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FiJ @feeflefifski.bsky.social · Sep 26

Enjoy this trip
Enjoy this trip
Enjoy this trip
And it is a trip

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Basilisk/Ektoplazm @djbasilisk.com · Sep 27

Ishkur's guide to electronic music showcases the wrong mental model to use when thinking about musical evolution. Music, like most culture, evolves rhizomatically, more like bacteria or plants than vertebrates. This effect is especially pronounced under globalization and pervasive internet use.

The Great Regression · Feature ⟋ RA

Basilisk/Ektoplazm @djbasilisk.com · Sep 26

Into psytrance at all? For too long leading voices in this subculture have been silent about (or even openly supportive of) Israeli war crimes and the ongoing genocide. Sign this open letter of solidarity with the Palestinian people (and be sure to confirm by email)! openletter.earth/psytrance-in...

Psytrance in Solidarity

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Basilisk/Ektoplazm @djbasilisk.com · Sep 26

RA dropping an absolutely scathing evisceration of gentrified Afro house and the blandness of mainstream club culture in 2025. ra.co/features/4469

We've all seen it: Keinemusik's dead crowds, Ibiza VIP platforms, Euro-washed Afro house. 2020s mainstream clubbing is an algorithm-smoothed spectacle that rewards mediocrity. Yet it's booming. Rachel...

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A Cyborg's Eye View, by The Mobeus

Basilisk/Ektoplazm @djbasilisk.com · Sep 22

Essential reading about "psywashing", the process by which global psytrance culture is captured by Israeli ultranationalists to deflect criticism of (and ultimately legitimize) the ongoing genocide. Major festivals are complicit in their silence and booking choices. In Spanish but easily translated.

El Salto @elsaltodiario.com · Sep 16

🇮🇱Own Spirit y ‘psywashing’: cuando la cultura trance sirve para legitimar a Israel y el genocidio en Gaza.

✍🏻María Giaever y José Angulo Fernández.
🎨 @sanchosomalo.bsky.social

https://elsal.to/43997

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Basilisk/Ektoplazm @djbasilisk.com · Sep 20

Over the years I managed to collect almost every one of those releases with the exception of three: Circles of Mania and Over The Sunrise, both obscure compilations... and the unreleased promo album by The Mobeus, which only recently saw the light! unreleasedgoarecords.bandcamp.com/album/a-cybo...

29 track album

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Basilisk/Ektoplazm @djbasilisk.com · Sep 20

I went through the TRiP archives and made a list on Discogs featuring every release covered in their reviews, 274 in total. For those of us learning about Goa trance from the internet it defined the limits of the genre as we were all trying to make sense of things. www.discogs.com/lists/TRiP-R...

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Commission’s 72-page legal analysis cites examples including scale of killings, aid blockages and forced displacement * Middle East crisis – live updates A UN commission of inquiry concluded on Tuesday that Israel had committed genocide in Gaza and that top Israeli officials including the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, had incited these acts. It cited examples of the scale of the killings, aid blockages, forced displacement and the destruction of a fertility clinic to back up its genocide finding, adding its voice to rights groups and others that have reached the same conclusion. Continue reading...

Basilisk/Ektoplazm @djbasilisk.com · Sep 20

TRiP was my introduction to psychedelic trance fandom and discourse online. It was active from around 1996 to 2000 and offered taste-making music reviews, event listings, and pseudonymous discussion forums. Before it went offline I archived everything... it makes for a fascinating time capsule 👽

A screenshot of the homepage for TRiP circa 2000. The tagline reads "THE INTERACTIVE PSYTRANCE FORUM" and there are six buttons around the graphic, each leading to a different section of the site.

Screenshot of the album reviews page on TRiP circa 2000. This is classic pre-Y2K web design complete with lens flare and table layout. Pleiadians - Family of Light is listed as the top, and the very last released is Demented from Twisted Records.

Screenshot of a music review page on TRiP circa 2000. This is the slightly older format in yellow on black. The review is for Deviant Electronics - Brainwashing Is Childs [sic] Play.

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Basilisk/Ektoplazm @djbasilisk.com · Sep 17

Back in the late 1990s I was so into spinning wax that I actually went to the trouble (and expense) of pressing a dubplate to mix some CD-only tracks: Jaïa - Maï Maï and Nuclear Ramjet - La Chevauchée Fantastique. I wonder where it ended up?

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · Sep 16

Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, says UN inquiry

www.theguardian.com

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Subvert @subvert.fm · Sep 10

We're continuing to grow our cooperative network and reached a new milestone. 1,000 Labels.

Independent labels, artists, supporters, and workers are all joining together to build something needed after two corporate sales: a collectively-owned Bandcamp successor.

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Basilisk/Ektoplazm @djbasilisk.com · Sep 10

Sven Väth swimming with dolphins in this idyllic early 90s chill-out music video is quite the vibe 🐬 www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZKV...

Sven Väth - L'Esperanza (1993) HQ

YouTube video by skv90s

I have 6000 records. How did I choose them?

Basilisk/Ektoplazm @djbasilisk.com · Sep 9

My old friend Ukiro started a new channel to discuss record collecting and hi-fi audio gear... but mostly music! This video is something I *really* resonate with; collecting can easily become hoarding, and it's very possible to take this hobby to unhealthy extremes. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJK0...

YouTube video by ukiro music

Basilisk/Ektoplazm @djbasilisk.com · Sep 4

I found these cassette tape scans in a retro trance group on Facebook. Apparently they're from Goa Gil's collection and, judging by the track listings, probably date to the 1987 or 1988 season. It's a fascinating blend of early new beat, electro-industrial dance, and acid house.

Six scans of cassette tape labels from Goa Gil's collection likely dating to 1987. Hand-written track listings show some of the selections likely played in Goa at that time.

Basilisk/Ektoplazm @djbasilisk.com · Aug 28

Fun fact: if I were to burn my digital DJing crate (all the hand-picked tunes I'd ever DJ with now stored on a series of external drives) I'd use up something like 8,600 CDs. I have somehow set aside 16 continuous months of music that I might conceivably work into a mix sometime.

Basilisk/Ektoplazm @djbasilisk.com · Aug 28

I miss many things about the early 2000s but burning, marking up, and maintaining CDs is not really one of those. I had a policy of never bringing originals to gigs so I used to carry two huge binders with 256 CDs apiece.

Basilisk/Ektoplazm @djbasilisk.com · Aug 11

My music library has a list configured to deduplicate tracks based on audio CRC-32 values... and out of 300k+ files there is, amazingly, one unexpected collision!

The surprising couple? Atom Heart's pounding Urban Primitivism - 684 and MentalImage - Uninhabited Planet from the Gliese 581C netlabel.

Xenarius Vs Laserbreak - Lunar Chronicles

Basilisk/Ektoplazm @djbasilisk.com · Aug 11

I love how hi-tech chews up the music of last century and spits it out of a railgun at escape velocity. Recognize that vocal sample? soundcloud.com/multidimensi...

GET IT @ BANDCAMP: https://multidimensionalmusic.bandcamp.com/album/xenarius-future-chronicles Multidimensional Music is proud and happy to present the Debut album of Xenarius and Friends

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No Fear Kali Is Here, by Demoniac Insomniac

Basilisk/Ektoplazm @djbasilisk.com · Aug 4

Browsing the Active Meditation catalogue and stumbled upon Skoll Streik, a hard-as-nails darkpsy tune by label boss Demoniac Insomniac, sampling Greta Thunberg! "We have come here to let you know that change is coming, whether you like it or not..."
activemeditationmusic.bandcamp.com/album/no-fea...

11 track album

activemeditationmusic.bandcamp.com

Perplexer - Acid Folk (Official Video)

Basilisk/Ektoplazm @djbasilisk.com · Jul 31

Amazingly this isn't the only bagpipe rave tune with a campy PV out there... remember Perplexer? The previous track came out a year earlier so I wonder if they were just riffing on the idea or what... www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXnW...

YouTube video by Abstructure

Celtic Kings Of Rock - Rave The Brave

Basilisk/Ektoplazm @djbasilisk.com · Jul 31

Sometimes you just have to marvel at the incredible kitschiness of 90s rave music. Gotta love the state-of-the-art 3D graphics in the video too... www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4jH...

YouTube video by Luke L

Basilisk/Ektoplazm @djbasilisk.com · Jul 30

The psytrance subreddit is going "no politics" to smother support for Palestine and criticism of Israel's genocide, plenty of which seems sparked by the recent drama of Skazi pulling out of Tomorrowland.

"If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor." 💡

Screencap of a mod announcement in the psytrance subreddit:

Political posts will temporarily no longer be allowed in this sub. Posts about Israel/Palestine, flags, etc. have been inundating this sub recently and every post inevitably turns to fighting that has absolutely nothing to do with psytrance.

The hatred and vitriol in the comment sections put the community at risk of being banned. This is a music sub first and foremost, and while you are allowed to have strong opinions on geopolitical matters, they are better suited for geopolitical subs.

I have maintained a relatively hands off approach to moderating, as I prefer to let the community decide which direction it takes, but the discourse lately has been too inflammatory and off-topic. This is not meant to suppress any particular viewpoint, and is only a response to the incessantly hostile rhetoric.

I will be posting moderator applications soon. The politics moratorium is not permanent and the new mod team will decide together on how much political discourse will be allowed going forward. Until such a time, I will be removing political posts and posts that have nothing to do with psytrance.

Cronocrator (16-bit), by Zendumm

Basilisk/Ektoplazm @djbasilisk.com · Jul 28

Catching up on what Irori Music put out since Ektoplazm went into hibernation and this hi-tech release from 2020 is an immediate WOW signal. It ticks all the boxes: killer bass-heavy beats, transcendent atmospheres, a good balance of glitch and groove. irorimusic.bandcamp.com/album/cronoc...

7 track album

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Basilisk/Ektoplazm @djbasilisk.com · Jul 28

Skazi: "My message has always been and will continue to be: one of unity, joy and mutual respect."

Also Skazi: "We will dance on the ruins of Gaza."

Screenshot of an excerpt of the previously linked article reading:

Asher Swissa, who performs under the name Skazi, has been criticised in Belgium for supporting the Israeli army and condoning genocide. Swissa refers to himself as a "combat DJ" and has performed for IDF soldiers in the Gaza Strip free of charge.

On Friday, De Morgen reported that Swissa had also worked on the music for a propaganda video about the Israeli army which contained the Arabic lyrics, "You came like rats from a sewer... We will dance on the ruins of Gaza”.

Positive atmosphere

"My priority is to ensure a safe and positive atmosphere for everyone involved," Swissa wrote on Instagram. “My message has always been and will continue to be: one of unity, joy and mutual respect.”