He had a more complete version on his site, but he shut it down

I'm doing something similar (look my sig) and he's been helping me a lot...

Anyway, the purpose of his guide is not to be accurate, but humorous, so that's why it's "semi-biased"

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... ishkur, hes big on the NWR party mailing list (which is pretty much dead anymore).. i think hes from the seattle scene (me2.. small world :laff.. hes got his own site ishkur.com

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He's based in Vancouver and is part of the Seattle scene? I think not

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... ishkur, hes big on the NWR party mailing list (which is pretty much dead anymore).. i think hes from the seattle scene (me2.. small world :laff.. hes got his own site ishkur.com

yeah... i wasnt sure!!!

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popular & best are 2 different things completely.

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This guide is IMO very biased.

Is the author yet another north american dance music fan who has probably never been to a club in his life yet thinks he knows everything about the scene?

It occurs to me that he may have bought a synthesizer just to have on display, though nobody ever come visits him anyway, has Kraftwerk posters all over his wall, and secretly dreams of living in europe. maybe.

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No, I've talked to Ishkur for a while about music and I believe I know what his goal was when he created that website (if I'm wrong, and you read it, Ishkur, correct me ).

He's not an American techno purist whatsoever, he likes acid techno after all. He's just worried about the evolution and commercialization of music nowadays, of formulas and clichés that keep the music "stuck", if you know what I mean. Epic trance is usually considered an "evil genre" to electronic music due to its "cheesiness" and being based on melody rather than on the structure (except for the melody part, I don't agree with the rest). The same goes for jump-up. Anyway, don't take that guide so seriously - have you ever seen there's a disclaimer?

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Originally posted by Maaz No, I've talked to Ishkur for a while about music and I believe I know what his goal was when he created that website (if I'm wrong, and you read it, Ishkur, correct me ). He's not an American techno purist whatsoever, he likes acid techno after all. He's just worried about the evolution and commercialization of music nowadays, of formulas and clichés that keep the music "stuck", if you know what I mean. Epic trance is usually considered an "evil genre" to electronic music due to its "cheesiness" and being based on melody rather than on the structure (except for the melody part, I don't agree with the rest). The same goes for jump-up. Anyway, don't take that guide so seriously - have you ever seen there's a disclaimer?

it seems to me that he calls music that is incredibly commercial (IE charts in the top 10) good, but claims that music from a genre that charts top 40 about once a year is very commercial.

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Originally posted by joeh152 it seems to me that he calls music that is incredibly commercial (IE charts in the top 10) good, but claims that music from a genre that charts top 40 about once a year is very commercial.

joeh, he knows TA and he's just taking a piss, don't take it so seriously (apart from the fact that he's not really fond of most epic trance )

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he classifies "prog" trance as having a "progression" to a climax...hmmm....think he's all mixed up defining prog...IMO

Heh ish is a crack up, but he really dislikes progressive music, he hates epic even more so you cant take his trance reviews to heart.

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