Today I was listening to Electric Universe - Stardiver album, and decided to look it up on discogs, I found out it was released on 1997... mmm what a coincidence!, I told myself
Then I thought that a lot of my favorite albums are from that same year, I can totally identify with the music that was produced during that time.
We have the alien music from Pleiadians, the twisted and psychedelic sound of Hallucinogen, the groovy atmosphere of Kox Box, the dark energy of Orichalcum and the Deviant, the melodies of Dimension 5, etc, - you name it. Almost for every type of goa sound, one of the iconic albums was released in 1997.
I don't know if it was the technology,the expectations of the new millennium, something in the air, or whatever, but many of the artists seemed so inspired and creative.
Pleiadians - IFO
Dimension 5 - Transdimensional
Koxbox - Dragon Tales
Hallucinogen - The Lone Deranger
Space Tribe - The Ultraviolet Catastrophe
Orichalcum And The Deviant - Orichalcum And The Deviant
Chi-ad - Virtual Spirit
UX - Ultimate Experience
Asia 2001 - Psykadelia
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For me, 1997 is definitely the best year in the history of goa trance