Arronax

I will take a short time and bother to reply to that what you wrote. I am 95% sure that people wouldn't complain about the winner or anything if a goa track won the competition. Why? Because Sheyba's original track is Goa trance. A classic tune that many people loved and still love. Many people have made a special bond to that track, a special feeling while listening to it. And now, all of a sudden, when everyone was expecting a quality newschool goa remix would win, which would be a logical thing to happen since newschool goa is following the same lines as the original track did, there comes a winner which doesn't belong to that style and many people get frustrated. Why frustrated? Probably because you gave yourself a right to call other remixes not good comparing to the Disco Hooligans' track. If, by any case, you decided to put 3 tracks on the release (as you announced at the beginning), there would surely be at least one newschool goa track participating, and that would satisfy many people in their hearts and minds (especially if it's a good track). So, I am trying to understand this. You're choosing this "not adequate quality" issue as an argument for reducing the winners from 3 to 1. If you have 8 tracks in a pool, and you choose only one, it means the other 7 tracks are not quality enough. Maybe that's what made other people to disagree with your choice. I personally have respect toward every true artist who makes music from their heart, and I'm not saying that the winner was chosen unfairly, but it's just what makes the whole thing smell fishy. It turns out that no other track is good enough comparing to the winner's track, which in my opinion is not true. Of course, you have the full right to decide who will win, because it's your track in the first place, and I respect your choices, I was just saying that I believe you involved your personal taste above objectivity, and hence, you chose to exclude other participants from the contest. P.S. I see that you've decided to cancel the whole thing. I'm sorry to hear that. However, I wish you all the best with your release, as I stated in my first post in this thread on page 1.

OK, maybe I've pushed a little bit too far with this comment. I didn't make a proper introduction to the thing I was going to say and now I got you fired up on me too, which I didn't want of course. I have no clue in creating music, I'm sorry, you must be right. And the remix was not (only) mine, it was the three of us actually. I didn't want to insult Disco Hooligans either, I already congratulated on their fair win. That was merely an observation of a producer who has no clue about music making, so I'm sure they won't get offended. Also, I'm sorry on behalf of the whole psynews community for being so closed-minded to your open-minded statements.

Very nice work Grand-Cheff Your remix is amazing!

Yeah, it would be nice to have it in full capacity on youtube The video is great for this track BTW, you can also listen to this remix @ http://www.myspace.com/arronax

Why is it bitching if someone doesn't like the fact that Sheyba turned from top-goa classic to minimalistic style? That's like changing your horse for a duck. But yeah, it's all about "taste"... However, I must state that sometimes even the finest taste fades out. I have a friend here who also listened to goa in his younger days, but later he switched to full-on and stuff like that. He explains it with "a change of taste which comes with years". So, according to that, Filteria is still a child even he has 30+ years P.S. Don't get me wrong, I like both the melodic and non-melodic psy trance, but sincerely, it takes a lot less time to create a remix which Disco Hooligans made. I'm not saying that their remix is bad or something, I'm just saying that it's easier to compose. Maybe that's why many people are complaining here. I also think it's stupid to argue about tastes, but sometimes people have a taste which is beyond logic

Thank you my friend! I am happy that you like it that much

I believe Imba was referring to us, the Space Elves. Anyways, concerning the topic, I don't support fighting over things like these. I think everyone should just relax and accept the fact the competition is over, one of the submitted tracks has won and now we should try to focus on other things. Creating this remix was not an easy job, and it was one excellent experience. Thanks to this remix, I made a new friendship with Christophe aka Somnesia, which is far more important than competing against other artists. I believe that our track deserves to be heard and played at parties, and for that reason, I will always keep it in my CD case when playing my DJ sets. And also, if anyone wants to spread the track over the internet, you don't have to keep anyone noted about that. It's your own private thingie. I know what is Kris saying, it's not nice to break the rules of the competition. However, I also think that artists should have been allowed to publish these remixes, but if the original artist doesn't want that, then I think we should respect that decision. Everyone has his reasons and needs, so let's just calm down and enjoy these other wonderful remixes

Here is the remix Trance Africa Express done by Somnesia & Space Elves. Remix w&p by Christophe Grossel (Somnesia), Mirza Aljić & Nikola Petrović (members of Space Elves) http://www.reverbnat...ow/song_4068114 edit: It seems that the reverbnation server did not upload the whole track. I will upload the track on myspace too. edit No.2 : OK, the track is now ready for listening @ http://www.myspace.com/arronax. The description says "Arronax - Trance Africa Express", because myspace is stupid But nevermind, I noted who participated in the remix here.

Congratulations to the winner! It's a good remix. We, the Space Elves, will upload the remix for listening since we spent a lot of time with Somnesia in creating the track. It would be a shame to leave it just for ourselves. Once again, congratulations to Disco Hooligans (something was telling me that they will win) and of course, best wishes with the release!

So far, I know that Disco Hooligans, Radical Distortion and Space Elves are participating I Haven't heard any of these (Except for Space Elves of course )

Nice news!

Excellent looking thing. Sci-fi approach to goa trance is my taste too

Very nice! I will check that later of course

Lol I voted for option 1 and now the result is even : 24 - 24 ... But I didn't know the result before I voted. However, I see I'm already late with voting, so it's ok Both options seem fine for me, and I'm sure that it will look even better when it's printed I wish you all the best with this release, I'm really looking forward to this one SHAKTA

wow!

I was just wondering (but someony probably already suggested this idea), is it possible to introduce some kind of psynews radio player on this site? It would be great to listen to some good selected music while browsing the site I don't know how limited you are (considering the site's structure at this time), but I just thought it would be great innovation for psynews Cheers

Goa trance IS NOT good for driving believe me I almost had a crash once, listening to Astral Projection's old tracks... Very distracting music if you ask me

"Our Universe" is my new demo track. It's purpose is to take you on a long journey to the very beginning of our existence, to the place and time when our Universe was born! Bon voyage! http://www.reverbnat...ow/song_3906215

I'm sure the album will be amazing I have high expectations on this one! Can't wait to hear it!

Of course, we can always convert this list into non-cheesy-more-like-funny list I'd totally support that too P.S. Astral Projection and Anal Erection may sound similar, but they have a totally different meaning

Wow, that one is enough to replace the other 589

Believe it or not, but I don't have any CD's of my own release left with me Don't ask why. Anyways, I will talk to some of my friends who probably still have it and I'll try to upload it as soon as I get back home (in about 5-10 days). Thanks for posting it in your listing

OK people, I've come to a brilliantly pointless idea, to collect 604 reasons why should someone listen, enjoy, create (etc) GOA trance I know it sounds impossible to collect that much, but I dare to try So I want all of you who have an idea to post it here, so that we have the largest collection of "reasons" here on psynews Here is some of them that I wrote: 604 reasons why Goa trance: 1. Goa trance is a state of mind 2. is more than just a music 3. is a way of life 4. is a way of understanding other 5. is love 6. is a way to express your deeper feelings 7. is a way to show respect 8. is a way to enhance your spirit 9. is a way to improve your surroundings 10. is a psychological phenomena 11. is a musical perfection 12. is another way of gaining experience 13. is everything but bad luck 14. shows us how to enjoy this world in a proper way ... 604. is why I live a happy life today Now the rest of you continue from number 15. if you find this thread amusing P.S. I know the whole thing looks ultra-cheeezieee but whatta hell, if those pop full-on artists can name their releases like they do, I think this thing is a mind-opener comparing to that

Maybe you should avoid getting artists to master the sound, that's not something what anybody can do. You should find someone who knows the mastering techniques to master the whole release with the same approach. I'm telling you this because of synchronization in terms of sound quality. It can vary too much between several artists.

@ Penzoline This album is DEFINITELY creating the same atmosphere like the pictures above BTW, this album has influenced my production style A LOT, and it has some really strong points concerning society we live in today. Just listen to Why?, Intelligent Machine and Project Genesis... It really opens some minds However, I saw some negative comments about this album, I couldn't understand why did people dislike it so much... Maybe they didn't give it a proper chance or they just didn't expect to hear this sound... I advise them to listen to the album again, especially if they are into world conspiracies and cyberpunk. For me, this album is really mind opening and the sounds are so well picked that I don't know if it could be any better than this.