More Freebies: April 2009

Welcome to another monthly round-up of free psytrance releases that didn’t make the grade!

First and foremost, Abakus has released a free MP3-only album entitled The Jaguar Session that can be download after signing up for the mailing list on his MySpace profile. It is very similar in style to his latest album, We Share The Same Dreams, but a bit more upbeat. Individual tracks from the album are for sale in lossless format via Juno. Usually I don’t post anything where you have to jump through hoops to get at the music but this release is an exception.

As always, I have a bunch of darkpsy netlabel compilations to share, starting with Shamanicaros Volume 2, and Circles Of Hell: Avernus, all of which are available in both MP3 and WAV format. Mind Expansion released an interesting compilation entitled Borderline (click on the free downloads link to access this one) but a WAV version is not yet available. I also ran across a few dark releases by individual artists: Extazya’s Mental Cage album from Anomalistic Records and the Putrefaction EP by Neural Dysorder, a Brazilian act. Both of these are available in lossless.

Now for the MP3-only releases (most of which I don’t even bother with, to be honest). The German netlabel Multiplex Records released Mutant Star’s second album, Forest Keeper, which allegedly features “complex layered sounds, hypnotic synth-melodies and some guitar riffs.” BetaChronic Records released a pair of new compilations, Art Vision 2 and Insane, in the “uplifting” full-on style (I think that means modern “nitzhonot,” or victorious trance). Unfortunately they code their site in Flash so you’ll have to root around for them if you’re intrigued. Catalyst Records, a Mexican netlabel, has released two compilations featuring acts like Tor.Ma, Ital, and Urantia that can be accessed after agreeing to some legal terms. The style is probably somewhere between full-on and progressive. Phasetech is out with another pair of tracks on archive.org; download the MP3s here.

Finally, if you’re a fan of Anakoluth you might get a kick out of hearing him Live In His Bedroom. More info, including a track listing, can be found here. One more set for all you dark psytrance lovers: wi’][‘ch, from Triplag, live at Antigravity.