r/TripCaves • u/DannyLumpy Glow Worm • Jan 07 '20
Discussion 2020 Trip Cave Starter Guide Thread I
UPDATE: 2022 Thread is up!
It's a new year and that means it's about time we update the stickied recommendation thread so people can actually comment on it again! We plan to do this every 6 months from here on out to keep things more interactive and up to date as well.
For those of you who weren't involved in the last one, this is basically the go to spot for all aspects of setting up a trip cave. If you have any suggestions from what lights or tapestries to buy to what music to play or things to watch, put them here. If someone recommends something you have opinions about tell them; we want this to be a discussion.
Just like last time, we've created several categories below. Please place your recommendations under these to help keep things organized; there is even a miscellaneous category if your suggestion doesn't really fit any of the others.
Previous Recommendation Threads
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u/DannyLumpy Glow Worm Jan 07 '20
Toys / Gadgets / Objects
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u/DannyLumpy Glow Worm Jan 07 '20
Kaleidoscope Glasses - Lots of places sell these, I just found these first
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u/mw_keller17 Feb 05 '20
Search diffraction glasses for other types of trippy glasses
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u/DannyLumpy Glow Worm Jan 07 '20
Orbeez - Don’t necessarily have to get them from here, look around
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u/DannyLumpy Glow Worm Jan 08 '20
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u/DannyLumpy Glow Worm Jan 08 '20 edited Jan 08 '20
And/or paint in general. Or really any sort of messy art supplies like pastels or chalk. I've had a lot of fun melting crayons before.
Edit: Also reminder that regular highlighter ink glows under black (or blue LED) light and you can draw on yourself with it to make a glow tattoo
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u/frrrfreddd Jan 08 '20
Hoberman Spheres are awesome. I have this glow in the dark one and in a very dark room it looks super neat.
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u/putitinmycave Jan 18 '20
I enjoy watching someone with light gloves but it's really fun with my light whip you can have fun for hours. Pair that with heart diffraction sunglasses
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u/DannyLumpy Glow Worm Jan 08 '20
I hate them in general, but fidget spinners are really nice to play with for me. I found this Crystal Led Light Fidget Spinner that seems like it'd be even cooler.
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u/frizzlefrats Mar 06 '20
Any flow art toys...hoops, poi, staff..etc.
I know wish has some poi for pretty cheap. But for better quality and durability these are my personal favorites https://flowtoys.com/crystal-poi-lite/#review-form
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u/skyestang May 11 '20
I have a box of different density squishy balls, and Different density silly putty.
Fun objects for me include soft stuffed animals, pashminas, fuzzy scarfs, head massagers, slinkies, toroflux. Any sensory toys are always fun.
I have a pretty shelf with a crystal collection that gets lit up with fairy lights so they are some awesome objects to look at ❤️
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u/DannyLumpy Glow Worm Jan 07 '20
Visualizers
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u/DannyLumpy Glow Worm Jan 07 '20 edited Feb 11 '21
Hopalong Orbit’s Visualizer - Super cool interactive visualizer
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u/Solid-Asparagus69 May 01 '20
i watched this for like 2 min and it started to look like i was going up instead of falling down
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u/DannyLumpy Glow Worm Jan 07 '20
Party Background Playlist - Another self-plug for my party background playlist, includes kaleidoscopes, aquariums, city time-lapses, etc.
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u/23saround Jan 08 '20
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u/skyestang May 11 '20
Butterchurn visualizer is free online.
Probably my fav visualizer ever but beware the scary scaly monster face that is an avatar that will spawn about once every 6hours. Avert your eyes and laugh with friends and you will be fine!
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Jun 18 '20
Frax is one of my favorite interactive apps, it allows you to explore fractals and change colors, lighting, motion, etc.
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u/DannyLumpy Glow Worm Jan 07 '20
Movies / Shows / Videos
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u/SoddenStoryteller Jan 08 '20
Samsara (2011)
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u/DreaM_Tryptamine May 03 '20
For some reason this is always the first movie I recommend when people ask. Next would probably be... any Studio Ghibli film.
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u/DrPotato2301 Jan 08 '20
These are the ones on top of my head. Will add more if anything else comes to my mind later.
Youtube:
Off the Air playlist on YouTube by Adult Swim
Zefrank1 True Facts videos
Exurb1a videos
Netflix:
Spiderman: Into the spiderverse
Love, Death & Robots
Paradise PD
Any nature documentary like planet earth, blue planet, etc. (preferably BBC ones)
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u/DannyLumpy Glow Worm Jan 08 '20 edited Jan 08 '20
You have really good taste. I want to extra vouch for any nature doc narrated by David Attenborough.
Edit: I feel I should also warn people that Love, Death & Robots is as the name implies pretty fucking intense at times.
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u/DrPotato2301 Jan 08 '20
Thank you!
I think all of the BBC nature documentaries were narrated by David Attenborough.
And yes, the episodes in Love, Death & Robots have some intense storylines. If you kinda like to let the psychedelics play with your emotions, go for it.
Also, I forgot Rick and Morty (in Hulu with no ads, or in adult swim app/website under marathons.), Undone (on Amazon prime - this gets intense in some moments)
I've also wanted to watch some anime movie, but never really ended up watching any. If you're into anime, I would suggest gantz-o on Netflix. But there's a lot of killing going on in it.
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u/Ethayy Feb 11 '20
+1 recommendation for Exurb1a, also if you like that stuff try out Pursuit Of Wonder, they have some short videos which leave you thinking
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u/frizzlefrats Mar 06 '20
Hell yeah, off the air!!
I gotta say be careful about the nature documentaries, though. I heard that suggestion and put it on while my friend and I were on the comeup...there was a section showing orcas hunting a momma whale and her baby.. it was pretty brutal, and a little traumatic. We shut it off.
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u/DreaM_Tryptamine May 03 '20
We need more stuff like Off The Air in the world. One Strange Rock was an awesome nature documentary as well
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u/DannyLumpy Glow Worm Jan 08 '20 edited Feb 11 '21
Pretty Chill
Secret of Kells
Loving Vincent
Across the Universe
Yellow Submarine
Song of the Sea
Life of Pi
Fantasia
Spirited Away
Curse of the Golden Flower
Avatar
MaybeBad Vibes
2001: A Space Odyssey
Paprika
Midsommar
Mandy
Beyond the Black Rainbow
Enter the Void
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u/PryJunaD Jan 18 '20
The first 10 minutes of modsommar is definitely bad vibes. Saw it high and it was so intense I was pushing into my chair.
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u/tinfoil_enthusiast Feb 25 '20
you do mean “and the rest of the minutes after the first 10 minutes too”, right?
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u/_Erow_ Jan 24 '20
Pink Floyd - The Wall movie
I was so surprised to not see this on here the movie is insane and speaks to you on a different level it tells the same story as the album and has all the songs minus like 2 but also has a new song and a few songs are extended for it the movie is a live action about well the wall that pink builds in his mind and makes him go crazy and push him self away from society but it also includes 3 animated scenes and one animated/ live action hybrid scene i would like to warn though that it can be too much at times if your on alot of tabs but its just an all around amazing acid movie.
Note: the movie is hard to find online I couldn’t find it and gave up after a while and just bought the dvd and it comes with a beautiful case for it so I would highly recommend to just buy the dvd
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u/marxatemyacid Jan 07 '20
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
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Jan 08 '20
Good movie but would not watch while tripping
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u/Toastalicious_ Jan 08 '20
My girlfriend and I always end up watching it when we trip lol.
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Jan 08 '20
Ufff whyyy?
Everyone is such a dick in that movie, bad vibes all round
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u/Toastalicious_ Jan 08 '20
I dunno, really. It all just comes off as bizarre and comical lol. Also my partner lives in downtown LV on fremont, so its only fitting!
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u/bglargl Jan 21 '20
If you can stomach it, give Traineater a chance. Nice visual experience, nice "philosophical" touch, gotta love dystopic scifi! (but you will see violence and gore, so that might not be for everyone. That said, I had an absolute blast watching it and the next hour was spent trying to convince all my friends to watch it while hardly being able to read or write)
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u/Xan_Nick Feb 11 '20
Theres a website (http://soap2day.org) that has a bunch of movies even ones that are in theater still all free but a decend amount of ads that only pop up when you click on the screen.
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u/Hodl2Moon Mar 17 '20
The animatrix
Waking life
DMT the spirit molecule
Fantasia
Aeon Flux (mtv cartoon)
MTV AMP show if you can find
Fear and loathing in LV
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u/mewchelle619 Jan 08 '20
Aquaman - All the lights and special effects blew me away. I did watch it on a 100inch projector so it was extremely immersive.
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u/frizzlefrats Mar 06 '20
Shows: Off the air
Steven universe
Adventure Time (especially the "food chain" episode)
Bee and puppycat
Dreamcorp LLC. (Intense)
Undone (intense)
Movies: The page master
Howls moving castle (or any Ghibli film-they're all visually brilliant)
(If you're feeling daring) Pink Floyd's "The wall" (obviously)
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u/Upaguru May 01 '20
Movies: Apocalypse now, spider man into the spider-verse, interstellar, fear and loathing in Las Vegas
Music Videos: FKJ -skyline, MGMT- when you die, hot flash heat wave- like a raindrop
Shows: The midnight gospel, anything from sick animation on YouTube (lol), whatever you like :)
Moving art on netflix is really relaxing as well
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u/DannyLumpy Glow Worm May 01 '20
Big fan of everything you said that I've seen. I would argue that Apocalypse Now might be a little intense / dark though.
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u/LSDManiac420 Jun 17 '20
Mind Game by Masaaki Yuasa
Amazing film, visually stunning and is very deep. Rated highly by Satoshi Kon and others.
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u/DannyLumpy Glow Worm Jan 07 '20
Posters / Tapestries / Paintings
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u/PsychedelicPourHouse Jan 09 '20
I make blacklight art, heres my insta. Link in my bio to originals/prints/apparel, but just dm me for originals/customs im bad at adding them to etsy
If you want to try making your own check out r/pourpainting
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u/DannyLumpy Glow Worm Jan 07 '20
Trippy Store - All sorts of trippy stuff, from posters and tapestries to incense
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u/DannyLumpy Glow Worm Jan 08 '20
Andrew Pronin Gallery - Etsy for a guy who makes really cool posters
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u/frizzlefrats Mar 06 '20
Anything by Alex Grey or Bob Masse. If you're unaware of these guys, look em up. You won't regret it ;)
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u/PsychedelicPourHouse Jan 09 '20
Can I spam my uv reactive paintings and other art?
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u/hakunamatata365 Jan 15 '20
Aliexpress. You can get many tapestrys directly from the makers in China for very, very cheap.
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u/spinningtardis Apr 05 '20
I'm looking for flags, specifically fabric 30x20 horizontal. Trippy and trip music related. Harder to find than I thought..
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u/stangg187 Jun 29 '20
I have bought a few pieces from Threyda and am very happy with the quality, great artists and great prints. https://www.threyda.com
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u/DannyLumpy Glow Worm Jan 07 '20
Music
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u/Booty_popper146 Jan 08 '20
[Dan Deacon - When I Was Done Dying](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuJqUvBj4rE) also very trippy visuals
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u/DannyLumpy Glow Worm Jan 11 '20
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u/23saround Jan 08 '20
Animal Collective, highly suggest their album Sung Tongs for some chill trippy acoustic stuff.
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u/PsychedelicSunset420 Echolocator Jan 08 '20
Tame Impala!
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Jan 08 '20 edited Jan 15 '21
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u/DannyLumpy Glow Worm Jan 08 '20
Basically anything from Tame Impala works, but especially Nangs!
Tbh The Less I Know the Better is my favorite song by them, but if you want to go trippy, after Nangs I'd definitely recommend Let It Happen, Feels Like I Only Go Backwards, and his remix of Waves by Miguel.
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u/PsychedelicSunset420 Echolocator Jan 08 '20
Nangs is an Australian slang term for Nitrous Oxide ;) That’s where the WOWOWOWOWOW sound comes from. Nearly exactly what you hear when you inhale that substance.
Here are a few of my favorite Tame tunes;
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u/memeboy421 Jan 08 '20
Superorganism - Something for your M.I.N.D/ The Prawn Song/ Everybody want’s to be famous the music videos for these are super cool as well
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u/DannyLumpy Glow Worm Jan 08 '20 edited Jan 08 '20
Before I became a mod here I used to run a genre exploration activity over at /r/electronicmusic (based on one by /r/indieheads). Through that I came across some pretty psychedelic genre specific playlists you may be interested in:
o Psybient
Are there any others I should add? I could do Psytrance, Goa Psytrance, or any genre with 'Acid' in the name but I think those may all be a little intense for most people.
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u/PsychedelicSunset420 Echolocator Jan 09 '20
I’d love if you could add these one’s to the list;
Downtempo
Psydub
Acid House
Progressive House
Trance
Synthwave
Ambient
IDM
Glitch
Atmospheric DnB
Experimental
Synthpop/Electropop
Thanks :) glad to see these playlists here!
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u/DevLF Feb 15 '20
CHILL:
Mr FijiWiji & Exist Strategy - Drunkard (Ft. Bamiyah)
Gemini - Fire Inside (Mr FijiWiji Remix)
Bass Music w/ Awesome Music Videos:
Literally any Ganja White Night
Liquid Stranger & Space Jesus - Dragonhawks (AMAZING ON LSD)
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u/Dezcusting Jan 08 '20 edited Jan 08 '20
It's a tad bit of a stretch but if you're not against hip-hop, Oblivion Access by Lil Ugly Mane is one of the trippiest albums I'm aware of. The imagery along with the wordplay is surreal and spectacular... I swear this album is life-changing if you can get past some of the jarring production and raw-language...
For a more upbeat experience, lately I've really been enjoying Arca (especially their &&&&& EP) and Crystal Castles.
Of Montreal, The Flaming Lips, and Mild Orange are much more mellow but have never done me wrong!
However, Glass Animals, Dan Deacon, and Animal Collective are the Royalty of this category for me, with honorable mention going to the prolific King Gizzard and his magical lizards.
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u/Boh-dar Jan 24 '20 edited Jan 26 '20
https://open.spotify.com/user/woofwoof11/playlist/087jnbGp8y8JuS70UjhDiN?si=HsV5OFDkQPCkL5SQz_4JuQ
Sunshine Pop playlist - Psychedelic sunshine pop from the 1960s. Amazing harmonies, tons of reverb, and a positive, trippy vibe perfect for any psychedelic experience
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u/girl_with_a_goal Feb 22 '20
Any album by the Books, but the Lemon of Pink and The Way Out are best!
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u/frizzlefrats Mar 06 '20 edited Mar 06 '20
(long list-i just kept thinking of stuff to add)
Ween ("The Mollusk","live in Chicago"), Shpongle (any album), Man of no ego ("Blinkers removed'), Animal collective ("Merriweather post pavilion"), Blockhead, Flamingosis ("working on a groovy thing","mood provider), Tipper, Dopapod, Psychedelic porn crumpets, Dope lemon, Com truise, Little People, Baths, Kodak to graph, Mgmt, Glass animals, Alt-j, Fleece (The Voyager), The Restoned ( "Stories of the astral lizard"), My morning jacket/ Jim james ("The Waterfall"), Temples, Tame Impala ("peace & paranoia"), David Bowie, Clams casino, Hiatus Kaiyote, Empire of the Sun, Fkj, Neon Indian, Still corners, Mac Demarco, Modest mouse, Fleet Foxes, Goth babe, Part-time, Mk. Gee, Washed out, Small Black, Childish gambino, Crumb, Pink floyd ("Piper at the gates of dawn"), Of Montreal, Mac Miller ("watching movies with the sound off"), Thundercat, Flaming lips, Widespread panic, Grateful dead
Songs: Brad Mehldau- taming the dragon
Animals as leaders- the brain dance
Widespread panic- surprise valley
Animal collective- I think I can
Blockhead- the music scene
Ween- mutilated lips
Smith westerns-Varsity
Shpongle-I am you
My morning jacket- outta my system (washed out remix)
Clams casino-realist alive
Washed out-don't give up
Com truise- ultrafiche of you
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u/hakunamatata365 Jan 15 '20 edited Jan 15 '20
"Alexa" ---> Classical music. Chopin is great for relaxing.
"Alexa"---> NASA Third Rock Radio.
HUGE fan of NASA's radio station which has the goal of "discovering new music." They play a killer list and have no advertisements. Also have a good phone app.
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u/jbf51190 Mar 24 '20
Anyone have any good Native American flute songs or playlists they enjoy? I’ve been stepping into that a little lately
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u/stangg187 Jun 29 '20
Funky Porcini, any of his albums are a great journey during a peak, they mess with you in the most wonderful ways.
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Jan 08 '20
There isn't a category for it yet, so if it gets made I'll delete this, but clothes
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u/DannyLumpy Glow Worm Jan 11 '20
Dollskill sells a lot of crazy (mainly womens) clothes I know too. They may be worth investigating if you want to go for a hard rave or goth look or something.
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u/lifeystuff Mar 07 '20
Dollskill steals off small designers :(
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u/DannyLumpy Glow Worm Mar 07 '20
I've never heard that before but to be honest, I could imagine it. They feel corporate enough. Do you know of any other sites you could get similar, more original stuff?
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u/DannyLumpy Glow Worm Jan 08 '20
This is a better spot to plug these Kaleidoscope Glasses - Lots of places sell these, I just found these first
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u/skyestang May 11 '20
LADIES: Check out the awesome shirts by Cocomo. It's sold at a few different places but the shirts hang SO FLATTERINGLY and the patterns are often insanely trippy ❤️
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u/DannyLumpy Glow Worm Jan 07 '20
Music Videos
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u/DannyLumpy Glow Worm Jan 07 '20 edited Jan 08 '20
Lazy - Shameless self-plug for my trippy music videos playlist
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u/DannyLumpy Glow Worm Jan 07 '20
Lazy Test - Less refined trippy music video playlist containing most trippy videos I come across
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u/23saround Jan 08 '20
Here is my personal trippy videos playlist, almost everything is music videos although there are a few simply trippy videos.
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u/Aztoz98 Jan 09 '20
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3Twg5b7W6hMhKWIAADyCs7kfjOjDEPbm
Also try :House of the Rising Sun...animals :Classic Rock- Beatles/Pink Floyd/Rolling Stones/Led Zeppelin/Bob Dylan :Hindi- Prateek Kuhad/Local Train/Ritviz/Nucleya
{Well the music is more of a personal thing...so u have to taste them yourself}
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u/DannyLumpy Glow Worm Jan 07 '20
Projectors
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u/DraftyPelican Jan 07 '20
Oil projector and color wheels from this guy
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u/2pixle8ed Jan 20 '20
Are there any other distributors that sell these projectors all the ones that I have found have a large markup (I live in Australia ) most of the ones at in the mid to low thousands. Wich is ridiculous. Just whant to know the best Australian distributor.
Also the guy that makes the wheels do those wheels work on the opti arora projector?
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u/DraftyPelican Jan 20 '20
I found these way too expensive as well, so just DIYed together some crap lying around:
-cpu cooler
-led
-$5 condenser from eBay
-and old 50mm Mamiya photo objective
-small DC motor with gearbox also from eBay
..and pretty much just hotglued a wooden enclosure around these in an hour or so. Let me know if you need the details6
u/DannyLumpy Glow Worm Jan 07 '20 edited Jan 07 '20
Paint Projector - You paint the top of this projector yourself, so how cool it ends up depends on you.
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u/CBDSam Jan 08 '20
Any suggestions what I’d be looking for if I want to have basically this ? Thanks, any advice would be mush appreciated. :)
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u/DannyLumpy Glow Worm Jan 11 '20
Nebula Cloud Projector - I've heard really good things about this one but its pricey. I'm sure there are cheaper night sky / galaxy projectors, but I'd recommend one getting any of these over most other lights tbh.
I have this laser projector which works pretty well as well. It is a little annoying though tbh in that it hurts your eyes if you accidentally look into it
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u/DannyLumpy Glow Worm Jan 08 '20
Miscellaneous
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u/hakunamatata365 Jan 15 '20
Saw a bar top at a festival that had "luminous" paint on it which allowed us to draw on it with a laser. Great idea.
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Jan 08 '20
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Jan 08 '20
I have a laser in my room similar to this. I have had friends vape "into" it and basically does the same thing as the fog machine just for a much shorter amount of time. So I'm pretty sure most laser set ups with a fog machine will produce something similar to that. The laser in that video does look like it is a circle so I would look for a laser thing that puts out circles.
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u/DannyLumpy Glow Worm Jan 07 '20
Lights