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Miranda - Phenomena

Hi, my 2cents, for what they're worth: I know it'll sound stupid, but you should ideally send what you consider complete. Mastering at this stage is absolutely irrelevant compared to a proper mixdown, which is key. Labels not only want to hear good music (...obviously), but they also want to hear a minimum of quality / technical ability. Your EP should preferably fit the style that "you" currently enjoy making. If you're specifically targeting and engineering your musical output just to have a shot at being released on a specific label, or at playing at a big main-stage somewhere, well, I mean that can work, but good luck with that - the competition and level required is absurdly high (and that's before factoring in your networking etiquette (who you know in the business) and all the social media bullshit, both of which are even higher than raw talent/work these days) Be absolutely prepared to be asked (more often than not) to strictly adhere to a specific "artistic" vision if you submit stuff to a label. Some are more relaxed, some are not, some are open to discussion, and some will absolutely demand that you alter your vision and ideas because whatever their flavor reason of the month is. Who's right or who's wrong isn't the subject here, it'll be up to you to decide. Personally, at first, I was so eager (desperate?) to have anything released anywhere, that I would spend days reworking stuff I was happy with, only to have that lead absolutely nowhere. Looking back, I was an idiot. Lesson learned, for years now it's been "what you hear is what you get". Not happy? No problem. Zero problem in itself, but be aware that labels and people in general (contrary to what they'll tell you) are very very very VERY fond of "boxes"/categories where it's easy to put people in. If your project name is known for a particular style and you suddenly switch everything up, you'll have to manage the fallout and get the added pleasure of getting torn to shreds in private messages on your socials. If you plan to release and distribute solo via Bandcamp and streaming platforms, you absolutely don't care. Good luck with your projects, and enjoy the ride

For All Mankind * *certain exceptions apply

Hello all producers and psychonauts! I would like to invite you to Psychill Space. It's a discord server dedicated to music production, especially towards psychill but really open to anything from psytrance and techno to psydub and ambient. We have a work-in-progress feedback forum as well as channels for chatting about production, resources, and collabs. We also have a music sharing area that is open to promoting your tracks and albums. You can join us at: https://discord.gg/ttmeR2Xw7h

pls never stop doing this

I’m continuing to collect tracks with a vibe similar to the legendary Spiritual Healing. The list has just been expanded with another track. A small list of well-known tracks that share a similar mood and melodic feel with the legendary The Muses Rapt — Spiritual Healing (1997): Terra Ferma — The Scream (1996) Future Prophecy — Sunrise (1998) Yahel — Intelligent Life (2000) Fractal — Them (1999) — also known as Fractal Glider — Acid Kill New Born — Trip of the Luna King (2007) Mindsphere — Source Of Emotions (2025)

No. I kinda tuned that part out. Not out of disrespect. Just don't really engage with some of that. 😃

Electric Universe - Spaceships and spaceopele (Remix from S.U.N. Project track)

S.U.N. Proect - Energia Magica

It sounds like Another World part 2 to me and the music would be almost as good as that album if it wasn't for that mastering. I love Another World though which counts in this album's favor.

Boris Blenn - Source of Emotion

i think you all are sleeping on how good the 2003 MWNN album was.

OCTOBER 17 - 2025 - RELEASED - SUNTRIP RECORDS track list: 1-1 Take My Hand 9:11 1-2 Children Of The Sun 8:09 1-3 The Path Of The Ascetic 10:11 1-4 Sacred Phase 10:50 1-5 Endless Ritua 10:43 1-6 This World Is Not For Us 7:40 1-7 Gone Like The Wind 8:03 1-8 We Can Never Go Back 8:54 2-1 Emptiness 10:09 2-2 For A Memory 21:05 2-3 Supplication 6:35 2-4 Everything Will Be Solved Today 7:15 2-5 Source Of Emotions 17:09 2-7 Heartfelt 4:52 2-8 Blurred Memories 7:55 3-1 Drifting Into Myself 8:13 3-2 Moment Of Decision 15:05 3-3 Longing For Something 11:18 3-4 Bottomless Pit 9:23 3-5 What Was Left Behind 5:30 3-6 Nowhere I Meant To Be 5:26 3-7 Impasse 4:16 3-8 Lasting Memories 9:36 3-9 Regeneration 6:05 Im not going to go thru each track. Ill just give an overall impression. There are very interesting pieces of music here, on all tracks. So i recommend if you like Mindsphere and New School goa, you will like alot of this one. But, something is wrong with the sound. I cant pinpoint it, but its very sharp, annoying and doesnt feel good. I think the wrong files was sent for mastering. Or rather, the wrong files was sent FROM mastering. Thats just my honest thoughts. Because it sounds harsh, digital, annoying, and the bass+kick doesnt feel well defined or pleasant. So while I might hear it in a technical problem area, you might not. But for me this reduces the grade ALOT. Cause, theres really no excuse for sounding bad anymore. Musically sure, but soundwise? no. Again theres tons of really cool tracks here, that I invite you all to check out. Maybe you dont hear the issues I hear. Afterall, Mindsphere is a great talent, so it saddens me that for me personally, this album goes into the trash just because of its sound. To me this music is WAY better than Astral Projection - For all Mankind. But the sound is even worse than it. Sadly. I cant understand what happened because his older albums did NOT sound like this. Again, sound only.... I hope I can come back to this later on , because i have lots to say about the music. But for now, unfortunately, the music will suffer due to unpleasant sound. And it is really sad, because the music deserves SO much better. 2.5/5 The best thing about this massive album is that he reprises or remixes alot of famous melodies. Thats worth the listen alone.

Compilation to celebrate 10 years of our small collective: https://10yearsofoh.bandcamp.com/album/va-10-years-of-oh Besides digital download, compilation is also available as a limited edition box featuring a custom wooden USB stick containing all tracks plus an exclusive mixed version of the compilation. Includes OH sticker, badge, and a 8-page booklet. Tracklist: 1. Third Eye Channel - Old School Calling (OH opening mix) 2. Nervasystem - KadelikFu 3. Omnivox - Solar Seeds 4. Dragon Twins - Hrvatisfaction 5. Morphic Resonance - The Dark Inside Me 6. Ubar Tmar - I'm Shocked (Sab Kuch Milegator edit) 7. Mania - We Are Infinite 8. Liquid Sun - The Last Unicorn Compiled by OH (Kičma & Mrva) Mastering by Drezz Dressler Artwork by Lucija Glavina

Prodigy are what got more into Electronic music in the first place. Hearing the Prodigy Experience when I was young was mind-blowing, then Jilted as a follow up...wow!!! Still love these 2 albums. Neektone on Bandcamp remixed both the Experience and Jilted as D&B - just missing Voodoo People and No Good Start the Dance but they're excellent remix albums, he keeps the core of what makes the track special but changes it into a totally different style. I have heard so many remixes that are either unrecognizable or too similar but he does a great balancing act.

The Prodigy and Goa trance? Yes! You can argue that it’s not Goa trance, but Goa DJs constantly play this track in their sets. And Empirion’s work is often associated with Goa trance as well — not all of it, but some of it. The Prodigy — Firestarter (Empirion Mix) (1996)

What's the prodigy etiquette on this forum It's not goa but, maybe a precursor? Maybe not music wise but brain wise. Or am I just drunk asf. Possibly both. Whoooooooo

Hallucinations of the Buddha. Part 2 - First samples 🧝‍♀️🧙‍♂️ Listen now: https://soundcloud.com/globalsect/hallucinations-of-the-buddha Attention! The disc box features a specially designed form created exclusively for this release. When unfolded, it conceptually complements the first part of the compilation, drawing an analogy with the game Tetris. Therefore, if you want to enjoy the complete visual and musical experience, make sure to get the first part while it’s still available - no more than 70 copies remain in stock. This is a limited release and will not be reprinted. Grab your copy here: https://globalsect.bandcamp.com/album/va-hallucinations-of-the-buddha-6cd Samples tracklist: 1. Dream Phase - Light Through Darkness 2. Arthur Pralaya - Pale Blue Dot 3. Fiery Dawn - Starlight Lullaby 4. Giilgamesh - Orbital Resonance 5. Artifact303 - Escape 6. Astronobios - Name in Progress 7. Fiery Dawn - Wings of Night 8. SETI Project - Headbanger 9. S.U.N. Project - 380 Volt (Morioun Remix) 10. Processor - People Worth Shit 11. Galaktik Wizdom - Focused Meditation 12. Eraser vs Yojalka - Rassah Munkabu (Morioun Remix) 13. Fiery Dawn - The Fire From Within 14. Summamutikka - Menisa Wirutana 15. Rayhaviina - NistiGoa 16. Hämeen Nopein - BulGoarian Folk 17. G O U G A S - Effing the Ineffable 18. Processor - Back To Nitzhogoa 19. Goalien - The Silence of Dead Stars 20. Dragon Twins - Belgian Drip 21. Giilgamesh - Type III Civilization You are in for a massive, diverse, and deeply conceptual musical journey. The tracklist features a wide range of outstanding works by true musical wizards: a new track from Artifact303, remixes of Blue Planet Corporation, S.U.N. Project, Xenomorph, Eraser vs Yojalka, a new guitar track from Xenomorph, a pure suomi CD by DJ Dark El Kante (Random Records), a nitzho CD by Agneton (Sita Records), deep ambient immersion, and a new CD from DJ Masala and DJane Hisui. Enjoy!

Man WIth No Name - Vavoom! with AZ NHJO HYENNRO (Michael Van Xroser)'s Synthesizers Solo Adlib with NI Massive. Hello. I'm AZ NHJO HYENNRO from RUSSIA/USA/GERMANY//CHINA/JAPAN/ENGLAND/FRANCE/KOREA. My new Dubbing Synthesizer Technik Act. Man With No Name's notable track Vavoom! with My synthesizer Yamaha EX7 with NI Massive Solo Adlib. Keep Good Melody!. I want work with martin haha. over album earth moving the sun.... www.theaznhjohyennro.com www.mhjonhjosounds.com nhjohyennro@naver.com michaelroxxrevxerd@gmail.com

Elysium doesn't have any decent original tracks? That's an odd opinion, sounds like someone has never heard Dance for the Celestial Beings

Phobium - The inescapable contract

Is good in my opinion, at least they keep with their own style that I appreciate very much.

I'm really sorry to hear this news. Cronomi was one of the few labels that I really admired and followed. Music itself made strong impact on many goa-heads who were into the second wave but also on some older goa-heads too. I believe you guys can all be proud of yourself and what you did through many years. Also I can understand most of the reasons you mentioned. I can only wish you best of luck in your next adventures!

Acid drop straight into your ear. Wizack Twizack - Re-Rotter

I don't really feel like getting into the pissing contest about how people (or kids these days) are listening to wrong music and listening to music wrong, but we can check some trends for sort of hard facts. One go-to place is IFPI's global music report. Right now the main site is acting up, but you can get a referring article or the pdf. For some possible key points: Music revenues as a whole crashed by about 50% from the late 90s peak (or "peak CD, no Napster yet") to the 2015-ish "how should we even get stuff" confusion low, but now they've actually made a new all-time high again. Nowadays the big money comes from streaming (51.2% subscriptions, 17.7% ad-supported, 69.0% together), but obviously not for everyone equally. Physical media is 16.4% globally, probably less in the US and similar countries. (You can find US stats separately.) Vinyl has outsold CDs since 2020. I still buy CDs and vinyl - for reliable hard copies and simply for collecting, but overall CD buyers are a small minority and people actually listening to CDs even smaller. That "I don't even own a CD player" boast was popular already 20 years ago. Today I know people who actually hoard CD/DVD/Blu-ray drives because their production is dwindling and eventually you won't be able to get any new ones even if you wanted. Anyway, streaming is how people get music. It's another story how "kids these days" listen to music. I'm not saying that everyone only checks six second video snippets, but I do think that swiping, skipping, shorter attention span and instant gratification are real trends. I'm obviously old and grumpy, but in my opinion psy-trance in general got a bit weird already in the 00s when it still insisted on 8 minute tracks, yet placed some crowd-hyping filter effect or fill in there every 20 seconds. It was different in the 90s when listening involved the effort of loading a physical disc, and a few minutes of gradual building was a thing, acceptable, or even expected. I don't know if I'm getting anywhere here but let's just say that goa, CDs, and goa CDs are on the losing side of major trends. Also, there is so much of everything that marginal stuff is ridiculously marginal now. I'm almost literally drowning in music and I'm buying it on physical discs. If I tried to follow even a fraction of all the digital stuff, RIP me. It takes me more than a month to process what I can easily get on a single Bandcamp Friday. I'll stop here because it's late again, but maybe I'll dedicate another message to Cronomi. Let's see.

I just don't understand why you plan to destroy any remaining stock after some point, it makes no sense. It seems a disservice to the purpose you've served all these years and disrespectful to the artists.

Understandable. Talk about the same boring lineups with the same well-known names over and over again! Not to mention the very high ticket prices for the festivals.They are not affordable for many of us. It's kind of sad that many people who go to festivals have deep enough pockets to pay for travelling costs, festival tickets etc., but not for an album. You're probably right that most of the new audience don't really care about buying the music or at least getting acquainted with relevant discography. They just want to go to festivals, even if they don't know who's playing. I feel the scene is becoming more commercialised, like the rest of Psytrance. Fast food for the masses. Not sure though whether the Goa scene itself has shrunk. It seems it's becoming more mainstream. The underground feeling is fading away, and instead you get big expensive festivals with extravagant, flashy decoration, and very prominent, levelled up DJ decks, as if they are some kind of superstars. They look ridiculous, egotistic attention-seekers to me. When the scene emerged in Goa in its most authentic form it was not like this; the dancing experience itself was the focus. There are more events and music released than 15 years ago. It's just that there is no "quality control" anymore. As physical format is gradually being abandoned, individuals and labels can publish virtually anything online, which is not costly I suppose and therefore not risky. And then you end up with tons of music released, most of which is of poor quality, and most of which almost nobody buys.

@abasio I am with you up to a point. Throwing blame 100% on such people seems the obvious and easy decision. But I think things are a bit more complicated. Firstly, in some countries in Europe (or in Greece at least), even though the governments were very late to take precautionary measures in the beginning of the pandemic, after much harm had been done and the vaccines were out, they were trying to force the people do the vaccines. This made people suspicious and reactive. There was, and still is, a significant number of people that did the vaccine but still feel repulsion that they were forced to do it in order to keep their jobs. Secondly, the vaccines for Covid were developed urgently and the whole procedure took much less time than it normally does to develop a vaccine. If anyone raised a doubt, they were called conspiracy theorists, idiots, and so on. So, in Greece, instead of encouraging people to do the vaccine for the public welfare, the government's way of dealing with the problem was something like "shut up and do the vaccines otherwise you are anti-scientific idiots and you will lose your jobs." Thirdly, there were some reasonable concerns. AstraZeneca, for instance, has infamously been involved in several scandals, which has tarnished its reputation. And, if I remember correctly, some countries suspended the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine after some reported deaths related to it. And regarding the widely used Pfizer vaccine, so far as I know this is a completely new type of vaccine, so I suppose it is not completely unreasonable if someone wants to wait a few years to be convinced that it has no long-term negative health effects. Finally, poor practices have indeed been reported during Pfizer's pivotal trial of the vaccine. See this paper for instance, from the very respected and reliable British Medical Journal. https://www.bmj.com/content/375/bmj.n2635 So, I think it is unfair to point as idiots or extreme right-wing fascists etc. all the skeptics of the Covid vaccines (sadly, governments and media manipulated the public to adopt such an attitude). Of course, those who refuse to use face-masks are idiots indeed. And the worst are the real fascists who deploy the anti-vaccine hysteria in order to attract voters. Anyway, these are my thoughts. No intention to give support to the person you criticised, since I do not know him. Either extreme seems wrong to me.

Some of the comments here are hilarious. Everyone has different tastes. Some people like Amen, some like TIT3 and other may think Dancing Galaxy is awesome. There’s no right or wrong. It comes down to personal taste. So people should chill the fuck down. way too many self appointed trance academics here. Dance!

No it's not. God just nuke this site from orbit

Both melodies are based on a fairly standard pattern and a fairly standard chord progression. To me they do sound similar but not exactly the same, it may happen that they were written independently For the record, the PPK track is based on this (written in late 70's) The PPK track was released in 2002 (EDIT: actually 1999). I remember it well, basically it was one of the first trance tracks I've ever heard. And I have to say that listening to it now gives me goosebumps. It sounds dated but club trance as a whole had certain charm in early 00's.

Artist: Phyx Title: Corruption EP Label: Timecode Date: May, 2010 1. Corruption 2. Fountainhead Now lest you think I found some extra cash, or...lifted some green from my wife's purse I assure you that nothing of the sort has occurred. I had this review done on my hard drive and recently found it. Apparently it doesn't belong with all the porn. Sheesh....labels. I love it when a new Timecode release comes out. I said it before and I'll say it again, but South African psytrance just sounds better. I don't know how they do it, they just do. Ian Summs is a major force in the South African psytrance scene. He's part of Twisted System and Brethren two giants in this genre. Do you remember what you felt like when you first heard The Dealers? Yeah, hide the women and children, it was an evil ass kicker. This is the solo project (I'm sure most of you enthusiasts knew that already) of Ian and this EP is grittier, with a harder edge than his album Kiss The Blade. One thing, I don't understand the cover...are they saying that the Arkansas Razorback athletic program is corrupt? It's true, surely, but how do they know that? Corruption- This one drops a bass line with laser light focus that makes your dead grandmother want to shake it. The break talks about the perfect chord and is filled with sinister feelings. The two don't really go together but their use of effects creates that atmosphere. The climax rips and sounds crystal clear. Expect nothing less from this guy. Good job. Fountainhead- More crusty bass and ringing metallic sounds create the darkness that hides. You can see the similarities between the two tracks with the dirtier sound. The distorted synth is like a tsunami, crushing all that it touches. Synth stabs echo over the bouncing bass line and when the break arrives it is like the proverbial calm before the storm. Another good track. Man it is sh*it like this that really whets the appetite for more. Ian has done it again with two very good thumpers for those that love the twilight. Oh, good God...can we grow up? Love the South African sound and can highly recommend this puppy. Plus it was less than 3 bucks. Nice. Beatport Mdk

Mindcrawlers & Infinite Dimensions - Wizard Magic - 150BPM Newschool Goa track. High quality production and heavy trance melodies all throughout. This is the Mindcrawlers remix of Infinite Dimension's Wizards track. Both tracks should be highly esteemed, enjoy the song fellow psynewsers Stream or Download at Acidplanet or Beatbiz More is on the way.

Miranda - Phenomena

We sadly announce that CRONOMI IS NO LONGER: the label stops all its activities for good. . First, we would like to thank everyone who has supported us over the years! Many of you bought our releases blindly: many considered us a 'boutique' label with far out the best psychedelic dance music: that makes us proud! 🥳🤩 You, our fans, made it possible for us - the label and its wonderful artists involved - to bring out the best psychedelic dance music. For that we are very grateful!!! 😘 🤗 . . There are many reasons why Cronomi stops all its activities. Mainly it is due to the many negative changes in the goascene over the years. To sum up a few: . (1) The goa scene has shrunk a lot, so sales went down. 〽️ . (2) Many people prefer to stream music for free or at low budget (online): we can not compete with multinationals like youtube or spotify, who by the way don't share any of their profits with us - the revenue is very very small. Maybe it makes you more "visible", but sales never follow. With visibility you can't pay the bills . (3) People seem to prefer to spent their money on parties and festivals, but not on the creative input that makes the goa scene move forward - labels and artists are forgotten and it seems that the overall so called PLUR experience of the party or festivals goes before that of the support for the music that makes out the core of the scene. 🥸 . (4) Power and political games in the goa scene: many line ups are dominated by the same people over and over. Small and lesser known artists hardly get a fair chance. The time that good music promoted itself is gone. Cronomi is a label, nor a booking agency, nor a party organization and certainly not a hollow online promo machine. 🤑🤖 . . Conclusion: we can no longer afford to invest our own savings into the label with so little return. We hardly turn break even. It is sad that sales went down so much, because everything we released received much positive attention and good reviews. Music works therapeutic and still many people seem not to care enough to invest in it. That is a paradox with low selling rates: music helps us heal, but those who make the music receive hardly any support. A sad truth... . . The Cronomi stock will stay available for a while, BUT not for always. So if you want to still grab your copy, be fast! At a certain point all of the remaining stock will be destroyed. . . Thanks again to all our loyal fans - we will NEVER forget the appreciation you gave us 🥰 . Warm regards 🙏

Let's be honest, Goa Trance truly emerged around 1993-94 and started dying in 2000, that's about 6 or 7 years of peak popularity. Then it came back around 2006-07, and now we are in 2025, that's almost 20 years of what we used to call new school Goa. Do you think Goa Trance evolved much in that time? After so long it's not surprising to see it decline, it's a natural phenomenon. Listen to a random Goa Trance album from 2023 and tell me how different it is from a 2013 album...