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thanosp81

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  1. I just had a revelation. The first proto-NeoGoa album is.......Crop Circles - Tetrahedron.
  2. Wouldn't you prefer an album with no fillers? Instead of an 80 mins album do you think it would be better to have a 50 min album full of good tracks though?
  3. Interesting. Why different durations fir different genres? Is it because of the typical Goa track length?
  4. I recently acquired a record player that will allow me after many years to listen to my (miniscule) LP collection. In conjuction with a chat I had with Greg, it got me thinking. How long should an album or compilation be? What is the golden ratio for quality/quantity? And more importanly for how long can a listener stay focused in order to appreciate the whole album/comp in one continous journey and stay focused to the music? In my case, I was finding difficult why a cd shoudln't be packed with over 70min of music. If the total time was less I thought it wasn't value for money. But with years, and becoming a more experienced listener, I realised that this is not the case. It is not about how many (or how long) tracks there are, but how sucessfull are to invoke emotions to you. Growing older and getting a family, it is even more difficult to find the time needed to listen to a whole album in one go. 45 to 60 min is by now a duration that I feell comfortable with. So what about you? What are your thoughts?
  5. I wouldn't call them nerds but that is another important topic. Goa producers back then were inventing the genre as they were going along. They had no Goa sounds to draw inspiration from, their inspiration was coming from all different genres. And another thing, because they relied mostly on hardware they couldn't have everything. So they adjusted their music signature depending on the hardware they had. That's why you have Miranda, MFG, Asia 2001 etc etc. All Goa but still distinct to each other. But with software...there are no limits. And that, ironically, is the limiting factor to inspiration.
  6. It would be really interesting if some producers jumped in the subject and share their thoughts with us. How do they feel about their music? Do they accept the labels we try to put on their music? Is the music they make how they want it to sound? Or are they struggling for something else but not quite there yet? What about the mastering? Are they happy with it or do they just go the flow? (same goes for their music, is it what they want or they just choose what is easier to sell?)
  7. Too close I would say....near to proper Goa era Another thing I've been missing from the Goa era (maybe I;m wrong, my knowledge of New Goa is not extensive) are the samples. 60's and 70's sci-fi movies or spiritual/religious spoken words that were interwoven into the tracks and being a major component of the music. Who can forget quotes like "You will be robotised" or "People Can Fly" and so many more. Pick one. Is that a hint of New School Goa? Back then i called it Club Goa "He was the last best hope..."
  8. Entry #58 Only interesting part is the Technoforms compilation that will develop into a series with Freeze magazine. Also very good selection of Jungle/Drum & Bass tracks.
  9. Entry #57 Let's skip #16 and #17 and go to the interesting stuff straight away. #18 is an excellent compilation of Junle/Drum&Bass tracks. Except the 2 Hardcore tracks the rest shine. Especially those made by White Label??? Does anyone know anything about this artist? I cannot find any info and his track are too good not to have been properly released somewhere before. And then you have a Psychedelic trance compilation mixed by Veros, a big name in the greek scene back then. 4 tracks by greek artists and 4 by israeli. A solid comp with one of my all time favourite "Shadows Of The Moon". Psycho Meditation once again proving they had great potential but their output was never massive. The israeli tracks are meh...borderline Nitzonot. Beautiful cover
  10. The genre labelling committee hasn't reached a conclusion yet. Joke aside though, it has been used as a term to describe new school Goa for years now. Almost as soon as it appeared. I am surprised you weren't aware of that. In any case, in my ears, if not a genre then I categorise it as at least sub-genre. And from the comments here I get the feeling that a lot of people do that. As finding the first NeoGoa track/artist I do not think that is possible. There is probably none. The same way there was never a "first human". The transition was too smooth to be pinpointed on a specific point. There were always people trying to make Goa (slowly turning to new school goa) even during the "Dark Ages" What we can do is to choose the first album or compilation that defined that sound in such a detail and quality (maybe) to be considered as a turning point and quite distinct from it's predecessors. Something like X-Dream did with their Radio album The sound that the rest of the artists were trying to achieve/copy.
  11. Entry #56 Four more entries from Lemon magazine. Some psychedelic trance tracks included with #12 and #13.
  12. Probably Filteria as you said, or at least the most well known. I see NeoGoa as a blatant copy paste of Pleiadians sound to be honest. What was difficult to achieve back then sound wise due to technical limitations (and made them sound so distinct and well produced) now days you can do it with no hardware and in a couple of days probably. Throw in a hundred of channels, melodies that have no feeling or connection between them and you have the bad NeoGoa. And where are the bridges in track structure? Goa was full of them, NeoGoa...not really. Or...I'm just old
  13. Entry #55 Continuing with Master Output series. This lot should include Vol.5 as well.But since my LP collection is in Greece it wil have to wait for another day. Yes, you read correctly, LP. The 8th issue of Lemon magazine came with an LP . Vol. 6 is quite nice, featuring a Goa track. From Vol. 7 and later you can find a Psychonaut track in each release, maybe the easiest way to obtain their LP releases and if acidic Goa is your thing. At the same time though quality started to suffer with only a couple of tracks in each release being of interest.
  14. They are planning to come back and their Bandcamp page went up relatively recently so I highly doubt they are gonna mess up again. I think the music alone is worth the risk. The worst that can happen is never get your cds and get a refund through paypal. Go for it
  15. Yeap, bought them as soon as they were released. You can still get them on Bandcamp as downloads if you don't care about cds.
  16. Entry #54 The next 2 releases from Lemon magazine. Special mention goes for Master Output Vol. 3 for the compilation effort. All the tracks fit together nicely having a Dream House/Progressive Trance (as we used to call them back then) feeling. Nothing to get excited about vol. 4, typical club house.
  17. Entry #53 I still remember the time. It was summer '96, around 15yo at the time. I was walking back home from the beach and I saw a magazine with an audio cd as a promotion. I was like "WTH?". It wasn't a thing yet back then. Master Output Vol.2, intriguing. And the magazine title "Lemon". who names their magazine lemon. Everything on it screamed Rave. I grabbed it, went home and straight into the cd player. Oh boy, a greek magazine dedicated to the rave culture, with a cd with greek productions? In the next days i hunted the previous issue (#3) with master output vol. 1. I've never been able to find the first 2 issues unfortunately (if you have them I want them). Lemon is THE greek magazine for rave culture. Especially the first issues were so..colourful, fresh, exciting, so....rave. It was a true thing. Every issue (except 1, 2 and 5) had a free cd. The first ones only with greek productions but that changed with time. Master Output Vol. 1 is a great compilation on its own right. It has everything, from Trip Hop (with samples from Ghostbusters coming in just the right point) and ambient to Goa Trance. Yes, Goa. Vol. 2 is a much weaker release but it is worth it just for Electroware's Watching The Cycle Dance. A magically simple downtempo track that still gets me today. Memories.
  18. I just acquired this beauty Audio-Technica LP120SB. But until next year when I will buy my own house and put all things where they should be I need to rely on Bluetooth connectivity with my speakers. Do anyone of you have a good/tested bluetooth transmitter to recommend for audio signal? ... ...And now to choose my first LP after sooo many years.
  19. Yeap, I agree. Too bad for all the drama behind it.
  20. Entry #52 I think with the last 3 releases is where Anjuna Records peaked. 3Om3 probably the most Goa sounding release of the label. And then you have a compilation of Jamie MoonWeed's tracks. If you like your Goa more acidic, as only a handful of artists used to make back then, then don't look any further. All tracks are excellent. And for a bittersweet finale you have UX with live versions of his tracks. Wow, powerful stuff. Anjuna we need you back, just no drama please this time :)
  21. Entry #51 One of the most promising and high quality modern Psychedelic Trance labels. Skilfully combining the Oldschool and modern Psychedelic with a dark twist. What we used to call back then as European Psychedelic, isn't that right? Even the covers are so well balanced, psychedelic to the core but without going crazy. Let's hope they will return (that's the plan anyway) Jaia as always are great and Nervasystem, yeah, what to say about that? True Psychedelia.
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