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There's another thread from a couple of years ago here, but it doesn't mention the term "protogoa". Maybe enter 1990 or 1991 in the search engine.

Such a section existed until 24/11/2005 here, but it was removed because it wasn't taken care of. Now discogs contains all you'll ever want to know. But for gossips, sure Psynews could be a good host ))

I got some nice cds for 50 eurocents several times in flea markets. But the one I'm the proudest of is the Indoor album (not the avatar reissue): 2.50€.

Etnica - Equator ==> Sounds better now.

But you're still on psynews.

Check the Yumade and Tripiatrik groups.

A few more on Artists: Antix - Wandering - The DVD Banco de Gaia Two Thousand and 4 Juno Reactor - Live Audio Visual Experience Juno Reactor - Shango Tour Live in Tokyo Minilogue - Animals - The Movie Perplex - 10 Bonus DVD Shaolin Wooden Men - A Binary Input to Flesh Antenna (Limited Edition) Shiva Chandra - Subsonic Bonus Shpongle Live In Concert at the Roundhouse London 2008 Skazi Hit and Run World Tour Part.1 2005 SkaZi - World TouR Son Kite - Live in Tokyo Suns of Arqa - Hindu Pict Suns of Arqa - Stranger Music Twisted DVD Project 001 DVDs of Festivals now: Antaris 2004 Antaris Project - Der Film - Otto Lilienthal's Traum Boom Festival 2004 - A Timeless Psydocumentary Boom Festival 2008 - We Are All Boom Festival - A Timeless Psydocumentary Full Moon Festival 2006 Global Events by T.P.E 2006-2007 Indian Spirit IX 2006 Indian Spirit OA 2007 Liquid & Solid Festival Magic Islands Tour in Japan 2003 Matsuri Summer Festival 2006 Matsuri Summer Festival 2007 Vol.2 Morocco 2001 A Universal Tribal Gathering New Maps of Hyperspace Outgroove 2007 OZORA Festival 2005 OZORA Festival 2006-2007 Samothraki Dance Festival 2001 2002 2003 Voyage Shiva Space Spring Tour in Tokyo Solstice Global Trance Festival 2003 Solstice Music Festival Super Vision 2 Super Vision 2006 The Beach 2006 The Beach 2008 The Beach 2009 The Gathering 2002 - Vision Quest The Gathering 2006 The Glade Festival The Missing Link Trancendence Flashback Vision Quest 2002 Vision Quest 2005 Vision Quest Party @ Differ Ariake 2002 Vision Quest - The Gathering 2004 Vision Quest The Gathering 2006 Vision Quest The Gathering 2007 VooV Experience 2004 VooV Experience 2005 by Atabild VooV Experience 2006 by Atabild WorldSpirit 2004 XXXperience 10 Anos Pelo Brasil XXXperience 61st Edition XXXperience Vol.2 Ed. Especial And DVDs of "music+visuals": Aural Float Moving Images A voyage into Trance mixed by Paul Oakenfold Chill Out Lounge Goa Heaven Goa Trance Visions Night v.01 Hi Party Live Emotion Hypnosee Live at Sonnenklang 2006 Infinity's Child Karahana - Ganey Huga 1997 Liquid Crystal Vision Moment Utopia Optical Delusion - A Visual Journey Through Sound Optical Matrix Phoenix Production - A New Dimension in Entertainment Planetary Traveler Psychedelic Ambience Psychedelic DVD 2004 Pure Earth Volume I Pure Earth Volume II Quintrix 4th Anniversary Ritual Manuscripts Spotworks 2004 Spun in Motion Spun On Earth SVJ1 Super Vision Super Vision 2 Syncrosect Vision One Visions of Ambience Chill Out Vibes 1 2006 Visions of Ambience Dark Mystery Vibes 2 2006 VJ Mix Magik Vol.1 Phantasmagoria Welcome To Wonderland X-Mix 2 - Laurent Garnier X-Mode Vol.1 X-Mode Vol.2 Space Invaders (Tokyo X-Ray 2001) X-Mode Vol.3 - Trance Atlantic X-Mode Vol.4 X-Mode Vol.6 - Back to the Future X-Mode Vol.7 Mastermind X-Mode Vol.8 - Extraterrestrials X-Mode Vol.9 - Trance Force Last word: there are very good aamteur videos on Psysurfeur's website.

I wouldn't call Liquid Crystal Vision a documentary. A few documentaries I know of, which are related (more or less) to Psytrance Anjunabeats 100 From Goa to Rio 2008 Attack of the Happy People Das Freie Radikal auf der Fusion 005 2006 Global Vision Ibiza Goa 20 Years Psychedelic Trance Grenzmedial - Grenzmedial Hofmanns Zaubertrank Khamsa Khala - All Rites Reserved Last Hippie Standing Psychedelic Trance from Arte The City of Light - A Psychedelic Story The History of LSD The History of Marijuana Timothy Leary - Ein Professor Auf LSD Timothy Learys Last Trip 1996 (There's also one dealing with the effect of drugs on the brain)

For both these artists, "modesty" and serious music making are needed. And then maybe something will see the light.

We have heard the qualifier "Twilight" psytrance only recently, but it has existed for years: typically the South African sound (Shift, Twisted System, Hiyarant). I would describe it as fullonish without the typical breaks, more scratchy sounds, towards dark music, and yet with some melodies. It's called like that because that's the kind of transition music you play during a party, after a darkish night, as the sun is about to rise....a twilight moment

No idea. But he has such synths indeed: http://www.electrypnose.com/index.php?page=studio Maybe ask him directly?

same here.

Hello While fetching some old documents I found a pile of photocopies of magazines and newspapers articles dealing with the goatrance movement (and techno more generally) from 1995 to 1998. After a few hours of scanning/assembling, I gathered all the documents here: http://www.psynews.org/files/mars/press_95_98_fr/ Everything is in French, but it's really interesting as there were questions raised about the music itself, the society, recognition, etc.

Ask Juan, he's easily reachable on the internet.

Check Artifact303 album. THAT is highly melodic!! http://www.suntriprecords.com/product/item/SUNCD22/

The latest L&F is pretty intelligent IMO. ZA guys are good, have always been. Punchy stuff. My all time fav in ZA remains Shift!

I've been listening to Electronic music for 20 years and, well, it's not easy to have new emotions now. Sure there were many times I wanted to shout, to burst from the enjoyment of some tracks or liveacts. And these were all memorable moments. But what happened to me during the Ultimae night @ Aurora festival 2009 was another degree of magnitude. We had Asura, then Aes Dana, then HUVA Network then Solar Fields, then Cell... There's almost no words to describe this. In the end, the music had entered some kind of resonance with my mind. I was part of it, it was part of me; I felt this feeling of unity with the nature and elements. I don't know how, I crawled and collapsed on the beach, the music was still surrounding me, 50 meters away. I looked at the stars and I reached a climax where I felt like I understood the world. That was just for a few moments but my eyes were full of tears. Oh dear, I'll never forget that.

Haven't heard anything bad happened to them. And they look active: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Glowing-Flame-Records/190696815699?sk=wall Why not ask them directly and report here what their plans are ???

Ivan, check your email.

What a great atmosphere... Damn, that was not Goa, that was some kind of Trance, but close. Oh I would have liked to be there.

One of the very best tracks ever!!!

Right, my sentence ended with "for example". I could take another example: I clearly remember Elysium was one of the projects that were very, very praised (at least in my country). Maybe less present in compilations than AP, but surely very present in DJs sets. Whereas stuff like Bodh Gaya that has a quite similar style wasn't much played, neither praised. I mean, people DID listen and compare hard too then. Anyway, I agree the investment needed at the time (not only money) was kind of a first filter of the music then produced. I agree -- although it could be twisted the other way around, saying people from eastern countries or south america couldn't afford the gear whereas they certainly had good musicians and lots of idea. Ah well, opening the "market" with software has its good and its bad facets. Overall, like many others here I guess, I'd say there's anything wrong with (Neo)Goa now, if you don't assume every release is top and if you take the time to make your own selection.

Close your eyes and enjoy the music! That's all I'm saying.

That is so true! When Astral Projection or Etnica were a craze, Space Tribe albums were considered as just average for example...

AFAIK, I never liked the "neogoa" term. We release Goatrance. I agree there's some stereotyping due imo to the use of always the same software and quick-win recipes. But nothing prevents you as a label manager to filter what you consider to be overheard. Overheard is relative: Back in 2003, when you had 1 or 2 Goa albums a year, Goa addicts were starving so much that none complained. Now there are 5/6 Goa labels and around 20 releases a year, sure some have the feeling to hear 10 times more Goa than before, and sure there's some similar ideas. But we're still lightyears away from what's happening in the hiphop scene. I don't now about the others, but we started Suntrip because we wanted to revive Goa. Yet if we wanted the same as before, we would just have kept listening to our old records. Now, do you realize how hard this is to find some music that's labelled Goa, and yet sounds original? I can't but laugh a those people pointing at labels. Do the labels produce the music themselves? No. They select some based on what the artists have to offer. And I'm afraid to say there's not a Khetzal, RA or Koxbox album ready every year. If you keep digging that idea you might end up releasing nothing at all. At Suntrip we've never received so many promos and we've never focussed so much on quality (non-stereotyped sound, original ideas). You cannot imagine how much very decent music I turn down just because of that. But sometimes there's somethign that's nearly perfect, and even though it's made with known sounds, you KNOW people will raise their hands in the air when they listen to it. So why not give it a chance, who are we to deprive people from it? All is a matter of balance. And that's also a matter of personal tastes, sometimes even religion. I work in the IT sector and often people start complaining because they've heard about some technology too much. It's not a bad technology but they've identified its flaws and find an opportunity to claim that another technology will solve all the problem...it's a neverending story, it's human nature and I can understand it. To finish, my opinion is very basic about all this: I LOVE GOATRANCE. I will keep listening to it till I don't love it anymore. I will buy or download other Goa labels' releases. I'll simply enjoy the music there is. But I will NOT wait 10 more years for an improbable Hallucinogen or Etnica album!