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    Confessions of a goa-trancer

    in General Psytrance

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    I have a feeling that our scene is feasting on a corpse long time dead. Aren't we all trying hopelessly to recapture our lost youth and not willing to confess to ourselves that Goa trance's golden years are not going to come back anytime soon?

    1) The most talked over new releases are unreleased material from 94-98 - remaster here, uncover lost tracks there, remixes all over - when is this going to end? What hasn't been released back then was not released for a reason. I am really not interested in dusted off proto-versions of the tracks even if they come from S.P., so why anybody should?

     

    2) Neo goa-trance is circling in an endless loop - this whole resurgence is making me sick. Countless new artists are trying to emulate the sounds of Astral Projection, MFG, Dimension 5 in the most forgettable way - layers upon layers of recycled shit, utterly bland and uninspired plasticky FL melodies pretending to stir emotions. Anybody here got some sense of progression in the music? If so, think again, you're trying to mislead yourselves. And what's next - rediscover psytrance, then progressive trance and back again to goa trance...Nothing more than a vicious cycle.

     

    3) Old artists don't have it anymore and make us feel pitiful - just say it, our beloved artists from the golden era can't find new means of expression and can't update their sound in a meaningful way. The regression in their sound is so vivid and just painful. Electric Universe? I can't find you behind those "big" basslines. Space Tribe? Man, this is childish music. Shiva Chandra? Shitty euro trance. Hux Flux? A shadow of the past. Laughing Buddha? Makes me really laugh.

     

    So, what do you think? Did we reach the dead end or is it just behind the corner? How far can we go in pointlessly chasing our youth?

     

    Seems like you don't know much about the Goa scene. Most old artists still follow their roots and, also, there is a lot of good and original neo-goa stuff out there.

     

    Also, I agree with the artists who try to copy AP, Dimension 5 or MFG thing.

    2015 : The experimental year ?

    in General Psytrance

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    Earlier today, I had access to the Soundcloud page of a mysterious Norwegian label called SunVillageRecordings. These past few days, it has released very experimental pieces of Goa, including :

    _two EPs The Nature of Space and Transcended Reality

    _an album from Hallucinogen (insert joke) entitled The Power of the Mind

    AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!!

    That's how the worst bad trip would sound like (and I've never experienced a bad trip lol) and I'm afraid of getting mad because of it. That "Hallucinogen" release almost made me vomit, but the Ogle's Dancing Energies track isn't bad at all.

     

    EDIT: It's funny how the album's description says this: "We flash you these fine tunes, only for your own well-being and comfort. This is music made with the mind, with very expensive equipment. We hope you will enjoy this as much as we do.".

    How do you identify politically?

    in Off Topic

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    Cynos- What points of liberalism do you agree with? What are your critics of liberalism?

     

    I agree with the equal rights, individualism, ambientalism, same sex marriage and freedom of expression; but the things I dislike from it are modern feminism (the one that demonize men), abortion (in some cases), gun control, political correctness and how some people abuses of these freedoms.

     

    Also, I have some nationalist and traditionalist tendences.

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