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Re: Psytrance Guide

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Post by codeulike »

emptyfile wrote: post #100
codeulike wrote: post #84

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But why does the music at the party have to be so specific?

"have to be", "need" Says who? You can describe your party as psytrance, or just trance if you have to. I have an event in my facebook feed that just says "hospitalization" and a list of djs. I know what kind of music they will play because I know the organizers and djs, but it would still be helpful to write an bigger description. You're all stuck on "micro-genres" but when I'm looking at a new dj at some event I ex…

Maybe the fundamental difference is that with a dj or even a producer you can't just download an album and see how they sound: the actual set will probably be unique, and in tune with the party. And yes I do want to know vaguely how it will sound.

Ok, now we're getting somewhere. Thats a very interesting point, thanks.

Re: Psytrance Guide

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Post by emptyfile »

listentojohan wrote: post #17

My first though was Ishkur's guide to electronic music as mentioned in another comment, and which hasn't updated in ages. I then go into the wikipedia, and along to twitter, and see that there's been a countdown going on today - hoping it's a launch of a new version... https://twitter.com/Ishkur23

Wow this is great! Spend so much time on the original.

Re: Psytrance Guide

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Post by kortex »

wickedsight wrote: post #71
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 have a youtube channel, where in 12 years ago, I uploaded some Astral Projection songs, racking up over 300k views in total. This is the only reason my channel has 100+ followers. I considered deleting the videos, because of clear copyright violation, but I feel it's a bit of history that might get lost. Also, because of copyright claim, the producers are still getting ad revenue.

Definitely keep it. I enjoy it when yt's autoplay random walks me onto older and more obscure music. While I've been listening to AP for years, this has happened with other groups.

I'm gonna have to go listen to Trust in Trance now, such a classic.

Re: Psytrance Guide

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Post by hutzlibu »

H1Supreme wrote: post #95
hutzlibu wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I guess that is why I am not too much into electronic dance music(at least not those types you mentioned), as it is too predicitable and therefore booring to me. I like music to be wild and when I am in the flow, I feel a beat coming, even if it is out of "order". But why does it need a label to inform dancers of a genre change? You just feel the beat and move to it, no?

Most western music is 4/4 (or some derivative) time signature based, and quite predictable. Especially anything that is remotely popular. Mind sharing some of the acts/bands you like?

I like music from many genres, though what I like is usually not very popular. But I like shpongle too, for example. I just prefer it, if the music has something handmade to it, like a didgeridoo (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GLTOTN0OrBU), or in general, I prefer live concerts, over a dj. Live playing allways brings variations to this exact moment, the bands can change the speed according to the vibe of the audience. (but a good dj can do this probably, too)

But the music I had in mind, was something like Piniol. A crazy french band, but the genre is hard to describe. I heard it described as Zappamusic (from Frank Zappa), or psychadelic rogressive, but that does not really say much. Also, so far I never liked that music to just put on speakers, just enjoyed them, or similar bands, live in concert.

Oh and, yes their music is also somewhat predictable, it is just that the complexity seems to be higher.

Re: Psytrance Guide

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Post by abcc8 »

emptyfile wrote: post #86
abcc8 wrote: post #64

Where would Sphongle fit in on that list? I like Sphongle but do not know much about the genre.

Nowhere, since it's not psytrance (no trance beat for one thing). It's considered psybient(psychedelic ambient) or rather they invented that genre.

Thank you for your reply, it was very helpful!

Re: Psytrance Guide

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Post by tasubotadas »

That's sweet. I've been an occasional fan? (I would move to other genres and then back) of psytrance for the last ~13y now but it has been always seemed a bit hard (on last.fm) to find artists that are not complete rubbish and would actually do psytrance.

Re: Psytrance Guide

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Post by unlivingthing »

xaphod wrote: post #48
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.

But no Skazi. :(
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