Artist: Various

Title: Boyd In The Void

Label: Flying Rhino

Date: 1995

Track listing:

01. 12'49" Masaray : Time Traveller

02. 08'39" Slinky Wizard : Supernatural

03. 11'25" Technossomy : The Joker

04. 06'08" Green Nuns Of The Revolution : Atomic Armadillo

05. 07'13" Sheyba : Ganesh

Review:

Awesome!. This is what psytrance is all about and this is simply a

monster-compilation from the good old days. The CD kicks of with a very cool

track from Masaray. "Going To That Level Of Trance." Fantastic track from

the album Cosmic Trancer with a nice melody. Second up is Slinky Wizard with

the cool track Supernatural. "They Have Established Contact With The Red

Planet.". Very good track with loads of samples and an cool, spacey

atmosphere. Next up is Technossomy with a track that starts slowly but soon

develops into a stomping killer! Brilliant track. Then we have Green Nuns

with a truly atomic track! ) An extremely fast, full-on, co0Oo0OoO0L track

with a brilliant melody and nice ending. Finally there's Sheyba who delivers

a slower but very melodic track, with a nice bass-line pumping beneath the

surface. Also an amazing track. All in all this compilation is a KILLER! No

doubt, this is the shit and offers very-high quality psychedelic trance at

its best. If you stumble upon this compilation do not hesitate to buy it and

get a load of the very best of the oldies but goodies. Rating 9,1/10 Bom

shankar!

Artist: Hallucinogen

Title: Twisted

Label: Dragonfly

Date: 1995

Track listing:

01. 06'41" LSD

02. 07'17" Orphic Trench

03. 10'17" Alpha Centauri

04. 07'30" Dark Magus

05. 09'59" Shamanix

06. 07'24" Snarling Black Mabel

07. 06'54" Fluoro Neuro Sponge

08. 08'06" Solstice

Review:

VERY GOOD album !The best one made by Hallucinogen :-)

Best Tracks are 1,2,5 and 7 ... Track 5, Shamanix, is the best Track ever made

by Simon !

You should also notice there are transitions between each track, so it's

better the listen to it in its entirety to trip higher :-)

Rating : 9/10

01. Another World 8:49

02. Noise on People 7:04

03. Una bella Musica 8:08

04. Communication 6:59

05. You forgot to Pray 5:35

06. Voice of Peace 7:35

07. Eye of the Dreamer 7:25

08. Fine 2:01

09. Oxygene 8:05

10. No more War, no more Justice 6:36

11. Shabale 8:05

I proudly present the first album of SFX, before they released his second album “The Unreleased Tracks 89-94”

1995 released Avi Nissim, Guy Sebbag and Yaniv Haviv the album Rainbirds on the German Label “Edel Company” with friendly permission from Pyramid Records.

I cannot exact to describe it, but will give my best.

It is old school Trance with some Psytrance, Synth- and TB-303 sounds.

All in over sound the Album a little bit like Jean Michel Jarre goes to Trance and Dance.

This album contains the original Version of the track “Another World” before they remixed it and released it on his project “Astral Projection”. It sounds not so aggressive like the Astral Projection mix.

“You forgot to Pray” is more a dark spherical Synthesizer song. It is creepy.

The track Oxygene is a remixed version from Jean Michel Jarre’s Oxygene Part 4.

I like this album about his old sound.

Artist: The Infinity Project

Title: Mystical Experiences

Label: Blue Room

Date: 1995

Track listing:

01. 06'14" When Sound Becomes Clear

02. 10'34" Mystical Experiences

03. 10'35" The Answer

04. 00'06" High Insert

05. 04'54" Mortioso

06. 02'21" Flute Line

07. 06'21" Flying

08. 03'19" Blue Aura

09. 06'24" Alien Patrol

10. 19'58" Under The Overtones

11. 02'38" Blue Aura (Weird Meeting)

Review:

One of my all time favourite chill out albums. Beautifully constructed, simple

melodies, a joy to listen to in short. Still one of the best Sunday morning

albums that I play. Samples that make you smile rather than get too much into

your head!! If anyone needs some mellow music, this is imperative.

first album. And it's fucking awesome. Already in 94 these crazy danes created

something so unique, that it's still ahead almost all new releases. Only a few

other artists and of course Koxbox themselves can match this album and manage

to create something so PSYCHEDELIC, intelligent and beautiful. This is a

masterpiece and for every psytrancer this is a must-have. Otherwise you'll be

missing one the milestones in the history of Goa And Psychedelic Trance! Get

this, listen and learn... P.L.U R. - Psylent Buddhi

1. 07:16 Polyphase

2. 11:43 Ionospheric State

3. 07:53 Interface Reality

4. 08:21 The Veil...

5. 08:40 Underwater Dub

6. 08:32 Life on Planet Earth

7. 09:45 Squigglasonica

8. 11:29 Visitor

What we’re dealing with here is the ultimate electro-acid-psy-ambient-dub album!! I’m not a huge fan of labelling musical styles, but that’s what I’d call it. There’s really much going on for it being a chill-out album and that makes it very unique IMO. The album is filled with a lot of warped acid melodies, which add a really tripped-out feel to an overall positive and uplifting sound. It’s sort of like “maximal” psy-chillout. There’s also a nice variation in the rhythmic aspect, which ranges from slow-paced heavy dub rhythms to shuffling breakbeats.

My favourite track on this must be Ionospheric State. It’s simply a marvellous trip with its spaced-out ambience, the distorted melodic acid lines I mentioned above and an overall sort of feel-good vibe to it. Furthermore, I read somewhere that Children of the Bong were also influenced by the Aphex Twin, and indeed the rhythm sections of Ionospheric State and Squigglasonica remind me of Aphex a lot, I think that’s really cool.

The feeling of Ionospheric State is perfectly carried on with the beginning of the next track, Interface Reality. That ambient intro always puts a smile on my face. But later on, the acid melodies become really freaked-out and demented, it’s sort of a contrast to the positive ambience surrounding. I found this a bit disturbing at first but meanwhile I really appreciate it.

With Underwater Dub we have a really chilled and smokey dub tune. It’s amazing how they created that original dub feeling in this track, and how well it works with their own specific sound/style.

And then there is the excellent Life on Planet Earth, another rather dubby track but more reminiscent of Banco de Gaia. And what an emotional piece of music it is! A tune that almost makes you break out into tears because of its euphoric energy. Really, really beautiful track.

Every track on this album is brilliant IMO, even if I didn’t mention all of them.

favourites: 2(!), 3, 5, 6(!)

This is an album I’d recommend to everyone who likes psy music, even those who are not that much into ambient. You can’t go wrong with this. It’s a masterpiece.

Artist: Various

Title: Trance Mix 5

Label: BMI Records

Date: 1995

1. Hallucinogen - LSD

2. Akasha - Ace of Wands

3. Moog - Euromotors

4. Baas Complex - Sample Your Mind

5. Moondust - Are We Alone

6. Slinky Wizard - Wizard

7. Union Jack - Cactus

8. Binary Xperience - Penguin

9. Digital Island - Cosmic Ocean

Is this what I think it is? No...it can't be...

Retro video game Centipede emanating from a floating pedestal sink amidst the barren Arizona desert?

That's right.

Trance Mix 5

*cacophonous crescendo!!!!!*

What else could it be?

Now the first thing you're probably going to notice is the opening track. Never heard it myself, but people say it has potential so I'll give it a listen. Most likely won't amount to much. After that things are not what they appear. Baas Complex is merely the mind behind Color Box with a sinister if not repetitive track. Just FYI though...I try not to mix my swirling goa with samples of deficit reduction and job creation. Kills the mood.

Moondust is just those crazy Germans from X-dream. Plus one Cosmix. And Digital Island? Oh, Boris...I'd know you anywhere. Nice thumping beat and Om Shivaya chants. So after the dust has settled what you have is LSD and some of the greatest names in goa trance releasing one off tracks under different project names. It can sound a little dated, but after all it is early goa trance. They're not half bad (nor would I expect them to be) and it's probably why this compilation is so valuable.

Well that and the super cool cover.

*snicker*

Is that an Ivan Richpa original early work?

Mdk

bassdrum like "mi-looney-um". 10/10 nothing to compare to this stuff...

Artist: Various (Kinda)

Title: Goa Exit

Label: Subliminal Records

Date: 1995

1. Martin Cooper - Fly In The Rajastan

2. Tomahawk - Xingu

3. Spectral - Trans O 10 C

4. Guarana Cupana - Red Aum

5. Zig Zag - Juno Transportation

6. Guarana Cupana - Syrinx

7. Martin Cooper - 303 Keops

8. Zig Zag - Global Subject

9. Tomahawk - Plastic Form

Ok no secret this is mostly all the same guy. Most of his most memorable music was produced under the project Asia 2001 with a slew of great albums. Hell Suntrip just re-released one of his and goa trance's highest achievements with Psykadelia. This is some of his earlier work and like a lot of goa music from back then it sounds dated and thin. The tracks have plenty of good ideas and melodies, but the technology simply might not have been there to make this a standout. A couple of tracks benefited from remastering on Avatar's Amnesia back in 2005. If you're looking for some of his best work check that out.

Artist: Electric Universe

Title: One Love

Label: Spirit Zone

Date: 1995

Track listing:

01. 11'11" One Love

02. 09'46" Out Of Time

03. 07'25" Orange Night

04. 05'30" Galaxia

05. 04'20" Equilibrio

06. 09'20" Electronic Pulsation

07. 07'27" Virtual Landscape

08. 09'15" Visiting Venus

09. 09'25" Nexus

Review:

First Album of Boris Blenn And Michael Dressler as a Electric Universe.

This is one of the best psychedelic works ever. All tracks are rather

directed to electro-psychedelic style. First track "One Love" sound

like a music from atari, but there's something else, something so

psychedelic that You can't stop listen to it. "Out Of Time" outstanding

track with a hard beat And great melody. Also "Orange Night" And "Galaxia"

"Eqilibrio" is rather more acid one. Next track is from outer space

"Electronic Pulsation" little slower, more chilling. "Virtual Landscape"

another cosmic track, there is lack of words to describe what I feel when

I listen to it. "Visiting Venus" And "Nexus" are 2 light electro-ambient

tracks. So, I love this album. Not many artists can produce such melodic And

psychedelic compositions. B.Blenn can do it, he's a really multitalented

artist. He released 7 albums till today And 2 more are on its way. Get this CD

10/10

Artist: Juno Reactor

Title: Beyond The Infinite

Label: Blue Room

Date: 1995

Track listing:

01. 07'11" Guardian Angel

02. 08'08" Magnetic

03. 07'03" Ice Cube

04. 07'39" Feel The Universe

05. 06'54" Razorback

06. 08'17" Samurai

07. 06'36" Silver

08. 08'19" Rotorblade

09. 07'10" Mars

Review:

More psychedelic than Bible Of Dreams, this album has 2 quite good Tracks,

Track 2 and 3,

but other Tracks aren't awesome in my opinion ... I precise I don't like Juno

Reactor's style that much, so if you like Juno Reactor

there is many chances that you like this album :-)

Rating : 4.5/10

Artist: Masaray

Title: Cosmic Trancer

Label: Psy-Harmonics

Date: May, 1995

1. Cosmic Trancer

2. Time Traveler

3. Ether Relay

4. Xyber Siva

5. Scorpio Sun Eclipse

6. Time Traveler of Trance

"Yeah, I got a 247...young Bieber in distress. He's no longer a belieber...I repeat no longer a belieber!"

Canadian ass wart Justin seriously wants to know why the f*ck this album sucks. And for the first time ever I agree with him. It's got all the makings of a great goa trance album. 1995. Nothing bad ever happened in 1995.

Yeesh...f*cking Santa died?

All right, f*ck 95, I was a drunken mess singing Alive by Pearl Jam in my lumberjack flannel and gorging myself on Cheeseteaks. The cover still has the color of sunshine and an ancient symbol that screams hippie bullsh*t. Where have I seen that before?

AHHHH!!!! F*cking nazis!

I don't believe in anything anymore. To say this sounds dated is an understatement. Clearly the sound palette is limited and the ideas are as well. Did they put a cat meow on Xyber Siva? Sounds like they were just noodling about and decided to record it in one take. It's not until the final two tracks that we actually discover signs of life. That said those last two tracks are pretty great. But the rest fall far short of what a goa trance album from 1995 should've been. And please don't hand me the "it takes multiple listens" line or "they were limited by their equipment" nonsense. Plenty of great goa came out in 95. I've listened to this more than enough times to know it sounds old and raw. Sometimes that can be a good thing, but this could use a remake.

But hey some call it a classic and would be happy to sell it to you for $100. But for me this was a huge disappointment.

Dreams, Bypass Unit's next album. Needless to say, this one had less minor

harmonies, which I have deemed to be true melodic goatrance. These melodies

are very uplifting, and I would almost just consider this album trance.

However, it was in the innovative stage back then, and Bypass Unit evolved

into a pretty decent psytrance group.

In any case, there are simple basslines, not too many layers [i think the most

I have ever counted was eight], but the worst tracks are "Erotic Air-Man" and

"Rare Bones". For some reason, those tracks really seemed to lack any

thoughtful musical composition.

Anyway, it's so hard to compare old albums like this to new, but this was a

great album when I first heard it. 7.5/10

Artist: Eternal Basement

Title: Nerv

Label: Harthouse

Date: 1995

Track listing:

01. 11'02" Woy

02. 9'34" Mind Out

03. 11'30" A Flyby

04. 9'38" Nerv

05. 11'07" When Sadness Comes

06. 8'01" Poem

07. 10'30" Hologram

Review:

Eternal Basement are Michael Kohlbecker (also known as Fünf D, Saafi Brothers,

Montauk P and many other projects) and Pascal Mollin. This is their first

album. They have also released an album on Blue Room called Magnet (2000).

This is a really good album. It starts off with a great chill out track that

still many djs play out. A deep, dubby, mystical track. Very psychedelic, and

one of my favourite chill out tracks of all times. It doesn`t sound old, and

it works very well early in the evening or at chill out rooms/tents... The

best track on this album. Track 2 starts with floating synth lines, before a

monotonous rhythm starts pumping. The floating sounds comes back under and

above serveral times. A good old trance track. This is also a deep, dark

track, as you usually get from this group. An other good evening track! Track

nr. 3 is not psy, but techno. If you are into techno from back then, you will

like this one. Monotonous rhythms together with pling plong sounds. This will

probably sound too old for many these days, but it`s fun to listen to some of

this old techno, when it reminds you of the good old techno days back in the

early 90´s. Track nr. 4 Nerv is the fastest track on this album (150 bpm). An

other techno track and not very psychedelic, but with a trancey feeling. Same

style as track nr. 3. Don`t you remember the good old underground techno

parties in basements and old factories when you hear this? Track nr. 5 is

more psychedelic, but with a techno feeling. A slow track you can chill to,

but it probably sounds too old for many these days. Track 6 continue the same

style. It reminds me a bit of Saafi Brothers, with slow progressive, trancey

development. The last track on this album is 14 minutes! A really beautifull

psyambient track. Something for all of you who like Saafi Brothers! Mystical

sounds and slow rhythms. Great chill, after these more techno oriented tracks.

This album is worth having for track 1 and 7, and definetly something for the

ones who like other releases from Michael Kohlbecker. So for you crazy record

collectors out there. Good luck hunting! 6/10

its fucking epic

get it

drums , bass , acid , some extra weird sounds.. some nice acid trance in the middle... deja vu brilliant finish song

goodbye

Artist: Various

Title: Global Psychedelic Trance 1

Label: Spirit Zone

Date: 1995

Track listing:

01. 06'49" Kuro : Zoa (Rmx)

02. 09'06" Electric Universe : Solar Energy

03. 07'00" The Infinity Project : Telepathy

04. 05'59" Crossbreed : The 7th L

05. 08'25" Adrenalin Drum : Harddome

06. 08'16" Electric Universe : Neutron Dance

07. 06'42" The Infinity Project : Binary Neuronaut

08. 07'09" Adrenalin Drum : The Hypnotiser

09. 08'27" Crossbreed : Brix (Shattered Mix)

Review:

We trust in trance and love to dance. From the opening seconds of K.U R.O.?s

Zoa, you know that you?re onto a good thing here. Oh yes, SpiritZone know how

to kick it - one of the best labels in the business - these Germans know their

trance. The music in this compilation is timeless -it stands up as well today

as it did in 1995. Strong German influences here abound - Spirtzone have

worked out how to make great compilations - but the countries represented are

diverse, we move into Japan, England, Amsterdam and Israel along the trip.

Buy this and feel the beat.

was one of the first Cds i heard. At this time i didn't liked Trance but i

liked this one.

THE STANDARD of TRANCE

Artist: Asia 2001

Title: RA

Label: Trans'Pact

Date: 1995

Track listing:

01. 08'53" Rotopod

02. 07'31" Paradise Island

03. 06'52" Planetarium

04. 06'31" Angel Ice

05. 06'17" Ultime Sens

06. 06'12" Dawn To Dusk

07. 09'08" Cyborg Culture

08. 08'06" R?E/b>

09. 07'05" Lunar Attraction

10. 02'03" Epilogue

Review:

Martin Coopers debut album...A very nice one, melodic with good

effects. Sounds very good in my ears, very uplifting but not like

nitzhonot(CRAP!!!). Maybe a little old for Infected Mushroom listers but for

you thats missing the old goa, this is something...Very good for home

listening, in the car and in partys...7/10

Artist: Various

Title: Nataraja

Label: POF Music

Date: 1995

1. Joking Sphinx - Cralacoffo

2. Blue Planet Corporation - Antidote

3. Danshi-Denshi - Tikitatum

4. Man of the Last 3rd- No Name

5. Prana - Mugen

6. Synchro - Colourblind Shellfish

7. Amanite FX - The Secret of Mana

8. Magnetic Pulstar - Pulse (Man of the Last 3rd Mix)

9. Emmanuel Top - Tri Cid

Ladies and gentlemen here we have proof that not everything goa trance related from 1995 was worth a sh*t. Antidote is the obvious star here, but all the people reading this already have that track. So what else? I suppose a wink and a nod towards Tikitatum and the Secret of Mana are warranted, but after that it's slim pickings. The majority of this compilation seemed offended that I was awake. Since I'm shelling out honorable mentions, one has to go to Emmanuel Top for making one of the most boring tracks I've heard in quite some time. Kudos sir.

The only way this would be worth saving is if the edges of the disc were super sharp. And you were a ninja who left his throwing stars at a Starbucks waiting for your Venti Iced Skinny Hazelnut Macchiato, Sugar-Free Syrup, Extra Shot, Light Ice, No Whip.

I have no idea what that gibberish means. I found it on the interwebz.

Mdk

Artist: Elysium

Title: Dance For The Celestial Beings

Label: Nova Zembla

Date: 1995

Track listing:

01. 10'49" Elysium

02. 10'25" Aliens

03. 06'55" A Journey Into The Complex Brain

04. 07'50" Dance For The Celestial Beings

05. 10'38" Keep It Cool

06. 09'29" Illusive World

07. 09'00" Interpretation Of Dreams (Ethnic Mix)

Review:

One of the first good Goa-cd's... altough it's already old it still sounds

nice! It's mostly pretty dreamy and tribal Goa-Trance with Indian Chants and

percussion, but there are also some dance-songs (in 95) on this CD, but they

won't work enymore on parties now, the dance-songs became simply too slow!! My

favourite songs are 1,3,4,6&7!! Song 4 is even one of the best

downtempo-Trance songs I've ever heard!! So nice work from Elysium here!!

Bom Shankar

Artist: Transwave

Title: Hypnorhythm

Label: Step 2 House

Date: 1995

Track listing:

01. 07'10" Adoration To The Aum

02. 07'38" Axonal

03. 09'26" Goacore

04. 07'03" Hypersphere

05. 07'37" Robostyx

06. 07'43" Aural Perception

07. 07'14" Fortune Teller

08. 08'59" Calimantan

Review:

Good ! I slightly prefer Helium, but it's a good album ! No Bad Tracks (...

maybe Track 4 cause I find it too repetitive), and 5 Good Tracks : 1,2,3,6,8 !

Rating : 7/10

Robert Rich & B.Lustmord

Stalker

Fathom

1995

Dark Ambient

Tracklist

1 Elemental Trigger (6:06)

2 Synergistic Perceptions (10:59)

3 Hidden Refuge (9:36)

4 Delusion Fields (9:33)

5 Omnipresent Boundary (15:00)

6 Undulating Terrain (5:36)

7 A Point Of No Return (11:35)

I had heard that this album was the cornerstone of dark ambient. That it summed up the whole genre managing to create dark bleak soundscapes. After hearing all this I knew I had to see for myself so I ordered it off of amazon.com & waited patiently for it to arrive. When it arrived at my house late one saturday night I quickly ripped it onto my ipod & went outside to take a dark midnight walk. The setting was perfect to be accompanied by this album, I went through a dark forest then stumbled upon an industrial graveyard full of old broken down cranes & steam rollers & big big holes in the ground. This album was the perfect soundtrack to that walk & I was instantly in love.

I'm scared of the word dark in music, usually it's used to describe some cheesy cheese fest trying way too hard to sound evil but just sounding like something that accompanies a disney villain.

This album isn't scary, it's dark, it's bleak, it's desolate & it's really quite beautiful. Well it is if you like bleak, dark desolation.

1. Elemental Trigger

Starts off with dark bubbles popping on the surface of the music. These remain in the background but at the forefront is a big oppressive atmosphere. Long dark drones, non-human wails & sci-fi bleakness make up this black hole of an opener.

2. Synergistic Perceptions

There is a hint of malice lurking beyond my senses. A deep dark baseline & wind like drones complimented by big watery plops in a puddle of despair. Almost inaudible whispers lurk in the background like a conversation you shouldn't be witness to and a long wail like suffering in silence.

This is dark in it's own deep way, no dark cliches, nothing obvious just bleak desolation. The non-human voices towards the latter part of the track just some up the dark beautiful suffering of Synergistic Perceptions

3. Hidden Refuge

There is a melody hidden in this darkness. It's surrounded by strange glitchy sounds and a deep bass but it's there and screams to be acknowledged. It pushes itself out while remaining insular but it kicks up the power in a desperate attempt to be heard. This creates an amazing atmosphere filled with panic, slow panic with no source. Eventually, inevitably it loses & all we are left with are the broken shells of forgotten promises echoing in the smoke rings clouding the back of our minds.

4. Delusion Fields

With the clearing of the smoke screen, things seem much clearer now. I can see far across the wastelands & now must try & make my way across. Into this soundscape are many random visitors brought on the droning of the wind. The visitors themselves seem harmless enough but even the sound of the wind seems menacing. Lurking just beyond my immediate perception is a malice I'm not fully aware of. I feel hopeful yet fearful unaware which is reality & which is my delusion.

5. Omnipresent Boundary

Whispers in the wind, dark promises of chaos drone through the start. The night wind blows here & there and brings with it the cries of the damned. You can hear their voices clearly lost on the wind. Quickly though the voices are stifled & all you can hear now is the sound of their forced labour. Pushing, Grinding, Lathes & Steel. When this forced labour ends we are left listening to dark thoughts. A simple soundscape with no direction or theme, just dark & continuous with no purpose you can fathom until the wall come crumbling down in a quietly destructive fashion leaving only an uncomfortable serenity!

6. Undulating Terrain

The soft flute breaks the bleakness but keeps the oppressive atmosphere. They hint at signs of life which is good but the dark edge behind it gives unease a door into your soul to slip through. The false promise broken only serves to deepen the feeling of isolation & loneliness.

7. Point of no Return

This is it, there is no going back. If you have managed to make it this far you must be hooked & in need of more. It's addictive, even if you don't want it, you need it.

The darkness, the bleak desolate atmosphere, the depressed feelings of long lost joys are all things you don't want but when put into a musical soundscape the quality of this you can only crave more. This track almost makes me want more things to go wrong in my life so I can understand it better. It's different from the rest of the tracks because it has less direction but the randomness just adds to the aura of confusion that is built & makes you feel lost in your own mind. Perfect way to round off the album.

To summarise.

It's proper dark, no cliches, no attempt to sound evil just pure unadulterated darkness. The atmospheres come so easily, so unforced that you come away with the feeling that this is the true essence of darkness! There is no try, there just is!

An essential album in any open minded persons collection. It's definitely not for everyone as it is dark ambient in the truest sense of the words.

Artist: Total Eclipse

Title: Delta Aquarids

Label: Blue Room

Date: 1995

Track listing:

01. 06'09" Hit And Run

02. 08'09" Blade Runner

03. 07'25" Age Of Reason

04. 05'47" Free Lemonade

05. 07'50" Ms Frankenstein

06. 06'56" The Crucible

07. 07'50" Le Lotus Bleu

08. 05'22" Bad Data

09. 08'08" Can't Do That

10. 06'35" Nautilus

11. 04'15" Delta 9

Review:

Delta Aquarids is the first album from Total Eclipse, and even if it is not as

good as Violent Relaxation, we could say nevertheless that it remains a

classic of goatrance.There's no bad trax in this album and the excellent ones

are plenty(I think about MS Frankenstein, Le Lotus Bleu, and Can't Do That),

so it's really enjoyable to listen to this great album.Blue Room is no more

selling it so, if you are fast, you can buy the few left there are on the

following website: www.x-radio.com

7.5/10

Artist: Various

Title: Yellow

Label: TIP Records

Date: March, 1995

1. The Infinity Project - Stimuli

2. Doof - Let's Turn On

3. Slinky Wizard - Lunar Juice

4. Man With No Name - Teleport

5. Voodoo People - Drop The Bomb

6. The Infinity Project - Oscillator

7. Total Eclipse - Waiting For A New Life

8. Hallucinogen - Shamanix

9. The Infinity Project - Uforica

10. Space Tribe - Machine Elf

11. Mandra Gora - Everything's Going Fine

"If I could discover just one of these things, I wouldn't care if they did think I was crazy."

Are you f*cking kidding me?

No really...

Is the review for one of the most complete and comprehensive goa trance compilations located on the dark internet? I'd have an easier time believing Let it Go was written by Pantera.

LET IT GO!!!!!!!!!! LET IT GO!!!!!!!!!!!

How in the name of all that is holy has this not been put up here? This IS goa trance. Bubbling sounds and rolling melodies provide the alien and mystical atmosphere that goa heads clamor for. It's a who's who of all the great masters from back in the day. This was the Dream Team versus Angola. Such a strong lineup that delivers. And your boy Simon Posford is all over this thing. If they threw in an Etnica and D5 track instead of Mandra Gora and Voodoo people all you would hear was the sound of a microphone dropping ending all discussion on what was the greatest goa trance compilation of all time.

Subsequent "face" compilations delivered powerful selections as well, but this was the first and I imagine opened the world's eyes to where electronic music could go. It's not all inclusive, no single compilation could be, but if you want to hear what mid nineties pure goa trance sounds like then this is a superb introduction. I imagine that the hippie to native resident ratio exploded when this came out.

"Hurry, it's brown Woodstock man!"

But put away your sitar and tablas there's no need to go to Goa these days. It's changed. Too many tranny hookers and yuppies.

Mdk

before, meaning that I will probably never find it...

Artist: Various

Title: Fill Your Head With Phantasm - Psychedelic Trance

Label: Phantasm Records

Date: June, 1995

1. Akasha - Beings From Another World

2. Interlect 3000 - Gravitation (Sundog Remix)

3. Quartermass - Kali

4. Mindfield - Sphynx

5. Synasthesiacs - Channel 9

6. Mindfield Vs. Sundog - Ghosts On The Highway

7. Temple of Dreams - Oscillation

8. Sundog - Brain Capers

9. Synthasy - Spiral Journey

10. Taufactor - Red Shift

11. Mojo - Bass Driver

12. Silver & Steel - Dreaming of Disco Valley

"Beings from another world have visited Earth before."

Regardless of your political preference, this would ah...hmmm...this would explain a lot.

The first in the series this compilation had some potential, but not unlike a two day old bottle of coke lost it's fizz near the end. The first few tracks were not spectacular, but solid efforts with the means to sweep you up and prepare you for takeoff with their deep goa sensibilities. Then it got a little too happy and trancey as if the compilers followed the pot luck method of track selection.

"Yeah, f*ck it just throw it in there! It's a stew man! Everyone loves a good stew!"

The quality and depth found in the first few were noticeably absent in later tracks. Phantasm was a label started by John Ford (Mindfield) and the late Simon Carman and you will find a lot of the tracks by Mindfield, Sundog (John Ford and Simon Carman) and various other side projects of Mindfield. The best thing I can say about this compilation was that while some of the tracks were unimpressive it's a mixed CD and it is mixed well.

Hardly essential and I imagine if it didn't have sequels that were far superior this would have faded into obscurity.

Mdk

Artist: Etnica

Title: The Juggeling Alchemists Under The Black Light

Label: High Society

Date: 1996

Track listing:

01. 09'04" The Gili's Voyage

02. 07'45" Infinite Dream

03. 08'23" Vicky's Dream

04. 09'09" The Gili's Voyage (Ketu Rmx)

05. 07'16" Moon Influence

06. 08'06" Spheric Concept

07. 11'07" Mystical Appearance In Goa

Review:

Yes this is so nice...!! It sounds like 'Alien Protein' but much softer,

very nice melodies on the first three tracks and

then the tempo goes up on #4 and it reaches its final climax on 'Moon

Influence' which is a very good track!! Very nice

melodies through all the tracks and not a single disappointment. If you like

'Alien Proten' you need to get this one, it's

almost as good!!

Artist: Various

Title: Orange Compilation

Label: TIP Records

Date: July, 1995

1. Doof - Mars Needs Women

2. GNOTR - Conflict

3. Astral Projection - Let There Be Light

4. Total Eclipse - A Little Bit of Heaven

5. Psychaos - Intellect

6. Hallucinogen - Angelic Particles

7. The Infinity Project - Alien Airport

8. Einstein - Einstein's Nightlife

9. Voodoo People - People Are Strange

10. Voodoof - Thru

"Do we really want to know about the future?"

From the label that is now the face of Indian diplomat body cavity searches (at least to me) comes one of the best psychedelic goa trance albums made. All the titans of the genre make an appearance with tracks that have become classics of the golden era of goa trance. Wanna taste of that era? Then this is for you! Even the names that might not be familiar do not disappoint. Well maybe Einstein, but f*ck him what did he ever do?

What, no gold chain? No hat cocked obnoxiously to the side? You ain't gangsta.

From the corny but cool Mars Needs Women to the sinister track with a chip on its shoulder Thru this is a great window into what made goa fantastic at the time. The Nuns come out with the blistering Conflict and probably one of my favorite tracks by some outfit known as Astral Projection. But the track that screams psychedelic goa madness is the Hallucinogen opus Angelic Particles. Mind melting wizardry is what that is.

The only way this could've been better is if it came with a hand job.

Mdk

Artist: Various

Title: Tribute / Astral Way

Label: Blue Room

Date: 1995

Track listing:

01. Tribute

02. Astral Way

Review:

Tribute is one of the best etnica tracks for sure, although it's really old.

Those etnica-typical basses builds a great beat and the melodies are really

really awesome!

If you haven't got this track yet, which you should as it appears on many

compilations, get it right away.

Astral way is very different from the first track; harder, darker, less

melodic, but oh so good.

Exactly when is this release really from? On the cover it says 1995, but on the

blue room website it says april 1996.

Artist: Man With No Name

Title: Floor Essence EP

Label: Perfecto

Date: September, 1995

1. Floor Essence (Dayglo Mix)

2. Floor Essence (Black Light Mix)

Such bullsh*t. Man with no name. Whatever, he's got a name. And it's Martin.

Martin Freeland is a cornerstone of goa trance history having produced numerous memorable tracks including this one. Part anthemic trance track part goa scorcher this is a classic. I prefer the Dayglo Mix as it seems more aggressive, but you cannot lose with either. The bell chimes and church is in session.

Martin Freeland. Yes, Martin Freeland.

Mdk

Artist: Various

Title: Goa Vibes 2

Label: Trust In Trance

Date: 1996

Track listing:

01. 09'44" MFG : Shape the Future

02. 07'12" Art of Trance : Octopus (Man With No Name Rmx)

03. 06'44" 100th Monkey : Spiritus

04. 07'30" Rhythmystec : Stellium

05. 08'02" Blue Planet Corporation : Xoco

06. 09'39" X-Dream : Do You Believe

07. 07'12" Transwave : Rezwalker (Black Thunder Mix)

08. 08'07" Etnica : Tribute

09. 07'08" Astral Projection Feat MFG : Radial Blur

Review:

The best Cd of the Goa-Vibes series!! This is really the best Psy-Trance you

can imagine!! They're all very melodic and great to dance!! Best songs:

ALL!!!! (ok... Nr 5 is "just" good!!) ))

Buy this album if you got the chance!! Bom Shankar

Artist: Boris Blenn

Title: Paradise Connection

Label: High Society

Date: 1995

Track listing:

01. 06'14" JS Distortion

02. 06'49" 111 Beltrees

03. 05'08" Acid 3

04. 07'59" Portamento

05. 10'44" Longbaceglider On Solstice

06. 12'52" Electrogarden (Feat Jeboa)

07. 21'29" Source Of Emotion

Review:

Pretty Good Album ! This album was built before Boris Blenn started his

"Electric Universe" experience :-) Tracks 3,5&6 are average, but Tracks 1,4,7

are really interesting, PARTICULARLY TRACK 7 !!!!!! I would NEVER imagine I

could find one day a GOOD Track taking more than 20 minutes !!! The last 2

Tracks are ambient, other Tracks are psychedelic ...

Rating : 6.5/10

Artist: Various

Title: Transient 2

Label: Transient

Date: 1995

Track listing:

01. 06'56" The Overlords : Naked People (Full Moon In Disco Valley Mix)

02. 05'42" The Art Of Trance : Octopus (Man With No Name Rmx)

03. 07'15" Cosmosis : Deus

04. 06'03" In Trance : Sorceress Fate

05. 06'28" Union Jack : Red Herring (Disco Volante Rmx)

06. 05'05" Fahrenheit : The Flame

07. 07'54" X-Dream : Do You Believe

08. 07'22" Koxbox : Space Interface

09. 05'52" Razor's Edge : Tribal Sunrise (Acid Sunset Mix)

10. 06'02" Aban Don : State Of Mind (Metal Mix)

11. 08'06" Astral Projection : Mahadeva

Review:

Nice, melodic And light early compilation from Transient Records. Everything

is mixed together by Disco Volante. First track is probably the best track

on this CD, it's remixed by Man With No Name - powerful And energetic track.

Another track is also remixed by MWNN, but it's no so good as first one

(cheesy And discoish). Then rather strange one from Cosmosis, but good. Fourth

track, from Gal Carmy And Lior Malisdorf is also one of the best on this comp.

melodic, hypnotic And energetic (I think this is the best track from their

album "In Trance"). Next track, also nice chilly, hypnotic in great old

style from the beginnings of goa wave. Fahrenheits production is rather not

so good. X-Dream "Do You Believe" - everybody knows it. Next track is from

masters Koxbox -their early production, but very worked out. They know how

to do good music. Next from Razor's Edge acid one, not so good, also from

Aban Don happy And cheesy, a little to boring. The last one, well known Astral

Projection's Mahadeva". Sum up - all tracks early goa productions. Good if

You like this style. Not good mixing work, but good compilation of tracks.

6/10

Artist: Various

Title: The Sound of Goa Trance

Label: SDR Music

Date: 1995

1. Octopus - The Art of Trance

2. Adventure Trip One - Lords of Octagon

3. Uniform Planet (Orbit Trance) - GGE

4. It's Our Future - AWeX

5. Luna Music - Luna Music

6. Plastic Gourd - Quietman

7. Desert Sun - Adrenalin Drum

8. Pyramid Night - Silver Pyramid

9. Ultraviolet - Monosphere

10. New E-Volution - Adrenalin Drum

I don't have any pants on.

Sh*t. I work out. I mean I plan to, you know...plan to actually think about working out.

But in the mean time. None. While that lovely image is swirling in your head I'll tell you why. For the first time in I don't know how many years I'm all by myself. Kids are at the grandparents, wife at work...I can do anything I want. There are things I have to do, but you just know that I will put them off until the absolute last minute.

Never heard of this label nor most of the artists featured. I know Adrenalin Drum and the track Octopus. Well the MWNN mix anyway. So what you get is some cool acid trance (Adventure Trip One), acid trance with a bit of a house vibe (It's Our Future...they beat the hell out of that sample), exceedingly long and uneventful acid trance (Luna Music), some REALLY long and loud acid trance (Plastic Gourd), some sneaky and bubbly goa (Desert Sun), some progressive trancey goa (New E-Volution), and some filler.

So...nothing really to write home about. I love the growl of a 303 as much as the next guy, but I need more. This was an album where the Discogs rating was close to spot on. Some good acid trance, but not the best the genre has to offer.

But you'll always have that image of me with no pants.

Your welcome.

Mdk

Oh what the heck I love it!!! I don't know Drone IIV.

Artist: Anopheles

Title: Deep Moon EP

Label: Polytox Records

Date: 1995

1. Deep Moon

2. Gothic Elevator

3. Experience Magic

This obscure EP was reviewed by Draeke himself on Discogs almost 6 and a half years ago and while I wasn't as taken with it as he was, I can appreciate it. Anopheles was Frank Meyer and Sam Tyson and they each continued to make music separately, but this was their only release as a project. 95 is almost 20 years ago and this shows it's age a bit. Of course trance 2 decades ago was much different than it is now. It's tribal in nature (regardless of speed) and the percussive touches in Gothic Elevator are appealing. Very entrancing. The midtempo Experience Magic is also a smooth track with soft flute melodies that float above sharp goa stabs.

Not bad.

Mdk

Kundalini - Kundalini EP

Label: Flying Rhino Records

Catalog#: ZFR 002

Format: 12"

Country: UK

Released: 1995

Genre: Electronic

Style: Goa Trance

Notes: Produced by J. Monro & M. Evans. + Heinous Frank's edits.

Tracklisting

A Placebo

B1 Rasa

B2 Interzone

Kundalini's first[and last] work released, apart from several Kundalini tracks that appear on various old school compilations.. Hm, underrated IMO...

A Placebo

First track starts calm and peaceful... Then it gets some energy kick and ... here you are in goahead's paradise... A peaceful relaxation @ around 4.00 for a few seconds and slowly but steadily energy is builded up again, kundalini is produced by the mind and we are back entranced..

B1 Rasa

A rather simple yet not cheesy melody that gets manipulated and whole track is in fact based upon it... Certainly descent track...

B2 Interzone

Great psychedelic intro, this track swings more on the trippy side with lots of variation , backwards and forward..... plays with you

In conclusion, this is definitely a release worth checking , I am certain all old-skool freaks will enjoy this. Subtle psychedelia, goa sound, a calm trip that does not get out of control.

Rating: 8.5/10

Artist: Indoor

Title: Progressive Trance

Label: NMC

Date: 1995

Track listing:

01. 07'14" Vertigo

02. 07'38" Mad Horizon

03. 06'38" Amora

04. 09'47" Naxus

05. 07'11" Sweet Coming Home

06. 06'59" Sid

07. 08'28" The Key

08. 08'02" Camel

09. 09'55" Shiva

Review:

VERY GOOD !!! How could you think this album can be wrong ? Its authors are

Ofer Dikovsky, Marco Goren (aka Tandu team) and Avi Algranati (aka Space Cat) !

A Kind of "Dream Team" ;-) Track 9 is the best Track, and other tracks are "at

least" good ... no shit in this psychedelic album :-)

Rating : 8/10

Artist: The Infinity Project

Title: Feeling Weird

Label: TIP

Date: 1995

Track listing:

01. 06'56" Telepathy

02. 07'07" Hyperspaced

03. 07'00" Freedom From The Flesh

04. 05'32" Stimuli

05. 06'04" Cybertropic

06. 06'31" Uforica

07. 04'44" Binary Neuronaut

08. 06'27" Noises From The Darkness

09. 06'21" Feeling Very Weird

10. 07'35" Noises From The Darkness (DUB)

Review:

Simon Posford (Hallucinogen) and Martin Freeland (MWNN) have participated to

most of the Tracks of this album, but

this album is not as good as it could have been with such Goa artists ...

Tracks 7 and 10 are very bad, and Track 1, Telepathy, must be the BEST

Infinity Project's Track ... nevertheless

I don't find this Track awesome, cause I don't really like The Infinity

Project's music style ...

Rating : 3.5/10

Artist: Union Jack

Title: There Will Be No Armageddon

Label: Platipus

Date: 1995

Track listing:

01. 08'33" Red Herring

02. 09'40" Cactus

03. 09'06" Water Drums

04. 07'56" Two Full Moons And A Trout

05. 05'54" No Life Can Survive Here

06. 06'35" Fromage Frais

07. 07'10" Lollipop Man

08. 10'06" There Will Be No Armageddon

09. 07'45" Toucan

10. 01'08" Epilogue

Review:

This album is really good. Nice soft morning trance (I don't think we can call

this Goatrance)

from Platipus. This

label's good as usual. Many nice tracks on this one from Union Jack.

Claudio Giussani And Simon Berry really know what they're doing. Track 1,

2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 and 9 are all very good and would probably be outstanding

tracks on any compilation. The only track i dislike is 5. This kind of

music is really nice when u're at home and just relaxing. Not a dancefloor

filler but definitely worth buying !

Artist: Astralasia

Title: Axis Mundi

Label: Magick Eye

Date: 1995

Track listing:

01. 07'10" Mystical Belief

02. 06'13" Mother Durga

03. 07'59" Khalahari

04. 07'36" Guruuve

05. 07'45" Whose Sane Hussein

06. 07'29" Flight 303 To?

07. 08'00" Bhagwash

08. 08'21" Mangoglitch

Review:

Starts off well with the upbeat ?Mystical Belief? with nice chilled out vocal

samples before launching into the faster Mother Durga. For me, some of this

album is a little bit too ?samey? after a while. I love Astralasia for one

offs but this seems to lose its way for me. This is more background type

music - too fast to chill to and too anonymous in places. On a brighter note,

track 5 is well worth a listen and has a kinda then-topical title.

Artist: Eat Static

Title: Epsylon

Label: Ultimate

Date: 1995

Track listing:

01. 07'24" Epsylon

02. 06'32" Dionysiac

03. 06'48" Peeow

04. 08'40" Undulattice (Uforic Rmx)

05. 06'42" Lost In Time

06. 08'15" Gulf Breeze (Zetan Mix)

07. 07'54" The Brain

Review:

Another superb Eat static cd,but also Very very hard to get but then again its

worth the effort(i searched 5 years for it).this cd together with abduction

are the best 2 eat static cd's ever(and the hardest to get also),no bad tracks

on it.

A blend of psytrance,ambient and tribal 10/10

1995

1. WAY IN

2. FIRST INTERLUDE

3. TRANSFIGURATION

4. ELUCIDATE

5. THE IKARUS SYNDROME

6. SECOND INTERLUDE

7. AN ARTIFICIAL DREAM

8. LAST INTERLUDE

9. OUTBURST

10.GREEN SKY IS RED

11.MENTALICITY

Seeing that there are reviews of old albums I decided to put small review of this stunning album by old trancers Earth Nation. They released only this album after extremely successfull hit ALIENATED which i find as one of the better trance songs from that period. This album is more on a chill side. It is not as trancey as that single but it is pretty good. Whole album is in slight mix and they put mixture of ambient and trance songs. There is famous THE IKARUS SYNDROME hit which is amazing and beside that there is brilliant TRANSFIGURATION, GREEN SKY IS RED, ELUCIDATE, AN ARTIFICIAL DREAM. There is one of the best ambient songs I've heard from that period: OUTBURST...Whoa, what a great piece of music. MENTALICITY is also great ambient track. This album may sound old for someone now but it is surely piece of classy album from beginning of the trance era. Everyone that are seriously into trance and ambient should have this one...9/10

Bhaktivedanta Book Trust 1995

Tracklisting:

1 Gaura Nitai (6:40)

2 Basically (8:13)

3 Manasa Deha Geha (7:21)

4 Radhe Syam (6:44)

5 Lecture Into Sound (11:11)

6 Brahman (8:43)

7 Bande Krishna (7:14)

8 The Great Mantra (6:03)

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A bit obscure release perhaps? Wasn't quite accepted by the Krishna movement, but I find this album very good and definitely it has its emotional spirit!

Ian Ion (from Koxbox) sure had some groove in his veins back then. We won't be offered with insane psychedelia here though, no. Instead we get sublime trancey melodies which touch me deeply. This is the true 'trance' sound. Echancing themes all the way!

There are some krishna chants in the tracks. I think they work wonderfully, making the tracks sound deeper and perhaps for some they offer a spiritual message.

My favourite track is perhaps Bande Krishna, but they're all beautiful, dare I say timeless, pieces.

I advice strongly to get a hold of this album. It's fairly easy to purchase. You might get surprised! =o)

I found this in a second hand shop for few euros brand new.