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  1. Loved both of them, thanks for suggesting! Dub trees was really interesting. But it's weird, now when I listen to Shpongly songs (e.g. magnetica) like some of them I feel "well, already heard", but when I think it's from 2000, I feel better :-)! It's not exactly the focus of the thread but I'd like to share a great funky song with you: Waterjuice - Next steps
  2. Yay new ideas! Many of you cited Kuba that I never heard of. He's on my list now :-). Actually, I used the word classic but maybe I shouldn't have. The idea was to make you cite albums that you really love. :-) I'm trying to think as well, it's indeed a tough question! Yiannis, I didn't think of the physical CD problem because I'm a much more recent listener than you are, so I've got most things in digital, even though I like to have some CDz and LPz! Anyway thanks, your lists are wonderful sources of inspiration.
  3. Hey! If you had to choose like around 3 albums that you played and played over and over again in the psybient / psychill / downtempo realm, what would be you pick(s)? I'd love to discover some albums that you really consider classics. Cheerios
  4. Haha I like it a lot. For non-French (I don't know how famous he is outside), the singer with the moustache hiding in the song and behind the raccoon is Georges Brassens. One of the most famous French singers. And for those who know Georges, you should check La pompe moderne: (clearly non ambient, nor psychedelic!)
  5. Thanks Floyd 2.0. I watched the documentary a few days ago. Was great to update stuff I've been looking into a few years ago. Feel the need to explore again :-), especially substances I'm not familiar with yet. I like the way psychedelics (I'll use this term even though they don't really agree on which one to use: psychedelics, entheogens ...) are seen as a possible way to discover things, or even to heal. I like also how Dennis McKenna insists that it's no panacea and that it's possible that you're still addicted or depressed or stuff, but it shows one a way. I'd have liked a little more info on how it affects the brain but maybe we simply don't know because of lack of research. DMT everywhere, in each and every plant or animal, that's fascinating. I don't really know how much one can relate psychedelic experiences with traditional faith, especially through the "ersatz" of eating and drinking the body and blood of Christ, and the amanita muscaria proofs are quite dodgy I think. Maybe the artists had tried them and wanted to play with the public, but the overwhelming majority of the artistic production does not refer to it at all which makes it quite difficult to believe that all these psychedelics were behind everything. I guess (but it's pure speculation) that the use of these in Christian countries was more or less the same as now quite early after taking over other religions. And shamans turned into witches. I don't really like the almost conspirationist view that some of the interviewed people adopted. These "drugs" have such a bad press that probably most rulers are simply biased against them without even having tried. And even if they are not biased against them, the vast majority of the public is, and it would be a threat to the politician's own agenda to defend them. They would appear as drug addicts and be pushed out of the scene I guess. These are almost non acceptable opinions on the public sphere. We can apply Chomsky's example about the media (in manufacturing consent): saying that Saddam is a terrorist is easy because it has been said again and again but saying that the United States are a terrorist state is not easy because you have to develop thoroughly to explain that kind of revolutionary idea. Replace "Saddam is a terrorist" by "psychedelics are bad drugs" and "the United States are a terrorist state" by "psychedelics can take you to higher dimensions" ... Plato's cavern metaphor seems very attractive to me to explain these behaviours. And Noah, I'm a little more skeptical about the giant footprint haha. A single footprint does not make the case for the existence of giant on Earth to me ... Cheers
  6. Haha this search is kinda overwhelming! But I didn't even try like this :-)! I'll probably find new good albums! I like this album of Ashtech released on Interchill as well, I think it deserves a mention: https://interchill.bandcamp.com/album/walkin-target I guess there are already too many references anyway!
  7. Hey, Psydub is great! Love it :-). For starters adding to other references that were given earlier in this topic, you can explore this page: http://www.ektoplazm.com/style/psy-dub You can explore different downtempo genre while listenning to this amazing compilation: http://www.ektoplazm.com/free-music/dj-basilisk-the-colours-of-ektoplazm Ethneomystica VA are particularly good, I love Globular. Ott is of course a fav (staring with Hallucinogen in Dub, and others, and soon another album). You can find more or less tribal psydub there: https://shantiplanti.bandcamp.com/ And this is a label focused on psydub: https://dubmission.bandcamp.com/ Enjoy :-)
  8. Alright, lyrics can be psychedelic, but very often, when I'm listenning to an album or something, when I stumble upon lyrics (especially that I understand) I get very annoyed and I feel the urge to skip! :-) I think you've got the right point about the multi-layers effect. Brain trying to fit all the signals into a usual one resulting in strange things happening. I guess I would understand better if I tried to make some music :-). Would more easily see the difference.
  9. I like your answers guys! To me, it's about going to places using a magic carpet, like flying high in the friendly (or not so friendly) sky, allowing exploration, bridge making in my brain. About lyrics, that's a problem for sure, with downtempo electronica they usually annoy me (indeed for lyrics I can understand mostly, like an Indian or Arabic etheral voice is alright). However, I don't feel it's the case with other styles of psychedelic music. See for instance free your mind and your ass will follow or the rest of Funkadelic music, or many psychedelic rock bands from the late 60s, even though the effect is not the same. The focus for now has been on what is the consequence of psychedelic music, like what are the effect of it. I also wonder on the technical side where the frontier between psychedelic and non psychedelic music lies. When I listen to something, I can almost instantly say, hey that's psychedelic, or that's not psychdelic, even before boarding the magic carpet. Would you have an idea on what can create that difference? I don't know anything about music making!
  10. Nobody's interested? Too bad! I though it would be a subject worth investigating. :-)
  11. Hi, I've asked this question to many people who gave me many different answers. Would you have your own?
  12. I've been listening to ambient which was not designed to be specifically psybient (probably the name didn't really exist at the time), with artists such as Brian Eno, Klaus Schulze, Jean-Michel Jarre around 2007. Then someone made me discover Sphongle around 2011, instant hook as many here, never left it :-). Then I discovered all (or maybe not all I hope!) Posford work, amazing. I guess when you say that all electronic music flows from these albums, that may be true, but why not go even before (Kraftwerk), or even before before (Stravinsky), or bef ... I guess there's a whole history of interdependence, evolution or music (there's a nice introduction by Wax Tailor on this topic: 'How shall I start a story that has no beginning?' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWlFVEfVNxU) Will try Children of the bong, thanks.
  13. I love your label, thanks for all the great music :-)!
  14. Glad you like it. Try these guys as well: http://le-bonk.fr/?page_id=123
  15. Yeah maybe that's why there are so many free albums. Is it expensive (apart timewise) to make an album? I know it depends :-). But would you have a range? I guess it's different to finance the Culprate album which is acoustic / electronic and a pure electronic album. I may be entirely wrong, don't hesitate to correct me. It's a good way to make your music known as well. I do buy free music, by giving donations when I can (proof! https://bandcamp.com/nicolaspaget ). How do artists make money (except from the big shots)? Is it enough to make a living to give sets during festivals and parties?
  16. Hey, What kind of equipment do you have (I'm not talking about headphones since there's another topic)? Would you have any recommendations? I considered buying this, but it's a little too expensive ...
  17. To remain in the old school, there are some videos by Kraftwerk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkuUuBt7nrE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXa9tXcMhXQ (Please tell me if I'm outta scope here!)
  18. It's not the usual downtempo of psybient website, but Gong, the old psychedelic rock band made a video for a song which is nice (and flying on their old teapot): They deserve a mention! (Check Camembert Electrique for fun) Here is a page of (quite static) videos from Cryo Chamber (Simon Heath (Krusseldorf) dark ambient label): https://cryochamber.bandcamp.com/video Well, I'm not sure you can call these "videos" since there is often like some snow falling from the sky... :-)
  19. And try this wonderful album by Erik Truffaz and Murcof (it's only a teaser here): Psychedelic, dark, jazzy, downtempo Illustrated by Enki Bilal
  20. I love this one (as well as the cover of this VA): Usually, this artist is more into upbeat music, but this one is downtempo.
  21. Sorry, dunno why the second link has the same address, try Shrodinger by the same band
  22. What about this one? Anachronic Electro Orchestra It might be a little more DnB than expected, but full of Baklan Energy (and the Shaddock clip is great)
  23. Thanks for organizing the poll. The first spots are well deserved. I'm impressed by the quantity as well as the quality of these albums. Many of these albums are offered for free by the artists on Ekto or bandcamp or elsewhere. I guess that's quite an interesting side of the general philosophy behind all this. Self-release and self funding (such as Culprate [he deserves to be on the list], or Ott) are quite interesting example of what we can do with the internet. The independence that emerges from this is amazing. Didn't know lab's cloud, will listen to that.
  24. Hi all, I am Nicolas, from France. Everything started with psychedelic rock from 66-70 to which I listened a lot, exploring as well psychedelic soul, funk, hip-hop and all kinds of psychedelic stuff (without neglecting the non psychedelic :-)). Love music anyway. A friend took me to Hadra in 2009 and it was kind of a shock, became immediately a fan of both psytrance music and the crowd spirit evolving around it. This music was introduced in my body and never left it. Wasn't that much into artists and all (I like the anonymacy around it) but I discovered Shpongle which was the trigger for deeper exploration. Love psytrance at parties, but at home, I really love downtempo, chill, psydub, psybient positive or dark. Really happy about the existence of this website that I discovered through Gagarin which will, I hope, create a community around downtempo, a little explored subject. In life, I'm right now trying to finish a PhD on water management. I am looking forward to seeing some of youz at Ambiosonic soon :-). Cheerios to all of you!
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