[EUPHORIA]

For more than 5 years now, I have spent endless hours upon hours scouring the Internet for very deep, underground, dark, mysterious forms of music...

 

More than 5 years ago, I discovered a genre of music that really changed my perspective on music altogether; Electronica. At first, I had my hands filled with very basic types, radio Electronica, and a few Euro techno tracks, nothing that didn't excite me to world's end... (ontop of classic rock, technical metal, metalcore, southern hardcore rock, blues rock, classical, and a little rap)

 

About 2 years ago, I stumbled upon a genre known as Progressive Trance, that was in circulation through a European radio station known as Armin Van Buuren's A State of Trance. It was very uplifting and very expressive, except that it had an ultimate twist to the style; progression. Progression was something that basic techno tracks lacked, along with the synth pads and reverb effects, etc. etc.

 

About 1 year ago, I made the greatest discovery of my life... I came upon my very first Progressive Deep House track, known as 'Circulation' by Jay Lumen. It opened up a world of absolute magic and audio engineering masterpiece craftmanship, something that I will never turn back from...

 

Presently, I have been listening to many many many tracks in the Progressive Deep House genre for about 75% of my total music listening time per day, and the tracks always have me in awe and inspired. I feel as if I am floating away from this world, this existence, and moving onto something terribly magical, something absolutely mysterious and beyond our own recognition and comprehension...

 

Many people, especially in the U.S. (and the state of Iowa), simply just don't become acustomed to such music. I play it in constant rotation in my room, and most of my roommates think it's junk. To me, it shows so much expression and emotion, and it contains sounds that can never be conceived in everyday occurrences. It's the music of the future, and it always has me wondering, what's out there in our galaxy, our Universe...

 

I used to get pissed off because I didn't understand why so many people did not come to appreciate such music... but then I told myself, it's simply an acquired taste of music. It's shear beauty cannot be felt and heard by everyone. But to those who do appreciate such sounds are exposed to something absolutely out of this world, a form of music that creates unexplainable things to its audience...

 

I hope to meet more and more of people who have become truly obsessed with such music as I have, to share a common vision within its absolutely amazing structure, flow, and delivery. It makes me realize that I am a part of an elite, underground group of individuals whom appreciate a higher class of sophisticated music aimed at the future... people may not agree with me, or understand what I'm talking about. I can only say, you can only understand perfectly what I mean, if you listen closely and truly connect with and feel the power and magic behind these tracks... and this mysterious, infamous genre altogether...

 

Great examples of Progressive Deep House genre tracks:

In Motion (Michael & Levan Remix):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFbxwIOIU9k       <-- Listen & wait for ~4:00 time, you'll hear the amazing climax and the soaring, deep synths with crazy reverb and echo... breathtaking

Feelin' Good (Jay Lumen's Dub Mix):
Perhaps my favorite PDH genre track, it mixes amazing Nina Simone vocals with such powerful bass and a catchy beat to an indescribable mix of instruments... the song develops so many moods at once.

Circulation (Jay Lumen's  Original Mix):
My first exposure to PDH genre music, similar to Feelin' Good, except it has a more club feel to it with deep synth action and lots and lots of reverb w/ what seems to be a warp pad.

Cloud Cuckoo (Sasha's Mix):
Amazing track with a very unique style, has some very interesting progressions. Extremely worth listening to after hearing several Jay Lumen tracks consecutively.

Faxing Berlin (Deadmau5's Mix):
Extremely heavy on the deep house genre, this still classifies as a PDH track... uses a very unique, distinctive eerie synth in the background of the very groovy beat. Extremely progressive in style, very much recommended!

I Remember (Vocal Mix) by Deadmau5:
Just listen to this song in its entirety and you'll know why I love it so much!



More tracks to come! Hope you enjoy them! If they aren't for you, that's alright, I understand that this music has an acquired taste. But really, if you are exploring this genre, take the time to listen to these songs from 0:01 to finish, because they progressively get better and better until the climax. Hence, why these songs are called progressive... it makes these songs extremely exciting and interesting through the whole time session!

Reality is what the human body and mind can conceive and comprehend in this life, and in this world. Dreaming is what the human soul and spirit can only begin to taste what the life outside the human body and mind can be. Those who only see, breathe, and live in reality are bound to the incarnations of this world. Those who venture beyond the ideal of 'limit' itself and thrive to practice the art of dreaming can see a whole new level of possibility and depth. The voids of everything are limitless, and are only dependent on each and every single spirit that continues to live, and be so. For those who are more simple-minded or who want a more "realistic" answer, reality is for the pessimist. Dreaming is for the optimist.

The long-awaited 'Gunpoint Hollow' group has released their first sample of the upcoming album 'Scarcity Principle'. Originally founded to be a post-hardcore rock group, Gunpoint Hollow has switched direction and sound altogether completely. In fact, they've moved away from using guitars, and have jumped straight deep into the underground electronica scene, using synth pads and keyboards, and programs that would make people's heads spin.

"I'm trying to give the world music that they've never heard of before,"says Jayson, the founder of the group,"My skills for the guitar aren't nearly as great as when I'm at a desk with skullcandy headphones, a KORG padKONTROL instrument, and my computer. Besides, the sounds and beats you can make using electronic stuff just has this much deeper, more exotic feel to it."

Gunpoint Hollow's genre has now been set as Dark Techno. It has very deep sounding bass kicks, dark chords that give it a gloomy feel, but soaring synths and pads that make each track seem like you're in a midst of magic.

The first sample, entitled 'Russian Mafia', will be released via Xantera Labs studios by August of 2008, and th rest of the album will be released around new year's, according to Jayson. The album will be an EP, holding anywhere from 3 to 5 tracks, and will include album art, a booklet with 'reading material', and a special message at the end concerning the full-length that is planned to be started by summer of 2009.

The sample has been posted on Jayson's cyworld profile, and is available for public viewing at http://www.imeem.com/people/qAskVt9/music/x_dP1mzM/gunpoint_hollow_russian_mafia_30second_demosample/

Thank you for reading!

Making 2nd Song to FireDanceChallenge2007

If you haven't heard already, I am releasing a collection of my own trance/progressive/techno songs under my new group called Exxorivera.

We have our own website at http://www.purevolume.com/exxorivera, in which we already have a demo song called 'Retro-Fusion' up, its our latest demo release.

Perhaps by tomorrow morning I'll be able to put up our latest release, called 'Darkest Streets of Tokyo', to be presented in its entirety.

The album is called FireDanceChallenge2007, and should be released before the summer is over, it is a collection of 4-6 songs, all with their own flavor, none with extreme similarities towards each other. Heavily influenced by a collection of tunes played on Armin Van Buuren's A State of Trance radio show!

If you would like to contribute towards this album, please message me right away with your ideas! Thank you, and goodnight cyworld people!

"the power of human senses, motivated by surrounding entities and events..."

this evening, as i was studying away at my ExamCram2 Network+ book, i realized how amazing human beings are as creatures, as living, breathing individuals with insights to so, so, so many different views, ideas, and beliefs. it... absolutely... shocked me to the core.

i never have been a very emotional person growing up. i was always happy, but i was always happy. my mood never really changed, it was static, black, and no white.

but as i decided to take a break from my strenuous cramming, i logged into a site called trackitdown.com, where you can listen to the world's greatest and most influential dance music in the world. i came across a song called 'Cold Front' by Remo-con, this particular remix has a magical opening, a surprising, passionate strike at 03:01...

... at 03:15, the beat brings in a wave of inspirational glory. it presents the listener with a magical endeavor of sounds that hit me to the core.

this very beat made me realize how capable we are, as people. our very senses allow us to produce our moods. what we see, what we feel, what we smell, what we taste, what even hear...  all process down to our very soul.

it absolutely thrilled me to hear this track, and to realize who created it, as its something more magical than any other track i had heard in my years of electronica fanatical-ship, and therefore each day, as i listen to this track more and more, i can start to realize that if you put your mind to concentration on something you deeply are interested in, you begin to notice every.... single, thing about it.

my day-dreams become more vivid, my thoughts and ideas become more inspired, all because of a simple song.

nay, this is not a simple song, its a masterpiece, as is everything we create, because it really defines who we are. it sets us apart from others, it snaps our conscience into being, it makes a worldwide presentation to everyone else watching. thats the beauty of being a human, we have the gift of individual expression!

so, i leave this message to anyone reading it... with the notion that one day, everyone will come to appreciate who we all are as individuals. we all have a special quality that sets us aside from others, we all were created with a purpose in this world. so i hope that you, as a reader, will become inspired by something someone else has created, and take the time to fully appreciate it in its entirety. that person took their passion, their quality, their workmanship to make this certain object or idea, and they deserve to be commended. or at least noticed...

so go out today and make something that defines you, or search into something new, try something new, and if you like it, even the least little bit, try to feel for it, and take the time to at least see if you can slowly appreciate it. because, soon or later, you will grow to love it.

not only have i learned to do this with music, but even certain foods, styles, and even people that i dont usually associate with.

please try it, you may one day realize this is a great quality to have, as it will allow you to become a very different, unique, but well-known person, because you have the obligation to try, negotiate, and accept.

now, as i sit here, still listening to this track for the 100th time over, i say goodnight to all of cyworld, and i wish everyone the best lifetime that anyone could ever wish for.