Ender « Emergence »

Ender comes from the mind of Jesse Sugden from Australia. Downtempo with powerful beats and a nice psychedelic touch.

1. Find the Source 9:53
2. Spiral Through the Veil 8:01
3. Lower Entropy 6:25
4. Revelatory Phenomena 6:26

Emergence was released on 12^th of November 2014 via NJOI Muic’s Bandcamp page.

It is a thoroughly enjoyable EP of downtempo music with nicely done varied beats and a hint of psy influence. The biggest downside is the fact that it’s over after just half of an hour. While it was released by NJOI via Ektoplazm a mere nine days later under a Creative Commons license, you may want to support the artist by buying it on the label’s Bandcamp page.

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Emergence ℗ 2014 Ender ℅ Jesse Sugden

Emergence by Ender is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
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Carl Sagan’s Ghost « At the End of It All »

Carl Sagan’s Ghost is an ambient music project of the American composer Daniel J. Davis. With a name like this it is obvious that I need to show it to you!

At the End of It All is an album from 2009.

1. At the End of It All 4:12
2. Increasing Pressure 6:01
3. Hallowed & Hungry 5:04
4. Solitude I 4:45
5. Solitude II 5:29
6. The Patience of a Saint I 9:49
7. The Patience of a Saint II 7:21
8. The Patience of a Saint III 6:18
9. Take a Moment 6:23

At the End of It All was released on 4^th of December in 2008 on the netlabel Soft Phase under a Creative Commons license.

The music is a very quiet electronic ambient album. It has a drone in most of its tracks with very subdued melodies and - at least to me - an early eighties feeling. Some of the tracks seem like Vangelis making space drone. Most critics gave this album rave reviews. It deserves a whole lot of the appreciation but unless you’re in a somewhat meditative or relaxed mood it may not carry you through its entire length. Beyond that it is just wonderful.

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At the End of It All ℗ 2009 Carl Sagan’s Ghost ℅ Daniel J. Davis

At the End of It All by Carl Sagan’s Ghost is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Unported License.
Based on a work at https://archive.org/details/sfp10flac.

Xenofish « Datastasis »

Xenofish is the German producer Christian Becker. Datastasis is his fourth album.

1. Datastasis 6:01
2. Geiranum 6:55
3. Primeval Pattern 6:13
4. Zero Velocity 7:33
5. Disordered Minds 5:26
6. Twinmachine 5:38
7. Shattered Phantasm 5:49

Released on 17^th of July in 2014 through Ektoplazm under a Creative Commons license, Xenofish has created an album that takes a playful attempt at psychedelic drum & bass that digresses into any genre neighbouring with electronic psy music that Christian Becker felt likely intrigued to explore. The result is surprisingly concise and plays like charm. The worst I can say about this album is that in the end the album as a whole makes a better impression than each single track on its own. But then again, this weakness is also its force.

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Datastasis ℗ 2014 Xenofish ℅ Christian Becker

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Based on a work at http://www.ektoplazm.com/free-music/xenofish-datastasis.

Mellow Sonic « Dreamcatcher »

Mellow Sonic is one of the many projects of German producer Sandro Kreher.

Dreamcatcher is maybe its 22nd album (judging by Discogs’s list).

1. Twilight Skies feat. Shen Nevan 6:39
2. Monsoon Flowers 8:41
3. Discovery 6:39
4. Icarus 6:35
5. Frequency 5:55
6. Pandora 7:20
7. Nanobots 6:06
8. Dreamcatcher 6:05
9. Sapphire 6:42
10. Terminal 6:21
11. Intergalatix 7:45
12. Meltdown 5:10

Originally I didn’t want to include this album, self-released on 3^rd of September in 2014 through Ektoplazm under a Creative Commons license, due to its weak beginning but upon listening the whole album decided to give you the pleasure.

What’s wrong with the beginning? Well, the music is promoted as being psychedelic drum ’n bass but even Sandro felt that the first track digressed too far that he invoked his alias Shen Nevan, used for post rock music, as an indicator for the difference. And after that it takes a while to get into the spirit of psychedelic and atmospheric drum and bass. It’s overall effect remind me of the 2003 sci-fi horror film with the same name adapted from Stephen King’s novel: I quite liked it but felt it will hardly convert anyone who doesn’t already like this kind of thing and even those will have a thing or two to complain. Still, you might want to give it a try…

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Dreamcatcher ℗ 2014 Mellow Sonic ℅ Sandro Kreher

False Identity « Community of Me EP »

False Identity is the psy dub project of Charles Bartlett from Salford in the UK.

Community of Me is his first release.

1. The Perpetual Wandering of the Ly-Cilph 11:43
2. Intersection Dimension 8:28
3. Every Branch Must Bend 10:18

The Community of Me EP was self-released on 15^th of November in 2014 by False Identity under a Creative Commons license. It’s an EP with three psy dub tracks, with psy dub being ambient dub with a psychedelic soundscape reminiscing the way psytrance or psybient creates it atmosphere. It’s distinct reggae feel is a bit unusual at first but eventually makes perfect sense.

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Community of Me EP ℗ 2014 False Identity ℅ Charles Bartlett

Reflection « The Art of Magic »

Reflection is the dark prog-psy project of Gibb Tartaris, a music teacher from Canberra, the Australian federal capital.

The Art of Magic is the autobiographical tale of a “mathemagician” on a journey to discover frequencies and wavelengths infused with a perfect balance of mathematical and magical harmonies. In essence, this album attempts to use the power of mathematics to trick people the way a magician would.

1. Magicians World 9:49
2. Mathemagic 9:20
3. Mental Tricks 8:11
4. Mind Games 8:43
5. The Pledge (Part 1) 8:51
6. The Turn (Part 2) 8:46
7. The Prestige (Part 3) 9:13

The EP The Art of Magic was released on 1^st of August in 2014 by Glitchy.Tonic.Records under a Creative Commons license. While released for free, you may want to support the artist and buy the album from Bandpage.

Musically it’s a somewhat subdued progressive psytrance with nice sound effects - I guess being subdued with sound effects is what all the sites call the zenonesque bit of progressive trance. I personally prefer my psy with a bit more oomph because at an average of eight minutes a track appears to have never gone off the ground but still, it’s nice and maybe never going boom is a paradox worthy of Zenon of Elea.

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The Art of Magic ℗ 2014 Reflection ℅ Gibb Tartaris

Kalila wa Dimna // Liquid Frequency

Kalila wa Dimna is a compilation of dark and forest psytrance from India which in itself is fascinating with Goa being the father of psytrance and all. It was compiled by LiquidNoize and released by Liquid Frequency.

1. Fuzulu - Kharaki 7:45
2. BloodClot - Multiverse 6:40
3. Silent Horror - Kalilax 7:31
4. Farebi Jalebi - Anasazi 7:42
5. BrainDrop - Sample Based Bug 8:00
6. LiquidNoize - Weeping Willow 6:34
7. Hydropanic - Apocalyptic Vision 7:28
8. Triamera - Kaha (Silent Horror Remix) 7:28
9. Devic - Naruto 8:10
10. Cacofonix & Alien Trancesistor - Vantara Vichitra 5:49

Kalila wa Dimna was released on 21^st of December in 2010 via Ektoplazm under a Creative Commons license. As I’ve mentioned before, this is a compilation of Indian psytrance, primary source of my initial fascination. The artwork by Arnab Basu helped too. But the overall effect was less awe-inspiring than I had hoped for. Still, not a bad track to be found. Best tracks are Anasazi by Farebi Jalebi, Sample Based Bug by BrainDrop and Apocalyptic Vision by Hydropanic.

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Kalila wa Dimna ℗ 2010 Liquid Frequency