[djgruv05]

Well, thank god I am getting my own CD decks, specifically a pair of Pioneer CDJ-200's.

I can't afford the CDJ-1000's OR the CD-X's, so it's the next best thing. 😉

[varun]

There are some who are still trying to keep Goa-trance alive …

http://www.suntriprecords.com/

would be one that I respect a lot.. theyve got the right idea. emotionally driven morning goa trance and chillout. yum yum.

—

Posford is immortal!

And Raja Ram … ummm

[djgruv05]

I personally still love to spin GOA trance when I can find it around & Suntrip records is one of the only labels that still puts out GOA trance music, which is a rarity these days. Varun, I agree with you they do put out very good early morning styled GOA. 8)

The man that inspired me to spin GOA & Psytrance music: Goa Gil ;D

[paradigm]

psytrance never sold alot. An average label today sells about 1500 copies over a year and a half span. The larger labels, Chemical Crew / Spun/ Homega sell between 3000-5000 copies per release.

I cant imagine that much more than that sold back in the day, especially when most of it was vinyl. Would be interesting to know what a standard vinyl press from back in 97 was …

Some of the problems the older labels have, are higher overheads, both because of established disto contracts with the older house which charge more than the new ones who are undercutting them
and because of tax laws in their home countries,
as well as outdated music, which doesnt sell as well to the new market. Not that im saying the newer style of music is better, but a good example is to look at Twisted's last trance comp Usual Suspects 2. Very anticipated, but in reality it was crap, the production (except for Long Long Arms) {Joti's not Simmons influence btw} was ancient
and with a market thats looking for something more refined well,your not going to sell much.

and yes MP3's do hurt sales, but not as much as one might think. The real danger of them is unreleased tunes getting out before the cd is out

[djgruv05]

The real danger of them is unreleased tunes getting out before the cd is out

– Yes, Quite true. ;D

[Robyo]

The real danger of them is unreleased tunes getting out before the cd is out

– Yes, Quite true. ;D

indeed. funny, but i would expect some (particularly an mp3/laptop) djs to have advance copies of songs and albums. It's just the reality these daze…

[djgruv05]

The real danger of them is unreleased tunes getting out before the cd is out

– Yes, Quite true. ;D

indeed. funny, but i would expect some (particularly an mp3/laptop) djs to have advance copies of songs and albums. It's just the reality these daze…

That's true as well. 8)

[Mystic Morning]

Well don't worry too much, things come and go. The label might go out but it doesn't mean the people involved will stop making music. If they do then they were going to anyway. There are always other routes, life gets hard at times and things change. So don't stress it too much, I'm sure other people would be willing to release Simon Posfords music, don't you think so?

Airyck

[Jikkenteki]

psytrance never sold alot. An average label today sells about 1500 copies over a year and a half span. The larger labels, Chemical Crew / Spun/ Homega sell between 3000-5000 copies per release.

Even these firgures are more or less out of date. Japan here used to be “the last great market” where an average label sold about 1000 – 1500 copies (the Japanese market kept a lot of labels a live for a long time). However due to the flood of new releases in the last year, coupled with the increased number of home computer owners (surprisingly Japan was well behind the US here until the last 3 or so years) and high speed internet access at home has spelled an end to those happy days. Someone I know who works in distribution here in Japan says the numbers have fallen drastically so that the average CD now sells 200 – 500 copies. The major names aren't doing a whole lot better either it seems.

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