Ektoplazm’s Greatest Trips features 50 tracks and more than 6 hours of some of the finest music distributed through the Ektoplazm free music portal from 2008 to 2012. Compiled by Basilisk, Ektoplazm’s founder, this retrospective project showcases the immense diversity and creative vitality of the global psychedelic trance, techno, and downtempo movements. Prepare yourself for an unforgettable trip through sound as Ektoplazm’s audio alchemists bend time and space, probe at the membrane between worlds, and explore hypnotic, twisted, and sublime states of mind. Featuring artwork by Jonah K.

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Interested in reading more about this project? Check out The Making of Ektoplazm’s Greatest Trips. New to the site? Check out A Beginner’s Guide to Ektoplazm.

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Anakoluth is back with another psychedelic odyssey into the depths of outer space and the human imagination. The Beyond Reach EP from Cronomi Records features four kaleidoscopic tracks that blend the cavernous rhythms of deeply minimal psytrance with dazzling cosmic melodies and hints of old school Goa trance. Anakoluth‘s clean technical style has already won the respect of fans around the world, and with this release he exhibits an evolution in both sound production and musical arrangement. This release has been mastered by MP3 Download | FLAC Download | WAV Download · Download count: 21,020.

Released under a Creative Commons licence for noncommercial usage. Be sure to download Anakoluth’s Dwelling In The Void EP if you enjoy this release!

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Dwelling In The Void features four slow-burning arrangements from Swiss newcomer Anakoluth (Roman Hunziker), a talented young producer on a mission to meld minimal psychedelic techno with elements of cosmic Goa trance. Drawing influence from artists such as Zerotonine, Sandman, and Atmos, Anakoluth has developed an uncommon style incorporating cold hypnotic rhythms, eerie droning atmospheres, and mesmerizing melodic climaxes. Turn out the lights, pump up the volume, and set out on a mental voyage into the vast interstellar depths with Dwelling In The Void from Ektoplazm.

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Licensed under the Creative Commons for noncommercial usage. You are encouraged to share, copy, broadcast, and perform this release! Mastering for this release has been provided by Sensient of Zenon Records, Australia. In addition to the MP3, FLAC, and WAV packages available for free download, this release is also available for purchase on CD.

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Update: check out the reviews on Psynews and Isratrance!

Simmetry And Kaos marks the debut of Mind Experience, a netlabel founded by A3k and Serial Freak. This global compilation features menacing material from producers based in Greece, Portugal, Switzerland, Israel, and Brazil. Simmetry And Kaos emphasizes the dark side of psychedelic trance without being monotonous–it also contains a couple of excursions into deeper realms of night music, particularly evident in the case of Anakoluth’s eerie closer. Septagram provides one of his strongest offerings yet and the Claw remix of an old Paranoize favourite is not to be missed. This release has been partially mastered by Bash (tracks 6 and 10) and artwork has been provided by D-Sign.

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This release is available under a Creative Commons licence.

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Mainspring Motion is the second compilation from PAR-2 Productions, dually based in Japan and the United States. The theme of the release can be described as “timeless,” as expressed in the press release:

Time, evolution, progression. In the world of music, nothing is static. The passage of time gives us variations on themes, revives old forms, and gives us the tried and true. Time also brings listeners the unexpected, pushing the envelope and evolving into ideas divergent from which came before. PAR-2’s belief has always been that a storming track is a storming track regardless of style, content or age. Rather than focusing on the narrow boundaries of what’s “in” at the moment, Mainspring Motion is an exploration of many faces of psychedelic trance from its early days, to the present, and into the future. It is what it is, and it is what it isn’t. A good track does not degrade over time. In fact, as time passes we realize the excellent qualities of a production and can look back to see the truly innovative forms that shaped music going forward. Good music will always work well regardless of stylistic variations.

PAR-2 Productions initially released the 192k MP3 preview version of Mainspring Motion under a Creative Commons licence but has recently expanded this licensing to include lossless versions of the release as well. That’s right; you can now download Mainspring Motion for free in WAV and FLAC with the blessings of PAR-2!

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I know just how much work has gone into this release as well as how much of a financial loss it has been for PAR-2. If you still make use of physical media, the CD version of Mainspring Motion is available for purchase directly from PAR-2 Productions’ web shop at the low cost of USD$10 including international shipping. Other web shops stocking this release include Saikosounds (International) and Psychedelic Garden (Japan). Should you enjoy the uncompromising creativity of this daring release, be sure to show your support!

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