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Artist: Agrabah Title: Pharaohs of the Galaxy Label: Sita Records Date: June, 2017 1. Visitors 2. Pharaohs of the Galaxy 3. Endless Sunshine 4. The Freeman 5. Destination Moon 6. Schrödinger's Camel 7. A Tale of Blue and Orange 8. Inside the Magic Lamp 9. Cyclamen Anyone else have trouble spelling Pharaohs? It's that f*cking a before o that gets me. All right here's what I know about Sita Records. They don't release a lot of stuff. They are different than the other labels when it comes to goa trance, releasing music that is more nitzhonot or uplifting in nature. Now that may or may not be your thing. I don't know what you're into. Probably some kinky sh*t that you don't want your mom to find out about. Worry not, your secret is safe with me. As I've stated previously it's hard to take Nitzho seriously with all its rampaging melodies and laser kicks. Agneton seems to really enjoy it though. Have you seen his Facebook videos? That dude is hype! Anyhow this up and coming project successfully blends goa and nitzhonot so that it's not a total cheesefest. The album is short coming in at under 60 minutes. Power is there, melodies of course, and I think if there was a soundtrack to Middle East life this might be it. It's hard not to nod your head to this and as usual with this label the sound quality is top notch. I don't know what the bpm's were on Inside the Magic Lamp, but if you're not careful listening to it while driving a ticket could be in your future. Normally I don't like my music moving at the speed of freefall, but this was pretty cool and intense. That said there are tracks where the niztho buildup envelope is pushed almost to the breaking point (Schrodinger's Camel), but those were rare. The wheel wasn't reinvented with this album, but I did enjoy it's pace and the melody work even if sometimes it threatened to go off the rails. Sita Records Bandcamp Psyshop Beatspace

Artist: Various Title: ZNA Gathering - A Retro Futuristic Compilation Label: Dance N Dust Records Date: August, 2017 1. Bus V.s Slide - Everyday, the Belsize Mix (1998) 2. Orion - Frenzy (1997) 3. Dragon - Resurrection (1998) 4. Shazbatt - Organic Deflection (1998) 5. Little Blue Men - Ace of Space (1998) 6. Atmos - Devine Hex (1997) 7. Noma - K3 (1999) 8. The Mato Project - Asa Equals Goddess (1997) 9. Sarolta Monspart - Slowdown Action (1996) "That was f*cking trippy!" Was is though? I purchased this compilation sound unheard because of FOMO. That's fear of missing out for those that didn't know. You say, "Yeah, I'll get it later", and then it's gone and goes for hundreds on the second hand market. I mean sh*t I had Ethereal's Anima Mundi in my hand and sold it for cheap! Therefore I vowed to never make that mistake again. First let me say that I don't go to festivals. I'm middle aged with young kids, they happen far away, and from the videos I've seen it seems like a dirty experience. It's a younger person's game. I'd rather sit on my porch and yell at the kids to stay of my f*cking lawn. I mean, I would like to do that, but my neighborhood don't have no kids. So I have to yell as if there were kids on my lawn. Anyway, I'm not familiar to this label, but as I mentioned above it's not integral to the story. I just didn't want to miss out and this wasn't really advertised that much. So ZNA seems like a big festival and this compilation has a bunch of unreleased tracks that were nonetheless played for close to 20 years. Impressive. You'll recognize some names, but personally I haven't heard of any of these tracks. Cool, new discovery! As I await my copy in the mail, the FLAC version sounds great! Full, rich, bass that demands to be played loud. The next thing you should know is that this isn't in the style of Etnica or Astral Projection. There are no epic melodic monsters. It's more an eclectic mix of "the other side of goa trance." The not so shiny side. I liked The Ace of Spades by Little Blue Men which was constantly changing direction with lots of bubbling and screechy sounds. But then you have tracks like Frenzy from Orion which sounds like a bunch of tracks he started and then stitched together. Devine Hex by Atmos shows his progressive chops, but the track plods along and doesn't go anywhere. Rather boring. Speaking of boring K3 by Noma shows him at his minimal best (worst?). The last two just don't measure up. So yeah...I would've left this party. The one thing this compilation does is drives home the point of listening before buying. Cannot stress that enough. Some tracks that weren't released weren't released for a reason. For those who like different styles of goa trance then this might be a gem for you. Happy I bought it to support goa trance, but for me the FOMO was hardly justified. Dance N Dust Bandcamp

This thread aims at listing all Psynews benefactors over the years. As you may know, Psynews is non-profit and runs on a dedicated server that some of us have been paying with their own money for years. Since the summer 2017, we have now an Indiegogo campaign for those kind enough to help us and support the site financially. Communications here and here. We believe we have to show some respect to those without whom the site wouldn't exist anymore. Hence we present you the Psynews Hall Of Fame !! Manu Psysurfeur (FR), who has been paying for the server hosting psynews together with his own sites since 2007! Children (FR), for buying the psynews.org domain name with me back in 2001 Moni (RO), very early Psynews member who helped with the first board license in 2006 Tatsu (CH), for the same reason Nemo (SE), for the same reason - RIP my friend Martin DeathPosture (DK), for the same reason and for donating to the fundraiser in 2017 Vladimir (RU), for donating to the fundraiser in 2017 Phil Wild (UK), for donating to the fundraiser in 2017 Antti (FI), for donating to the fundraiser in 2017 chrizzftd, for donating to the fundraiser in 2017 Trunksan, for donating to the fundraiser in 2017 Luis Pabon aka BlackStarrFinale (ES, Neogoa Rec), for donating to the fundraiser in 2017 Ivan Paric aka Richpa (HR, Neogoa Rec), for donating to the fundraiser in 2017 Jérôme Lesterps aka Proxeeus (FR, Goa Madness Rec), for donating to the fundraiser in 2017 Colin Bennun (UK, OOOD+Mastering studio), for donating to the fundraiser in 2017 Jose Serna, for donating to the fundraiser in 2017 Thanos Papadimitropoulos aka DJ Ene-miss (UK?), for donating to the fundraiser in 2017 jon (UK), for donating to the fundraiser in 2017 drambon, for donating to the fundraiser in 2017 punit.shetty, for donating to the fundraiser in 2017 Daniel Wilde, for donating in 2018 Losy Curtis, for donating in 2018 THANK YOU ALL - Psynews lives thanks to you ! (PS: if you think I forgot you, please shout!)

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not six it should be at least twelve or sixteen - maybe fourty it is funny that for two pages you insisted this is the essence of goa trance and now you compare it to the muses rapt - spiritual healing which is the perfect example of eurotrance/goa trance crossover you can listen to psychopod - dreampod and hear what kind of track is goa trance to the core here it is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDlDNpIUa5E this dreampod track is 100 per cent goa trance nova fractal is like 50 per cent at best - listen again this ep and you will discover the ephedra remix is the most goa of the three but for eurotrance lovers it should be a good deal

Trying to calculate.......3 most psychedelic goa trance dzzzz albums....dzdzzzzz....number 1 Ely$$$$!!um - M000n2000n....dzzzzz.....Failure imminent.....Number 2....All systems critical........Brain damaged....... Stick with the top 100 mate. Less casualties that way