Shpongled247 Posted March 21, 2014 Posted March 21, 2014 Just as the title says. What do you think is the state of global psy culture at the moment? Which styles will shine brightest this coming summer, leaving some of us seeking solace at camp while others flock to the floor? Is Goa making a nice surge in festival lineups? Is dark and specially minimal stuff dropping off? I think a bit of both but feel "progressive" bookings will dominate the majority of what we hear once again. (Doh!) But of course I am glad to see goa gaining traction these past years. What say you? Quote
Guest The Hypnotic LFO Room Posted March 21, 2014 Posted March 21, 2014 The usual "Machine-Gun" psy(pop)trance, Full-on pitched down to 126 BPM (Now called psyTehcno) and a small handfull of Goaartists who for some odd reason has been announced as the only pioneers of the 90's. In short. The usual lineups with the usual names. Quote
Robbelaar Posted March 22, 2014 Posted March 22, 2014 Forest, Darkpsy & Hi-tech (best scene for freaks, fairies & die hards), Psytrance and of course prog. No real new names & little (oldschool) Goa Trance this year. Full on is definitely dying (or is already dead). Shame the german festivals don't book other Goa Trance than Filteria (or other Suntrip artists) and GNOTR, I would like to see some other names... Quote
Shpongled247 Posted March 22, 2014 Author Posted March 22, 2014 Interesting you say full on is dead, as I see a heap of Dacru and Nano bookings as usual :/ Melodic morning full on though is definitely a limited selection atm though I think Quote
Robbelaar Posted March 22, 2014 Posted March 22, 2014 I guess I don't consider Nano as Full On, but as Psytrance. But I have to say that I don't listen to that subgenre that much, so I might be talking out of my ass. :-) What I meant is indeed morning happy happy joy joy extremely climax based rolling base pain in my ears trance. Quote
Paul Eye Posted March 22, 2014 Posted March 22, 2014 Variations of dark and prog with some classics sprinkled here and there. Goa is still in the margin. Chillouts seem to be serving all kinds of interesting, provided that chillouts actually are built for chilling. Quote
K-BAN Posted March 22, 2014 Posted March 22, 2014 In the North America, darkpsy will prevail with scatterings of the rest of psy. anywhere else, an good chunk of everything. hence I travel to ;p and what is this Hi-tech term I am seeing more and more? on the dark side or that cheesy full-on "weird" sounding stuff (which I could never give a name to)? Quote
Ormion Posted March 22, 2014 Posted March 22, 2014 and what is this Hi-tech term I am seeing more and more? on the dark side or that cheesy full-on "weird" sounding stuff (which I could never give a name to)? It's like darkpsy up to 165-180 bpm with many crazy fx around. Stuff like Furious, Kashyyk, Highcosmos etc. Quote
Robbelaar Posted March 22, 2014 Posted March 22, 2014 I think I read somewhere that the name Hi-Tech comes from OSOM (Psychovsky & KinDzaDza). It is a call to make intelligent fast paced music and is related to Darkpsy. Quote
Paul Eye Posted March 22, 2014 Posted March 22, 2014 intelligent I always cringe at the thought of a specific musical (sub)genre calling itself "intelligent". All other music is "stupid" then? Quote
Dolmot Posted March 22, 2014 Posted March 22, 2014 I always cringe at the thought of a specific musical (sub)genre calling itself "intelligent". It's pronounced "pretentious". Quote
mars Posted March 22, 2014 Posted March 22, 2014 Probably there will be 90% of Neelix-like progressive with loads of offbeat rhythms. Sometimes I wonder if the fullon era wasn't preferable... Quote
Padmapani Posted March 23, 2014 Posted March 23, 2014 Sometimes I wonder if the fullon era wasn't preferable... it definitely was. most of it was cheap, cheesy and without depth, but at last typical "psy" sounds dominated and it was driving and good to dance to. now we have progressive, that's cheap, often cheesy and without depth with minimal techno sounds dominating and no drive at all or even worse: constantly interrupted by dubstep parts. my prediction is that most festivals will have psycore/hitech at night and aforementioned progressive at day and small bits of either uk fullon, remnants of cheesy fullon, zenonesque or goa thrown inbetween to bridge the gaps. Quote
Paul Eye Posted March 23, 2014 Posted March 23, 2014 Soon "fullon" will become "oldschool" and we all start craving for the "good old times" (I still have fond memories of Logic Bomb in Helsinki around 2002-2003 or so, one of the best gigs I've experienced) Quote
K-BAN Posted March 26, 2014 Posted March 26, 2014 full-on was spectacular! Its not hard to find the right releases. I know a lot of crap came out along with it and after. Goa had done the same, too. Boring releases came out with the same ole sound. Quote
Trunksan Posted March 28, 2014 Posted March 28, 2014 I've already got my 65 eur tickets for SUN and it's perfect for my taste. A lot of old-schoolers (PRAAAAAANAAAAAA......), phenomenal chil-out and some good progressive. I haven't checked other festivals, Ozora was good but SUN is perfect for my taste, so I don't care about the rest! Quote
Purple Sunray Posted March 28, 2014 Posted March 28, 2014 MO:DEM festival will be the only one for me this year I think, one week full of underground tunes.. no single cheesy pop-prog, blingbling fullon or oldshool bongo act on the line up... Yeah.. some might hate it for that, but I love it.. Quote
Paul Eye Posted March 28, 2014 Posted March 28, 2014 phenomenal chil-out Yeah well if they actually bother to build a proper chillout this year. Last year's "chillout temple" was more of a joke :| Sand floor for chilling? WTF. Quote
Trunksan Posted March 29, 2014 Posted March 29, 2014 Yeah well if they actually bother to build a proper chillout this year. Last year's "chillout temple" was more of a joke :| Sand floor for chilling? WTF. Harris (the chill-out stage manager) is a friend of mine, in fact Tim Schuldt is playing at his place tonight (I'm going of course), I can tell him personally about your comments. Quote
Paul Eye Posted March 29, 2014 Posted March 29, 2014 Harris (the chill-out stage manager) is a friend of mine, in fact Tim Schuldt is playing at his place tonight (I'm going of course), I can tell him personally about your comments. Sure, even if I'm not going to S.U.N. this year it would be nice to make the chillout a bit more...inviting as I felt it was a bit haphazardly put together last year. Well, I didn't like the new chillout dome at OZORA either (2011 was my last). I know, I'm picky Quote
Padmapani Posted March 29, 2014 Posted March 29, 2014 true. the old chillout was much better, even though it was an ugly circus tent. the best i've seen was the schmox tent, very comfortable and visually appealing Quote
Paul Eye Posted March 30, 2014 Posted March 30, 2014 true. the old chillout was much better, even though it was an ugly circus tent. Ugly? Perhaps on the outside. The inside was a visual feast Quote
K-BAN Posted March 30, 2014 Posted March 30, 2014 I've already got my 65 eur tickets for SUN and it's perfect for my taste. A lot of old-schoolers (PRAAAAAANAAAAAA......), phenomenal chil-out and some good progressive. I haven't checked other festivals, Ozora was good but SUN is perfect for my taste, so I don't care about the rest! the SUN line-up is too good! I dont believe it when I read it. Going to be a fun time and my first festival out of the US. 8) Quote
Padmapani Posted March 30, 2014 Posted March 30, 2014 Ugly? Perhaps on the outside. The inside was a visual feast of course from the outside that's the only thing where the new chillout was an improvement. Quote
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