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Jean Paul Gaultier: SS96 'Cyberbaba/Cyberhippie' Collection Tribal Tattoo Print Short-Sleeve Shirt (1996)

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Today's compilation:

Trance Psyberdelic 1997 Goa Trance / Psytrance

I honestly really couldn't tell you what the differences between Goa trance and psytrance are. They seem to be used interchangeably to describe the same type of psychedelic dance music, and for those that claim to listen to both, everyone seems to have a different opinion about what makes one and what makes the other. At the end of the day, It's all kind of inane and mind-numbing since there's no consensus, but Goa trance is a highly acidic form of trance that originated in the tiny coastal Indian state of Goa in the early 90s. Tourists from Europe then found their way to its beach raves and brought it back home, and Paul Oakenfold popularized it further in December of 1994 with the airing of his Essential Mix aka the Goa Mix on BBC Radio 1. In the US, it also found favor among both the cyberhippies and Silicon Valley-types who took psychedelics, and those two walks of life would coalesce together at Burning Man and provide a platform for the music in the Nevada desert. And for some reason, in the late 90s, it seems that people started labeling Goa trance as psytrance too 🤷‍♂️.

So, while I've never been able to say that I genuinely like this stuff, there are a couple tunes on this 1997 comp from the often underwhelming, LA-based Moonshine Music that actually managed to resonate with me a little bit. Trance Psyberdelic has a dark vibe to it, overall, and it seems to put its best foot forward with its 10-minute opener in "Dominion," by UX. But you have to endure all this fast and corny, acid stab-addled, eyeroll-inducing muck to get to its most transcendent part, which occurs in the second half, when a complete changing of the rhythm seems to suddenly occur.

I guess what Goa and psy basically come down to, though, is that you either fall prey to the foundational beds of acid stabs and squelches or you don't. And I definitely don't. And I love a thick, layered, textured, intricate sound where there's all these little pieces that make a dance track whole, and when pretty much any other genre does it, I'm blown away by it. But that's just not the case for me with this music here. Goa/psy appears to be an acquired taste, and while I've found a very small handful of tunes over the years that I do enjoy to some degree, I don't think I'll ever actually end up acquiring that taste.

No highlights.

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never stop dreaming

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This is how I record sets now. #ontheroad @mrkgmusic on driving duties gives me the chance to record my long-awaited new mix, on the way to @alldayidreamintheclouds and @natureofmusic at @stereomontreal after. Shaping up to be a stellar weekend! #alldayimix #inthecar #djlife #cyberhippie (at Ontario Highway 401)

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Don't forget to check out my remix of Safe In Sound by @sexwhalesmusic and @i.am.omri. I worked my butt off in this one and Im so proud of it and would love all the support. The link is in my bio. Lemme know what you guys think :) #edm #chill #electro #electrohouse #trap #dubstep #drumstep #remix #bootleg #cyberhippy #soundcloud #safeinsound

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Why Him?

Regie: John Hamburg         Gesehen am: 17.01.2017                 Wertung: 04/10

„Ich wollte dich nur beschützen.“

Eigentlich machte ja schon der Trailer von „Why Him?“ eine eher schwachen Eindruck. Die ausgelutschte Story vom etwas grimmigen Schwiegervater, der den Freund der Tochter nicht ausstehen kann im tausendsten Aufguss. Dennoch ertappte man sich bei dem ein oder anderen Grinsen und das ganze wirkte dann doch auf irgendwie charmante Art bescheuert, so das man am Ende mal einen Blick riskieren wollte. Gesagt, getan.

Im Kino zeigt sich dann auch, dass der Eindruck aus dem Trailer ziemlich genau ins Schwarze getroffen hat. Die Handlung und die Figuren sind einfach nur total dämlich. Die Gags sind in der der ersten Hälfte jedoch durchaus auf charmante Art bescheuert und können den einen oder anderen Lacher auslösen. An vielen Stellen wirken auch diese aber viel zu gewollt und versanden einfach nur im Fäkalismus. Auch das kann durchaus gut gemacht sein, man denke etwa nur an „Dirty Grandpa“, bei „Why Him?“ hat der Zuschauer aber bei Weitem nicht so viel Spaß wie James Franco, der seinen durchgeknallten, manchmal leicht zurück geblieben wirkenden Cyberhippie mit sichtlicher Freude spielt. Nach der zu erwartenden Versöhnung am Ende kommt es dann aber noch einmal richtig Dicke, als Gene Simmons und Paul Stanley von KISS ihren eigenen Mythos mit dem peinlichsten Gastauftritt aller Zeiten demontieren. Was zum Teufel war da los? Hollywood, you can be evil!    

Rico Handorf

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1990s Downtempo Playlist

Small update here to my slowly growing playlist of 90s downtempo tunes, with two fantastic additions from ‘93 and ‘94 to the Spotify version, both of which serve as some excellent, wholly engrossing, and lush chillout room fare 😌.

First song comes off of a cyberhippy compilation that was put out by the FFRR label called California Dreaming, which highlighted this psychedelic current of great electronic music that was coming out of the Golden State in the early 90s. It has a song on it called “Transmit Liberation,” by San Francisco group Single Cell Orchestra, and it’s an over 9-and-a-half minute piece of slow-moving, trip hoppy bliss.

Other song comes from a compilation put out by legendary Frankfurt label Harthouse, which was far more known for its trance and techno tunes. But this song, off of their Dark Hearts - Volume 1 compilation is by none other than Frankfurt’s own Oliver Lieb, who’s operating under his Ambush moniker here to deliver us some majestic, cinematic aquatica in a song called “Casablanca.” It’s a song you could picture soundtracking a dramatic, slow-mo cannon battle between two ships or something. And it has a tribal element to it too, with its drumbeat.

Single Cell Orchestra - “Transmit Liberation” The Ambush - “Casablanca”

And for the YouTube version of this playlist, I added those two songs plus another one from that California Dreaming comp that’s not on Spotify. It’s called “Cantamilla,” by an eclectic guy who was originally from Chicago but eventually made his way to Los Angeles named Tranquility Bass. In ‘94 he had a song appear on the Mo’ Wax label’s iconic Headz compilation, and in ‘97 he had an album that was released on Astralwerks, but before any of that happened, “Cantamilla” appeared on that California Dreaming comp. It’s a super chill trip hop tune with nice strings, sweet keys, and sampled bits of Cuban and Indian vocals. Pure early 90s downtempo and trip hop excellence.

Tranquility Bass - “Cantamilla”

Playlist is also on YouTube Music.

So, here’s where things stand, currently. You can choose to listen to the Spotify version of this playlist, which is at 33 songs and just under 3-and-a-half hours, or you can choose to listen to the YouTube version, which is at 56 songs and over 6 hours. I understand that Spotify is the more convenient option, but you know what the actual correct choice is here 😁.

And if both 3-and-a-half and 6 hours both sound way too long to you, don’t worry, because I’ve got a much shorter playlist of just downtempo tunes from 1993 as well, which clocks in at a little over an hour and 40 minutes.

1993 Downtempo: YouTube / YouTube Music

Enjoy this small update!

More to come, eventually. Stay tuned!

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