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    tuculuxu got a reaction from yiannis in Where do you live?   
    That's a nice idea.
     
    I used to live in Paris, but after spending a while in Laos, I couldn't stand it anymore. Athens is grey, you should try Paris, the sky is always grey.
    Living in Montpellier, South of France right now, in a house with chickens, nice garden. The city is great: old (around the 11th century) student town, very living, nearby the sea (although not directly on the coast), mountains nearby, great weather, much less expensive than Paris. Less culture of course, but the supply is way enough not to get bored by places and not to meet always the same people, so there's anonymity as well. There's even a psytrance (with even a psychill side) scene which makes it even better.
     
    I'm coming back from a buddhist retreat in that nice temple, one hour from Montpellier. Feel full of love for the world (despite the recent attacks in Paris ...).
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    tuculuxu reacted to little psaya in All times best(s)   
    i actually composed this last Sunday all morning. It is my first reply here and I recognize a lot of people's name here for a quite while and I have a lot respect so I will make my first a bit formal.
     
    my favorite 3 all time albums

    thank you for raising such a question! Because I have been thinking of this question for such a while now, I just can't sit around but must add my little vote of favorites. My opinions are often controversial, so I would add such preface, please if you do not like my opinion, delete it, ignore it and never remember it again. Anyway, here is my 3 votes and the reasons I thought very long behind it.

    No.1: Vibrasphere - Selected Downbeats Volume 1, 2006, Cloud 99 Music
             Entheogenic - Spontaneous Illumination 2003 C.O.R.N. Recordings

    These two albums are equally No.1, I am very surprised nobody has mentioned Vibrasphere so far. They sure didn't do a lot of down-tempo, psybient, but Volume.1 is just amazingly great, each and every single track within that album is at least 4 and 5- star quality creations. And especially ice flow, and northern sunsets. And here is my controversial opinion... Music at their best format, it is not only about technical skills, it is not just about vast experience, it is not even about great rhythm, grand story, it really should have such elements to touch your soul... music to the ears is not enough at this level, it is music to nourish your heart! And that precisely is why I vote for Vibrasphere.

    Vibrasphere is part of the Northern European music style, understated yet catchy beautiful music flow, a lot of people talked about Carbon Based Lifeforms, Lauge and Baba Gnohm has more or less the same style. I would detail in Northern Sunsets why Vibrasphere stands out. Vibrasphere has this very delicate and very pure uplifting energy that really touch your heart. Northern sunsets sounds more like a morning sunrise in Northern evergreen forest, I am very impressed with that piano-like high notes, (and the reason I feel more like a morning song), it is like a little fairy, imagine Disney's Tinker Bell, not flying around usual little castles, flowers, but flying around all these grand, high high treetops of the Northern-land. She dances, kisses the little green tip of snow-covered branches, all around there, air is crispy cold and crystal clean, and she just dances and hi-ing all on top of these high-above evergreen pine trees. That ambiance can really fill your heart with so very pure, very touching, very uplifting emotions.  It gives me tears and makes me realize going high is not an absolute concept, and really so far, I haven't heard any other music reaches that level of soul-highness.

    Entheogenic is really on the other side of Vibrashere's pure and innocent ambientscape. If Vibrasphere's album manifests the yang energy at its best, Entheogenic manifest yin energy at its best. Every single track in Spontaneous Illumination is super abundant in its musical ingredients, very rich and super diverse, and that psychedelic trippy surprises is at every turn of the music flow. Pagan dream machine really epitomed the spirits of it all! Even its very name, says it all! It makes my heart so in awe of this nature. And for me, it really knocked my mind wide open, now I know music can be done like that, and after that, every time, I hear crow's caw-cawing, I think of pagan dream machine.

    No.2: Tripswitch - Circuit Breaker 2005 LSD Liquid Sound Design
             Cell - Live At Kumharas 2007 Ultimae Records

    Within all Ultimae, I like Cell's music the most, and it is because of this album. Cell's music has the usual Ultimae sound characters, but mostly on the lighter side. Even among Cell's own creations, Live at Kumharas is very unique. Hanging masses is good, then it is more or less Cell's usual style. There is something very special about Live at Kumharas. I would exclude the last track Shiny girl though to make it consistent. The soundscape is just so distinct from the very beginning, otherworldly in a very soothing yet dynamic way, a lot people like to use ethereal to comment on certain music, and I would say this album is the most clearly defined ethereality in music in general. And the children's voice in and out of the music flow... makes up the entire album's impression as well. The music feels like a child, he/she is far and you don't know girl or boy, and that is the very point. It speaks of a young child's heart and soul, the music energy is delicate, and there are dreams, but it doesn't offer Vibrasphere's that sort of clear positive energy, children doesn't understand hope or anything so crystal clear, it is like "hopefulness", that something beautiful to expect, but quite vague, misty, remote, you hear it, but not knowing where to reach it..... Ultimae artists are super good at constructing music soundscapes, but inducing that elusive emotional touch, I would say this one has done best. I rather believe Mr.Cell must had some very special moments in Kumharas to come up such an album. You can concentrate to create music, you can even have psychedelic assistance , but have something so unique and out of ordinary of even your own cirlce, it must be that sort of crop-circle moments.

    Tripswitch's album is not about divine moment inspiration, it is a very solid and classic album, every single track is like well tested and well received. You can put down a lot of the compliments people speak about Ultimae here, and it is all perfectly same valid for this album. So I will not repeat. But then why Tripswitch, I like his classic yang energy and that balance of music soundscape and music meaningfulness. I am not sure if I should say this, it is just a maybe, because I see more and more people going that direction, but sometimes, it is more possible to "roll your own" when you work with a team.

    No.3: Phutureprimitive - Sub Conscious 2004 Waveform Records
             Spectrum Vision - Lost Space Device 2008 Sentimony Records

    I am really very pleased to see Phutureprimitive mentioned many times here. He is, in someway like Tripswitch, but more so a blackhorse, he reminds me a little bit of Alanis Morrisette. Phutureprimitive's album is very compact and has a very clear defined structure, every track is a development of the whole story, and there is not a single moment to let your suspense down. Isn't that extremely hard to achieve?! It is down-tempo psybient and meanwhile it is a nonstop action-packed soundtrack! His album, as a whole, technically speaking, is even or better than some of the top 4, his minor weakness, is that elusive soul power, you are in awe of that magnificent music soundscape mansion, but not necessarily feel so close to your heart.

    I am a little proud that I am the first to mention Mr.Spectrum Vision here. And I haven't heard people quote his music often enough. The materials he put into this album can make 10 fairly good quality albums. I would exclude Track.8 to make it even better and more integral as one piece. Mr.Spectrum Vision's strength and the best feature of this album is how he process the natural voice samples.... The voice samples are very exotic, and so everywhere, they are not just supporting actors, actresses in this music drama, they are the show.... and they have this very rare raw, wildness energy... I don't know if this is a good comparison, Entheogenic's music is groundbreaking in merging all natural sounds in one, Spectrum Vision is groundbreaking in make these wild voices more human-like.... And I must mention how he create and change his beats. They are very very beautifully designed, crystal clearly executed and always ever-changing! It is really a perfect combination, match up for all that ancient, raw voices. This is not just talent, it is a huge amount of meticulous labor to make this album. Thank you!

    All right, I am done with my long reasoning of my 3 favorites. I can't just give a short list without my full considerations.... like you must vent out your long pent up admirations! Now, I feel much relieved, chilled out....    thank you again...  
     
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    tuculuxu reacted to Jatab in Need recommendations - psydubby jazzy something :)   
    Have you ever tried some of productions from Bill Laswell?  As  bass player, he  did many awsome cooperations and psy oriented - dubby jazzy albums, like eg. this one below 
     

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    tuculuxu got a reaction from Bakelite in Ott - Fairchildren (2015) [self-released] (psydub, ambient, chill, downtempo ...)   
    Hi people,
     
    Ott released a new album!
     

     
    Enjoy, I'm enjoying it right now, even though, for now, I think it's Ott making Ott :-). I hope I won't have the same feeling as with the last Shpongle album ...
     
    Cheerios
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    tuculuxu got a reaction from Spinnet (One Arc Degree) in Say Word, Random News Exchange, Basically this topic is open for anything   
    Ha, nice stuff! :-) Looking forward to hearing more about that!
     
    Cryo chamber, Simon Heath's (the guy behind Krusseldorf and many many other stuff) dark ambient label, usually develops stories behind albums:
    https://cryochamber.bandcamp.com/
     
    Atrium carceri, or Sabled Sun are developing concepts, and we are to follow explorers in dark sceneries.
     
    Do you know of such artists that developed albums as whole concepts?
    I'm thinking of David Bowie, Serge Gainsbourg (L'histoire de Melody Nelson, l'homme à la tête de chou), Zappa (We're only in it for the money), and probably many others.
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    tuculuxu reacted to Spinnet (One Arc Degree) in Say Word, Random News Exchange, Basically this topic is open for anything   
    I hear you.
     
    We are in the finishing stages of our debut album for the One Arc Degree project and we developed a short science fiction story which the music is actually the soundtrack for. This way everything makes sense: track names, track listing, overall mood, flow, graphic art, everything. It is so much more coherent that a bunch of tunes properly ordered. I would so love to be able to present it in video form as well...
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    tuculuxu got a reaction from Spinnet (One Arc Degree) in Say Word, Random News Exchange, Basically this topic is open for anything   
    That's quite interesting!
     
    Actually, I followed the same path, I like to thing about albums as artworks as a whole (music and cover, and sometimes, concept). After having listened to too many mp3s, I bought CDz, but was frustrated by the small cover, and then turned to vinyls and discovered that these albums were much more than the music, like with booklets and everything.
    And deepening the musical experience with technology is a great idea!
    Will follow this project!
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    tuculuxu reacted to Gagarin Project in Beautiful documentaries   
    timelapse
     

     
    "Slow" marine animals show their secret life under high magnification. Corals and sponges are very mobile creatures, but their motion is only detectable at different time scales compared to ours and requires time lapses to be seen. These animals build coral reefs and play crucial roles in the biosphere, yet we know almost nothing about their daily lives. Learn more about what you see in my post: notes-from-dreamworlds.blogspot.com.au/2014/03/slow-life.html 
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    tuculuxu reacted to Gagarin Project in Say Word, Random News Exchange, Basically this topic is open for anything   
    Friends,
     
    it is rainy day here today, i just came home after a piknick in a park with burner friends. The plan is to prepare a playlist for next events. But i had to make a small stop here to see how is going and to share a link in "What are you listening now".
     
    Sometimes i come here and i get this feeling of warmth, knowing that we are here together   Anyway, this post is to say anything you feel like , all in one topic post basically ;P  
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    tuculuxu got a reaction from yiannis in All times best(s)   
    Thanks for your answer Spinnet :-),
     
    wasn't around for a while, but I'll try now. Of course, these are probably not novelties for people, but anyway!
    Actually, I'm not listing albums that I have for the longest here. And apart for the first three, there's no real order.
     
    1 - Shpongle - Nothing Lasts ... but nothing is lost (exactly like you, eye-opener, mind-expander and all that. I went to some trance festivals and all, but I was never really interested in digging for real with artists names and all before that). Thank you shpongle
    2 - Globular - Self fulfilling prophecy (can't remember how many times I listened to this album)
    3 - Ott - All of them. One of the albums that I can play with people who are not that much into psy and who tell me "wow, what's this music, I love it"
    4 - Ethneomystica VA - I love their ambiance
    5 - CBL - can't tell which one ...
    6 - Mystery of the yeti and Kumba Mela Experiment
    7 - Tipper - Forward espace is amazing
    8 - Atrium Carceri - some albums. I really like dark ambient
    9 - Bluetech - Rainforest Vibration
    10 - Invisible allies - conversation with bees (brain massage :-))
     
    Cheerios :-)
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    tuculuxu got a reaction from Trala Lama in any of you listen to psydub?   
    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 :-)
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    tuculuxu got a reaction from AnimalSpirit in When did you start listening to psybient / psychill music?   
    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.
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    tuculuxu got a reaction from Tanya in Manifesting the Mind: Footprints of the Shaman (2009) [Full Documentary]   
    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
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    tuculuxu got a reaction from yiannis in any of you listen to psydub?   
    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
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    tuculuxu got a reaction from yiannis in Manifesting the Mind: Footprints of the Shaman (2009) [Full Documentary]   
    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
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    tuculuxu got a reaction from Jatab in any of you listen to psydub?   
    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 :-)
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    tuculuxu got a reaction from yiannis in What are you listening now?   
    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.
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    tuculuxu got a reaction from yiannis in What makes a piece of music (or art) psychedelic?   
    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.
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    tuculuxu got a reaction from yiannis in video clips   
    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... :-)
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    tuculuxu got a reaction from YuriNondual in Psy Balkan   
    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)
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    tuculuxu got a reaction from yiannis in Introductions (Say Hello)   
    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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    tuculuxu got a reaction from floyd2.0 in Introductions (Say Hello)   
    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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