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They forgot E-Mantra too. Not the first printing error anyway ( PROXFFUS from Belgium ).

One of my favorites: Miraculix! I don't think he's still producing but both albums are absolutely awesome. Psytrance from when it was still fresh with the one or other goa trance nuance. Agreed! There's a bit more on his (kinda hidden) SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/qquirq

Not sure where the "Neogoa was behind BGF" idea / rumor comes from, I just read about it, and there's no truth in that. Hard to deny that Stevo and Neogoa are closely connected, but Richpa didn't ask for anybody or anything here. Richpa came as a guest, all he did there in an "official" manner was sell some CDs and talk to "his" artists about future plans (and serve them Gemischt ). All artists were "booked" by Stevo personally, there was also no "Neogoa" stamp on the festival. Why have so many Neogoa artists actually been there? Well, just so happens that they are relatively close to the location compared to others. However, a lot of Neogoa artists also weren't there. As for myself: I went there on my own, arranged the travels myself, played stage manager for half the festival and played a whole of a lot of DJ sets to fill gaps. Nobody asked me to do it, that was just me being passionate about it (and this is not meant in a salty way to anybody else). Now something about BGF that I need to say in public just to get more opinions out there: The festival being a mess, and I do hate to say it because there's no way for me to not like the guy, is solely on Stevo trying to do all and everything by himself. There's only so much you can do as one man and he should have known, this wasn't the first time. I wish he asked Neogoa, or anybody else for that matter, for support, but he didn't as far as I know and we saw the result. That's what it is. There was no puppet master Richpa pulling the strings behind the curtain, there was no scam to get people into buying tickets and run away with bags full of money. There was only that guy who has too much heart for his head to be able to handle, who needs to seriously take a break from organizing, think good and hard about this, and find the ability to ask people for help in the future. He was very lucky that people came in a massively good mood and volunteered to help. In some way, it was really like the last editions of BGF: the attendees made the festival. Now if that's a reason for somebody to "quit the scene" I pity them, because in my own view, this festival showed to me what goa is all about: passion. Even though the organization failed in nearly every possible way, and everybody who was actually there will confirm this, we didn't let that impact our mood and had a wonderful week. You can call it "stolen grounds", but there's nobody preventing people from unleashing a major shitstorm over Stevo and ask for their money back (I'm sure EU law would even make it possible). Instead, he's being praised. Of course, that's the other extreme that I don't agree with, because confidence in himself as an organizer is the last thing he needs right now. So don't get me wrong, I don't want to fall into the "everything is fine" category that Anoebis mentioned. Artists calling off because of travel, money or whatever organizational issues have my support, so does every "fan" who had his favorite artist cancelled after buying a ticket and now calls a fraud. I also don't see another (public) BGF festival coming, there's no way out of this reputation. But while there is a long list of possible reasons for which one would want to quit "the scene" (wide abuse of drugs including weed and alcohol, opinion intolerance, music getting more and more bland, capitalism, psytrance evolving into pop culture, ...), one screwed up festival, where ultimately only the organizer lost something, is pretty far down that list.

This is great goa trance, really! Your music has been great since back in the day, I already enjoyed your tracks from 2010 (When Kali Meditates on Goa Overdose). However, also since back then, I found your tracks sound like they are going through a hi-pass filter. The low end, the "pressure", is totally missing, and apparently beyond fixing for whomever does the mastering. So I really wonder: Is this intended? Sorry if that reads a bit offensive, it's not meant that way. It's just bugging me because in my opinion, this is the one thing that's missing for me to consider Somnesia to be "top-level" (whatever that means, but nonetheless).

This festival deserves a lot more attention. It's barely ever mentioned when I hear or read about people's festival plans Really people, Come to Balkan Goa Fanatics! I always have the impression that people have "doubt" in Balkan Goa Fanatics, but I can't really see why. I visited both previous installments, in 2014 and 2015, and all I can say is that there was absolutely nothing wrong with the festival but everything was right. 2014 was probably the best goa festival I attended so far. Incredible line-up and a location wrapped in a small forest in the outskirts of Zagreb. A strange hidden place with a perfect blend of nature and urbanism. 2015 was arguably a lot smaller, but the location was oh so much sweeter. I could barely comprehend how so few people came to that festival - it was probably due to its very late announcements? A lot of people missed quite something there. This year the team (it's really just a few people who have lives and a limited budget) is doing everything right. The line-up is insane and was announced early, the location is amazing (a true goa beach!) and the ticket price is still a bargain at €70. Yet they are struggling with ticket sales and might have to dodge death once again. So what I'd really like to say is: plan Balkan Goa Fanatics into your summer trips this year! It would be an extreme shame if a festival like this ceased to exist while congested, commercial mastodons like Boom or Ozora keep growing.

Recently listened to Geomantik, and remembered this thread when Taiyo played. Might fit the description? A maniacal laugh starts very early into the track.

That's great to know! Indeed something for draeke or for us, since we pretty much share the same goal and offer additional capacity. Should probably start contacting people about this.

Let's see what I got here: Anakoluth - Granted, his two EPs combined are practically an album, but I'd absolutely love more to hear from this guy, preferrably a full-length album! Any plans here, Cronomi? Astrancer - Some tracks of his are nothing short of stellar (Ashram!!), others not so much. But I could imagine an album of his would rock the house. Lapsus ... already mentioned often enough. More work for Cronomi. Man With No Name - Sure, he has released albums but... there is no collection of his REMIXES. "(MWNN Remix)" is like a freakin' seal of quality. N.D.M.A. - There's only two tracks to judge by I suppose, but those are reason enough to wish for a whole album! Satori - Judging from what I know from Satori, a full-length album could be one of the trippiest experiences of all time. Skarma - I know he has enough music, so I believe / hope it's only a matter of time until we get the sunshine trance album of whatever year it's going to be released in. Sabiance ... aka Skarma. Same here. His downtempo work is sweeeeeeet and the world needs it! Now that I think of it: Bonus points for a Skarma / Sabiance double-CD release!

Oh gosh, I'm playing on a party soon where Talamasca plays as well. Can only imagine what type of people will be there... I hope some good folks will find the goa floor instead.

Reading this strengthens my feeling that people haven't quite digested that we released a compilation in December with quite a line-up: Goa Trance Revolution 2 - Retrofuturism (Discogs) (forum thread) Guess we need way better promo.

Uptempo: not easy, I found the year to be very sparse for my liking. 1: Chi-A.D. - Earth Crossing (Amakusa Records) 2: VA - Goa Trance Revolution 2 - Retrofuturism (Goa Trance Music) 3: Praktika - Playing The Presets (Trance Bum Productions) 4: Toï Doï - Synaptic Electrophoresis (Suntrip Records) 5: GoaD - Galactic Aviator (Neogoa Records) 6: Ephedra - Flying Over The Universe (Goa Madness Records) 7: Morphic Resonance - City of Moons (Suntrip Records) 8: Veasna - Energy (Neogoa Records) 9: Negans - Danse Macabre (Neogoa Records) 10: Sab Kuch Milegator – Kauas Aikain Taa (Ektoplazm) Downtempo: never easy, because usually I just stumble on everything I know. Only managed to list a few for now. 1: Bioscape - Shaping Seasons (no label) 2: Globular - Holobiont (no label) 3: Arkeyetexture - Lago De Sonhos (Big Wave Records) 4: VA - Smörgåsbord Vol. 2- Psiarrhea (Maia Brasil Records & Omnitropic) 5: Perfect Blind - Wanderers (Neogoa Records) 6: transient - ebb & flow (no label) 7: - 8: - 9: - 10: -

I thought I'd properly introduce this here. DrKrake vs Jellyfish is a project from a good friend of mine and myself. We started remixing some video game themes around 2009, no fixed genre, just or fun. Some tracks we uploaded on YouTube and Newgrounds and a bunch of people seemed to like it very much. However, since it was a "just for fun" project, our activity was low and very irregular. This year, as a Christmas present to the world, we decided to round up everything we produced in a free, almost full-length album of 33 tracks (many are very short). So here you go! Free download available on Bandcamp: https://drkrakevsjellyfish.bandcamp.com No fixed genre as mentioned. It's mostly trance-ish, but hard to call. Influences are trance, house, hardstyle, goa and of course video game music (most of the album is remixes). I think I posted "Sonic the Nitzhog" on this forum before, it's a good example of how we mix stuff up. I hope somebody here will give it a go and enjoy - have fun!

Indeed this is what I mean. Of course you should secure it yourself, but I had to learn the hard way because I expected this not to be possible. Anyway, if what I said was "grossly misleading", then "unlimited streaming" is also misleading. They shouldn't advertise what they don't guarantee, that's all I'm saying.

That's exactly what we figured when we stood in front of the decision. I also like their way of "taking" their fees. Instead of handing you bills, they just calculate it directly with your sales, which is extremely convenient (and quite generous - I wouldn't want to imagine the amount of money they have "outstanding" all over the world...) I will give a few other, non-goa releases a try on Bandcamp soon. Of course, "independence" is probably a bad term to use if you make yourself depend on Bandcamp. [ ] Nonetheless, it seems like the best and fairest way to release music these days if you don't want to go with the big distributors. The only bad thing so far with Bandcamp is that apparently, artists / labels can simply delete everything and it's gone for whoever bought it (EDIT: in their Bandcamp collection, DUH). So much for "unlimited streaming" and downloads in that case. They should offer some kind of protection for customers here, and at least keep it archived for a good while so it can be secured.

Raphael Stehn is indeed deceased. There is a second half of Morphem, but nobody seems to know him apart from the name. So "not active" probably described it best.

There we go! We set today as the official release date and I'll be bringing a huge bag of packages to the post office in a few minutes. Many many thanks for the pre-orders! Here's what it all looks like:

Aye, good. Bandcamp doesn't support bundles per se, so I have to send those codes manually. You placed your order shortly before I woke up, so you were lucky it was so fast. I will add a note to the bundle description, so people are aware of this. Oh yeah, thanks!

Amazing support so far, thank you all! I'm pretty surprised how well that one is doing, nice to see people are making use of it! You're not that far off, actually!

We are almost there now, and the release is live on Bandcamp! Link: https://goatrance.bandcamp.com/album/goa-trance-revolution-2-retrofuturism The CDs are being printed these days - shipping will start once we have them (likely and hopefully before Christmas), hence it's marked as a pre-order. However, you immediately get access to the digital download when you pre-order! We hope everybody's happy with this. We sure are! Enjoy it very much!

Lovely album this one! Not as good as Clouds Garden, but it's one of those albums that need to be listened fully. I wonder: am I the only one that has issues with the last two tracks on CD? It seems the CD is oddly shaped and all readers I tried have serious problems with the last two.

Starkraver's probably talking about the Tromesa CDr re"print" that is offered here for $275.00 !! Gosh, honestly?! It's not pirated but endorsed by the artist (Tromesa played on the "re-release" party in Belgium), but it's still a trash, no-budget CDr remake. They didn't even bother about the artwork still containing the original label's logo... But well, you can't blame the seller if anybody's idiot enough to buy that for this kind of money.

I'm also very glad this release gets some attention! This is nothing like anything from Pepe or most Suomi goa trance. In fact, it's pretty unique music overall, not really similar to anything. Breaks mostly (last two tracks run 4otf for a while), downtempo, very experimental and... strange! You'll definitely discover something new here. I still enjoy it today every now and then, good music for the background (work, car) but also fun to listen to actively. There are some really heavy scenes in some tracks. For that reason, it doesn't quite qualify as chillout music, I'd say. Definitive recommendation!

Check whether what you do falls under the idea of fair use, look that up.

It was released in the days of 56K modems, nobody thought of digital back then. The CD is for sale on Discogs. But honestly, I wouldn't recommend Discogs for rare CDs and I do consider this rare. Have a look in second hand shops, on flea markets, eBay, Amazon and the like. I have made extreme bargains with those platforms because sellers don't know what they have, they just want to get rid of that old box of CDs in the basement. I'm pretty sure I also got this CD this way.

"Limited" in goa trance is a very misleading term... Amakusa's CDs are considered "limited", they have a print of 300, but I think InnerSpace's album on Suntrip also had a print of 300 and was never considered "limited". Most labels these days print around 500. Compared to other genres, every release is "limited" in that regard. Unless you print way less than that, I would avoid that term. If you want to designate that the copy is something special, IMO Amakusa's way of numbering them is the best.