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Praktika
Playing The Presets

Album FI 2016 on Trance Bum Productions label
Dance (Goa Trance, Downtempo, Dub, Experimental)

Playing The Presets is the long-lost debut album of Finnish goa/psy dub band Praktika (Heba & Ripa). The group formed during the recording sessions for Sörkkä Sonic, a collaborative album released in 1996 and attributed to Flippin’ Bixies, the original Finnish goa trance super-group. Included on that album was Praktika’s earliest song, "Out Of Phase". Playing The Presets was recorded during the Mutameri Sessions at the legendary Ääniasema Studios (also the home of GAD, Midiliitto, O*Men, and Squaremeat) between 1997-1999. This album was scheduled for release in autumn of 1999 on Exogenic Records but all master tapes were lost only to be rediscovered in the vaults of Johtoääni Studios in the summer of 2016. All music is from pre-VSTi era when instruments were still made of red and silver plastic. Musically it goes from goa trance to psy dub to psychedelic world music and Finnish forest funk. Gear used on this album: Roland SH-101, Roland Juno-106, Roland JV-1080, Korg Prophecy, Kurzweil K-2500 with sampling option, Peavey analog delay, Lexicon MPX1, Digitech Multifx, Mackie 2408 Mixer, Roland Alpha Juno 2, PC with Cubase, Sound Forge and Waves native Power Pack cracked by Radium. Original 3DMAX rendered cover art from 1997 by Mika. Released under a Creative Commons license for noncommercial usage.

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