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Been throwing Goa parties in my house for a long time now. Only close friends + people that I know from parties. Max 30 people. What I have learned is that it only takes one person or a group of people to ruin it. The music volume is always decent, but once somebody starts yelling outside or becomes reckless and starts breaking things the party starts to break down. And even without inviting just anyone who goes to Psytrance parties. The best thing to do imo is to assemble a crew and do both parties at your homes and look out for decent public locations. In our Belgian scene this is quite the case. But a lot of decent locations have become unusable due to: 1) Reckless behavior of one or two visitors 2) The laws for volume and end time have changed a bit.

I had a small chat with Felix Antares a while ago. He plays in a band and was composing music for a video game soundtrack. I do hope to hear more Trance from him though!

When I found him on a distant forum to talk about the tracks I heard in Anoebis' set he was happy. He sent me a folder of tracks and a bit later released "1997 - 2003". Not all tracks were included in that release though. So no begging was involved, artists usually appreciate the feedback and want the tracks to be heard.

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Hey Psynewsers! For everyone who likes edgy & raw oldskool '98 - '02 Psytrance: You might want to check out my latest DJ set upload! Feedback welcome! Enjoy! Tracklist: 0. Intro 1. Dodgy Connection - Off Limits (Aurinko Records) 2. Droidsect - Supernatural (Parvati Records) 3. Lunar Plexus - Ugglor I Mossen (Spirit Zone Recordings) 4. Karmic Energies - Psychosis (Rumour / Organic Records) 5. Digital Talk - Come Back (Apoxina Records) 6. Interstellar Overdrive (unr) 7. Toi Doi - Replicant (Avatar Records / NMC) 8. Opale - Anaconda's Dance (DAT Records) 9. Symbiote - Phantasmagoria (Ultrabeat Rec) 10. Psylent Buddhi (unr) 11. Bypass Unit - Frozen Symrex (Music Research) 12. Quirk (unr) 13. Interstellar Overdrive (unr) 14. Mantis - Whisper of the Wasp (Ultrabeat Rec) 15. Orichalcum - Wicked (Live) (Creamcrop Records) 16. Eraser VS Yöjalka - Reunion (Exogenic Records) 17. Snake Thing - Shango (Psy-Harmonics) 18. Nervasystem - Initiation (Phantasm Records) 19. M-Run Feat. DJ Inada - Kapala (Cronomi Records) 20. Radical Distorion - Homo Universalis (Zion 604) 21. Arronax - Lightning Bolt (NeoGoa)

This is the set I played at Mossy Behavior last weekend after a unique act by Droidsect! I was asked to play from Droidy towards Ka-Solly music, so this is what I came up with. I wanted to play sexy, muddy and playful Forest, from new to old and top it off with intense Goa tracks. Enjoy!

Tracklist: 1. No Name - No Name (Quirk?) 2. Interstellar Overdrive - Part 4 3. Hux Flux - Perceptor 4. Artha - El Es Di 5. Ka-Sol - Tracy Snakecharmer 6. Rhythmystec - Plutonica 7. Eraser VS Yojalka - Reunion 8. Snake Thing - Shango 9. Nervasystem - Initiation 10. Color Box - Kinky Pinky 11. Zerotonine - Morning Glory 12. Pleiadians - Jungle Trax 13. Battle of the Future Buddhas - Domestic Bliss (2015) 14. Satori - Liquid Sky 15. M-Run - Goat Man 16. Psylent Buddhi - Convergent Images 17. Arronax - Lightning Bolt 18. Radical Distortion Ft. Gene Joke - Magic Carpet (Remix) 19. Pleiadians - Alcyone ('98 Remix) 20. Shakta - Lepton Head (Adrenalin Run Remix) 21. Subcouds - My World Doesn't Follow Any Other 22. Semsis - Host 23. Nasha - Silky Bliss

https://www.mixcloud.com/Psyt3k/psytek-lost-in-summer-time-2018-goa/ This is the set I played at the Lost in Summer Time 2018 festival in Belgium. I played from 9AM - 11AM after Charris who played an incredible raw and abstract early Psytrance / Forest set. I wanted to bring a selection of tracks that are both abstract and melodic, with both morning melodies and edgy psychedelic parts. Most tracks are oldskool '90s, but I also included a lot of newer tracks. Some unreleased stuff too. The Lepton Head Remix by Adrenalin Run (M-Run + Steve-O) is one of my favorite tracks ever. Enjoy!! Feedback welcome!

I see it like this: When artists create their music because they know beforehand that style will appeal to the big crowd and only want to do it because of that reason, then it is commercial. When artists create a track because they feel it might induce a trance state to certain listeners, then it is not commercial. If the latter appeals to most listeners just because it is decent and musical, and the artist ends up making a lot of money from it, it is still not "commercial" for me.

Looking forward! What a lineup!!

I never got into their style, though I keep hearing they make such intelligent music. I've heard them live once and checked all their releases. These 3 tracks I like (and sometimes play in my dj sets as transition tracks): High Density, Rotation Generation & Earth Orbit.

For me the most important thing is the story: It has to fit in the lineup (take over from what went before and/or bring something different if needed) and within the set it has to go somewhere. I love it when there's a buildup and the set gets you ready for more experimental or "difficult" trance music and when the right classics gets played at the right time. For the rest I have the same opinion as Hasheeshian.

Some tracks like California Sunshine's can make feel real melancholic. Same for tracks that I listened to when I started listening to Psy when I was much younger, like 12 years ago, just because of nostalgia. But mostly I cry out of happiness after listening to or mixing a series of my favorite tracks. Because of serotonine overloads I guess? Here's some melancholic non-Psy Trance tracks that have done the job for me. Also euforic: Darker:

What determines wether you like a (Goa / Psy) Trance dj set or not? What "skills" or techniques do you value? Do you prefer to hear mainly "the good stuff" at a party or are you only pleased when you hear unfamiliar music, or a little bit of both? How important is the story to you? Etc...

Where to begin... Could you maybe post some of your favorite tracks or parts? Then I can recommend you tracks in a similar style. A lot of decent labels and subdivisions were mentioned here. I usually see these big subdivisions in the genre. I put my biggest recommendations in the beginning of the sum up. I think your taste in Forestdelic Records resembles the "abstract" sum up the most. I also posted my dj sets here in case you want to hear a lot of recommendations at once. A) Oldskool Forest / Melodic Forest: Schlabbaduerst Rekkords (check out their Bandcamp and also the Bandcamp of the individual artists like BOTFB, Ka-Sol and Zoon), Chronicle of Mystery Records, Kiriyama, Kluster. B ) Sanaton style "mossy" Forest (I'm using Sanaton in the name here because they were the first label that I listened to that was releasing this style): all the Hallucinogenic Horses Artists (Derango, Traskel, Makadam etc...), Attoya, The Cure Records / Medulla Oblongata Records, Flipkompagniet Records (Smuds, Volapyk, Orhm), Treetrolla Records, Mighty Quinn Records (latest VA!!), Shivattva, Oneiromanix, Digital Shiva Power Records, Vantara Vichitra Records... C) More "abstract" Forest that leans closer to Dark Psy: Parvati Records (a lot of variety here, all quality, my fav release is Arjuna - Primal Contact), Farebi Jalebi, Phreex Networx, Lost Theory Records (also a lot of variety and some "Sanaton" style too), Sonic Loom Records. A lot of Japanese artists in this style too like Gu, Jangaramongara, Shiibashunsuke... D) And then there's this label that releases a very distinct and unique style that I can't put anywhere else: Yggdrasil Records!! Loke / Hutti Heitta / Freeform Syndicate + almost everything else released on there.