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Originally posted by areon yes sorry for not quoting

My "bad" was sarcastic as I couldn't stop dancing the whole night (I said it because other ppl strongly didn't like it for some reason)

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well i think thats it for isreal producers for me. i'll never go see one again.

Ok, so I read all these reveiwes and let me tell you something. If you really want to see a real (and I stress on the word REAL here) psy artist, THE LAST PERSON YOU GO SEE IS YAHEL! Isn't it amazing to gather at the Guvernment or Docks or wherever and hear Duvdev from Infected Mushroom singing out of tune to his guitar-driven "balads"? Or get to see the Astral projection guys get wasted and disconnect the sound accidentaly in the middle of their so-called "live" set? Over the past few years, "psy" promoters from the Guv and the likes have been bringing self-conceited, snobby and arrogant artists, which have lived off their period of time (its about time for them to get off the stage and retire). These promoters have been labeling their events a psy-trance parties. BULLSHIT! These primadonna artists have put the psy-trance genre in a negative shade and continue to do so, ladies and gents. When a person says that never again he will see an Israeli artist, I don't blame him. After all, the so-called artists have tainted the view on israeli trance scene as a whole. All I ask is to once again try and open the mind on a lesser-known isreali artists, like Ace Ventura, Perfect Stranger (also known as BLT), Brisker and Matigman, ProSect/Sonify, Triac, Yotopia, Lish and few others that I could've missed. These artists are not only humble in nature, they also produce amazing music and play top of the line DJ sets.

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Originally posted by zokissima I dunno man, I've been to psy parties in TO, MTL, and a few in Europe, and by FAR the worst and stupidest crowds, bar none, have consistently been in Toronto.

Over the years, we at Shakti Collective have been doing countless events with more or less great psy artists like Vibrasphere, Freq, Atmos, NASA, Antix and even brought an Israeli artist (ProSect/Sonify). All we get here is nothing but good vibe and friendly people. Noone is beating anyone up (because people come to a party to have a good time, and not to fight). I don't know which Psy parties you have attended that you found the crowd to be abrasive and rude (I think its probably the Guv and the likes), but at our psy events, we tend to see smiling and a happy crowd (we don't have crazy flag-waving Israelis at our events - even if the headliner is from israel). If you would like to attend a good psy party in toronto, here are some resources:

http://www.shakticollective.com

http://blacklightactivists.com

or simply email to [email protected] to get on the mailing list for some good psychedelic events taking place in and around T.Dot.

And by all means, don't assume that by attending the 1000th Infected Mushroom's performance in Toronto is a psychedelic trance event. In fact, it is a total opposite.


P.S. and here's an alphabetical list of "Psy trance" artists to avoid:

1. 1200 Micrograms

2. Alien Project

3. Astral Projection (the superstars! Mission: Get Watsed, Disconnect the Sounsystem, Pick up girls while drunk)

4. Astrix (correct spelled as: Ass Tricks - one day you'll hear about his infamous "Mirror" story)

5. Dino Psaras (forgetting your another unreleased bootleg remix of New Order and blaming another person for stealing it - priceless!)

6. Eskimo (also known as Ginger Boy - How far do you have to stand away from the laptop to play a live set?)

7.GMS (known for their countless Ghost Busters remixes - about 3 different ones in 1 set - that's a record!)

8.Infected Mushroom (Psy trance? they are actually rock stars!)

9. Skazi (the best thing to happen since Metallica! We will rock you!!! Yehhh!)

10. Wrecked Machines (Another remix on New Order?? NOOOO!!!)

11. Yahel (now that's the star of our discussion here! Just read the above reviews)


This list will continue to grow with more and more interesting "representatives" of this scene.

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Last edited by Shankar on Dec-25-2006 at 22:14

I dont know what the hell everyone is complaining about but i had a fantastic time, ill post pics as soon as i finish getting them from violetta...

i love the music, Yahel and Mark S1 were both phenomenal, they were cool with us talking to them and taking pictures with them.

as for the people that were there, yeah it was a little crazy and there was alot of jumping and alot of "YALLA BALAGAN" screaming, personally i like some room to move around without people pushing and jumping, but when in rome...so i jumped around too and it was fun, and for all those who are criticizing jumping and screaming should try to get in a "YALLA BALAGAN" circle...its alot of fun.

it was great seeing all the TA's there and it was great meeting you all. ill post a more in depth review on a separate thread as soon as i get all the pics and vids sent to me...there was alot of crazy shit happening and i loved every minute of it.

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Originally posted by Shankar Ok, so I read all these reveiwes and let me tell you something. If you really want to see a real (and I stress on the word REAL here) psy artist, THE LAST PERSON YOU GO SEE IS YAHEL! Isn't it amazing to gather at the Guvernment or Docks or wherever and hear Duvdev from Infected Mushroom singing out of tune to his guitar-driven "balads"? Or get to see the Astral projection guys get wasted and disconnect the sound accidentaly in the middle of their so-called "live" set? Over the past few years, "psy" promoters from the Guv and the likes have been bringing self-conceited, snobby and arrogant artists, which have lived off their period of time (its about time for them to get off the stage and retire). These promoters have been labeling their events a psy-trance parties. BULLSHIT! These primadonna artists have put the psy-trance genre in a negative shade and continue to do so, ladies and gents. When a person says that never again he will see an Israeli artist, I don't blame him. After all, the so-called artists have tainted the view on israeli trance scene as a whole. All I ask is to once again try and open the mind on a lesser-known isreali artists, like Ace Ventura, Perfect Stranger (also known as BLT), Brisker and Matigman, ProSect/Sonify, Triac, Yotopia, Lish and few others that I could've missed. These artists are not only humble in nature, they also produce amazing music and play top of the line DJ sets. Over the years, we at Shakti Collective have been doing countless events with more or less great psy artists like Vibrasphere, Freq, Atmos, NASA, Antix and even brought an Israeli artist (ProSect/Sonify). All we get here is nothing but good vibe and friendly people. Noone is beating anyone up (because people come to a party to have a good time, and not to fight). I don't know which Psy parties you have attended that you found the crowd to be abrasive and rude (I think its probably the Guv and the likes), but at our psy events, we tend to see smiling and a happy crowd (we don't have crazy flag-waving Israelis at our events - even if the headliner is from israel). If you would like to attend a good psy party in toronto, here are some resources: http://www.shakticollective.com http://blacklightactivists.com or simply email to [email protected] to get on the mailing list for some good psychedelic events taking place in and around T.Dot. And by all means, don't assume that by attending the 1000th Infected Mushroom's performance in Toronto is a psychedelic trance event. In fact, it is a total opposite. P.S. and here's an alphabetical list of "Psy trance" artists to avoid: 1. 1200 Micrograms 2. Alien Project 3. Astral Projection (the superstars! Mission: Get Watsed, Disconnect the Sounsystem, Pick up girls while drunk) 4. Astrix (correct spelled as: Ass Tricks - one day you'll hear about his infamous "Mirror" story) 5. Dino Psaras (forgetting your another unreleased bootleg remix of New Order and blaming another person for stealing it - priceless!) 6. Eskimo (also known as Ginger Boy - How far do you have to stand away from the laptop to play a live set?) 7.GMS (known for their countless Ghost Busters remixes - about 3 different ones in 1 set - that's a record!) 8.Infected Mushroom (Psy trance? they are actually rock stars!) 9. Skazi (the best thing to happen since Metallica! We will rock you!!! Yehhh!) 10. Wrecked Machines (Another remix on New Order?? NOOOO!!!) 11. Yahel (now that's the star of our discussion here! Just read the above reviews)

ok now this guy is on to something

but (and I stress on the word BUT here)

some of the artists on that list are simply amazing:

even though yahel is not psy hes good

now on to the bashed psy guys

Astrix is considered by most HARDCORE PSYCHADELIC TRNACE fans to be the greatest (my second to TALAMASCA)

Alien Project - how can you avoid (bursting with light, bursting with color)

Astral Projection - these guys are more GOA then psy (YESSSS!!! there is a difference damnit!)

that is all

PS - I FUCKING HATE SKAZI

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one word can describe the night....MEH.

got there aroudn 10.30 and they werent even open yet. the whole start was very disorganzied ie. lineup, guestlist, coat check, etc. The club itself is pretty nicely decorated but the ceilings are way too low for my liking (and fall down sometimes LOL ) they also need to ventilate it more since everyone was smoking.

markS1 had a pretty good set. very proggy house which made me move, and the guitar guy was a good touch as well. although i thought yahel shouldve came on right after since it wouldve been a good transition, instead of going into very boring house.

Yahel came on and had some good high energy stuff which was welcomed. the set was going good for about an hour. after he played voyage it went downhill from there. very very boring stuff that sounded the same.

the crowd gets a -10/10. plain and simple, WORST CROWD EVER.

best part was of course being with close friends. you guys made the night.

here are some pictures of the night and videos are coming up.








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Music: 7.5/10 - Not bad... could have been better. I was really feeling it at the start, but near the end it started getting tiresome. His set was not really going anywhere, it was all the same type of trancy tracks over and over... I was waiting for him to get the set to more techy/hard psy-trance... but after a while got tired of waiting and we decided to head out.

Crowd: 0/10 - Terrible crowd. The most pushy, snobby, annoying, drunk, inconsiderate people I have ever encountered in such a large number. The only good thing about the crowd was that they were hyped and excited, which was cool, but I don't think they were into it so much for the music as for the fact that Yahel is from Israel. Yahel could have been playing Country music and they'd still be going crazy.

As always it was great partying with TA's. Always nice, happy, and just all round great people. Thanks to all the TA's that made it. It's always a pleasure.

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how many of you were at Yahel @ Guv and Yahel @ State Theater last year?

compare the sets he played those to nights to what he played last night.
if it was your first time seeing him then yeah you prolly did have alot of fun and more power to you. i am happy you had a good night.
however dont be a fucking moron by putting down sarcastic comments and or bringing in racial comments about the night. it is because of people like you folks who whine and bitch about the dumbest things ever that the scene in TO is looked upon as a joke now. grow up ffs people. if somebody didnt have a good night then let it be. be glad you had a good night and move on.

really disappointed by some of the comments made in this thread.
shame on me and shame on us

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Originally posted by Shankar Ok, so I read all these reveiwes and let me tell you something. If you really want to see a real (and I stress on the word REAL here) psy artist, THE LAST PERSON YOU GO SEE IS YAHEL! Isn't it amazing to gather at the Guvernment or Docks or wherever and hear Duvdev from Infected Mushroom singing out of tune to his guitar-driven "balads"? Or get to see the Astral projection guys get wasted and disconnect the sound accidentaly in the middle of their so-called "live" set? Over the past few years, "psy" promoters from the Guv and the likes have been bringing self-conceited, snobby and arrogant artists, which have lived off their period of time (its about time for them to get off the stage and retire). These promoters have been labeling their events a psy-trance parties. BULLSHIT! These primadonna artists have put the psy-trance genre in a negative shade and continue to do so, ladies and gents. When a person says that never again he will see an Israeli artist, I don't blame him. After all, the so-called artists have tainted the view on israeli trance scene as a whole. All I ask is to once again try and open the mind on a lesser-known isreali artists, like Ace Ventura, Perfect Stranger (also known as BLT), Brisker and Matigman, ProSect/Sonify, Triac, Yotopia, Lish and few others that I could've missed. These artists are not only humble in nature, they also produce amazing music and play top of the line DJ sets. Over the years, we at Shakti Collective have been doing countless events with more or less great psy artists like Vibrasphere, Freq, Atmos, NASA, Antix and even brought an Israeli artist (ProSect/Sonify). All we get here is nothing but good vibe and friendly people. Noone is beating anyone up (because people come to a party to have a good time, and not to fight). I don't know which Psy parties you have attended that you found the crowd to be abrasive and rude (I think its probably the Guv and the likes), but at our psy events, we tend to see smiling and a happy crowd (we don't have crazy flag-waving Israelis at our events - even if the headliner is from israel). If you would like to attend a good psy party in toronto, here are some resources: http://www.shakticollective.com http://blacklightactivists.com or simply email to [email protected] to get on the mailing list for some good psychedelic events taking place in and around T.Dot. And by all means, don't assume that by attending the 1000th Infected Mushroom's performance in Toronto is a psychedelic trance event. In fact, it is a total opposite. P.S. and here's an alphabetical list of "Psy trance" artists to avoid: 1. 1200 Micrograms 2. Alien Project 3. Astral Projection (the superstars! Mission: Get Watsed, Disconnect the Sounsystem, Pick up girls while drunk) 4. Astrix (correct spelled as: Ass Tricks - one day you'll hear about his infamous "Mirror" story) 5. Dino Psaras (forgetting your another unreleased bootleg remix of New Order and blaming another person for stealing it - priceless!) 6. Eskimo (also known as Ginger Boy - How far do you have to stand away from the laptop to play a live set?) 7.GMS (known for their countless Ghost Busters remixes - about 3 different ones in 1 set - that's a record!) 8.Infected Mushroom (Psy trance? they are actually rock stars!) 9. Skazi (the best thing to happen since Metallica! We will rock you!!! Yehhh!) 10. Wrecked Machines (Another remix on New Order?? NOOOO!!!) 11. Yahel (now that's the star of our discussion here! Just read the above reviews) This list will continue to grow with more and more interesting "representatives" of this scene.

Right fukin on dude!!I was waiting for someone with some knowledge on psy music to come and post a reply like this.


The way I see is like saying Trance=Tiesto which is bullshit imo ther are maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaany other djs that can play and produce way better then Tiesto,but many just dont know about them.
same with psy music,every time I hear people talking about psy all I hear is: Infected mushrooms,Astral projection,Yahel.

These guys are the pop and cheesy side of psy,like Tiesto,Armin,Corsten etc.

I just wish we could get more of these not so well known psy talents to come and play more often here. and to show people what psy is really all about.

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Astral Projection - these guys are more GOA then psy (YESSSS!!! there is a difference damnit!)

Yes, they are more Goa, and that is why it's about time for them TO RETIRE!!

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Originally posted by Shankar Yes, they are more Goa, and that is why it's about time for them TO RETIRE!!

lol

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Originally posted by hardcore trancer The way I see is like saying Trance=Tiesto which is bullshit imo

Like it or not, Tiesto plays Trance. Don't even go there. You may not like the stuff he plays, but it's still Trance.

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