Well, try looking up psytrance in your regular encyclopedia.
...and the keyword is not universal but participatory.
Moral of story: if it sucks, improve it.
"Neo-goa Trance can be dark or light or happy or sad or emotional or dry or funny or quirky or silly and fun. All in the same song. And it is OK because we are human. We are vast. We contain many parts. The goal of Neo-goa Trance is to touch all of those parts in the best possible way."
Whatever that neo-goa trance thing is I want to listen to it! Any recommendations?
It is indeed one of the best 2006 albums, but that's not saying much since 2006 sucked. Viewed in a brother perspective Mean Between is still an album that stands out among the rest.
One of those Shape Shifters did release a psytrance album back in 1998:
http://www.discogs.com/release/241584
Hugh Sharpe, one of the members, actually posted some links to his retrospective mixes a few months back in the promotion subforum.
Yes, we are all aware of the good old times and were we are at the present is light years from that. Please, bring back the good times instead of looking back at them! We want more old school Transwave, incense and Shiva stuff!
1. Nuclear Ramjet - Mission To Sedna
2. V/A - Beneath the Surface
3. V/A - Peace For The Wicked
4. Triac - Mean Between
5. Shen - Outlines
Best Label: Native State Records
2006 overall: Less then 10 psytrance CDs that I've found worth purchasing.