I have never encountered problems in the quality of the recording either. Maybe, hykhleif, it's just these particular songs you don't like? 

I'm not a big fan of Goa or Psychedelic Trance, but I love trance nonetheless. My favourite artists are Solar Fields (Earthshine is a near-perfect trance album for me) and Vibrasphere. 

Some other artists for:   Trance: Sunny Lax, Ferry Tayle, Andy Blueman, Jorn van Deynhoven, R.E.N.O.I.S.E., Above & Beyond, Solar Fields, Vibrasphere   House: Dousk, Deadmau5 (his earlier work), The Timewriter, Pole Folder, Sasha, Dinka   Oh, these are artists I personally like a lot. The...

My favourite deep house album till date is Diary Of A Lonely Sailor by The Timewriter. All hs oter albums are also excellent!

My favourite "liquid D'nB" artist and overall D'nB artist is Seba. Alaska and Paradox are also really good. For the harder, darker D'nB, I turn to DJ Hidden. :-)

Usually, I use Blue Moon Station by Solar Fields, or Distances by H.U.V.A. Network to judge overall sound. There are a lot of different sounds and the mastering has been done well enough that they're distinguishable, so separation can be tested. The sounds in the albums also cover the whole...

  I'm yet to tire of this song. :-)

+1 for Above & Beyond. "Sirens Of The Sea" album under their Oceanlab moniker in particular. Anything by Sunny Lax. Blue Bird is my favourite uplifting trance song until date. RAMsterdam (Jorn van Deynhoven Remix). Love this song.  "Carnet de Vol" album by Ferry Tayle. Packed with very good...

I thought the same thing the first time I listened to them too. I think it was Ágætis Byrjun I was listening to. But multiple listens tempered it out. When you say sharp and messy, are you referring to the sound quality of the recording or to the singer's voice or anything else in particular?

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Pink Floyd - The Wall Porcupine Tree - Deadwing The Flashbulb - Arboreal H.U.V.A. Network - Distances Vibrasphere - Archipelago H.U.V.A. Network - Ephemeris Fennesz - Black Sea The KLF - Chill Out Dousk - D.I.Y.

I primarily use the website http://www.discogs.com/. They have a HUGE user-generated, accurate database of releases and it lists related albums/works when you view the details of each release. If you find that you like a particular label, it lists every single release under the label too. That...

Personally, I find music by artists like Christian Fennesz and Tim Hecker helpful. If that music sounds too glitchy/abrasive, you can't go wrong with Brian Eno!

Haunt Me, Haunt Me Do It Again by Tim Hecker. Great music to drift away to, or to concentrate on! Paradoxical.

The genres I love the most are science fiction and fantasy (The Wheel Of Time series has been a great journey for me, for example). Within science fiction, I enjoy cyberpunk and dystopian books the most; authors like Philip K. Dick, George Orwell and William Gibson.