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"like the time I caught the ferry over to Shelbyville. I needed a new heel for my shoe, so, I decided to go to Morganville, which is what they called Shelbyville in those days. So I tied an onion to my belt, which was the style at the time. Now, to take the ferry cost a nickel, and in those days, nickels had pictures of bumblebees on 'em. Give me five bees for a quarter, you'd say."

Artist: Lamat Title: Master Control Label: AP Records Date: 2005 1. Aerobic 2. Neovibration 3. Hi Thinking 4. Master Control 5. Reborn 6. Chemical Disorder 7. Loudness 8. Teletranceporter "Maybe you're being paranoid." Who's ready for some full-on? Sigh. Dunno what happened, but when I bought this over a decade ago I was in love with it. The aluminum siding on the 'ol doublewide was shaking back then I can tell you. This is the debut album from Marcos Sanchez from Mexico and I think it was his best. But it's lost something. Or perhaps as the years have gone by I've gained something like a healthy distaste for full-on. It's very melodic and high tempo with euphoric synth sounds, but that bass line tho...Tough to get past that and it's in every track. Nah scratch that...it's an outright chore to choke this one down. Lasers are fired at a hectic pace and the shiny quality to it just seems a little too much in your face. There is no easing into any track it's just thrust upon you. Wham, bam, thank you ma'am. Either it hasn't aged well or I've aged myself out of this music. I feel like that old guy yelling at kids to stay the hell of my lawn. Marcos...get the f*ck off my lawn. AP Records Bandcamp

Artist: Shantifax Title: Delete Automation Label: SarnarSchourt Records Date: December, 2011 01 - Formatio Reticularis (122 BPM) 02 - Hushushush (85 BPM) 03 - One Thing (95 BPM) 04 - Ancient Fields (feat. Irrsinn) (118 BPM) 05 - Desert Trip (feat. Tommy Mirror) (120 BPM) 06 - Aquarius (138 BPM) 07 - Grau N (137 BPM) 08 - Out Is In (90 BPM) Although I wasn't personally a fan of his second album, his debut speaks to me. It's very creative, floating amongst genres like a butterfly. So much so that it is difficult to properly pin down just where it belongs in the electronic music spectrum. Which I'm sure is just the way he wants it. Tracks may begin as a downtempo excursion, but then promptly jump into a more uptempo jaunt, only to return to a slower feel. The percussion really grabs with tablas and changing rhythms. Very imaginative where no track sounds the same as they evolve. There are a lot of twists and turns yet it doesn't sound like disjointed musical phrases thrown together in a patchwork fashion. Just when you think you've wrapped your head around where he's going, BAM...he switches course. He even goes a little dark with Ancient Fields. Lots of didn't see that coming moments. Recommended for those that want something a little different. Free At Ektoplazm

Artist: Phobium & Phobosphere Title: Cubes Combined Label: Self Released Date: April, 2012 01 - Phobium - Sitte Ute (Album Edit) (100 BPM) 02 - Phobosphere - Arpochi (Album Edit) (67 BPM) 03 - HPC - Dissociate (Phobosphere Remix) (50 BPM) 04 - Phobium - Another Orbit Around The Sun (120 BPM) 05 - Phobium - No Longer Current (Album Edit) (90 BPM) 06 - Phobosphere - Hello Czechia (70.6 BPM) 07 - Phobium - Wait For It (119 BPM) 08 - Phobium - The Bird, The Bus And Renoise.exe (100 BPM) 09 - Phobosphere & Phobium - That Side & This Side (60/120 BPM) 10 - Phobium & Phobosphere - Space Flight Satellite (Album Edit) (100 BPM) 11 - Xerxes - Phurther (Phobium Remix) (60/80 BPM) 12 - Phobosphere - Need Help (80 BPM) 13 - Phobium - In The Wake Of Voyager (60 BPM) Norwegian producer Henning H. Ottesen offers up a compendium of previously released tracks, remixes, and special album edits. His last album Time Is Now was pretty damn good so like a good psy and ambient listener I like to check in with Ektoplazm from time to time. With this release (under two project names) he's all over the downtempo and chill map. The music is smooth and relaxing (loved Another Orbit Around The Sun) with plenty of detail to keep your attention. Don't believe me? Homie made a track with a bpm of 70.6! Precision. He picks up the pace at times with breakbeat tracks like the shimmering Wait For It which then becomes a pretty formidable goa track. The tracks are short for the most part, but far from snacks. I didn't find one track that I didn't enjoy and the last half of the album I'd say is a slow drift through the silence of space. Well worth a listen. Free at Ektoplazm

Great review! Like Time_Trap said this album has a bit of every style that came from the Buddhas. Including... "Death. Destruction. Upheaval. Unrest." The latest offering from the originators of the Upsalla forest trance sound is heavy as sh*t. Fat boy on a see saw heavy. There was a Japanese horror flick awhile back where the living person suffered from back pain and we eventually find out it was because the ghost was literally sitting on their shoulders. Creepy as shit. That's what the first half of this album was. It's Only Disko- A tribute to Psyko Disko that was crunchy, groovy, acidic, chaotic forest. Makes sense, I didn't understand them either. I Don't Know- Nailed it. Oy. After 3 minutes this was a thumping wall of noise. Lacking It All (The Valley Of The Shadow Of Death Remix)- Whew! How to describe this? Crucified on the cross as a hurricane of nails flays the very sinew from your bones. This is prince of darkness with detuned synth leads as only the Buddhas know how to do. It drags your ass down the rabbit hole. Game over man. Game over. Time- This is a wobbly bit of despair that seems like a drug addled tailspin. I hear voices and they want me to masturbate. For like...six hours in a row. Help. Me. Dies thius music come with a number to suicide prevention? True Hope- "So death created time to grow the things that it would kill." The Matthew McConnaughey sample adds just the right touch of supernatural horror to this tale. The light melody at the end puts a human face on the bludgeoning torture. And at nearly 10 minutes you feel like the evil is everlasting. Making music this crazy might get you bumped up to Suomi serial killer. The Cupboard- "What if there was no tommorow? There wasn't one today!" Light. Let there be at least a little light. This was the track where he made the transition from Pinhead torturing your soul to your not unhappy place. Notice I didn't say happy place. No unicorns and rainbows, but not flesh chewing vampires either. Sounds rather aggro industrial and it means business. Consciousness- Hell yeah! Scando-goa swampy infestation! Faith- Ummm...did he take a Xanax for this one? It's more mellow with less bombastic aggression. Maybe he tired himself out cause this sounds like someone let the air out of his torture balloon. The Infinite Process- "You live in a different world." Yes I do. And it's filled with chocolate, naked ladies, and chocolate naked ladies. He closes it out with a return to that dark, scando sound, but it's a fairly week farewell. The first half of this album is as dark as it gets and then it eventually transitions towards the light. The Scando-goa we come to expect is sprinkled here and there with his signature swampy, forest sound. You can't be dark all the time because you'll have no friends and bump into the furniture. However in his attempt to lighten up I felt he mailed it in with some unfocused, rambling tracks. It's pretty clear where his dominance lay. The Cupboard and Consciousness were the only ones that hit the sweet spot. Good experience for me, but not without its problems. Chronicle of Mystery Records

Artist: Veasna Title: Energy Label: Neogoa Date: July, 2016 1. Pulsar (143 BPM) 2. You Have Rights (144 BPM) 3. Rubix (145 BPM) 4. Hex (147 BPM) 5. Godspeed (145 BPM) 6. Showdown! (145 BPM) 7. Three (147 BPM) 8. Termination Shock (147 BPM) 9. Ultraviolet (142 BPM) 10. The Essence of Energy (90 BPM) Dis guy? Ohhhhh.....Patrick Dinklage. Got my GOT dander up for nothing. I'm reading the fourth book right now so don't f*ck anything up for me. The Neogoa team keeps the assembly line humming with their latest free release. C'mon pay up you cheap bastards it's worth it. Quantum Connundrum from the Celestial Transvibrations album was the only thing he's released I believe and that was a pretty damn good track so hopes are high. As I await my order to arrive, I make good use of the provided download that comes with purchase. This is an album of tunes that he's made over the past three years. And like has been said it has a massive sound right out of the gate with the magnificent Pulsar and the 303 wielding Hex and Three. While Galactic Aviator was more bombastic there is more variety in sound to be found here. He doesn't forget the dance parts either as Godspeed had me hopping a bit. Ultraviolet is a very intelligent track that has groove, layers, and bouncy melodies. He ends the show with a mellow come-down track. Overall a very solid album that I am glad I purchased. P.S. There are a lot of great comments about this album, but man...why not put it in the review thread where more people might see it? And the artist and label would most assuredly appreciate it. Neogoa Bandcamp

Artist: Goad Title: Galactic Aviator Label: Neogoa Date: June, 2016 1.Submerged On Ganymede (150 BPM) 2. Outer Passage (146 BPM) 3. Intergalactic Gates (150 BPM) 4. Other Species (146 BPM) 5. Tripping Astronaut (149 BPM) 6. Galactic Aviator (150 BPM) 7. Alien Pursuit (150 BPM) 8. Goa Delirium (148 BPM) 9. Mystic Presence (149 BPM) 10. Lost in Time (147 BPM) 11. Temple Monkeys (149 BPM) "Perhaps we need some outside, universal threat to make us recognize this common bond. I occasionally think how quickly our differences worldwide would vanish if we were facing an alien threat from outside this world. And yet I ask you...is not an alien force already among us?" Neogoa the label that keeps on giving dropped this bomb in our lap and then left us to clean up the aftermath. Composed by Anders Munk this is a high speed, aggressive, acidic bomb that offers zero in the way of apologies. It's shock and awe goa trance that will take the paint off the walls. Layered and powerful it rockets you through space at maximum velocity. It's pretty similar throughout so I can appreciate the complaints of a lack of variety, but what it does it does supremely well. A physical release would be something I would definitely be interested in. Fantastic work! Neogoa Bandcamp

Total Eclipse- Violent Relaxation, Delta Aquarids X-Dream - Radio Celtic Cross - Hicksville Orichalcum and the Deviant - Orichalcum and the Deviant Ka-Sol - Fairytale Toi Doi- Technologic Art of Trance - Wildlife On One Hux Flux- Cryptic Crunch Ree K.- Yammataikoku ...and pretty much anything by California Sunshine, Eat Static, and Juno Reactor.

Just listened to this again and the same good tracks hold up. Went a little gif crazy with this review though. Don't judge, I was still finding my way.

Artist: Funky Dragon Title: Massive Label: Iono Music Date: 2007 1. Waiting For Something 2. Day After 3. Journey 4. Sunny Day 5. Massive 6. Who's There 7. Last Human 8. Yellow Summer 9. Wake Up I was Waiting For Something. Anything. Then came the Day After and the day after that and that something never arrived. To say it was an uneventful Journey barely scratches the surface. As I stared out my window at the Sun Day passing me by I realized I had made a Massive mistake. Time seemed to creep by with only mild and sometimes annoying stimulation. "Who's There?" I asked, knowing full well that like Peter I was probably the Last Human around with no one to hear my plea. Yellow Summer is the color of the day fading into night and also the feeling that my time was stolen from me. If I could float above myself I would scream and plead with my physical form to Wake Up and not make the mistake of letting the very Unfunky Dragon steal precious minutes. This is a CD of background noise where every track melts into the next with nary a distinguishing characteristic. This isn't progressive. It's minimal masquerading as progressive. Psyshop Beatspace

"That is brilliant!" No it's not. This is kind of boring actually. It doesn't even come close to the melodic tour de force of D5 or Ra. I can see why someone slapped the minimal tag on it earlier in the thread because there are long stretches where nothing happens. Lacks punch. Clearly it's not terrible, but just adequate. Aside from Temporal Distortion this left me wanting. Lots of better stuff if you need your goa fix.

Artist: Downhill Title: Silent City Label: Gravity Plus Records Date: 2003 1. Three Years Drought 2. Perfect Man 3. Ed Lab 4. Ground Effects 5. Final Miles 6. Silent City 7. 33 Degrees 8. Weaken Memories 9. Perfect Man (Human) 10. Silent City (Soundtrack) The Delta + Midi Miliz = Awwww....Yeah. This hit me just right. Post dinner with a full belly. Do you like the raw quality of the Delta? Love an industrial, dirty sound? All while...chilling? Then this is the album for you. Tracks like Ed Lab have a funky cool breakbeat and that eerie feel permeates the entire album. It's like I'm tooling around Gotham after I stole Batman's whip. The cover is the color of overcast skies with the dreary melancholy to match. A cold, electronic ride that invites further listens. The melodies and percussion come together to provide a super listening experience. Dig on this.

Tribal Goa Trance. Laid back goa. Hippie beach goa. Wait...isn't that the same thing? Whatever you want to label it it's good music that will snatch you up in it's steady, melodic atmosphere. The original was probably pretty great (even today it sounds solid), but the Avatar reissue with the 2nd disc comprised of mostly unreleased tracks makes this a must have.

Artist: Psilocybian Title: Unfold Oneself Into Endlessness Label: BMSS Records Date: November, 2014 01: Wonderfantabulous 02: Dreamability 03: A thing about inconsequent Reverberation 04: Pathways 05: Science Friction 06: Strawberry Fields 07: Unfold Oneself into Endlessness 08: PsiloCybian & Deimos - Waveform with a mind of its own 09: Yield 10: NLO 11: Let me tell you about a weird Dream So we all know Sasa Dukic (Psilocybian) from his fine work in the full-on arena with albums like Dreamtime and Godhead. Both great stuff from a guy who likes to put a pinch of goa in all that he does. For his latest he delivers something that has been on his mind for quite a while. A chill-out album. It took me a long time to review this because I had the hardest time getting into it. And I'm lazy. Well, mostly because I'm lazy. This isn't the dreamy soundscape stuff you would expect from Ultimae or the crazy psychedelic madness from the likes of Shpongle. I suppose you would classify it as psychill (if you must), but it's really all over the map. In speaking with Sasa he basically said he wanted to make a chill out album that people could dance to. Say what now? The name chill out means to, well...chill out. Relax. Not dance. That's what the other stuff is for. So I had to wrap my brain around that mindf*ck. And let me tell you this isn't music that will help you escape, or drift off into memory. That's not what he wanted. A lot of the tracks are big beated. Don't think that's a word, but you know what I mean. Head nodding beats. He's not here to put you to sleep, but to wake your punk ass up and keep you grooving. He mentioned that this album was made without any inspiration from other artists so he took the music wherever it wanted to go without any distractions. Good for him. My favorite was Science Friction with its big beat and Shpongley vocal tacet. And he kept the goa special sauce in there, don't worry. It's really a very different type of chill album than I'm used to, but I think it hits some psychedelic notes. It has some really good melodies and as I mentioned he wanted you to dance with this so that's in here. He floats among all the styles, breakbeat, downtempo, ambient, even a little drum n bass. So there's probably something for everyone here. Not my favorite chill album, but an interesting foray into chill from a guy who knows how to craft a psytrance track. BMSS Psyshop

I'm not getting the overwhelming appeal. I'm glad for the artist, but this type of trance doesn't appeal to me. The long tracks invite me on a long ride, but I find the destination...disappointing. With track lengths of this magnitude this is an example of having to invest the time to appreciate an album. And for me it's a lot of work. Hell it's a lot of work for most people. In a track that is 15 or 16 minutes long there should be something to captivate me, but no. It just goes on and on and I find myself bored. Waiting for some magical moment that never arrives. But I'm ok with it. I'm happy for those where this hits all the right spots. I'll just be the surfer that watches everyone take this wave in. There will be another. There always is.

Man that was a thorough review. It would be great if you were still here contributing this level of effort. But yeah great review. I uh...don't uh, I don't agree with it, but... I remember those glory days of so called twilight music. Dark edged stuff from Timecode and Nexus Media that was hard hitting and melodic. For me this is a shadow of what that was. Fraktalize had too many stops and starts which kept the momentum from building. So what you get are snippets of goodness only to have to wind it back up again. I felt the Zombification mix was empty. When we talk about those compilations like Trojan or Midnight Storm our senses were bombarded from all angles with acid and psychedelic madness. The tracks here seem to try and stutter step instead of plow on full-force. I would be curious to know that if we totaled the time of silence when the beat drops and just the sound of the kick, hi-hat, and bass line if there would be time enough for another track. Not his best ep and certainly doesn't bring me back to when this music was leveling cities.

Artist: Morphic Resonance Title: The City of Moons Label: Suntrip Records Date: May, 2016 1. Psychedelic Hell 2. In The Mouth of Madness 3. The City of Moons 4. Bad Dreamer 5. Chronos 6. Procyon 7. Mindwarp 8. S.U.N. Project - Space Dwarfs (Morphic Resonance Rmx) *Mind. Blown.* This is Cristian Fernandez and he just made a goa trance album like he was mad at it. There is angst here and perhaps we should be thankful he channeled it using this outlet. Each track pulsates with barely controlled fury, pushing the limits of power and pace. Like Joske said it's a mixture of that acidic Pleiadians sound overlaid with the Tim Schuldt f*ck you you're going to swallow this. All of it! Right form the beginning it knows only one way and that is straight down the raw, psychedelic highway. It's unrelenting and deliciously so. Just when you think he can't maintain this bludgeoning pace the next track boots up and you're left shaking your head. I think Bad Dreamer left scorch marks on my walls. I've never been a fan of S.U.N. Project so the more music he can remix of theirs the better. He owned that track so much that I don't even recall what the original sounded like. I really enjoyed the Mindsphere album, but if Mental Triplex was the band aid Cristian just ripped it off and peed lemon juice into the wound. This has been on repeat for a few weeks and I have yet to tire of it. Have to say, Suntrip has been on quite the tear lately with a bunch of varied releases which should somewhat quell the talk of them being a one trick pony. Some may say it's too samey and I can see that view, but I don't share it. If a hot chick wants to sleep with you and she asks if she can bring her nymphomaniac stripper friend because she's feeling wild are you going to say no? I mean would because I'm happily married. But you're heathens. If throat scraping 303's an tornadic melodies are your thing then get thee post haste to yon Suntrip Shoppe and be liberal with the alms! Anyone got a screenshot of E-mantra shaking hands with Cristian? Because the torch may well have been passed. Suntrip Morphic Resonance Bandcamp Psyshop Beatspace

I really liked this album. It's smooth with a floating atmosphere composed of many melodies. Lush to be sure without any jarring moments or obvious filler. The only track I didn't care for was Melodramadelic. The style while enjoyable (and as others have mentioned) wasn't particularly groundbreaking, but since when was it a negative to make an album full of great tracks? Since never that's when. Great job Ali and this should be in every goa fan's collection.

I hate to speak ill of the dead, but...wait, hold up...is Children dead? Sooooo....that's a no? Damn, sorry man I meant no offense. But now I don't feel so bad about saying his review sucked lacked a bit of detail. So let's see what we can do to remedy that. First off is anyone under the illusion that the projects not labelled as Astral Projection aren't Astral Projection? No? Good because we couldn't continue if you insisted on being stupid. Yeah I know Discogs doesn't "definitively" say, but wink wink and sh*t. As some have mentioned this is far from essential as I'm quite sure you have all the necessary Astral tools in your toolbox. Their tracks can be found on any number of compilations. The other projects sound just like them so if you like the Astral doof doof kick sound then this is a way to get some more stuff in that vein. The brief crowd noise on Power Gen isn't obtrusive and doesn't bother me. Channeling sounds great and couldn't be more Astral if their identical twins made it. The original Life on Mars was as outstanding as the Domestic remix from the In The Mix album was shitty. "Look I remixed Astral! I'm super awesome!" That's why you don't give kids power tools. The Oforia mix is certainly darker and pretty funky to boot even if it sounded a little too full-oney. The SFX remix is where it's at with enough to make it different whilst keeping the spirit of the original. Ten Minutes to Sunset is typical Astral mesmorization. I'd never heard it so it's like a new track for me. But seriously, you cannot tell me that isn't them. What's that? Oh, it's Smashtral Confection? Well that explains it. The final downtempo track was too long for my tastes. Good, but not spectacular. I think this was a great CD. Even if Astral (wink wink) is behind all the tracks what's not to love? Sure they recycled a few tracks, but I had never heard some of the alias projects so that's discovered gold to these ears. As someone said, not essential, but if you are a fan of that very particular Astral sound (and I am) then this is worth your time surely.

Artist: Various Title: Beyond Colour Label: TIP Records Date: June, 1998 1. GMS : 1.3 Crumbs 2. E-Rection : Out Here We Are Stoned (X-Dream Rmx) 3. Snake Thing : Blizzard Of Ooze 4. Organic Noise : Spastic Elastic 5. Systembusters : Godzilla 6. Psychopod : Friagram (GMS Refried Gram Mix) 7. Hallucinogen : Magik 8. Mudspirit : Worm Hole 9.Psychopod : Seriaf "An alien approached me. He started talking to me. I think he must've used some kind of raaaaaaaay. Or mind control device?" You might wanna get that checked out. No no...you don't have to shake my hand. Things grow on you. Usually that's a bad thing and then you have to deal with the painful urination, cold sores... *Looks at Imba* This guy knows what I'm talkin about! But this compilation has grown on me in a good way. Antibiotics not needed. I used to hate it bemoaning the absolute lack of Pleiadians style goa. There isn't much goa to be found here in the melodic goa sense of the word, but the psychedelic sounds and atmosphere is at alarming levels. Hazmat suit levels. It grabs at you, envelops you...Really this is some otherworldly sh*t. Ever get glue on your fingers? It's like that, but then goes all alien Spiderman suit on you and begins to take over your body. This was back when GMS didn't garner mandatory facepalms. And they have several tracks that will leave you a mess. Blizzard of Ooze reminds me of the awesome Ant Invasion from Planet Ben . Throw in the always chaotic Hallucinogen and Psychopod and you've got the makings of a psytrance classic. Great psytrance from that late 90's period that still had goa influences, but was more focused on psychedelic submersion.

Superluminal was the biggest surprise from me. What a track! Wish those guys would've produced more.

"Wrong answer f*ckbag!" Go to your room. I recently gave this another try to see if it still had the same magic it must've had when I bought it. Don't judge me, I'm sure you did a lot of crazy f*cked up shit back in the day too. Their later output was along the lines of dog poo in a flaming bag full-on, but I recall liking this. In the same way I recall liking Scooby Doo it seems. It only took 2 tracks when the vocoder came into play and I began to regret my decision. But the thread spoke of how great Wonderland was so I decided to keep going. Wow. That's it? Ooohhh-kay. If that was their biggest gun be prepared for a spit-ball fight. Guitar by track 5, yeah this is going just how I imagined it. Banana Banji was the most involved track for me, but then it's back to the eye rolling with a very annoying sample in Break Dance. Follow that with the coup de grace of suck Make Me Shake and the clearly misnamed Total Madness and that was enough for me. If you want my highly educated opinion in technical terms... This sucks.

There's no disco in here. That's bullsh*t man. This is a compilation by the guys at Zion604 and it's a definite grower. What it is not is the layered melody heavy goa trance that we already have a lot of. It's not dark acidic goa either. If I had to put words to describe it I would say it's a more cerebral goa trance that works harder because of the lack of melody. Mixed together with psychedelic vibes and midtempo sway this can get a little raw on you (The Cure, Basic). Once you come to terms with the what it isn't then the journey becomes more enjoyable. The rhythm, the constant bumping rhythm was the star for me. And of course all the goa bubbling that contributed to that warm sound. Hats of to Space Cat for his mastering job, riding down the highway with this pumping in the car was an absolute pleasure. I'm sure it's getting harder and harder to re discover superb unreleased classics so eventually the quality of music had to take a dip. Personally I didn't find any blockbusters here. But like others have said this isn't bad at all and for most of the tracks my head was bouncing. And yeah the cover art is pretty damn sweet. Zion604 Bandcamp Beatspace Psyshop

Artist: Various Title: Cascades of Life Label: Psynews Date: May, 2016 1. Imba - 604 Revolution 2. Profetia - Rage Against The Crashing 3. Colin OOOD & Goa Travellers - 100 Billion Neurons 4. BlackStarrFinale - Seige of Phobos 5. Phobium - Orbital Resonance 6. Nebula Meltdown - Didgeridreams 7. Dragon Twins - Foster 8. Cybernetika - Prismatic Reflection 9. Xenofish - Made Out of Stars 10. OneArcDegree feat. Georgia Irakli - The Tree Maiden "All of life is made of sound. I mean, everything vibrates." "There are 100 billion neurons in the brain. Everything you do...and everything you are." The world's number one psychedelic trance site is proud to present its next compilation which includes tracks from new and veteran artists. It's a potpourri of genres and there should be something there for everyone. Mastered by Deimos with artwork by Gasolin3 the compilation is free to download at Ektoplazm. In a classy move this was dedicated to one time Psynews moderator Nemo who we unfortunately lost this year. The first two tracks are quality straightforward goa trance that will move the body. Pure power. Leave it to Colin to soften the mood and provide a more relaxed feel that is no less spacey. That is until the climax throws razor sharp 303 daggers. BlackStarrFinale is back with what at first seems a cosmic downtempo track, but eventually morphs into a groovy, bouncy head nodder that lost none of its atmosphere. And speaking of atmosphere, Phobium's Orbital Resonance embraces the cold chill of space reminiscent of masters Tangerine Dream mixed with Vangelis. The cosmos is viewed in high definition as this long ambient track slowly but deliciously unfolds. Really that didn't feel like 11 minutes. The refused to be pigeon-holed Nebula Meltdown incorporates a smooth progressive didgeridoo in Didgeridreams that has a floaty quality. The most striking offering goes to Foster from Dragon Twins. Dark and eerie it gets up in your business in a hurry and at times reaches that nearly unbearable level of screechy. But that cunchy 303 madness tho...so satisfying. Lars Goosens (Cybernetika) can seemingly do no wrong with his brand of science fiction drum n bass and like the rest of you I'm salivating at the thought of his announced trilogy of music. The question here is how does he extend this track for over 11 minutes? And how does he keep it from getting boring? Xenofish delivers Made Out of Stars in a very similar vein only without many changes. If there was one track here that I felt suffered from being overlong it was this one. The Tree Maiden is a soft exit ambient tune with gentle vocals and the sound of falling water. Good job by everyone involved. The compilation doesn't disappoint and flows magnificently. As mentioned there is something in here for everyone so don't hesitate to download this. RIP Nemo! Free at Ektoplazm