I always thought there was no difference........maybe someone will explain it to me.

goa has sturcturue similar to most trance, and is centered around the lead synth(s).. psy on the other hand is centralized on vairious fxs bleeps etc and really deosnt have any melody

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randummboy: I think that's just some people's opinion...

The reality is that originally this style of trance was called Goa Trance since it developed at parties on the beaches of the Goa Province of India. However, over the years, less and less of the development of this genre has been based in Goa, so some people preffered to call it Psychedelic Trance. So now, Psy Trance is the preffered name for the whole genre... So really there is no difference. However SOME people seem to refer to the older more melodic tracks as Goa Trance and the newer melody-less tracks as Psy Trance, but really it's ALL just Psy Trance (the preffered name). I think some people in the industry are slowly trying to phase out the name Goa Trance, since it really has nothing to do with Goa, India anymore.

Sal

Hmmm...Very interesting. Thanks for that history lesson

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Tracks of the moment

1. FilterFunk - Message In a Bottle (Sander Van Doom Remix)
"A Hundred Million Cast aways, Looking For A Home"
2. Ferry Corsten - Whatever (Marcel Woods Remix) (again) (original)
3. Bone Thugs n Harmony and all their solo's (seriously..)

umm...my advice, ask Skywarp...he spins goa/psy trance from what I recall.......


but I might be wrong

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Take it from me: There is NO difference between the sounds of GOa and Psy Trance...just different name for the same genre.

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Originally posted by VisionsofPVD Take it from me: There is NO difference between the sounds of GOa and Psy Trance...just different name for the same genre.

Diagree , it`s not the same..
..take a look at Miranda - Groom Lake
and Atmos - Klein Aber Doctor or better Infected Mushroom - Psycho or finally X-Dream - Psychomachine
Miranda it`s pure GOA and Atmos, IM, X-Dream it`s pure psychedelic..just listen it

Yea..i've heard goa and psy-trance being used interchangeably, both referring to the same type of music. But there might be a few minor differences...i don't know!

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Originally posted by cosmix Diagree , it`s not the same.. ..take a look at Miranda - Groom Lake and Atmos - Klein Aber Doctor or better Infected Mushroom - Psycho or finally X-Dream - Psychomachine Miranda it`s pure GOA and Atmos, IM, X-Dream it`s pure psychedelic..just listen it

IF you agree on the in fact NOT existing classification which says that goa ss the more melodic old school trance and psy is the new minimalistic sound then there are still HUGE differences between psychomachine and tracks from Son Kite or KoxBox(THAT! is minimalistic) Moreover Infected Mushroom is impossibly psy trance (considering that it stands for minimalistics again). Infected are a special case, they got their own style..try to listen to The Gathering and then to Tasty Mushroom. Ones fullly melodic and pumping the others subtle and more complex id say

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Can someone define properly, I'm lost

Listen, I say that there is NO difference, i totally share FinnHawk's views
but if u dont believe us fools, go ask around in the www.psynews.org forum

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