Tribal-Psi-Trance Help Needed!

Orghua · Post by **Orghua** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 8:42 am

Hey y’all:

A while back some folks tossed around a list of psi-trance acts. I pursued a lot of them with mixed results. The greatest suggestion: Shpongle! Damn … this blew me away. I also liked Hallucinogen a bit and Medicine Drum quite a lot. Mutaytor is also one of my Burner favorites. Unfortunately a lot of the acts I investigated didn’t satisfy: i.e. Doof, Space Tribe, Astral Projection, Sun Project. Infected Mushroom was borderline. The thing is, the endless synthetic Thump Thump Thump bassline and homogeneous synthetic sounds of many of the psi-trance acts just doesn’t satisfy, which is more of a psi-house-trance thing. Good for raving, but not so great for listening at home or driving. I like ultra-funky tribal beats, and strange cerebral textures. Deep dark DMT inspired mixes. I like the use of acoustic instruments, especially cultural drums and beats, interspersed with trippy synthetics. Perhaps it is Tribal-Psi-Trance I am looking for? I want visions of ethnic drummers surrounding a mad scientist on a laptop in the jungle, while an ayahuascero dances with his potion, chanting healing songs, rather than images of some pimply high school kid crafting psi-trance on his laptop in his bedroom. Shpongle delivers! Does someone out there understand? I need Psi-trance for musicians, not psi-trance for ravers!!! Any comments would be greatly appreciated.

the_iconoclast · Post by **the_iconoclast** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 8:49 am

Look into the "didgworks" series of cds... also look at some of the Nataraj cds. I have been delving into hybrid music utilizing the didgeridoo and varies electronic forms of music.. some really good stuff is out there.. I'll post a few more things tonight when I get home..

Chai Guy · Post by **Chai Guy** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 10:31 am

I'm a big fan of this record, not sure if he was inspired by Burning Man, but I love that it's called "Dust Devils". More Didj than electronic, and it might not be fast enough for you but I really like this record:

http://www.drdidg.com/Discography/Dust_ ... evils.html

Sandwichman · Post by **Sandwichman** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 11:23 am

Not really Psy but Juno Reactor is very organic. Also not really trance but in the mood would be Rabbit in the Moon and Banco De Gaia. There is plenty of house that also falls in these lines.

Jason

d6 · Post by d6 » Wed Apr 06, 2005 2:48 pm

SPIRALLIANZ
TREP
THE UNUSUAL SUSPECTS COMPS ON TWISTED/EFA - FEATURES SPHONGLE, AND LIKE-ARTISTS,
OTHERWISE, YEAH, WHAT THOSE PEOPLE UP THERE SAID..............

d6

Orghua · Post by **Orghua** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 8:09 pm

Thanks all, I'll check this stuff out. Hey iconoclast ... did you have a chance to check into your library for more suggestions?

the_iconoclast · Post by **the_iconoclast** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 11:50 pm

Sorry bout that..

Two CDs that I really like are "Didgeridoo Groove" and "Didgeridoo Trance Dance" both available on Music Mosaic. "RaRe Elements" is a Trip Hop/Psy disk based around more Arabic Beats on 5 Points Records. One of my present favorites is a CD by the Dohl Foundation called Big Drum:Small World. Dohl FOundation is a side project from an Afro-Celt Soundsystem member - great stuff.

Enjoy the journey man. Feel free to look me up when on Playa - check in the DPW camp or drop me a PM pre burn.

Orghua · Post by **Orghua** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 8:33 am

Thanks a lot iconoclast!

emily sparkle · Post by **emily sparkle** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 2:10 pm

*wisfully*

moontribe : under a desert sky always makes me long for the playa.... it's trance, but it's more dancable than psy...

Sandwichman · Post by **Sandwichman** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 10:08 pm

emily sparkle wrote:*wisfully*

moontribe : under a desert sky always makes me long for the playa.... it's trance, but it's more dancable than psy...

John Kelly was here not that long ago. Made for a great time and totally had me aching for the playa.

Jason

emily sparkle · Post by **emily sparkle** » Mon May 09, 2005 7:53 pm

he came to a club night some friends of mine used to throw. i've never danced so hard in all my life.

emily sparkle · Post by **emily sparkle** » Mon May 09, 2005 7:56 pm

the_iconoclast wrote:Two CDs that I really like are "Didgeridoo Groove" and "Didgeridoo Trance Dance" ...

we just got didgeridoo trance dance. we also liked rasa exotica... but that's getting quite a bit away from psy....

damon · Post by **damon** » Mon May 09, 2005 10:11 pm

Steven Kent -didge master :)
Rare Elements on Outcaste Rec. ? :)

Apollonaris Zeus · Post by **Apollonaris Zeus** » Sat Apr 05, 2008 11:21 pm

A few days ago I heard Medicine Drum on NPR

Wow, what a flash back to what I considered the best days of Burning Man!

wonder if they will ever get the band together again and at BM

AIIZ