jeller has a point imo,
the way I experience psychedelic is not 100% how he does but it fits mostly...
goatrance is indeed more based on melodies and all trance that is more based on melodies has a lower
psychedelic content because there is no room for that, if you put wave after wave like for example
mystica creating more psychedelic sounds isn't that easy,
if you compare to infected mushroom first releases where they keep the full melodic waves for the end
and you have a structure in the beginning that opens possibilities for more advancement and little psychedelic
sounds with creates the feeling over a higher level psychedelic content....
to say goatrance was taken over by "psychedelic trance" as mainstream,
before 1997 people didn't use the name psychedelic trance...
I remember lot's of people around 2000 didn't like the new psychedelic trance influences and complained about it,
so they experienced it that way to...
sorry for the off topic,
maybe move to another topic,
interesting statement... good debate...
still:
@ qa2pir, maybe a little bit to harsh man , come on