The Overlords - Sundown (Ionizer remix)

Etnica - Chemical Trance

+ older man with no name tracks...

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Some of my favorites are:
MFG
California Sunshine
Chi A.D.
Etnica
Pleiadians
Hallucinogen
Miranda
Prana
Total Eclipse
Transwave and a lot more but I am tired so thats enough I think

I'm going to emphasize Man With No Name, Doof, Juno Reactor and Hallucinogen. But one duo I've not seen mentioned so far is X-Dream.

Now we're talking my language! I'm a bit of a self-proclaimed psy/Goa collector, definitely with a soft spot for the Goa sound. Psy and Goa are so widely varied in their styles that one of the posters was correct: your musical tastes and background will make a big difference in what appeals to you in the genre.

Following are some of my recommendations. For most, if not all, you can listen to music samples ranging from 2 to 4 minutes at www.saikosounds.com. That's where I do a fair bit of research before buying anything. These samples should give you a fairly rough idea of some of the stuff floating around out there to see if any of it piques your interest. What I am not familiar with is the darker, techier and more minimal styles.

Goa: circa 1994 - 1998
V/A - Distance to Goa Volume 4
V/A - Tantrance 6
Doof - Let's Turn On
Green Nuns of the Revolution - Rock Bitch Mafia
Hallucinogen - Twisted
Hallucinogen - The Lone Deranger
Pleiadians - Identified Flying Objects
Prana - Cyclone
Transwave - Helium
X-Dream - We Created Our Own Happiness

Nu-skool Goa: Goa renaissance (hahaha...I couldn't resist)
V/A - Apsara
V/A - Twist Dreams
Khetzal - Corolle
Ka-Sol - Fairytale

Psytrance
OOOD - Free Range
Voice of Cod - We Are Free
Atma - Between Good and Evil
Derango - Tumult

Progressive
Frogacult - Something for Sundays

Mid - downtempo
Younger Brother - A Flock of Bleeps
Ott - Blumenkraft
Shpongle - Are You Shpongled (the best trip music of all time)

The best thing to do if you are interested in quality psy is to start poking around sites like psynews.org or isratrance.com and reading the reviews section. Just like any genre of electronic music, you have to sift through a lot of crap to find some incredible gems.

Edit: commentary and spelling corrections

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Morel - Escape (Driving To Heaven)

Last edited by vancbc on Mar-18-2007 at 22:48

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Originally posted by vancbc Suntrip Records: goa renaissance V/A - Apsara V/A - Twist Dreams Khetzal - Corolle Ka-Sol - Fairytale Filteria - Sky Input Filteria - Heliopolis

Fixed.

This is a question for the people who know about this stuff, would you consider Cyber Cartel Psy/Goa?

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Originally posted by SMC Fixed.

Touché

I dunno man, I dunno! I own Sky Input, and it's just a bit too crazy and insane for me to consider it a classic. Although musically very different, it reminds me of old KoxBox. It's not easy to trance out on this music. Just when you think you've found a melody and a groove to trip into trance, it abruptly changes. No cohesive melody emerges that ties a track together. You catch bits and pieces here and there, but then they drift off and are lost.

While I highly respect the artist and what's he's doing, especially in conjunction with Suntrip Records, much of Sky Input sounds like random noise to me. I want to get it, I really do, but I just can't make sense of all the chaos in the music.

That said, I do enjoy Filteria on Apsara and am really excited to see what Jannis will do with the K.O.B. project. His website has some promising samples.

However, that's not going to stop me from buying Heliopolis because I'm such a strong supporter of the 'Goa renaissance' and what Suntrip Records is doing.

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My eyes were so dilated, the traffic seemed syncopated, and the car.....turned me on.

Morel - Escape (Driving To Heaven)

Last edited by vancbc on Mar-18-2007 at 23:02

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Originally posted by SkooB_E This is a question for the people who know about this stuff, would you consider Cyber Cartel Psy/Goa?

Psytrance; definitely not Goa. It's got that earlier 'full-on' signature style with melodies and sounds that still have that rawer and more organic feel than modern production. Although I'm not generally into most full-on, this could cause a bit of fun mayhem on the dancefloor.

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My eyes were so dilated, the traffic seemed syncopated, and the car.....turned me on.

Morel - Escape (Driving To Heaven)

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Originally posted by narcism some of my fav's Kindzadza (massive love for the russians) lemurians dark nebula (c'mon aussie c'mon c'mon) S Range Grapes of Wrath seroxat Parasense Psykovsky Tristan Green Nuns of the Revolution Alien Project

i u

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thesuperglo - Flaming Popsicle [June 2007 Promo](full-on/dark/goa)

dont know if these have been posted yet ...


dna
XI
psysex
eskimo
dynamic
intellabeam
pleadaliens
domestic
x-noize


woooooooooooooooo.

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thesuperglo - Flaming Popsicle [June 2007 Promo](full-on/dark/goa)

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Originally posted by Taranis Used to be a pretty big metalhead, everything from heavy/black/death/symphonic/gothic/folk/industrial etc etc.

Then start by checking out Tim Schuldt and Four Carry Nuts. That should be a nice transition for you. Then you can refer to the rest of my list (some of whom have already been listed, but this should help improve the signal to noise ratio (Skazi?? Eskimo???)).

Hallucinogen
Pleiadians/Etnica/Crop Circles
Cosmosis
Oforia/Pigs In Space
Space Cat
Electric Universe
Astral Projection
Total Eclipse
Blue Planet Corporation
Chi-A.D.
Filteria
Green Nuns
Khetzal
Koxbox
Prometheus
Man With No Name
Slinky Wizard
Transwave
Doof

Then for your more progressive tastes there are:
Son Kite
Human Blue
Tegma
Vibrasphere
Ticon
Atmos