings and i dont fully get it. i think most of the music on those sets are produced for that dj. i may be wrong ofc. i just think it works more exclusive like that since the dj is what brings the crowd ($$$) not the artist. and in goa trance its the exact oppsite. obviously. (to me, its obvious anyway ) the expection being ofc local smaller parties where the dj is the center figure. but that also goes without saying i think. i dont know if im making myself very clear

strong feelings isnt bad at all the first guy pops to mind is anoebis, i remember his mix "storm in your mind" or something along those lines. it was great and he is apparantly cofounder of some rinkydink label and just recently had a gig at ZNA so thats a pretty big name i think.

I'm not getting your point i guess

Name one? Ok, goa gil. More recently? I can name a couple actually that I would go see strictly cause I know they are good at what they do. Just in my hometown back in the 00s I knew a dozen djs that I would avoid and about 4-5 that I favored. And the good djs where praised and properly appreciated As far as them not being as popular or widely known as the artists speaks for itself.

Haha yep that phone scared me.

the first track sounded nice but the second one sounded like 96k mp3 so its hard to judge =)

3rd listen now and its starting to grow a little; due to a couple of really nice treats. im very impressed how he managed to capture the Astral sound of Another World on Sand of time (and a couple of other tracks), aswell as Filterias sound on another track. Thats very cool. I really dig when artist show other artists homage like that But even Sand of time get a little bland i think towards the middle and end. edit: Sunrise is my new favorite. Slow start, but then it really hits home i think. Very nice track. For this and considering the rest id give the album a solid 3.5+

haha really? well then, that is indeed interesting i guess its a bit subjective, i prefer the more miniscule kick+basses (i.e filteria and the likes) but i do like powerful stuff too ofc, this just sounded a bit much on the emphasis side, more than the balanced side.

yeah psynews BEEN dying.. but its allright, we still here

yeah sand of time is for sure my fav of the album so far too. but theres really alot of generic tracks on here, about 2-3 good tracks so far i think yep filterias kicks lack any real depth. but excellent for home listening

yeah i miss it. i remember the summer of 2003, it was fullon all the way, and i think i remember i had like dozens of good tracks from then, but turns out, its just a few. couple talamasca stuff (not his albums, VA stuff), silicon sound, and some other generic stuff that sounded great (space monkey for example). seems that style died out very quickly for some reason! U-Recken is awesome btw, a bit muddy and boomy, but really really good stuff. in fact im gonna check out every single track from your OP recursion i havent heard most of them =)

had not heard merkaba before. sounds allright

thanks for writing guys, i have several tracks to check out very nice lists! guess the topic was a bit boring and abit overdone perhaps ^^

youtube link ?

decided to give it another go and yep. @GhostOnAcidwas quite right...i dont fully get the hype. (yet anyway) production and sound quality is all great @Padmapanireally curious what you think of the album when u get the chance to listen.

wow that thing looks absolutely stunning

The pleasure was mine! I really love the first track, heres also it on youtube Good luck and best wishes