Trippy video: DJ Quicksilver - 'Free'

sorry, but this video is not the least bit trippy. It's actually the kind of video that tries to cash in on trippiness but gets it all wrong while doing so. I too remember it running on VIVA 10 years ago, and everytime it came on everybody screamed "sellout" or "change it, beavis"

BTW - all the genres I listed in the previous content are called "electronica", though that term was actually invented by the music industry to promote chemical/breakbeat music in the late 90s (chemical brothers, prodigy, fatboy slim, etc.) because they didn't like the terms "chemical" or "breakbeat" because they were not mainstream enough. The term "electronica" then paved the way for nice watered-down chemical/breakbeat music for the masses, like Moby, who is indeed "electronica".

Techno = 4X4 thump-thump-thump-thump, interesting drum sounds (based on 606/808 drum machines), minimal instrumentation, periodic change-ups, typically no vocals. Speed varies depending on type of techno.

Acid-House = Early 90s 606/808 drum machine techno with tweaked 303 reso-bass lines for making people on acid have their brains explode. Evolved in two directions into today's house (more dancy) and trance (more trippy).

Trance = techno with fast percussive change-ups (sometimes breakbeats), reso-bass lines, synth sweeps, and arpeggiated synth lines. Divas optional, lyrical content about transcendence. Typically around 140 bpm.

House = 4X4 bass-hat oomph-chick-oomph-chick that rules the pop charts. Big fat bass lines, funky rythm guitar, diva singing, lyrical content about fun and dancing. Loop and filter a classic 70s track for that timeless disco feel. Around 130 bpm.

Drum-n-Bass/Jungle - Big fat round bass lines with kinetic breakbeats. Around 140 bpm.

Breakbeat/Chemical - Mid-tempo tracks that feature breakbeats, fills, change-ups, and funky electronic hooks. Around 112-120 bpm.

Downtempo - Slow breakbeats, big round bass lines, soothing ambient instrumentation. Around 80 bpm.

Trip-hop/Illbient - Downtempo with blunted and distorted beats, weird sound hooks.

Ambient - Trippy soundscapes, minimal beats, soothing or eerie in tone.

I admit I don't know where the difference between techno, trance, d'n'b, electro and so on lies. For me it's all just "umpha umpha music". ;)
And music I will probably always like most is psychedelic rock. :) Especially long, drifting, improvisatory pieces - reviews have a very nice word for it: "meandering". That's it.

Hey SL-T, yeah, fire up a post, that sounds like the kind of provocative post that will certainly start up a good conversation.

All I have to hear is the first two bars of this song to let you know that it's not a techno song...it's TRANCE! There is a big difference. Reiterate that you don't like trance, it's ok, most people don't. It's the ultimate cheese of dance music. Although there is a lot of truly good psychedelic trance music, it's rare, and like maybe the Grateful Dead or Squid Leader;), you have to be on acid to appreciate it. Contemporary techno/acid/electro is extremely psychedelic and can give you a sweet contact high- whether you are, or not.
Keep an open mind, right?
As for the question on to take or not to take...well,
I asked a chiropractor how psychedelics affect my health, and he said with a smile on his face and a twinkle in his eye,
"well I could talk about it all day, but basically studies show that people who use cannabis, mushrooms,LSD etc. etc. heal faster than those who don't. Sometimes the people who don't take psychedelics are never able to heal 100%" So the advice he gives is, if you do it(psychedelics) don't stop, if you don't do it(psychedelics)don't start. I hope that makes sense.
Since I could expand on this info I'll turn it into a post with some links.

peace out &
pump the techno!!!