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I thought I was pretty hip to psytrance, but I guess not because I don't recognize any of these artists. How can there be a whole psytrance guide without mentio

I thought I was pretty hip to psytrance, but I guess not because I don't recognize any of these artists. How can there be a whole psytrance guide without mentioning 1200 micrograms, Infected Mushroom, or Shpongle?

JoeSamoa 7y ago
This. Felt incomplete to me also for these reasons.
fb03 7y ago
I was desperately reading every "notable artists" under each box trying to at least find Shpongle, even if it was mislabeled. Was disappointed in this as well. It is a very insightful guide with good overall info, but it's missing some key points.
- marzell 7y ago
  Shpongle is psychedelic, but is it Psytrance? Posford also did Hallucinogen which was properly Psytrance.
xaphod 7y ago
At least they got Hallucinogen up there.
- unlivingthing 7y ago
  But no Skazi. :(
  - forthispurpose 7y ago
    Skazi would be Dark Psy I guess? They did get Fungus Funk in there :)
hajhatten 7y ago
Too mainstream
empath75 7y ago
Because those acts are 20 years old at this point, grandpa. (I know how you feel tho)
- dylan604 7y ago
  It's in the same vein as trying to talk to younger kids about movies that were released before they were born. So much content is coming at them that they just haven't watched (or heard music) much older stuff. It's not that they are against it, they just need to be introduced to it.
  - tannhaeuser 7y ago
    Hm, the 18-20 year olds I know know EVERYTHING from YouTube; they are really digital experts in past urban trends. I had a discussion (and subsequent alcohol excess where an old communist joined-in) on a customer event the other month with mid-20s customer supporters who described themselves as neo-punks (with lots of metal in the face) and were big in "dark" music and knew every single politically-incorrect dark metal band from the 90s. Also, it's not uncommon to enjoy a Jean Gabin or Film Noir movie, say, for the ones I know.
- arpa 7y ago
  Hey, CBL made the cut. I think the path was released in 1998... Vibrasphere is also ancient, as was juno reactor. It is also very weird to see psybient classified as a sub genre of psytrance and with prominent artists such as Shulman missing. Not the best list in my humble opinion.
emptyfile 7y ago
Well yes, if you don't know any of the artists on there then you don't listen to psytrance obviously. This is a modern guide to current genres and almost all tracks on it are released after 2010 (yes even the Goa tracks are recent, its not dead). This is not a history of psytrance guide, if it was it would be huge. BTW Sphongle definitely isn't psytrance, and Infected Mushroom isn't well regarded in the underground.
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- dylan604 7y ago
  The first couple of IM album were well regarded, that's why the backlash was so pronounced starting with BP Empire. By the time they started singing, I think the underground threw up their hands and walked away.
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- NuSkooler 7y ago
  > BTW Sphongle definitely isn't psytrance, and Infected Mushroom isn't well regarded in the underground. Nonsense on both statements. Shpongle crosses all sorts of spectrum's, and certainly into psy/etc. trance. While some sort of music elitists may try to consider IM as "too mainstream" at this point, they certainly were not that way for many years. Talk to just about any modern artist in the genre about their heavy influences and you'll find Simon Posford (Shpongle) and Infected Mushroom.
Dirlewanger 7y ago
Yeah, was surprised by lack of mentioning Shpongle. They're in a different league as far as musicianship/composition amongst psytrance artists (though more recent albums haven't been as impressive and varied).
stef25 7y ago
> Shpongle Mr Posford no longer wishes to be associated with psytrance ... he's distanced himself from it a long time ago saying it went totally stale.
- marzell 7y ago
  Shame because Hallucinogen was great (Shamanix and a few other tracks were truly awesome) and Celtic Cross was a ton of fun. I wish there was more like this, but Posford is pretty singular in this arena IMO.
saidajigumi 7y ago
How can there be a whole psytrance guide without mentioning 1200 micrograms, Infected Mushroom, or Shpongle? Thank you; I came here to flip this exact table. Especially regarding Infected Mushroom. See also: Astral Projection. harumph. /me goes off to flip some more tables. (More seriously, I do appreciate this site's work to both reveal artists working in the genre and illuminate the sub-genres.)

JoeSamoa 7y ago

This. Felt incomplete to me also for these reasons.

fb03 7y ago

I was desperately reading every "notable artists" under each box trying to at least find Shpongle, even if it was mislabeled. Was disappointed in this as well. It is a very insightful guide with good overall info, but it's missing some key points.

marzell 7y ago
Shpongle is psychedelic, but is it Psytrance? Posford also did Hallucinogen which was properly Psytrance.

xaphod 7y ago

At least they got Hallucinogen up there.

unlivingthing 7y ago
But no Skazi. :(
- forthispurpose 7y ago
  Skazi would be Dark Psy I guess? They did get Fungus Funk in there :)

hajhatten 7y ago

Too mainstream

empath75 7y ago

Because those acts are 20 years old at this point, grandpa. (I know how you feel tho)

dylan604 7y ago
It's in the same vein as trying to talk to younger kids about movies that were released before they were born. So much content is coming at them that they just haven't watched (or heard music) much older stuff. It's not that they are against it, they just need to be introduced to it.
- tannhaeuser 7y ago
  Hm, the 18-20 year olds I know know EVERYTHING from YouTube; they are really digital experts in past urban trends. I had a discussion (and subsequent alcohol excess where an old communist joined-in) on a customer event the other month with mid-20s customer supporters who described themselves as neo-punks (with lots of metal in the face) and were big in "dark" music and knew every single politically-incorrect dark metal band from the 90s. Also, it's not uncommon to enjoy a Jean Gabin or Film Noir movie, say, for the ones I know.
arpa 7y ago
Hey, CBL made the cut. I think the path was released in 1998... Vibrasphere is also ancient, as was juno reactor. It is also very weird to see psybient classified as a sub genre of psytrance and with prominent artists such as Shulman missing. Not the best list in my humble opinion.

emptyfile 7y ago

Well yes, if you don't know any of the artists on there then you don't listen to psytrance obviously. This is a modern guide to current genres and almost all tracks on it are released after 2010 (yes even the Goa tracks are recent, its not dead). This is not a history of psytrance guide, if it was it would be huge. BTW Sphongle definitely isn't psytrance, and Infected Mushroom isn't well regarded in the underground.

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dylan604 7y ago
The first couple of IM album were well regarded, that's why the backlash was so pronounced starting with BP Empire. By the time they started singing, I think the underground threw up their hands and walked away.
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NuSkooler 7y ago
> BTW Sphongle definitely isn't psytrance, and Infected Mushroom isn't well regarded in the underground. Nonsense on both statements. Shpongle crosses all sorts of spectrum's, and certainly into psy/etc. trance. While some sort of music elitists may try to consider IM as "too mainstream" at this point, they certainly were not that way for many years. Talk to just about any modern artist in the genre about their heavy influences and you'll find Simon Posford (Shpongle) and Infected Mushroom.

Dirlewanger 7y ago

Yeah, was surprised by lack of mentioning Shpongle. They're in a different league as far as musicianship/composition amongst psytrance artists (though more recent albums haven't been as impressive and varied).

stef25 7y ago

> Shpongle Mr Posford no longer wishes to be associated with psytrance ... he's distanced himself from it a long time ago saying it went totally stale.

marzell 7y ago
Shame because Hallucinogen was great (Shamanix and a few other tracks were truly awesome) and Celtic Cross was a ton of fun. I wish there was more like this, but Posford is pretty singular in this arena IMO.

saidajigumi 7y ago

How can there be a whole psytrance guide without mentioning 1200 micrograms, Infected Mushroom, or Shpongle? Thank you; I came here to flip this exact table. Especially regarding Infected Mushroom. See also: Astral Projection. harumph. /me goes off to flip some more tables. (More seriously, I do appreciate this site's work to both reveal artists working in the genre and illuminate the sub-genres.)