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Have you listened to a lot of both 'genres'? I couldn't tell the difference at first, but now can tell pretty easily with some exceptions which straddle the line between the two. In that case I just call it Psytrance. I wouldn't say the synthetic nature or the arabicesque melodies are the differences. Goa is pretty distinct from Psytrance in a lot of ways, although I couldn't accurately say how. I guess the instruments used? The specific acid lines and song structure + kickdrums. If you listen to someone like Artha or Celestial Intelligence and then compare that to Astrix or Burn in Noise, you will find them pretty different and distinct I'm sure. The sub genres while maybe not being perfect descriptors of a specific artists style are useful if you want to set a mood. If everything was just Psytrance you would never know what preferred style you might get. Imagine taking your techno friends to a 'Psytrance' event and getting hit with some Psykovsky rather than some 'Fabio & Moon' I've seen people on Facebook rave groups describe progressive artists like Symbolic as 'a dark sound', and wonder what that person would think if you introduced them to someone like Morphic Resonance.