stub004 wrote:

Hi all,

I'm looking for some dark prog suggestions. I DO NOT mean dark-psy. I'm looking for progressive trance without the euphoric, happy edge, such as:

FREq - 'Strange Attractor'
Anton Chernikov presents. Crystal Verge - 'Nightmare'

Thanks in advance.

stub004 wrote:

Another example is:

Antix - 'Forever Changing (Vibrasphere Remix)'

outofprintrecords wrote:

Try Zenon and Cosmic Conspiracy records.

Infra303 wrote:

yeah exactly... Sensient - Antifluoro is a masterpiece!
Zenon is the way to goo... I concider it to bee the most interresting progressive-label atm... still releasing quality, darker a bit twisted progressive.

stub004 wrote:

Zenon just doesn't do it for me, unfortunately.

I find a lot of their stuff too minimal and also missing the chunkier basslines that labels such a Iboga seem to push. I really like that fuller sound.

Gizmex wrote:

Crotus records maybe?
Similar to Iboga is Iono music, Spintwist, some stuff from Synergetic

Infra303 wrote:

hmm could work... but a quite tricky question though...
But i don´t find Iono, Spintwist or Synergetic espacially dark...
Sure groovy... Some of the ZMA-stuff ? like Various - Battle Royal

However I really like some of the flow-stuff... A compilation I really like is: Various - Echoes Here we gets kind of a crossover between Progressive and Full-On... Psygressive ?

Or why not Echotek

Or get on the quite heavy stuff: Manibus - Escape or Opsis

And I surely recommend you to have a look on: Headstick Recordings

I hope I was to any help :D

stub004 wrote:

Thanks Gizmex!

Synergetic is exactly the kind of stuff I am looking for, and I had never even heard of that label. Some of their stuff sounds a bit cheesy, but otherwise pretty good.

Iono I'm not hugely impressed with lately. They are putting out some good stuff, but then also some very generic material too. The 'Pathfinder' compilation was pretty boring I thought.

stub004 wrote:

Thanks Infra also.

I found a few good tracks with those recommendations.

Infra303 wrote:

:)

Psypher wrote:

Iono's new VA - Generic Drift is rather dark.

Ironic title? the Prog genre is starting to run dry. Starting?!

Ekto-Basilisk wrote:

Check out a few of my recorded sets:
http://www.ektoplazm.com/mixes...ive-at-eclipse-2009/
http://www.ektoplazm.com/mixes...ive-at-dreamcatcher/

The key is to ignore 90% of the standard/conventional prog-psy coming out these days. It's all rehashed nonsense; nothing new since Strange Attractors (2004)... but if you start to examine the borderlands of psytrance and techno you'll find plenty of really good psychedelic dance music coming out these days.

myrath wrote:

check out Bitmonx & DJ Fabio - Plugged. It has a strong, non cheesy sound.

other interesting labels are:

already mentioned Cosmic Conspiracy Records
Electric Power Pole Records
Bio-Sine Records

but those are maybe too similar to Zenon Records (which i love), even if their sound is harder.

another good and new album is Solar Spectrum - Planes Of Existence

Infra303 wrote:

FANTASTIC !!!

This is easy the best cd I´ve bought this year, all genres.

stub004 wrote:

Further examples would be Ticon - 'In The Dirt' and Nasa - 'Legolam', which are half full-on/half progressive but still have a more sinister edge.

Any more recommendations?

psypras wrote:

look out for sinister silence.. they are working on a album with some progressive 138 bpm madness..

ectomorphine wrote:

probably Ectima "No Way Out"

ectomorphine wrote:

probably Ectima "No Way Out"

ectomorphine wrote:

probably Ectima "No Way Out"

ectomorphine wrote:

my computer become mad, sorry