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Post by exodust »

cyclecount wrote: post #160
leptons wrote: post #73

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The festival in Israel where 250 people were murdered by Palestinians while they were dancing in peace was a Psy Trance festival. One of the greatest Psy Trance bands of all time, Astral Projection, was supposed to play at the festival. You're right that tensions are running high. This was an absolute pogrom on a peace loving community that many people (including myself) have been a part of for 40+ years. Suggesting…

A survivor of this attack claims that IDF open-fired on the hostages https://electronicintifada.net/content/israeli-forces-shot-t...

That publication is dripping in propaganda.

> "It happened when Israeli forces engaged in fierce gun battles with Palestinian fighters in Kibbutz Be’eri and fired indiscriminately at both the fighters and their Israeli prisoners."

"terrorists took civilian hostages", has become "fighters took prisoners". That is the wheels of propaganda spinning.

> "...said that prior to that, she and other civilians had been held by the Palestinians for several hours and treated “humanely.” She had fled the nearby “Nova” rave"

Well sure, all I'd be talking about is the nice treatment of my captors too, who just slaughtered 250 of my fellow ravers. They offered tea and cake it was nice.

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Post by BowBun »

stavros wrote: post #169
specproc wrote: post #152

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This is what we're here for.

Definitely, but I can still joke about how I didn't understand anything from a comment on something I have no experience with.

Just a heads up that your comment is flagged. You can definitely joke about things, but HN asks that comments be substantive. Yours was not. I realize the irony writing this comment, but hopefully a bit of community heads up can preserve HN's characteristics for a little while longer.

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Post by stavros »

BowBun wrote: post #212
stavros wrote: post #169

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Definitely, but I can still joke about how I didn't understand anything from a comment on something I have no experience with.

Just a heads up that your comment is flagged. You can definitely joke about things, but HN asks that comments be substantive. Yours was not. I realize the irony writing this comment, but hopefully a bit of community heads up can preserve HN's characteristics for a little while longer.

How can a joke be substantive?

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Post by morsch »

pcthrowaway wrote: post #112
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 didn't really stick to one genre. I remember calling them psy-metal because of the harder edge on so many of their songs. Maybe if you tell us what your favourite album we'd have a better idea of what you're going for

The inimitable Ishkur called it butt rock goa, that's how I discovered IM and pretty much the entire genre, back when Flash was still a thing.

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Post by npsimons »

stavros wrote: post #113
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…

Ah yes, of course.

This might help (and it's only 6 minutes for the whole playlist): https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrnjie9klQEkZGar3zZ4hRurU...

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Post by extraduder_ire »

lynx23 wrote: post #80

```bash declare -A host=( [Ψ Madmuzik]=madmuzik.bandcamp.com [2TO6 Records]=2to6records.bandcamp.com [ANDEAN TRIBE RECORDS]=andeantriberecords.bandcamp.com [Ahoora Music]=ahooramusic.bandcamp.com [Alien Chaos]=alienchaos.bandcamp.com [Ancient Druids Records]=ancientdruidsrecords.bandcamp.com [Andhakara Records]=andhakara.bandcamp.com [Ant Robot Wisdom Rec]=ant-robot-wisdom-rec.bandcamp.com [Astral Travel Agency]=astr…

Is there a reason this is in a bash array? I assume so you can use mpv or something to play each artist's catalogue straight from bandcamp.

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Post by echelon_musk »

an_aparallel wrote: post #31
dekhn wrote: post #15

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thanks, my only comment on this topic was going to be "where can I find more like shpongle". Well, I guess the second comment would be "when will somebody make a Generative Shpongle?"

Shulman is one of my favourites - i wish they still made music. Incredible incredible music - not just for psytrance, just in general. Also recommend Bluetech.

In Search of a Meaningful Moment will remain in my top 10.

I always enjoyed this review from Discogs [0]:

"Just turn off the lights, forget the TV and the computer, close the windows and listen to this album with max volume. Spend some time in a different world created by Shulman. You'll be amazed with the effect this album will have on you, trust me!"

Wherever you are Yaniv, I hope you're well.

[0] https://www.discogs.com/Shulman-In-Search-Of-A-Meaningful-Mo...

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Post by echelon_musk »

tinix wrote: post #181

I miss ektoplazm...

The site is still online [0] although there haven't been any new releases since 2018. The site's FLAC releases have been preserved on archive.org [1] for posterity should it ever go offline.

[0] https://ektoplazm.com/

[1] https://archive.org/details/ektoplazm-flac

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