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After the gloominess of that last track, this must be my most upbeat and energetic Goa trance track so far. It even briefly plays notes from a major chord (😮 I know!). It culminates with a storming melody that sounds a bit like a mesmerizing piece of ancient folk music. Enjoy!

Yep, if the quality of those clips translates to the experience of listening to the whole album then I would say, provisionally, this could be an amazing achievement. To equal or even surpass classics like Another World, taking enough of their old style yet evolving it, this could be quite something. Let's hope it is!

The clips sound really REALLY good. Quite tempted to buy it but I am broke.

I am listening to it now. It's a great album. I love how rough and raw it sounds as well. "Police broadcasts in native languages and leaflet drops are part of the measures being carried out today by this organization" Where do they find these awesome samples?

Good to have you back here man.

This is one of the best albums ever in any genre. A youtuber's comment got it right, asking what is wrong with the world that this is not famous? To me this is also better than Shpongle as well. Well, probably (but for some reason I have listened to Shpongle more often). Shame they didn't reconvene for any more albums.

Honestly, I didn't get all the way through it that day but I will give it another go. It was a really interesting old school sound, pretty different to almost all the stuff I listen to usually. No really strong emotions about it other than interest so far.

I always want to stay up late but get told that will keep her awake, so I can't.

That sounds a bit like my life!

I thought Simon said he was retiring from touring. Looks like he hasn't yet though. https://twistedmusic.com/tour/ No idea about Tokyo though. I can't believe that the only one who responded to my Dubsahara comment was a bot selling kitchen knives! I will write that review, one day...

This started out as a little experiment with four 303s playing in the round. Then all of a sudden I made a screamy lead I liked and improvised a melody by sliding around a Phrygian scale with my laptop trackpad! A little bit of inspiration was thanks to the amazing music of Greg Hunter (Dubsahara), not to mention great Berlin school artists like Klaus Schulze. There is a lot more I could do with this track but this is it for now at least.

Yeah the thing about chores is no matter how many hours and days you spend on them, there will always be a load more waiting for you. The music is about the only saving grace that can get you through them.

Some of the comments on the start of this thread are hilarious, people finding out about this for the first time and their jaw dropping. To be fair though, I only found out about it today by looking on discogs.com after seeing tracks by S.F.X. on Trust In Trance, and it wouldn't even be on discogs if it wasn't for the kind folks on this thread!

How on Earth or in space did I miss this one for so long? I am listening for the first time right now and it is E X C E L L E N T. It is the best Goa I have heard in a long time. I wasn't having such a great evening and this has cut through and helped me a lot. I am not going to dissect it too much. Just excellent, excellent arrangements and melodies, absolutely classic old school Goa trance, but it is the way it is mixed and mastered that just really brings it to life! Maybe 9/10, maybe 9.5/10.

Listening to Astral Projection Trust in Trance 3 for the first time ever and it is sooooo good! Gonna give S.F.X. – Rainbirds a listen as well soon. Proto– Astral Projection album that I have not heard either.

Listening to Trust In Trance Vol. 3 now and loving it! Thanks for the recommendation! This could become one of my new favorites. I am getting a few early Posford vibes from some bits too. 9/10 at least...

I bought Another World not long after it came out and played it loads. It remains my favorite of theirs but for many years it was the only album of theirs I had heard. I first listened to Dancing Galaxy a few years ago and I couldn't seem to get into it. I am listening again now and finding it pretty good, although not stunning. However, if I heard it back when it came out I would have most likely loved it. My impression half an hour into Dancing Galaxy is that it has some nice wibbley acid but the overall feel comes across a tiny bit more clubby for some reason, like I am listening to club anthems, than Another World to me whereas the leads in Another World really felt like a trip into space. I am interested to find out what I will make of Trust In Trance Vol. 3.

I installed it and it's pretty impressive for free software. It has a lot of gorgeous presets as well. I did have to find a couple of gigabytes of space to install it though, so it is big. I like that you can choose between digital and analog curves for the envelopes and warm / natural / bright character. Nice features.

This looks useful. Thanks.

Totally agree with this logic and I said similar back when people were still seriously discussing the possibility of a 3rd Hallucinogen album. Just because hundreds of others have copied a style doesn't mean we can't enjoy a few more iterations from the masters that began it all. It's not like we're forced to sit listening to all the other derivations on repeat year after year even though many here probably choose to. Nostalgia is a big factor when an artist goes back to their roots. Also remember for everyone who complains that they have heard it all before, there will be plenty of old timers who would complain if it was too different from the early stuff. I just say why not have both, across multiple albums or in one.

I will give it a listen. I adore Flying Rhino: First Flight and used to listen to it regularly so I am sure I will like this too, though I have heard at least a few if not most of those tracks before. Ancient Lands is one of my top tracks. Retrodelica was their other compilation that I liked.

I would say so. I only joined 3 years ago but I was lurking here for years before. You are doing an awesome job of writing a lot of new posts. Every post helps bring this place back to life. The more we keep it up the more others will join in. Maybe.

I usually listen to whole albums and sometimes compilations. Almost never playlists of individual tracks though occasionally I will use playlists of multiple albums while working. On the best albums of some of my most favorite artists there are rarely any truly poor tracks. I am thinking of things like Dimension 5 - Transdimensional, both Hallucinogen albums, anything by Elysium, all of RA's stuff. Basically what abasio said that a good album has a cohesive and interesting journey. I will have to give MFG - The Prophecy some more listens to comment on that. With MFG I started out listening to Pure Energy a lot and never got bored with the tracks on that, but not listened to their earlier stuff quite as many times yet. I do listen to a lot of Goa trance albums by other artists to try and find more stuff I like and sometimes to write reviews. And in other cases, sure, it can get boring or samey after a lot of listening. I usually listen while I am busy going about my day, so if it was a playlist of loads of different artists, I often wouldn't know who I was hearing unless I sit down at the computer and check for the best stuff.

OK, I will then. It means something that you took the time to say so. Thanks.

I could write more posts but then like 60% of the new content would be from me and honestly my content isn't all that great. I will try and write at least a couple more reviews before the end of the year. Damn, I sound like a broken record. Yeah, not all that great.