Time_Trap Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 Crappy year with a few good releases, as far as psy/dark psy is concerned.. [ derango, squaremeat, mandalavandalz,droidlock,procs,khetzal] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dajek Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 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 405771[/snapback] Actually... I agree with all you said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oopie Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 The overall quality of releases is a new low. The worst year ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snapinho Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 did i just see someone say: wild rumpus? how can ANYONE like that shit? my roommate bought that ceedee, after 1 listen he threw it away.. then i found it and wanted to know what was on there. after maybe two half songs i completely understood why he had tossed it away in the first place. it was even too ugly to serve as a frisbee. man oh man... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 did i just see someone say: wild rumpus? how can ANYONE like that shit? 405892[/snapback] Anyone can like anything. Taste is taste. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frontier Psychiatrist Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 did i just see someone say: wild rumpus? how can ANYONE like that shit? my roommate bought that ceedee, after 1 listen he threw it away.. then i found it and wanted to know what was on there. after maybe two half songs i completely understood why he had tossed it away in the first place. it was even too ugly to serve as a frisbee. man oh man... 405892[/snapback] One of the best full on compilation of this year. If not the best. IMHO of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drosophila Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 I voted for average.. can't really remember how I felt last year. So really I think its a bit difficult to messure, so average it was.. but we had some good releases fore sure.. Nystagmus -The Immaculate Perception was brilliant! Other good releses: Shpongle - Nothing Last... Derango - tumult Sensient - Pressure Optimal Entheogenic - Dialogue of the Speakers Planum - Elaborate Broken Toy - Broken Toy and many others i can't remember right ahh yeah almost forgot: V/A - Boldly Audio (Sanaton recs) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trolsk Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 The overall quality of releases is a new low. The worst year ever. 405872[/snapback] That's a good point. But is it a valid and fair comparsion? If you look at the total output and weigh the good releases against the bad then the relative number will of course be very low. If you then proceed to compare the relative number to the relative number of any year during the golden era then any year since 1999 will be total and utter crap. Therefore I think it's an invalid and unfair comparsion. If you how ever look at the absolute number of above average releases you get a better sense of how good a year 2005 actually was. I don't care about the crap releases I want the good stuff, and as far as the good stuff is conserned I think it has been a very good year. I was able to list 18 releases that I found to be above average and it's been a very long time since that happened, and I'm sure there's even more releases that I'm unaware of. Based on my view 18 above average releases corresponds to 1½ releases per month, and that's not a crap year in my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slyman604 Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 2005 - great year for production value, "fucked up sounds", and cliche. A year of very little actual music though. easily the worst ever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmtree Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 These kinds of threads seem to bring out the biatch in people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAH2D2 Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 i'm not even going by individual compilations, but these labels stood for me based on the fact they had at leat two good releases this year minimum Sonic Dragon and all it's subfamilies Zenon Records Boshke and Horns and Hoofs Parvati Deja Vu Tribal Vision Inpyside Media consistently delivered personally Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamat Posted January 3, 2006 Share Posted January 3, 2006 average year, lot's of crap released but some major good albums too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daze Posted January 3, 2006 Share Posted January 3, 2006 For me 2004 and 2005 have been the best years of psytrance. 2005 releases like Boldy Audio, Tumult, The Immaculate Perception and a LOT of brilliant dark compilations like Invisible Incursion were all very exciting stuff for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basilisk Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 My wallet has been raped by all the good shit that came out this year... hail 2005! All you other fools are trippin'! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Journey Man Project Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 it depends... if you like cheesey full on crap they sounds like happy hardcore slowed down I"m sure you loved.. but if you like fun psychedellic music that makes you realise that being human is the greates gift from the gods then it was shit... so for me it was shit... some classy chillout, some intersting, but not great, 4/4 trance and a new find that has me over the moon => Databloem records (and no I"ll not shut up about this label, I am over the moon about it)... I'm yet to get a copy of suntrip records music yet, am buying the databloem back catalogue and it's costing me a lot... but suntrip records is on the list to check out asap... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmtree Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 it depends... if you like cheesey full on crap they sounds like happy hardcore slowed down I"m sure you loved.. . 407491[/snapback] yes, yes, we're all idiots who don't know what good music is. of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
furthur Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 i voted very good year cannot compare it to any other years 2004 was what it was and 2005 was what it was, why compare? i have at least 1 trance album that i really enjoyed in 2005 and many many danceable chillout albums from 2005 that rock my world, so i am very happy, therefore, very good year of course, it will never be like 1989 again, but then again do we really want another tribe called quest debut album? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trolsk Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 it depends... if you like cheesey full on crap they sounds like happy hardcore slowed down I"m sure you loved.. but if you like fun psychedellic music that makes you realise that being human is the greates gift from the gods then it was shit... 407491[/snapback] Ignorant goa dork Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stalker Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 Kramer vs Kramer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travbrad1001 Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 I voted average. There's still too much boring full-on. The two real standout releases this year for me are Capsula's album and Khetzal. Not a bad track on either of their new albums. The Nystagmus and Ocelot albums had some good stuff too. The new Shpongle is very good, but it just couldn't live up to his previous work IMO, and the new Entheogenic is good, but not as good as the last two. Of course there were some surprise tracks from compilations, but they seemed few and far between. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oopie Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 It somehow seems people are willing to low their standards when there's so much shit releases coming out all the time. "I'll compromise if there's not anything better out there" Don't compromise! "I guess this track could've been much better in terms of variation... and well originality too... but I guess it's good anyways..." If it's shit, admit it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmtree Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 well, sometimes you just have to lower your expectations if you don't want to spend the rest of your life alone.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 It somehow seems people are willing to low their standards when there's so much shit releases coming out all the time. "I'll compromise if there's not anything better out there" Don't compromise! "I guess this track could've been much better in terms of variation... and well originality too... but I guess it's good anyways..." If it's shit, admit it. 409105[/snapback] Agreed. If the trance community keeps lapping up shit then artists will continue to produce shit. It's cause and effect. If everyone was a bit more selective about what they bought I feel artists would work harder at producing original trance lovingly crafted with passion and verve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shpongled Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 It somehow seems people are willing to low their standards when there's so much shit releases coming out all the time. "I'll compromise if there's not anything better out there" Don't compromise! "I guess this track could've been much better in terms of variation... and well originality too... but I guess it's good anyways..." If it's shit, admit it. 409105[/snapback] Yep... I have noticed that too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shpongled Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 well, sometimes you just have to lower your expectations if you don't want to spend the rest of your life alone.. 409125[/snapback] You know.. there is life (and music) outside off psytrance too.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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