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Re: Psytrance Guide

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Post by emptyfile » Wed, Aug 14, 2019, 11:44 AM UTC

codeulike wrote: post #25

Well I for one think Electronic Music has too many sub-genres. Like if you change the timing of the highhat or the type of synth you're using it catapults you into a different genre. Whats that all about? Why does it need to be so segmented?

>Whats that all about? Why does it need to be so segmented?

So that when I look at a party in my area I can know if its a party where artists will be playing progressive psytrance or forest psytrance. Because they're different.

Is this so hard to understand for you?

Re: Psytrance Guide

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Post by pseudonamed » Wed, Aug 14, 2019, 11:44 AM UTC

troysk wrote: post #19

I enjoy coding more on psytrance! Anyone else?

Most definitely; here're some sets on rotation at the moment https://soundcloud.com/radiozora/looneymoon27radicalmoodz

https://soundcloud.com/multiseed/multiseed-antaris-festival-...

https://soundcloud.com/jungala-festival/switchcache-jungala-...

https://soundcloud.com/noisily-festival/noisily-2019-podcast...

Re: Psytrance Guide

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Post by weavie » Wed, Aug 14, 2019, 11:44 AM UTC

codeulike wrote: post #25

Well I for one think Electronic Music has too many sub-genres. Like if you change the timing of the highhat or the type of synth you're using it catapults you into a different genre. Whats that all about? Why does it need to be so segmented?

Electronic Music is generally music that is made to dance to.

A big part of what makes music good to dance to (especially when you are going to do it for hours at a time) is its predictability. If you know a beat is about to drop, and you can feel it coming you can position your body in preparation. When it does drop and you are able to move accordingly it provides a great sense of release and satisfaction.

The result of this is that when people go to dance parties, they really want to know in quite some detail about what music it is they are dancing to. So if the genre is slightly changed, it will need a new label to inform the dancers of what is going to be different so they can plan their body movements accordingly! Thus the whole plethora of sub-genres.

Re: Psytrance Guide

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Post by 1_player » Wed, Aug 14, 2019, 11:46 AM UTC

troysk wrote: post #19

I enjoy coding more on psytrance! Anyone else?

Of course! Makes repetitive work much more enjoyable.

Let me share my favourite Spotify playlist, 257 hours of psytrance and derivative genres: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/71tSLVZo0Bqokw22opuG15?si=...

Just enable shuffle and you'll have enough psy for years :-)

Re: Psytrance Guide

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Post by davedx » Wed, Aug 14, 2019, 11:46 AM UTC

codeulike wrote: post #25

Well I for one think Electronic Music has too many sub-genres. Like if you change the timing of the highhat or the type of synth you're using it catapults you into a different genre. Whats that all about? Why does it need to be so segmented?

Electronic music "sub-genres" are usually BS, in my experience most producers don't go "ok, today I'm going to make some fullon Israeli south-Goa psytrance" (or retroactively label their music like this). It's just that there's a small section of fans who devote their time to obsessively trying to categorize and label every single track, making up new genres and sub-genres as they go.

Drum'n'bass has the same issue... while there are definitely differences between dnb tracks, it's not like you can't play a perfectly great set of dnb with whatever "sub-genres" mixed together. Which in my mind means the notion of the "sub-genres" is BS in the first place.

Re: Psytrance Guide

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Post by yax_ » Wed, Aug 14, 2019, 11:46 AM UTC

So who else just returned from Mo:Dem and had a laugh about psytrance being on hackernews?

Re: Psytrance Guide

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Post by grinchygrinch » Wed, Aug 14, 2019, 11:48 AM UTC

Fnoord wrote: post #21

foobar_ wrote: post #12

Where is psydub ?

I suppose there is some overlap with psyambient and psychill. There was a time when not every genre had psy before it. If you like that genre, I can recommend Ott's Hallucinogen In Dub remixes and his album Skylon [1]. I also like some specific tracks of Easily Embarrased and Koan but not sure which genre it falls under. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ott_(record_producer)

Another recommendation - my all-time favorite psydub EP:

https://beatspace-parvati.bandcamp.com/album/parvati-in-dub-...

Re: Psytrance Guide

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Post by xaphod » Wed, Aug 14, 2019, 11:48 AM UTC

jdpigeon wrote: post #18

I thought I was pretty hip to psytrance, but I guess not because I don't recognize any of these artists. How can there be a whole psytrance guide without mentioning 1200 micrograms, Infected Mushroom, or Shpongle?

At least they got Hallucinogen up there.

Re: Psytrance Guide

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Post by al2o3cr » Wed, Aug 14, 2019, 11:50 AM UTC

targonca wrote: post #6

arnaudsm wrote: post #3

This is a great introduction nicely designed ! Do similar websites exist for other genres?

Ishkur's guide to electronic music: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishkur's_Guide_to_Electronic_M...

FWIW, sounds like there's a big update to Ishkur's guide about to drop - the Twitter account has been counting down for the last month (it's at 1 now)...

Re: Psytrance Guide

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Post by hajhatten » Wed, Aug 14, 2019, 11:51 AM UTC

jdpigeon wrote: post #18

I thought I was pretty hip to psytrance, but I guess not because I don't recognize any of these artists. How can there be a whole psytrance guide without mentioning 1200 micrograms, Infected Mushroom, or Shpongle?

Too mainstream