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Member Since: Nov 01, 2002
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Rated 141 releases, average: 4.06
Location: UK
Profile: Psychospehre, since 1998

Mainly a collector of Psy-Trance CDs, especially anything that was made between 95-97.
Under the belief that good music can be appreciated by everyone!
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Psychonauts (3) - 07-Aug-05 02:38 PM
Even though George Pantelidis did not seem as the front face of the group, and few people actually remember his name, he did have a rather respectable production in terms of music, and has shown his skills in 3 more projects of his own. The names were Q-Base, Synthia, and Scubadriver (or misspelled Scubadiver). Unfortunatelly none of those productions can be posted here as they were only included in limited Dj Promos, or Magazine bonus CD releases. The group had various collaborations with many artists of the time, and Verros did retain the name Psychonauts for some productions made only by him and an external collaborator. When George became unavailable for a period of time, Mike focused more on his other project called Buzzcraft with Panos Kyriazis. The Psychonauts group never really got back together, even though more work was on the schedule.

DNA Productions (2) - Virtual Jungle - 10-May-05 11:47 PM
This is a historical collaboration according to my opinion. I have never seen all these names actually working together to produce one CD. It happens in compilations but not in single collaborative productions. All the contributors are now considered in today’s long existing top names in psy-trance. It was only expected for the tracks to be one of the same. They represent the sound of the future. I know that the people that used to listen to this CD back in 97, and for the next 6 years, they didn't think much of it. But if you pay attention in the sound complexity and build up, in almost all the tracks, you will realise that music like that just started being developed in 2004-2005. The guys have been six to seven years in front of their generation with this production. It belongs in a unique shelf with some of those Tsuyoshi ones! The most innovative track is "Etheogenic Spiral", and the hardest one is "under the Witch".
Track 1 has a very deep base that you will end up remembering forever, and yet it is filled with minimalistic sounds and sequences.
Tracks 2 is a bit slower, using similar sounds but with such high complexity and changing of scales that does indeed belong to the future. The sequence ends up sounding like a guitar riff, without it being one.
Track 3 fast and whirling, one could say it's one of those Hallucinogen signature tracks, with an amassing acid break down at about 3 minutes, that states what you are dancing against here.
Track 4 is the most representative track of the whole CD, quite minimalistic, deep base and flowing smoothly through all the melodic sequences.
Track 5 goes quite hard again, at a slower pace this time, with a sample from the film dune as I remember, when the main character sees the second moon and realises the sign to go forward and take over the planet. A few sub-drum sequences are also quite notable.
Track 6 overdoes it slightly with the minimalistic acid scalings, therefore creating a very psychedelic atmosphere throughout the whole track.
Track 7 is a bit faster again, with sharp beats, and a good balance of acid sequences, synths and effects.
Track 8 is the peak of minimalisation on the CD. The sounds are sharper than ever. One would think that sounds like these are not appropriate for making music, but yet riktam and avi are doing very well here!
Track 9 finally, a well promoted track by Olli, with those weird baby sound effects, but a good build up and break out. The track while still in the minimalistic style, does differ quite a lot from the rest of the tracks. The style belongs more in Olli's unique composition techniques, while still using what is available in the DNA studio.

The sleeves contain some good graphics, also indicating that it contains Trance, on the side under the tray, eradicating any possible misidentification as Jungle (drum & bass) music.