the goa constrictor

…HOPPY SOLSTICE!… (1hr28min/320MP3/172.1MB/©2019) Genre: Psychedelic Solstice Goa Trance Download/Stream Audio: goaconstrictor-hoppySolstice.mp3 …June’s a great month. The temperature is about as peak as I can go without it impacting my sense of self and my interactions with others. The days are long, the gardens smell great, people all dress up a bit more and look a touch more flirty. June is psymply fantastic. In addition to the above, there is of course the USA version of 604 Day (June 4th); Kids get out of school; Flag Day… Good ol’ Flag Day [imagine a bunch of emoji flags that don't post to this forum...] Aren’t they special? They look harmless but don’t a lot of people ultimately end up dying because of a blind faith to the symbol? Maybe we need a singular flag for the entire globe. Maybe we should have blind faith in something different… psymething psychedelic… lol *sigh… Anyway, not only that stuff, but June also has Summer Solstice. The solstices and equinoxes are all delightful in their own ways and, while listening to a bunch of music while working in my garden last weekend, I decided to come inside and record a little mix to capture the energy of this time of year. If you’re needing a quick blast of some funky, acidic, goa trance; here’s a <90 minute journey for your pleasure. Featuring some tracks I’ve played before and others you may not know, from artists such as: Doof, Green Nuns of the Revolution, Hired Goonz, Huopatossu Mononen, Lemon Slide, Loopus in Fabula, Mandalavandalz, Oforia, Outolintu, Satori, Save the Robot, Snake Thing, Ticon, and X-Dream. Hoppy Solstice everyone! Full tracklist and more at: http://goaconstrictor.com/music/hoppy-solstice/ https://soundcloud.com/goaconstrictor/hoppy-solstice https://www.mixcloud.com/goaconstrictor/the-goa-constrictor-hoppy-solstice/

I brought Rip Van Hippy to Oregon in 2010. It was a dream come true. I love him so much. I really wanted to add SWM to the line up but couldn't afford it. Was a great party though... http://apolloslute.com Bummed to not be getting SWM but MASA had the best set at the Oregon Eclipse festival the other year and I'm super excited to hear him again. While a lot of these artists are common for many parts of the world, not for the USA. In 2006 I started throwing a series of events called **GOA PARTY** [note: Marsh who run goatranch.com and the Global Goa Party events played at the first **GOA PARTY** and hi-jacked the name for his stuff a couple of years later....] The first one had each DJ playing a tribute set of a specific artist. Over half of those are playing ZNA (you can listen to about 8hrs of the first **GOA PARTY** here: http://goaconstrictor.com/thoughts/goa-party/ ) The second year **GOA PARTY 2.3** was a trip back in time. First set was 2007 and each set went back a year The third year was the TR1LOLGY and had a secret DJ set from Process and we brought out astro turf and pine tree car air freshners to the forest to give the outdoors a good outdoor motif The fourth year I DJ'd a 25 hour set to battle Goa Gil. It was my Goa Gil Constrictor set. I played many tag team sets with friends throughout the gig and it was a lot of fun to map out a full days worth of music. The fifth year was the Rip Van Hippy party. Now I can simply attend a ridiculous festival with all of the actual artists and have a holiday. This is like a dream come true. Sure I have to fly overseas, but I've lost a couple thousand throwing events locally, and this way I won't need to have responsibilities. lolololol (although, if I can convince them to cut Xenomorph in half, I'd love to play a set there. just have no idea how to make that happen...) EDIT: That's not actually true. It's a nice alternate reality but I'm really into the itinerary I've got going on for my vacation. What I was implying was that this is the first festival that I've really thought my sensibilities would match with. I guess I'm floating this into the universe for future alignment of realities... =)

Just saw this:

Could anyone tell if it was filmed? I could picture a Blu-ray release of this...

^^^ lololololololol sounds about right

That's the exact type of nitpicking that helps! Thank you for that info!!! =)

Yeah, I think the less splitting the better.

The main floor line-up has finished posting! A mix of artists I am super excited to see, some I've never heard of that I'm excited to see, a few I'm less engaged about but will gladly check out, and a few I can definitely miss while sleeping or eating or whatever... =) One's I'm excited for: Color Box, Dino Psaras, Elysium, James Monro, Juno Reactor, Mark Allen, Menis/Semsis, MFG, Miko, Man with no Name, Quirk, Ray Castle, Shaolin Wooden Men, S_Range, Star Sounds Kontinuum, SUN Project, Total Eclipse, Tromesa, Tsuyoshi, Ubar Tmar, and Vibrasphere! There are definitely others I'm happy about seeing (like Jaia and Atmos) but I'm not a super fan of and would be okay if I somehow missed their sets. Got my flight tickets, so I'll be getting to Portugal a day or so early and renting an AirBnB for a night or two. Will allow me a chance to go buy some food locally so I can bring it to the event with me. Get to spend some time in France before the event and Scotland afterward. August is gonna be a blast! I'm taking the ZNA bus out to the site on the 18th to hopefully secure a good camping location. If anyone has tips on where to post up for shade and such, please let me know =) Anyone know if there is a big concern for security? Should I be super paranoid about leaving stuff in my tent and such?

Not on 180 gram vinyl? Really? I wasn't really paying too close attention to the details of the release, as I wasn't gonna buy it, but that's a shame. If you're gonna release a hella expensive collector print, that should be in 180gram virgin vinyl. That's a bummer

I would buy a Metallica album, and go see them live, if you were part of the band...

Younger Brother has got to be next! Hopefully toward the end of the year, after summer would be best =)

Oh man, they've been added to the ZNA lineup! This is gonna be awesome =) Also: the Atmos remix of Statistic is so wonderful and every time I have seen Atmos, I have hoped he would slip it into a set and he never does =(

seriously. that person is dodgy as fuck

The track The Deep on the first Movers and Groovers is top notch shit.

yay!!!!

How long are you in the states? There's the Ozora USA festival happening at the end of May in California: https://www.facebook.com/events/321923285103790/

damn! that's a good show story

yeah yeah yeah =) =) =)

Thread of the Year?

Oh, I mean, I am fairly sure Liam was the only person actually signed as The Prodigy when they were signed to labels. He's definitely "The Prodigy" and "Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned" was strictly him. That said, they had a bit of a rebirth after that album tanked. They did the greatest hits album and a tour after a long hiatus. That tour gave them new life and the remaining 03 albums were all very balanced with Maxim and Keith on vocals with Liam punching up a more fierce and punk sound. Invaders Must Die is just the fucking shit and I got see them the summer after that came out. Was one of the fiercest live shows I've seen. They really did form into a more solid band, especially on stage with the guitarist and drummer and Keith still dances around. The Prodigy can indeed continue on, but that's a personal decision for Liam. Liam could even continue without Maxim and do another AONO, but he may just lay low for a while.

thanks dude!! I really appreciate it =)

Hey man! I hate to be "that guy" but I really don't stream music while at work or in my car (my two main areas for listening to music). Any chance of uploading to Hearthis.at so they can be downloaded? =) please and thank you!

I channeled some of my grief into a retrospective mix... https://goaconstrictor.com/audio/goaconstrictor-firestarterinthesky.mp3

I'm quite gutted and bummed about the passing of Keith Flint. While The Prodigy might not be psychedelic trance, I've dropped them in many sets (including the 1995 Global Goa Party mix I made). I decided to channel my energies into a mix in remembrance of the energies and life from this band Direct download: https://goaconstrictor.com/audio/goaconstrictor-firestarterinthesky.mp3 Hearthis: hearthis.at/goaconstrictor/goaconstrictor-firestarterinthesky Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/goaconstrictor/to-the-firestarter-in-the-sky Mixcloud (doesn't work in the USA): mixcloud.com/goaconstrictor/to-the-firestarter-in-the-sky RIP Punkin' Instigator