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Shopping for Psytrance - please advise
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Maine Coon
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Posted : Oct 16, 2011 19:39:41
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Greetings. 
After combing through my files, I finally got rid of all the pirated music that I do not intend to buy. Now it’s time to make good on my promise to myself and pay for the albums I do want to keep. So, please, help a psytrance shopping noob here. I have a few questions:
- Which psytrance shopping sites are best in terms of variety/completeness of their music selections?
- Which sites are best in terms of customer service (for that inevitable time when a cracked or unplayable CD arrives)?
- Which sites are best in terms of shipping to different destinations? I am interested mostly in shipping in/to the US and (perhaps a different distributor?) in/to Russia and Ukraine.
- More of a curiosity: which sites have been nicest to the “blue names”?
Finally, is there a site (or a couple of sites) that is a winner in all categories I mentioned?
Thank you for your advice.
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Synergic
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Posted : Oct 16, 2011 20:45
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a3k
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Posted : Oct 16, 2011 20:57
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i only buy from Beatspace.never had any troubles with them and also from times to times they send a freebie
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Login
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Posted : Oct 16, 2011 22:29
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I get all my psytrance from ektoplasm theses days, but I used beatport back in the day..
One hell of a problem in the psytrance scene is that there is no way purchase some of the classic albums in digital format.
I would like to purchase many of album's from the 90's 
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demoniac
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Posted : Oct 16, 2011 23:36
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MR VOMERS
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Posted : Oct 17, 2011 02:56
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If you want triplag music, there's a west coast distributer, i'll get you the info for that, other than that, beatspace is the best bet prolly.
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Gizmo77
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Posted : Oct 17, 2011 09:54
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I also recommend Beatspace |
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Maine Coon
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Posted : Oct 17, 2011 14:21
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Beatspace that is then. Thanks.
Are they OK shipping to the ex-USSR? |
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Fometrius
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Posted : Oct 17, 2011 14:39
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On 2011-10-16 22:29, Login wrote:
I get all my psytrance from ektoplasm theses days
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Let me sign on that statement.
Besides that Psyshop could be an alternative. Beatspace to.
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Gizmo77
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Posted : Oct 17, 2011 16:33
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On 2011-10-17 14:21, Maine Coon wrote:
Beatspace that is then. Thanks.
Are they OK shipping to the ex-USSR?
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I'm sure they're shipping. Is there any shop which refuse?
Also they have registered shipping much cheaper then psyshop for example |
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Perma Fry
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Posted : Oct 17, 2011 20:01
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Beat Space
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Vermeee
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Posted : Oct 18, 2011 01:31
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Dreamkeeper
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Posted : Oct 18, 2011 07:26
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Which psytrance shopping sites are best in terms of variety/completeness of their music selections?
i prefer to buy on bandcamp, if music NA., then beatspace, for digital download.
Which sites are best in terms of customer service (for that inevitable time when a cracked or unplayable CD arrives)?
http://www.permafrydistribution.com (in n around india)
overall winner; no idea as i buy digital n cd frm different sites. and about the places u want it shipped no idea abt that either.
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Yidam
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Posted : Oct 18, 2011 08:21
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there is so much good free music out there nowadays, if you have a taste that doesn't ride the mainstream roads then you can get almost all you need for free. been populating some free netlabel links on:
http://liquidfrequency.com/links/
for the digital marketplace have been buying from: http://www.addictech.com/
the style is niche though (no psytrance but solid downtempo)
for physical all the good suggestions have been made... the best one really depends on where you're located. Usually try to buy the CDs directly from the Label or Artist but have always liked beatspace.com as the big shop because they pack their CDs very well. Robin@Triskel sometimes puts out some great deals on CDs too.... for example ... http://www.triskelemanagement.com/promotion/arabesque/arabsale.html
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Basilisk
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Posted : Oct 18, 2011 23:47
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Back when I was still buying physical media I swore by Saikosounds. Not sure if their service has changed in the last two years but they always had the best (if not the newest) selection, and were way friendlier than, say, Psyshop. Shipping from HK to Canada was extremely quick too.
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