Psytrance nostalgia and escalating prices [was: (fax) Hello]

[Skip Acuff]

This topic is legitimate for this list given Herr Namlook's past forays
into trance.

Cosmosis is a personal favorite of mine, too.  I remember reading an
interview in which he said he had previously played lead guitar in a
rock group, but after experiencing some synth trance sounds he hung up
his strat and focused exclusively on electronic compositions. 

I had no idea my Pleideans and other psytrance discs are now collector's
items!  I'll have to research how much my trove is worth, at least for
insurance purposes.

I'm still blown away that my beloved Waiting for Snow CD (primarily an
IDM work), is now fetching over $160 on eBay.  I bought it new from PBE
for about $15 just a few years back.

Skip

-----Original Message-----
From: Alexander S.Kunz [mailto:lx at neurowerx.de] 
Sent: Friday, June 17, 2005 12:59 PM
To: Jackthetab on the Faxlist
Subject: Re: (fax) Hello

Hello Jack & Trevor (and everyone else),

17-Jun-2005 21:06, you wrote:

>> I'm curious as to what you guys are labelling as "psytrance".  Can
you
>> give me some good track titles I can use as a reference?  I'm sure
I've
>> heard the music, it's just that I've never heard that genre label
>> before.

> psytrance, also known as psychedelic trance of goa trance. i am not
sure
> when this genre of music actually started, but my ears first heard
this
> back in 1994 (seems like 1994/1995 were great years for music).
projects
> such as, infinity project, hallucinogen, growling mad scientist, man
with
> no name etc...

Very good breakdown & artist names that really marked the genre, indeed.

Some more maybe (those that releases more than one album and were pretty
well known) ... Total Eclipse and Space Tribe, Astral Projection (one,
if
not THE major israeli act), Infected Mushroom, the famous italian guys
Etnica/Pleiadians, my personal all-time favorite Cosmosis, Shakta aka
Digitalis aka Somaton, to name the most famous acts. You know any of
these,
Trevor?

Old & rare psytrance CDs (like Pleiadians or Blue Planet Corporation)
are
sold on ebay at pretty high prices, US$50 to US$250... my copies of
Pleiadians "I.F.O." and Cosmosis "Synergy" *almost* hurt... :-)


> there were many albums put out which were still considered psy trance,
> but actually were more mellow, ambient and downtempo. not the best
> example to use, but spirit zone recordings used to release double
cd's.
> disc one was trance with some 4/4 beats, and the second disc was more
of
> the ambient with a mellow beat material.

The Infinity Project & Simon "Hallucinogen" Posford created quite a lot
of
remarkably beautiful ambient stuff, I dare say that most of the FAX
heads
here would appreciate it!

For example TIP's "Mystical Experiences" album, and the two albums from
a
collaboration of the two called "Shpongle", the two "The Mystery of the
Yeti" album come to my mind as well, and the "Eclipse" compilation.
Maybe
you want to check it out, or drop me a private note for some samples,
you
won't regret listening into the stuff.

-- 
Best regards,
 Alexander (http://www.neurowerx.de - ICQ 238153981)

My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was 60. She's
89 now, and now we don't know where she is.

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