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Listening to Trust In Trance Vol. 3 now and loving it! Thanks for the recommendation! This could become one of my new favorites. I am getting a few early Posford vibes from some bits too. 9/10 at least...

I bought Another World not long after it came out and played it loads. It remains my favorite of theirs but for many years it was the only album of theirs I had heard. I first listened to Dancing Galaxy a few years ago and I couldn't seem to get into it. I am listening again now and finding it pretty good, although not stunning. However, if I heard it back when it came out I would have most likely loved it. My impression half an hour into Dancing Galaxy is that it has some nice wibbley acid but the overall feel comes across a tiny bit more clubby for some reason, like I am listening to club anthems, than Another World to me whereas the leads in Another World really felt like a trip into space. I am interested to find out what I will make of Trust In Trance Vol. 3.

I installed it and it's pretty impressive for free software. It has a lot of gorgeous presets as well. I did have to find a couple of gigabytes of space to install it though, so it is big. I like that you can choose between digital and analog curves for the envelopes and warm / natural / bright character. Nice features.

This looks useful. Thanks.

Totally agree with this logic and I said similar back when people were still seriously discussing the possibility of a 3rd Hallucinogen album. Just because hundreds of others have copied a style doesn't mean we can't enjoy a few more iterations from the masters that began it all. It's not like we're forced to sit listening to all the other derivations on repeat year after year even though many here probably choose to. Nostalgia is a big factor when an artist goes back to their roots. Also remember for everyone who complains that they have heard it all before, there will be plenty of old timers who would complain if it was too different from the early stuff. I just say why not have both, across multiple albums or in one.

I will give it a listen. I adore Flying Rhino: First Flight and used to listen to it regularly so I am sure I will like this too, though I have heard at least a few if not most of those tracks before. Ancient Lands is one of my top tracks. Retrodelica was their other compilation that I liked.

I would say so. I only joined 3 years ago but I was lurking here for years before. You are doing an awesome job of writing a lot of new posts. Every post helps bring this place back to life. The more we keep it up the more others will join in. Maybe.

I usually listen to whole albums and sometimes compilations. Almost never playlists of individual tracks though occasionally I will use playlists of multiple albums while working. On the best albums of some of my most favorite artists there are rarely any truly poor tracks. I am thinking of things like Dimension 5 - Transdimensional, both Hallucinogen albums, anything by Elysium, all of RA's stuff. Basically what abasio said that a good album has a cohesive and interesting journey. I will have to give MFG - The Prophecy some more listens to comment on that. With MFG I started out listening to Pure Energy a lot and never got bored with the tracks on that, but not listened to their earlier stuff quite as many times yet. I do listen to a lot of Goa trance albums by other artists to try and find more stuff I like and sometimes to write reviews. And in other cases, sure, it can get boring or samey after a lot of listening. I usually listen while I am busy going about my day, so if it was a playlist of loads of different artists, I often wouldn't know who I was hearing unless I sit down at the computer and check for the best stuff.

OK, I will then. It means something that you took the time to say so. Thanks.

I could write more posts but then like 60% of the new content would be from me and honestly my content isn't all that great. I will try and write at least a couple more reviews before the end of the year. Damn, I sound like a broken record. Yeah, not all that great.

I am happy to discuss production techniques from time to time but can we please keep that to the Music Making / Production section and keep this thread about my specific tracks?

I threw together an acid breakbeat track because humans have broken the world.

Thanks. There are certainly things I would improve but I had spent far too long on this one, so onto the next. I love it up to 1:42, then the second synth pattern sounds a little harsh don't you think? Then from about 1:58 to about 3:20 it's just deliberately weird and experimental - maybe too weird or maybe not weird enough? Anyone else got any feedback please?

Too Much Data - T.M.D HOM-Mega Productions – HMD220 One half of MFG, Aharon Segal has teamed up with Chen Shmuel a.k.a. Atmik for this new Goa trance project. 1. Too Much Data – Deep Happiness 6:54 2. Too Much Data – Breaking Rules 8:00 3. Too Much Data – Runing In Circles 8:23 4. Too Much Data – Do You See Stars 7:26 5. Too Much Data – Change Of Direction 7:45 6. Too Much Data – State Of Mind 8:25 7. MFG – To Eternity (Too Much Data Remix) 8:32 8. Too Much Data – Circus Of Life 7:27 9. Too Much Data – Tmd 7:34 I am putting this up as a mini review for now so that others have a chance to listen and add their own reflections, as I am short on time currently. I need to give it a few more listens for it to sink in but my initial impression is extremely high quality sounds, loads of nice acid combined with the trademark MFG slightly dark sort of robotic sound effects and some great melodies and hard beats and basslines. When you have been saturating your brain with as much Goa as I have, it becomes difficult to rate new content fairly when 95% of it is slight variations of sounds and patterns you have heard thousands of times before. But paradoxically, if you are like me you will still find yourself seeking out these classic sounds over and over again. The way I rationalize it is someone who reviews classical music can't really complain about being sick of the piano, if that makes sense. Anyway, this album has loads of the classic acidic Goa sound. I find it very easy to listen to. It does not at any point get irritating and even the more generic bits are not boring. If I listened to this with a fresher pair of ears I would probably rate it nine out of ten or higher, so it is good stuff. State of Mind has some catchy synth melodies and voice samples and is one of the tracks I enjoyed the most. Circus of Life has a nice bassline, some lovely bubbly acid and a delightfully rough drum beat. I may add some thoughts on the other tracks when I get some more time. Overall this is an exciting album and I will definitely be listening to it a lot more. Provisional score: 8/10 https://hommega.bandcamp.com/album/t-m-d

Check out my new Goa Trance track based on an Indian raga. The Poorvi raga is 500 years old and now rarely performed. It has a mood of mystical contemplation. This starts out as a 131 bpm midtempo track before rising to 145 bpm and finally returning to the slower tempo to complete the cycle.

Really good interview and I just wanted to say this double album is my favorite of Proxeeus's music so far. He has spoiled us with both uptempo and downtempo continuing the same atmosphere and narrative, dripping with darkness. I read more of the interview and it is not just good, it is one of the most sincere, open and complete interviews I have seen with a musician. He gives great advice to aspiring musicians too. Read it.

Oooohhh those downtempo tracks are exquisitely delicious. Soooo dark. Nice work!

Seems good so far. The bass arrangement is really nice. Bass sound is OK. The melodies have a good sound. Not sure if they are a tiny bit fast but that is most likely just my taste. Would need to hear how the track develops to really know. Effects and percussion are really good.

Don't know what everyone else is doing but I will revisit this topic when I have given Filteria's stuff some more listens. Everything after Sky Input is still quite new to me. Nova Fractal I also only recently started listening to and he is great.

Agreed. I am listening now and loving it! It is constantly full of unique and memorable sounds and melodies. I really like the sound they have used for the lead melodies as well. The way it is ever changing is great too. Recommended!

In terms of recommendations, my all time favorite track is RA - Shift and the bpm of that is apparently only 120, which surprised me as it has quite a bit of energy. Judging by reviews not everyone accepts it as Goa trance but it certainly has Goa elements and amazing atmosphere. Edit: Just remembered you said 90s, so I had the wrong decade and wrong bpm, but maybe you will like it anyway.

Thank you for posting this! It is a great coincidence because I have also been looking for Goa of around 130 bpm this last week or two and honestly not finding much. Almost all Goa is faster than that and then psychill and psybient are normally quite a bit slower. It is of particular interest to me as I learn to make Goa trance as the track I am currently working on is at 131 bpm. I was tempted to try and make the beat a bit faster to conform more to what listeners seem to expect from Goa, but then my melodies don't work so it will stay at this speed I think. I will have a listen to these other tracks as they may help my inspiration. I too generally enjoy my trance on the slower side these days. A very high bpm does not often play well with anxiety.

I feel like I have become much more critical of music - all music - and harder to please lately which probably says something about my outlook on the world in general. This has nothing to do with Xamanist: I don't believe I will ever fully tire of Goa trance but in the short term I am certainly at risk of tiring of any generic and mediocre sounding bits of it (and those are to be found even in some of the very best albums and tracks). I listen only at home these days and much prefer midtempo and downtempo stuff most of the time. The point to all this is that when I read this album has full-on and progressive psytrance elements and started listening to the first minute and a half, I wasn't expecting this to be to my taste at all. But once the great Goa melodies and sounds came in, I started to enjoy it and having listened to the whole thing, it was very pleasant to have in my ears as I went about my day. Every track is creative and lively and just when I start to think it is going to become predictable or generic, another beautiful unexpected organic sound or captivating melody comes in. Great work. 7.5/10

For me I think it has to be Snakey Shaker. Other tracks like Deranger have more going on but the simple yet beautiful and urgent acid lines of Snakey Shaker are surely what you get when you distill Simon's talent into its purest, most concentrated form. That square wavey sounding choir of synthesized voices is so cool as well! It helps that I had not really heard any Goa trance (with the possible exception of a B side released under Paul Oakenfold's Perfecto Allstarz moniker) before buying Lone Deranger on sight, so the second track was by far the hardest, trippiest thing I had ever heard and left a lasting impression. After that, I would probably say Horrogram for the great melody, followed by Deranger and LSD.

Yes I must admit I just listened to Sky Input again and it was better than I remember. I enjoyed it. So mood and expectations play a huge part in the appreciation of this music and it definitely has its time and place.