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Phreak By Nature - Lit the Fuse The tempo is quite slow and the bassline is pretty groovy, it sounds very old school, reminiscent of the early Distance to Goa. Not that great though. Excitaxory - Silver Spoon A slow morning track, relaxing and a bit similar to the opening track but with a more charming atmosphere. Armakuni - Descend Upon Very old school again, sounds almost like Psychaos - Keyboard Widow. Microcosm - When We All Come Together Intense acidic goa trance with big climaxes, the album was one of the nicest surprises of 2011 (read the reviews here: https://www.psynews.org/forums/topic/66071-microcosm-higher-levels/ ). Material Music - Omhu It goes from one groovy bassline to another, then unleashes the eastern goa melody while always keeping a powerful mindset. Great stuff. Clementz - Tøffere Enn Toget (1977 Edit) This music is not subtle, it is fast and powerful, straight to the point with nice acid leads and a high level of psychedelia. Clementz - Inside The Craft Another intense track, quite repetitive but also more emotional thanks to some warm trance pads. Clementz - Distorted Angel My favorite track from him here with the hottest synths available. Full power (think MFG - When We Dream). Material Music - Shaktas Impressive track again with a lot of energy, eastern melodies and a lot of twists in this long track. Very strong work. Angry Dwarf - Baobab (Echoes From Hamarr) Interesting track! Listen carefully and there is a melody very similar to Man With No Name - Own The World. One of my personal favorites here. Drum Pets - Melt the Walls (Strangepork Remix) Obvious old school vibes and with a nice triplet part. Awesome stuff. Trold - Torus Field Well executed, very smooth and nice work on the playful melodies (remember this album? https://www.psynews.org/forums/topic/20891-trold-once-upon-a-time-apoxina/ I had totally forgot about it...). Aion - Synergetic A pure goa trance track and quite acidic later one, definitely a highlight. Ra - Escaping Gravity This creation from Ra is more on the chill side, a nice chill trance track, as usual very well executed. Goalien - Ayahuasca Did anyone notice how similar to Transwave the first part sounds? Although the last minutes are a bit cheesy. Lemurians - Not Expected Perhaps the coolest bassline in this compilation =) a different track, more psytrance than goa trance, interesting approach. Ion Vader - Harmonic Defiance One of the fastest tracks to end the journey, a wild take on psychedelic goa trance. I know psytones has been spamming a lot about Material Music but this artist is special, everything I listened from Material Music was from solid to brilliant, it is certainly an interesting name if you are into mature psytrance combined with goa elements. As for the whole compilation, it has a few fillers (as you could expect among 28 tracks) but the variety of ingredients you can hear is pleasant. At this price, when over half of the tracks have something interesting to offer, it is a bargain. Recommended. Rating: 7.5/10.