goa pride Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Full-On · Darkpsy · Progressive · Downtempo · Twilight · Forest · Morning · Zenonesque · Techno · Techtrance · Psycore · Deep Trance · Glitch · Experimental · Hi-tech · Psy Dub · Suomi · Ambient · Minimal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotwang Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Paul Eye Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Copypasted from Ektoplazm's styles list. And removed goa. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blair Thaumic Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Devil's advocacy here... isn't that list a bit too specific? Is there really enough difference between, say, tech-trance, minimal, and zenonesque? Or between full-on and twilight? Or forest, darkpsy, and hi-tech? I don't know if it's garbage, but it puts me off to see music put in such narrow boxes, as though psychedelic trance and its various colours could be defined by formulae. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormion Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Well there are people who love Forest and Darkpsy, but hate Hi-Tech. Or others like me who love Twilight, but not Full On. So I guess it makes sense to have some basic subgenres. After all Psytrance is pretty diverse today. Metal has 30-40 subgenres, Rock the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goa pride Posted February 28, 2015 Author Share Posted February 28, 2015 subgenres are garbage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scandinasia Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Subgenres are justified. Minimal is not zenonesque. Hi-Tech is not Psycore. Psydub is not Psychill. Psytrance is a vast and rich universe. I dont' know why you people complain. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Hypnotic LFO Room Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Seem a bit narrow minded to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolmot Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Surely "Garbage in My Mind" was a goa release. Crossing Mind track? Agneton track/album? Ephedra album? Can't recall exactly. If not, I'll make it some day. It's catchy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mars Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Stupid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remnant Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the goa constrictor Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Ektoplazm, while great, continues to perpetrate the ongoing misclassification of Psychedelic Forest Trance Forest music = Rip Van Hippy and Outolintu, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basilisk Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 Ektoplazm, while great, continues to perpetrate the ongoing misclassification of Psychedelic Forest Trance Forest music = Rip Van Hippy and Outolintu, Come at me bro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basilisk Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 Devil's advocacy here... isn't that list a bit too specific? Is there really enough difference between, say, tech-trance, minimal, and zenonesque? Or between full-on and twilight? Or forest, darkpsy, and hi-tech? I don't know if it's garbage, but it puts me off to see music put in such narrow boxes, as though psychedelic trance and its various colours could be defined by formulae. No, it is not too specific. Consider why we classify music in the first place: to help us understand musical diversity and find more of what we like (or avoid what we don't). Classifying music is tough work if you're trying to jam something into the proverbial pigeonhole of a genre (a mutually exclusive category) but much easier if you think in terms of style (a nuanced non-exclusive description with differing degrees of specificity). I follow the principle of parsimony in determining what styles are a part of the musical taxonomy at Ektoplazm, which is to say, I am interested in the least complex taxonomy that most accurately describes the music on the site with respect to the actual topography of music taste and listening habits in the wild, which is always changing. I believe this approach has value, particularly for anyone new to the culture and overwhelmed by its musical diversity, but it certainly isn't meant to be definitive. The purpose of Ektoplazm's taxonomy is mostly to point people in the direction of more music they might like, something known as signposting. I welcome dialogue about whether or not the existing system achieves this aim or not. Actually, I've had a lot of fun posing questions to Ektoplazm's 130,000+ followers on Facebook any time questions of style come up. The original taxonomy mostly reflected my own personal understanding of psytrance but in recent years it's been shaped by the community. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psytones Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Hi-Tech is not Psycore. this so much. Personally I don't get why Psycore is or has been attached only to fast bpm and horror. Psy(hedeli) ~,~ https://insomnia-records.bandcamp.com/track/cpc-fokusnic-metuta Fashion? Hit & miss https://beatspace-acidance.bandcamp.com/track/f-people Forest, for sure scando are doing nice inzected sounds for the forest journey: https://yggdrasilrecords.bandcamp.com/album/hutti-heita Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padmapani Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Personally I don't get why Psycore is or has been attached only to fast bpm and horror. because if you take away the fast bpm and horror from psycore you just end up with darkpsy. if you take away only the horror (and any sort of darkness) while leaving the high bpm you end up with hitech. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psytones Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 Genres, Psytrance (the daddy / umbrella of all electronical psy- subgenres like Zenonesque aka. modern deep/dark prog.) GOA (the gran daddy of all Psytrance) In your opinion Both these you would classify under the Psytrance enre as Darkpsy? 1. ~ concrete psy 2. http://shop.vertigo-records.com/album/deja-vu-fabrique ~ Lightpsy ~Kinetic Psy (i called this music psycore in 2004 - they didnt quit know how to, and some didnt want to make melodies (cheese danger) ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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