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Re: Psytrance Guide

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Post by empath75 »

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?

Because djs like to mix songs continuously in a way that it sounds like one song is flowing seamlessly into the next. It only takes subtle differences before a transition throws you right out of the moment. It’s possible to mix these subgenres together but you have to do a lot of work to find songs in different genres that sound similar enough to make a smooth transition.

Djs don’t buy all one sub genre, generally, but they do tend to focus on a few of them and that’s why the labels and record stores try and cater to what djs are looking for.

Re: Psytrance Guide

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Post by piva00 »

ssijak wrote: post #23

I have just returned from one psytrance festival. I like to go there, not mainly for the music (which I like mostly), but for the atmosphere. Meeting all kind of different people and getting out from the usual "reality" and norms and rat race and jumping into crazines, relaxing the norms and trying new things. It is so refreshing, I always return home more happy and enthusiastic about life. And yes, people eat like t…

This is why I love techno festivals and parties. I also like the music (and I'm a hobbyist producer myself) but the sheer freedom you have for a whole festival or even evening/weekend is liberating, is a escape from reality. And the hypnotic sound also gets me to other places, even when sober.

P.S.: and by "techno" I mean the genre of EDM called techno, starting in Detroit in late 80s/early 90s and spreading through Europe by the UK, Belgium, Netherlands and Germany, not the "general techno" that is used in US to mean any kind of electronic dance music.

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Post by gastlee_za »

South Africa's psytrance scene is going strong and is quite diverse across a few of the psy sub genres. Maybe a little under-represented in the night full-on category...

For more information on what the DJs and producers here are doing, check out the Psymedia Soundcloud page or their website. https://soundcloud.com/psymedia https://psymedia.co.za/

Re: Psytrance Guide

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Post by 1_player »

pixelpoet wrote: post #4

> Ultimae Records Panoramic greetings! (kind of an in-joke if you follow their newsletter last few years) To psychill I would like to add, definitely listen to Easily Embarrassed's "Idyllic Life" album, it's absolutely brilliant: https://easilyembarrassed.bandcamp.com/album/idyllic-life Edit: while I welcome this particular bit of content, I'm surprised to find it on HN; seems a bit offtopic, no?

Great recommendation, love it already. And I'll share my "modern" full-on artist: Talpa. His sets on Soundcloud are great.

Re: Psytrance Guide

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Post by empath75 »

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?

Because those acts are 20 years old at this point, grandpa. (I know how you feel tho)

Re: Psytrance Guide

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Post by emptyfile »

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?

Well yes, if you don't know any of the artists on there then you don't listen to psytrance obviously.

This is a modern guide to current genres and almost all tracks on it are released after 2010 (yes even the Goa tracks are recent, its not dead).

This is not a history of psytrance guide, if it was it would be huge.

BTW Sphongle definitely isn't psytrance, and Infected Mushroom isn't well regarded in the underground.

Re: Psytrance Guide

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Post by emptyfile »

Fnoord wrote: post #16
weavie wrote: post #11

Wow. I'm old enough to remember when it was just goa trance. And then towards the end of the 90's the kicks became more pronounced and the melodies were dropped in favour of more psychedelic soundscapes. From that it seemed the genre split into daytime trance that was brighter and more uplifting and nighttime that was darker and more psychedelic. As a dj, people would grumble at you if you played daytime trance at ni…

I find it painful to see my favourite all-time genre of music, goatrance, getting more and more obscure and snowed under the abundance of time and psytrance. I can relate to oldschool house, trance, and techno lovers alike. Consider the introduction in this article to goatrance, at the very bottom of the website after all kind of psytrance subgenres. Roland TB-303? Not mentioned. The archetype synthesizer of acid and…

You're like the fifth poster who assumes this is a history of psytrance guide, while its exactly the opposite: an overview of modern genres.

Almost every track on it is less then 10 years old.

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Post by [deleted] »

ssijak wrote: post #23

I have just returned from one psytrance festival. I like to go there, not mainly for the music (which I like mostly), but for the atmosphere. Meeting all kind of different people and getting out from the usual "reality" and norms and rat race and jumping into crazines, relaxing the norms and trying new things. It is so refreshing, I always return home more happy and enthusiastic about life. And yes, people eat like t…

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Re: Psytrance Guide

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Post by fb03 »

Shameless Plug!

Since everyone is sharing their favorite psytrance and coding-oriented tracks, I'm gonna share one of my own:

https://soundcloud.com/flipbit03/twothousandseventeen-feat-m...

I have a really hard time pinning the genre of the stuff I produce so if anyone could help me out on what genre this actually is (I labelled it as Psytrance but it's a blanket/general term) I'll be thankful.

Have a good one and if some of you produce on your free time as well, share on! o/

Re: Psytrance Guide

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Post by weavie »

gastlee_za wrote: post #53

South Africa's psytrance scene is going strong and is quite diverse across a few of the psy sub genres. Maybe a little under-represented in the night full-on category... For more information on what the DJs and producers here are doing, check out the Psymedia Soundcloud page or their website. https://soundcloud.com/psymedia https://psymedia.co.za/

If you bump into Tersius on your travels, tell him he's awesome! ;-)
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