The first release from the netlabel Nocturnal Wizardz is an odious brew of night-time thrillers and killers, with BPMs ranging from 146 upwards to 158. This is the sick sound of the horrific underground, with tracks sourced from across the planet. Pay special attention to the Dark Elf! The original post on Isratrance might contain more information for those who are seeking it.

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Dark Noizez is a fresh release from Sonic Tantra, India. DJ Sid (aGhOri TanTriK) has compiled nine blistering tunes with an underground character in 320k MP3 format. If you enjoy the style of Nabi Records, Vertigo, and Devil’s Mind, then this is for you!

I am sure DJ Sid and Sonic Tantra would appreciate some feedback, and there is a thread open on Isratrance as well.

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Viktor Zolotarenko (aka Zolod), one of the forefathers of the darkpsy movement, as well as a key pioneer in the Russian trance scene as part of Parasense, has left this world January 4th, 2006. To honour his passing, DJ Lynch has compiled a massive selection of music from across the globe in his memory; Lost In The Forests features 23 tunes in 320k MP3 format.

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Luomuhappo provides another serving of gratuitously weird Finnish music, courtesy of Freakdance Records. Borealophitecus is intended to be recorded to a cassette with long road trips in mind. There is even artwork perfectly proportioned for a tape insert! Breakbeats and funky bass compete for attention with disco serenades, a remix to The Grid’s Swamp Thing, and the theme from Pac-Man. The songwriting is nothing short of bonkers–just the sort of thing to entertain mental cases young and old. But don’t just listen to me… Freakdance’s own promo copy sez it best:

There comes a bang and a flash from the highest peak of the MP3-revolution and old-school C-cassette copying culture. Luomuhappo – a mediocre visionary in falsely entertaining crap, now outsources his production.

Twisted disco, gangsta-trance, folk music, neo-tracker sounds and spugedelia. Suomisaundi? The going is hulva and hulvaton, so to speak. Purist-humppa. Musical quotations and references to here and there, back and forward. Some think it’s pure shit – but let us accept it. The listening experience may be as long and hard as french baguette breads found from the dumpster.

As a hilarious company game, you can search for familiar samples and presets. Like a little child knows, so does Benoilmeer von Naapmerap Assaam know; moving things are more interesting than still ones, bright colours are nicer than darker ones, and a good fiiling is much more fun than bad.

But that’s why we and other apes as well have colour vision, so that we can see which one of the fruits is ripe. And a hearing so that we can identify shitty music. You can masturbate the ears, like you can masturbate the brain.

Everything should have come; Panmarklar EP, neo-roots EP, gangsta-trance EP and I think a few others as well. Nothing came, except the remains of numerous projects. Here, you’re welcome. The name of the package is Borealophitecus. Which means “the ape of the north”. The name could be “shame” as well, as a reference to Jouko Turkka’s book and theme.

The songs have been handily mastered to different volume levels, and just make sure, the mixing has been fucked up as well. One could do things the other way – if one could or managed to. Let alone had the interest. Home taping won’t kill music, but mp3 killed the tracker star. You can tape this to a cassette and hobby habby craft the covers yourself. Then it’s good for listening to in a car. I don’t own a cassette player myself – or a car. So now you have a good reason to lend a car from your mother and drive with your shorts on to a shorts festival – or to the nearest gas station to bang your pant suspenders.

Intrigued? You should be. Download links follow.

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Neurological Broadband focuses on the chilled and experimental side of Finnish psytrance. Intended as a companion piece to Avatar, it features some of the strangest sounds released by Elixiria in 2005. If you enjoy this, check out the first free compilation from Elixiria: Private Message.

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