HolyLight Posted October 27, 2023 Share Posted October 27, 2023 Just read via Astral Projections Facebook that Gilbert Levey/Shri Mahant Managalanand Puri aka Goa Gil has passed away sadly. Feels like yesterday when I used to blast his Kosmokrator compilation: https://www.discogs.com/release/204747-Goa-Gil-Deck-Wizards-Kosmokrator And this one: https://www.discogs.com/master/761473-Goa-Gil-Spiritual-Trance-Vol-2 What are your personal memories of Goa Gil? Googling around some for his biography and found some interesting interviews, one from as recently as 2020: https://www.gqindia.com/entertainment/content/the-incredible-true-history-of-goa-gil-psychedelic-trance-and-the-end-of-the-hippy-trail Reading Goa Gil's wikipedia biography entry, is in many ways the story of how Goa Trance came to be, summed up. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goa_Gil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
technosomy Posted October 27, 2023 Share Posted October 27, 2023 Holy crap really?? That's sad news he was awsome, think the burning man comp was first I heard of his, but I do have a lot of old mixes fromgoa back in early 90s of his 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astralprojection Posted October 27, 2023 Share Posted October 27, 2023 rest in peace goa gil! the pioneer, the originator. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exotic Posted October 27, 2023 Share Posted October 27, 2023 6 hours ago, Parasphere said: What are your personal memories of Goa Gil? My first rave was a Goa Gil Mahayagya in India in 1999 , I think. With no exposure to the music as a teenager and with no idea what to expect I spent the night trying to make sense of what i was hearing , seeing and smelling around me - the 4 by 4 beat , fluorescent backdrops with elves and goblins , braided hippies dancing away , It was an assault on the senses ( in a good way) i was intrigued no end by the setting the music and the people. When the sun came up , i witnessed the magic which then stuck with me forever .I was an initiation like no other. My brother went on to give me his forest of the saints cassette that he had picked up from Goa earlier and the rest as they say is history .. I owe my "getting into" psytrance to the man himself so he will always occupy a special place in my psych. RIP babaji ! hope you continue your party wherever you are .. 🎵🌈🌙 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the goa constrictor Posted October 27, 2023 Share Posted October 27, 2023 Finally got to hear him in 2000 before he went to the dark side. Not a big fan of his style after the 90s but have massive respect for his place in the community and in the history 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotwang Posted October 27, 2023 Share Posted October 27, 2023 Really sorry to hear this, I think Karmageddon was the first darkpsy album I bought and I found some great music through his charts. RIP dude 😥 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HolyLight Posted October 27, 2023 Author Share Posted October 27, 2023 4 hours ago, exotic said: My first rave was a Goa Gil Mahayagya in India in 1999 , I think. With no exposure to the music as a teenager and with no idea what to expect I spent the night trying to make sense of what i was hearing , seeing and smelling around me - the 4 by 4 beat , fluorescent backdrops with elves and goblins , braided hippies dancing away , It was an assault on the senses ( in a good way) i was intrigued no end by the setting the music and the people. When the sun came up , i witnessed the magic which then stuck with me forever .I was an initiation like no other. My brother went on to give me his forest of the saints cassette that he had picked up from Goa earlier and the rest as they say is history .. I owe my "getting into" psytrance to the man himself so he will always occupy a special place in my psych. RIP babaji ! hope you continue your party wherever you are .. 🎵🌈🌙 Nice, you created some beautiful images of Goa in my minds eye. Was it a beach location or forest, hillside area something else? I've never been to Goa myself, so I'm not familiar with the city/area names. And btw does anyone here on the forum know what era the party beach footage is from at the end of the video interview in my original post? Is it modern IE from the era of the documentary or from the early Goa era? I can't quite place the music and the style of the decos and fashion like quite distinct compared to what's common in my country for sure. ^^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phobium Posted October 27, 2023 Share Posted October 27, 2023 The first time I heard about him was around 1995 or 1996. It was in one of the biggest newspapers here in Norway at the time; Dagbladet. Their weekend edition during those days had a lot of music articles. This one time there was a three page article (that's how I remember it at least) about this dude who went to Goa in the 80s and just stayed there. This was of course during my formative years, and I had already been exposed to goa/psytrance at that time. Reading about Goa Gil and how he viewed music was quite the eye opener. Then this documentary was shown on TV, Technomania. Goa Gil was one of the people featured in the documentary. The way he talked about music and the spirit of music was quite different. It was amazing. I never got to hear him play, which I find sad. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trolsk Posted October 28, 2023 Share Posted October 28, 2023 Goa Gil personified the idea of a DJ acting as a shaman, he might even have been the inventor of that concept. He pioneered psychedelic trance parties as a spiritual journey. His Kosmokrator mix is one of the best mixes of the golden era of psychedelic trance. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.