Leaderboard

Oh hell time flies, it feels like I wrote the 20th bday thread not so long ago, but turns out if was before the Covid crisis... It's still accurate. What more is there to say to that? The is not the most active community but it should stay online as it contains a goldmine of information about Goatrance and Psytrance. BTW for those who don't know from the FB post, Psynews was moved to a brand new server one month ago, it feel so much faster now. Psynews certainly changed our lives. It changed mine big time, I keep realizing it. It was a big launchpad for several projects (Suntrip, Filteria...) It's like a fabric of wonderful people all around the world. Mind you, I'm even going to finally meet @Jon Cocco in the flesh next summer as he invited me to his place in the USA. Psynews keeps amazing me with everything it helped creating or enabled along the years. For those who need some more insights about this community, I still have this other thread in store HAPPY BIRTHDAY !

Hello new comer this is a very active site but the caveat is that everyone is logged off..

Woohoo! Welcome.

RA - To Sirius - 3CD Remastered Reissue This month marks the 25th anniversary of one of the most iconic and timeless albums in the history of Goa Trance: "To Sirius" by the legendary Norwegian act RA. To commemorate this milestone, DAT Universe has worked tirelessly behind the scenes with the band’s visionary founders, Christer Borge-Lunde and Lars W. Lind, to curate an extraordinary triple-CD reissue—a tribute that not only honours this revered masterpiece but also cements RA’s legacy in the pantheon of the genre. More than a mere celebration of their magnum opus, this ambitious project seeks to transcend nostalgia, expanding the reissue into the ultimate anthology, gathering the finest compositions ever crafted by the duo during the height of their creative journey. The painstaking process of meticulously digitizing the band’s priceless DAT tapes and unearthing their long-lost old archives was a labour of love spanning several years. The result is a captivating odyssey through RA’s early foray into Goa Trance, and a definitive panorama of their artistic evolution before their reformation in 2006. Originally released in 2000 by the Taiwanese label Blue Moon Productions, and reissued in 2001 by Nova Tekk, "To Sirius" emerged like a celestial anomaly in the Psychedelic Trance scene—a luminous UFO soaring above a landscape increasingly dominated by dark minimalist and techno-infused influences. Its arrival was nothing short of a revelation, conveying a sonic manifesto that rekindled the genre’s cosmic soul and melodic grandeur. RA’s seminal masterpiece encapsulates all the quintessential elements that defined the golden era of Goa Trance, seamlessly intertwining intricate melodies, ethereal atmospheres, and hypnotic rhythms. Yet, "To Sirius" stands as a bold and visionary endeavour—an enthralling alchemy of spiritual sounds that transcend the boundaries of trance. With its cutting-edge 3D sound design and futuristic precision, the album not only redefined the genre but also reignited a glimmer of hope for its resurgence at the dawn of the new millennium. The first disc presents a remastered version of the album staying true to its original essence while elevating it to new heights—each track now resonates with greater depth, richness and balance than ever before. For the first time ever, listeners will also experience the complete, unabridged version of "Astral Flight", restored after being truncated in the original release. The second disc brings together all previously released vinyl and compilation tracks produced in the 90s, alongside a trove of unreleased gems composed between 1997 and 1999—hidden treasures that never made the album’s final cut. These long-forgotten pieces, exhumed from the band’s secret vaults, have now been reinstated into the original work, breathing new life into this reissue—a true "rebirth". This collection also features a miraculous discovery: the medley "Mooncake – Tribes Of The Moon", born from RA’s inspired collaboration with Kerry Palmer and Graham Franklin of Dimension 5. The final disc unveils the finest previously unreleased tracks from the pivotal years leading up to the creation of "To Sirius" (1995-1996)—a mesmerizing journey through the duo’s formative era, where raw creativity and fearless experimentation forged their unmistakable sound signature. Spanning an eclectic range of tempos and styles, these early productions stand as vibrant testaments to the artistic evolution of a band destined to etch its singular legacy into music history. This reissue also includes a richly detailed booklet chronicling the history of RA, complete with in-depth liner notes from the duo. It offers a rare glimpse into the equipment they used, along with long-kept secrets revealed for the first time—including the origin of the "RA" alias and the hidden meaning behind the "To Sirius" album title. With this monumental reissue, "To Sirius" is reborn—a timeless masterpiece once again illuminating the vast cosmos of Goa Trance. Tracklist: Disc One: RA – To Sirius 01 [Prologue] 02:07 02 Astral Flight 15:12 03 Universal Key 09:13 04 Beyond Control 08:34 05 Initiated 07:47 06 Sign Of Life 08:47 07 R.O.M. 08:46 08 Paradox 07:53 09 Sirius 06:52 10 [Epilogue] 04:38 Disc Two: RA – Rebirth 01 Rebirth 03:30 02 Another Horizon 08:20 03 Spiritual Odyssey 05:57 04 Lifeline 06:36 05 Questions 07:59 06 Azure Child 08:20 07 Mooncake – Tribes of the Moon 08:59 08 Static Distress 07:58 09 Crystals 08:01 10 Unseen Sky 05:04 11 Sanctuary 07:11 Disc Three: RA – The Early Years 01 Gateway (Goa Mix) 09:35 02 Cheops (Spirit Nomad) 07:45 03 Iris 07:32 04 Soul Transfusion 09:30 05 The Calling 09:15 06 Messenger From Beyond 08:34 07 Sign Of Sun 08:58 08 Intermission 02:07 09 Cheops (Caravan of Life) 07:53 10 Gateway 07:38 You can pre-order your copy here: https://www.datuniverse.com/product/datuv004-ra-to-sirius-3cd/ https://datuniverse.bandcamp.com/album/to-sirius

Hello guys, very nice to meet you! I'm actually a new member, just wanting to say hi 😝 Actually I'm not even a member yet, I've registered a few days ago but nowadays a guy can't even get his account approved around here 😅 Anyways just want to express my love to this community, keep it up ❣️

Half of Vibrasphere, on Liquid Sound Design? How could it not be good? It's good

It's always nice to listen to Posford talk about music: Simon Posford - History, Fame and Psychedelic Creation. | KohPhanCast #29

Sorry that you got absolutely nothing from your first post here. It should have been a fanfare "woohoo, a new member, please talk our ears off" But it looks like there's not much going on here. There was fake radi, there is me for however long this run lasts, there is a smattering of other posts and a huge tonne of lurkers (I can see you guys not logged in) ANyway, thank you for taking the time to say hello, please browse the reviews and say something in the forums.

Friends, today we will tell you about our further plans regarding the compilation. As you already know, we have released the first part consisting of 6 discs and is, at the moment, the largest release released on CD in the Goa Trance style. If you completely open the box of this disc, you will see a cross-shaped geometric figure. This figure will represent the central part of the overall epic picture. The subsequent parts of the compilation will be designed in such a way that they will be attached to the central part like "Tetris". Therefore, we strongly recommend that all collectors who have not purchased the first part, be sure to purchase it, because your future collection will be missing the main element. We have warned you, there are less than 100 copies left: https://globalsect.bandcamp.com/album/va-hallucinations-of-the-buddha-6cd The release will consist of 5 parts, each of which will include 6 discs. LONGREAD ON OUR SITE: https://globalsect.org/b/30-cd-compilation-its-not-a-hallucination/

Hello friend, dont worry, you are not alone who has problems with material resources these days. Just listen to music and enjoy, it's more than enough for us. Welcome to our soundcloud or bandcamp, where we upload all music for unlimited free streaming. Thank for your attention and good luck with everything.

Could be RadiGPT

Listening to Trust In Trance Vol. 3 now and loving it! Thanks for the recommendation! This could become one of my new favorites. I am getting a few early Posford vibes from some bits too. 9/10 at least...

VA Transmission (compiled by Absolute Hypnotic) Listen 2 tracks, pre-order digital and CDs: https://globalsect.bandcamp.com/album/va-transmission The Goa trance scene has always been a constellation of diverse streams – old-school analog purists, modern psychedelic explorers, new age hybrids, forest dreamers, and full-on freaks. Yet on the dancefloor, those divisions melt. Beats speak. Minds sync. Bodies move as one. This is the spirit behind Transmission – a visionary compilation curated by Absolute Hypnotics, and fully performed by some of the most respected, genre-defining artists in the global Goa trance community. Each track in Completed by Absolute Hypnotics is a reinterpretation of our original music – filtered, transformed and reborn through the artistic lens of a different master producer. It’s not a remix album – it’s a collaborative reimagining. Every artist brings their unique sound, their history, their tribal code – while staying rooted in the shared source. Transmission is more than just a compilation – it’s a sonic statement. It’s a deliberate attempt to bridge the fragmented streams of Goa trance, and to present them united – just as they truly are when experienced on the dancefloor. From retro analog warmth, to new school layers and hybrid psychedelic textures – this release covers the entire frequency spectrum of Goa. Each track is a message, a transmission, a unique signature of sound – but together, they form a singular pulse, a journey, a story about connection. Let the past, present, and future of Goa trance merge into one. Let the tribe feel the signal. Let the Transmission begin. Tracklist: 1. MFG - New Horizon (Remix) 2. Astrogano - Babadook 3. Wonder - Mysterious Way 4. Absolute Hypnotic - Gods Provision 5. Raziel & Fiery Dawn - The Keeper Of Secrets 6. Laughing Skull - Highway Ghost 7. Goasia -The Matrix 8. Alpha Omega - Breaking The Matrix 9. Too Much Data - United As One 10. Divine Signal - Transmission Label: Global Sect Release Date: 31 July 2025 Mastering: Space Cat Compiled by Absolute Hypnotic

Hi! I'm back with a new track! (which is technically not actually new, as it's based on something I started working on in 2021... whatever!) Laser-filled nitzhogoa! With a very slow BPM! (150 BPM, very slow indeed, lol! Most of the Nitzho I'm working on is at 155+ BPM) I love you Psytrance people and I'm in a good and very altruistic mood right now, so I wish you a lot of happiness in your life! ❤️ ^-^ (Especially those who listen to this track! :p) Hyper Power of Outer Space! EPIC (It's not me on the cover art!)

OUT NOW: BANDCAMP It’s with an immense pleasure that we announce that our upcoming release will be the new Denshi Danshi EP entitled « Echoes Of Eternity »! Expect 4 mind blowing tracks filled with crazy melodies, squelchy acid lines, all blended together with a solid and modern production! The Ep will be available in digital format but also in a very limited slim case cd! And guess what? There might be a little bonus surprise for the ones that will get their hands on the physical copies! Tracklist: 1: Svastyayana 2: Organic Particles 3: City of Lights 4: Edge of the World Preview: Mastering by: Ido Ophir @ Domestic Studios Est release: June 2025

Astral Projection - For All Mankind https://www.diggersfactory.com/vinyl/328226/astral-projection-for-all-mankind

It's finally happening: 19 September!! Cut and paste from Iboga Records @ Facebook: Astral Projection – For All Mankind – The Return of Legends The long-awaited moment has arrived. After nearly three decades since their groundbreaking album Dancing Galaxy in 1996, the pioneering duo @astralprojection returns with For All Mankind—a stunning new chapter in psytrance history, released under the iconic Iboga Records banner. Prepare yourself for the ultimate transcendental experience. For All Mankind is a masterclass in melodic storytelling, merging timeless goa roots with state-of-the-art production. Expect soaring harmonies, intricate sequencing, and the unmistakable spirit of cosmic exploration that defined a generation. Crafted for dreamers, dancers, and deep thinkers alike, this album bridges past and future with grace and power. The essence of Astral Projection is reborn—renewed for a new era of sonic travelers. Let the journey begin. Trust in Trance. For All Mankind. Tracklist 1. Astral Projection - For All Mankind 2. Astral Projection - Transform 3. Astral Projection - Two Minutes 4. Astral Projection - The Astral World 5. Astral Projection - Remorse 6. Astral Projection - Into the Void 7. Astral Projection - Himalaya 8. Astral Projection - All Systems Go 9. Astral Projection - The Dream

Proxeeus - The Outsider (Global Sect, 2025) We are excited to present the new 2CD album by Jerome Lesterps - a true professor of New School Goa Trance. Pre-order CDs, digital & merch: https://globalsect.bandcamp.com/album/proxeeus-the-outsider Proxeeus music is an absolutely unique phenomenon. The producer’s talent is multifaceted and manifests in various genres. On the first disc of The Outsider, you will experience an unforgettable epic musical adventure with a high, almost extreme tempo, intertwining space-shattering acid synthesizers with multilayered psychedelic effects. The first part of the album is a guaranteed fragmentation of the dancefloor into molecules and atoms. After this emotional and epic journey, you will dive into the depths of dark Goa Downtempo with a touch of Dub and Ambient, inspired by various literary works, especially the legendary Howard Lovecraft. We have also prepared special, exclusive UV merchandise for all Proxeeus fans. The design is done in a dark psychedelic style by our longtime partner Andrey Verner. Tracklist: 1. Fear Of The Unknown 2. Clanging 3. Even Death May Die 4. Close Contact With The Uttefly Bizarre 5. The Great Old Ones 6. The Outsider 7. The King In Yellow 8. When The Church Bells Ring 1. Awake And Lying Beside A Black Rose 2. The One Reality 3. Nights Of Sorrow 4. By Tonight I Shall Be No More 5. A Slumbering Phantasm 6. Lathi 7. Sona-Nyl 8. Philosophie Du Suicide Label: Global Sect Mastering: 4CN-Studios & Zymosis Studio Artwork: Andrei Verner Release date: 31 May 2025 Catalogue number: GSMCD025

OUT NOW !!! https://globalsect.bandcamp.com/album/proxeeus-the-outsider

I've written some code to generate images in Clojure, going for a 90's rave flyer aesthetic. Let me know what you think:

Thanks, we are so happy it was so well received, it has been in the works for a few years, but it's so satisfying, and the band is also super pleased!

Happy Birthday Psynews!!! I started posting here when I was 14!!! 36 now At that time I started chatting with Sherlockalien and met up with him the following summer, we married 3 years later 😄 Psynews indeed was (and hopefully still is) capable of connecting people are any of the old members still active? What happened to Feathers 😁 Jeeee we all had some good laughs.. amazing really that this is still up 👌🏻 Congrats!!!!

Background: I have never been a Filteria fan. When he was a new artist I assumed it was kind of new school stuff but when I read all the amazing revews here from Goa fans and the comparisons to Pleiadians, I tried a couple times to listen to Sky Input, but I had a similar reaction to most of the other handful of negative reviewers: there are good Goa sounds and melodies but once the tracks get going it becomes a sort of wall of monoculture, like, I love chocolate cake but I don't want every space in my fridge and cupboards squashed full of only chocolate cake. (I should also mention incidentally that IFO is not one of my most favorite albums, though I do like it and listen to it quite a lot. I feel it has more color than Sky Input). I read that Daze of Our Lives is considered by many an improvement on the earlier albums so I have given it my first couple of listens. I am trying to let go of my biases, but that is hard to do, but I do need to say that the best bits of this album are really good and there are certainly moments where there is a really interesitng and unique sound. For me the really good bits are when he goes more ambient / downtempo and lets the music breathe a little. My favorites are the first and last tracks. I think he should try a whole album of downtempo. The other stuff, I like it OK, and I will give it more listens. It's technically good; the melodies are good; the effects are really good, but I honestly have to say that for most of it I don't get that really magic feeling that I get with older Goa or something like RA. It is hard to put my finger on it and it may be down to preconceptions. It might be something to do with the mastering or just Filteria sliding back into his tendencies for a relentlessly constant level of energy in a track. There are colorful melodies and organic effects yet many of the tracks for me feel a little on the flatter, less colorful, more homogenous kind of side in terms of their overall impression. This is just my subjective personal preference. I should mention this album does have quite a few Posfordlike elements that are done quite well, the warping chords and bright arpeggios. He has also nailed the weird, stuttery vocal effects although I do wonder if these were verging on being over-used here, though that's a minor quibble. This is no Hallucinogen 3 for me though, unfortunately. I award that title to Artha's incredible Influencing Dreams. I give tracks 1 and 9 9/10. The rest, I would have to give it more listens to really rank it fairly but my current feeling is if I was just rating the technical achievement it would probably be about 7 or 8/10 but in terms of my own enjoyment, 6/10. So for the whole album: 7/10.

Like and follow to get notified of the uploaded scans https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61573389360427

... one of the best decisions of my life. I used to read this forum like it was a bible when I was 20ish. 15 years later I'm organizing parties in Finland and I play Goa whenever I get the chance. Fullon is SO much easier to mix, but making 1 hour to 1.5 hour sets of goatrance is like finding the genre all over again. Every single time. It feels like I'm creating stories whenever I make my sets. Every single track brings something new, they tell stories that have never been heard, they push sounds and melodies that never been explored before. They intricately have a soul that trancends the life we are so accustomed to. Sometimes it takes 10 hours of goddamn hard work to make just over an hour of goatrance to flow together (even with my insanely vast knowledge of the genre!), but every - damn - time, it's totally worth it. There's like 5 people in Finland putting together goatrance sets during the year and it's a total pleasure being one the very few going against the mainstream of hitech, fullon, forest (that has nothing to do with forest, the fuck is wrong with that genre?) and other minimal psytech types of sounds. Last weekend I had the upmost privledge being able to deliver goatrance that transforms from 140bpm danceable super rhymtic and hypnotic goatrance (M-Run, Radical Distortion) to 156bpm soft nitzhogoa (Goalien & Agneton) and everyone who was in the front row was banging their heads off!!! I seriously could not have believed I could bring these sounds to peoples ears that have never heard them - and get them to enjoy it! This music literally was a saving grace for me. I used to be a nobody. Goatrance was something I consumed alone, skateboarding, hanging around on forums. I still kinda am a nobody, but goatrance made me a person who gives people experiences they never experienced before - I'd imagine that counts for something more than just being an npc. Goatrance, as a genre, is a goddamn joy. The melodies, the stories. People who make, play and consume goa, I've found, are the best type of people. The one's that have the capacity to ask more, the one's that think. The one's that care. Last weekend I had an older couple come up to me that my set from the weekend before was the best.. I was not sure what I heard so I asked them "this one, or the other one?", they answered "BOTH". ❤

Morioun - Dawn Of Illusions (Global Sect, 2024) Pre-order digital & CDs: https://globalsect.bandcamp.com/album/morioun-dawn-of-illusions We are pleased to present to you the third studio album of the rising star of the new school Goa-trance, Morioun project. You have already heard great tracks on the compilation Hallucinations Of The Buddha, as well as releases on other labels. We are always very happy to see new names and fresh views on our all favorite style of music. Tracks from this album were written by Daniel Lübke (Germany) between 2019-2024, using digital and analogue equipment. Lyrics of Salam Sahara written by Daniel Lübke, translated and recorded in Moroccan arabic by Amine Sefnaj Tracklist: 1. Huaxa Nakh 2. 4-Seven-A-Nine 3. Abundance of Complexity 4. Space Academy (feat. SETI Project) 5. Vacuum Tube Laboratory 6. Darth Fader 7. Salam Sahara 8. A Dream Within 9. Generation Mars 10. The Drake Equation Release date: 24 December 2024 Label: Global Sect Mastering: 4CN-Studios W&P: Daniel Lübke

The Hallucinogen Singles boxed set is up for pre-sale on Bandcamp. Grab it now 😃 https://hallucinogenmusic.bandcamp.com/album/hallucinogen-5xlp-singles-remastered-deluxe-media-book-pre-order-only-ships-on-or-around-17th-february-2025

Digitalis - The Fourth State album (features unreleased older tracks) on vinyl - limited to 50 copies: https://organicsigns.bandcamp.com/album/os05-digitalis-the-fourth-state

Vaporized Human Odyssey 2023 Digital Reprints Human Odyssey 1 1-1Vaporized (2)–Return To The Source 12:51 1-2Vaporized (2)–Circle Of Dust 11:21 1-3Vaporized (2)–Solar Cycles 10:38 1-4Vaporized (2)–Human Odyssey 9:44 1-5Vaporized (2)–Full Moon 9:44 1-6Vaporized (2)–Silverbox 10:54 1-7Vaporized (2)–Enter The Circle 10:37 Human Odyssey 2 2-1Vaporized (2)–Return To The Source (Dig Deeper Mix) 12:51 2-2Vaporized (2)–Circle Of Dust (Red Rock Mix) 10:36 2-3Vaporized (2)–Solar Cycles (In Orbit Mix) 11:03 2-4Vaporized (2)–Red Dust 10:22 2-5Vaporized (2)–Silverbox (Acid Mix) 9:47E 2-6Kristian* & DJ Cosmix–The Vision (Vaporized Remix) 10:00 2-7Vaporized (2)–Artifact 12:22 This is a fascinating double album released in 2023 by Danish artist Kristian Thinning Andersen. He is most famous as Elysium, though he has a variety of other monikers. Andersen made some of the greatest Goa tracks ever in the 90s with a unique mellow, tribal, and hypnotic style. One of my personal favourites is the Sheyba ep on Flying Rhino from 1995: Who can forget the wolf howls in "Ancient Lands" which take the listener deep into the ancestral past. Other notable releases include Spiritual's "Ride the Snake", Kaaya's "Ormazd", Kailash's "Higher", and the two Elyzium albums Dance for the Celestial Beings (1995) and Celestial Sounds and Neurotic Tribal Beats (1997). Evocative, storytelling stuff, more for the inner journey than for 'aving it on the dancefloor, though plenty potent on the dancefloor too. Rather than give a track by track formalist description, I want to try to sum up Andersen's artistic goal and the feel of his tunes, with which I'm sure many of you are familiar. Perhaps the most important thing then is to point out that if you are a fan of his work, as I am, then this is a must. Andersen has not changed his style. This is not to say that he is stuck or lacks variety or experiment or is narrow, but he simply has his own unique style that is instantly recognisable. And what a style it is - poised hovering in the liminal zone between the dancefloor and the chill out area with bpms seldom getting up into the 140s, its distinctive feature is hypnosis. In a sense, then, his music is the very essence of trance, which is a hypnotic state, a state of immersion if you will. There's a deep calm in his music, that is quite different to the ecstatic excitement, even freneticism, of a lot of trance and psytrance. It is more of a highlands plateau than the peaks and valleys of psytrance. It is likely that the Dionysian among us will not like this calm and will find this album boring. If you want high drama, crushing rhythms, major chords, frenzied build-ups, hardcore blastoff, then look elsewhere. For those who can enter this calm state, it provides the meditative bliss of relaxation and acceptance. This music creates the atmosphere in which it is best appreciated. Here are the words of the man himself: "I wanted to return to the way I think trance should be like. To me, trance is a slowly building journey on the dance floor by its hypnotizing patterns and deep soundscapes. Repetitively rhythmic to put you in a state of trance." Andersen emphasises his return to proto-Goa, which was slower and lacked the build-ups and galloping horse basslines of post-millenial psytrance. What I most appreciate about this relaxation is that it tends to grant the space for the mind to expand into fantasy - it is quite easy to be swept to far-off lands with these tunes. This does not mean that Vaporized lacks intensity. Intensity may be provided by tribal vibes through vocals, samples, percussion. Whilst I do miss the tribal vibes a bit on this latest album, they are still there in the background. Intensity is also provided by the microdynamics of texture and small changes. A master of texture, Andersen was always good at making sounds that ranged from silken smooth to ragged ripping. Many of his sounds, showcased by the relatively constant rotating polyrhythms in the background have more pixels per nanosecond than there are motes of dust in the Sahara (though you will need a good hifi to hear this). Part of the sonic magic is the recordings and masterings: no compression wars here and sounds have space to breathe, do not blur together, dynamics are free. I checked out my vinyl and cds and the only information on the mastering I could find was "Prodam" and "Podam" - I searched but nothing came up. This is also true of this new work, which is also well produced. This high quality recording and mastering pays off in psychoactive sound with good micro as well as macro dynamics. This is crucial to Andersen because he is very good at small changes, subtle shifts of delicate percussion, unexpected time wobbles - small changes amidst heavy repetition that can tug at your ear, especially when you are in the calm and receptive state of trance. There, in a nutshell, I think you have the spirit of Elysium/Vaporized: hypnotic trance. It is relatively introspective stuff that eschews drama, performativity, grandiosity, hysteria, going instead for meditative calm. This, of course, does not mean that the artist is always so calm himself. Hypnosis is also invariably haunted by the image of the zombie: who is controlling the hypnotised is the question that typically arises. Is it a corporate AI? Perhaps it is the Soviet nostalgia hackers? No, it is definitely the aliens described by Cixin Liu. Whether you are concerned about being hypnotised or not, the questions that have historically accompanied the inner path do flutter about this introspective art. Of course, this means that this is more home music than for the main floor. If hypnotic trance sounds appealing to you, then you won't do better than this excellent album and the stunning back catalogue behind it. ~*~

I see the excel tracklists, they look good. We may disagree on the term melodic, but it's definitely my type of music. I'm not a YouTube user though, never managed to get in to YouTube, can't listen to more than one track on the platform. Now if someone could put these tracklist in to a mix and make that downloadable, that would be great 👍 Asking too much? Yeah, ignore more 😆

Psychaos - Future Rocks. Flying Rhino Records, October 1997. UK.

Same, I heard some Goa at a house party, and just remember seeing the Order Odonata/Dragonfly logo and bought a CD with the same logo, it was this, Genetic - Trancemission had me instantly hooked and I've never looked back.

I feel that a lot of the old acts that we loved back in the day, started making music that was more commercial and less to the tastes of us fuddy duddies, but recently a lot are pivoting back as the people they made the pop sound for are no longer interested, and they know that we are all stubborn and will be the ones paying to hear the old sounds 😁

What if the world actually did end in 2012 and now we're living in some purgatory hellscape or something? Does anyone remember being happy after December 21st 2012? Happier than you were before? I think not. The world has gone to hell and the doomsday cultists were right, we just didn't notice 😂 Actually my daughter was born in 2015 and has brought unbridled joy to my life. Got a dog last year and he is awesome! If this is the apocalypse then I am all for it 👍

What is this shit ..... Well, here we go! Released on 6/04-25 ... Find it here on KER's BC page, https://kaliearth.bandcamp.com/album/unidentified-form-of-sound-e-p .. and other places where you buy and stream music. ~;~

my father was a known homosexual. i mean everybody knew him. all over the neighborhood. they knew him as the best homosexual there ever was. and when he was a sailor in the 50s - he was well known in the mess hall. he used to tell me stories on how they ran what they called "wasa loppet" . You sit in a couch and jerk off the guy next to you. he was very well known. i love you dad, rest in peace. you little gaylord. he even asked me several times, "hey boy, are you gay?" and i was like NO ffs im not!! youve asked me tons of times, IM NOT GAY! but, i think he never truly believed me. but considering i ended up loving goa trance, i think, maybe im ultragay. only gaylords love goatrance i think.

lolololol I woke up with this sample in my head this morning. Did a Google search for <<goa trance sample "I feel like I'm losing my mind">> and this thread was the first result. I laughed very hard when I opened it and realized that I had created this thread and it appears to be a common issue in my life. FFS

Thank you for posting this! It is a great coincidence because I have also been looking for Goa of around 130 bpm this last week or two and honestly not finding much. Almost all Goa is faster than that and then psychill and psybient are normally quite a bit slower. It is of particular interest to me as I learn to make Goa trance as the track I am currently working on is at 131 bpm. I was tempted to try and make the beat a bit faster to conform more to what listeners seem to expect from Goa, but then my melodies don't work so it will stay at this speed I think. I will have a listen to these other tracks as they may help my inspiration. I too generally enjoy my trance on the slower side these days. A very high bpm does not often play well with anxiety.

For me I think it has to be Snakey Shaker. Other tracks like Deranger have more going on but the simple yet beautiful and urgent acid lines of Snakey Shaker are surely what you get when you distill Simon's talent into its purest, most concentrated form. That square wavey sounding choir of synthesized voices is so cool as well! It helps that I had not really heard any Goa trance (with the possible exception of a B side released under Paul Oakenfold's Perfecto Allstarz moniker) before buying Lone Deranger on sight, so the second track was by far the hardest, trippiest thing I had ever heard and left a lasting impression. After that, I would probably say Horrogram for the great melody, followed by Deranger and LSD.

I got some new headphones which means I am back listening to a lot more Goa and psy, which hopefully means I will get round to writing some new reviews.

25 years but not going strong. I try to contribute regularly, but there are seldom any replies. We need to ramp up. Let's make 2025 a good year for psynews.

I can confirm that the Hallucinogen singles box set is indeed superlative quality. It is well remastered and pressed and the box is high quality and beautiful. The mastering is more uniform than the original 12s, which were highly variable. Recommended.

Hello! I think a few members have read some of my posts here or/and know about my activity as a DJ in Berlin/Germany... Finally with the support of Kandiszucker I release some music on my debut album. 🙂 It will be out on 24th of January. Hope you like it! https://kandiszuckerrecords1.bandcamp.com/album/lucktales TRACKLIST 1. Lucktales 2. Plutonium 3. Trouble In The Shuttle 4. Astoridensturm 5. Kaleidoskop 6. Flackern 7. The Tranceverse Flute 8. Fireflies 9. Morningmood Lets start 2025 with a blast! We proudly announce the debut album of a german goa trance project that dates back quite some time already! Make yourself ready for a hypnotic, spiraling oldschool goa trance album by GhostOnAcid Sven Deichmann from Berlin started fiddling around with the first versions of what later became DAWs in 1998 and produced his first full tracks in 2002, while in 2006 the project GhostonAcid was born. Slowly adding hardware to his studio and crafting and improving eversince he released only two tracks so far in 2014 on Goalogique and Timewarp Records - something that needs to be changed as his music is just delicate. GhostOnAcid is one of the very few artists out there that knows how to capture that magic feeling and vibe of the golden age of goa trance with a more refined production - still sounding like straight from the 90s. As a label DJ for Suntrip Records since 2011 as well as beeing one of the founders of the legendary Return Of The Sun events in Berlin he is deeply routed in our beloved scene since many years and we are happy to have him on board for this stunning release! All the best!

Still my favorite. Pure Goa-trance awesomeness!

Just a heads up that Vader just out out their new album. If you want some quality death thrash from Poland give it a listen. They always deliver if if it's a bit same same.

Mount Kailash meditation guaranteed. Totally hypnotic music which will give you an out of body experience if you allow it to bathe your neural matrix. No psychedelics are required because this is aural acid of the purest quality. If you don't lift at least a little off-planet listening to this, may I humbly recommend that you join the queue for Getafix's magic potion, get thee to a nunnery, do fifteen years of pranayama or otherwise reprogram your horizons. Even the slightest openness to this trip will allow you to view our galaxy, let alone our planet, from an impossibly remote distance and contemplate our irrelevance in the multiverse. It seems almost churlish, given this level of psychological profundity, to mention the significance of this album for culture generally, for music, for psychedelic music in particular. I'm not joking when I state that in my opinion this constitutes possibly the most important album in the second wave of psychedelia to sweep through popular culture; in other words, it is up there with "Are You Experienced?", "Sargent Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" or the best of early Tangerine Dream. Pretentious I know, but that is what I think. Moreover, it inaugurates the genre of psychill, psybient, call it what you will. All tracks are simply mind bending genius, but "The Answer" has one of the all time classic samples that I feel compelled to reproduce: "No one saw its approach A small point of light lost in the glare of the morning sun it had been drifting for centuries through the inner solar system like an iceberg in the ocean of interplanetary space." This track is THE ANSWER to the question you didn't know to ask. ~*~

In fact when I stopped overthinking this I started actually finishing my tracks. Before that it was an endless recursion loop of "this is not good enough, that it not thought-out enough". My first completed psytrance track took me more than a year to finish (If I discount my another poorly mixed half-assed effort which has been finished and self-mastered when I was dead drunk but was surprizingly liked by some people here). I still don't consider myself good enough and sometimes i feel that my next track sounds worse than the one I've made right before that - this used to frustrate the hell of me but I now stopped bothering about this, it is counterproductive.

Depends. I was born in 1991, discovered goa in 2004, first goa party in 2010. In Serbia we didn't have goa parties until we started doing some parties last september, since then goa became loved and wanted here and now we have 3-4 parties every month and more and more people engaded to scene. For me golden ages are now! 1) Remaster / rerelease - like now so in 90s masterings were different, some really bad which can destroy release. With good new mastering you can give life to some stuff. And then obviously price... lets take Asia 2001 as example - same mastering, almost original cover art and just for 10-15 euro instead of 50-100!!! 2) If goa was founded when new school started it would be something new, but it was founded in 90s and too much artists made too much tracks. Goa have it's scales and styles, standards... ofcourse after 1000-5000 tracks what ever you make now will remind you on some track from past. I don't know what you expect, jazz saxofone or rap beats in goa? Personaly i prefer new school because is more groovy and agressive 3) Old artists made too much tracks - albums, eps, compilation tracks and ofcourse after doing it for sometime you will lose interests and ideas and want to do something different/new. And most of them probably live from music. Why should they make goa where is no money or really small amount when they can earn 2000-5000 euro per gig with fullon/prog? They will do what they like and they don't really care why few of us induviduals are not satisfied with their music these days lol I think you should live for these moments now. Looking back is not answer. It was 20 years ago and won't happen again. Today we have very different technology, music just like people evolved in something new, something different. Standards and demands are different. New people on the scene prefer new goa rather then old one. But if you don't enjoy what music become now find something different and enjoy it. Easiest thing is to sit behind your PC and complain, why not this why not that, that's not original, nah it's not 90s, this is plagiat music... we all have ideas how music should sound or be. Do it yourself, make your perfect music and show it to world, show how it should be and why. It's 2015, not 1995, time to move on

Hello my good Sir ! First of all, it is obvious that you need some hugs. Here is a picture of some kitties. I sincerely hope that it'll make you feel cheerrier. Now, you do have a committed a monstruous sin toward the Goa God ! You have lacked some faith ! May you be forgiven, o fool ! On a more serious basis, you base your thinking over a misconception. That conception is that this scene is only about old guys who gigged in the 90's, and that Newschool producers are all frustrated by that time. That is wrong. We are quite a few to be young here. In the scene, we have many people that are born between 1990 and 1995, and that haven't known the Golden days (I myself am 22). This scene is younger that you think. Of course there is ! You don't know this scene enough obviously. The Neo Goa scene is at the moment is the most creative niche within Psytrance these days. There are many examples, but i'll just tell you to listen to Kolovrat by Lunar Dawn. Give it a head, and you'll see how modern and creative they are. Also, I will confess something. I don't really dig Oldschool Goa. I love Newschool. It's more modern, less dusty, and in my view, Neo Goa is not the attempt to resurrect an old corpse, it is the ultimate developpement of modern psytrance. It's something fresh that brings more magic to the scene, and that gets more and more trendy. So, no obsession with Oldschool. Also, some artists do produce Oldschool style. They do it very well. Space Tribe and Dickster - Alien Sex Fiend OOOD Astral Projection - Mugen remix KURO, Masa, Matsuri The Muses Rapt - Human More generally, there's nothing wrong with keeping coming again and again to Oldschool. It's just like metal and rock music. There are classics that people never get tired to listen. Cheers !

Eh it's still a highly relevant and an interesting tangent. I think it's totally crazy I didn't even think of people mastering for festivals or parties, but I guess that's because my music consumption is home listening 100% Personally I listen to so much music that I do notice the differences(Unless it's a trashy audio system, but then everything sounds equally shit regardless), it is a massive change whether a track is flat, sharp, bloomy, soft or whatever you want to throw in here. You don't even have to get technical about it, just the way it sounds is enough. And as said, newer equipment get more and more revealing as the years go by. On parties people will pay even less attention to these things because everything is loud regardless and the sound systems already colour the music pretty heavily(There's a saying everything sounds great in a party). At least to me, mastering can make and break a track as I automatically gravitate toward things that sound more enticing and pleasing rather than boring and flat and the production has a huge impact on how the bass sounds, how sharp or dull the highs are, how busy it sounds or how much breathing room the layers have. Homogeneity is also an issue I agree, not everything should sound the same, but for the sake of consistency for an album that's a different thing.. Now obviously people who do mostly notice these things are not the majority, but why does one have to always go for the lowest common denominator? This is why we have the loudness war in the first place. Musical quality is the most important one yes, but again if something sounds like it's been through hell like the tracks in my original post, then it doesn't matter, the tracks will be forgotten. a couple pages back I posted a comparison of D5 iron sun and it's remix, tell me you don't hear a difference with them. Or another album I find unfortunately lacking in audio department was M-Run, he had 2 tracks on Erta Alé mastered by Colin and they sounded much better than anything in the album. I still find the album brilliant in it's own right, musical-wise, but I do not go back to it as much as I'd want! And to note this is not directed at anyone in particular even if it might seem so, just talking general principles what kind of a change you can achieve just with how things sound.