Psynews "Best of 2013" results

[Rotwang]

Here are the results from the Psynews "Best of 2013" poll:

 

Best uptempo albums

1: Filteria - Lost in the Wild (Suntrip Records) 107 points from 12 votes

2: BlackStarrFinale - Auryn (Neogoa.tk) 72 points from 10 votes

3: Dimension 5 - TransAddendum (Suntrip Records) 63 points from 11 votes

4: Trinodia - Astral Clouds (Ovnimoon Records) 47 points from 8 votes

5=: VA - Blacklight Moments (Suntrip Records) 43 points from 7 votes

5=: Juno Reactor - The Golden Sun of the Great East (Metropolis) 43 points from 6 votes

7=: VA - Mind Rewind 2 - Past Forward (DAT Mafia Recordings) 35 points from 8 votes

7=: Dimension 5 - TransStellar (Suntrip Records) 35 points from 5 votes

9: VA - The Call of Goa (Ovnimoon Records) 28 points from 5 votes

10=: Nervasystem - Time Travel (Anjuna Records) 27 points from 5 votes

10=: VA - Lucid Flux (Anjuna Records) 27 points from 4 votes

10=: Algae Bloom - The Blossom (Sun Station) 27 points from 3 votes

13=: Nebula Meltdown - Stardust Chronicles (Suntrip Records) 25 points from 5 votes

13=: Crop Circles - Lunar Civilization (DAT Records) 25 points from 3 votes

13=: Phaxe - Calm Under Pressure (Iboga Records) 25 points from 3 votes

16: VA - The Kingdom (Zion 604) 23 points from 5 votes

17: Cosmic Dimension - In a Special Kind of Space (Suntrip Records) 21 points from 4 votes

18: VA - Sideffect (Psynews) 20 points from 5 votes

19: Crop Circles - Full Mental Jackpot (DAT Records) 18 points from 3 votes

20=: Omegahertz - Deca (Dimensional Records) 17 points from 3 votes

20=: VA - Memories from Goa Madness (Goa Madness Records) 17 points from 3 votes

22: VA - Phoenix (Zion 604) 16 points from 4 votes

23: Tavi - Magnetic Field (GOA Records) 15 points from 3 votes

24=: VA - If I Wasn't Human, I'd be a Trance Track (Cronomi Records) 14 points from 4 votes

24=: VA - Goa Trance Revolution (Goa-Trance.com) 14 points from 3 votes

26=: Lyctum - Vibrations of Life (TesseracTstudio) 13 points from 3 votes

26=: Ovnimoon - Trancemutation of the Mind (Ovnimoon Records) 13 points from 3 votes

26=: PharaOm - Shelter Ten (Future Disorder Recordings) 13 points from 2 votes

29: VA - Tribal Encore (Anjuna Records) 12 points from 3 votes

30=: VA - Instrumentarium (Chronicle of Mystery Records) 10 points from 2 votes

30=: Sensient - Way of the Sloth (Zenon Records) 10 points from 1 vote

30=: Tickets - Android Wave (Timecode Records) 10 points from 1 vote

30=: VA - Fungus Fabulas (Freak Records Switzerland) 10 points from 1 vote

34=: 1200 Mic's - 1200 Mic's (TIP Records) 9 points from 2 votes

34=: Battle of The Future Buddhas - Urban Legends (Schlabbaduerst Rekkords) 9 points from 1 vote

34=: PharaOm & Somnesia - Santorin (Space Baby Records) 9 points from 1 vote

34=: Shantifax - Complete Tranceformation (SarnarSchourt Records) 9 points from 1 vote

38=: Stereofeld - Frequenzwechsel (Sun Station) 8 points from 2 votes

38=: 2Minds - Wave Shell (Geomagnetic.TV) 8 points from 1 vote

38=: Haldolium - Nini (Blue Tunes Recordings) 8 points from 1 vote

38=: John 00 Fleming - One Hundred Ten [WKO] (Joof Recordings) 8 points from 1 vote

38=: Zirrex - Ritual Dance (Hado Records) 8 points from 1 vote

38=: VA - Delirium (Psycircle) 8 points from 1 vote

44=: Radical Distortion - Back in Time (Eutuchia Records) 7 points from 3 votes

44=: Enichkin - The Ride (Mind Expansion Music) 7 points from 1 vote

44=: Motion Drive - Viewpoints (Iono Music) 7 points from 1 vote

44=: Terrafractyl - A Speck of Dust (Kinematic Records) 7 points from 1 vote

48=: Psilocybian - Dreamtime (Ovnimoon Records) 6 points from 2 votes

48=: VA - Goa Overdose 3 (Underground Alien Factory) 6 points from 2 votes

48=: Electrypnose - E7 (Electrypnosis Media) 6 points from 1 vote

48=: GoaTree - The Force (Neogoa.tk) 6 points from 1 vote

48=: Kasatka & Antagon & Extraterrestrial - Cerberus (Akashik Record) 6 points from 1 vote

48=: Para Halu - Acid Waltz (Psylife Music) 6 points from 1 vote

48=: VA - Up to Next Step (Goalogique Records) 6 points from 1 vote

55=: J.I.S - Illusions of Reality (Timewarp) 5 points from 1 vote

55=: PharaOm - Under the Sun of Goa (Neogoa.tk) 5 points from 1 vote

57=: Hotep - Transformation of Light (Ovnimoon Records) 4 points from 1 vote

57=: Yahel - ArchiTech (Plusquam Records) 4 points from 1 vote

59=: Predators - Inverse Gravity (Ovnimoon Records) 3 points from 1 vote

59=: Zetan Spore - Psilocybia (Aardvark Records) 3 points from 1 vote

59=: VA - Open Gates (Parvati Records) 3 points from 1 vote

59=: VA - Trolldom (Troll N' Roll Records) 3 points from 1 vote

63=: White Noise - Music Comes to Life (Noga Records) 2 points from 1 vote

63=: VA - Midnight Storm V - Cyclone (Nexus Media) 2 points from 1 vote

63=: VA - Voyager: First plateau (Hado Records) 2 points from 1 vote

66=: Lunar Dawn - Blessings from Irij Remixes (Neogoa.tk) 1 point from 1 vote

66=: VA - Intropix (Moon Koradji Records) 1 point from 1 vote

66=: VA - Magic Mountains Vol. 1 (SarnarSchourt Records) 1 point from 1 vote

66=: VA - Psychedelic Techno Vol. 1 (Horns and Hoofs Entertainment) 1 point from 1 vote

 

Best downtempo albums

1: Shpongle - Museum of Consciousness (Twisted Records) 78 points from 11 votes

2: Globular - Magnitudes of Order (Not on label) 55 points from 8 votes

3: Phobium - Oort Cloud (Omnitropic) 42 points from 5 votes

4: Phone Booth Robbers - Falling into One (Omnitropic) 37 points from 5 votes

5: Miktek - Elsewhere (Ultimae Records) 36 points from 5 votes

6: E-Mantra - The Hermit's Sanctuary (Altar Records) 33 points from 5 votes

7: Tengri - Icaros (Peak Records) 30 points from 4 votes

8: Kurbeats - Folktronica (Event Horizon) 26 points from 3 votes

9: VA - Oxycanta III (Ultimae Records) 25 points from 4 votes

10: Androcell - Entheomythic Remixed (Not on label) 24 points from 4 votes

11: VA - Turlitava 2 (Neogoa.tk) 23 points from 3 votes

12: Akshan - The Rise of Atlantis (Altar Records) 20 points from 3 votes

13=: 2Minds - Wave Shell (Geomagnetic.TV) 18 points from 3 votes

13=: Solar Fields - Origin # 02 (Ultimae Records) 18 points from 2 votes

15: Slackbaba - Ask (Liquid Records) 16 points from 3 votes

16: Entheogenic - Anthropomorphic (Universal Symbiosis Records) 15 points from 2 votes

17=: Gay Satanic Hippie ‎ - Tiefenrausch (Not on label) 14 points from 2 votes

17=: VA - Through the Afterlife (Silent Existence) 14 points from 2 votes

19: Ott & The All-Seeing I ‎ - Live at Terminal West (Ottsonic Music) 12 points from 3 votes

20: enCAPSULAte - Fetal Position (Waveform Records) 11 points from 2 votes

21=: Benji Vaughan - Even Tundra (Twisted Records) 10 points from 2 votes

21=: Jaja - Here (CYAN) 10 points from 1 vote

21=: Kaminanda - Ancestors & Guardians (Merkaba Music) 10 points from 1 vote

21=: Minilogue - Blomma (Cocoon Recordings) 10 points from 1 vote

25=: Zen Baboon - Suber (Electrik Dream Records) 9 points from 2 votes

25=: Ishqamatics - Spacebound (...txt) 9 points from 1 vote

25=: Sleeping Forest - Rise of Nature (Hadra Records) 9 points from 1 vote

25=: Tengri - Shipibo (Not on label) 9 points from 1 vote

29: VA - Spring (Altar Records) 8 points from 1 vote

30=: Avilente - From Clear Spaces Within (Microcosmos Records) 7 points from 1 vote

30=: Interconnekted - Strong Stillness (Not on label) 7 points from 1 vote

30=: Padmasana - Padmasana II (Dakini Records) 7 points from 1 vote

30=: Xenoscapes - Atmosflare (Glitchy Tonic Records) 7 points from 1 vote

34=: Bluetech - Basement Dubs (Native State Records) 6 points from 1 vote

34=: Ishqamatics - Earthbound (Anodize) 6 points from 1 vote

36=: Cymphonic - Dimensionata (Databloem) 5 points from 1 vote

36=: Field Rotation - Fatalist: The Repetition of History (Denovali Records) 5 points from 1 vote

36=: Supersillyus - Interabang‽ (Not on label) 5 points from 1 vote

36=: VA - Floating Spirals 2 (Altar Records) 5 points from 1 vote

40=: Nuage - Vivant (Purple Hexagon Records) 4 points from 2 votes

40=: Dubsalon - Morphic Resonance (Nutek Chill) 4 points from 1 vote

40=: VA - Superluminal (Uxmal Records) 4 points from 1 vote

43=: Sigil - A Gnostic (Glitchy Tonic Records) 3 points from 2 votes

43=: Reasonandu - Imminent Satori (Altar Records) 3 points from 1 vote

43=: VA - Misterika Festival - Tree of the Life (Space Baby Records) 3 points from 1 vote

46: Deep Fried Dub - Slow Cooked (Dubmission Records) 2 points from 1 vote

47: Zoungla - Entwine (Omnitropic) 1 point from 1 vote

 

Congratulations to the artists, and thanks to everyone who voted.

[Paul Eye]

1: Shpongle - Museum of Consciousness (Twisted Records) 78 points from 11 votes

Seriously?

[Rotwang]

Seriously?

Yes.

[Dolmot]

How about starting with a "thank you" before offending other people's musical tastes?

[Penzoline]

Yeah thanks for the work rotwang. It's just a shame the amount of votes is still very abysmal, but what can you do! It's still completely representable of the whole of psynews.

 

Filteria #1 is all that matters

[Paul Eye]

How about starting with a "thank you" before offending other people's musical tastes?

Well I'm not out to offend anyone. I'm just a bit flabbergasted.

[trancedigital]

Thank you Rotwang for compiling the results.

Entheogenic at #16? What a shame. I'm surprised it got only two votes.

[mars]

Thanks for the huge work!

 

I'm happy 4 Suntrip releases are in the top 10, a little disappointed Cosmic Dimension and Nebula Meltdown didn't make it, but BlackStarFinale, Trinodia and The Call of Goa really deserved to be near the top too.

 

@Paul Eye: for me Androcell was the bast, but like in every election, it shows the consensus.

[kartoonz]

I nominated Yahels Architect... i hope no one is mad at me...lol...

[Rotwang]

I nominated Yahels Architect...

Presumably you meant to nominate ArchiTech, since that's the closest release I could find.

[Dolmot]

Well I'm not out to offend anyone. I'm just a bit flabbergasted.

 

Well, it's probably the very best known downtempo act in this scene. Downtempo lists tend to be shorter so it's easy to get to the top through quantity alone. Shpongle got 11 votes, Globular 8, nobody else more than 5. The average points of top 10 were all quite similar, possibly excluding Kurbeats who got top marks from all three people who managed to discover and/or to appreciate them.

 

Anyway, Museum is a well produced and colourful album with plenty of themes and nice performances. I just listened to it yesterday and today. Am I not allowed to vote for it? I voted Filteria too, even though it might be more hip and cool to nominate something more underground than these sellouts who dare to sell a thousand copies! And to produce more than three albums. Surely past their prime...

 

 

It's just a shame the amount of votes is still very abysmal, but what can you do!

 

Still better than Isratrance.

[Rotwang]

It's just a shame the amount of votes is still very abysmal, but what can you do!

It's not too bad, there were 300 votes in total this year compared to 303 last year.

 

The Noughties poll had 410 and the contest 340, in the unlikely event that anyone cares.

[desysko]

We should limit the votes to either 303 or 604 every year.

But it is a shame about the amount of votes, but glad I participated this year.

Also thanks for all the work!

Not even surprised about the top 10, but it is justified.

Glad to see there's still a good amount of stuff I haven't listened to yet, this definitely means that I got a lot more fun and music to get through.

[Richpa]

Thank you Rotwang for the hard work. It's a pleasure to see AURYN featured in 2nd place among the all commercial relaeses. It gives us so much energy to push even harder. Congrats to the winners and thanks to all voters

[Anoebis]

Thanks for the results and the support!!!

(and I'm sad I didn't make it this year... )

[kartoonz]

i'm glad that i participated as well... and i'm pretty new to psy music... i dont know why people wont just vote

[Anoebis]

i'm glad that i participated as well... and i'm pretty new to psy music... i dont know why people wont just vote

Time...

[Drosophila]

Thanks for taking your time to this Rotwang! It's seemed like less votes in the voting topic, but good to hear we are on par with the previous years (at least)

 

and congrats to the artists listed, well deserved after a good year

[Paul Eye]

... it might be more hip and cool to nominate something more underground than these sellouts ...

When did I imply antyhing like that?

 

 

But yeah, BSF at number 2. He deserves it

[Filteria]

Thank you

[Padmapani]

no need for thanks. your spot on the list is well-deserved.

[Shpongled247]

I actually forgot to ever vote after going to about 5 times. Ffffff.

 

Goood to see things turned out as I would like tho haha.

 

Thanks for all the effort!

[abasio]

Time...

This. I got so caught up at work, then the family coming over and getting married that I forgot to vote. I was waiting until I'd digested everything but didn't have time and ended up with heartburn.

Still would have voted Filteria at number one so it all works out cool

[Blubber]

thanx for the effort

 

about the counts: next time we should contact some artists, labelmen, djs whoever to name their lists - would be nice to get some ratings from "the outside"

 

congrats to the winners

[Drosophila]

thanx for the effort

 

about the counts: next time we should contact some artists, labelmen, djs whoever to name their lists - would be nice to get some ratings from "the outside"

 

congrats to the winners

Maybe after the vote?! Otherwise there will be the issue of "biased fans" coming to vote on their favorites and not to vote on artists in general... I personally don't see this poll as a publicity stunt for artists, but a poll for/from the psynews community (new- and old' -commers)... but it could be nice if it could attract new users to this community from the "outside"

 

Edited: just to clarify, I would also like to promote the voting outside psynews to get more people to join us here), just not get promoters to spread it as well (I guess I would not like to stop them doing it, but not encourage them either). I would suggest to post the voting on more general sites, e.g. on fb, discogs or other social media... did we already do that this year?

 

just my thoughts...

Edited May 9, 2014 by Drosophila
clarification