On July 17 2012 02:10 Chilling5pr33 wrote: The Festivals are all super great just for those who never went, an absolute amazing thing to do.
My favs are so far BOOM(POR), Antaris(GER), Full Moon Festival(GER), Ozora(UNG), Transsilvania calling(ROM).
VooV is kinda to big for me in a bad way also too much police to enjoy (last time a friend of mine was dragged off the festival and into a police station becouse he had like half a gram of weed on him :/) poor guy.
But every festival is great i guess, just didnt went to them all yet.
Im from Munich BTW if anyone has some hints where to go around here i am not very aware whats going on here but miss the events a lot.
Agreed, festivals are the best! I've been to Ozora, Sonica (in Italy) and Boom. It was awesome every time.
I have taken a particular liking to Boom, I've already been there three times and I'll be going there again in less than two weeks. They only organize it once every two years, so I have been looking forward to this trip like crazy. It's in Portugal, so the weather's great, everything is relatively cheap compared to Belgium, the festival has a very nice and varied selection of music, plus it's lakeside, so you can go swimming whenever you want.. It's pretty much heaven to me. I seriously can't wait.
On July 17 2012 02:10 Chilling5pr33 wrote: The Festivals are all super great just for those who never went, an absolute amazing thing to do.
My favs are so far BOOM(POR), Antaris(GER), Full Moon Festival(GER), Ozora(UNG), Transsilvania calling(ROM).
VooV is kinda to big for me in a bad way also too much police to enjoy (last time a friend of mine was dragged off the festival and into a police station becouse he had like half a gram of weed on him :/) poor guy.
But every festival is great i guess, just didnt went to them all yet.
Im from Munich BTW if anyone has some hints where to go around here i am not very aware whats going on here but miss the events a lot.
Agreed, festivals are the best! I've been to Ozora, Sonica (in Italy) and Boom. It was awesome every time.
I have taken a particular liking to Boom, I've already been there three times and I'll be going there again in less than two weeks. They only organize it once every two years, so I have been looking forward to this trip like crazy. It's in Portugal, so the weather's great, everything is relatively cheap compared to Belgium, the festival has a very nice and varied selection of music, plus it's lakeside, so you can go swimming whenever you want.. It's pretty much heaven to me. I seriously can't wait.
Oh man i have to work full on TT, but have a great time and a good trip back and forth and also there well i will hopefully manage to find some underground events around munich so i can manage to get the experience without spending too much money.
soo jelly but happy to see there are Psy people @ TL :D
Sonica was awesome when i went i guess it was 2008 or 2009
Nitz-ho goa - the best subgenre of this entire family in my opinion. The most energetic, with crazy indian melodies, with original goa and acid sounds. Jawdropping and filling with pure joy at the same time.
So how many of you guys actually goto psy festivals/clubs/doofs/raves? Personbally I love them, not just for the music, but for the chill atmosphere and the crowd.
I've been to several outdoor events here in South Africa which are really awesome, but seeing that I'm a huge psybient / chillout fan (my favourite artists are literally all from the whole Ultimae Records group) I would love to attend one of their parties in Europe. Sadly enough we don't get that much psychill here - it's mostly just full-on-ish trance and Darkpsy :/
1995 was my first first Goa Party, have been to a lot since then...not much anymore though :/ So much great fun back then...Just hopping into a car with a couple of friends and nothing more than a mobile nr. which served as a hotline to guide you to the location, since most of the parties weren't exactly official :D Ending up in random fields or warehouses and spending the weekend there ♥
Favourite of all times is probably the whole "Freq - Strange Attractors" LP. Great tunes and top notch production.
I love psytrance and its subgenres... the vibe, the people, the music, everything is fantastic.
My friends and I will be attending Eclipse Festival 2012 (Canada) : July 27-30... The site is amazing, a nice valley, a beach, 3 stages on a nice camping ground... about 4 hours from toronto/montreal Let me know if any of you guys are going... It's going to be a blast
Has anyone listened to the new Infected Mushroom album? Being a huge Infected Mushroom fan I've always treated lightly among other psytrancers when admitting to listening to IM as the general feeling is that they have become somewhat sold-out (which I can sortof agree to listening to their past 3 albums). I think, however, that most people will agree that they were big names in the psytrance/goa scene at some point, especially in their earlier albums.
Now my question is, when do you guys feel have they lost their "psytranciness?" or do you still think they are still part of the psytrance genre? The reason I'm asking this is because most of my non-trancer friends always refer to IM as psytrance and although its probably correct, IM doesn't in my eyes exactly represent the scene anymore (especially with Army of Mushrooms). Any thoughts?
On July 20 2012 22:49 Hoender wrote: Has anyone listened to the new Infected Mushroom album? Being a huge Infected Mushroom fan I've always treated lightly among other psytrancers when admitting to listening to IM as the general feeling is that they have become somewhat sold-out (which I can sortof agree to listening to their past 3 albums). I think, however, that most people will agree that they were big names in the psytrance/goa scene at some point, especially in their earlier albums.
Now my question is, when do you guys feel have they lost their "psytranciness?" or do you still think they are still part of the psytrance genre? The reason I'm asking this is because most of my non-trancer friends always refer to IM as psytrance and although its probably correct, IM doesn't in my eyes exactly represent the scene anymore (especially with Army of Mushrooms). Any thoughts?
IM stopped being real psytrance with the vicious delicious album for me. It's not a bad thing as such (I like a lot of their songs post-2007) but its definitely branched out into a multitude of different sounds and left the 'pure' psy behind.
As the poster above me said, IM is popular enough that people know of them as psytrance before they know anything about what psytrance actually is.
I just started getting into the genre a few days ago and im really liking a lot of the foreign stuff being posted here. I.E. Khetzal, Mahamudra etc.. I just wish i didnt have to scour the entire internet to find a download xD Heres the playlist im listening to atm, loving the indian melodic influence here.
On July 20 2012 22:49 Hoender wrote: Has anyone listened to the new Infected Mushroom album? Being a huge Infected Mushroom fan I've always treated lightly among other psytrancers when admitting to listening to IM as the general feeling is that they have become somewhat sold-out (which I can sortof agree to listening to their past 3 albums). I think, however, that most people will agree that they were big names in the psytrance/goa scene at some point, especially in their earlier albums.
Now my question is, when do you guys feel have they lost their "psytranciness?" or do you still think they are still part of the psytrance genre? The reason I'm asking this is because most of my non-trancer friends always refer to IM as psytrance and although its probably correct, IM doesn't in my eyes exactly represent the scene anymore (especially with Army of Mushrooms). Any thoughts?
Well Im very biased because IM has been an integral part of most of my life (25 now, been listening for 12 years). Here's the gist of why they are so despised by the psy community. Erez Aizen has been a poster boy psytrance ever since he broke into the scene in the late 90s. He first formed Shiva Shidapu with Jörg Kessler (although he had prior projects) and their two albums VA - Shiva Space Technology and Shivasidpao: The Album has was recognized as some of the best psy ever created. He then went on to create IM with Duvdev which came from a heavy metal background (i believe) and the results speak for themselves. I mean, in my humble opinion, any of the first three IM albums or any compil they appeared on they fucking killed it. It was so good! Hallucinogen had more or less stopped putting out trance at that time and people were looking for some new saviors! However people widely recognized Erez as being the brains behind IM (which i believe is true) and Duvdev was just "around" i guess. The story (according to psy-people) was that Duvdev wanted to play a bigger part, but his musical skills dident suffice. He also felt a need to gain more popularity and money so they started to dumb the sound down. I guess you know what happened after, Converting Vegetarians was the beginning of a looooong road downhill. People say Duvdev just ran over Erez and started calling all the shots, but i dont know what really happened.
All I know is that my second favorite psy act of all time (only slightly after Hallucinogen) started making candyfloss trance instead of intricate, exciting and melodious psy. I used to go into fits of rage like you wouldnt believe, but ive now come to terms that what once was is now gone. I just have to be happy with the great stuff they made, and not this crap they put out now. And lets be honest, i can see why money, fame and all the stuff that comes with it would appeal instead of playing for a few hundred drugged out wanna be hippies. Just too bad they had to sacrifice their music and what made them great for it.
Most of my rage has now subsided, but what i find utterly disrespectful is how they now start taking classic and amazing IM tracks running through the meatgrinder-candyfloss-machine just to sell more albums. Why would just destroy something beautiful's legacy like that? Its the same Hollywood does nowadays. They take classic movies, add some shit that isnt neeeded just for an extra buck. Thats why i was enraged they put IM - The Messenger (new awful in comparison version) in the GSL and not the Jörg on Mushroom original. Actually i wrote a lengthy mail to the sound director but i havent received any reply.
Whoa Aphasie, you just made me realise that those two "albums" in my IM collection are actually Shiva Shidapu and not bootleg compilations of IM singles! It feels like I've been living a lie
To be honest what actually got me into psy was IM's Converting Vegetarians (I was a late adopter of trance ) and I'm pretty sure it's the same for a lot of people. Listening to the new album a second time now, I must say I'm starting to find it a bit more tolerable (first listening session made me very sad :/) I must admit I was also quite disappointed with the remix of The Messenger - something that I really enjoyed of IM's older chillout work was the jazzy feel they had, especially in this track - I want my cheesy saxophone-playing back :/
Perfect opportunity to link the original and reminisce... The Messenger (Original) - Jorg on Mushroom + Show Spoiler +
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