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I picked up the first three from your recommendation, and they are awesome! Thanks.
I should have the Juno Reactor this weekend. I'd seen/heard Cosmosis and Doof on several streams and in the clubs I go to so I figured I'd like them. I had not yet come to recognize Hallucinogen, however, but the name Lone Deranger seems to pop up in several forums regarding several other groups (I'm guessing members of Hallucinogen are members of other prominent groups, too?) It's probably my favorite of the three. The Juno Reactor album was recommended to me by someone else, too, which is why I sought it out over the others that have been recommended.Cheers!
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Mainstream is fine. It's hard for a noob to dive into a genre and tackle all the nuances of the lesser-known artists. Certainly, it would be great to have suggestions of GREAT lesser-known artitsts and tracks, but with all the material out there, it makes it very helpful to have a list of Artists, Albums, and Tracks to seek out to get familiar with a genre.
What I find funny is that a "mainstream" psytrance artist like Infected Mushroom is still considered obscure by the masses. The humor and irony is in how relative the concept "mainstream" is.
As noobs explore these artists, their apprecaition for the genre and taste will expand, and they can more easily and naturally explore the rest. This is just a great primer to people moving from, say, DnB or Breaks into Goa and Psytrance.
So fire away with the mainstream, the "average," and the old-hat... If someone is willing to take the time to recommend it, it'll probably appeal to a lot of others and provide a focus for us.
Cheers,
BrickTop
Oh, BTW, if people could start denoting whether they are recommending an ARTIST, an (Album), or a "Track", it would be helpful. I'll go back and try to reformat the list at the top of the post so that the format is more clear to noobs.
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In order to further the propagation of the Psytrance/Goa genre, it would be a great help to come up with a list of Essential Artists and Tracks. Once a good list is created, I'd suggest you pin it to the top of the General forum. Not only would this become a Noob's guide to the genre, but it would preclude the old heads in here hearing the same questions over and over.
For any of you self-proclaimed Goaphiles (lovers of Goa and the like), please post a list of artists that best represent the genre. If you could, indicate what sub-genre of Psytrance/Goa they best represent. You might try to come up with a Top 10 or Top 25 Most Influential Artists in the genre... that should be enough to get those newer to the genre started.
Then come up with a Top 10 or Top 25 Most Essential Tracks (listing the Artist and Title as a minimum). Of course, if you can identify the sub-genre (or sub-sub-genreas it were), it would be even more beneficial.
As a start, here's two links that kind of give a lay of the land:
Anoebis' Psychedelic Trance Flowchart
Ishkur's Guide to Electronic Music
Cheers,
BrickTop
EDIT: As of August 21, 2006, here's the suggested list so far, alphabetized. This is great; it's exactly what I was looking for. While some might think the list is too long, too encompassing, or, as one member cited, too average, it gives us a place to start looking. THANKS! (Serious) suggestions on how to clean the list up would be appreciated, and more suggestions on Artists, Albums, and Tracks are still very welcome.
Abstrakta Araberr - "Sitt I Soffan"
adrenalin drum - x-perimental goa
Asia 2001 - ama zone
asia 2001 - psykadelia, live - transpact
Astral Projection - "Enlighted Evolution"?
astral projection - another world
astral projection = dancing galaxy
Astral Projection: Trust In Trance (TIP)
Beyond Third Spring : Oasis Of Memories
blue planet corporation - blue planet
bodhissatva 13:20 : excursions through the ancient future (truffle)
bodhissatva 13:20 : secrets of the mojave (geomagnetic tv)
boris blenn electric universe
bus = Morebusinesslinkyouthere
bypass unit - green dreams
California Sunshine - Nasha
california sunshine - trance
chi-ad
Cosmosis - "Doors Of Perception"
Cosmosis: Cosmology (Transient), Synergy (Transient)
cyan
Darshan: Awakening (Flying Rhino)
delta = schizoeffective
derango : tumult (inpsyde media)
deviant electronics - blunt and childsplay
dimension 5 - transdimentional,second phaze
Dogma - the land of utopia
Doof: Let's Turn On (TIP)
Electric Universe: One Love (Spirit Zone), Stardiver (Spirit Zone)
eraser vs yöjalka : round 1 (exogenic)
eraser vs yöjalka : tärinat (exogenic)
Etnica - "Trip Tonite"
etnica - juggling alchemists
Green Nuns Of The Revolution
GMS - Wanted GMS, The Hits
growling mad scientists - chaos laboratory
Hallucinogen - perhaps the track "LSD"
Hallucinogen: Twisted (Dragonfly), The Lone Deranger (Twisted)
haltya : forest flavour (exogenic)
Hux Flux: Cryptic Crunch (Koyote)
Infected Mushroom : B.P. Empire. (album)
Infected Mushroom: Classical Mushroom (album)
Infected Mushroom: The Gathering (album)
Infected Mushroom: Bust a Move (song)
Infected Mushroom: Cities of the Future (song)
Infected Mushroom: Dancing with Kadhafi (song)
Infected Mushroom: Deeply Disturbed (song)
Juno Reactor: Beyond The Infinite (Blue Room)
kindzadza = waves from outer space
Koxbox - "Fuel On"
Koxbox (their first two albums)
Koxbox: Forever After (Harthouse, Matsuri), Dragon Tales (Blue Room)
Logic Bomb : Headware
loopus in fabula : loopus in fabula(demon tea)
mandalavandalz : chapora nightlife (6 dimension soundz)
mandalavandalz : hong kong nightlife (karelia)
mfg - the prophecy
midi miliz = pasages
Miraculix : Detonator
Miranda : Asinja
o.o.o.d - breathing space and alive
Orion: Futuristic Poetry (Symbiosis), Metamorpheus (Phantasm)
pelinpala : my cd has landed on the next neighbourhood's dog (demon tea)
penta = pentafiles
Pleiadians - IFO (artitst and album)
Pleiadians - IFO (Dragonfly)
power source - cosmic waves
Prana: Cyclone (Matsuri), Geomantik (Matsuri)
Psychaos - "Dense Dawn"
Psychopod - "Psychopod"
Quirk - Dark Matter
RA - To Sirius
s.u.n. project = sexperimental
scatterbrain - infernal angel
Section X - "Galaxian"
Shakatura - "All Hallows Morning"
shakta - enlightened ape
Shakta: Silicon Trip (Dragonfly), The Enlightened Ape (Dragonfly)
Shiva Shidapu - Shiva Sidpao: The Album
somaton - future memories
Somaton: Future Memories (Phantasm)
sonic fusion = discovery
space tribe = sonic mandala
Space Tribe: Sonic Mandala (Spirit Zone)
squaremeat : jungle boogie partyline (exogenic)
Sundog - "Touch The Sun"
suomi / forest sounds
Talpa - The Art of Being Non
Technossomy - "V.T.O.L."
Technossomy: Synthetic Flesh (Flying Rhino)
texas faggott : petoman's peflett (exogenic)
The Green Nuns of The Revolution - Rock Bitch Mafia (Flying Rhino)
The Infinity Project: Feeling Weird (TIP), Mystical Experiences (Blue Room)
The Misted Muppet : From The Legend
tim schuldt
Total Eclipse (artist)
Total Eclipse : Violent Relaxation
Total Eclipse: Delta Aquarids (Blue Room), Violent Relaxation (Blue Room)
transwave - hypnorythm ep
Transwave: Helium (Matsuri), Phototropic (Distance)
Unconscious Collective - "Flourostani Transcendance"
UX: Ultimate Experience (Dragonfly)
v.a. : boldly audio (sanaton)
v.a. : moonunit (apoxina)
v.a. : psychovader (apixina)
v.a. : sanatonic audio (sanaton)
v.a. : schizm (gi'iwa)
v.a. : scrambled heads (spastic elastic)
wizzy noise = elektro theatre
x-dream = ALL OF THEM!!!
X-Dream: Trip To Trancesylvania (Tunnel)
X-Dream: We Created Our Own Happines (Tunnel)
X-Dream: Radio (Blue Room)
EDITED TO ADD THE FOLLOWING on September 02, 2006
Here was the latest "100 Best Goa Tracks" I am aware of, as published on September, 19th 2001 (as reposted by Jeff; only 91 were posted):
1) Hallucinogen : LSD
2) Infected Mushroom : Bust A Move
3) Hallucinogen : Shamanix
4) Astral Projection : People Can Fly
5) Infected Mushroom : Psycho
6) Atmos : Klein Aber Doctor
6) Man With No Name : Teleport
8) Astral Projection : Mahadeva
9) Ticon : We Are The Mammoth Hunters
10) Hallucinogen : Angelic Particles
11) Pleiadians : Alcyone
11) Shpongle : Behind Closed Eyelids
13) Astral Projection : Nilaya
14) Infected Mushroom : Symphonatic
15) Infected Mushroom : Return of The Shadows
16) Pleiadians : Maia
17) Astral Projection : Kabalah
18) Hallucinogen : Space Pussy
19) Astral Projection : Let There Be Light
20) Infected Mushroom : Mush Mushi
21) Hallucinogen : Deranger
21) Infected Mushroom : Roll Us A Giant
23) Dark Soho : Depth of Emotion
24) Chi-AD : Eye am the I
25) Astral Projection: No-One Ever Dreams
26) Infected Mushroom : Dracul
26) Deedrah : Reload
28) Astral Projection : Dancing Galaxy
28) Hallucinogen : Shakey Shaker
30) Hallucinogen : Gamma Goblins Part 2
30) GMS : Arabian Knights On Mescaline
32) Shpongle : And The Day Turned To Night
33) Chi-AD : Exit Eternity
34) S.U.N Project : 380 Volts
34) Astral Projection : Liquid Sun
34) Hallucinogen : Snarling Black Mabel
37) Hallucinogen : Fluoro Neuro Sponge
37) Hallucinogen : Mi Loony Um
37) Juno Reactor : Pistolero
40) Juno Reactor : Feel The Universe
41) Etnica : Tribute
41) Son Kite : Knob Adjustment
41) Logic Bomb : Shadow of The Beast
41) Total Eclipse : Free Lemonade
41) Prana : Black Rain
46) Infected Mushroom : The Gathering
46) Power Source : Goaway
48) Pleiadians : Modulation
48) The Delta : Thing
48) Koxbox : Stay Psychedelic
51) Etnica : Trip Tonite (Rmx)
51) Astral Projection : Aqua Line Spirit
51) Cosmosis : Gift of the Gods
51) Beast : Spawn
55) Transwave : Land Of Freedom
56) Son Kite : Aiwana
56) Toï Doï : Nuage D'encens
56) Son Kite : Clockwise
56) Infected Mushroom : Dancing With Kadafi
56) Hallucinogen : Gamma Goblins
61) Juno Reactor : Rotorblade
61) X-Dream : Panic in Paradise
61) Yahel : For The People
61) Infected Mushroom : Classical Mushroom
65) Tromesa : Owig Weg
66) X-Dream : The Second Room (A-Trip)
67) Shpongle : Vapour Rumours
67) Infected Mushroom : Unbalanced (Baby Killer Rmx)
69) Cosmosis : Cannabanoid
69) Total Eclipse : Can't Do That
71) Doof : Double Dragon
71) Shpongle : Around The World In A Tea Daze
71) California Sunshine : Rain
74) Total Eclipse : The Furnace
74) Transwave : Malaka Dance
74) X-Dream : Freak
77) The Delta : As A Child I Could Walk On The Ceiling
77) Son Kite : Hi-Fi Stomp Session
77) Infected Mushroom : The Missed Symphony
77) MFG : New Kind Of World
77) Infected Mushroom : Release Me
77) Toï Doï : Up Days
77) Hallucinogen : Spiritual Antiseptic
84) Son Kite : Where's My Drum?
84) Haldolium : 1969
84) Shpongle : Dorset Perception
84) Etnica : Mystical Appearance In Goa
84) Koxbox : Fuel On
84) Astral Projection : Life on Mars
84) Intact Instinct : Chicago Coin's Cinema
91) Shakta : Leptonhead (Deedrah Rmx)
91) Etnica : Trip Tonite
91) California Sunshine : Coming home
91) Vibrasphere : Echoplantation
91) Der Dritte Raum : Hale Bob
91) Wizzy Noise : Oversexed Succubus
91) Pleiadians : Full Mental Jackpot
91) Power Source : Granada
91) The Green Nuns of The Revolution : Ring of Fire
91) Sandman : Shockwave
91) Parasence : Boomerang
91) Jaïa : After The Rain
91) Miranda : First Steps To The Stars
91) Space Cat : Snorkel Blaster
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Here you have a list I made for a friend, with the entire psychedelic trance splitted in branches and sub-genres...
if you want to see it without the cd-covers:
http://img329.imageshack.us/my.php?image=g...derfotos2aj.png
I greatly appreciate your efforts here! I've been looking for something like this, taking the Psytrance/Goa genre down to the next level. I have found Ishkur's Guide to Electronic Music a great help, but yours takes it one level deeper than that.
Instead of the CD covers, I'd like to see 2-4 artists that most represent each sub-sub-genre, and maybe a 2-4 tracks that are exactly in that sub-sub-genre.
Thanks for the great work!
Cheers,
BrickTop
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And this is worth checking always: http://img329.imageshack.us/my.php?image=g...derfotos2aj.png
This is a great help. Thanks! It would have been great if there was a similar one with a few artist names associated with the sub-sub-genres.
I've found this to be an interesting way to try to sift through the genres. It might be old hat to some of you, but to noobs, it's worth a look:
Ishkur's Guide to Electronic Music
At least it has some samples and a list of artists for each genre. I've been told that some people have an issue with the specific classifications, but at least it's a great way to start educating oneself.
Cheers,
BrickTop
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I just grabbed it. Thanks. It's trippy. I was expecting Psytrance (cause I surfed to this site for Goa), but it's a cool track. My taste is more of your Insektoid track, another tasty treat I snagged from your site.
Thanks!
Cheers,
BrickTop
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Shouldn't Psy and Goa be combined? As I understand it Goa/Psytrance/Psychedelic Trance are all the same. If not, would someone point out the difference between them.
Essential Psytrance Artists & Tracks
in General Psytrance
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AWESOME LIST, Jeff! This isn't off topic at all. The whole idea is to give newbies a place to start exploring the world of Psytrance. There is so much out there, and a lot of it is very mediocre. Hell, it's hard to know what artitsts produce Psytrance (right off the bat), let alone the good ones. This list is a great addition to the conversation. Thanks!
I would hope that the site administration would put together a thread that is a Beginner's Guide to Psytrance and pin it so newbies could easily dive right into the genre. Maybe link to a few threads (like this one) that would point them in the right direction. It doesn't matter that these lists are subjective and that some members might think one track is a "Best Of" and another member thinks it's drivel. What matters is that if a genuine conversation is being had about what Artists and Tracks someone should seek out, the newbies can have a place to start learning about the genre. And that should be what the community should want, a way to educate the newly indoctrinated and curious minded Psytrance seekers.
Cheers,
BrickTop