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All in all I understand why progressive/minimal can be not appealing at all to someone. I listen to many different kinds of psy/goa/chill and prog is my favourite variety overall - but still there is too much of that generic stuff that relies on tried and tested patterns invented by someone else and doesn't add anything new or interesting. Ofc, if all you have is the kbbb, swooshes and occasional synth stabs, it may be very boring - but not necessary. Some people manage to pull off terrific composiitons of very few elements I think it's way harder to write good minimal track because it requires actual composition talent. When all you need to do is to impress the listeners with all the acid/squelchy/trippy/SFX kind of stuff your synths can do things are way easier Classic track, one of my all time favourites. 3:28 - goosebumps

Okay, that's pretty much me when I see people going mad about some generic neo-goa "so many layers, so much acid, truly psychedelic" and such To each their own

17:00-18:09 very cool. Massive melody in the breakdown followed by the riser effect creating the tension which you expect to be released into the same melody playing over the beat - but you get something entirely different at 18:09. Some element of unpredictability ... well, it would be so if the same trick hadn't been already used in countless other tracks, but still it gives the track good flow. 34:00-35:05 hate all that mantra crap but the groove after the breakdown sounds massive. 38:30-39:40. They have that arpeggiated melody rising up in the breakdown but yet again you get something entirely different when the beat starts palying. Essentially the same thing as 18:09. Good one. I love progressive because it when it's made right it delivers the energy in the right way. It doesn't try to kill your ears with billions of notes and layers all the time, like some other goa/psy varieties do. Instead of that it creates tension and release via the interplay of intense parts and more empty/relaxed sections, and it creates anticipation and surprize by introducing the main theme not when you expect it to happen. This is what makes it really interesting One of the very best examples ever 2:48 they start building the tension and then fool with your expectations at 3:42; 4:59-5:09 Wow, this is massive!!! 5:10 fooled again... 5:51-6:05 ha! fooled again... but things start coming together ... 6:20 onwards: OH FUCKYEAH!!!!! Also the main theme is introduced very early, at 2:19 but it quickly dissapears and doesn't appear again until 6:30. With all these micro-build-ups throughout the track you expect this to happen much earlier. Frigging excellent composition Tl;dr I do like these drops and I perfectly understand why people go mad on the floor.

Банка Яги С таким названием не мог не послушать Well, darkpsy is not my preferred genre but you have enough interesting stuff in there and the production is really good. Very nice track overall.

Nice oldschool-ish tune, a bit basic and unstructured but some cool sounds and melodies in there Sendustia records? Didn't know Mikhail had his own label.

U-Recken, Digicult, Epherdix, Hypnoxock (only their Synthetic Resurrection album - but it's really very good) For more modern sound - harsher and less melodic- try Spirit Architect, Electric Universe (2014 onwards), Outsiders. Maybe you'll find something to your liking in this thread.

Cool mind you, used to love this kind of full-on. Don't listen to it much now but it always gives me warm nostalgic feelings. I'd love to hear such sets at out local parties.

Okay, undertood it finally Took me only 3 years My tastes now shifted from big melodies to something more subtle and deep and this album delivers this perfectly. Basically it has everything I now expect from progressive trance. Fantastinc sound-design, deep and lush soundscape and some melodic bits - not too much but enough to add interest.

Without Psy-H and Centavra any Global Sect compilation would feel incomplete, these two guys are modern goa geniuses But Skarma delivers big time, probably his best track ever and one of the very best tracks ever released by Global Sect. My other favorite is Ephedra, these mermaid voices are incredible. The first track is also very nice but way too short. J.I.S., Median, Ypsylon5 and especially Mindsphere are somehow disappointing, not that their tracks are bad but each of these guys can do much better.

Awesome, will check it out

Very cool, didn't know he had released an album. Need to check it out asap. I always loved his Circadians album and various compilation tracks he released around 2005-2006. I never cared about his "normal trance" output but Shadow Chronicles is a very welcome return to the psy scene. I've heard few singles, it was sort of EDM-ized version of old Protoculture style. Not really as good as his original melodic/morning full-on style but probably as close as it gets in 2019.

That Skarma track is fvcking incredible! It's still these awesome melodies and the genuine 90's morning goa atmosphere, but this time really good production with strong kick. I think it immediately goes into the top 10 modern goa tracks (it still sounds very much like Astral Projection, more than anything AP have released since Amen) . Overall it's a very good compilation except for few tracks, I was somehow disappointed by Mindsphere - I usually expect more interesting melodies from him, also tracks 7-8 and 10 are not my cup of tea but I guess they are still good if you are into darker and more raw or agressive/chaotic sound I wondered why name of the Proxeeus track didn't refer to Lovecraft this time until I realized that Pluto was Yuggoth

Drunk again? Cool mix, heard it already

Occasionally found this track, surprisingly it was on a Neogoa compilcation but I think it's somehow closer to full-on. Gorgeous melodies, especially in the closing part And yet another gem

Fvck, wrong thread In reply to the OP, I think I read on a Russian forum Psy-H is no more into making tracks (which is a shame ofc) but he is still DJing, he played at Abstraction Fest in Russia this August and also at some local events in his (my) city. Alienapia runs a mixing/masering studio in Ukraine, also his main project is the downtempo act Zymosis, which is still active, also he has released a couple of tracks as EleexR, these are more kind of dark prog

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Well, I gave a listen to few tracks today and they are definitely good on their own. I actually always like Median's stuff when I hear it on a compilation or in a DJ set, when it is "diluted" by someone's else tracks. The album is just too much of the same thing, sort of. I feel the same with many artist albums actually, for example Little Universe always was my favourite E-Clip's track - I heard it first on some compilation and immediately loved, and at the same time I used to think his Into The Void album was totally mediocre stuff. It took me a while to realize that Litle Universe was actually on that album, it was just too much of similar sounding tracks and it somehow got lost. Also it's nearly impossible to listen to Mission Adept in the office, I always think it's some asshat is calling me by phone

Must be the video quality, sorry i was in the office so could not check. I know this track for years, sure it sounds amazing.

Guys, if these not the absolute bassline materpieces then I don't know what is I love how they sound dark and menacing on their own and how they are contrasted by these sublime melodies. The dude is a freaking genius.

Yes, I agree that "kbbb psytrance" overall tends to be more club firendly than goa, but I have issues specifically with Median's productions. His tracks sound fine in my home (I have half-decent nearfiled speakers and some acoustic treatment im my room and also good studio headphones) but not so nice in earbuds. I have to listen to a lot of music in earbuds when I'm at work and while earbuds generally are not the best way to enjoy music, well-balanced mixes still sound well-balanced in them, but in the Meidan's tracks the kick tends to overpower everynthing including the bass, so it sounds like "dumm-dumm-dumm" instead of a proper kick/bass groove. Maybe it's just me since nobody else seems to be bothered.

Despite it's my absolutely favourite kind of goa (melodic/spacey/euphoric) I'm not really mad about this album. It's too just homogenous, everything sounds nice but nothing sounds really outstanding. Also I'm not a big fan of his mixing style actually, he has a a very huge hard hitting kick and the synths sound weak by comparison and often blend into some barely discernible mush. I once heard him on stage in my city and frankly this was the point where I left the party. it was like staying near a pile driving machine, I only heard the kick and some synth bits at the distant background, so this didn't sound quite danceable to me. Dunno maybe the acoustics in that club was poor (or I was stoned enough already), but the stuff they had played before sounded fine to me. This album is mixed a bit better but I'd still prefer less emphasis on the kick and more definition in the synths. Anyway, I do think Median has a lot of talent and skills but I wish he would go for quality over quantity. I hope he is yet to make his real masterpieces.

Interesting what you say about U_recken, I think he has some of the best basslines ever made on overall top-notch production, better than the average I think.

Yes, Postcard from Goa is great, these subtle flute-ish bits in the beginning sometimes play in my head out of nowhere. Overall, one of the rare modern goa tracks that focus on melody and stortelling rather than acid, layers, more acid and more layers. Doesn't make it into my top 10 but a memorable track anyway, it's always in my goa playlist. I remember the threads like "Psynews is dying" 3 years ago or more

Subject to change at any moment As it stands: U-Recken&Digicult - Into the Heartland (orignal when I'm in the full-on mood or Astral Projection remix when I'm in the goa mood) Hypnoxock- Futurexock Electric Universe - The Prayer (!) Psy-H Project - Precession of the Universe (!) (THE best goa track EVER) (or Sonic Elysium remix when I'm in the full-on mood) Centavra Project - Shambala Spirit Architect - Reshaping Reality Astral Projection - Liquid Sun Hyperception - Shaking Chromosome - Reality Engineer (original! not Vimana remix) Andromeda - The Dreamer

I just found Innerscape on yotube and I think it's quite nice, i like such smooth melodies and cosmic synths. Can't say it's an outstanding track, the melodies are somehow linear and predictable, but a still a nice example of my preferred kind of goa. I understand from the reviews I shouldn't bother listening to other tracks," chaotic, agressive, pure scorched earth monster" etc are typically bad qualities in my book.