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I dropped an Excel file on Google Drive — set it up so you can download it with one click. The file has 4 sheets, one for each playlist. Feel free to peek at the tracklists before listening. There are some rarities in there too — not always the catchiest melodies, but pretty much unknown stuff. And let’s be honest, half the fun of playlists is digging up hidden gems. So yeah, give it a spin if you’re curious. Enjoy… or don’t 😅

On laptop the playlists in my post work fine, but on phone they don’t So I added clickable links in the first post. Unfortunately, I can’t add the Excel file – it’s not allowed by the forum rules, the system just doesn’t let me attach it.

I think the track Afrotrance - Spiritual Energy is a masterpiece. Nothing more, nothing less. And it’s one of the best floating goa trance tracks. It has an amazing build-up. The melody keeps changing in subtle ways (evolving). And if this is not considered a melodic track, then I don’t know what is. Just so you know, it’s a track with a long intro, and the melody starts at the third minute. You can find my comment on YouTube, I left a timestamp there.

The difference between psytrance and goa trance is not at all about the presence or absence of melodies. There are plenty of goa trance tracks without a beautiful leading melody. I linked four playlists and the links were correct. I don’t know why the forum trimmed them down to a single track. I’m writing from my phone right now, it’s not convenient for me to edit it.

Hi there! Glad you clicked the title and ended up here. What you see is yet another “Top” list made by a random nobody on the internet 😉 This time, it’s all about Goa trance tracks with beautiful leading melodies. Two key words: beautiful and melodic. Important note: these are not playlists of the “best Goa tracks ever” — they are playlists of tracks with the best melodies. Big difference. Oldschool has the priority. I’ve heard very little new school (not really my cup of tea), but there are a few new school tracks included here and there. The playlists are made for home listening, not necessarily for burning the dancefloor — though that works too. Personally, I listen to them while walking my dog or at work. Ideally, I like tracks with just one strong leading melody — not melody after melody after melody. That way the track sticks in your head and stands out. Of course, there are exceptions, like Infected Mushroom – Dancing With Kadafi (though you won’t find it here; a few IM tracks were in my drafts, but I dropped them since they’re not really Goa). Each playlist has 200 tracks. Why 200? Because that’s the YouTube playlist limit, and it’s convenient for editing. I actually have enough material for at least 3 more playlists, but sorting takes time. Sometimes I find a good track, but if it doesn’t match the quality of the others, I (sadly) cut it out. It’s been a tough selection process. You can’t cover everything. There will always be amazing tracks I haven’t heard, or forgot, or that you love but I don’t. Making choices is hard. And don’t forget: this is just the selection of some random nobody from the internet Bonus: if anyone wants the full list in Excel — I’ve got it, happy to share. Below are the first four parts. More to come… Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | More to come…

Celldweller - The Last Firstborn (Instrumental) (2003) | Metal+goa trance

Metal+goa trance Celldweller - The Last Firstborn (2003)

Xenomorph - Obscure Spectre (The Horror Trip Remix) (1997)

Psychaos - Future Rocks. Flying Rhino Records, October 1997. UK.

If you like Darshan dark goa trance check track Resonance – New World. Resonance is one track project from Darshan duo.

For me best goa trance compilation is VA-A Voyage Into Trance (mixed by Paul Oakenfold) (1995). Because my passion for goa trance started with this disc.

There are many tracks at the link, you can listen to the first three or four. Nello has a recognizable style and I can distinguish it from other goa trance artists. And I will back up a little and admit that Miranda remixed / reworked his original track to fit her sound. And that's okay. On an album, everything should sound more or less in the same style.

Compare Miranda's style with Nello's. Nothing in common. This track is as close as possible to Nello's work. And as for what the musicians write on the cover... I wouldn't believe it completely. On Miranda's first album, it is not indicated anywhere that Dan Larsson from Electronic Dreamplanet is a co-author. It is written that he is just an engineer. He did not take part in the recording of the second album and the sound and melodies changed dramatically. But Lazar Pejnowich took part there. And he is the author (one of them, let's not belittle Miranda). So Miranda is a brand, not a solo project. And here is a direct link to the album, where the track Mars Need Women has only one author listed - Nello. https://www.discogs.com/release/28010-Miranda-Northern-Lights

What are the chances of getting a full Laughing Skull album? He has so much unreleased old awesome material. It's a shame that even goa trance fans barely know him.

Mars Needs Women written by Nello. https://www.discogs.com/artist/42043-Nello The only thing Miranda has on this track is her name on the cover

Miranda - "Mars needs women" written by Nello If you like this style check Nello https://www.discogs.com/artist/42043-Nello

I have playlist with slow goa ~ 250 tracks. Sometimes not goa, but close

Zyon - No Fate (1991)

Rap + trance / goa trance. Beautiful combination! Public Enemy - Rebel Without A Pause (The Light's Remix)

Пожалуйста, обратите внимание на норвежца GoaNoja. У него есть свой канал на ютюбе и он пишет офигенный гоа-транс старой школы. У него там уже на пару альбомов накоптлось. Пожалуйста, заставте его довести всё что он написал до ума и издайте. Если не вы, то кто? https://www.youtube.com/@goanoja6650 Please take a look at Norwegian GoaNoja. He has his own channel on YouTube and writes awesome old school goa trance. He's already got enough stuff there for a couple of albums. Please make him finish everything he wrote and publish it. If not you, then who?

I wrote Skarma to the messenger. There is no answer yet. For now, I suggest listening to his set from old tracks (2014). Every track in this mix have Astral Projection vibe.

I think it's Skarma. He started producing Goa Trance in 2002 and his style is similar to Astral. Sometimes it just seems that this is the Astral. He has a lot of unreleased tracks, an album was released in June, you can listen and compare his sound. https://www.discogs.com/ru/artist/3067236-Skarma

Astral Projection - Utopia (Concept Rmx) I read the information that this remix was made by Martin Freeland aka Man With No Name. It sounds similar to his style, and in 1996 he had his own label Concept in dance. (The word Concept in the title of the remix seems to hint). The source is so-so: just some comment on youtube. I didn't find any information on discogs. When I listen to Total Eclipse - Waiting For A New Life, it also seems to me that there is a MWNN sound. And there is also no confirmation of this version on discogs. Total Eclipse - Waiting For A New Life

Mai-Mai means "forever" in Vietnamese. Mãi Mãi Lâu lắm rồi để tôi kể người nghe chuyện của cái nhạc sanh ra ở trên trời. Tôi yêu nó, mê nó mãi mãi. Mãi mãi tin về Phật, mãi mãi. Mãi mãi tin về Phật, Nam mô a di đà Phật, Nam mô tổ sư Thích Ca Mâu Ni Phật, Nam mô Quán Thế Âm Bồ Tát. Song name: Forever Long time ago let me tell you the story about a kind of music what borned in the heaven. I love it, love it forever. Forever believe in Buddha, forever. Forever believe in Buddha, Namo Amitabha Buddha, Namo master Sakyamuni Buddha, Namo Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva.

Rambal Cochet — The Great Solar War Goa trance, 2019