Portuguese netlabel Ultravision Records is out with their first release, the eponymous Ultravision compilation. The sound is dark and heavy, but not exactly darkpsy; this release has more of a full-on or South African feel to it. MP3 and WAV download links are available from the Ultravision homepage or Isratrance. Ultravision has an ambitious release schedule; their second compilation, Traumatic Levels, is due out in just a few days. Watch for it on their MySpace profile.

Following up on the success of last year’s full-on compilation Positive Reaction, SOM and the PsyRussia netlabel have returned to bring you the sequel: Positive Reaction 2. You might have some trouble finding a proper download link, however—all I’ve unearthed is this MP3 version on Rapidshare, but I know for certain that a WAV version exists (somewhere).

Seroxat has also released four promo tracks in WAV format—check out this thread for download links.

The early “Full Moons” compilations from Cosmogenesis Recordings have been remastered and are now available for download in MP3 format from Ektoplazm. Download them here: 100 Full Moons (2004), 80 Full Moons (2006), and 70 Full Moons (2006). If you like these, be sure to check out the main Cosmogenesis Recordings profile here on Ektoplazm to see what else they have to offer.

100 Full Moons

80 Full Moons

70 Full Moons

Cosmic Flower Records has recently released their latest project, Cosmos, a 22 track MP3 compilation featuring material from Jikkenteki, Cybernetika, SatanicElectro, Skyhighatrist, and many other new artists.

Nitzhonot netlabel Eutuchia returns with another MP3-only compilation this week: Trance Karahana. Eutuchia specialize in “victory trance,” a somewhat obscure sub-variant of psytrance that emerged from Israel and Greece in the mid-nineties. Nitzhonot is characterized by a lot of melody, big climaxes, and zippy laser-like kick drums—an acquired taste, for sure.

Insane Chaos Circuit Records, a new darkpsy netlabel on the scene, has recently released their debut compilation: Mind Loopers. With names like Psychoz, Cosmic Iron, Jyro, and Battlefield, expect to hear some rough and aggressive night-time noises. Lossless files are available but you might want to scope out the promotional thread on Isratrance to figure out what to grab.

Finally, a few more poorly promoted promos have been circulating on Isratrance: a somewhat GMS-like full-on album by Static Nation (MP3), an 8-track promo album from Terranoise (WAV), and a 4-track EP of high-BPM darkpsy from Ankur (FLAC).

P.R Productions released the free darkpsy compilation Ritual Of Harakari this week, featuring tracks by LAB, Necropsycho, Catatonic Brain, Red, and others. It looks like a massive collaboration, with Ganika, Vessy, Akuryou, Kerberos, and Narcosis taking credit for track selection with support from Babaganousha. Mastering in this case has been accomplished by Noise Gust and there are two different sets of covers, one or both by someone named Cartoon Head. This release is fairly good for a darkpsy netlabel release but it is not available in lossless quality—only 320k MP3. If that doesn’t faze you, head on over to archive.org to download it, and feel free to leave them some feedback on Isratrance.

Digging into the archives, I discovered that I don’t have any public links to the Entropia compilation from Helicon Sound System, originally released in the summer of 2007. This aggressive release features mind-bending work from artists like N.O.M., Narcosis, Secret Society, and Fomenth. If you enjoyed Diana, The Moon Goddess or other HSS releases, download Entropia direct from Ektoplazm in MP3 or WAV format.

Also released this week is the Made In Space EP from BlooDSucK Records, Brazil. They have made both MP3s and WAVs available. Is it any good? I don’t know. You tell me! Visit this thread on Isratrance to provide them with some feedback.

Psylent Buddhi has just released a collection of older material on last.fm entitled, fittingly, 1997 to 2003. Some of these tracks will be familiar to visitors who have been coming back to Ektoplazm for many years now—Psylent Buddhi was one of the first artists I ever promoted on the site—and others might ring a bell for those who browsed traxinspace.com back in the day. These songs were written with “an eclectic combination of Impulse Tracker, Rebirth, Dreamstation and Acid,” and the style is generally old school Goa and acid trance with a few downtempo productions thrown into the mix.

Unfortunately, the master files for most of these old tracks were lost long ago, and the sound quality of some of these songs has suffered as a result. Psylent Buddhi writes a little more about in this blog entry. It is still worth a listen, particularly if you are into the old school sound or happen to remember Psylent Buddhi’s productions from back in the day.