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Also the tracks under the Einstein alias are pretty bad. Why did they release his tracks? Seriously.

Omegahertz - Deca Omegahertz - Gamma Sirius Not badly reviewed, just albums that are being ignored. Melodic stuff.

Also: VA - The World Beyond

Yep, for me also 'Let There Be Light' is the best I've listened from them.

VA - Tribal Encore Filteria - Sky Input Khetzal - Corolle Artifact303 - Back To Space Pigs In Space - Pigs In Space Total Eclipse - Violent Relaxation (I like the downtempo CD though) VA - The World Beyond And generally I don't really enjoy most of Pleiadians and Astral Projection tracks.

I see your point HappyHorse. I didn't say there is a global movement, or that this is a 2nd golden age for goa trance. I am just saying what you admit: there is more music output and more goa acts play in festivals (even if these are just label parties or they co-host the line up). It might have not completely disappeared, but for a few years there were almost zero official releases and no goa was played at events, so the only way to listen to new music was through p2p sites (right?). Now the music is much more accessible through label releases and Ektoplazm (you know that thousands of people d/l music there), and events (Connection festival and Balkan goa fanatics were 100% goa festivals if I'm not mistaken). So, yeah, I don't think the situation is the same as it was 12-13 years ago, and I see this style of music being revived.

Goa trance is more alive than ever post-2000. That's obvious. More releases, more artists, more parties/events playing goa, more people listening to the music. Not a golden age of course, but resurgence, yes. Maybe HappyHorse lives in a parallel universe or something.

Well, some days ago I asked Alex Lytvyn aka Uth if he has made more goa tracks because I really really like his on VA/Blacklight Moments. He said that for him it's very difficult to complete a goa track. I find his track unique and I feel that he had the inspiration to create it. Of course, those who make a lot of goa inevitably start using similar sounds and sometimes might finish off tracks quite fast, not necessarily waiting for the "inspiration" to come. I remember having read somewhere on this site that Filteria finished one of his tracks for Sky Input in 3 hours or so. In order to create minimal or house, of course you need the skills, but I guess inspiration is not necessary, as tracks are not really unique, they don't have their own track identity. So, I'd say that it's more difficult to make a track with identity, that sticks out of the mass. And I guess deep house or minimal by their nature don't leave much space for this. Anyway, I'm not very knowledgeable about these genres, so I might be wrong after all, that's just my conception.

It's too much for any reasonable person.

o.O There you go, he said it. Heretic!!!

Well said, I agree. Sometimes I love it, sometimes I find it boring. Ormion's points also make perfect sense to me. E-mantra's style is unique. Music that is unique usually has a greater musical value than the typical sound of its genre and stands the test of time. This album might not give you instant gratification but I think it is as good as it was in 2009 and will be the same in 10 or 20 years from now. My favourite is Praying Forest.

Yes, I was going to mention Celestial Intelligence but I guess you might have checked their album already. I like this one too, very melodic: https://www.discogs.com/Omegahertz-Deca/master/615476

The opening track is pretty good and the Radical Distortion tracks are very good indeed. They would be even better without the extended samples imo. I usually don't mind when the samples are short and don't disrupt the flow, but long samples usually ruin the tracks for me. Nevertheless, Ancient Aliens is by far my favourite. I also enjoyed Agneton's track, although I'm not a fan of this style of music. I don't see what you guys like in Liquid Flow's track, for me it's just a filler (along with Asmik). His album "Presence" was very good but I haven't been impressed with any of his compilation tracks that I've heard.

It's probably because it was the 1st Tandu track, as you said. Inception => the beginning of something.

This is a pretty good album. Probably my favourite is Analog Boost. I really like the breakdown and the melody that follows in the middle of the track. Lots of other good tracks as well.

I can't get the hype about Filteria; imo he's the most overrated goa artist. Anyway, in this album I like The Big Blue, Float Away & Disappear and Earthrise. The rest bore me :/

I really like it! I would also think it's an old track from the mid 90's.

Come on now, other subgenres sound more of the same shit than goa. What about today's progressive or fullon? Don't tell me there is a lot of variety there!! I personally find enough variety in goa nowadays. By the way this album seems interesting. Old school sound. I'll definitely listen it through when it's out. I also like the artwork!

Yes, you quoted me on post #32!!

Seriously, how can you've forgotten that you'd bought it?! By the way, Draeke was kind enough to send me the file of this track, which is one of my favourites along with Rotating Fields, Floating Universe & Time Dilation.

I agree, it would be a fine track without that annoying sample. It's very annoying, really.

Favourites are R.O.M., Inner Poison, Fear & Anger.

Well, psychedelic music from its nature cannot be appealing to the masses. It's not easy listening and most people naturally are not attracted by it. It's normal. Real psychedelic music will never become mainstream IMO. Regarding the 'shit music' that you mentioned: this is not the case only with electronic music I believe. The most popular music is usually not creative and is stagnant of ideas; it's usually the shittiest one (and it often comes with video-clips of pop stars or whatever). Most people don't like things that are "out of the box", especially when it comes to radical things, ideas, etc. They don't like being challenged. They prefer staying inside their comfortable safety-zone and consume whatever they are fed. Unfortunately, that's how most societies function: they do not encourage individuals to think out of the box.That's why mainstream things are mainstream. Not only in music actually, in entertainment in general and in many aspects of our lives, I would say. And another factor is advertisement - promotion. All the mainstream products are massively advertised and promoted, so that they can be massively consumed. If this was not the case, the world would be different (in a better way for sure). Anyway, this could turn into a long discussion... My 2 cents of course.

Thanks for the suggestions. I'll check them out.

Well, my favourite is MInsphere - Visual Perception.