2005: Good or bad year for Psy?

[Ormion]

So, what do you think? I vote for good year. It was definately much better than the crappy 2002 and 2003 but worst than 2004. Of course I don't have to mention the 1995-1999 years... there's no way to be better than these.

The main problem with 2005 IMO was the surpises. I mean in 2004 we had Filteria, Misted Muppet, Talpa etc. but in 2005 we didn't have any big surprise. I also think that the winner-genre was the Dark, with very interesting compilations and albums (Derango,oCeLoT etc.)

[Maxx]

i voted average just a couple of stand outs.

[Ormion]

i voted avarge.

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No you don't! There's no vote in the average option. You liaaar!!!

[Maxx]

No you don't! There's no vote in the average option. You liaaar!!!

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so what??...i still vote average!..liar pfffff....

[Ormion]

so what??...i still vote average!..liar  pfffff....

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Vote where?

 

You voted for very good year, but you're ashamed to admit it!

[serpha]

Worst year for Psy Trance ever!

[Dajek]

another crappy year.

 

(PS. according to me every year except 1997 is another crappy year. Actually there were many relaeases this year I enjoyed)

[Maxx]

Vote where?

 

You voted for very good year, but you're ashamed to admit it! 

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if that what you think then its on me.....ashamed pffffffff.....and what the fuck do you know what i vote for?

[RAH2D2]

Worst year for Psy Trance ever!

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yes, let's all go back to 1995, it's all crap anyway

[agia_igoumeni]

another crappy year.. (except midimiliz,squaremeat & derango...)

[Sawfly]

Hmm, Artifakt, Derango, Shift, Khetzal + couple of comps.

Pretty good.

[Frontier Psychiatrist]

Average. Not as good as 2004 but much better than 2000 and 2001

[DeathPosture]

2005 was a great year - just as 2004 was... So, in the immortal words of ProSect: Music was never this exciting!!

[Stalker]

2005 is much better then any of the 95-99 melodic "new age" years

 

It was not as good as 2000-2001 was...... Those were the gold days

[Jon Cocco]

2005 wasn't the worst year, but it was definitely a disappointment when compared to 2004. When I don't have enough good/great albums to make a Top 10 List, that's NOT a good thing.

 

Oh well, there's always 2006 to look forward to. New Filteria.. and possible new Talpa... and (*keeping fingers crossed*) Transwave (?!?!) is enough to peek my interest.

 

2005 was somewhat more of a breather since so many TOP albums came out in 2004. Regardless, a great December surprise album would have been nice. Oh well.

[dmtree]

The main problem with 2005 IMO was the surpises. I mean in 2004 we had Filteria, Misted Muppet, Talpa etc. but in 2005 we didn't have any big surprise. I also think that the winner-genre was the Dark, with very interesting compilations and albums (Derango,oCeLoT etc.)

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are Filteria and Misted Muppet positive or negative factors here? besides, the Talpa album was ready in 2003, but came out 1.5 years later.

 

2005 pwns 2004 completely and utterly. All the kick-ass 'dark' ultra-psychedelic music from San Fran, France, Scandinavia, Russia, etc etc.. and some quality morning psytrance also. looking forward to the psy-fi next year..

[Trolsk]

It's been a very good and varied year, the best in quite some time:

 

Bus - Morebusinessslinkyouthere

CPC - Über den Angst

Kino Oko - Lost Entertainment

Jaïa - Fiction

Magnetrixx - Wired

Metalogic - Magnetic Influence

Midimiliz - Non Standards

Nystagmus - The Immaculate Perception

Ocelot - Vectorselector

Procs - Stuck In The Oven With Me

Psykovsky - Psykovsky

Shpongle - Nothing Lasts

Tranan - Restarter

Voice of Cod - We Are Free

 

V/A - Apsara - Suntrip Records

V.A. - Chronika Chapter 2

V.A. - Left Coast Liquid vol. 1

V/A - Refresh - Aeon 2005

[Guest antic]

I voted for 'good year'

 

I'm aware that there is still a lot of crappy releases coming out (probably even more that in the past), but there's still a lot of interesting ones too. This was a very good year for progressive and dark-trance and I can recognize it even if I'm not so much into that styles.

 

From my point of view, there was at least a few great releases:

Cosmosis, Voice of Cod, EVP, Jaia, V/A Wild Rumpus etc.

[Guest Elysium]

I dont think it's been better or worse than other years. Some solid releases, some ok releases and a lot of releases that should never have been released (IMO).

 

No better or worse than any other years. The scene is a bit dead and have been for a while. Too much music sound the same and it does not really matter what style it is. It seem to me that too many artists aim to sound a certain way instead of finding their own sound. There are exceptions and thank god for that

[Tox]

Loads of crappy "psy-covers",

some good proggy-stuff in the last 2-3 months,

some good chill...

 

At least 1 milestone coming up in 2006: the Minilogue full album!

Trust me, this will be "something completely different"

[Guest Elysium]

At least 1 milestone coming up in 2006: the Minilogue full album!

Trust me, this will be "something completely different"

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I hope so because to be honest i have not been too impressed with Minilouge for a while. I think they too tend to stay within the same formular. Just count how many tracks they used the same Toms in

 

But I hope they will progress and experiment more and do something interesting. They sure have the talent.

[Frontier Psychiatrist]

The scene is alive and kicking. The rumours of it's death were premature.

[Insejn]

I voted very good year. We got Artifakt!

[Cinos]

Another crappy year. Fullon and prog bonanza.

[Charlie]

Crappy year.