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Once they started singing like Moby, well, whatevs. They laughed all the way to the bank with the explosion in popularity outside the 5000 people globally that knew who they were prior.

Oforia, MFG, Astral Projection, and more fill the void the disinfected mushroom left

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They still make ‘classic’ style tracks often enough, but honestly I never started paying much attention to them until they started adding vocals - it really kicked them up to a new level of creativity and value for me. Vicious Delicious was the first time I was like, oh, yeah, this entire album!!!

I agree. After B.P.Empire they pretty much died to me I don't think I've liked a single track by them after that album.

I don't understand why bands get so much animosity for "leaving their roots". IM make amazing, unique music and put on one hell of a live show. Is it as "pure" psytrance as Astral Projection et al? No but why does it have to be? They make music they like to make.

I don't understand your not understanding. Just because the band changes doesn't mean that the fans have to follow along if they don't like what they've started to produce. Everyone has their likes/dislikes. If someone makes specific reasonings for their tastes not following the new direction doesn't mean they are wrong. You're no better for making your comment than someone stating theirs.

For example, how many people that like Ministry have ever heard their true first album and actually likes it?

The first two Black Eyed Peas albums are wildly different from anything else they did. They stopped being a hip-hop group and became a pop band.

U2, Radiohead, Kate Nash, Metallica, Coldplay have also dramatically changed musical direction and lost/gained fans in the process.

It's the intensity of it that strikes me. It's not just a matter of not liking their new stuff. I've encountered many folks that are basically mad the band changed directions. Almost as if the band owes it to the world to keep producing the same sound.

It's more that IM and AP are more beginner-level Goa trance and MFG/Bypass Unit/Oforia/Juno/many others are the real OG ;)

They filled it equally well before IM showed up, if not significantly better; I still enjoy that early Israeli style although it sounds a little cookie-cutter by now. Can't say I vibed with the DarkPsy style & ethos that came in around that time.

I don’t know, converting vegetarians was a pretty awesome album.

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