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    Va - Terraformer

    in 2017

    Posted

    @Tsotsi I know we are on the same level. Haha! Goh yeah, about those favorites. I think you like the real psychedelic tracks. But it's hard to define where these subtle differences in taste come from. That's the beauty of goa. :)

    Va - Terraformer

    in 2017

    Posted

    When Terraformer was released I bought it without thinking. It's global sect, it has big goa names on it and the cover looks so sexy it's incredible.
    Honesty pushes me to say that I never dived into this compilation. Was it a busy life, were it other albums released at that time that got more attention from me, was the track list too large? I don't know!
    Fact is that I decided to relisten to some goa albums I never fully embraced.
    So I uploaded Terraformer to my mp3 player, got into my bed and pushed the play button. Suddenly I was on a beautiful planet floating in deep space. Smiling!
    Terraformer, where have you been all this time?!

    Right off the bat, Centavra sets the standard with a warm floating rolling number. Beautiful pads makes me feel right in space. Oh and the voice of Arnold Schwarzenegger/Quaid from Total Recall is just phenomenal! Release of oxygen for the whole planet!

    Celestial Intelligence's track is ok, but it quite doesn't come up to speed. It just lingers on without any climaxes or surprises.

    Alienapia is known for chaotic goa messy tracks. And I mean that in a good way. It's all goa swinging around your head and ears. This one is classic Alienapia. Fantastic. A dive into their world of sounds. Lots of sounds. Pure goa.

    Strange Object by the now famous Centavra Project continues the quality goa story. Nothing to criticise here.

    Psy-H project delivers a light and sunny track here. But beware, this is complex stuff once you dive into it.

    Second Alienapia track here doesn't attain the level of superiority the first one had. Some weird stuff can't get my attention.

    Young old geezer Mindsphere is on speed here. Without a doubt one of the best tracks of this very large compilation. Mindsphere created a track that progressively builds. In the beginning, you think "Mmm, yeah ok". While suddenly the track is already 6 minutes away and you think "Da fuck is this??". Suddenly you're in complete madness. Phenomenal track. Master at work.

    Javi & Skooma fill the gap with an ok track. The track passed by me very fast. Can't say I was blown away.

    Omnivox on the other hand kept my attention from start to finish. Extremely lush and trancy track that evokes emotion. Very well done. And very well needed amongst those other goa monsters.

    Sykespico's track must be the black sheep or the weirdest thing on this comp. Love it or hate it. It's definitely "different" and funny at times with the classical arrangements, but let's say I don't love it. I'm sure their upcoming album will be great. It's a great project. Just not this track.

    Magician Sergey Petrenko alias Median Project in the cockpit!! Yeah! You just know it's gonna be good. Have you checked his album on Suntrip? Classic already. Mad Space is yet one more goa Sergey pulls out of his sleeve. Top quality, top arrangement and top story telling. Maybe a bit dense at times, but it works!

    Atlantis is a project I'm keeping my eye on very closely. Mister George from Greece has the skills to create warm and hypnotising tracks. Here he shoots acid and synth stabs it's ridiculous. Fingerlicking good!

    Fiery Dawn's original track Searching For UFO's was in my cd player just a day ago. The guy does spit out a lot of music these days. But I couldn't help feeling hungry. His productions and track structures are just not up to par with the rest of the new gang. But he's working, that's for sure. Median Project remixes this track and immediately you get something different. Quality remix. Although the outer space signals remain a bit corky.

    Scandinavian trance now! Clementz likes it hard. It's a mindfuck without pauses. Morphic Resonance style. So ... good!

    Omneon - Indian Walk is that kind of track that you re-listen after all these years and you're ashamed you never praised it. It hits hard, bangs goa melodies and harsh sounds out of the speakers and leaves you numb on the floor. Unforgettable. A wall of sound.

    Atlantis doesn't disappoint with A journey out of your mind. Maybe not his best, but hell, it stands out from the rest. He knows his game. Sounds just good.

    Median project - third element is floating though space like the USS enterprise. Median = excellent fun.

    Cianendeon by Skarma shoots me back to my "normal trance" years. Lush pads and euphoric melodies. Sweet. But this is fucking goa! Way better than any so-called trance nowadays. Go Skarma!

    Fiery Dawn pushed back the throttle with his Vibrating universe. Well done, trancy, very laid back intermezzo. Nothing crazy. It's hard to be among other goa monsters.

    Same for Zopmanika. While it's a maniacal track, I heard better things on Terraformer. Still ok though.

    The majestic intro of Raving Universe's Ascension grabs you right by the balls. Add a fierce kick and this is a belter! Climax after climax this is crazy shit! So good. So freaking good. It's spinning in orbit around Saturn at ludicrous speed. :p

    Gaura Nitay by Psy-H is unadulterated goa trance. Raw, aggressive, and without remorse.

    Nothing beats a good Centavra track. Journey To Another World is lovely. Warm acid bubbles, smooth synths and a rolling bassline. What more do you want?? Climaxes? Check! Centavra's tracks excel in warmth and deepness. 9m19 minutes. Too short. :D

    Buddy Atlantis is back with his last track Space Mantra on the comp. And he doesn't give in on quality. This is top notch production, a goa trance showcase. I feel an album arising!!

    Acid style is in the house with Cosmic Dimensions remix of MWNN Possessed. Man, again this comp goes on like a train. No mercy. What an energising and electrifying track.

    A nitzho kick drives the Mindsphere track forward. This is a galaxy of trance. Stars shine and nebulas unfold. Such a beautiful track. Some chord changes add more lightness to the track.

    My hero Artifact303 is back with a crystal clear star shooting goa weapon. Gradually he adds layers and layers until a wealth of goa sounds hypnotises you. The man still got the touch.

    The last part is a collection of downtempo tracks. I haven't dived into this as well as I have with the uptempo part. Psy-H Krishna or Maya makes me think of the good old New Beat rage in Belgium. Slow hard beats. But now with lots of psychedelica. Katedra is present with his known machine-like industrial sounds. So good. The other tracks are very good as well and the disc is a well compiled set of chill tracks.


    Conclusion: Almost 5 (!!!) hours of the best goa trance there is right now. Should be an instant buy. Global Sect is on a roll.

     

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    Psynews best of 2018 results

    in 2018

    Posted

    I hope this year many more people will vote, because this list is so full of good music to discover.
    Like Unknownium. This album completely slipped by me. Listening to it now and I'm amazed!
    That downtempo list is also gold. So difficult to find good downtempo. Here's a shortlist. :)

    Psynews best of 2018 results

    in 2018

    Posted

    Dear trippy friends, I've collected and sorted all the votes from the 2018 voting thread and the results are in.
    I didn't style or pimp the list, sorry. But the results are correct! :-)

    Congratulations to the winners and all artists!!!!!

    UPTEMPO

    1    48    pts    Denshi-Danshi - Brain Chemistry (Suntrip)
    2    47    pts    Triquetra - Ecstatic Planet (Suntrip Records)
    3    41    pts    Proxeeus - Non-Euclidean Geometry (Goa Madness Records)
    4    40    pts    Morphic Resonance - Perplexity (Suntrip)
    5    33    pts    Median Project  - In The Depths Of Space (Global Sect Music)
    6    30    pts    Unknownium - Unknownium (BMSS)
    7    29    pts    E-Mantra - Stapanii Timpului (Suntrip)
    8    27    pts    V/A - Shambhala (Global Sect Music)
    9    25    pts    Ray Castle & Collaborators - Mystique Of The Metaverse (Suntrip)
    10    24    pts    Ephedra - What The Future Brings (Goa Madness Records)
    11    24    pts    Sab Kuch Milegator - Surrounded By Surreality (Self-relea sed)
    12    24    pts    Veasna - Spectral Flux (Neogoa)


    13    21    pts    Ufomatka - Off the Beaten track of the universe (Cronomi)
    14    19    pts    SubConsciousMind - Symphonies Of Life (Self-released)
    15    18    pts    Etnica - The Juggeling Alchemists Under The Black Light (Dat Records)
    16    16    pts    V/A - 303 Syndrome (Mamomam Records)
    17    15    pts    Cos mosis - Retrofuturism (Digital Reprints)
    18    15    pts    VA - Under the Moss 4 (Forest Freaks)
    19    14    pts    Lectro Spectral Daz e - Infinitely Intricate Unfolding Kaleidoscope (Neogo a)
    20    12    pts    Gangguru - Be Your Own Guru (DAT)
    21    11    pts    VA - The Call of Goa 3: New Horizons (Timewarp)
    22    10    pts    Igor Swamp - Akrabadabra (Hippie Killer Productions/Nullzone)
    23    10    pts    Abraxas - Inner Worlds (Future Music)
    24    10    pts    Archaic - Mountain Powers (Parvati)
    25    10    pts    Material Music - Love & Magic [The Dust Album] (Kali Earth Records)
    26    10    pts    nangijala - fermented behaviour (zenon)
    27    10    pts    Ov erdream - Redux (self-released)
    28    10    pts    Re-Horakhty - Purgatoria (Forest Freaks)
    29    10    pts    VA Chronika Chapter V (Liquid Drop Groove)
    30    9    pts    deviant species - advent of the blue radula (trick music)
    31    9    pts    Goch & Friends - Woody Vegetation (Vantara Vichitra)
    32    9    pts    Material Music - Magic Science o f DNA (Ovnimoon Records )
    33    9    pts    Starseed - Galactic Incubation Atmospheres EP (Iono)
    34    9    pts    VA - Purple Brain (A.N.A.L.)
    35    8    pts    Espoo So und Machine - Discobedience (S ound Kitchen)
    36    8    pts    juno reactor - the mutant theatre (metropolis)
    37    8    pts    Somnesia - Infinite Mind (Timewarp)
    38    8    pts    V/A - Offspring of the Dra gon (Manic Dragon Records)
    39    8    pts    v/a - The 50th Parallel (Suntrip)
    40    7    pts    Igor Swamp - Akrabadabra (Hippie Killer Productions/Nullzone)
    41    7    pts    Omnivo x - Surrender (Goa Madness)
    42    7    pts    Psykovsky & Friends -  P rostra Potustoronn ego Zertsa l a (Not On Label (Psykovsky Se lf-released))
    43    7    pts    Roof Raiser - Synthetic Forest (Another Dimension Music)
    44    6    pts    va - lost diamonds (digital diamonds)
    45    6    pts    VA - Lotus
    46    6    pts    VA Colo urs of Goa 3 (Timewarp)
    47    6    pts    Visions - Goblin Fungus (Geoma gnetic)
    48    5    pts    Concept Lightwork -  Moments of Magic (Timewarp)
    49    5    pts    Sirius Music - Gaias Tears (Ovnimoon Records)
    50    5    pts    Urjasa - Happy Landing (Hypnotica)
    51    5    pts    v a - psychedelic depths (manifol d studio)
    52    5    pts    v/a - Return To The Source (BMSS)
    53    5    pts    VA Hear t of Goa 6 (Ovnimoon)
    54    4    pts    I nfected Mushroom - IM21 (HOMmeg a HD)
    55    4    pts    Insignia - Time Travel EP (D acru)
    56    4    pts    Material Music - Love & Magic [Master XXPSY Systems] (Kali Earth Records)
    57    4    pts    Smuds - For Fuld Musik (Real Vision Music)
    58    4    pts    U bar Tmar - Early Fusion (Zion 604)
    59    4    pts    V/A Goa Trance Legacy by Kanc Cover (SpaceDock Re cords)
    60    4    pts    va - hadra trance festival (hadra)
    61    4    pts    VA K ensho (Sangoma)
    62    3    pts    Anarkick - Eat the Mushroom (Anarkick Records)
    63    3    pts    Jayex - Soul Echoes (Surface Tension)
    64    3    pts    Solar Fields - Red Green Blue (Sidereal)
    65    2    pts    Fiery Dawn- Magus (Timewarp)
    66    2    pts    Oraalidonitsi - Who Cares About Name (Random)
    67    2    pts    V/A - Elan Vital (Melusine Records)
    68    2    pts    infected mushroom - head of nasa... (monstercat)
    69    1    pts    Discolin - Hercule Roilot (Nullzone)
    70    1    pts    Qiujan - Jahān-e Qiu (Self-re leased)
    71    1    pts    Rayavana - San ds Of Time (Sita)

     

    DOWNTEMPO

    1    33    pts    Kaya Project - Up from the Dust (Tribal Shift)
    2    24    pts    Suduaya - Loveology (altar)
    3    24    pts    Youth & Gaudi - Astronaut Alchemists (Liquid Sound Design)
    4    23    pts    Globular - Entangled Everything (Self-released)
    5    21    pts    Solar Fields - Ourdom (Sidereal)
    6    19    pts    Nibana - Earth From Above (Self-released)
    7    18    pts    Dr Trippy - Bhang! (Disco Gecko)
    8    16    pts    Entheogenic - Kykeon (Universal Symbiosis)
    9    16    pts    Geoglyph - Geolinguistic (Psychedelic Jelly)
    10    15    pts    Akshan - World of Duality (Altar)

     


    11    11    pts    Maiia - Evolution
    12    10    pts    Advanced Suite - Drifting (self-released)
    13    10    pts    Airi - After The Rain (Zenon)
    14    10    pts    Conical Brazers - Crazy (Not On Label (chrncl brwsrs Self-released))
    15    10    pts    Kalpataru Tree - Rhythmic Fractals Of Earth's Imagination (Self-released)
    16    10    pts    the polish ambassador + the diplomatic scandal - land of the lush (self)
    17    9    pts    Connect.Ohm - 9980 re-issue (Ultimae)
    18    9    pts    Echo Season - Periphery
    19    9    pts    Kaya Proje ct - The Dust Remixes (Not On Label (Seb Taylor Self-rel eased))
    20    8    pts    Kuba - Animalia (Liqui d Sound Design)
    21    8    pts    State Azure - Mirror infinite
    22    8    pts    Zen Baboon Collected
    23    7    pts    Klaada - Breaking The Cycle (Mindspring Music)
    24    7    pts    Rukirek – I Will Return In Thousand Years
    25    7    pts    sephira - the master work (self)
    26    6    pts    Argus - Field Of Dreams (Altar)
    27    6    pts    Blue lunar monkey - Essential Oneness
    28    6    pts    Shogo Buzz - Shogo Buzz (Self-released)
    29    5    pts    One Arc degree - The glow  baneath
    30    5    pts    Scion - Ascend (Self-released)
    31    5    pts    v a - blue dubs vol.1 (blue hour sounds)
    32    4    pts    abraham carmona - ibiza (liquid sound)
    33    4    pts    Rameses 2 - Spacewalk 2 Zero gravity
    34    4    pts    VA - Lurve Connection
    35    4    pts    VA Psychill downbeats
    36    3    pts    Deep Forest And Gaudi - Epic Circuits
    37    3    pts    Seamoon - Archaic Mind (Merkaba)
    38    3    pts    VA - Ethneomystica Vol. 6 (Mystic Sound Records)
    39    3    pts    va - ethnostep 8 (subbass)
    40    3    pts    VA Goa meditation 2
    41    2    pts    Master Margherita - Border 50 (Ultimae Records)
    42    2    pts    Shamanizm Parallei - Blue Lizard
    43    2    pts    VA - Vision Quest (Visionary Shamanics)
    44    1    pts    Indigo Egg - Aten (...txt)
    45    1    pts    VA - Infusions Vol. 6

     

     

     

     

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    Morphic Resonance - Trip To The Stars

    in 2017

    Posted

    I'm re-listening to this release for a couple of days now. Honestly, it still stands out on top.
    Cristian is and has always been on the forefront of power goa trance. All of these tracks burst of energy and euphoria.
    The amount of layers is incredible and it feels just so good. Wonderful album here. A classic for me already.

    Median Project - Constellation

    in 2019

    Posted

    I was going to wait till  I listened to it 100 times, but after 20 times I think I'm getting the feel.
    This is one of the best goa trance I have ever heard. We already had a great share of good music and amazing artists, but Median is right up there. Shining.

    Where his album on Global Sect was also very good, Constellation has enormous depth, euphoric layers, and fantastic balanced frequencies. I'm very happy to hear that Sergey tuned down the snares and claps, which were very present in his previous work.

    I'm listening to parts of Constellation every day. In my bed, in the car, ... 

    He manages to transform a whole idea into music. Only given to the most talented. Every track is a space journey. Every track puts a smile on your face.

    Very good review Tsotsi! Constellation deserves that. We will look back and confirm year after year that Constellation is a milestone in Goa history. I'm sure of that.

    Grab it while you can! :D

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    Morphic Resonance - Perplexity [Suntrip Records]

    in 2018

    Posted

    Goddamn, I'm finally listening to this in full.
    Simply astonishing. Dark, aggressive, and yet so immersive.
    I was afraid I would find it too dark, but I'm in the mood now and liking it a lot.

    Vektogram and Twisted Reality are fantastic.

    The amount of layers he uses is immense. A lot of work has had to be put into this album. Respect!

    Suntrip Updates

    in Artist News and Labels announcements

    Posted

    On 4/30/2019 at 3:12 PM, Anoebis said:

    Dear Suntrippers!

    We can announce our next CD-release on Suntrip Records! :) We will release a new big talent from Russia: Median Project! I would describe him as a mix between Mindsphere and Astral projection! Powerful, epic melodies and a lot of acid303s on top of it! :) Check the samples! Next week we will put the pre-order on bandcamp! :

    https://www.suntriprecords.com/release/cat/SUNCD56/

     

     

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    PHE - NO - ME - NAL ! ! !

    review will follow when I' m back on earth. :D

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    Acid Destroyers - Monsters And Mad Man EP

    in 2019

    Posted

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    Artist: Acid Destroyers
    Title: Monsters And Mad Man EP
    Label: Spacedock records
    Release date: May 15, 2019

    Tracklist:

    1. Acid Destroyers - Universal Language  08:16
    2. Acid Destroyers - Ohm Devil   09:14
    3. Acid Destroyers - Monsters and Mad Man  07:24

     

    Things are going good in Goa land. You wouldn't say this judging by the number of posts in the review section, but the music is going strong these days.

    This collab on Spacedock records between Goa Madness founder Ohm Mind and Laughing Space Devil from Switzerland shows that they're on a creative cloud.
    Acid Destroyers deliver three solid fast paced, dense, acid goa tracks. The duo is aiming for dancefloor material. Stuff to get your head around deep in the night times.
    No doubt, they succeeded in their mission. It's addictive multi layered goa in your face with a phat beat.
    Can't wait to see them in november.

    Get this release for a bargain. It delivers.

    Buy link:

    Bandcamp buy link

    Merch goodies and items that comes alongside the music / CD's

    in General Psytrance

    Posted

    Same as Penzoline. I adore T-shirts. Even when they're not free. But usually the prints/drawings are too large.
    E.g. I love Global Sects artwork and their t-shirts fluorescence like * fucking major *.
    But the prints are too large. More subtlety would have benefit the outcome.
    Other labels have good kick ass prints, like 303 Syndroms by Mammomam. But the shirt doesn't fluorescence as it should.
    It's always something. :D

     

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