Dark psytrance (often called Killer psytrance, dark psy or simply dark) is a darker, faster and more distorted form of psychedelic trance music, with tempo ranges usually from 145 to 165 BPM. Originating in Russia and Germany, the style has recently expanded to other countries worldwide.
The term "Dark psytrance" was first used by audiences to describe a more harder-sounding psychedelic trance, while the name Killer psytrance came from Para Halu and is a more rarely used term (which is used depends mostly on the geographical area).
Unlike more mainstream forms of trance, dark psytrance generally does not use vocals, though sampling is common, with speech and other kind of samples usually being taken from different kind of movies (especially horror movies), or occasionally from other tracks. Sometimes sampling elements form other genres of music is done as a mockery of the original tracks.
The atmosphere and theme of the tracks often resemble those from genres such as dark ambient, musique concrete, darkcore, cybergrind, power noise and industrial music. Though inspired to some extent by heavy metal, guitars are rarely used. Using of glitch techniques can be found often in dark psytrance music. (good examples are Kindzadza, Cosmo, Highko, etc.)
Recently, some of the Dark psytrance artists started to produce the more melodic, South African dark fullon like sound (like N3XU5, Darkpsy and Fungus Funk), while some others started to experimenting with using melodies and morning trance elements in dark psy like Deja Vu Fabrique (Zolod from Parasense), Ocelot or C-P-C.
Some producers also make faster tracks (it can be from 165 to 200 BPM or even more), such as: Gorump Peyya, Kalilaskov AS, Melorix, etc. This variant is sometimes called Psycore or Speedtrance on different internet message boards, however it's usually the same as the "standard" Dark psytrance, just at a higher tempo. Most dark psy artists are still producing the original style.
The term "Dark psytrance" was first used by audiences to describe a more harder-sounding psychedelic trance, while the name Killer psytrance came from Para Halu and is a more rarely used term (which is used depends mostly on the geographical area).
Unlike more mainstream forms of trance, dark psytrance generally does not use vocals, though sampling is common, with speech and other kind of samples usually being taken from different kind of movies (especially horror movies), or occasionally from other tracks. Sometimes sampling elements form other genres of music is done as a mockery of the original tracks.
The atmosphere and theme of the tracks often resemble those from genres such as dark ambient, musique concrete, darkcore, cybergrind, power noise and industrial music. Though inspired to some extent by heavy metal, guitars are rarely used. Using of glitch techniques can be found often in dark psytrance music. (good examples are Kindzadza, Cosmo, Highko, etc.)
Recently, some of the Dark psytrance artists started to produce the more melodic, South African dark fullon like sound (like N3XU5, Darkpsy and Fungus Funk), while some others started to experimenting with using melodies and morning trance elements in dark psy like Deja Vu Fabrique (Zolod from Parasense), Ocelot or C-P-C.
Some producers also make faster tracks (it can be from 165 to 200 BPM or even more), such as: Gorump Peyya, Kalilaskov AS, Melorix, etc. This variant is sometimes called Psycore or Speedtrance on different internet message boards, however it's usually the same as the "standard" Dark psytrance, just at a higher tempo. Most dark psy artists are still producing the original style.
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