loki
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Posted : Mar 8, 2011 10:03:12
It's funny how I still feel better posting this here than anywhere else on the internet, though I'm hardly making psytrance anymore. But as psychedelic EDM evolves from fragile, tentative, and easily classifiable beginnings, I think we have an opportunity for the creation of exquisitely mind-bending, sublimely groovy and endlessly creative dance floor music. Full-on still rocks, but creativity is stunted by sheer overload of new tunes coming out from pros and newbies alike.
When I look back a few years from now on what I've done musically, I want to say that I helped move Psy-EDM away from it's rigidly genre-focused beginnings into a state of creative flux, where the only important things are innovative sound design, psychedelia and groove.
Just my 2 cents. Enjoy the new Psystep tune. Peace out.
Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it but your living room. ~Kurt Vonnegut
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jeeboomba
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Posted : Mar 8, 2011 10:32
i agree with what you think about music and the boxes we put it in... i like anything that is tripy to hear(to my ears of course )..
on the trak.. you got good groove going there.. very nice sounds and good flow.. me like the changes and the evolution
love the bass 4.35 on.. what kinda musik influence u for this trak? can you recommend some stuff?
peace
loki
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Posted : Mar 8, 2011 11:42
Sure, and thanks for the good word.
First and foremost, I'm really digging Bird of Prey these days (amazing psy-breaks/psy-dubstep). I found him by accident looking for "psystep" and was amazed.
I'm also loving Opiuo (parts of the bass you mentioned at 4:35 is definitely a nod to Opiuo). chunkiest, fattest rhythm section right now in EDM.
Kino Oko is getting a lot of plays right now in my house; that sort of groove building and playfulness is ill.
The psytrance greats Logic Bomb, Hux Flux, and Koxbox will always influence my soundscapes, FX, and melodies, and you can hear little bits and pieces of them.
On the dubstep side, oldschool Skream definitely had a large part in the rhythm construction. Simple, no-frills, and groovy with a nice shuffle. Listen to Rutten and you'll pretty much hear this bassline... shhhh!! Also, The Widdler puts the "dub" back into "dubstep" very well, and I like to draw from his ideas.
Bassnectar's genre-bending is inspiring as well. I don't like his newest releases much, but the older albums Mesmerizing the Ultra and Underground Communication were basically on repeat during this tune's writing. It's his music that really made me realize how much swing-quantize was essential in making that slick, shuffling groove.
There are others that usually inspire me (the Zenon guys: Tetrameth, ShadowFX, Sensient, and Moses; some ripping psytrance like Rastaliens, Random, Cosmosis; some techno with incredible groove-building like Extrawelt; and of course always, always, always Shpongle & Simon P) but they aren't as much obvious/direct influences in this particular tune.
Whoa. There's a lot of good music there from plenty of psy/EDM genres. Fuck yeah.
Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it but your living room. ~Kurt Vonnegut
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jekvan
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Posted : Mar 8, 2011 20:31
What is your soundcloud account?Got some good shit going on there...
Specialy love that wild west athmosphere,good stuff right there,specialy that harmonica (the thing from the movies,what bandits used to play in bars)...
loki
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Posted : Mar 8, 2011 20:50
the harmonica was my buddy playing over the same bassline at a lower tempo/different key... he didn't actually know i was recording him. i sped up + pitched it to fit with the C natural minor, then chopped it up so it fits with the tune.
some places it fits REAL nice: 5:54-5:57 turned out wicked. and that final lick at the outro. actually, the original ending featured him laughing when i said 'yo shuttup i'm done recording' but i cut that out Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it but your living room. ~Kurt Vonnegut
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kylistar
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Posted : Mar 8, 2011 22:16
Never really liked dubstep, but you got it going here
Flubber
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Posted : Mar 9, 2011 18:01
This is suberb work man, i realy enjoyed listening to it ...
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loki
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Posted : Mar 23, 2011 20:06
thanks mate! i favourited your psybreaks tune on soundcloud before i saw this post
i like that tune better - alien transmission - but this is pretty ill, too. yeeehhaaa for genre bending!
Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it but your living room. ~Kurt Vonnegut
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panike
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Posted : Mar 24, 2011 01:34
not my type of music,but regardless of that, you did a great job on that one!
loki
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Posted : Mar 24, 2011 22:29
Thanks! I had tons of fun making it. It wasn't "my type of music" until recently - but I just have much more fun dancing to funky, trippy, deep dubstep than 4-to-the-floor cheesy psytrance these days.
Still love my trance, though Eventually, I would be very happy to mix psytrance into my psystep sets. FUCKYEAH!
Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it but your living room. ~Kurt Vonnegut
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Posted : Mar 29, 2011 23:27
Man, your churning em out now! Sounding brilliant. Hey Psyolopher! What's up Dolli? Haven't spoken in ages, it's your friendly neighbourhood Craic Addict here.
Got some new ones at SCloud lads but I'll post the links when they're in better shape. I guess you fellas know my *ahem* incredible work rate by now! https://soundcloud.com/craic-addict
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