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Antic, you are too old and smart to take crap from anybody, but a man has responsibilities Objectively good releases do not exist. Not in psy trance, not in techno, not in heavy metal. Nowhere. I have come across doomed life forms who continuosly refuse to accept the overall beauty most of us see in certain releases labeled as classics, must listens, etc. So what? They did not find what they were looking for in music, hence they didn't like it. Subjective perception? Perhaps. But you know all this, better than most I reckon...

I have this one. I don't find it that interesting at all. For the prices it fetches, you can get five albums, each of them three times better than this fortunately forgotten album. It's not bad on its own, but when I think about 1996, the name Trans Lucid damn certainly doesn't ring a bell or evoke nice memories. However, if you are one of those "gotta have it all" guys, you're gonna buy it anyways...

Snapinho, I love you and all of that, but lets not have elementary school quarrels. Or else, we both might get after school detention. I suggest we trade Pokemon stickers during lunch break, right there down the hallway. You agree? Anyways, the name IDM must be the single most stupid name attributed to a genre/style. Personally, I hate it with the intensity of a thousand singing Duvdev's, since each of us has a fairly different opinion as to what is intelligent and what is dance. Personally, I would throw Coca Cola bottles at him if a DJ ever offended me and played this stuff at a party. Home listening, yes, but please keep the energy flow inside the club! P.S.: thanks murphythecat, it seems you actually have something constructive to contribute True, I do find most of this IDM stuff lacking in energy, punch, rawness and drive, but for a chilled out after work listening session, artists like Anders Ilar always do the trick!

It is a track from "Trancedance", but I cannot remember the name right now. I'd remember if I went and heard some samples, but I don't feel like it right now Some more irritating samples: Chakra's Brain In The Box track, with all those annoying brain in the box lines, Chi A.D.'s Healing Magic, which has a never ending inauguration speech by some shaman. Shut the hell up, please! ...

"How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?" Mr. Cosmosis, I know you occasioally roam these forums, and if you ever read this- that was unforgivable. My all time #1 in the samples hall of shame! Runner ups are IM's sample on Dracul and the Darth Vader in a Shiva Shidapu track. For the better, I can't remember the track's name. The junkie sample on Ominus' Toxic Brainwaves almost single handedly kills that otherwise gorgeous album for me.

Hey murphythecat, that is quite a list of artists whoose reeases I have never listened to before. I quote the above two because I only heard Anders Ilar's album "Nightwidth", but that was a purely minimal techno album - may I add that it is amongst the finest ones in that niche of mnml. I was wondering if you are acquainted with any of his other work, and how does it measure against "Nightwidth". Any recommandation about Funckrama's work would be much appreciated. I have heard people talk about them, never bothered to give it a listen. Anyways, I was never a fan of the 'usual suspects' when IDM discussions are brought up; Aphex Twin, Autechre, Boards Of Canada... But I would really like to expand my knowledge of Ilar's output. For reference only, my vote for the best ever IDM release would have to go to Speedy J's "G Spot"! But then again, that one is SO much more than just an IDM album

^^Absolute must see^^ And I am a fairly big DM fan too.

Never liked IM either, at all, but this is hillarious to the bone!

Wee b their 2!

Huh, It would have to be Prana- Scarab (Green Nuns Of The Revolution remix) I haven't been listening to any proper goa trance for quite some time, but these one caught me when I was totally into some stuff... Wow! Sounds hella fresh!

Rino- The Cosmolactic Shivaversal Bang!

Hush hush now. Let those who know and who were there speak. Your high doubts don't change our reality, if you follow.

What is a/s/l?

Good point, hard to argue! BUT, where you lose credibility is: #1) by your own admission, you were not there (it is not something I or anybody else hold against you, it is a fact, we can't all be everywhere at any given time). #2) I can speak for my myself, and have no illusions, but you do understand we don't even live on the same continet? I live in Zagreb, you don't. You could have been right, but unfortunately you weren't here with me/us. What I am trying to say, even if you were right, I would need some substantial evidence you just can't provide. Don't get me wrong, this has nothing to do with me trying to prove you're a troll or anything, quite on the contrary, you may be even right: the spark, the rush and the crazy excitement may be gone, but you just wouldn't and couldn't know that. We had great times then, and still do now. But this has nothing to do with trance any longer, you do realize that? Goa trance is like my third genre, or something. One thing where you gain points: the old school goa trance parties of the past, chances are slim you will ever get to live through something like that again.

Oh man this thread is becoming such a drama queen competitiom. And I am a part of it too! :posford: Anyways, if you weren't there, spare those who were the wise ass holier than thou shiva mantra shanti crap. It's like I so f***ing hate when people at parties talk to me about the golden years when [DC]'s "Thunder" killed it on the dance floors, or like: "remember way back when the crowd screamed along to Green Velvet's Flash?" I'm like yeah, I do remember, but it happens to be too bad you were sucking on your left thumb dreaming Action Man figures when we were there having the time of our lives... Anyways, my favorite trance was recorded before Y2K. That is a fact. If it is better than the modern stuff, I could care less about. It's merely a hypothesis. One of the many. Could give a split shit about when the 'great' years were. The great years for me are now. I have as much fun with music now as I had back then. Can I get a pink chakra shoved down my throat now?

Hi fellow rarity hunters. I don't want to spoil your fun, but share my impressions. I remember listening to one of M.A.N.'s EPs in a used record store. It was in one of those bins you would get around to checking out if you had two hours plus spare time, willing to spend them digging through old records. To be brief - the vinyl belongs there. God forbid it ever sees the light of day again. I had an urge to listen to it, as I was acquainted with M.A.N.'s music via their tracks on V/A Tranced Out Vol. 777 and Vol. 888... Those two were bad, really damn bad. So I cannot say I share your enthusiasm. Far from it. In fact, if I ever came across that album, I don't think I would freak out or anything. Apparently it is a hard one to track down.

No difference. Original pressing and reissue. Even the CD logo and the inside liner notes are exactly the same. The music has not been touched or altered in any way.

I won't rant. All I want to say is that years ago I fell in love with the tweaked out, acid drenched sound of likes such as G.N.O.T.R., the back then almighty Cosmosis, Prana, Ominus; or the full on psychedelic assault of Pleiadians, or just the wonderful melody work by either Total Eclipse and Transwave. Now, since that sound is no more, I just cannot be bothered too much to dig trough the new stuff. I know what I like, and I know what I seek for and want to hear in my trance. Somehow, be it an accident or not, it turned out that the stuff I really feel was all produced before 2000. I never gave it any thought before looking at this thread. I think trance music has loads of great releases today, but none captivate my attention as much as before because, well to be honest, none of these new releases have the ingredients which made me notice trance in the first place. Speaking for my own humble self, the sound I adored is no more around. So I did the only logical step and widened my horizons - way beyond the realms of trance. It does not imply I cannot smell talent and creativity, it is just that (for example) I have not sensed a climax like the one on Howling At The Moon and Maia for a full decade. Moments like those made this genre special in my ears. When I listen to trance today, time after time, absolute aural orgasms are rarely achieved, if I may sound obsoletely poetic. Not because I live in the past or anything, but because the stuff I really fancy was left behind, while we all moved on. And I am not nostalgic either. I play whatever I feel like, be it old school or avantgard. The hardware/software talk is bollock, and please pardon my french. A good musician will make a good track on anything, any day of the week. A no brain egg head could not come up with a lead in Hans Zimmerman's studio. One last instant of honesty: I do feel sad that nobody has yet successfully captured the essence of what I really like and gave it a modern treatment. It's all either time-capsule-neo-goa-trance or seriously well executed state of the present goa trance (see some of those Oopie's examples), but it lacks that something something. Otherwise, it's all great though, loads of distinctive and powerful modern tracks, such as Merr0w's Utopian Society, Ypsilon 5's Titanium, Filteria's Tiny Universe, Artha, New Born... Ace output!

Guys, you can purchase WAVs of "I.F.O." at beatport. Why bitch cry about iTunes quality? A tad more effort put into mouse clicking and larger smiles would get smacked over your faces And yeah, whenever you feel like spending a 100 euro per CD, PLEASE drop me a PM. It's yours. The CD, I mean. Every genre has its own priceless treasures, depending on your point od view. "I.F.O." is merely one of the many... Speaking for my own self, I have never been able, or found myself in a situation, to buy Transwave's "Hypnorhythm". I find that one way more elusive... I've seen "I.F.O." float around auctions way more than Transwave's debut, which I love, but have STILL not acquired... (weeps)...

Hate is such a strong word, but I don't hate anybody. We tend to disagree a lot, but that is what humans are like, and that makes us interesting and unique.

And that would be a follow up to what exactly?

I'm actually not saying anything. I just made my examples, which by coincidence turned out to be two magnificent gangster movies. As far as my examples are concerned, I like the movie better than the book. It'd be cool if you'd give any one of the examples I made a try and let me know what you think. But I usually prefer reading the book.

I LOL-ed a few times while watching it. An entertaining and captivating take on the downside of criminal life. Full of awkward and atypical situations, colorful characters, great punchlines, dialogoues which made me chuckle, etc. Although nothing is executed to perfection here, Martin McDonaugh pulls a lot out of his crew and delivers a movie definitely worth watching. Not to be taken too seriously, don't expect a life altering visual experience. Hope for a qualifty gangster flick with a moderate dose of tragic british humor and apprently simple events quickly turning into situations with an inevitable & unofrseen outcome. Then it delivers

Wow... What a great topic! Based on my own experience, I will take the luxury and claim books are, far more often than not, superior to movies. "Lord of the rings", "Dune", "Count of Monte Cristo", "Decameron", "I Malavoglia", but even stuff like "Jungle book, are all better than their movie counterparts. More detail, deeper character analysis, more space left for your imagination to dive into the plot, complex description - and the mere fact that when you watch a movie, your choices/options are narrowed down to what you see, while when reading a book, there is no limit as to how far can your mind take you... If you can create a vivid and palpable projection of what you read, it is just fascinating as to how far can paper pages take you. Reading can be such a rewarding experience On the other hand, there are movies which build upon books, and exceed them! My main example would be The Godfather. Those of you who have read Mario Puzo will most probably agree (and maybe not, who knows) that he's everything but a talented writter. Bleak, shallow and dull descriptions go on far beyond their welcome, apparently prfound, yet meaningless character portraits attempt showing us their moral dilemmas. Who cares? Another example is The Goodfellas. While Nicola Pileggi's best selling non-fiction book about the every day in the italo-american mafia was a super entertaining read, it wasn't really until Martin Scorsese used it as basis for his magnificent movie. He actually squeezed the most of the book, took its finest and juiciest moments, leeched the maximum out of every actor and - voila - a two hour chef d'ouvre.