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Re: Psytrance Guide

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Post by hambos22 »

Psytrance (specifically psychedelic, goa, progressive & minimal) is one of the few genres that can keep me in the zone for many hours. It feels like I'm in a creativity bubble connecting dots from everywhere, riding the chain of thought without interruptions. Combine that with a good pair of headphones (Sony wh-1000xm5) and a biscuit edible I find myself coding and VIMing like playing the piano.

Current favorite artist: DJ Bim & Drukverdeler

https://open.spotify.com/artist/1mpYUkGqPoE5jZYUENa8Ig?si=1M...

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Post by globular-toast »

globalise83 wrote: post #116

Having grown up with psytrance, I find that 25 years later the modern stuff just sounds like a cheap, low-effort pastiche of what psytrance used to be. And... I just became my Dad.

I stopped listening around the time of Infected Mushroom's Vicious Delicious. The genre seemed to jump the shark around that time. Looking back Goa Trance was the real trance and by 2000 it was already starting to go down the shitter.

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Post by pmlnr »

I'll never understand the fascination with naming/categorizing music into thinner and thinner things. There are artists like Neurotech out there who don't care about this, and those are by far the best music available.

EDIT I'm still glad for this site to recommend artists, that is a nice thing to do.

Re: Psytrance Guide

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Post by drsnow »

duped wrote: post #72

Something not said explicitly but to me, is the characteristic sound of psy-x is the synth bass line. It's a very simple sound that you can make in any subtractive synth - you start with a single saw, add a lowpass filter, and instead of using the amplitude envelope to control the dynamics or "pluck" of the sound you modulate the cutoff of the filter by an envelope with a very short attack, quick decay, and low or ze…

Bro what the fuck does literally any of that shit mean lol

Re: Psytrance Guide

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Post by lolc »

g-b-r wrote: post #24

I used to listen all the time to http://spaceunicorn.radio *, most stuff is psytrance and great . I've rarely seen more than ten contemporary listeners and I don't remember how I ran into it myself, but it's the best psytrance thing I'm aware of. There are various djs though, not all equally good, so maybe check at different times (dj puddles is to a large degree a guarantee). * yes no tls : - (

I was interested in that, but unless I missed it, it doesn't show the currently playing track. And no tracklist anywhere.

Re: Psytrance Guide

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Post by xabush »

intellix wrote: post #91

I've been listening to Infected Mushroom daily for about 15+ years, mostly on repeat and I love it (obviously). My problem is that I just can't find similar music. People will say: "Oh I like psy too" and then recommend various artists of which the music sounds very repetitive to me (it's not just 5 minutes of dunalun) One of the things I feel sets them apart (at least in for example in their best works) is that they…

IM are legendary! I still listen to them now and then. My favorite tracks from them are - 'Deeply Disturbed', 'Becoming Insane' and 'Where do I belong'. Not exactly the same, but checkout Astrix and Neelix if you haven't already.

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Post by cabbagefan »

drsnow wrote: post #124
duped wrote: post #72

Something not said explicitly but to me, is the characteristic sound of psy-x is the synth bass line. It's a very simple sound that you can make in any subtractive synth - you start with a single saw, add a lowpass filter, and instead of using the amplitude envelope to control the dynamics or "pluck" of the sound you modulate the cutoff of the filter by an envelope with a very short attack, quick decay, and low or ze…

Bro what the fuck does literally any of that shit mean lol

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Re: Psytrance Guide

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Post by pastacacioepepe »

dylan604 wrote: post #74
dzolob wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Try finnish psytrance. Texas Faggott, Flying Scorpions,OOOT… Suomisaundi psytrance is carzy.

I don't know why this is flagged. Texas Faggott perhaps? It the name of an artist. Soumisaundi - wikipedia[0] "In 1997 Exogenic Records became the first record label to focus on Suomisaundi and approximately during the same time Midiliitto was founded as an association focusing on the advancement of production and commercialisation of Suomisaundi. Pepe Kosminen was the founding Chairman of Midiliitto. Together with F…

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Re: Psytrance Guide

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Post by commotionfever »

duped wrote: post #72

Something not said explicitly but to me, is the characteristic sound of psy-x is the synth bass line. It's a very simple sound that you can make in any subtractive synth - you start with a single saw, add a lowpass filter, and instead of using the amplitude envelope to control the dynamics or "pluck" of the sound you modulate the cutoff of the filter by an envelope with a very short attack, quick decay, and low or ze…

regarding the pumping, I'm not sure if sidechain compression is what most producers are doing. I'd describe it as a gallop rather than a bump.

so with 16ths, you'd typically see 1/16 & 2/16 have zero to little amplitude, 3/16 & 4/16 have most of the energy. 4 maybe even a little less so.

which can't be done by sidechaining. also phase alignment with the kick is important

Re: Psytrance Guide

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Post by stinos »

pmlnr wrote: post #123

I'll never understand the fascination with naming/categorizing music into thinner and thinner things. There are artists like Neurotech out there who don't care about this, and those are by far the best music available. EDIT I'm still glad for this site to recommend artists, that is a nice thing to do.

I'll never understand the fascination with naming/categorizing music into thinner and thinner things

While I'm generally not a fan of trying to cram things into single boxes just for the sake of it, let alone have discussiona about which is which, it does really help to have categories. Maybe not too thin, ok, but still. Simple example: last weekend some local bands were playing and we were talking about whether or not to go. So instead of looking them up on the internet (if they were even to be found already), I could just ask the organizer to give me a general idea of the style. If they say 'one is goregrind, the other melodic death metal and the last one fairly standard grindcore' then we know pretty much what to expect. Same with psytrance: I really like when flyers simply state which of the various genres it roughly is. Like, if it's labelled as old-school goa trance then it's almost a gurantee for me I'll be able to completely lose my mind there, as opposed to hi-tech which I find interesting but isn't hours-long party material for me.

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