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Re: Psytrance Guide

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Post by blub »

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…

Back when I was listening to Goa/Psy, I liked Infected Mushroom, Juno Reactor, Hallucinogen, Cosma and Shpongle. I also liked the chill Mystery of the Yeti albums.

Have no clue who most of the artist on the topic website are. Sean Tyas’ Matter of Time’s quite nice, but aggressive.

Re: Psytrance Guide

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Post by boring_twenties »

duped wrote: post #58
macNchz wrote: post #11

I’ve enjoyed listening to psychedelic electronic music while programming since discovering Shpongle twenty years ago. I feel like it helps my brain get into the right mode somehow. I’m not familiar with the definitions of a lot of these sub-taxonomies but interested in listening to them! I have a coding playlist I’ve put together over the years that is more towards the psybient/chillout end but includes some trance a…

Divine Moments of Truth is an amazing piece of music that I think could appeal broadly to fans of classical/art music, electronica, EDM, rock, etc. More people should listen to Shpongle.

I remember ... the very first time ... I programmed in C

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Post by shifto »

eequah9L wrote: post #209
0xEF wrote: post #144

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I'm a new-comer to the genres, myself, despite my age. For some reason the D&B/trances/technos scene never clicked with me back in my metal days, but it fills a gap that needed filling in my life now. That said, there's plenty of great modern artists, too...however, some amazing stuff was happening back in the day that I missed out on, and it is a treat to discover that now.

FWIW even in my metal days I recognized that the kind of (mostly black) metal that I enjoyed was fairly close to some of my brother's techno that I happened liking. All those droning guitars, layers of synth and screeching vocals are, experience-wise, quite similar to a deep techno DJ set. A music to work to, rather than to analyze -- I guess that's the value I find in it. Also, I don't listen to hardcore / horror co…

"Infected Mushroom - Becoming Insane" got me from mostly metal into psytrance.

Re: Psytrance Guide

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Post by BowBun »

stavros wrote: post #213
BowBun wrote: post #212

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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?

You can write more than one sentence...? How about an actual take on the topic, and then a joke? Or vice versa! Perhaps a question to ask for more clarity? The possibilities are endless beyond a "lol true" type comment.

Re: Psytrance Guide

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Post by BowBun »

mlyle wrote: post #232
BowBun wrote: post #212

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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.

Meta: IMO, it was fine. The digression provided an opportunity for me to produce a substantive comment that requires a little less background to understand than duped's excellent explanation.

It's great that you found an opportunity to teach thanks a low-value comment. HN policies still state that comments need to be substantive. There are good reasons for this that should be respected given that we all take advantage of the community built on those clearly stated expectations.

Re: Psytrance Guide

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Post by mikrl »

vips7L wrote: post #262
mikrl wrote: post #261

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Trance Pop has been big for a few years. Career Boy by Dorian Electra comes to mind but there are more. Happy hardcore had a resurgence in 2021-2022 which is still going.

> Trance Pop Like Armin’s last album. Progressive Trance coming out of Anjuna has been huge for a while too.

Also tech house like ‘Hot in it’ by Charli XCX and Tiësto from last year.

Re: Psytrance Guide

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Post by kortex »

dylan604 wrote: post #66
kortex wrote: post #52

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I don't understand why bands get so much animosity for "leaving their roots". IM make amazing, unique music and put on one hell of a live show. Is it as "pure" psytrance as Astral Projection et al? No but why does it have to be? They make music they like to make.

I don't understand your not understanding. Just because the band changes doesn't mean that the fans have to follow along if they don't like what they've started to produce. Everyone has their likes/dislikes. If someone makes specific reasonings for their tastes not following the new direction doesn't mean they are wrong. You're no better for making your comment than someone stating theirs. For example, how many peopl…

It's the intensity of it that strikes me. It's not just a matter of not liking their new stuff. I've encountered many folks that are basically mad the band changed directions. Almost as if the band owes it to the world to keep producing the same sound.

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Post by mlyle »

BowBun wrote: post #275
mlyle wrote: post #232

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Meta: IMO, it was fine. The digression provided an opportunity for me to produce a substantive comment that requires a little less background to understand than duped's excellent explanation.

It's great that you found an opportunity to teach thanks a low-value comment. HN policies still state that comments need to be substantive. There are good reasons for this that should be respected given that we all take advantage of the community built on those clearly stated expectations.

Expressing that you have no idea what the other person is saying (but that this is part of the value of this community) is not without substance or useless. They could have been more verbose about it, but I'm not sure that makes the community better.

The guidelines are guidelines. We all work to interpret them. HN themselves in introducing the guidelines says that "empty" comments can be okay if they're positive, which I feel this was.

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Post by dekhn »

pcthrowaway wrote: post #108
dylan604 wrote: post #21

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Walter Ego, Celtic Cross, Ott, Globular, Entheogenic, Younger Brother, Desert Dwellers, Jaia, Western Rebel Alliance, and the list goes on If Simon Posford is involved, give it a listen. Much better than some “AI” generative model

I highly recommend Posford's "The Herb Garden" from Mystery of the Yeti Part 2 (released as a Hallucinogen track before he seemingly switched to doing all of his chiller music with Raja) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Nce44osPpE Celtic Cross, Ott, and Entheogenic are phenomenal as well. I'd recommend Third Ear Audio, Carbon Based Lifeforms, Kuba (specifically the album Through a Lens), Phutureprimitive, Saafi Bro…

Thanks for the link to Mystery of the Yeti, I hadn't heard that- and it sounds almost exactly like Shpongle (I think even some of the samples are the same).

Re: Psytrance Guide

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Post by lolc »

g-b-r wrote: post #228
lolc wrote: post #125

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

Yes that's one of its problems unfortunately. The radio seems to be an afterthought, with their main focus being on their Second Life (yes apparently it still exists) clubs. Anyhow, from Dj Puddles' YouTube videos ( https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz1rM6EhFvoqq6WC3f9fSwQ ) it looks like the track is shown in the Second Life's clubs (the videos are often marred by the dj's unbearable distorted voice...). Furthermore,…

Ah thanks. Funny how second life is still around.
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