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I don't usually write negative critics these days (who reads it anyway & does it do a real difference? I ask to myself) but this release set a new record low for psytrance. I wouldn't nor couldn't imagine somebody 1) butchering such an amount of classics (and, I assume, releasing them with permission???) and 2) making old goa trance classics, which are meant to be listened as a whole, such an easy feast - junk food really. None of the tracks have any logic, he's squeezing too many climaxes in a single track. The whole release is the psytrance equivalent to modern society's sickness: come up with an easy fix for the short-attention-span people and the money is yours.

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How about Galactic Mantra? My favorite new school producer (the ear for melody is second to none) You know Morphem?

Both are unknown to me too... Nice discovery. Perhaps the uploader (Simon Deranger) could provide you the info?

... or ask any local DJ to do the same. xD

The melody work near the end is nothing short of perfect...

Funny, but I think my old opinion still stands. Etnica - Mental Puzzle (Used to circulate under the name Monkey Business) Pleiadians - Pleiadians Crop Circles - Different Species (Pitch +10% and it transforms into something epic)

There's only one to mention... Oforia! Great stuff, I'm pleased to some degree with the recent neogoa music, but for me... honestly, not a great year. Honestly feel there's a lot of potential that's not coming to life but... well, each to their own.

Yeah, I thought some people would enjoy to download the mix instead. A couple rarities is always nice to have in the lot. I was thinking about including another unreleased track too: "Earth Nation - Alienated (Hallucinogen Rmx)" but I don't think it really matches his usual standards. It's not a flawless mix by any means (just listen to that atrociously loud crash cymbal in Mandala's Utopia... kinda hard to mix in smoothly.) ps. Sorry Antic no artist news in at least half a year - it was more a goofy joke as I've been making so many of these mixes recently.

Hey! The last mix for this year. Next time, I suppose, I'll be posting in the "Artist Announcements" topic hehe. What can I say? This is a pure fanboy mix I guess! Tracklist: 1. Hallucinogen - Demention (Twisted Records 1997) 2. Baba G - Dig A Jig (Dragonfly Kundalini Trance Mix) (Butterfly Records 1995) 3. Earth Nation - An Artificial Dream (Hallucinogen's Dragonfly Remix) (Eye Q Records 1995) 4. Slinky Wizard - Lunar Juice (Hallucinogen Moon Strudel Mix) (Flying Rhino Records 1996) 5. Doof & Simon - Cosmic Toothgrinder (Unreleased) 6. North Central Positronics - The Great Bear (Intelligence Records 1994) 7. Hallucinogen - Soothsayer (TIP Records 1995) 8. Killing Joke - Jana (Hallucinogenic) (Dragonfly Records 1998) 9. Hallucinogen - LSD (Live Mix) (Dragonfly Records 1995) 10. Hallucinogen - Orphic Resonance (Positiva 1996) 11. Hallucinogen - Thugs In Tye-Dye (Dragonfly Records 1996) 12. North Central Positronics - Smell The Glove (Intelligence Records 1994) 13. Axis Mundi - Cyber Cheese (Dragonfly Records 1996) 14. Mandala - Utopia (Dragonfly Records 1998) 15. Hallucinogen - Night Flight Through Babylon (Sales Curve Interactive 1996) 16. Hallucinogen - Shamanix (Dragonfly Records 1995) 17. Infernal Machine - The Loin Sleeps Tonight (Twisted Records 1996) 18. Hallucinogen - Angelic Particles (TIP Records 1995) 19. Earglobe - Sphereglobe (Unmastered DAT Rip) 20. Beast - Spawn (Twisted Records 1998) 21. (Outro) North Central Positronics - Smell The Glove (Slight Return) (Intelligence Records 1994) Posload: https://ufile.io/65e16

From my first album the track "Triptooth's Tribal Reboot"? It's 116bpm and quite tribal I reckon.

I'm going to post this and another special mix before going back to producing my own stuff again. Anyway, I thought there's no 100% intense goa mix around with dem classic bangers included. Tracklist: 1. Hiscore - True Freedom (Polytox Records 1995) 2. Etnica - Fractal Gates (Spirit Zone Recordings 1995) 3. Electric Universe - Orange Night (Spirit Zone Recordings 1995) 4. Transwave - Axonal (Step 2 House Records 1995) 5. Blue Planet Corporation - Antidote (DAT Records 2009) 6. Moonweed feat. Shakta - Micronesia (Anjuna Records 2014) 7. X-Dream - This (Tunnel Records 1994) 8. Unconscious Collective - Synchronicity Converger (OOOD Self-Released 2013) 9. Captain Unplugged - 30° Free Life At Santa Don (unreleased) 10. Magus - Black Holes (rmx) (DAT Mafia Recordings 2016) 11. Pleiadians - Pleiadians (DAT Records 2015) Cockload: https://ufile.io/41031

I've been on a producer hiatus and seem to be recording these damn mixes these days? So, how was 2016 for Goa trance in my books? Nothing groundbreaking I suppose. x) Still, I decided to go through a lot of releases and make a retrospective mix of my favorite tracks this year. It does seem both JIS and New Born are in fact from 2015 (oops!) and the Intriga one is actually an oldie from the archives. Tracklist: 1. Crossing Mind - Life Forms (Suntrip Records 2016) 2. Phreaky - Over The Moon (2015 Edit) (Zion 604 2016) 3. Zopmanika - Lost Touch With Reality (Sita Records 2016) 4. JIS - Solar Wind (Neogoa 2015) 5. Resonant Warrior - Shadow Of Doubt (self-released 2016) 6. New Born - Gentle Perfection (Cronomi Records 2015) 7. Nova Fractal - Autopsy (Spectrum & Ion Vader Rmx) (Timewarp 2016) 8. Lectro Spektral Daze - Quite A Trip (JaraLuca Rmx) (Neogoa 2016) 9. Sab Kuch Milegator - Ignotrancer (Rmx) (unreleased) 10. Intriga - Smoke And Mirrors (unreleased) Loadie: https://ufile.io/2d612

It was ID'd on youtube and you are right! It's Partycles by Total Eclipse.

Hola! This is the 2nd of 3 mixes I'll be posting this month. (Don't worry - gonna be quiet after that...) While 'Cosmic Cosmetics' was just a random mix of this and that - this second one is more carefully picked. A couple shoddy mixes aside, this is the kind of DJ mix I wanted to do for long. A mix of gritty, punishing dark goa trance with techno undertones they used to do around the turn of millenia. Towards the end the mix takes a turn into more melodic direction... because there's always light at the end of the tunnel. (<-- I hate this wink smiley. Is the guy having a stroke or what?) 1. Fabel - Relic Raiders (Flow Records 2000) 2. ??? (track from DAT) 3. Klegg - O2 (Stoneage Records 2002) 4. Children Of Paradise - El Nino (Velvet Inc. 1999) 5. X-Dream - Telegram (Blue Room Released 1998) 6. X-Dream - Thorazin (d.Drum 2002) 7. The Pollinator - Parent Plant (Tunnel Records 2000) 8. Hallucinogen - Soothsayer (The Lysurgeon Warning Remix) (TIP Records 1996) 9. Technossomy - Kozmotron (1 & 2) (Flying Rhino Records 1997) 10. Technossomy - Elektron Bender (Samsara Live Mix) (Flying Rhino Records 1996) 11. Ondagrie - Boom (unreleased) loadström: https://ufile.io/0ee17

Do you happen to know which track? Today in the evening I'll post a second mix with another mystery track.

I've edited the original post. Added some fresh goa trance check it out.

Sounds very nice. Can't help you thou...!

Bit of old and new together. As you can see, yours truly just received the new Oforia cd. x) 1. Lionheart Beat - Rietman (Corrosive Media 1999) 2. Koxbox - Space Interface (Live Mix) (Unreleased) 3. ??? (Track From DAT) 4. Nervasystem - Juddervision (Anjuna Records 2013) 5. Oforia - Dimensional Exploration (Zion 604 2016) 6. Goat Ranch Prophets - On A Ranch Mission (Ektoplazm 2016) 7. Skizologic - Spectrum (Zion 604 2015) 8. Oforia - Re:Transmission (Zion 604 2016) 9. Semuta - Lucid Eniac (Transient Records 1999) 10. Magic & Witchcraft - Stareye (Ektoplazm 2008) 11. Oforia - Mad DMA (Zion 604 2016) download: https://ufile.io/07113

Some of the melodies might sound random at first glance, but there's some undeniable freshness in his composition technique. He's developed as an artist that's for sure. While I can't say an opinion about the album so soon, it's definitely something that deserves closer inspection.

Right now in fact. Dark roast is the way to fly...

@antic: Maybe my new album suits your criteria? On topic - The music I'd like to hear doesn't exist lol. It's hard to define my thoughts clearly, but I'll try. You know, not too many producers are keen on exploring the very edge of extremely psychedelic/complex psytrance. Majority, at least of those I've heard, fail in having a strong production composition-wise. There's many producers I admire but who's truly pushing the envelope from the psychedelic aspect? The outcome for far too many artists is often messy/random. When I think about a producer trying to do the most detailed, microscopic, twisted mindf--- psytrance you know what comes to my mind? First off, hard to do. Secondly, not media-sexy. Imagine doing something that takes years to master and pleases a small bunch of freaks. Hah! Gotta be passionate no way around it. Anyway back to explain my first sentence - there's an extra mile to take but nobody's walking it. There's so much more to the possibilities of psychedelic trance that hasn't yet existed. I'm probably waiting for the year 2030 you know? Or perhaps my next album... who knows!

Well thanks! To be perfectly honest, I've kinda lost my edge in DJing (I've been focusing on producing for a while now) and have to use a couple of days to get it right again. I recently tried to record a special mix and it was eh... a bit trainwreck-ish. I do have two theme mixes in my mind. Will post them here as soon as possible!

I couldn't keep this mix on soundcloud - but I've finally up'd it on youtube if you'd still like to hear it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hGGY7_KKvY&feature=youtu.be download: https://we.tl/mwWi3o9Nfd

Disagree. I find the melody near the end very well executed. RC: I think you could take that last melody and tweak around with couple notes (perhaps a poly melody with another vst) to take it even "further"? All in all it's a good effort! You're not overloading the track with nonsensical melodies and what not. Eager to wait for the finished product...