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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?

Yeah, was surprised by lack of mentioning Shpongle. They're in a different league as far as musicianship/composition amongst psytrance artists (though more recent albums haven't been as impressive and varied).

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Good God, Ott is by far my favorite artist with not even a distant second. I've been hunting for other artists/tracks for the last few months to fill the void til his new album comes out but have only come up disappointed and empty handed. Nobody else seems to be able to be so varied and inventive with each track yet always deliver a compelling and engaging sound and melody so reliably. Anyone have more recommendatio…

Which records you like the most from ott?

I think Fairchildren is his best work yet, especially the back half. "Harwell Dekatron" was a fantastic standout and I hope he experiments more with branching out in that direction. My favorites off Mir are tracks 2-4, and off Skylon I loved "The Queen of All Everything", "Rogue Bagel", "Signals from Bob", and "382 Seaside".

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Because people like different music and the different genres sound different. If you don't think they sound different it's just because you haven't refined the part of your brain that can discern the differences for this type of music.

But a good party should introduce people to new experiences, no?

I go to psytrance parties reasonably often because I have friends who are into it, but I hate psytrance personally. Different strokes for different folks.

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X-Dream - We Created Our Own Happiness album, that’s one of my favorite trance albums, but maybe nothing to do with psy? Also Eat Static when he does psytrance. But I should totally listen to some stuff that’s not a quarter of a century old.

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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…

I'm glad you had a good experience. When I was younger I was producing psytrance (I played the guitar) and I would do liveacts with a dj + my guitar. I had some pretty cool gigs and nice songs too.

Unfortunately, what made me quit the scene was the transformation I saw on my friends and acquaintances due to drug abuse. I don't know if it is a cultural thing, but I have witnessed people losing some or all of their mental sanity due to drug abuse; one time I was at a party when someone died - in the end I called it quits because I didn't want to become involved with that in any way.

I still like the music though

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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…

I'm glad you had a good experience. When I was younger I was producing psytrance (I played the guitar) and I would do liveacts with a dj + my guitar. I had some pretty cool gigs and nice songs too. Unfortunately, what made me quit the scene was the transformation I saw on my friends and acquaintances due to drug abuse. I don't know if it is a cultural thing, but I have witnessed people losing some or all of their men…

Was it in Russia?
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